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revenge recapping: reckoning

Previously on Revenge: Grief

This show never fails to surprise me…ever.

Emily ready for her prey

Emily stages a robbery and leads Daniel to believe that the robber was the White Haired Man and he took the evidence. Poor Daniel is too gullible to think anything else. No matter how hard he tries to be a Grayson, he never will be. He can’t stay one step ahead of anyone. Emily quickly finds out about Nolan’s plight and runs to his rescue.

That girl, always ten steps ahead has already planted a “free me from these chains device” more commonly know as a lock pick (maybe?), in her sweater. As creepy White Haired Man leaves to get the evidence, she frees herself and Nolan. He leaves to place the evidence in the right hands while Emily waits for her mouse. When her mouse returns, unprepared she attacks, but in the moment of truth she remembers a moment with her father and her resolve is lost. She lets the mouse live (that’s gonna haunt her) and leaves her father’s wishes fulfilled.

Daniel is trying to act like big man Grayson and get everything under wraps only to discover the one thing he thought he had under wraps had slipped between his fingers. Ashley tells him about the kiss between Jack and Emily. Though Jack is pretty pissed and upset Emily seems relieved. Now that she has fulfilled her revenge task, she can let Daniel go and be with the one she always wanted.

Conrad is planning his escape and trying to bribe Lydia to go with him, but Victoria has other plans. She and Lydia are going to be the key witnesses in the trial and Victoria will not let her slip away. Using her ridiculous powers of manipulation and persuasion she convinces Lydia that Conrad is a sinking ship and she would be unwise to board with him. Conrad is naturally upset and he takes this out on Victoria who sticks to her guns and tells Conrad she’ll see him in hell.

On a less interesting (to me anyway) note, Charlotte plots her own form of revenge against Declan’s new friend Jamie. She exposes a student teacher relationship Jamie had to the whole student body. Declan tells Charlotte never to speak to him again. This is why I love the Porters, they’re the show’s moral compass.

Lydia and the prosecutor board the plane

Back to the goods: Emily and Nolan are celebrating the completion of Emily’s mission. Nolan inquires about Jack and Emily tells Nolan that she will be telling Jack everything tonight. Unfortunately for Emily, fake Amanda (Fakemanda?), has shown up with a baby in her belly. Emily leaves the bar crying and doesn’t get to reveal the truth to Jack. When Nolan calls a shocked Emily he rushes to her side. Before he does, Emily sees that the plane carrying the prosecutor, Victoria, Lydia, and the evidence has gone down.

When Charlotte sees this she calls Declan who hangs up on her, then downs a bunch of pills. Try as he might, Conrad’s shaking won’t wake her up like trip to the ER and a good old fashioned stomach pump would. Emily however is dumbfounded, all her hard work gone to waste. Nolan reassures Emily, this bigger than her father and the Grayson’s and he has the evidence to prove it. Also, hold onto your hats, Emily’s mother is still alive. Dun, dun, dun….no but seriously how does this show continue to surprise us all (or maybe just me?).

Jack and Amanda

Predictions for next season

  • Victoria lives. If she doesn’t it will be a huge shocker, which this show is know for but still.
  • Charlotte lives, though it wouldn’t bother me a whole bunch if she didn’t. But for Emily’s sake I’d rather she did.
  • My big question: When will Emily reveal that she is Amanda? It seems somewhat pointless to keep the charade up, even if she does begin a new revenge plot.
  • Jack will make his way back to Emily even though Fakemanda is preggers.

Quotes

Nolan: “Do not do anything ‘revengy’ until I get there. Got it?”

Victoria: “I knew that your future with Daniel was as empty as that box.” [This was the moment I wanted Emily to reveal the truth and then punch her in the face].

Emily: “If I don’t make it out of this, tell Jack that I love him.”

Nolan: “If you came here to rescue me you might want a do-over.”
Kristen is a confused young adult who sometimes thinks TV shows are actually her life. Wouldn’t that be cool? Unless she was a victim on Dexter, or a deranged privileged teenager on gossip girl, or a wolf on teen wolf, or Liz Lemon! Never mind. It wouldn’t be cool. Kristen is a young adult. Follow her @kris10_Alyse or read frustrateddreamer.com
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revenge recapping: legacy

previously on revenge: absolution

Nolan and Amanda

Ten years ago, before her quest for revenge, Emily was Amanda Clarke, clubbing, drinking, punching jerks, and she believed her father was guilty. Nolan tried to convince her to read the journals her father left behind so she could hear the truth. But Amanda isn’t sure she can trust her father. She decides to go on a little quest for the truth. Her quest takes her to the Hamptons, and more specifically the stowaway. She finds a long haired younger Jack and his girlfriend.

Ten years ago the Grayson’s received a dramatic note, which prompted them to throw a New Year’s party for all those involved in the David Clarke incident. Frank would do some investigating and try to discover who sent the ominous note. Queen Victoria seems very remorseful about the whole David Clarke incident. Almost as if she wants to wash her hands of all the dirty deeds that have been done in the Grayson name.

