Episode Report Card Pablo G: B | 4 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Weathering the Storm
By Pablo G | Season 1 | Episode 13 | Aired on 01.18.2012
Grayson Global. Charlotte swoops in to give her father a kiss as he sits at his desk. Conrad all but avoids it, stoically looking forward. Daddy's little girl immediately senses something's wrong. Her immediate response is to ask what Victoria did. In a stupor, he brushes off the notion, saying it's just that things are going to be changing a lot soon with work and he expects it won't be practical for Charlotte to stay with him. The thought of having to live with her mother sends Charlotte into a hissy fit, which gives Conrad all the ammunition he needs to manipulate Charlotte into thinking she's the one who's wrong. He yells at her that she needs to deal with it and she's not a child anymore, which sends Charlotte running off in tears.
Thunder rumbles while Daniel leads a blindfolded Emanda onto his family's yacht. He removes the blindfold and Emanda recognizes they're at the spot where they first met. A group of violinists and a cellist sit playing at the bow of the boat and a dinner table has been set up. This smells exclusively of proposal. Daniel starts in on his speech and raindrops begin to plunk on the boat. The musicians start packing up and the ship's captain brings Daniel an umbrella -- to which he adorably thanks him and says he's not stopping. A torrential downpour begins. Daniel takes a breath, and spits it out. "No one's ever made me feel as loved and as safe and understood as you do. If you let me, I'd like to spend the rest of my life making you as happy as you've made me." He gets down on one knee and transfers the umbrella to Emanda. "Emily Thorne, will you marry me?" Emanda is panting when she says, "Yes." She throws the umbrella aside and they kiss deeply. In an embrace, they both laugh maniacally to the sky and absorb the storm's rain.
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Daniel and the soon-to-be Mrs. Grayson enter Grayson Manor drenched and giddy. Victoria catches the tail end of Emanda saying the rain was "perfectly romantic" and comments bitterly, "Romance is never perfect." Then, she adds cheerfully, "But don't let me rain on anyone's parade!" Victoria notes the couple looks like coconspirators. "Don't tell me you've --," Victoria trails off and then glances down at Emanda's ring finger. Daniel asks his mother to be happy for them. Her eyes widen briefly. Then, she leans in to kiss her son on the cheek, glances over at Emanda for a second, looks Daniel in the eyes to tell him, "Congratulations," glances back over at Emanda and walks off.