Revenge

Revenge

Episode 10: Loyalty

By: Carlos Uribe

Revenge is a show about a girl who goes to the Hamptons to have revenge on everyone there.

Spoilers Ahoy!

The Real Emily, from now on to be called Amanda, is sticking around town permanently. For some odd reason, Emily realizes that if Amanda refuses to leave immediately, she can at least try her best to place her under her control. Amanda is getting close to Jack. Jack seems to be happy, thinking that he has found his old childhood crush. Little does he know that the Real Amanda, or as I call her Emily, has been there this whole time. This plot-line is developing really nicely, especially since more and more people are discovering she's there. First Daniel discovers her, but at the end of the episode Victoria learns that someone claiming to be Amanda Clarke is back. The look of fear on her face was simply great. While I'm not terribly interested in Amanda's relationship with Jack, I am interested in how Amanda is affecting the world around her.

Tyler on the other hand is going more and more evil. When Emily uses the sex tape she found on Nolan's computer to make it seem like Tyler blackmailed Nolan into the business deal, Tyler almost gets fired. He retaliates by blackmailing Daniel Grayson with the information he found out from the speech. He proceeds to break up with Nolan and steal the sex tape, while at the same time figuring out what really happened to Lydia. In other words? He's becoming an even stronger opponent but also a more dangerous one as he has run out of his psychotic medicine. So far, Tyler is serving the role of villain really well. He is lasting longer on this show than I anticipated, which makes me wonder if he's here to stay or if Emily will ever be able to bring him down.

Emily's relationship with Daniel is also messing up her revenge plans, or at least that's what her sensei thinks. She spends a large portion of the episode, trying to convince her sensei that she's not letting her emotions cloud her judgement. In reality she has fallen for Daniel, and she seems to kind of know it. As the series progresses not only will she have to deal with these emotions, but she's also going to have to find a way to mesh her emotions and revenge scheme. After all, she is trying to destroy Daniel's parents and is lying to him. How exactly does this impact her revenge plan when she knows what this is going to do Daniel? It's a question the series is taking it's time to answer, but we all know their relationship is going to only get stronger.

There is one part of Emily's revenge plan that is going perfectly and that is she has broken up Conrad and Victoria. They are now getting a divorce, and it seems like the divorce is not going to be a nice one. Victoria looks like she may be getting screwed, since her divorce lawyer appears to be secretly working for Emily. Victoria's divorce isn't the only family trouble she has, a Charlotte has decided to live with her father. Victoria realizes that she is driving her family away, but luckily her son remains loyal to her. At least for now. Truth be told, as her world collapses, the more interesting this show gets. The more I want to watch.

Sadly, this episode ended way too quickly. Even sadder? This was the mid-season finale which means that I have to wait all the way until January to see the next episode. You can be sure that when the show does return, I'll be there to catch every second of this. This episode may not have felt like a mid-season finale, but it sure accomplished the same goal: it made me want to come back in January and see how everything works out.