Revenge Season 2: Episode 10

Hey guys, I FINALLY have the time to watch Revenge and I am so excited. I had forgotten how much I love, love, love this show! Also, how difficult it is to recap this show as the episodes are so packed.

Well, let's get started!
Aiden and Emily tussle  on the beach and Emily is the victor, in more ways than one since after defeating Aiden she gets to have her way with him.

Meanwhile in New York, Daniel is walking the streets, briefcase in hand, ready to run his fathers company when the Initiative lady, Helen, zooms up and rolls down the window. He hops into the car and she informs him that his father's company is filled with hidden assets. It's a toss up whether Daniel is more excited to make lots of money or just make his father look worse.

Over at Casa Grayson, Conrad is enjoying his new freedom by reading the newspaper and ignoring his phone, much to the chagrin of Victoria  who swoops in to tell him that their friends, a Judge and Supreme Court candidate and his wife are coming to dinner. Oh and his wife happens to have a charity that helps wrongly accused convicts. She feels this should be very important to him since he was once a wrongly convicted convict and needs to rehabilitate his image. Conrad agrees.

Sadly, the hiatus did not do away with the boring subplot. Honestly, they could just stop writing this and no one would care. Anyway, Amanda is worried about Jack, Jack is excited about their upcoming nuptials and then one of the Ryan brothers (honestly, who cares? I can't really keep them straight anyway) swoops in to be a little bitch and tell Jack to clean the bar. I would tell Jack to do that too! Seriously, all this guy ever does is mope around.

Back at Emily's house, her mysterious revenge box has produced a letter, supposedly written by one James Palmer, a juror who was killed three days after David Clark's trial AND the court clerk for the very same Judge Barnes that will be residing next door with the Graysons. Emily, wisely, deduces that this man must have been part of the scheme against her dad and she sees her opportunity for REVENGE.

Victoria invites Emily over for some girl time where the conversation basically goes " hey, want to convince my son you still love him and maybe encourage him not to be a douche?""Sure!" "More lemonade?" " Chin chin!". Victoria invites Emily for dinner with the judge and his wife so both their evil plans can be set into motion. Man, I love these two!

Oh shit, not this subplot again. Charlotte is trying to talk wedding stuff with Declan but he is more interested in spying on his new enemies, the Ryan brothers. Declan gets Charlotte to "stall" (that is, flirt with) Anders from Battlestar Gallactica so that he can root through the mysterious coffee bean bags in the back. Just as Anders explains to Charlotte that he was once " wrongly"  accused of drug selling, Declan discovers....DRUGS. WHO CARES? Of course, Declan makes a huge mess and gives himself away.

Emily and Aiden have a plan, and this plan is my favourite scene in this episode! Aiden heads to Daniel's office but he is out to lunch (both literally AND metaphorically) and politely says that he will catch him later. But this secretary has obviously not seen Mad Men and totally tells Aiden where Daniel is having lunch. He, Aiden that is, and Emily head over there so they can stage their breakup in plain view of Daniel. They were both so dramatic and hilarious in this scene! Emily storms off leaving a 'heartbroken' Aiden and a curious Daniel.

Meanwhile Daniel calls Nolan, (looking as dapper as ever) into to his office to search for the rogue files and to boast that Aiden and Emily are no more. Nolan is more pleased about this then someone in a relationship should be and he heads directly over to Emily's to find out if it's true. Aiden sidles in to kiss Emily and flaunt their relationship status.

Meanwhile, at the subplot, blah blah, Jack is going to have the cops raid the place, booring!

At dinner,  Emily is barely in the house when Daniel foists the information that he and Ashley broke up on her. Emily is pleased her plan is working so well. At dinner, Emily using her masterful skill of subtlety, basically pumps the Barnes for information about Palmer.  Mrs. Barnes looks extremely worried before announcing that she is unwell and scurrying off, followed shortly by Mr. Barnes.
The next day Amanda shows up and finds Emily looking at Mrs. Barnes medical files. What? Where did she get those? Anyway. Mrs. Barnes has a lot of broken bones and this is TVland so that means only one thing... spousal abuse! Ding, ding, ding! She also discovers that Palmer and Patricia Barnes knew each other and deduces that it was indeed Patricia who wrote the letter.

In other news Aiden gets in touch with Helen (this woman must be busy, y'all!) via a video discovered by Nolan and also his convenient knowledge of Latin. Hmmm. Anyway, Helen tells Aiden that his sister his still alive and is going to be used as leverage against him by the initiative. Aiden swears he won't tell anyone of their meeting, to save his sister's life. Does this mean Aiden is compromised? We shall see!

