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shipperxLiked this bit in EW's recap of last night's "Revenge":
And a GOT reference (which come to think of it, is pretty appropriate):
Shakespeare was quoted. And it wasn't even a famous line. It was a (relatively_ deep cut from Hamlet: "God has given you one face, and you make yourself another."
Emily quoted that line, and it handily sums up how the central conflict of Revenge has subtly shifted. When this show began, it was about how one woman built a new life for herself on a foundation of lies. By the end of last night's episode, it was becoming clear that everyone on the show was like that. (By the way, am I the only one who likes to picture Emily in her long years of Vengeance-Plotting staying up really late reading Confucius and memorizing Shakespeare?)
All of the main characters are trying to build a new life for themselves by leveraging an assortment of falsehoods -- white lies, half-truths, identity theft, Federal-court perjury...
And a GOT reference (which come to think of it, is pretty appropriate):
Frank was somewhat less subtle. He strolled into Casa Thorne and announced that he knew all about her troubled past. "Two years at Allenwood Juvenile Detention. Conviction for assault with a deadly weapon." This wasn't Emily's actual troubled past, of course. She's running a long con, Sawyer-style -- instead of giving herself a spotless history, she's given herself a shady history that is just embarrassing enough that no one would think the truth is even worse.
Frank promised to find out all of Emily's secrets. He's a simple man, an uncivilized man. Like Ned Stark on Game of Thrones, He doesn't realize that it's probably best not to loudly announce to your enemy that you intend to ruin her...
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Date: 2011-11-03 08:05 pm (UTC)Glad that Frank's gone though; he was getting on my nerves with his stalker tendencies.