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'Revenge' Season Finale Recap: Truth

Ashley Riegle |
May 13, 2013 | 12:04 a.m. PDT

Staff Reporter

Daniel has Charlotte's back (ABC)
Daniel has Charlotte's back (ABC)

"Truth" begins in the darkness of the blackout caused by the transaction Aiden initiated in last week's episode. Emily, Aiden and Nolan scramble to figure out what's going on. Down on the street, things are in a state of chaos in NYC. Emily warns the group that they need to figure things out immediately or else Aiden may become "the next David Clarke".

Jack and Victoria find themselves in the dark at the Stowaway. Jack tells Victoria about the computer carrying all the evidence against Conrad (the computer Amanda died because of). Victoria is intrigued and let's Jack believe that she will help him find it. Why for a minute Jack believes that Victoria will be honest with him, I have no idea!

Victoria helps Jack break into Conrad's home office. When she glimpses a file on Jack Porter, she hides it from sight. They find a folder containing information about Amanda Clarke, which Jack takes with him. He tells Victoria that he's going to slip the audio recordings he has on Conrad to the press and leaves Grayson Manor. The next morning at breakfast, Victoria tells Conrad what Jack is planning and reveals to him that Ashley and Jack are in cahoots. In a surprising move, she takes the folder of information on Jack and throws it in the trash. While throwing it out she stumbles upon a positive pregnancy test. 

Locked in an ATM booth in NYC, Declan and Regina bicker about Charlotte. When Declan catches Regina watching the video of she and Charlotte making out, he accuses her of having a crush on Charlotte. She acts defensively and denies it. Unaware that the pregnancy test belonged to Charlotte, Victoria arrives at Grayson Global ready to fight with Daniel. She thinks the pregnancy test is Emily's! When Daniel calms her down telling her it isn't, she suddenly realizes it's her teenage daughter's and looks crestfallen. 

Emily and Nolan go to look for Takeda and find him dead on the floor. Emily looks completley in shock and grief-stricken. She flashes back to her first meeting with him when he confirmed that he would be the man to show her the way to revenge. Flashing back to reality, she cries deeply into Nolan's arms. Emily looks around for clues about who killed Takeda. She stumbles upon an infinity box of Takeda's containing pictures presumably of his loved ones, and also of a caucasian man who Emily determines must have been his next target.

At Grayson election headquarters, Declan shows up to comfort Charlotte and tell her he's been looking for her. Regina has gotten there ahead of him and created a scenario to make it seem like Declan had punched her in the face and stolen the $500 bail money she had taken out for Charlotte. Sure enough, the money is in Declan's pocket and Charlotte is mortified to hear this story. 

Emily shows up to Aiden's to tell him about Takeda's death. He asks her to go away with him and as he does, she sees his arm and realizes he killed Takeda. She is furious and slams him against the wall. He tries to explain himself telling her that Takeda was also impacted by the downing of flight 197. He tells her that Takeda's fiancee, Mai Aioki, was also on that plane as a flight attendant in a jump seat that was never recorded in the death records. Emily does not believe him and remains very upset. He tells her he did everything he could to protect her because he loves her. She tells him she's going to try to prevent him from being implicated by the Graysons and that he needs to disappear. Emily is clearly very distraught by Takeda's death, and also Aiden's deceit. 

Victoria shows up at Grayson election headquarters and confronts Declan telling him about the pregnancy. She sneers at him about not having a family of his own and tells him to stay the hell away from Charlotte. Conrad makes a comment to Victoria about how much trouble the Porter brothers are giving their family. She does not tell him about the pregnancy. Conrad takes Ashley's phone and sends a text to Jack Porter telling him to meet Ashley at Grayson Global.

Outside, Regina tells Charlotte that she doesn't need Declan, and that they can raise the baby together. Just then, Declan calls and tells Charlotte how Regina framed him and that she is obsessed with Charlotte, telling her that she has the kissing video saved on her phone. When Charlotte asks Regina to see her phone, she declines and Charlotte says goodbye to her.

Emily shows up to Grayson Global to chat with Daniel. While there she glimpses Takeda's next target disguised as a security guard. She chases him and just misses him as he gets into the elevator. It is very mysterious why he would be at Grayson Global.

While Conrad Grayson is holding a press conference, Jack is on his way to Grayson Global. At Nolcorp, Emily and Nolan figure out the mysterious man is named Gregor Hoffman. He is an assassin and the only reason he would be there would be to murder Jack!

Conrad acts surprised by the blow (ABC)
Conrad acts surprised by the blow (ABC)

As Conrad speaks to the crowd and keeps checking his watch, Gregor Hoffman walks through the back of the room and gives Conrad a nod. Seconds later, everyone's cell phones go off with a text message reading, "LONG LIVE DAVID CLARKE" from a blocked number.

As Emily runs to try to catch up with Jack and Nolan calls him to warn him, an explosion goes off in a building and it appears there's been an attack of some sort on Grayson Global. 

Conrad Grayson uses the situation to act like a hero stating that they must contact the families of the company, while Ashley looks skeptically on. Emily runs into the smoldering building hoping to find Jack. Nolan runs to Nolcorp to use his computer system to track Jack's phone. Just then, Jack walks in the door. He is alive! But he has a burning question for Nolan, how did he know the building was going to explode? Nolan tells him that he has inside knowledge of the Grayson's involvement with the downing of flight 197 and that he is certain Conrad was trying to kill Jack. Jack is happy to get his help and slowly accepts Emily's help too. The Graysons and the public all believe that Jack is dead. 

