Episode Report Card Kelsea Stahler: B+ | 24 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT After the Love is Gone
By Kelsea Stahler | Season 3 | Episode 16 | Aired on 03.23.2014
At her cottage, Emily refuses Jack's attempt to deliver Stevie's files from the law firm. She says that he needs to take care of his mother, but not long after that, she's opened the drive and looked at Stevie's evidence. Emily won't say what it was, but it's given her a new target. I guess that means the red sharpie is making a comeback.
Finally, we get to the finale. Everyone's arriving at the opera: Emily and Daniel's mutual disdain, Charlotte's miraculously blooming career (she was an intern last week and now she's heading up the gossip division of Voulez, which is a fashion magazine?), Victoria's distaste for Pascal's constant attention and Jack and Margaux's family issues. It's all rather brief, but Pascal does manage to ruin Margaux's night by announcing he's staying a while. Great.
During the opera, Charlotte gets a tip from the Voulez tipline -- did the magazine just become Radar Online? Why is it dealing in gossip? The tip is about Emily's records of a fake pregnancy and Victoria takes the opportunity to publicly shame Emily while the rest of the society guests watch. Then Emily leaves in a melodramatic slow-motion run while Daniel looks on with a smug smile and paparazzi flash photos.
As Emily moves out the next day, Daniel smiles like a kid on Christmas as he hands Emily the new divorce papers, sans settlement. They remind her that after this public deception, she'll never be able to tell the truth about Daniel shooting her without looking like a vengeful, desperate woman. They're thrilled to be rid of her, but they're still worried about finding out whether or not she's targeting them.
Nolan tries to kick Javier out of his house, but Javier says that he gave his parole officer Nolan's address for his house arrest -- I'm sorry, don't they usually check these things out? Javier's got some new development ideas and Nolan thinks they might be useful to him. Nolan, haven't you learned that all of your friends betray you? Stay away, my friend.
Conrad meets with Pascal and Pascal makes it clear that he'll never merge their companies. Conrad says that he could get him the one thing he never had: Victoria. Pascal seems to be listening. I'm sorry, since when is Victoria a chess piece that Conrad can wield? Try never.
Jack stops by to see Emily and check on her after the gossipy reveal. When she's blithe about it, he realizes that she planted the information herself and demands to know what her new plan is. He doesn't want to sit on the sidelines because she's getting justice for Declan and Amanda. She doesn't want him involved, but he says that he got her evidence so he's in now. Good point.