Amanda and Lydia

While hanging at the stowaway Amanda overhears that Jack’s girlfriend has a gig at Grayson manor that she can’t make it to. Amanda offers to fill in for her and give her 25% of what she makes. At the party Amanda meets all the people who her father mentions in his diary including the one ally he had. The initial interview with his ally, Halstead, is disappointing and Amanda doesn’t know what to believe. But later, after Frank does some fishing and determines that Halstead is probably the one who sent the Grayson’s the threatening note and forces Halstead to “commit suicide”, Amanda finds him dead. She also find the note he left and determines that Nolan is right and her father was wrongly accused of a crime he didn’t commit so that the Grayson’s wouldn’t be ruined. And thus Amanda begins her quest for revenge.

Quotes

Victoria: “For a man with a penchant for writing letters, you would think that Roger would have left a suicide note.”

Emily: “Don’t you have any friends or family of your own to harass over the holidays?”
Nolan: “The guy you just toilet capped at the club, could press charges.”

Kristen is a confused young adult who sometimes thinks TV shows are actually her life. Wouldn’t that be cool? Unless she was a victim on Dexter, or a deranged privileged teenager on gossip girl, or a wolf on teen wolf, or Liz Lemon! Never mind. It wouldn’t be cool. Kristen is a young adult. Follow her @kris10_Alyse or read frustrateddreamer.com

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revenge recapping: justice

Previously on Revenge: Doubt

The weather timing on this show is weird to me. I know it’s a little unrealistic to assume a show is going to mirror the season you’re currently experiencing, but its really weird to watch the characters on a show bundle up and light fires when I’m praying for the weather to warm up slightly. But still we continue to watch.

Victoria at the Trial

It’s December now and the trial has begun. The prosecution has an air tight case and it’s not looking good for Daniel. The defense has decided to rely heavily on Emily’s testimony. She will paint Daniel as a sympathetic character and help to plant doubt in the juror’s minds. Everyone knows it won’t be enough. So when the lawyer pinpoints a juror who has already made up his mind, Victoria sends her thug Lee to threaten the woman.

Jack is back in town after a fruitless search for Amanda which was dictated by Nolan and friends. With Jack comes the bloody sweatshirt, which as everyone points out he was stupid enough to keep. Jack’s naiveté in believing that he wouldn’t be pinned for the murder if he presents the sweatshirt to the police reveals that he is much more stupid than I thought. Emily is not so stupid though and she continues to protect him from the Grayson’s grasp by stealing the sweatshirt and planting it in Lee’s car. Later Lee is arrested. He uses his one phone call to call Victoria and threaten her. She turns to Conrad for help. Turns out he has some thugs too, and they’re much more professional than Victoria’s.

Daniel, still on lockdown, is beginning to go a little crazy. He admits to shooting Tyler in cold blood and not for self defense. He spies on Emily while drinking bourbon. He sees Jack come and go. And later watches Emily leave the house and ignores a phone call from him. This drives him to leave house arrest and go to Emily’s house to wait for her. She arrives home, Daniel yells and pushes her. Then the cops show up and take Daniels back to Rikers. As Daniel writes an apology letter to Emily that sounds a bit like a suicide note. Daniel’s lawyer dramatically walks through the prison and we wonder what he is going to find. Not gonna lie my hands were over my mouth. But it turns out the sneakers hanging in midair belonged to Lee.

Emily at the trial

Emily had setup microphones in the Grayson’s house so she could anticipate their every move during the trial. She overhears Conrad arranging the hit on Lee and discovers a new twist in the plot. Her father didn’t die in a prison fight. He was murdered by the Grayson’s.

Quotes

Victoria: “You’re going to catch your death.”
Daniel: “That seems inevitable.”

Nolan: “Sorry to interrupt your regularly scheduled plotting.”
Emily: “When the system fails us, we must go out and seek our own justice.”

Kristen is a confused young adult who sometimes thinks TV shows are actually her life. Wouldn’t that be cool? Unless she was a victim on Dexter, or a deranged privileged teenager on gossip girl, or a wolf on teen wolf, or Liz Lemon! Never mind. It wouldn’t be cool. Kristen is a young adult. Follow her @kris10_Alyse or read frustrateddreamer.com

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glee recapping: on my way

(Editor’s Note: I know that Glee gets a bad wrap from some closed-minded groups of society. I’ve heard a range of negative comments from people when I talk about the show that ranges from “I’m not going to watch a show about singing teenagers” to “Glee is gay”. I know Glee is just another show about teenage angst to some but there are lessons to be learned and voices to be heard. I don’t want to go on a diatribe about how we should walk around hugging each other and having round table discussions about our every thought but don’t be so quick to dismiss or berate another human being because they are strong enough to admit they are an individual. We all know Karofsky is a fictional character on a television show but if you think that children AND adults don’t go through the same thing in the real world everyday then you are greatly mistaken. I know I’m not the most influential person to hear it from. I don’t have 1 million followers on Twitter. I don’t have a star with my name on it on the streets in Hollywood. But I do have a medium to communicate to whomever chooses to listen/read. Don’t quit on yourself and those that love you because some people aren’t satisfied with themselves. It gets better. – Will)

