Episode Report Card Pablo G: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Staring Down the Barrol's Gun
By Pablo G | Season 1 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.04.2012
Emanda is already talking with Nolan on her phone when she enters the empty pool house. She has him tap into the feed from Shamu the whale camera so he can help her figure out where Tyler has stashed it. Nolan advises it's "hiding in plain sight, Dora." Emanda eventually finds the camera and pauses, despite Nolan's warning that Tyler's GPS signal is fast approaching the pool house, because she spots one of Tyler's empty prescription meds bottles. She hangs up with Nolan and places a call to the phone number on the bottle. She poses as a doctor and asks to speak with Tyler's doctor, but he's not around. The man on the other end of the line seems like he doesn't want to be very helpful until Emanda mentions she's calling in regard to Tyler Barrol. The name is an immediate red flag for the guy. He offers to patch her through to a detective because they've been searching for Tyler for weeks. Emanda manages to exit the pool house unnoticed just before Tyler enters and immediately starts looking for Shamu. When he realizes it's gone, he loses his shit, destroying everything in the room. Not since Adele has so much fuss been made over a whale. Finally, Tyler finds the framed newspaper article about Emanda and Daniel being a couple he had smugly gifted to Dan and throws it against a mirror hanging on the wall. He stares into his fragmented reflection, huffing and puffing. That's good visual metaphor.
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Fortress of Solitude. Emanda explains to Nolan that she found strong anti-psychotic medications in Tyler's name and figures he's very dangerous if he's off his meds. She left Shamu on her mantel at home so she can be aware if Tyler tries to pay Dan a visit. After tracking through records of Tyler's psychotic episodes, Emanda decides they should bypass the police and go straight to contacting his family so they can diffuse the situation without Tyler hurting anyone. Nolan places a call to Tyler's brother who is a doctor. Dr. Barrol advises Nolan that they need to keep Tyler calm because he is, in fact, dangerous. He can fly in tomorrow to bring his brother home. Nolan's like, nuh uh... I'll have a private jet fueled for you today.
Victoria knocks on Conrad's hotel room door and asks for Charlotte. Alas, their daughter is out buying a gift for Dan. Conrad invites his wife in to talk. He reveals Tyler is blackmailing him with Lydia's speech and video of Frank's attack on Lydia. This is a shock to Victoria, and she wonders if they've been victims of extortion since Tyler arrived. Conrad thinks it's been going on since Ty met Dan. Bingo