Baby Carl is christened! (ABC)

"Revelations", the winter mid-season finale of "Revenge", began with Conrad and Victoria out shooting ducks with their fellow Hamptons elite. They looked slightly medieval in their costumes, which is humorous. We were introduced to a wealthy man named Salvadore. Apparently he holds the strings to the Grayson Global Board and, as such, he was a fixture in this episode.

Conrad received a call from a blocked number while at the duck hunt. The call was from Helen, the leather-clad woman from The Initiative. She threatened Daniel's role in Grayson Global. Victoria grabbed the phone and threatened to kill her. 

Nolan refers to himself as a "sacrificial lamb" in the whole Grayson Global scheme that Emily is concocting. It's sadly true. Based on her and Aiden's plan, Nolcorp would essentially cease to exist! Why is Nolan so complacent with this plan? I guess his devotion to Emily and her father are more important to him.

Nolan arrived at Grayson Global to meet with Daniel about the acquisition. Once there, Daniel surprised Nolan with Marco (Nolan's former CFO and lover!) who has revealed the secret about the $500 million offshore bank account. Because Nolan clearly does not want to disclose the nature of that account or who it was set up for (Emily), he instantly became a pawn of Daniel's, at least momentarily.

Emily and Aiden were home scheming and spying on Ashley and Daniel. They discovered that Ashley is trying to turn Daniel against Aiden, so they prepare a fool-proof plan to remove Ashley from the equation. P.s. Aiden and Emily continue to look fantastic together. Ow Ow!

Baby Carl was baptized! He looked adorable at his ceremony surrounded by his Godmother Emily, his aunt Charlotte, his uncle/Godfather Declan, and Nolan. Jack and Amanda look incredibly happy together, which was difficult for Emily to see. She forced a smile, but is clearly upset.

Matt Donovan (the man who was friends with Jack's father) showed up at the christening. He cautioned Jack against having anything to do with the Ryan brothers. As Matt said this, the Ryan brothers were quite literally LURKING in the back of the chapel as they seem to be in every scene.

Finally, the scene we've all been waiting for since last week's preview: Victoria is sent a video of Ashley and Conrad having sex on his desk. She was understandably disgusted, as she and Conrad are married, but more importantly, Ashley is his son's girlfriend.

"You have wormed your way to the very nadir of repugnance", says Victoria as she began her fantastically worded rain of hellfire against Conrad. Who writes her lines? You are brilliant!

Conrad convinced Victoria not to go on a reign of terror until the Grayson Global Board has their vote which will determine who is in charge of the company. She agreed and moved on to find Ashley and con her into swaying the vote using her sexual charms with Salvadore. Disgusting!

Emily was watching on the security cameras and vowed to Aiden not to let that happen. They set up a scenario so Aiden got Daniel to meet him at the Inn where Salvadore is staying. He raised the question of Ashley's fidelity just in time for Daniel to bust in the room and find Ashley and Salvadore standing there in robes. He broke up with Ashley, told her to move out, and told Salvadore his vote will be for Daniel.

Marco showed up at The Stowaway and attempts to persuade Nolan into taking him back as his CFO. He was playing a weak hand, given the stunt he pulled with Daniel. In addition, the "information" he professed to know about Amanda Clarke, isn't exactly accurate, so Nolan walked away saying that Padma is better for him. I hope that's true!

Matt Donovan shares important information with Jack in "Revelations" (ABC)

Matt Donovan turned up bloody and badly beaten on the dock outside the Stowaway. As he lay there fighting for life he told Jack that he is the one who murdered Mr. Ryan with Jack's father's gun. Later, Jack went digging around on the boat and found the gun wrapped in a plastic bag and hidden under the floor boards. Simultaneously, Jack learned from some detective work by Nolan who the Ryan brothers really are- dangerous criminals.

Back at Nolcorp, Nolan told Padma it's much easier to destroy a kingdom from within the castle walls, referring to a secret plan he has for Grayson Global. Just then, Marco popped out of nowhere and Nolan said he is thinking of a position for Marco at Nolcorp. Padma was understandably shocked.

As Daniel sinked his heels into his new position at Grayson Global, he looked at photographs of he and Emily when they were a couple. It seemed like they may have another chance at love in January. He poured himself a drink and inspects a clock that was given to him. As he holds it up to his face, we can see an embedded camera watches his every move with a group from The Initiative sitting on the other side. Spooky!

Check out a preview of the next episode of "Revenge" below. We'll have to wait until January to watch it, but perhaps that will make it all the more satisfying when we do!

"Revenge" Season 2, Episode 10: "Power" airs on January 6, 2013 at 9 p.m. ET on ABC.

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