Anyone that has yet to watch
tonight’s season three premiere of Revenge,
fittingly titled ‘Fear’, then now would be the time to back away from this
review if you hope to watch devoid of spoilers. THIS BLOG MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! You’ve been warned.
As always, this series premiered
with a flash-forward to a climactic event that it will now build up to, that
being Emily on a boat in a wedding dress being shot and falling back into the
ocean. I will say that I liked how this season opened, with the slow move into
boat, although the voice over can be somewhat overdone. Every time I hear Emily
VanCamp’s voice, it always sounds like she’s overdoing it just a bit. Like
she’s trying to push the suspense of the series with just her words. The voice
over isn’t terrible, but work could be done to tone down the intensity that
comes across. I think we get that this is a series about revenge, it’s not
integral to make that come through with just your voice.
I’m a little confused when it
comes to Charlotte. She lost the baby? Then what was the point of her being
pregnant in the first place? And does anyone else feel like she got over Declan
pretty easily? She was under the belief she loved him last season, but now I
don’t really see that. Now she seems all determined to have her half-brother
suffer if her mother doesn’t do that to him already, if he doesn’t leave. What
is with this seesaw momentum of character development? I’d almost think the
writers were bipolar when it comes to Charlotte. Though I do have to say that I
like her wardrobe this season, and the bangs. Her hair looks surprisingly good.
Then Ashley’s back, and wanting to
blackmail Emily this season, but she eventually gets crossed off Emily’s list
of people she needs to take care of. I question how these two women were ever
friends in the first place. It’s like nothing but securing a position of power
matters for Ashley. I saw that yearning in the beginning of the series, but I
don’t see any of that knowledge of past friendship when she interacts with
Emily. This character has just seemed to have done a complete one eighty, like
the writers had no idea where they were really going with her so they send her
away. Although that is how I felt all of last season with everything.
Despite not having much dialogue,
I do think Justin Hartley did a phenomenal job as Patrick in this season
premiere. The man surprisingly came across as genuinely his character more so
than the rest of the actors that have embodied their characters for over two
seasons. I’m actually looking forward to seeing this character development, and
if he’s any good, and got enough of a story, I sincerely hope he sticks around.
Particularly more than Aiden.
Jack seems to be better this
season, at least compared to most of last year. My specific note reads ‘This
Jack is better than season two Jack, but not better than season one’. I think
that’s because his complete lack of interaction with Emily last season and
completely throwing himself into things with Amanda was just bad when compared
to season one where he was so heavily revolving around Emily for a lot of it.
Which is why I so desperately wanted Amanda to not be carrying Jack’s child
last season because I enjoyed Emily and Jack’s back and forth romance, and then
it’s also completely left out for Aiden in season two, and that just got a
whole heck of a lot convoluted and messy. So basically what I’m trying to say
is that I’m glad he’s kind of darker, or more emotionally charged this season,
from the evidence of this episode. I want Jack to be more included in things.
Okay, I get that the smiles and
the tone are fake between Emily and Victoria, but you’d think they’d be better
at pretending to like each other more than that scene in Grayson manner with
the horrendously fake smiles. If I can pick up that you’re being fake with each
other, don’t you think the other woman you’re playing the scene against can
pick up on that too? They play their teamwork much better on when they finally
(and I say that as a heavy finally) get rid of Ashley, but not at this point in
the episode. Also, is Victoria still that desperate to get rid of Emily, when
Aiden comes to her door?
All right, I think I’m done. The
episode was a solid opening, and I look much more forward to this season than I
did last year after the second season’s premiere. I’m desperately glad that the
whole Carrion, and Initiative storylines are over and done with. May the
creators learn from last year’s mistakes.
My rating: 3 out of 5.
Best Line:
“Amen to that.” – Nolan says to Emily, about her nonchalant
comment about forgetting about Carrion and the Initiative.
That’s all for tonight, kids. Check back in tomorrow night for
reviews of How I Met Your Mother, Bones, Sleepy Hollow, and The
Blacklist.
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