Charade (2 Nov. 2011)

Daniel agrees with Jack he better resigns as barman and takes pity on his father, whom Victoria locks out. Tyler forces Emily to face the press at the occasion of the sanctimonious couple's... See full summary »

Director:

Sanford Bookstaver

Writers:

Mike Kelley (creator), Mark B. Perry,

Stars:

Madeleine Stowe, Emily VanCamp, Gabriel Mann

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Madeleine Stowe	...	Victoria Grayson
Emily VanCamp	...	Emily Thorne
Gabriel Mann	...	Nolan Ross
Henry Czerny	...	Conrad Grayson
Ashley Madekwe	...	Ashley Davenport
Nick Wechsler	...	Jack Porter
Joshua Bowman	...	Daniel Grayson (as Josh Bowman)
Connor Paolo	...	Declan Porter
Christa B. Allen	...	Charlotte Grayson
CCH Pounder	...	Warden Sharon Stiles
Ashton Holmes	...	Tyler Barrol
Max Martini	...	Frank Stevens
Margarita Levieva	...	Amanda Clarke / Emily Thorne
Alicia Coppola	...	Melissa Robbins
Amber Valletta	...	Lydia Davis

Storyline

Daniel agrees with Jack he better resigns as barman and takes pity on his father, whom Victoria locks out. Tyler forces Emily to face the press at the occasion of the sanctimonious couple's 25th wedding anniversary and grabs his chance to become Conrad's potentially indispensable right hand by helping him move his office from the beach mansion. Frank vows to redeem himself with the couple and discovers 'Emily's' past includes Amanda's identity swap with the real one in a juvenile institution, but the warden tips off 'Emily' and the real one, contacted by Frank, fatally smashes his head. DEclan is invited to the anniversary dinner by Charlotte but walks out vexed by condescending Victoria and Tyler.

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Plot Keywords:

dinner | undressing | fight | adolescent | bare chested male | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 November 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Page Fright, Mike Kelley Productions, Temple Hill Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Quotes

Nolan Ross: Ah, ambiguous sexual identity. I get it. I'm about a... 3 on the Kinsey scale myself.

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Soundtracks

"Green Light"
Written by Eric V. Hachikian
Performed by Eric V. Hachikian

User Reviews

Juvie chick is multilingual?

I just started watching Revenge on Hulu, and am very much into it. But have to agree with Danny's review on some of the more ludicrous and unbelievable plot contrivances. That being said, let's suspend our disbelief, and just go along with it for the sake of entertainment. Even then, however, I think we can agree that character development is important for the coherence and plausibility of the plot. Someone please explain to me, then, why the real Emily, i.e. the stripper who just killed Frank, has to say "Za shchastiye!" (To Happiness!) in Russian every time she raises a glass to toast someone? Sure, the actress who plays her, Margarita Levieva, is Russian, but how the hell would her character, who is supposed to be some run-of-the-mill, all-American, trailer-trash-juvie-stripper chick with a 100% Anglo name like "Emily Thorne" know how to say "cheers!" to anyone in a foreign language? Did she learn that in juvie? Come on. What is this? Some kind of cute gimmick the actress thought up herself? "Oooohhh, I know! Let me say 'cheers' in Russian every time I drink, that would be awesome! Cause, you know, I'm, like, Russian and all." Seriously? That's great and all, but for the purposes of this show? Not. Making. Any. Sense, people. Consistency, please.