Revenge Recap: Legacy

Revenge

By S-Natch | Thursday, May 10, 2012 | 12:11 pm | 12 Comments
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Victoria is remembering her lust for David Clarke. They banter about their children and she invites “the family” to brunch. Her fishing expedition successful, David tells her he is a widower.

Jack is drinking shots with the patrons at the bar. He explains to Nolan that some scumbag nouveau riche bought their house, forcing the fam to live over the bar.

Frank and Conrad are meeting. Frank is talking about his suspicions that Halsted is the leak. Lydia walks in and Frank leaves, giving Conrad the chance to tell her that he and Victoria own the Clarke house. Lydia tells Conrad that he was the real reason she lied in court and suggests a game of tonsil hockey.

Mason is describing the ritual of New Years when a drunken Halsted waxes on about two-headed Pagan gods and destroying people. He pretends to fall onto Amanda and tells her he will help her. Frank grabs Halsted and hauls him away.

Nolan finds Daddy Porter and tells him he is the scumbag who bought his house and a lot of houses around it. He tells Porter that he will pull out of escrow and let him keep the house, but Porter tells him he can’t afford to keep it anyway. He says his wife showed up after a having abandoned them years before and demanded a divorce and half of what he owns without even asking how the boys were doing. Porter tells Nolan that he had to choose the house or the bar, and if he pulls out of the deal he will have to tell his sons what a raging bitch their mother is. Girlfriend overhears this.

Frank has Halsted all to himself. Halsted blames “social anxiety” for his awkwardness at the party. Frank shows Halsted the card and asks him if he sent it. A knock comes at the door. It is Amanda with aspirin for Halsted. Frank sends her away.

Conrad and Victoria are holding court for their guests as Lydia straightens her clothing in the background. Conrad announces that Michael and Lydia are going to buy the Clarke house.

They count down the New Year. Girlfriend, realizing that Nolan is rich, comes on to him, saying she and Jack don’t want the same things anymore. She grabs Nolan and kisses him, causing Jack to punch him out.

Victoria sits down with Lydia and tells her they own the Clarke house. She says the house was important to her because it was all she had of David. Victoria tells her nothing would make her happier than having her closest friend as her closest neighbor.

Amanda realizes that Halsted slipped something in her pocket when he fell on her. She sees Frank and Conrad talking and goes to the pool house.

SHE FINDS HALSTED

As EMT’s haul Halsted’s body out, Victoria remarks that is strange that he didn’t leave a suicide note, indicating to Conrad and Frank that she knows Frank killed him.

Treadwell walks up and tells Victoria that it is his job to break the story of Halsted, saying, “there can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and shame the Devil.” Victoria realizes that Mason wrote the Clarke note. He confirms it, saying the intention was for “inspiration” for his book.

Amanda calls Nolan and tells him she believes him now and cries that Halsted is dead. Nolan tells her that the point was for her to get past all of this. She says the Graysons will pay for what they did.

She sends a prayer to her dad asking for help and realizes she is standing in front of the infinity symbol he carved on the porch railing.

Amanda is reading Halsted’s note as she is getting an infinity symbol tattooed on the inside of her wrist. The note  says he will tell her everything and will help her but, in the meantime, “get as far away from these people as you can.”

And, for the first time, we see Emily Thorne. It is New Year’s Eve 2012 and Daniel is taking her to a party at Grayson Manor.

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12 Comments

  1. 1
    April
    Posted May 10, 2012 at 3:11 pm

    I hearted this entire episode so much! I loved the younger looking versions of Nolan and Jack and Declan. So cute! Also cool to see how the Graysons also destroyed other people to fuel their plot against Clarke. I am such a fan girl for this show and get more so each week.

  2. 2
    April
    Posted May 10, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    I think it is supposed to signify how little people pay attention to “The help”. Or just plot holes. Either way. I mean think of how many people you interact with on a daily basis. Unless you are a good reader of faces, you probably are not going to remember them. Eyewitness accounts have been proven to suck. So I could totally believe they would not recognize her. I do feel Victoria has always sensed something “off” about Emily and it may be her subconcious recognizing her from the party or from her childhood face. Not enough memory though to peg her as Amanda.

  3. 3
    carol
    Posted May 10, 2012 at 3:39 pm

    At this point in the season, especially after the months long pause, this episode felt like a total filler. It would have been better in the first half of the season. We didn’t learn anything the new. It didn’t really move the plot forward. However, it did show that the characters are capable of facial expressions. And seriously, how old is that dog??

    I feel like this show would have been better as a mini series. How are they going to extend this over another season? What type of hellish cliff hanger is this season going to end with?

  4. 4
    S-Natch S-Natch
    Posted May 10, 2012 at 8:26 pm

    @April – you have good points about “the help” and eyewitness accounts – I can’t even describe what I’m wearing even when it is stretched across my ample ass. The only thing is, Amanda seemed to be right there in the middle of everything, yet the only person who thought she had seen Emily before was Lydia – and she saw her less than anyone.

