Episode Report Card Kelsea Stahler: A | 72 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT The Curious Incident of the Bride in the Night-Time
By Kelsea Stahler | Season 3 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.05.2014
Meanwhile, Daniel is visiting with Emily and she wakes up and frantically asks where she is. He asks her what she remembers, to which she replies "nothing." Ever so conflicted, Daniel still isn’t delighted that Emily has amnesia -- which could save him from being caught --and yet another authority fails to notice the death stare he gives the woman he supposedly loves.
Jack is right on his Three Musketeers duty and visits Margaux at her office just as she’s going over the photos she kept from the police. She says she kept them since they might get her in trouble with Conrad… sure, if Conrad was the one who orchestrated the shooting, but he’s not. Still, Margaux’s journalistic curiosity has gotten the best of her and she’s reviewed the photos and found that, other than Victoria, there’s one other person missing from the photos and thus a second suspect. A little simple math and comprehension tells us that missing person is Lydia.
After having her heart broken by Patrick, Victoria returns home to find Lydia preemptively setting up shop in Grayson Manor, now that everyone believes Victoria was the one who shot Emily. If her swagger wasn’t punishment enough, Lydia pours her glass of red wine all over Victoria’s precious white throne, which is a great point to press pause and observe a moment of silence for the Queen’s precious seat. It’s only a few seconds before Victoria lunges at Lydia with murder in her eyes, increasing the likelihood that she pulled the trigger in Conrad’s eyes.
While Victoria is busy being tortured, Nolan and Aidan assess the situation. Nolan hacks the hospital files to see that Emily is diagnosed with Amnesia. Aidan insists she’s faking it and has Nolan take over the hospital’s cameras so he can sneak in and rescue her. During his trip to the hospital, Patrick visits Nolan and officially breaks up with him. Nolan needs definite endings, or he’d be texting the momma’s boy nonstop. Completely destroyed, Nolan channels his pain into the mission at hand like a good little revenge expert and someone who only has Emily left in his life.
However, when Aidan tries to rescue Emily, she doesn’t recognize him and uses her emergency button until Charlotte comes in to comfort her. Aidan isn’t the know-it-all he purports to be… and with that, the series widens the gap between these lovers.
Aidan’s failure, Nolan’s emotional damage, and Jack’s guilt start to cause the three musketeers to crumble. Still, Nolan is with it enough to research her type of amnesia and finds that it’s partially psychological, because of course it is. What’s even more predictable is that Aidan already wasted his opportunity to be the one to create the emotional connection remedy to pull her out and Nolan has been barred from visitation. That only leaves Jack who can definitely get in with Charlotte’s help. Total non-surprise! Jack is Emily’s connector. Of course, he has to do some soul searching first, as usual, so we wait until later in the episode for our hero to decide to help his dear friend.