For all those that have yet to
watch last night’s episode of Revenge,
entitled ‘Dissolution’, this is the only point where I will suggest that is
what you do before reading ahead. This is not a spoiler free blog. THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!
You’ve been warned.
Despite my enjoyment of the final
moments between Emily, Nolan, and Jack, this was not as great an episode as
last week’s. Sure, I can understand the creative angle driven to write this
episode the way it was written, I was a little disappointed in the way certain
things were chosen to go.
For starters, Nolan and Patrick
only had two episodes kind of together, and I was actually rooting for them and
loved them together, but that’s basically down with now. I feel like Patrick
just got here, and now he’s being rushed away, despite the possibilities and
normalcy his character brought to the show. Yes, he has a weird relationship
with his mother, and yes, he tried to kill Conrad, but that doesn’t mean he
needed to be written out for a time. I was really liking his character, and how
happy he seemed to be making Nolan, someone who really needed it, so I’m sad
that this is the way that was chosen, at least at this early point where it
almost feels like they made a mistake in the way they’ve written things and are
thus fixing them.
Another thing, the chemistry
between Daniel and Sarah is so much more obvious than between Emily and him.
They have a sense of passion between them that is impossible for Emily with
Daniel. But I know that the wedding is gone through with, so what’s the point
in dangling this possibility that would be so much better for him than Emily.
Emily’s lack of emotions, and almost lack of personality, sometimes makes it
hard for me to root for her revengenda, plus the way her plans always seem to
be infiltrated before she can fully act them out. It makes it a little
strained.
Charlotte was also getting under
my skin this week. She’s trying to “protect” her brother from marrying “the
wrong woman” and it just makes her seem too much like her mother. I liked
seeing her grow into becoming her own, manipulating woman, but we already have
a Victoria, and for the most part I want her
to be taken down, so I don’t really want Charlotte to end up that way too. It’s
disheartening to see a maturing woman become a miniature, almost identical,
person to an existing character that isn’t all that great. Victoria has her
place, but I don’t want Charlotte to take over that place when Victoria is
eventually taken down.
While I was a little weirded out
and confused by the way the dialogue was written between Nolan and Jack in the
bar, I was happy that they were able to work things out. It was difficult to follow, but I got the gist
of what was going on, and I’m glad they were able to work towards a place of
friendship again, because I absolutely adore their friendship, especially the
way it was in the first season. It’s nice to see that working out for the both
of them, it really appears as though they need each other.
I’m not sure how I feel about this
whole Aiden and Emily thing going on. I was under the impression that he was
there only to help her get things done, but now they’re back together. I know
she has no liking for Daniel, ever since he learned of the cover up of her
father’s wrongful incarceration and did nothing about it, but I still feel like
her and Jack would be better suited than Aiden and her. It almost seems like,
at this point, she’s manipulating Aiden to keep him in line and helping her,
but that she’s not trying to manipulate Jack anymore. I did finally realize why
he’s pretending to help Victoria, pushing her in the direction Emily needs her
to be in, but that’s still not enough for me to feel like Aiden and her need to
be the way they are.
All in all, a solid episode of
television, although my own creative vision of this series didn’t quite fall in
line with the showrunner’s this week. Alas, I’ll leave it up to him to decide
what is best for this series, so long as it keeps me interested, doesn’t
outstay its welcome, and doesn’t become completely moronic that it alienates me
and its vast audience. For now I will keep mum about it, and will look forward
to the day we learn who shoots Emily, or if it really is the staging for
Victoria being blamed for Emily Thorne’s death.
My rating: 7.5 out of 10.
Maybe I was too tired with this and Once to catch any pop out lines, but there were none I felt
impressive enough to jot down. So this is my final review of the night. Check
back tomorrow night for my reviews of How
I Met Your Mother, Bones, Sleepy Hollow, and The Blacklist. Otherwise, good night everyone.
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