Meanwhile, Marco is trying to make nice with Nolan but Nolan isn't having any of it. He thinks that if Marco thought that he would truly aid a terrorist and keep money from a young girl then, he, Marco is crazy! Marco then produces a flash drive with some uber code on it! He thinks that Nolan should use it against Grayson Global but Nolan is wary.

At the subplot, the police raid the Stowaway but, predictably, find nothing. Later, while Charlotte and Declan are trying to get it on, they raid "The Amanda" and of course find a shitload of drugs and for that extra oomph, a gun. They arrest Declan but Jack says it was him so they haul is ass off to jail! I hope that means we will see less of him in the future...although I doubt it. He calls Amanda to tell her what happened, while baby Carl wails in the background.

Later at the gala for the wrongly convicted convicts or whatever the organization is called, Judge Arsehole Barnes informs Conrad that he will have to introduce himself as Patricia is out for the count with a migraine. Conrad is fast becoming my favourite character. Anyway, Emily knows what's really going on and heads to Patrica's room to give a rousing speech about how she knows that it was Patricia who wrote that letter and how it inspired young Amanda who was in several abusive foster homes. I don't know if Emily is just being manipulative or if that letter really did encourage her and if so...why haven't we heard of it before? In any case we have another dig at the EVIL foster care system...thanks Hollywood! When Patricia stands up to give her speech it is not the speech she had planned  She confesses that she wrote the letter and that the trial against David Clark was, basically, a bunch of crap. Judge Barnes tries to stop her but she plows  on,  for her peice de resistance she takes off her outwear to reveal that she is covered in bruises to the stunned audience. Wow, this show is over the top but this scene was truly amazing.

While Aiden and Emily are at home, plotting further REVENGE, or whatever they do, Daniel shows up saying he wants to change things and that he wants Emily to head up the charitable foundation at Grayson Global. Emily is reluctant but then agrees and her and Daniel kiss. Ruh-roh! I am on Team Aiden but I also love a good love triangle. Who's team are you on? Team Brit or Team America (although Daniel is really British as well so....I guess team Britain it is!)? And what will happen in the next episode? I, for one, can't wait... except to find out about what happen with Jack/Amanda/Declan...I really don't care about them!

Revenge Season 2 Episode 9 Recap

Guys this the last Revenge episode until January so of course it was tense, brought up old love interests and had a musical montage. Unfortunately the subplot because actually more of an actual plot, but that was the only downside to this episode.

Victoria, Conrad and pretty much the rest of the cast are skeet shooting because of course they are, and also it's dramatic. Victoria is concerned about Daniel but Conrad is confident that Nolan's company will fight the takeover and give him time to clear his name.  Aarrently the reason for this skeet shooting is for Conrad to encourage a wealthy Latino (thanks to his wife) called Grobet  to vote for him. Daniel has a plan regarding Grobet too, that is to trot out Ashley, "an exotic beauty". Ummm, Ashley is beautiful and has an accent and sort of darkish skin but I'm not sure I'd go straight to 'exotic', but anyway. Nolan mutters to Emily and Aiden that he's not totally happy with this situation but he has a plan of his own but he isn't going to tell them what is and how do they like that 'hmmm?'. Victoria and Conrad discuss how  Daniel has played his trump card by bringing Ashley and Daniel calls for a 'skeet' (is that what they are called? Who knows, I've never shot anything in my life!) but Emily takes the shot and then tries to convince Grobet to vote for Daniel. The initiative show up and threaten Daniel from a black car with the windows rolled down. After being menacing for several minutes, Victoria screams at them over the phone but the Initiative lady rolls up the window and speeds off.

Over at the subplot it's christening time and Jack, wisely (not), invites the Ryan brothers to the event. Anders from Battlestar Gallactica and Kenny of the stupid name give each other meaningful glances. Somehow this goes unnoticed by Jack. He really is so dim.

Meanwhile at Grayson Global, Nolan and Padma show up to talk to Daniel who is sans Aiden. Nolan isn't too happy with this state of affairs but Daniel gets out his ace card, Marco. Nolan keeps his cool but you can tell he is inwardly (metaphorically speaking) shitting himself. Gabriel Mann really had a lovely performance here didn't he? They talk business and basically Nolan is black mailed into giving Daniel a controlling interest in the company as to avoid explaining the millions of missing dollars. I'm not sure I believe that Daniel has this in him, but it was certainly well played on his part.

