The April 18 episode of ‘Revenge’ rewarded patient viewers with the image of Daniel Grayson in a towel. That’s basically all you need to know. Well, not really, but it was pretty important — and very steamy.
Amanda Clarke (Margarita Levieva) was nowhere to be found when Revenge returned from hiatus this week, and the Graysons were still in a frenzy to identify the hooded figure on the beach the night of Tyler’s murder. Eager to pin his murder on someone other than their son Daniel (Josh Bowman), they put together a potential sketch — and the suspect shockingly resembled Jack (Nick Wechsler)! Victoria Grayson (Madeleine Stowe) revealed she was willing to frame Jack, or anyone really, in order to have her son acquitted.
Because everyone is really pointing fingers at Amanda for Tyler’s murder, Nolan (Gabriel Mann) convinced Mason Treadwell (Roger Bart) to report on Daniel’s case, since it would be a great conclusion to his previous story about “her” father. But keep in mind, he’s just another piece in Emily’s (Emily VanCamp) “revengenda.”
Back at the correctional facility, Daniel was attacked, receiving a concussion and cracked ribs. Since the conditions were “life-threatening,” he was allowed to return to his comfy home in the Hamptons under house arrest. As Daniel’s case became deeper and more complicated, Nolan tried his best to convince Jack to investigate the bank statement found in Amanda’s jacket. That meant he’d be out of town — and more importantly, away from the Graysons.
While Victoria — aka “Vicky Harper” — encountered an old flame from the past, Emily anonymously contacted Mason, informing him that Victoria was to blame for the tapes that went missing during the fire that burned down his home. In order to help his brother, Declan (Connor Paolo) recanted his statement about the figure on the beach, admitting that Charlotte (Christa B. Allen) fabricated the entire story as a result of being under the influence of alcohol and drugs. With this information, the entire credibility of the Grayson family — as well as Daniel’s defense — was basically ruined. However, this was Mason’s plan all along after he found his interview tapes in Victoria’s house.
Finally, it’s safe to say that Emily looks fantastic as a brunette! She dressed up in one of her many disguises to get information from the man Victoria hires to set up the attack on Daniel so he could leave the correctional facility. Back at the manor, Victoria put a little doubt in Daniel’s mind that Emily had motive to murder Tyler; he did hold her at gunpoint, after all, and the bullets in the murder case did come from her gun. However, Daniel threatened to confess to everything if his mother even thought about trying to blaming his fiancée.
That little bit of doubt may be enough to get Daniel acquitted, but is it enough for him to actually suspect the woman he loves? Drop a comment below with your thoughts on this week’s Revenge, and what you think will happen as we get closer to the season finale!
Igor
Posted at 1:56 PM on April 19, 2012
The Victoria-Painter story arc did not work for me either, it really comes out of the blue, it’s like they are trying to keep Victoria busy with some other uninteresting story, as if she was not busy enough with all her bitching.
I forgot to say earlier that I really love Emily and the end of that episode was just great, the way she kicks this guy’s ass, it’s like she’s lost control, luv it. I just hope that she will destroy little Vicky. She’s too old and botoxed anyway.
I love how Tradwell managed to shut her up, even if we all know it won’t be for good.
But I agree, this espisode was not nearly as good as the previous one. I expected more after such a long break.