Episode Report Card Pablo G: B- | 1 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Treachery on the High Seas
By Pablo G | Season 2 | Episode 14 | Aired on 02.17.2013
At Grayson Global, Daniel returns to his office with his assistant, making sure to mention for the camera in his desk clock that he was supposed to meet with Helen Crowley for breakfast, but she never showed. Victoria grandly enters the office to add to the Helen mythos. Mother and son are talking in overtly contentious tones about Victoria meeting with Helen last night to hand over evidence to protect him, and Daniel not believing his mother's stories anymore. He goes as far as to begin calling security on Victoria, but she stops him to warn that he's going to need to conserve his security team if he continues keeping council with Helen. Victoria walks out and flashes a subtle smile to her son off camera.
Padma walks into the Stowaway, out of her depth. She asks for Nolan at the bar, but doesn't get a friendly response. Aiden is sitting nearby on his phone and informs the person on the other end that Padma has arrived. He hands the phone to her. She's relieved to hear Nolan on the other end of the phone, though it's obvious he's distressed. That distress comes from him cowering in a speedboat that Emanda is racing toward Nate's last coordinates. Nolan assures Padma that Aiden is a friend who can be trusted. When she asks how Nolan can be so sure, he explains that Aiden's dealt with the same people who have kidnapped her father. At no point does Padma question the circumstances of any of what has just happened -- just whether the random British guy can be trusted.
Sitting at his desk in Grayson Manor, Conrad's phone rings. He's annoyed to get a call from Nate until Conrad's told that he's holding court with the Porters and wants to know what he needs to do to free Conrad of the leverage they hold over him. It's surprising for Nate to find out that Amily is the one posing a threat to Conrad. He's now aware that he's after the laptop and preventing Ams from posing any future threats. Nate promises to let Jack live if she'll just turn over the laptop. Amily gives in and heads for her backpack. Inside, she has a gun stashed, but when she pulls it out and tries to off Nate, it's not loaded. Apparently, Nate checked the boat for weapons before they set sail. He pulls his own gun and is ready to blow Amily and Jack away, but she stops him to fake confess that she only married Jack to stay in the Hamptons so she can get revenge against the Graysons, and she thinks that the two of them could team up to get all the money they want out of Conrad, but the laptop Nate wants is back in Montauk. Jack overhears this from the cabin and goes straight for a secret compartment where he hopes Declan has stashed his old laptop. Bingo. Jack opens it up.