Ashley tells Daniel that she needs to cut Aiden out and Daniel believes her, I guess because she is an exotic beauty and all. Aiden witnesses this via camera and laments that they have a problem. Emily laughs evilly (not really) and produces a video of Ashley and Conrad having sex. I must say Ashley seems very...excited in this video. Faster than you can say 'sex scandal' the video is sent to Victoria. Victoria looks pretty shocked, although, doesn't she know she's on a soap opera?!

At the christening, a remarkably well done scene and a good excuse for more white outfits, Emily looks on wistfully as she vows to protect the baby.  Then, thanks to some convenient timing, Matt Duncan shows up. He was the one we saw last episode shooting Mr. Ryan the elder. He advises Jack to stay away from the Ryan brothers because they are ' no good'. Duh, I mean, we all  witnessed that exchange of glances in the bar. Jack, miraculously, believes Duncan.

Meanwhile at Casa Grayson Victoria shows the video to Conrad and the two discuss their various extramarital affairs before agreeing that they have to be united if they want to protect Daniel from the evil Iniative. Victoria shows the video to Ashley who apologizes profusely and vows to make it right. Uh-oh, Victoria has an idea about how to make it right. Ashley will sleep with Grobet and convince him to vote for Conrad and in exchange, I guess, Victoria won't show the video to Daniel.

Back at the christening Charlotte gives a speech ( yawn! Still, I miss Charlotte, where has she been? )and Amanda asks Emily when enough will be enough. Nolan is having a nice drinkie when Jack, finally using his brain, asks Nolan to look into the Evil Ryan Brothers. Then Marco appears and comments on how the millions of dollars that were meant to have gone to Amanda seem to have vanished. He doesn't know the real story and he threatens to release the information unless he is given his job back.

Meanwhile, Aiden and Emily are upset by Ashley's attempt to erm ' sway Grobet's vote'  so Aiden heads over to the hotel and calls a meeting with Daniel. After acting hurt for a bit he directs Daniel to Grobet's rooms. Ashley appears in a bathrobe and Daniel pulls out his phone to instagram this wonderful moment. He threatens to blackmail Grobet unless he gets his vote. Ashley seems devastated. Yikes, Emily is a relationship ruiner. The time for the voting arrives and Conrad and Victoria confess that they set Ashley up and beg him not to take over as it will put him in danger. I'm sure they're regretting not letting him be a poet now! Daniel takes over the company and ousts Aiden. Padma feels bad about the company being taken over but Nolan admits he has a plan. Then Marco shows up. It's a love triangle and I love it!

Duncan shows up at "The Amanda"  where Declan has been living? What? This plot is so boring and now, also, stupid. He, Duncan, acts suspicious for a while then walks off where he is cornered by the evil Ryan brothers. Uh-oh, we know where this was going. Still, Duncan knows how dangerous they are and kind of walked right into this. Nolan calls Jack to tell him that the Ryan bros are up to no good and then Charlotte comes in screaming that someone has been beaten up. It's Duncan of course who reveals that he killed Mr. Ryan Sr. and hid the gun on the "Amanda"
Later  the Ryan's threaten Jack and reveal that they took  Jack's dad's diary or dayplanner or contact list or something. They've crossed out Duncans name. Yikes, does everyone have a revenge diary on this show? I don't know, I kind of thought the Ryan's had a better plan than this. They totally just gave themselves away which doesn't seem that smart. Although, what am I saying? Everything about this subplot is stupid.

Daniel is looking through pictures of him and Ashley and him and Emily. He picks up his clock and it's a camera! The Iniative are spying on him!

Victoria calls Emily and says that she will need help protecting Daniel. Is this going to turn into a love triangle too? I hope so!

I did love this episode, and I especially loved the song that was playing at the end during the montage. Here's  a link, the song is called "Tunnels" by The Hundreds in the Hands and I also recommend "Recognize" and "Keep it Low" by the same band.

Tunnels

Revenge-Season 2 Episode 8

Last Time on Revenge: Conrad and Victoria were in love, Kara was crazy and Aiden and Emily got it on!

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. 

Revenge Season 2-Episode 7

Last time on Revenge: Kara is about to have a mental breakdown, the bride wore grey and Amanda wants to "handle" Mason...with a crowbar!

