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"Revenge hasn&amp;#039;t been very, well, revenge-y lately. What with Emily&amp;#039;s determination to track down her mom - whether or not that is a good idea - we&amp;#039;ve been sadly lacking in badass Miss Thorne. But this week, the show seemed to veer back on track - we&amp;#039;re taking down the Graysons again, people! Sure, the episode took a while to get going; for a while we had to deal with storylines like Jack&amp;#039;s supplier complaining about his new business partner dodgy Kenny, preparation for Victoria and Conrad&amp;#039;s sham of a remarriage, and a bit more of the yawnsome NolCorp issues.   But then suddenly all the build-up from the first part of the instalment began to pay off, as things seriously ramped up a notch. Emily coaches Amanda on how to cover that pesky scar issue with Mason, and when she meets him she successfully drops in the fact that Gordon Murphy used to work for Conrad. Ding, ding, ding. While Amanda&amp;#039;s off planting seeds, Emily&amp;#039;s got her I&amp;#039;m-doing-something-naughty outfit out of the wardrobe to go and pick up Gordon&amp;#039;s body from a freezer. Can you see where this is going, yet? Yes, it&amp;#039;s all looking a bit fishy, and when Mason gets Nolan to trace Gordon&amp;#039;s phone number it leads him straight to his trailer. What should be inside but Gordon&amp;#039;s now thawed and stinky corpse? Oh, and look - there&amp;#039;s one of Conrad&amp;#039;s cufflinks next to the body... Over with the Graysons, Conrad is telling Victoria that they might be getting married for the whole testimony thing, but he still thinks they&amp;#039;re meant to be together. Oh, Conrad, do you even know Victoria? Anyway, he gives her the slightly unorthodox present of a gun, but it&amp;#039;s to protect herself - not, as Victoria hopes, to offer her a way out. But Mason calls, as he has a way for her to marry and not have to spend one night with the man.   It&amp;#039;s clearly so obvious what&amp;#039;s going to happen, but it&amp;#039;s still good fun to see the detectives putting all the pieces together while the Graysons are dancing together to celebrate their nuptials (I love that Victoria didn&amp;#039;t wear white, because I mean, really). Conrad wants to head off on vacation; Victoria wants to wake up in the house &amp;#039;as a family&amp;#039;. And she also takes the opportunity to tell Daniel that the board needs to see him as a worthy successor. You can accuse Victoria Grayson of many things - subtlety is not one of them. Aside from the main drama, it&amp;#039;s thrilling just to see Emily and Daniel dance together; clearly, both of them still have feelings for each other. In fact, when Emily tells Daniel that it&amp;#039;s never too late for him to change, and he puts on his puppy dog eyes to ask: &amp;quot;You mean that?&amp;quot; it almost feels as if a corner is being turned. So that&amp;#039;s the perfect time for the police to burst in and arrest Conrad. Victoria does a fantastic: &amp;quot;What is it?&amp;quot; screamy fakeout, transitioning into a brilliantly malicious smile by the wedding cake when he&amp;#039;s gone. No-one could be as perfect for Victoria as Madeleine Stowe.  She&amp;#039;s not the only one smiling, either; Nolan and Emily and Aiden are all exchanging smug grins. And Emily&amp;#039;s telling everyone that this plan will also bring down Mason, but perhaps she shouldn&amp;#039;t be so confident. Because a certain Mrs Grayson has mentioned off-hand that Emily previously spent time in juvie. This is exactly the kind of plot twist that Revenge is brilliant at; Victoria wasn&amp;#039;t trying to bring down Emily, and it&amp;#039;s also something that Emily has no control over. In fact, it&amp;#039;s just one sentence that could turn everything upside down. Actually, the end of the episode as the implications become clear is just brilliant. Set to Massive Attack&amp;#039;s wonderfully atmospheric &amp;#039;Paradise Circus&amp;#039;, we see Emily putting all the pieces in place for Conrad&amp;#039;s framing. It&amp;#039;s cut with someone linking thread among all the big players on the show on a cork board. But it&amp;#039;s not, as we&amp;#039;re maybe led to believe, Emily. It&amp;#039;s Mason, and he&amp;#039;s linked her to Amanda. This is one illusion that&amp;#039;s being shattered right in front of our eyes, and it&amp;#039;s going to be superb to see Emily try to worm her way out of this one. Just fantastic. Of course, before we get to the end of the episode, there&amp;#039;s plenty of other juicy stuff to keep us entertained. Ignoring the fact that Declan and Charlotte have apparently reunited - the romance no-one was rooting for - we get Jack proposing to Amanda.   And there are some serious sparks between Emily and Aiden, though just when you think they&amp;#039;ll kiss, they don&amp;#039;t - Emily&amp;#039;s still suffering from feelings to Daniel, though Aiden warns that he&amp;#039;s just turning into a Grayson like the rest of them. Still, he&amp;#039;s clearly smitten with Emily, promising to wait for her. Aiden hasn&amp;#039;t really clicked so far, but maybe this is a big moment for him, too. On the mythology side of things, there were further developments with the shady Americon Initiative. Evil Americon lady turns up at Conrad&amp;#039;s jail cell, smiling slyly about his previous help - it turns out Conrad had no idea the funds he channelled to them would be used to blow up that plane.  But don&amp;#039;t feel too sorry for him, because he clearly has no hesitation about doing what is best for himself (at least in the short-term); in exchange for Americon paying his bail, he&amp;#039;s basically in their debt. They&amp;#039;ll use him when necessary, of course, though he&amp;#039;s warned that he will not have any idea what they&amp;#039;re planning. Are we about to see another terrorist attack? And what exactly are Americon after, anyway?  We&amp;#039;re left with these intriguing questions, anyway, as Conrad sneaks in on Victoria - surprise! - as she lies nervously in bed. She&amp;#039;s horrified that he&amp;#039;s back in Americon&amp;#039;s debt - &amp;quot;What did you promise them?&amp;quot; she squeals, as he replies, brilliantly: &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t think I&amp;#039;ll know until it&amp;#039;s too late. Sleep well, darling.&amp;quot; Something about this is just so wonderfully sinister, and it&amp;#039;s an exciting hint at what could be coming up. Still, Revenge also excels with its quieter moments and Kara&amp;#039;s return is finally paying off; after a chat with Emily on the beach, we&amp;#039;re under no illusions that she&amp;#039;s keen for the Graysons to get what&amp;#039;s coming to them. And some of the best, most tense scenes in the episode come as Kara is faced with Victoria. Obviously, her marriage to Gordon is remaining a secret, so her horror at his death has to be hidden, but that doesn&amp;#039;t stop every word the pair exchange being loaded with intense amounts of meaning.  Revenge is always entertaining, but it&amp;#039;s seemed a little lost in the last couple of episodes. This instalment, on the other hand, began slowly but began to knock out the explosive moments brilliantly - and it&amp;#039;s a relief to see Emily back to her original mission. Of course, it seems like she could be in trouble now... what lies ahead between her and Mason?  What did you think of the episode? Let us know below! 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