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"Revenge" Episode 6 Recap: Illusion

Ashley Riegle |
November 4, 2012 | 11:28 p.m. PST

Staff Reporter

Damn! Emily even looks amazing rocking a sketch black hoodie. (ABC)
Damn! Emily even looks amazing rocking a sketch black hoodie. (ABC)

The episode opens with Daniel and Conrad being fitted for tuxedos in preparation for the next Grayson wedding. Handsome Daniel, hello. What a way to start the episode!

Kara is lurking around Grayson Manor, creepy as always. Kara finally confronts Victoria about Gordon, the white-haired man. Victoria assures her he is a dangerous man and urges Kara to please continue staying at the manor until Gordon is caught. It seems very strange these two woman are able to sleep at night knowing the other one is under the same roof. 

Speaking of Gordon, he is unfortunately dead and frozen in a meat locker, and Emily has decided it's time to thaw him out.

Ashley urges Daniel to invite Nolan to the Grayson wedding to feel him out about NolCorp. "Nolan Ross is medically incapable of staying away from a good party," Ashley says. One of the many reasons we love him!

Amanda meets with Mason Treadwell and shows him medical records to prove that she is the real Amanda Clarke. She then tips him off on where to find Gordon. He falls for her routine and is on the trail for Conrad Grayson with an army of investigators searching through his belongings at Grayson Manor while the Grayson wedding takes place at a fancy mansion. Emily has framed Conrad perfectly.

Kenny, the intense preppy guy who is taking over The Stowaway, threatens a liquor distributor in front of Declan and Jack. The distributor warns the brothers about Kenny, saying their father wouldn't approve of them dealing with a guy like that. Kenny seems scheming and like he's ready to ruin lives.

Victoria wears a floor-length gray lace Vera Wang dress and layers of pearls to her second wedding to Conrad. Before walking down the aisle, Conrad and Victoria have a tender moment in which he says they should be together for the long haul and gives her a pearlized gun as a wedding gift. How sweet.

Quite literally a dance with the devil... only which one is the true monster here? (ABC)
Quite literally a dance with the devil... only which one is the true monster here? (ABC)

While the Graysons are busy with their soiree, Mason Treadwell is on the trail to find Gordon Murphy. He discovers him sitting upright and dead in a mobile home and he finds one of Conrad's cufflinks on the floor.

Kara attends the re-opening of The Stowaway, as does Charlotte, who is avoiding her parents' wedding charade and helping out her old sweetheart, Declan.

Emily and Daniel share a dance at the wedding, and he asks her if she's ever thought about them since their break-up. She does a good job of tossing it off, and looks stunning. Ashley and Aiden dance and she remarks that it was bold of Aiden to bring Daniel's ex-fiance to his parents' wedding. She also remarks that for two people who have just met one another, it seems like they have known one another forever. While they are dancing, the police bust into the party. Victoria runs toward the police as they arrest Conrad shouting, "What has he done?"

As live news of the arrest plays on the TV at The Stowaway, Kara sees the image of her beloved husband, learning he is not only dead, but the victim of Conrad Grayson. You can see in her eyes, it is only a matter of time before Kara unleashes her fury.

Nolan confronts Padma about digging for info on David Clarke's investment in NolCorp. She concedes that she knew she had done something wrong and says that's why she didn't proceed further or tell Nolan about it. Nolan tells Padma she has poked a hornet's nest and asks what lengths she is willing to go to protect them from getting stung. It is a challenge to see if Padma has what it takes or is a fraud. It's unclear from her reaction whether she's ready to hang with the big kids. 

The woman in the black leather dress from The Initiative visits Conrad in his jail cell. She reveals that money from Grayson Global payed for the take-down of the infamous David Clarke flight. She gives Conrad an ultimatum that he can either give The Initiative money again (with blind acceptance that they will use the funds however they want) or face the consequences. He gives into them and is out on bail later that night.

Charlotte and Declan have reconnected and are making out! Yay! Silver lining…

Mason Treadwell shows up at Grayson Manor to gloat about busting Conrad. Victoria is not having it and has him removed from the property, but not before she inadvertently reveals something of interest. He chides Victoria for Daniel's choice in a girlfriend, saying Ashley is a long step down from Emily Thorne, to which Victoria says Emily is just a "juvi girl who cleans up nicely". He leaves the manor hot on the trail of Emily's time in juvi. 

Jack proposes to Amanda in a sweet moment on his boat. She of course says yes, and is beside herself with joy.

Kara appears on Victoria's balcony and seems super crazy, but amazingly doesn't become violent. She makes it clear to Victoria that she doesn't trust her at all and that the man she loved (Gordon) has suddenly turned up dead. While confronting Victoria, Kara has a flashback of a tender moment with Gordon. Apparently he was intending to settle down with her and retire after his assignment carried out. Kara holds back tears and plays with her ring finger. She says goodnight to Victoria after getting uncomfortably close to her. We can be sure that's not the end of that.

Aiden cozies up to Emily with a glass of wine and tells her that he has changed. When she refuses his kiss and tells him to leave, he says that he will keep fighting for her.

Though Emily says in the episode that her actions were meant to be "the end of Treadwell", by the end of the hour it seems like her plan may have backfired. Mason is clearly onto Emily and Amanda's connection at juvi. Does she want to lead him to her? What does it mean in next week's preview when she tells him she's ready to "make a deal"?

I'm having a hard time not being able to watch next week's episode RIGHT NOW. Check out the trailer below!

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