Episode Report Card Pablo G: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Scorn on the Fourth of July
By Pablo G | Season 1 | Episode 6 | Aired on 10.26.2011
Ashley and Queen Victoria are walking around the courtyard of Grayson Manor as workers clean and put up Fourth of July decorations. Ashley asks how Victoria would like to acknowledge Lydia's absence from the party -- perhaps an empty seat at her table -- but Victoria is distracted by Conrad having an animated phone conversation down the hall. She tells Ashley to just arrange for some flowers to be sent to Lydia's hospital room and that should suffice. Victoria excuses herself. Ashley continues to wander around the courtyard, looking down at her modified-to-look-generic iPad until she runs into Tyler. He invites her out to dinner tonight and she accepts, but as she's walking away he lets out a fake, "Dammit," and pretends to remember he's supposed to hang out with Daniel tonight to support him after he found out about his father's cheating. Ashley cheerfully won't stand in the way of that; she'll just hang out with Emanda. Oh, but why don't they all just go out on a dinner double date, Ty suggests. Ashley can organize it with Emanda and he can make the reservations. It's going to be perfect!
Poor Porter Bar just before opening time. Nolan walks in on the Porter brothers setting up tables. Jack notes that by now Nolan should be well aware of their operating hours. Nolan: "Can't a guy hang with his broheim?" No, and Jack doesn't want to ever be called "broheim" again. Nolan starts in on Jack, asking what's up with him and Emanda. Despite Jack thinking he's just not her type, Nolan insists Jack just needs to compete with Daniel for her. The fact Jack's now Daniel's boss is a fortuitous power shift he could use to his advantage. Dec jumps in like he's an expert since he started to win Charlotte over. He's like, "Yeah, rich girls love poor guys if you're just a persistent wiener!" Just then, Nolan's phone goes off and the Porter boys can see the name on the screen says "Emily Thorne." Nolan chalks it up to creepy coincidence and excuses himself. Emanda asks if Nolan's sent the video yet, but he hasn't because he's encrypting it, which will take some time. He asks to make sure if this is what she wants to do, and she tells him to pull the trigger.
Conrad sits at his desk in Grayson Manor, thoughtfully reading a web article about Lydia's suicide attempt. There's an email pop-up. Subject: "The truth about Lydia." Conrad follows the link in the email to the surveillance video and watches in shock. "Oh my god," Conrad whispers to himself.
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