The two-hour season finale of Revenge seemed eager to undo a lot of the damage Season 2 has done. WARNING: Major spoilers ahead.
Conrad emerged as villain.
Part of the problem with The Initiative was its lack of focus: Whom was the audience supposed to be rooting against? By outing Conrad as a major player in The Initiative — a deal he made to help shift their plans to his own advantage — we have a tangible villain. Conrad is also just about everyone's least favorite person, which gives Emily the opportunity to join forces with any number of other characters in her pursuit of revenge against the Grayson patriarch.
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The Initiative was explained.
Finally! It's not some century-spanning Illuminati conspiracy. It's just a group of megarich sociopaths willing to commit acts of terror in order to influence the global economy. Why didn't you just say that from the get-go? I suppose exposing The Initiative for what it really was could have made Conrad's involvement more obvious, but that was a fairly straightforward bit of exposition that would have been useful when we were all scratching our heads earlier this season.
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Nolan got screwed.
Believe me, I get no pleasure out of seeing Nolan in peril. OK, maybe just a little. But after a season of Nolan lingering in the background and occasionally crying over a character's death, it's exciting to see him pushed to forefront. Sure, he's being charged with terrorism, but at least that gives him something to do. It also pushes Emily to work harder and faster — she needs Nolan, both as a friend and as an ally in her quest for revenge.
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Victoria's long-lost son returned.
And what a gleefully over-the-top soap opera moment that was! I will take slow-motion wineglass dropping any day of the week. We didn't see Patrick — obviously they haven't cast him yet — but what a thrilling way to shake things up. While not the most surprising development, it goes even further to push Victoria to her breaking point. And what happens then? Does she join Conrad in working for The Initiative, or do she and Emily finally take up arms together?
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