Episode Report Card Pablo G: B+ | 159 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Scorn on the Fourth of July
By Pablo G | Season 1 | Episode 6 | Aired on 2011.10.26
Poor Porter Bar. It's a noticeably slow night, as far as business goes. Dec starts asking Jack odd questions about connections he might have at a fancy restaurant because he wants to impress Charlotte on their upcoming date. Jack's reaction is along the lines of, "You couldn't afford that even if you sold all your greasy, luxurious Declan hair." That's why Dec is now asking Jack if he can borrow a few hundred bucks. Legal guardian Jack joins the conversation and he's a bit surly when he suggests that Dec not waste his time with this girl who probably has a dozen Ivy League jerks after her. Declan thinks Jack is just bitter about his own rich girl problem. And... he's probably right.
Back at dinner, Tyler's talking big about wanting to buy an island in the Bahamas after an anecdote about showing people around some islands his parents own. Emanda starts asking rapid fire questions about the story and Tyler does his best to address them until Emanda's fact-checking seems to catch him in a big lie. Let's see, Tyler had said he and Daniel couldn't go to the island one December because of a hurricane, but Emanda points out hurricane season ends in November. Tyler had said they flew in on a $60 million jet to set up his guests in a tax haven, but Emanda notes most runways there are unpaved requiring a turboprop plane and privacy laws as pertain to taxes were stripped in 2006. Tyler says, "Forget it. I'm just trying to tell a story." Emanda retorts, "Oh, I believe that." Tyler stands up angrily and tells Daniel, "Why don't you tell your girlfriend to take a step back? Who does she think she's talking to anyways?" Cold Emanda: "That's a very good question." Daniel follows after Tyler, leaving Ashley with a stone-faced Emanda. Ashley turns to her and says, "I don't know what's going on with you lately, but you're becoming a real grade-A bitch," and elicits no response from Emanda.
By himself and in the middle of the night, Declan is out on an inflatable raft. He pulls up some cages from the water and has caught himself a few lobsters. OK, if he's catching lobsters to cook for Charlotte, that's actually really sweet.
Victoria is alone at night in her kitchen, going through the fridge. Doesn't she have servants to whip her up a midnight snack? She closes the refrigerator door and is startled by Frank. He's there to make sure Victoria is doing OK and is getting really uncomfortably close to her. He starts talking about how much he cares about her and Victoria has to cut him off to tell him she's seen the video of Lydia. Frank is caught off guard by the fact there's a video of what he did, but he did it for Victoria, he says. Frank leans in for a kiss, and we'll never know if Victoria would've let him because Conrad calls out from the next room to her. She tells Frank he needs to leave and she walks away, leaving him spurned.