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'Revenge' Episode Recap: Surrender

Ashley Riegle |
December 14, 2013 | 3:09 p.m. PST

Arts and Culture Editor

In the final episode before the long-awaited wedding between Emily and Daniel, ABC's "Revenge" counts down to a more significant milestone, Emily's plot to pin her murder on Victoria. To refresh on last week's episode, click here

At the outset of "Surrender" Emily and Daniel pose for gorgeous photographs to appear in Voulez. Daniel encourages them to keep the pregnancy a secret, which Emily isn't happy about. She realizes that means he's still longing for Sara. Of course in truth, Emily is faking the pregnancy to keep Daniel by her side until the wedding day when her final plot against the Graysons is set to transpire. 

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As we learned in last week's episode, Lydia is back on the scene. Margaux has paid her to reside in seclusion in NY while she confirms sources for her story on Conrad. However Lydia has other ideas in mind and escapes her luxury hotel suite to appear at Grayson Manor and make her presence known to Victoria. 

We learn that Victoria chose to spare Lydia's life on that flight to DC in season two. She did so by demanding that Lydia remain in permanent seclusion. But when Lydia learned that Victoria was parading herself publicly back in the Hamptons, Lydia said, she'd had enough and wanted to return on the scene. While at Grayson Manor she notes that Conrad's clothes are missing from the closet and decides to rekindle her relationship with him. She also gets into a quarrel with Emily, pushing her to the ground, and causing Daniel to rush over to comfort her. Victoria snaps at Daniel for babying Emily and out comes the secret of Emily's pregnancy. Of course Lady Grayson is horrified and immediately smells deception.

Daniel is going out of his mind trying to figure out what to do about Sara. While out on a run to clear his mind, Charlotte appears trying to comfort her brother. He confides in her how tormented he's felt sense Sara's reappearance in his life. As he continues on his wooded run, Charlotte is visibly shaken, realizing that her meddling has caused her brother pain. 

Emily is practicing her aim at a shooting range. It seems she's preparing to deliver Victoria the ultimate revenge bullet.

Lydia lures Conrad to her hotel suite under the guise of a Time Magazine interview- all a lie. He shows up and is shocked and delighted to find her alive and gorgeous. Lydia apologizes to Conrad saying she never should have picked Victoria's allegiance over his. 

Daniel meets with Sara to finally break it all down. Knowing that Emily's having his baby changes everything- he doesn't want to raise a baby in a broken home environment. He asks her to respect that position, which she finally does.

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Charlotte tells Victoria that she plans to move out of the Stowaway after the wedding is over. She says it's time for her to lead her own life and get her own apartment. She's also decided to stop meddling in Daniel's life- regretting her choice to bring Sara back into Daniel's life. She encourages Victoria to drop the meddling as well.

Jack surprises Margaux at Voulez with a romantic dinner for two- these two are smitten as ever with one another. While in her office, Jack notes an envelope on her desk with Conrad's name on it. He later asks Nolan for help to break into her computer and determine exactly what information she has on Conrad. It seems that given his history with Conrad, Jack is not willing to risk losing another person he loves to the Grayson strangle. 

Forever on the trail of Hamptons deceptions, Aiden uses an alias to alert Margaux that Lydia's had Conrad as a guest at her suite. Margaux is furious and rushes to confront her. Lydia claims she was just trying to trap Conrad, but admits she obtained no material. Margaux immediately ends her business relationship with Lydia and pursues a lead from Nolan.

Aiden helps Emily prepare for her final mission by performing a Takeda-esque ritual with her. Surrounded by lit candles, he begins telling her how much he loves her, gets down on one knee and proposes to her! Replying to her true name, Amanda Clarke, she accepts and they kiss as he slides a ring on her finger. 

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In a surprising turn for Margaux, Nolan's lead is her own beloved, Jack. Jack confesses to Margaux why he hates Conrad, telling him about Grayson's brutally cruel entanglements. Having known him since childhood, Margaux says she has a hard time believing Conrad's a dangerous man. But she quickly softens, telling Jack that he is more important to her than anything else. “There will be other stories, but there is only one Jack Porter,” she says.

Lydia and Conrad are wearing robes and clearly having their liaisons again. While snooping through his belongings, she finds a photo album of a Grayson Global retreat in which a brunette Emily was posing as a waitress. With a devilish look in her eye it's clear Lydia may have her own plot for revenge in mind.

The episode ends with Victoria appearing on the porch of Emily's beach house. Victoria informs her that Nolan may have her spot at the head table, because she won't be attending the wedding. This is meant to be a giant cliffhanger ending (as the wedding is where Emily has planned to take down Victoria), however the video promo for next week's episode shows Victoria in attendance, so unless the scene is a dream sequence, rest assured Victoria will be there.

Check out the promo for the Grayson wedding and Winter Season Finale here:

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