And now: Things are looking grim for, well, just about everyone and as Emily's voice over informs us that everyone  must do penance for the things they've done we get a shot of Victoria sleeping and Conrad cutting himself shaving. It makes me wonder though, is Emily not going to have to pay for the things she's done? Emily is setting herself up as a god and we all know how that ends in TV land. Mason drops by Emily's house to tell her that he's figured out the connection between her and Amanda...except he thinks they were lovers. I think Emily was fairly shocked that THAT was the only conclusion he could come to. Still, I think her smirk says that maybe they actually were lovers? Anyway. 

Last week Daniel went all  Star Wars on Conrad's ass, by declaring that they needed a vote of no confidence to get rid of him. As I said, I don't really get the business-y end of this show but suffice to say that they need to position (ooer) Daniel at the head of Grayson Global while Conrad is still in le olde (metahorical)jail cell. Kara, who has been lurking around Casa Grayson announces, subtly as ever, that she will be leaving and needs Victoria's credit card. Victoria hands it over, I guess when you're that rich you can do that!? 

Amanda is pining away about her dream wedding but this just all seems a bit ridiculous to me. Amanda seems like a fun loving, down to earth girl not a 'fairy tale wedding' girl to me. And Jack is like "yeah, I guess we'll have a nice wedding and all since I love you, like, a bit, I guess. " Luckily this scene is interuppted by Mason calling and asking to have lunch with Amanda. Amanda immediately informs Emily of Mason's invite and Emily tells her to tell Mason that there will be no lunch. Furthermore, if he doesn't leave her alone she is going to get a restraining order.  Amanda still wants to bust out the crowbar, after all, several months have gone by without her whacking anyone and she's getting bored. Emily reminds her that she has a family to look after now, and violent crime may not be the best idea.

At the Grayson manor, Conrad is feeling blue about their imminent downfall but Victoria tells him not to give up, they aren't going to go down without a fight. At the subplot, Kenny's brother, Anders from Battlestar Gallactica, shows up and some exposition informs us that they want to get revenge (!) on Jack and Declan's father for...something. Kenny's having second thoughts though, since he's starting to like the brothers. Well, that makes one person.

Mason shows up to question Amanda and she says she will tell him everything...somewhere else. Somewhere where offing someone via crowbar is less obvious. Amanda tells Mason that Emily is a psychopath (she really is, right?) and Mason eats up every word but when he turns around, Amanda has the crowbar at the ready. Fortunately Emily swoops in and stops Amanda's murderous ways. Then she straight up tells Mason that SHE is Amanda Clark. Well, that was a twist, but I liked it!

Nolan hands over the incriminating cheque linking Nolcorp, David Clark and Grayson Global because he loves Emily THAT much. Also there is dramatic glass smashing! Aiden also loves Emily and wants to make up for ditching her in the weird revenge school maze. Meanwhile, at the Graysons, an investor meeting is going on and the others  The Initiative have infiltrated said meeting. Kara has (not surprisingly) ditched her flight and has rented a car on Victoria's credit card. What? We already know she is a.) not smart and b.) not smart. Kara is intercepted by Mason who is being told what to say by Emily, namely that Gordon has left her. He goes off script though and tells Kara pretty much everything. Knowing that the Graysons have stolen not one but two of her husbands is too much for Kara and she takes off to go on her own murderous rampage. Jeez, Amanda really could have been her daughter.

While the investors discuss Conrad's ousting with Daniel, Nolan breaks into Mason's house and Kara breaks into the Grayson's house. When Victoria tries to tell Conrad about their son becoming Emperor Palpatine, she finds him being held at gunpoint by Kara. Kara  lets loose about Victoria's man-stealing ways, framing ways and general badness but Conrad defends her. This scene was so touching, Conrad takes all the blame and truly seems to love Victoria, or at least realise that he once did. Victoria decides to improve Kara's mood by telling her that husband number 2 actually killed husband number 1. Frankly, I wouldn't bother telling anything to Kara, that woman is crazy AND in denial.

Nolan plants evidence that will frame Mason for, well, everything and the police swoop in to arrest him (Mason, that is). Meanwhile, Emily is watching everything go down at the Grayson's. Kara has turned off some of the cameras (I didn't have her pegged as a tech-savvy kind of woman but okay, I guess). Emily calls Aiden who comes to the rescue of Victoria and Conrad, after instructing Emily to turn off the cameras. Later, Conrad and Victoria discover the cameras were off and believe that this was the Initiative's doing.

Kara wakes up  in a car with Emily. Emily tells her that Aiden is undercover and they give her a full tank of gas and her meds so she can make her exit. I really didn't like this character, so I'm hoping she stays gone for a while .

