Last night’s Revenge started with news stations reporting that socialite Emily Thorne had disappeared. With everyone who was aboard that honeymoon love boat being brought in for questioning, the search was on to find the suspect. Let’s dig in.
Nolan was watching the news smiling to himself at Emily’s well-laid plans. Of course, that smirk soon disappeared when he learned that things in fact did not go as planned and Emily was seriously in danger. Cut to Jack and Aiden still on the beach trying to figure out what happened. Jack tells Aiden it was his fault that Emily changed the deadline, and Aiden is on his way out to sea when he realized that Em’s GPS locator came back on.
He finds Emily on the deck of a fishing boat, shaking and in terrible shape. He realizes that the plans as they know it are off, and if he doesn’t get her to a hospital soon, she’ll die. So he causes some commotion so that the fisherman can find Emily and hopefully take her to the hospital. Luckily, he does. Unluckily, the Graysons, Lydia, and Margot, don’t know it yet and are still being questioned.
A police officer is trying to take Daniel’s statement when Conrad walks over and convinces the officer to give him some time. As for the others: Lydia says she was in the main room with the family. Victoria says she wants her lawyer present. Margot says she was in the main room with the family as well and hands over photos that were taken that night, but she doesn’t hand over everything — she keeps a few for herself.
Elsewhere, the leading men in Emily’s life are trying to figure out who pulled the trigger and realize they have to get to Emily and find out themselves. Nolan is hellbent on getting into the hospital (in fairness, he did buy half the place) but the Graysons still won’t let him in. When he gets there he asks for Patrick’s help, but Patrick once again chooses Victoria. Upset, Nolan leaves but not before he a device at one of the nurse’s stations.
When Daniel finally gets by Emily’s bedside the look on his face is not one of concern. His presence seems to wake Emily up as she begins frantically questioning everything. Where am I? What happened? and most importantly: Who am I?
Back over at Nolan’s, Aiden is disappointed at Nolan’s attempt, but of course Nolan had a plan B. He tells Aiden about the device and they’re able to access Emily’s files. It’s then they learn that she has amnesia. Aiden quickly assures Nolan that this is all part of a plan since the enemy is all around her. But as we soon find out, that’s simply not the case.
Jack finally goes to visit Margot to be a good boyfriend, but mainly to try and find out what she knows about the night on the boat. Luckily for him, she listened to everything he ever told her about Conrad and shows him the photos she kept from the police. But most importantly she shows him all the people who lied to the police about being in the main room.
Back at Nolan’s, Nolan is navigating Aiden through the hospital and making sure he doesn’t come up on any of the cameras. He’s putting away Emily’s infinity box when he’s interrupted by Patrick — who saw the box, but most importantly, where it was hidden. Nolan yells at him again for choosing sides. Patrick yells at him for being everything Victoria warned him about and Patrick storms off leaving Nolan’s focus back to Aiden. He’s able to get Aiden into Emily’s room where he tries to get her make a break for it, but Emily doesn’t recognize him. Turns out, she is not faking her amnesia.
When Aiden goes back to Nolan’s he tells Jack and Nolan and Nolan realizes what she needs: an emotional connection. Aiden tells Nolan that he tried but he’s OBVOIUSLY not talking about Aiden — he means Jack. Unfortunately Jack is feeling too guilty to go in and help.
Elsewhere, Daniel realized hat everyone suspects Victoria and he doesn’t want her to take the fall, so he tells her the truth; he shot Emily. Victoria of course takes this as if Daniel said he wanted to order Pizza for dinner. The only time we actually see this news phase her is when Daniel tells her he’s turning himself in. This gets Victoria back in true Grayson mode. But who does she turn to? An unlikely source: Margot.
She shows up at Margot’s office looking for someone to be her ally, and comes away with a way to save Daniel. Margot shows her the photos and Vic instantly realizes that Lydia is not there — and now all she has to do is convince Conrad to help make Lydia take the fall. He’s not happy about it but he does it for Daniel and Lydia becomes the main suspect.
Back at the hospital, Charlotte is trying to help Emily remember and tells her that she’s always looked up to her (false) and asks where she gets her strength from. This is something that Emily does remember. She got it from her father David. David Clarke. This news unnerves Charlotte and she shows up at The Stowaway to tell Jack. He tells her that Emily’s probably just confused and uses this as the segue to ask to visit Em in the hospital.
Aiden on the other hand is getting a blast from his own past. Earlier in the episode he seemed to recognize a nurse in the hospital. Turns out, the two have a history and she’s a doctor who saved his life once. She’s says she’s there to help Emily — is that what the syringe she was secretly trying to hook up to Em’s IV was for? — and Aiden reminds her be careful of the Graysons. She reminds him that nothing’s changed and kisses him. How do we think Emily will feel about this?
The episode ended with Patrick showing up at Victoria’s and telling her about the infinity box hidden at Nolan’s and that he knows exactly where it’s hidden. Not good. As all this is happening, Jack finally goes to see Emily. She tells him there’s something familiar about him. He explains that they have history, but her memory remains the same. But it’s when he puts Amanda’s locket in her hand that the memories come flooding back: being in the raft with Amanda, gasping for air after being shot at her wedding, and that it was in fact Daniel who pulled the trigger.
Some leftovers: What do you think about the girl that kissed Aiden? Do you feel bad for Lydia? What do you think Emily’s memory returning means for Daniel? Are you #TeamJack again? Did anyone else feel like they could have made Emily remembering who shot her take a little longer?