Episode Report Card Kelsea Stahler: C- | 35 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Same Old Story, Same Old Song and Dance
By Kelsea Stahler | Season 3 | Episode 15 | Aired on 03.16.2014
Just as Emily is remembering the day after her fight with her father -- when he apologized and began to carve the now-destroyed double infinity on the porch -- Jack interrupts with a question he should be able to answer on his own. He tells her about his mother, Stevie, and says that she's holding something back so he doesn't want to talk her. Man, he loves being stubborn. Emily, the woman with no parents, says that Stevie is Jack's only parent so he should probably give her a chance. And here comes the big, resounding "Duh."
So, Jack visits Stevie and asks why she stayed away -- something he should have done right away. She says that she was trying to protect them from her, because she used to be an alcoholic. She's now 20 years sober, but she found out she was pregnant when she was in rehab and that the Graysons were one of her alcohol triggers so she couldn't stay and trust herself to be a good mother. Especially with all the cookie jars the Graysons have their hands in these days. But she says she's back and ready to face the Graysons -- she's speaking Jack's language now. He invites her over to meet Baby Carl the next day, so Jack has learned to forgive a little more quickly these days.
At it turns out, Victoria's Stevie the beast speech was part of a plan with Nolan. They meet by his pool for a glass of wine to mope over Patrick leaving, but knowing that Victoria has to appear to be a monster in order to get him to leave and take care of himself. They make sure to say that Patrick is talented. Watching these two team up kind of boggles the mind, but it looks like this a Patrick-only alliance.
Back in his lair, Daniel finds out from his P.I. that Emily was abducted from the South Fork Inn while she was breaking into Conrad's room. He says he followed Aidan to the warehouse and later caught him and Emily kissing. He's even got the photos to prove it.
Finally, Nolan drops by Emily's cottage, where she is planning to ride out the rest of her revenge plan. He brings her a new infinity box, this time it's a sage and it can only be opened with her own touch. To celebrate, Nolan asks if Emily wants gin martinis and it triggers a memory of her father's journals: he was visited by an alcoholic lawyer who was disbarred for drinking when he was in prison and she's certain that it was Stevie Grayson because there are no other alcoholic lawyers in the tri-state area, apparently. Without any further proof, Emily has picked her new mark: she's going to get all of Stevie's secrets. We can be sure ol' Jackie boy is going to like this.