Episode Report Card Pablo G: B+ | 25 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Natural Election
By Pablo G | Season 2 | Episode 21 | Aired on 05.12.2013
Nolan calls Ems to tell her that Declan died and he doesn't know what Jack's going to do next. Emanda knows the answer to that. She grabs her invitation to the Grayson victory party and her purse and says that's where she's headed. Nolan will meet her there. In the middle of tragedy, they're always so efficient.
Grayson Manor. Jack has somehow managed to get into the house and get to Conrad's home office undetected. He goes straight for the gun he and Victoria discovered earlier. When he grabs it and looks up, he sees Victoria standing motionless in the doorway. He tells her that his brother is dead and elicits what seems like a genuine apology. Victoria remains motionless with tears welling up in her eyes even as Jack becomes combative and raises the gun to point it in her face. "Do it. Pull the trigger. I deserve it," she manages to whisper. This is not a challenge. This is Victoria wanting it all to end right now. Unfortunately, Jack is a pseudo-revenger. He drops his aim. Jack: "No, what you deserve is to explain to your grandchild why he doesn't have a father. What you deserve is to live a very long, a very painful... tortured life. Unlike your husband. If I were you, I'd break the news to Charlotte very gently. You know how she takes these things." He keeps the gun and leaves.
In an interrogation room, Aiden sits alone, handcuffed. An investigator enters the room and informs him that he's being denied an attorney. It's just a slight misunderstanding, though. It's because they're letting him go free. Cut to Nolan grabbing his invitation for the Grayson party from Nolcorp (in a pinstripe suit, no less) when FBI agents suddenly raid his office. They wrestle him to the ground and place him under arrest for "committing willful acts of terrorism against the United States of America."
Victoria enters Charlotte's bedroom. Her daughter's fast asleep with her laptop still open on her bed. Charlotte's been reading a site called "Teenage Mommy." Thankfully, it's got nothing to do with Farrah Abraham. Victoria shuts the laptop and sets it on the nightstand, noticing a framed photo of Charlie and Dec. Victoria pauses a second, then wakes Charlotte up. Victoria' unable to bring herself to break the news. Instead she just tells her daughter she loves her.
Daniel enters Casa Emily, which just sort of has that revolving French door that's never locked, looking for Emanda. Instead, Aiden's there, waiting for him. Dan's surprised to see that Aiden's been let go by the FBI, but Aiden appeals to Daniel's conscience and what he knows about the blood that's on the Graysons' hands. He tells Daniel that he'll live to regret it if he marries Emanda, which sends Dan into a fury. He tackles Aiden onto a table and begins pummeling him, but Aiden's way more skilled. He's able to push Daniel back and get him into a chokehold. It seems like Dan's beaten, but he manages to slip out just long enough to get knocked into a bookshelf. Thinking Daniels' beaten, Aiden threatens him to leave tonight and forget Emanda. The problem is Emanda's gun fell from the shelf and landed right in front of Dan's face, covered by a book.