Emily goes to visit Mason in jail where he believes he will be getting out soon and she believes that this is not so. She tells him he will confess to everything and in exchange she will get him out by confessing that is was all her...after her vendetta is done. Then he can write a book about it.

Emily goes home to find Aiden there and....they make out! Yay!  Sigh, I wish Aiden was mine. Next door, Victoria is about to rat on Daniel when Conrad tells her that it can wait. Then he kisses her on the forehead. Aww, another good episode and more roof that Conrad and Victoria really are the characters who are driving this show emotionally.

Missed the last recap? Read it here

Revenge Season 2-Episode 6

Hola readers, I have been busy settling into my new place but here are recaps of the last two episodes! At last!

You know, one of my favourite moments of the last season was when Conrad confessed that he used to love Victoria. The relationship between these two, however troubled, has always been, to me, the most touching. Anyway, Conrad and Victoria are being fitted for their wedding attire what Daniel sulks around. Sure, he's taken Emily's advice about being less obvious but he is doing a shitty-ass job of it, in my opinion. Next door at Emily's house, Emily tutors Amanda about her scar removal, so Amanda can relay that information to Mason. I like Mason a lot, despite the fact that he is quite the villain himself. Then again, who isn't on this show?

Meanwhile, Kara is perfecting her super creeper mode and is spying on Victoria who is preparing for her wedding day by looking at a picture of her former lover, David, and Kara's former lover and murder extraordinaire  Gordon Murphy. A flashback reminds us that Kara and Gordon were in love, with a capital L, also that they liked to stroke each other with sunflowers. If we've learned one thing so far, it's that Kara makes really regrettable life choices. In another flashback Emily remembers drawing alongside her mother, and then Emily and Kara discuss the Graysons. Kara proclaims that they will get what's coming to them. You know, Daniel should really be Kara's child instead of Emily because they both have the same level of subtlety. 

Emily, who actually has a decent revenge plan, unlike those two halfwits, goes to collect Gordon Murphy out of the freezer she has been keeping his body in. Whaaa? And also....what else is in there?! Amanda tells Mason about her scar removal and how important her family is and, amazingly, Mason seems to believe all this. He must be hanging out with Daniel too much. After she calls Emily to tell her that she's done with this crap and she's going to handle things her way, ie: with a crowbar. At Chez Grayson, Victoria and Charlotte have a tender moment before Charlotte tells her that she will be in the boring subplot for the remainder of this episode. Conrad wonders where his cuff links are.  Speaking of the boring subplot, evil and badly named Kenny, apparently has his own idea about how much booze should cost and their alcohol provider storms out muttering about how Jack and Declan's father wouldn't be too proud of them. Bitch please, Jack is a whiny and useless drunk and Declan is an idiotic thief, I don't think where they buy their booze would even register on their dad's proudness o-meter. 

Emily goes to visit Nolan and tells him not to attend the Grayson wedding but he's going, if not to show off his new, heterosexual relationship, then to find out for himself what she's up to. Mason interrupts asking for Nolan to trace 'Gordon Murphy's cell', ie: the piece of evidence Emily planted via Amanda and that will surely lead to someone's demise. The information from Nolan leads Mason to a trailer where he finds Gordon's body  and Conrad's missing cuff link. He calls up the police who raid Casa Grayson while they are at the wedding.

Victoria is wearing a grey wedding dress, which I have to say, I loved, when Conrad shows up and gives a impassioned speech about how they were meant to be together and gives Victoria a bedazzled gun in case he can't protect her. Aww! She receives a call from Mason, and then heads out to be remarried to Conrad. Everyone dances with everyone at the reception. Daniel still loves Emily, Aiden also loves Emily, Ashley is jealous and Padma isn't up to no good. Just then the cops burst in, having conveniently found the same gun that was used to kill Gordon and arrest Conrad. 

Back at subplot bar Jack thanks his customers and toasts the new bar. Kara bitches about how horrible her life is, how she just can't win. I think a unanimous cry of  'shut the fuck up, Kara" just went around the bar, although who is really paying attention to this plot anyway?

Padma apologizes to Nolan and he gives a kind of creepy speech questioning how far she will go to right her wrongs.  Victoria goes to visit Conrad in jail, of course, he thinks she's behind this but she insists she isn't. After she leaves, the initiative rolls in to bust Conrad out, at a price of course. Unfortunately, as he later tells Victoria in their room, they won't know what that price is until it's too late. 