Previously on Glee: Heart

Story

  • Sebastian threatens Rachel in an effort to gain an advantage at Regionals.
  • Karofsky attempts suicide after being “outed” at school.
  • Rachel and Finn decide to get married immediately after Regionals.
  • Quinn lobbies to get her spot on the Cheerios back.
  • Sue makes her pregnancy(?) public.
  • Sebastian has a change of heart in light of what happened to Karofsky.
  • Quinn gets into a car accident on the way to Rachel and Finn’s wedding.

Message Sent: Glee sure knows how to be subtle. Quinn was handing out mea culpas left and right. Got her gig back with the Cheerios, apologized for being so harsh about Rachel and Finn’s wedding, listening to Kurt’s point of view in regards to being persecuted, even getting a genuine APOLOGY from Sue. Then she goes an gets destroyed in a car accident. I can honestly say I didn’t see killing one of the originals off as an option but I guess since she is going to be leaving the show anyway…why not? Of course we don’t know Quinn’s fate just yet but my vote is in. Bye Quinn, thanks for “those ooh’s and background ah’s”.

With Child? Seriously Sue? …that’s it.

Karofsky Meets Karma: It knew it was destined to happen as soon as I saw Karofsky at Scandals. Then when he was caught with Kurt at Breadsticks I knew it would play out soon. It is terrible that it drove him to attempt suicide, but now he knows what he put Kurt through and he can understand how wrong he was in doing it.

Wedding Woes: I thought the Rachel/Finn wedding was going to come to fruition sooner than later but this was just abrupt. I have openly said that I think it will crash then burn and explode in HD but I didn’t want to see it this soon. Whether it’s due to hearing about Quinn’s accident or at the hands of their parents I hope the marriage doesn’t go through right now.

Music

This episode was full of somberness and yet somehow, there were also bits of positivity sprinkled in, both with story and the musical performances. Sometimes when Glee is being super-cheesy and fun, I forget how well they convey the deeper emotions of life. The ones that don’t make you want to burst out into joyous song. Regionals seemed almost like an afterthought, which would explain why musically, this wasn’t the shows strongest episode. Then again, with so much going on, it really didn’t have to be.

Cough Syrup – Blaine (A+)

I take back what I said last week. Now, Blaine is back. He sang every word like he penned it himself. I love him as a performer. This was one of the show’s most intense scenes and this song provided the perfect background. I’m not sure if I was just distracted by Blaine (completely unrelated, but I would REALLY like to see him perform The Smiths) but it felt like everything in this scene happened so fast. Also, kudos to having another appearance by Aaron Hill, albeit a really negative one. “Life’s too short to even care at all.” Indeed.

Stand/Glad You Came –  Dalton Academy Warblers (B)

The performance started off a little weak and their claps were completely off-beat (I’m going to blame production and not them for this snafu). All I could think during “Stand” was how much better they were with Blaine…then they started “Glad You Came” and it was like a little teenage dream all over again. Way more energy and much better choreography. Pairing these two songs was an interesting choice, but they probably needed to make the performance a little off to justify giving them second place. I know it’s unlikely Sebastian will ever transfer to McKinley, so I’d appreciate it if they could find another way to have him and Santana face-off again, musically of course.

She Walks in Beauty – The Golden Goblets (A?)

They sounded good for the 2-3 seconds we actually heard them perform. Also, I’ve never seen Principle Figgins get into any New Directions performance like that, so they must have been special.

Fly/I Believe I Can Fly, What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger), Here’s To Us – The New Directions (A)

Rachel came through, per usual. The first part of the performance was a really interesting mash-up that I only enjoyed during the chorus. Artie kills anything R&B-ish, while Santana and Blaine did just fine with the Nicki Minaj parts…but it still felt weird to me. Moving along, the Troubletones made a return (is that allowed?!). This was my favorite part of the performance and I’m glad we got to see Brittany do a little bit more than dance this time around. To close out the performance, Rachel led the way and when she wasn’t smiling at her fiance, she was singing to her dads. Was this the first performance they’ve ever been to or just the first performance we’ve ever seen them at? Overall, the New Directions gave the most well-rounded performance, even if it wasn’t their best.

Quotes

“It’s all fun and games, until it’s not.” – Sebastian

“Yeah, there are 15 of us here and I’m only comfortable sharing a spoon with about half of you.” – Sugar

“I know you must be exhausted from singing all those ‘oohs’ and background ‘aahs’.” – Sue

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