Episode Report Card Pablo G: B+ | 283 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Crashing the Stock Party.
By Pablo G | Season 1 | Episode 2 | Aired on 2011.09.28
A man named Frank finds Victoria lounging on some indoor furniture that's set up outdoors away from the polo match. He's the spy she contacted to dig up dirt about Emanda's alias, "Emily Throne." He says Emily's squeaky clean and asks why Victoria's so interested in this girl. She's interested because this girl is interested in Daniel. It turns out Frank was the guy who cleaned up Daniel's mess when he got in that drunk driving accident and injured his girlfriend at the time, so the guy is completely no-nonsense. He advises Victoria to just ask Emily about herself in a way that sounds more like Edward Norton in Fight Club saying, "Or maybe you shouldn't bring me every little piece of trash you find." Queen Victoria, always looking to assert her dominance, turns the conversation to questioning whether Frank knew about Conrad's affair with Lydia. Of course he knew, he says; he's head of Conrad's security. But he assures Victoria of his loyalty by reminding her that his job is to keep secrets and she, of all people, should appreciate that. That's smooth, Frank.
Daniel is suddenly a polo badass. If there were any justice in the universe, Huey Lewis' "The Power of Love" would be playing over Daniel's polo resurgence. He scores a... goal? Are they "goals" in polo? In any case, he scores and whoops it up. Yeah!
Nolan is at Jack's boat, admiring Jack's meticulous restoration of it. Now that Nolan's the owner he hopes he can get an answer out of Jack about why it's named "Amanda." Jack dodges the question and says it was some girl he used to know. Jack's ready to just send Nolan off into the deep ocean when Nolan reveals he still needs someone to teach him how to sail. There's practically a double-take from Jack here when he finds out he's about to let Nolan cast off without knowing how to keep the boat from ending up on the bottom of the ocean. Nolan hopes Jack will be his sailing instructor, but Nolan actually is more hopeful to just have someone to hang out with this summer. He thinks Jack could be the Skipper to his Gilligan. Jack agrees to this just to keep the boat at the bottom of the ocean scenario from becoming reality. Neat detail here: Everclear's "Santa Monica" can be heard in the background of this whole scene. You know... if you like Everclear, I guess.