Well, Doc J was right.
And, amazingly, it didnt take long for that mantle to be transferred.
That show has turned out to be, of all things, a nighttime soap.
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She needed to doa lotof reframing in this episode, and so did we.
Victoria Grayson, her daughter Charlotte, and nemesis Lydia Davis could all be dead.
A pregnant Fauxmanda popped up Whac-A-Mole-style once again to thwart Emilys chance of romance with Jack.
Emily confronted the White-Haired Man and discovered the limit to what shell do in the name of revenge.
And finally she discovered that her mother is still alive.
Has your head stopped spinning yet?
I cant imagine a better companion to guide us through this hour of roller-coaster television.
A Pandoras briefcase of incriminating hard-drives, photos, and receipts lay on her kitchen table downstairs.
So to open Reckoning she staged a robbery to explain its disappearance.
Daniel went back to Casa Clarke and promptly found a videocamera hidden in a George Orwell book.
Heavy-handed symbolism though it was, I think it still went over Daniels pretty little head.
Conrad began a sweep of Grayson Manor, much to Victorias horror.
Of course, the Graysons had it all wrong.
The White-Haired Man didnothave the evidence they needed.
Emily, meet White-Haired Man.
They had unfinished business.
Unfinished business that could only be resolved face-to-face.
NEXT: White-Haired Man.
Nolan had to go secure the evidence and plant it in Agent McGowans car.
But she would stay behind.
When WHM returned, she was there.
We were gonna have ourselves an axe fight!
Emily got to show off her full arsenal of Takeda-instructed jujitsu when she finally went allBattle Royaleon his ass.
Youre a fighter, WHM said.
You must have gotten that from your mother.
If you do, youll probably hear her say, Look at my face.
Itll be the last thing you see when you die.
So she did say that.
When Emily returned to her cottage, she really should have expected that Daniel would be there.
This time, Ashley had told him about that post-dog-funeral smooch she witnessed between Emily and Jack.
NEXT: Charlotte gets her own incredibly petty revenge against Declan and Yonkers Girl.
And Victoria begins the arduous task of reclaiming her soul.
Turns out Yonkers Girl had an affair with her old history teacher.
An affair that was well-documented in photos, all the better for Charlotte to destroy her online.
Worst of all, he called Charlotte her mothers daughter.
Thats gotta hurt.
And its pretty unjustified.Yes, Charlotte committed a pretty serious case of cyberbullying.
That was a move that could have sent Charlottes brother to jail for the rest of his life.
And Declan feels like he can judge his ex?
Damn you, wharf rat.
With hindsight, her rekindled relationship with Dominic Wright actually does make sense.
Well, he must have had a damn good reason.
A true Grayson indeed.
She hoped to find an ally elsewhereIn Lydia Davis, no less.
Needless to say, it didnt take much cajoling by Victoria for her to see the light.
NEXT: Before taking her flight into history,Victoria has one last incredibly hateful gift for Emily.
Plus, a certain homicidal stripper returns!
Emily watched the White-Haired Man visit Conrad and tell him that hehadntstolen the evidence.
To her astonishment, WHM didnt reveal how Daniels fiancee is actually the daughter of their fall guy.
I mean, why exactly?
Or theyve found that her agenda and theirs are one and the same.
Victoria and Lydia prepared to fly to D.C. to testify.
It amounted to as much as Emily and Daniels relationship, Victoria said.
And she was pregnant, no less.
Takeda must have felt Fauxmanda had served her purpose, so he sent her back out into the world.
And just after Sammy had brought Emily and Jack together through his death!
NEXT: Farewell, Victoria.
But then I looked at the clock and saw we had 15 minutes left.
Boy, was I wrong!
And pulling away the blocks from the landing gear?
Yup, WHM himself.
And Victoria was listed among the casualties.
DidRevengejust kill off perhaps its most beloved character?
Portrayed by its top-billed star?
We definitely saw Victoria board the plane.
Its possible, I suppose, that she exited it a mere moment later, off-camera.
Also, it feels like these last few episodes have served as a conclusion of sorts to Victorias arc.
So she found solace the only other place she could: her bottle of pills.
The time had come for her to OD.
And when Conrad came into her room, he found her limp like a ragdoll.
That said, I, for one, wont truly believe shes dead until we see a death certificate.
Well, almost all of it.
For one, he discovered that Emilys mother is still alive.
It may be that he actually knows firsthand that her mother is a fighter.
Let the conspiracy theories about Emilys mom being a member of the Americon Initiative begin!
To call this an explosive finale doesnt come close to doing it justice.
If Victoria Graysonisactually dead, thisll be one of the most daring decisions a internet series has ever made.
And if sheisntdead, the backlash over a fakeout could be damning.
But that hardly seems likely.
Would Victoria really abandon Charlotte in her time of need just to go into hiding?
Victoria could very well be gone for good.
What do you guys think?
Do you think Victoria reallyisdead?
And if so, are you disappointed thats the end of her story?
Or is it the most daring character death of all time?
See you next season!