Kara confronts Victoria , having seen the news of Gordon's demise on the news and Victoria implies what everyone within a 10 mile radius has already figured out, that they were lovers. Kara storms off, clearly on the edge of a mental breakdown. 

Aiden and Emily nearly kiss, after some discussion about how much Ashley knows. Um, I think they must have come in short because there were a few scenes that felt unnecessary. This was one and the other one as a montage of Emily setting up the fake crime scene. I mean, zero percent of people watching this show were wondering how Gordon's body got set up in the trailer. It was pretty straightforward. Anyway,  Mason is pondering things when he makes the connection between Amanda and Emily being together in jail. Unfortunately, as we will see in the next episode, this means absolutely nothing, since he wasn't smart enough to figure out what it actually meant that they knew each other before. Still, it was a great episode and I can't wait to see what happens next between Conrad and Victoria. 


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Revenge Season 2-Episode 5

Last Time on Revenge: Amanda took a fall and ended up in the hospital. Jack and Declan are dads and uncles, respectively and Kara is a killer!

And now: Revenge has certainly taken a turn this season with Emily seeming less in control and more emotional than ever, but is this a good thing? Some, including myself, miss the more cold and calculating Emily, the one who is going to take down anyone and everyone that is in her way. However,  I feel that, realistically ( should we use that word when talking about soap opera?) even someone bent on Revenge, with a capital 'R' would have moments of weakness and humanity. Anyway. I digress. We open with Emily waking up from a bad dream about her mothers attempt at drowning her and she's cuddling with Aiden! personally I found this more compelling than her dream, if only because I wish it was I cuddling with Aiden. Not one to waste time with pleasantries or general niceness, Emily tells Aiden that this spooning doesn't mean anything, she doesn't want him or need him around and she's getting out of there.

Next we find ourselves at the Graysons where Victoria is pruning her roses, you know, as one does when Kara marches in. Victoria turns several shades of blue at the sight of Kara's weird bangs and even weirder bracelets. Seriously though, what is with those things?

To my surprise, Victoria doesn't stab Kara with the shears, instead they have tea. Kara uses her super (not) skills of digging for information while Victoria gives her a patronizing "bitch please" look. Kara stabs her self with a metaphor  rose and excuses herself to the washroom. Victoria uses this opportunity to call Conrad and speculate as to why Kara is still alive and sitting her poorly dressed behind on their sofa.

Conrad turns several shades of blue too. He is in a meeting with Aiden , who I totally forgot was some kind of proxy. Conrad promises to tell Aiden everything and then sends him to Daniel so he and Victoria can wring their hands over the sudden reappearance of Kara. Look guys, I do not know anything about accounting or running businesses or anything, so suffice to say that Grayson Global is up to no good and Aiden wants to find out what's what While he and Daniel are discussing things I don't know anything about, Ashley storms in and ill advisedly mentions David Clarke, then suggests they get drinks on the corporate card.

Back at the boring subplot, the guy who's trying to con Declan and Jack out of the bar (nope, not going to bother to learn his name) shows u just in time to see Charlotte returning Declan's jacket.  Con man guy comments that Charlotte is a classy bitch so she probably wouldn't go for a groupon and that Declan reminds him so much of himself at that age and I can only assume he means that they were both about as bright as a cloudy night and greedy to boot.  Con man tries to hurry up his take over of the bar and honestly I don't understand why this story exists. Declan and Jack give exactly two shits about the bar  (which is two more than I give about these characters) so the could have just sold the thing, and what does this rich (and evil) guy want with a moldy dive bar anyway?

After stopping by the hospital to discuss baby swaddling with Jack and learning about the existence of Kara, Nolan storms over to Emily's to give her what for and to tell her that his dad died. He notes that just because his dad was a normal (ie: not framed for terrorism)  guy doesn't mean he cares any less. Well,except that he obviously didn't keep in touch with his dad since he (his dad) was dead for 6 months before Nolan even noticed! Anyway, Emily looks sympathetic but can't even muster a hug. They go to visit Amanda in the hospital and she seems to have completely recovered from her dive off the Grayson balcony.  At Casa Grayson, Victoria has invited Kara to stay with them and they all agree since they are all trying to spy on each other. On another balcony Kara and Victoria are discussing how Victoria is a man stealing ho. Is it wrong that I'm on Victoria's side here? I mean, she thought Kara was dead AND Kara tried to kill her own daughter. I think that's fair grounds for divorce, although I guess she is being painted as having a mental illness in which case I think getting medical treatment might have been a better idea than locking her up. Anyway, Charlotte informs them that Amanda has woken up and Kara heads to the hospital to continue being creepy.


