Episode Report Card Pablo G: A- | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Homecoming
By Pablo G | Season 1 | Episode 1 | Aired on 09.21.2011
As Amanda unpacks her new home, Victoria takes notice and watches her from her literal house upon the hill. She mentions Amanda to her husband who is busy on the phone doing business. He just regards Amanda as lucky to have landed the property from Lydia and Michael Davis. Victoria doesn't believe in luck. The Graysons are interrupted by their daughter Charlotte who teases them a bit provocatively, like supposedly clever older teens are written to do on TV shows these days. She walks off after zinging her mother for not remembering she was told Charlotte would be going out the night before. "Mom, you're too young and too pretty to be this senile." Mr. Grayson tells Victoria to lay off, because Charlotte got straight A's this semester. Victoria: "Nobody's accusing her of being stupid." Not yet, Victoria. Not yet.
We're at the docks in the daytime. Two young guys are loading up a boat and quickly reveal through their banter that they're brothers who work for their dad at a bar. The youngest gets chastised for hording a crate of beer and responds by saying he'll have all the beer he wants when older brother is gone. Older brother sends younger brother to go do some menial labor. That's brotherhood. Older brother's always right. Older brother's name is Jack Porter and he's now being approached by Nolan who is wearing a sea captain's hat. Apparently, he's been working through some things and one of those things is an interest in all things nautical. He starts in on Jack about wanting to buy the boat, which is named "Amanda." That's not a coincidence one should overlook. Jack sternly shoots down Nolan's inquires about maybe purchasing the boat. Finally, Nolan narrowly works up the nerve to call Jack out for never liking him. Jack won't deny it and coldly says it's just one more thing for Nolan to work through.
Grayson Manor. Queen Victoria and all her lady friends have been assembled by Ashley to discuss the Memorial Day party which, according to Ashley, is already at ninety percent capacity and has raised over $50,000 from various causes. But $50,000 isn't enough for Victoria Grayson -- oh no. She has decided she will be auctioning off something from her personal art collection to try and make a bigger splash. We finally meet Lydia Davis who raises her voice to let Victoria know she will just die if she auctions off the Van Gogh that the Davis' gifted the Graysons. There's no chance of that, as that painting is off limits for sentimental reasons, Victoria coos to Lydia. With that settled, one of the other women speaks up to Lydia in front of everyone that she was so sorry to hear about Lydia's marital problems. Lydia slinks off to the side and seems to be more worried when she's consoled by Victoria about a threat from Michael that he'll put up their beach house for sale if she doesn't release her claim on their west side walk-up. She's worried one of the "she-wolves" will snatch it up if that happens. Victoria's advice to prevent this is to not show any weakness.