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'Revenge' Episode Recap: Secrecy

Ashley Riegle |
November 19, 2013 | 12:18 a.m. PST

Arts and Culture Editor

This eighth episode of the third season of "Revenge" is appropriately entitled "Secrecy" as many hidden truths are exposed. To refresh yourself on last week's episode, click here. "Secrecy" begins with Daniel in the shower, flashing back to a sexy make out on the beach with Sara in Summer 2010. Over at Grayson Manor, Victoria is on her queen's thrown speaking on the phone with someone named Rohan. Charlotte continues to conspire with her mother about breaking up Emily and Daniel's engagement. Charlotte has become a hardened character compared to last season.

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Jack tells Nolan that Margaux is digging deep into Conrad's history including Grayson Global. Jack implores him not to give Margaux any leads. We learn that Aiden is moving in with Nolan. In preparation, Nolan struts around his seaside pad putting post-it notes on everything breakable. Oh, Nolan! Jack is mad that Emily and Aiden are leaving town together. He dislikes Aiden for "trying to strong arm him out of town" and cause him to send little Carl away. Jack and Aiden are becoming competitive over Emily.

Timeline check: the impending Emily/Daniel wedding is two weeks away.

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Daniel and Sara rendezvous at a farmer's market. She's shopping for ingredients for Emily and Daniel's wedding cake and he decides to surprise her. Sara says she doesn't like her own recent behavior flirting with Daniel and doesn't believe in being the other woman. Apparently her father left her mother. But she clearly has feelings for Daniel and he does for her. Daniel is mystified why she came back into his life at this moment in time. Sara tells him to meet her at the Sunday farmer's market. As Daniel smiles and drives away, Emily appears to confront Sara.

Emily asks Sara how long this has been going on and breaks down into tears. Sara says she's not perfect, but is also not a home wrecker. They share a moment of compassion and Emily asks Sara not to tell Daniel about their convo.

Margaux is furious to learn that Conrad used her company's offer to publish his book to start a bidding war. It turns out Daniel encouraged him to go elsewhere, knowing that Margaux is digging into Grayson Global's past. She tells Jack about it over a beer- and he encourages her to talk to Nolan and keep digging. Their relationship is shaping up to be a cute one.

Conrad speaks with Daniel about seeing Sara and says its time for his son to become "a real Grayson man". He takes him to a secret residence in Manhattan which has apparently been handed down from Grayson fathers to sons for generations. Conrad encourages Daniel to take advantage of it as a safe haven to takes his inevitable mistresses once he is married. Daniel pushes back, saying he doesn't want to keep secrets from Emily, but then seems to consider it.

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Aiden and Emily are counting down to moving to the Maldives. While discussing their departure, Aiden receives a text from Charlotte. Upon meeting up, Charlotte reveals she's being blackmailed by someone who stole her phone and gained access to racy photos of her. She turns to Aiden who agrees to help track him down.

Sara comes to meet Victoria and tells her she can't help break up the marriage. Victoria says Emily cares only about money and status, begging her to give her a chance to prove Emily is deceitful, saying it's for Daniel's sake. Sara seems to consider the request.

A wedding shower is thrown for Emily and Daniel. Emily has her hair styled into a low up-do, which looks fabulous, as does her makeup and dress. Nolan's outfit is impeccable as always too.

It turns out Sara is catering the event- something Victoria set up. Her outfit is a cute black dress with a small white apron around her waist- apparently the Victoria Grayson version of a catering uniform. She is, of course, trying to push Sara in between Emily and Daniel's relationship. Highly suspicious that his mother may be involved, Daniel tries to ask Sara about it at the event, though she brushes him off. 

Victoria announces to the shower that the party goers will engage in a game. They blindfold Daniel and begin a Grayson version of "This is Your Life", surprising him with people from his past.

Next, Victoria "surprises" Emily with an acquaintance from the past- her alleged first husband! A handsome silver fox walks into the room and acknowledges that Emily was in fact his wife. For a second it seems that Victoria has screwed over Emily, but Em is a step ahead of her on this one. She says that indeed she did marry Rohan, but in order to help him avoid deportation and be with his true love- another good looking man who enters the party room at this time. This is the story that Emily planted with the publicist Bizzy in Episode 6.

Daniel approaches Emily, commenting that she handled the obvious sabotage attempt by his mother with such grace. It sounds like a compliment, but his eyes have already started to wander. 

Victoria is perturbed that her plan to embarrass Emily was foiled, but is more concerned that Sara will have been turned off. She tries to catch up with her and beg her to stay, but Sara leaves angry.

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Emily meets with Rohan at Nolan's. Their exchange is warm and we learn that they met while training with Takeda. Emily asks him for his expertise in imbedding a tracking device into her ruby wedding ring. He gladly obliges. 

Daniel invites Sara to the secret Grayson-man-house in the city. She arrives saying she's only come to tell him she can't make his wedding cake. He stops her, telling her he has something important to say, "I realized today that Emily and my mother are the same person. And I do not want to marry my mother," Daniel says to Sara. 

He pulls out a diamond necklace he'd given her years ago, asking if she remembers it. He describes waiting for her in the hospital following the accident, so afraid of losing her.

He says he can't commit to Emily and tells Sara he's always loved her. Sara says she can't do anything until Daniel has spoken to Emily. Sidenote: the Montauk accent Sara boasts is horrific.

At Grayson Manor, Victoria tells Emily about the secret pied-a-terre in the city and hands her a business card with a phone number on it. She says that every Grayson wife has known about the place and the betrayals that occur there. She hands Em the phone and encourages her to call Daniel, which she does, learning from the butler that Daniel and his lady friend (aka Sara) are indeed there. 

Jack wants to know how Emily knows Aiden. She tells him they met during training and inquires what he wants. Jack says he could never hate her, even for lack of trying. He tells her that she deserves more, to which she replies he doesn't even know Aiden. And for that matter, that he doesn't really know her.

New roomies Aiden and Nolan are chatting on their patio. Aiden says he used Charlotte's laptop to borrow the IP address in order to pin the future murder weapon on the Graysons. He then asks Nolan to do something incredibly important and secret for him.

During a typical verbal sparring between Mr. and Mrs. Grayson, we learn that Victoria knows about the pied-a-terre because she was originally the other woman in Conrad's life!! Can't wait to hear the story there... She asks him if the horrid bachelor pad he once took her too is still around. He lies and says he sold it years ago.

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Knowing she is in a desperate situation with Daniel, Emily takes drastic action. He arrives at her beach house and tries to speak with her, but she cuts him off. She tells him about speaking with Sara at the Farmer's Market and dissolving into tears- a rarity for Em. She says that emotionality was the first sign that made her discover she's pregnant with their child. Of course the story and sonogram she presents to him as proof are fabricated. But they are enough to shut him up and secure her position with him.

Someone has contacted Margaux offering a tip on the Graysons. She goes to meet the mystery person in a dark parking garage at night. As the person walks out of the shadows we see that it is LYDIA. She is alive and looks hotter than ever! She tells Margaux she's got lots of information to divulge. 

"Revenge" fans will have to wait three whole weeks for the next new episode. Airing on December 6, "Surrender" is the last episode before the wedding of the century. Based on the promo, Victoria learns about Emily's pregnancy and looks like she just about loses her mind! Check out a sneak peek video below.

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