Episode Report Card Kelsea Stahler: A | 72 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT The Curious Incident of the Bride in the Night-Time
By Kelsea Stahler | Season 3 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.05.2014
Daniel, the anti-Jack, is still stewing over all this new information when Charlotte informs him of two key points: Sarah survived her suicide attempt and everyone, including her, thinks Victoria is guilty. Daniel realizes that, shocker, his refusal to confess to the crime will make someone else the suspect in Emily’s shooting, so he decides to make things right. He tells Victoria that he knows all about the pregnancy and that deception and that in his depressed (over Sarah’s attempted suicide) and drunk stupor, his rage caused him to shoot Emily.
And even when she’s finally won, it’s not enough, so Victoria says that Emily set Daniel up and that she wanted him to shoot her. Yes, Victoria, because every great evil plan entails the plan-maker being shot off the side of a boat and getting hypothermia. Daniel recognizes this as textbook Victoria crazy talk and tells her he’s turning himself in, much to her horror. My son, pay for his crimes? Never.
A desperate Victoria turns to Margaux, who reluctantly feeds her the photo evidence: Lydia was missing from the room despite her statement to the police. Victoria takes the photos straight to Conrad and demands that he sacrifice his lover for his son by revising his statement to the police and driving her out of town. With a remarkably low level of reluctance, he betrays his mistress, tells her she’ll be fine because she’s innocent, and she becomes a suspect almost instantaneously. Unfortunately, this doesn’t do much for his frail relationship with Daniel, who’s furious that he’s involved in more shenanigans. He’s finally seen the light: a life of privilege actually forced him into a box and decisions that cost him the love of his life, Sarah.
At this point, Emily is still lying in bed working the amnesia plot for all it’s worth while Charlotte, reformed Emily hater, tells her about her gorgeous wedding day and delivers and overture about how strong Emily is. After calling Emily her inspiration (since when?), Charlotte says she wonders where she got it from. Making something of an emotional connection with her half-sister (but not the whole connection, that’s reserved for Jack), Emily says she got her strength from her father, David Clarke.)
Brow thoroughly furrowed, Charlotte takes this news to Jack; she's sure that Emily’s just delirious. Jack, of course, knows the truth and finally decides his soul searching is over -- he needs to help Em get her memory back so she doesn’t blow her cover. Finally, Jackie boy sees some reason past his thick layer of rage.