SO MANY QUESTIONS! Is Victoria really dead? Why did white-hair let Emily live? Is the baby real? Can Lydia survive yet ANOTHER life-ending event that should totally have killed her? Does Conrad Grayson understand the first thing about first aid? At some point do you think they will prefer not to all be next-door-neighbors? And OMG WHO THE HELL IS EMILY'S MOTHER?!?!?!

Discuss.

SO MUCH TO SAY! Re: the baby. It will definitely end in miscarriage. Re: Emily's mom. She will def be a character we've vaguely been introduced to. Re: Lydia. That bitch can survive ANYTHING. Re: Victoria. NO WAY is she dead. She's the best character on the show!

Silly question but why did Emily let white haired man live? Because she realized he'd be a better ally to use against Conrad? I, too, am confused as to why he let her live...

Last week I thought Emily's mom might be Nolan's aunt from last week. If it's not her I think it's going to be a new character.

There is NOOOOOO way Victoria is dead. No way. We'll have some twist where she decided not to get on the plane last minute for some reason.

OOH good call re: Nolan's aunt...but would he have been keeping this from her all along?! Seems unlikely!

Who is Emily's mom??? Victoria must be dead, but also there's no wayyy she's dead. Too central of a character, right? Charlotte tho - meh, fine.

Great work setting this up, Rachel!

Totally agree Victoria didn't get on the plane - they wouldn't have shot her pausing at the bottom of the stairs like that otherwise. I think Emily let the white-haired man go because of the flashback to her father telling her never to lose her compassion. Revenge is one thing, but Nolan is right. He wouldn't want his daughter to kill anyone herself. Then she becomes the bad guy.

Guys...what if Emily's mom is evil? Likely, right?

Nolan may not know. But I don't know if I love that idea -- but I definitely think she's connected to the bigger conspiracy in some way.

This is totally the new Alias!

Em's mom is for sure evil. Right? They'll need another juicy plot next season.

I want to be Victoria for Halloween. Too early?

LOL. Too early. We have to wait and see what this 666 Park Avenue is going to be about ;)

Emily not being able to kill White Hair is evocative of Sydney not being able to kill (really) on Alias. The show would be more interesting from a character perspective if Emily had killed White Hair, if Daniel had not started to turn Grayson (making it easier for her to harden against him), and if Charlotte wasn't such a brat. Characters you can sometimes-root for are so much better. That's why I like Conrad, he's despicable yet runs hot when his fam is threatened. Victoria runs cold.

Top 3 moments: (1) Emily being all, "Why yes I *do* just happen to have a pick up my sleeve!" (2) Baby Mama surprise! (3) White Hair looking into the hidden camera on the frame...and winking.

Does anyone else think Daniel and Ashley DEF slept together?

Best word of the season - Revenge-y. Perfect coming out of Nolan's mouth. I hope next season moves out of faux Hamptons and into faux NYC.

@Callie Yup. Daniel & Ashley are the new Dev & Ivy. (Sorry. I'd die for a Revenge/Smash crossover.) @Emma Maybe the gang can day-trip from faux Hamptons to faux NYC to see a faux Broadway show!

Does anyone watch "Royal Pains"? It's my other favorite Hamptons show but it doesn't even compare to Revenge in greatness.

Am I the only person who likes Charlotte? I'm sympathetic twd her! It's not her fault her fam is messed up and that she's an addict!

Also, it's kind of amazing to see Declan AKA Eric from Gossip Girl as this badass.

Bets for Emily's mom? I say Christie Brinkley or Cheryl Tiegs. @callie I think Eric is playing the identical part but with less money. He's even back in school uniform.

Great look-back from Jace Lacob at The Daily Beast: thedailybeast.com - he makes the point that loyal pup Sammy was a little old to be wandering around the Hamptons so energetically....

...The plot device where the loyal pet lives long enough to identify their disguised - but true - master hearkens way back - I wonder if it is an intentional nod to Greek mythology and Odysseus returning to Ithaca in disguise, but recognized by his faithful dog, Argus, who limply thumps a tail just enough to let his master know he loves him. Then he dies. PUPPYYYYYYYY! en.wikipedia.org)

Chekhov's Puppy had to die before the season was out, but I didn't anticipate that Sammy's death and Amanda's return would coincide. I think Fauxmanda is pregnant, Victoria is alive, Lydia is oh-so-dead, and Momanda is EVIL.

Agree re: pregnancy but don't we think it's NOT Jack's baby?

And I do think it's an intentional nod to Odysseus. Mike Kelley is pretty canny with literary references, some more overt (cough, Orwell, cough) than others.

MOMANDA! Love.
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Can we just for a moment pause to honor Daniel's lower lip quiver? ADORBS. Poor sad Daniel.

Emily's decision not to kill The White-Haired Man is definitely due to the promise she made her father. She's given a binary choice: revenge or forgiveness. While she chooses to let TWHM go, it's because she's not willing to become as morally corrupt as the Graysons themselves. Destroying someone's life is one thing: ending it is another.

It's possible that Amanda was pregnant before her relationship with Jack, but the timing does match up for it to be Jack's baby. But I can't decide why Satoshi Takeda would have let her go.

Re: Jace. Is there a chance that Takeda's got his own ulterior motives though? Bc I don't buy it that Fauxmanda escaped from wherever he stashed her.

Re: Momanda I have a feeling she's gonna be some new blood not someone we've met yet. Wishlist casting: Heather Locklear, Marcia Cross

Heather Locklear would be THE BEST. Amanda Woodward was responsible for what I thought a business suit was supposed to look like when I moved to NY. Hence I was referred to early on at my law firm, I later learned, as "Short Skirt Girl."

Love Bree, but I think Momanda needs to be able to balance the icy with the warm... what about Rachel Hunter? Stunt casting: youtube.com

From this invu, it def sounds like the mom is gonna be new blood: "What we really want to do is find the perfect actor for the role. It would be really great for her to be as formidable as Madeleine [Stowe], but it’s a completely different part..."

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Also: that whole "Jack tenderly touching Fauxmanda's belly" scene? AWK. Did anyone else half expect her shirt to be pulled up to reveal prosthesis? She's a crazy one and I don't trust her for a minute.

@Meghan: Satoshi definitely has his own agenda and he has been displeased with the fact that Emily has allowed emotion to cloud her judgment and affect her quest for vengeance. If he believed that Emily was going to choose Jack and sail off into the sunset (or, um, to Haiti), what better time to send Amanda back into the picture, thus preventing Emily and Jack from being together, especially as Amanda's child is Jack's...?

Anyone else wonder why Satoshi is so invested in Emily's revenge? Fine he's her teacher but even Mr. Miyagi would have stepped off a bit. Might he be part of the Initiative? Or SOMETHING.

I have to say, one of the most badassly surprising moments was Amanda clobbering the Grayson's security dude Frank. TO DEATH. That I was not expecting.