Emily races to search for Jack (ABC)
Emily races to search for Jack (ABC)

Back at the scene of the crime, the paramedics come out with a body on a stretcher. With a horrified look on her face, Charlotte cries out that it's Declan! Fortunately he is alive, but badly injured. Emily takes Jack to the hospital and helps sneak a set of scrubs so he is able to go in and see his brother undetected by Charlotte and Victoria who are sitting in the waiting room.

At Emily's beach house, Aiden is waiting for her. She tells him it's over and that he simply has to go. Calling her "Amanda", he says he hopes she knows what it is she's fighting for, kisses her tenderly and gives her a key in case she changes her mind. It is presumed he is leaving the country with the fake passport he has acquired. 

Charlotte is allowed to go in and see Declan. They agree they both want to have and raise the baby together. They both seem so happy and Declan promises her that he will heal and become as good as new. Nolan shows up to the hospital looking for Jack and learns from Declan that his health is failing. He needs a heart operation, but chose not to tell Charlotte and upset her.

At Grayson Global, Daniel has told his father that their money has been drained. Conrad says it's all fine and that they retain the most important thing- their Grayson name. He then reveals that he knew the building was going to explode (by the hands of the Initiative) and that he helped spare Daniel's life by sacrificing Jack's. Daniel is horrified and tells Conrad as such. Conrad is livid and tells him he's no longer going to Paris and that he must be on the election stage with him when he becomes governor.

Daniel is genuinely dismayed by the explosion. (ABC)
Daniel is genuinely dismayed by the explosion. (ABC)
Emily arrives at Grayson Manor to make sure Jack is not there. Instead, she finds Victoria stewing and drinking alone. They exchange harsh words about their disdain for and distrust in one another. Emily delivered a remark about how sad it is that the only two children Victoria cares to acknowledge want nothing to do with her. It seems like she's just gotten a leg up on the Graysons, but then she turns to the TV and sees that Aiden has been arrested at the Canadian border as a suspect in the Grayson Global explosion!

Daniel tells Victoria that Conrad is part of the Initiative. Victoria is stunned and confronts Conrad. Conrad tells Victoria that there has never really been an "Initiative"a consortium of savvy business professionals who profit off of other people's fears. He reveals that he accepted Helen's last offer to do another transaction for her. Conrad said that he accepted the deal in exchange for being brought into the Initiative's inner circle. He also did it because he can triple his wealth. Victoria is disgusted and spits in his face. 

Back at the hospital, Jack finds an empty hospital bed and Nolan in tears. Nolan shares with him a touching video message Declan asked to record for his brother. Nolan reveals through tears that Declan's artery erupted and he is dead. Jack is completely grief-stricken. He slams his hands on the bed saying he won't hide any longer and runs out into the night. He arrives at Grayson Manor and points a loaded gun at Victoria's head. With tears in her eyes, she tells him to shoot her, saying she deserves it. He lowers the gun saying that what she deserves is to have to tell her grandson why his father is dead.

Conrad continues to put himself first (ABC)
Conrad continues to put himself first (ABC)

At 1 hour and 45 minutes into the season finale, Declan is dead and Aiden's questioning has been called short. The FBI is focused on Nolan Ross instead, and have forced him face-down on the ground of his office at Nolcorp. During questioning, Nolan tries to tell the FBI that Edith is responsible for deploying Carrion. The feds reveal that they have information on Nolan from Padma. They play a tape of Padma in which she says she was ashamed to have been in a relationship with Nolan and calls him an anarchist, and a terrorist. Nolan is devastated and also, it seems, in deep trouble. The FBI reveal they have records of every visit he made to David Clarke in prison, implicating him further.

Daniel arrives at Emily's beach house expecting to collect her. Instead, he finds Aiden who is angry and picks a fight about his greedy and dishonest family. They begin brawling in a fist fight when Daniel is thrown to the ground after knocking over Emily's desk. He glances over spotting Emily's gun, and the scene cuts away. When he arrives to Conrad's Gubernatorial acceptance speech, he asks to borrow a shirt, and we see that his shirt is stained with blood. It is suggested that he has killed Aiden. Could it be true?

Emily arrives at the acceptance speech in a panic to find Jack and keep him away from Conrad. Though Emily had urged Ashley to keep Conrad away from the podium, Ashley is so disgusted by his lack of sympathy for Declan's death, that she sends him to the podium and into the line of fire.

Back at Grayson Manor, Victoria is watching the acceptance party on TV, having protested appearing by Conrad's side. Charlotte is sleeping upstairs, unaware of Declan's passing. Just then, the doorbell rings, and Victoria answers to find…her long-lost son Patrick!! Her cocktail glass falls to the floor shattering when she confirms it is him. He is hidden in the shadow, so we do not see his face, but Patrick is officially on the scene!

Emily runs through the acceptance party audience searching for Jack who she knows is there planning to kill Conrad. She spots him on the balcony and runs up to stop him just in the nick of time. He is hiding behind a curtain wearing a hat and hipster glasses. Clever disguise, Jack! She is able to cower him by admitting what we've been waiting for. "This has everything to do with me…don't throw your life away because of the choices I've made…you've always known deep down inside…I'm Amanda Clarke". Jack lowers the gun in shock. He now knows the truth about Emily!

By the conclusion of "Truth", Conrad is now Governor of the State of NY, Victoria has been surprised by her long-lost son, Charlotte is pregnant, Declan is dead, Aiden is presumed dead, Nolan is in FBI custody, and Emily has finally revealed her true identity to Jack. And with that, "Revenge" season two has come to an exciting end!

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