And now: It's 2006 and while Emily's revenge plan is in it's early stages, other revenge plans are well under way, oh, and the subplot is STILL boring...or was boring back then too. I don't know.
Emily walks into a club, dressed in a slinky black dress and red lipstick,where she encounters...Aiden. Aiden is wearing a Movember and a Russian accent, which as Emily informs him, doesn't suit him. He informs her that prostitution doesn't suit her. She gives him her patented, 'bitch please' look and asks for some Russian baddie called Sergei or Dimitri, I don't really know. Meanwhile in the VIP area, another familiar face appears. It's Ashley in an ill fitted lamé dress and dark lipstick. Ashley was a hooker?! She's told to wipe her make up off and while she's crying in the bathroom,Emily knocks on the door. Ashley exposits that she's just an art school girl who can't pay the rent. Emily hands over a wad of cash and a phone number and tells Ashley to get out of there now.
Later, Emily meets with Takeda who asks her about her revenge plans and asks her if she is ready for this mission. That's an affirmative, Takeda. Emily is an ice-queen and ready to get her some revenge.
Meanwhile at Casa Grayson, Daniel is home from Harvard and goes to have a heart to heart with his dad. Daniel informs his dad that he wants to be a poet instead of taking something more appropriate for the future heir of Grayson Global. Daniel really is terribly naive. Conrad says that he will gladly read Daniel's poetry but I think we all know how this is going to end. Except Daniel of course, that guy is as perceptive as a brick wall. He's also brought his grandmother, Marion, over and Victoria looks, well, less than pleased, let's say. Daniel wants them all to have a reunion and Marion informs Victoria that her husband, Maxwell, died a year ago. In a shocking (or not) twist, Marion only married Maxwell for the money. However, she informs Victoria, things are different with her new beau, Ben. It's love this time, and Victoria better not mess it up. A creepy flashback depicts a young Victoria, being hit on by one of Marion's conquests. I'm guessing from this flashback that Marion's request of "not messing things up", is going to go unheeded. It turns out Ben and Marion met on a cruise. Marion claims that this was all an amazing coincidence but since this is Revenge we all know, this coincidence was, well, not a coincidence.
Back at the seedy Russian club (by the way, is anyone else confused as to where this club is supposed to be?) Emily shows up dressed all metaphorically in white. She becomes Ashley's replacement in order to get close to Dmitri. Aiden, in desperate need of rescuing someone, and also getting revenge for Dmitri kidnapping his (Aiden's) sister, pulls a gun and fires. Emily chucks Aiden out of the way, saving the Russian baddies and getting Aiden hauled off into a secret torture chamber/ storage room. Takeda, via earpiece, tells Emily not to get distracted from her mission but Emily is now set on rescuing Aiden. Well, I would be too. Having a hot piece like that indebted to you can never be a bad thing!
At Nolcorp, Nolan announces the company is going public, then gifts everyone champagne and sends them home for the holidays. A cute Latino, called Marco, gives Nolan a gift and they kiss. Yes! I like Nolan so much more when he's gay. I guess we should talk about the boring subplot a bit. Back in 2006, Jack and Declan's dad was still running the world's most boring bar, and the bar was still in financial difficulties. He sends Jack and Declan away for thanksgiving, because obviously something is up. Jack, proving he is at least a little bit brighter than Daniel knows this and shows up at the bar anyway, just in time for a Molotov cocktail to come sailing through the window. Someone with the not-at-all suspicious last name of Ryan shows up and Declan tells him that they'll pay whatever it is they owe.
Emily busts in to the storage room to break out Aiden but not before she does some interrogation of her own. Aiden says that his father was a baggage handler on the flight which Emily's father was accused of bombing. "That's how they got the bomb on", Emily says and Aiden explains that his father was also used by The Initiative. Emily's rescue attempt goes awry and the Russian baddies walk in, making snide remarks, not knowing they are all about to have their asses handed to them. As they leave the storage room, Takeda appears and all together they take down the Russian baddies. Dmitri takes off, followed closely by Aiden and Emily. Emily tells Aiden not to shoot but Dmitri taunts Aiden about his sister being forced into prostitution. Aiden, as any sane man would do, shoots Dmitri dead.
More shit happens at The Stowaway/Subplot Bar.
At Nolcorp, Marco discovers a lot of money missing from an off shore account that he set up for Nolan. Nolan doesn't want to tell him the truth but he finally does. That money went to Amanda/Emily, since her father was one of the original investors in the company. Marco gets mad that Nolan is helping a terrorist, despite Nolan's pleas that David Clark was innocent. Nolan one ups him, though by firing his ass (and I guess, breaking up with him, simultaneously).
At the Grayson family thanksgiving, Daniel is still proud of his poetry, which Conrad promises to send to the garbage publishers he knows. Victoria mentions their last family thanksgiving and Marion begs her not to tell. There is someone who wants to hear it though...Ben. Victoria tells the story and boy, is it a story. Marion had some, wealthy, I assume, but also married man in her sights (the one last seen hitting on 15 year old Victoria). When he refuses to stay with her ( I guess 'cause she's NUTS), Marion shoots him, then gets Victoria to shoot him again. Victoria won't go to jail, Marion explains, saying they will claim it was self defense. Victoria doesn't go to jail but she did get to send 6 months in inpatient evaluation. When she got out, Marion had married Maxwell, who also turned out to be a child molester. After witnessing Maxwell sneaking into Victoria's room, Marion threw Victoria out. After hearing this tale, Ben storms out and Victoria's revenge plan is complete. More or less. Later Conrad burns Daniel's poetry ( I hope he made a back up) and tells Victoria that Ben has been paid. It turns out he was hired and this was all of Victoria's plan. You have to respect that. Before all the poetry can be burned Conrad reads some and it is alarmingly fitting for everyone's situation on the show. I think the poetry was quite good which makes it a shame that Conrad didn't even consider this option for his son.
Look guys, some other stuff happened at the Stowaway but I just don't care. Carl, Jack and Declan's father, was into some bad shit. The Ryan's have been blackmailing/doing shady business with the Porters for at least 6 years and stupidity is apparently a Porter family trait. That's all I will say.
Back in 2012, Aiden and Emily are in bed and it's clear they have genuine feelings for each other. Emily tells Aiden he better not leave her again and I'm a bit lost. I don't know if Emily is being serious or playing her part. I think she's serious but I also think that spells trouble for her..REVENGE. Daniel calls up Marco, who apparently is still harbouring a grudge towards Nolan, and asks him to help him take down Nolcorp, to which Marco agrees.
What do you guys think? I loved this episode and all the back story it provided especially about Aiden and Emily and Victoria and Conrad. I really can't wait to see what episode 9 will bring.
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