Episode Report Card Kelsea Stahler: A- | 74 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT The Silver Linings Playbook
By Kelsea Stahler | Season 3 | Episode 7 | Aired on 11.10.2013
Margaux finds her own bingo when she sees Conrad at the party. He’s no longer looking for a measly magazine article; he wants to write a memoir. Margaux jumps at the notion. While Conrad is sure to attempt to fill a memoir with a pack of lies, Margaux and her publishing imprint plan to trap him and coax him into letting more information come to the surface. Couple this ambition with the fact that Jack likes her and Margaux’s chances for not ending up in a burning vehicle seem pretty low.
But for now, it’s all sex at the Stowaway and bad coffee in the morning for the editor of Voulez. Before the party, Jack visits Amanda’s grave, cries a little, says goodbye, and then removes his wedding ring. Jack truly misses Amanda, but he also misses sex, so he lets Margaux get his guichie, guichie, ya-ya da-da and shares a sweet little morning-after with her, too.
While Jack is giving up his wedding ring, Daniel is clearly planning to do the same before he ever gets one. Sarah has escaped the party (and Victoria) and is watching fireworks on the beach, so Daniel brings her a coat (like a gentleman in an old movie) and bonds with her over watching the Coney Island fireworks as a kid (like the guy in every rom-com ever). He leans in, tilts his head, and tries to kiss her, but Sarah stops it. She may be poor, but she’s no home-wrecker.
Of course, we’ll have to see how long that sense of principle stands, because the next day, Victoria visits Sarah’s humble abode as she hangs sundresses and plaid shirts on a clothing line. We know it’s coming, but she offers Sarah an alliance to help woo Daniel away from Emily. The problem is that Victoria hates poor people, so even if this works, Sarah’s still definitely going to get burned.
For now, the only sabotage that’s really working like a well-oiled machine is Nolan’s plan. He takes all his intel to Bizzy directly, though he makes sure to let her know he’s already sent emails to all her clients and ruined her career. He has one last twist of the knife and he plans on delivering it in person: the knowledge of her affair. But because he’s not a monster and he feels bad for Jeff, the poor, dumb guy who loves her, Nolan decides that as long as Bizzy ends her affair, he won’t tell Jeff what she’s done. She agrees and apologizes for what happened with his father. It doesn’t bring his father back, but it does give Nolan some peace -- and he didn’t even have to burn her house down to get it. Clearly, Nolan is the true master of revenge in his and Emily’s partnership – he’s the one with a heart.