While Emily carries baby Carl, Kara exposits that Amanda was such a good baby, so filled with goodness,  such a good person, I mean, really, REALLY good. I think Emily is thinking “ unlike the cold hearted revenge seeking beeyotch she is now!” This tender moment is interrupted by Mason Treadwell who is digging around for information. He spies Amanada’s back in the robe. This shot was a bit weird but it’s going to be important later so don’t forget it. After they rid themselves of Mason, Emily tries to get rid of Kara saying that Amanda needs to rest and Kara can visit them later.  While Emily drives Kara home she comments how horrible it is that her own daughter didn’t recognise her. Emily comments that she doesn’t know how that must feel.

At Casa Emily and Amanda, Amanda says things are going ‘fine’. I would say that if I just took a dive off of a balcony and my baby daddy was an ambivalent whiner I would not be doing ‘fine’ but, to each their own. Kara comes in to tell Amanda that she wasn’t well and that she’s sorry, etc.  Amanda is so moved that she tells her all is forgiven. I know Amanda hasn’t always been a likable character but she certainly is empathetic and puts herself into Emily’s shoes very well. Anyway, Emily listens from outside the door and is moved to tears. Some flashbacks inform us that Kara and David agreed to tell Amanda that she, Kara, had died since it would be easiest for Amanda.  We also learn that it was Padma who raised the red flags about David Clark over at Grayson Global, she was concerned after finding the cheque last episode. She leaves the cheque lying around but Nolan is too distracted by his new found heterosexuality to notice or care and promises his new girlfriend night of naughtiness.  Aiden discovers that Emily has Gordon’s cell phone and gets all cranky pants (what else is new?). He storms off to conspire with his new friend Daniel.

Confession time! After a touching conversation between Emily and Kara and some more exposition from Emily about forgiveness, Emily confesses to Amanda that she lied about Jack not being the baby’s daddy. Rather than slapping a ho as I would have done, Amanda is understanding and they both discuss how much Jack deserves happiness. What? I don’t understand this at all. What redeeming qualities does Jack have?

In other romantic news, Conrad proposes to Victoria so they can have and hold each other and not have to testify against each other. After dropping in to annoy Victoria, who is raiding Kara’s room, Mason heads over to visit Amanda and question her about how she is missing a scar. Mason totally knows what’s going on! I think this is a bit weak since scars fade and can be removed but in any case, he’s onto them and this surely spells trouble.

To surmise: Aiden is a sexy beast, Conrad and Victoria are  thinking ahead, Nolan is a heterosexual and Jack and Declan are getting more and more boring, and and more and more stupid with each passing episode.

Revenge Season 2-Episode 4

Last time on Revenge: "We are Family" played as the Graysons held hands (not really) Aiden and Emily were lovers and so were Gordon the White Haired Man and Emily's mom.

As Emily talks about the curse that is intuition, an underpaid maid mops up blood at Casa Grayson, while it's threatening matriarch oversees the operation. As in previous episodes we flash back to 24 hours earlier. A hunky fellow is running along the beach! Who could it be? It's Aiden, of course who has more advice for Emily. Even though Emily wants to go see her mom, Aiden, wisely, advises against it. What if her mom recognizes her? Never mind the fact that Emily's mom has been dating a hit man, I mean, that's gotta be problematic. They also talk about the initiative. Blah, blah, blah. For now I am ignoring this plot because I feel like it's been stolen straight from Lost and/or The X-Files. 

Meanwhile, Declan confronts his friend, who's name I don't know nor care to learn, about the stolen goods. Apparently they've already been sold so Declan can't return them to the Creepy Stranger. Ruh-roh! Jack shows up and asks about Declan's new 'friend'. Declan does a pouty face. Ah, Declan, you should have realised that this guy was bad news  when he said "hey, let's be partners in petty crime in a small town".  Jack meanwhile tells Amanda she doesn't have to move out. Amanda and I both make the same "bitch please" face. Jack has now sealed the deal as the stupidest man on this show.

Nolan's new love interest/CFO is berating him for not having opened his mail for six months. Hey, I do that too but it's to avoid my credit card bills, those things are scary! Nolan doesn't have such an excuse, he just doesn't like "snail mail". Emily shows up and gets the side eye. Girlfriend is totally jealous and Nolan doesn't have the smarts to tell her that he is totally, maybe gay. Also that Emily is his partner in crime, not his partner-partner.  We also learn that Nolan's father has died and he didn't know it. Nolan, that is, certainly his father knew.  Later,  she asks him about a lawsuit between them and a now defunct company. Nolan is sadly googling his dad but when he leaves, she swipes his keys. Ruh-roh again.

