Episode Report Card Kelsea Stahler: C- | 35 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Same Old Story, Same Old Song and Dance
By Kelsea Stahler | Season 3 | Episode 15 | Aired on 03.16.2014
Aidan unties Emily and she talks to him, finally. She defaced the carving because she blames her father for everything. She remembers back to the night before he was taken -- a supposedly repressed memory. Victoria asked to run away with him, but Emily (then Amanda) saw them and Victoria gave her a menacing look (go figure). Emily remembers further back to the part where she walked in on David and Victoria having sex. He yelled at her to get out and she ran outside crying. He found her and said that she would love Victoria and that they would be a family. Flash forward to today and Emily is crying, saying that David got his wish because she's a Grayson now. She cries and asks why didn't he listen to her, if he had everything would have been different. Aidan does the only thing he can do and caresses and comforts her.
Victoria sees that Patrick decided to bring his work to the art walk after all. But of course, we can't focus on that because Victoria is too busy staring down Stevie across the street. Patrick takes note and that's when Victoria waves something of a steak in front of her son's doggy nose: she says she's going to slay the beast she created -- Stevie -- and Patrick is clearly ready to follow her into battle.
Back in the warehouse, Emily says that the single memory of her father causing her blackouts, because psychology is hard so sure, this sort of holds an ounce of water. But whatever. She thanks him for helping her and says she doesn't deserve it. He says that she does and that her father does too; David Clarke's only crime was falling in love with the wrong woman (something Aidan might be able to relate to). He tells her to finish what she started and make them pay by clearing her father's name. And we're right back to where it all started right before Aidan and Emily share a long-awaited passionate kiss -- that both parties are interested in this time around.
Moments later, Patrick gets a visit from Stefano Leone who asks him about his grown-man finger paintings. Patrick says he was painting angrily that day, which explains the amateur brush strokes. I'm sorry, your art is worse because you were using it to express a feeling? Sure, that makes sense. Still Stefano says he can tell Patrick is talented. He offers him an apprenticeship in his Tuscan studio and Patrick is naturally intrigued. He later leaves Victoria a voicemail, saying that he becomes dark when someone hurts her. He says that his darkness comes from his father and doesn't want others to suffer. He's taking an opportunity that will make her proud. It's sad, but let's be real: we couldn't handle another "Patrick, you did the wrong thing again!" heart-to-heart, no could we?