Let me start off
by saying that I don’t think that this was one of the best episodes of Revenge,
but as I’ve mentioned before there’s never been an episode of Revenge that I’ve
hated. Even when I’ve found an episode of Revenge to be somewhat disappointing,
I’ve still always enjoyed it to a certain degree, and that’s definitely the
case with this episode. Let me preface this post by saying that most of what I
have to say in this post has more to do with the show as a whole and the first
seven episodes of season two than just this episode alone.
One of the
things that I enjoyed the most about this episode is the role the theme of
penance played in the episode. I’ve always liked Emily’s narrations on the
show, but I especially enjoyed the narrations at the beginning and the end of
this episode. I thought the dialogue for both narrations was very well written,
and I like the visuals that they used for them as well.
One of my least
favorite things about this episode was definitely Jack and Amanda’s storyline
with them making plans for their wedding. For the most part, I’m loving season
two just as much as I enjoyed season one, but if there’s one thing that I
haven’t enjoyed about this season it would definitely be Jack and Amanda’s
storylines because they have often been the one thing about each episode of
season two that I haven’t liked. I’ve just found both Jack and Amanda very
boring this year. Plus, I find the character Amanda extremely annoying, and I
hate Margarita Levieva as an actress. I just think she’s a terrible, terrible,
terrible actress, and I hope they wrap Amanda’s storyline up sooner rather than
later, so Margarita can hopefully leave the show once and for all.
Kenny and his
brother Nate seem to have partial ownership of all the boats at the dock,
including the Amanda, now that they are financially involved with Jack’s bar which
makes me wonder if they will end up playing a role in the Amanda sinking, which
we saw at bottom of the ocean in the season premiere. I’ll talk a little bit
more about some other theories I have regarding the flash-forward in the season
two premiere later in this post.
Kara’s behavior
continues to puzzle the hell out of me, and I’m still trying to figure out what
the deal is with her. They made it clear in earlier episodes that she was on
medication for mental illness, so my guess as to what the deal is with Kara is
that perhaps Gordon Murphy was the one who made sure that Kara always took her
medication, but I’m guessing that Kara hasn’t been taking her medication since
before he died, and without medication she’s become somewhat mousy and
lethargic. I’m inclined to believe that Kara’s behavior is supposed to seem
weird and that it’s supposed to be attributed to her mental illness given
Victoria’s reaction whenever Kara shows up very quietly and she didn’t realize
she was around. Victoria seems to be at least a little afraid of her, and I
don’t blame her being afraid of Kara, especially after everything that happened
in this episode with Kara holding both her and Conrad hostage. Although, I
suppose it’s possible it’s not the writers’ intention for Kara to come across
as acting weird and Kara’s behavior simply seems weird due to Jennifer Jason
Leigh’s acting choices. Regardless of whoever is deciding how Kara should act,
her behavior still puzzles the hell out of me.