Victoria asks Charlotte for the incriminating diary but Charlotte tells her it belongs to Amanda. Even though Emily essentially broke up Jack and Amanda, and Amanda says as much herself,  they are still moving in together. In any case, right on cue, Victoria calls up Amanda inviting her over so they can discuss the journal. Amanda heads over there and interrogates Victoria, while Emily instructs her. Victoria straight up lies to Amanda and then says they are having an impromptu baby shower tomorrow. Amanda says she is one lucky girl. I actually think Amanda is almost as good a playa as Victoria. Both of them spew nonsense at random.

Later, Daniel is crunching numbers and looking very serious as he studies the calculator. Ashley bursts in saying that the should be honest with her. Aww, poor Daniel, he seems so nice and all the women in his life mean him harm. Back at the boat house, or wherever they live, Ashley is looking very pretty in yellow and a side braid (I love a good side braid, myself) and Daniel is looking very pretty in a towel. Daniel tells Ashley that the kidnapping was fake and that the Grayson business has been fraudulent. Ashley is all "no duh, I've been in on this for a long time".  She, perhaps, questions this as Daniel says he will protect her if the company goes down and she not at all suspiciously hangs up on whoever (Conrad)  as been calling her all morning. Jeez, Ashley, ever heard of the "silent" function?

Aiden visits Emily's mom, Kara, again, saying that he, like Gordon, is part of the FBI, and Gordon was in a deep cover operation when he went missing. Kara notices that he was American last time he visited her. He asks if Gordon left anything behind, any way to find him. Kara gets out the taser. 

Meanwhile, Conrad and Jack are up to shady business. Grayson is meeting with a woman dressed like a bad Star Trek villain who tells him that they don't know why Gordon kidnapped Victoria, after all, they have all been loyal members of the 'organization' for years.  Jack tells the Creepy stranger that he will give him $2500.  What the heck, Jack? Do you think that will even begin to cover it? It does not, but Creepy Stranger threatens to get involved with the police. At this point I would have said, "sure, take that idiot" but Jack is a good (stupid) brother and says he will get the money. We are all wondering how.

Amanda is busy ruining her baby shower by bringing all her stripper  friends. Certainly this will make it more entertaining.  She gives a judgmental eye to a woman who is much bigger than her and says "twins?" , to which the woman replies "no, just one". Hahah, Amanda is turning into my kind of bitch. She's smart too, since she tells Emily that the girls are a distraction.  Amanda gets Victoria to write her a cheque so she will be able to match the signature with that of the one from Kara's hospital visitor records. In return she agrees to hand over the journal. Amanda and Victoria argue with Victoria saying that Kara tried to kill (real) Amanda. Emily can't doesn't hear this though and only comes out in time to see that Amanda has fallen over the railing. Victoria looks genuinely horrified as Amanda is rushed to the hospital, pleading for them to save her baby. Is it bad that I laughed here? I mean, of course she wants to save the baby but who wouldn't? Also she seems oddly coherent for someone who has nearly fallen to her death. Emily and Victoria exchange knowing looks. 

Daniel is getting suspicious of Ashley and has her car towed (to distract her) so he can spy on her.  When he gets home he overhears a conversation between Ashley and his dad where Ashley says that she is done spying on Daniel. Daniel smiles evilly.  Meanwhile, Padma takes Nolan to the storage unit with his dad's stuff and they kiss! What?! I totally take back everything I said before, did Nolan just get hot? At the hotel, Aiden is tied to a chair and trying to break free after Kara left him to do some recon of her own.

The Creepy Stranger, meanwhile, is u to no good. Turns out he is working with Declan's new not-friend in an evil plot to....BUY JACK's BAR!? WHAT? That is the evil plot. I am so bored by this. 

At the hospital Amanda is put in a coma because this is a soap and no soap is complete without someone in a coma. She has the baby via c-section. Jack regrets being a douche. Declan gives Charlotte his jacket because apparently she's cold?? Aiden manages to break free and call Emily to warn her that her mother is coming for her. She sees Kara standing over Amanda and suddenly remembers her mother attempting to  kill her. She goes home and breaks down in Aiden's arms. Rawr! 

Another great and dramatic episode.