    @Carol – I wonder if there is going to be a Dallas-type ending. For example, in the preview, Emily is all bloody and says something like, “I want my face to be the last thing you see before I kill you.” Maybe they won’t show us who she is talking to or a gunshot goes off and Emily looks surprised so you aren’t sure if she is shot or the other person. I totally agree that this should have been a mini-series as opposed to a recurring one. I wonder if that was the original intent but then it proved so popular they want to milk it.

  5. 5
    thisbuggs4u
    Posted May 10, 2012 at 10:21 pm

    S-Natch, The only reason why Lydia remembered Emily is because of that picture that was taken from the party with Emily in the backround. I guess I should say Amanda, cause she was Amanda back then. I also think you are right about Victoria. Victoria knows she “knows” Emanda-I am going to have to call her this from now on :) -from somewhere. I am going to go with that particular party. She was pretty much everywhere during that party. Heck even Frank got that feeling that he knew her from somewhere when she started seeing Daniel.

    I know I have not changed much from my high school years. Hell one of my friends posted high school pictures on her FB page, and tagged me in them, that bitch :) So yeah, nothing has changed except for maybe 50 pounds and 14 years, and a husband…

    ps, I changed my screenname to SparkleBaby over in the T&T recaps, but I had to change it back to this, because if that Mini cap of lastnights show hits 300 someone has to shout out Sparkle Thundercunt!! You know who I am talking about :)

    Oh and I also liked this episode, in a way, it was nice to see why she now truley hates all these people. I am hoping that next week is part of that party, and we get to see all those people again, well almost all, we know frank is a gonner, but what about Lydia…Have we seen her since her tumble off the roof and onto that taxi?

  6. 6
    April
    Posted May 10, 2012 at 11:21 pm

    Yeah remember Lydia was in Grayson manor for a bit and Victoria was caring for her to find out what she remembered. She remembered everything but wasn’t talking. Conrad smuggled her out of the manor and hid her off somewhere. So I doubt we will see her again, but you never know.

    The weirdest thing about this show. I was getting an odd hankering to rewatch “Bad Girls” and looked to see if Netflix had it (it did not! ) on instant watch. Then I started watching this show on Hulu and it had Madeline Stowe! It was like the first thing I have seen her in in a long time.

    I also think they might have intended this as a one series deal or mini series but might try to stretch it out now. Wonder how they can make it last over two seasons tops is all I see them getting out of it. I would rather have a short awesome show, than a long show that dwindles and gets ridiculous.

  7. 7
    thisbuggs4u
    Posted May 10, 2012 at 11:31 pm

    Yes, April, I remember now, that is when Lydia remembered where she knew Em from. Not just from the hotel when she was with Conrad, but from the picture from the party.

    I think the young girl that plays 8 yr old Amanda is adorable.

  8. 8
    Jessi
    Posted May 11, 2012 at 6:46 am

    Nolan was so hot in this episode! I like pre-Hamptons Nolan fashion. Mmm. Jack’s hair had me laughing hysterically every time he was on screen. It was good to see Sammy (aka ZombieDog) again, but I felt like it took away some of the power of her seeing Sammy in the pilot. Like she couldn’t believe he was alive and that Jack kept him all this time. Obviously she knew. Womp womp.

    While it was really great seeing all of our dearly departed/revenged cast members, I really wish that this episode had come earlier in this season. At this point, it was all somewhat interesting, but mostly just filler until the finale next week. What will I do when this show is off the air?

  9. 9
    Moli Moli
    Posted May 11, 2012 at 10:24 am

    Boy was this a filler episode that should have been showed before the break. I did like seeing younger everyone. I wonder why we didn’t get to see mini-Daniel and Charlotte. I had a problem with NO ONE remembering Amanda when she had interactions with these people. I thought they didn’t remember her because she was in the shadows the entire time….nooooo she had MORE THAN ONE encounter with Frank WTF and Vicki. I will admit is was nice to get some (85% unnecessary) back story. But dammit the back story I want is when she travels the world and becomes a martial artist.

  10. 10
    April
    Posted May 11, 2012 at 11:13 am

    Me too Moli. I bet if they do another season we might get a martial arts training back story epi. I hope so! I told my hubby this show was for a minute there turning into a Kill Bill type martial arts movie and was taking a weird turn. I dug it.

  11. 11
    plockeness monster plockeness monster
    Posted May 13, 2012 at 8:35 am

    I’m guess the writers will have another huge seret to reveal and that can get them another season.

    I agree with what everyone said about the group remembering Amanda. I also wondered why no one had remembered her but those people are so wrapped up in their own lives,
    It seems totally possible.

    Great recap!

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    April
    Posted May 13, 2012 at 10:38 am

    I always figured they would show that she had plastic surgery to change her appearance a bit, but that never happened. A lot of people look in the face exactly like they do as adults so you know Jack might recongize her that way.

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