Episode Report Card Pablo G: C+ | 359 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Tyler Burden
By Pablo G | Season 1 | Episode 10 | Aired on 2011.12.07
At a fancy restaurant, Tyler sits alone fidgeting, sipping his wine and nervously looking over the menu. Ashley arrives and asks if the seat across from Tyler is taken. He remarks that she just barely made it in time. Ashley isn't fazed. She says she considers herself lucky then. Tyler notices the bravado and says he is the one who is in fact lucky. They clink wine glasses.
Daniel returns to his mother in the parlor, livid. He asks how she stayed with Conrad all these years. He veritably hates his dad now. Victoria tells Daniel that she's hired a lawyer and doesn't want her son caught in the crossfire of whatever comes out in the divorce. Dan offers his mother that he'll stay with Grayson Global and get any info she needs on Conrad. He also offers to stay the night to keep a watch out for Tyler. You know... in case he shows up and starts throwing shit in the pool.
Casa Emily. Nolan is irate that Ems would expose his tryst with Tyler. He says he trusted Emanda. She fires back that you can't build trust on secrets. There have been secrets kept about Amily, Nolan replies. That may be, but Emanda throws back in Nolan's face that he's always been derailing her plans by toying with Jack. She adds, "And now you've sabotaged our alliance because you fell for a hooker." Nolan points out that the difference is he passed on an opportunity to expose her today. She thinks that's only because he knows she'd follow through on her threat to take him down if he stood in her way. Nolan's done. He starts to leave and Emanda follows to add that she never asked him to be a part of any of this. He invokes David Clarke as the reason he's a part of this, and says David didn't want this for Emanda. Nolan's glad David's not around to see what she's become. This actually hurts Emanda. She wipes away a tear as her phone rings inside the house. She has to compose herself before answering a call from Daniel. He saw Nolan leave the house and asks what that's all about. Reaching for a lie in her distress, Emanda gives a bad one. She says Nolan was there because he was spooked by Tyler earlier tonight, who blames him for getting fired. But he didn't get fired, Dan corrects. Emanda is thrown for a little loop, collects herself and asks if Daniel has any idea why that might be, but he doesn't. He tells Ems he plans on staying with his mom for the night, but she shouldn't worry because he can see her from the balcony in case Amanda Clarke comes back digging around. Victoria overhears this and goes white as a ghost. When Daniel hangs up with Emanda, she asks if she heard him right. He verifies that Amanda Clarke is back in the Hamptons and goes off to bed, leaving his mom frozen.