Episode Report Card Kelsea Stahler: A- | 94 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT For Richer or Poorer, In Sickness and Attempted Murder
By Kelsea Stahler | Season 3 | Episode 13 | Aired on 01.19.2014
But Emily isn't ready to give up her seat at the Grayson dinner table just yet. She confronts Sarah, who's lounging at the pool with a knock-off Gatorade and speaking like some entitled college coed with daddy's credit card. Apparently, this was to establish her as slightly "wrong side of the tracks" so that when Emily refers to her "earthiness" catching Daniel's eye, we all know Emily means "trashiness" and we're not that inclined to disagree (though the mistress part certainly helps). In order to prove Emily wrong, Sarah puts her sunglasses down, snaps her fingers, and orders a glass of Cristal because she's so classy she remembers the champagne once preferred by the likes of every music star on TRL in the 2000s. Good one, S.
And while Sarah is moving fast with Daniel, Niko is moving at lightning speed with Aidan. She's already moved into his room at Nolan's -- without even asking Nolan -- and making her suddenly reinstated boyfriend rather uncomfortable (you know, on account of him just getting his heart stomped on by the love of his life and the part where he killed Niko's father). She asks him to help her solve her father's murder, and he does because he knows it's the only way to avoid suspicion. It's also a surefire way to get himself in trouble.
On the road to certain heartbreak, Patrick finally finds Jimmy Brennan, his possible father. He learns that Brennan wasn't allowed to see him at the orphanage he lived in and that Brennan tried just days before Patrick was sent to a foster family who eventually abandoned him. He's furious, but Victoria tries desperately to convince him Brennan isn't the father he'd want. And because it would be boring if he gave up, Patrick keeps going after his mysterious father.
Victoria doesn't catch on immediately to Patrick's tenacity because she's got other issues: the maids told her that Daniel is waving Sarah in Emily's face. While Victoria doesn't respect Emily, she does respect the fact that Emily is determined to making Daniel's life a living hell, and that she could send him to jail if she wanted. What's worse for Daniel is that Sarah is "a soft target" and Victoria knows Emily will crush her easily, but Daniel thinks he knows better.
He fires the maid staff for gossiping because he's certain they're on Emily's side and he's convinced this is some incredible move. Emily stupidly tries to tell him that she's doing all this to try to win him back, but Daniel has seen through the veil, sweetheart. He's still sort of stupid, but not stupid enough to actually believe the "I love you" act. Daniel's revenge plan? Make others "pay the price" until Emily leaves -- ahem, I'm sorry, Daniel, but if you think Emily is so evil, why would you base your punishment on the people an evil person could care less about? Still, that's his plan and he's sticking to it.