Revenge- Small Screen Review

Revenge- Small Screen Review

Episode Two - “Trust“

Bill Harmon, a wealthy Wall Street Hedge Fund manager and former family friend who testified against Emily's father in the trial that wrongfully convicted him. Another part of Emily's plan is set in motion when she goes on her first date with Daniel. Also, Victoria's suspicions about Emily grow, so she tries to find more information on her new neighbor.
Emily goes to the polo match and meets Bill Harmon. She states that she has put up an huge offer for the beach house that she is currently renting.

Victoria meets up with her husband's head security man who informs her of Emily's wealthy past. Emily has a flashback on the day of her birthday her father gives her a dog which Emily names Sammy. She remembers Bill coming by on her birthday to see her and her father. Bill gives some bad news about a deal that has gone wrong between Bill and her father and states that Conrad will have the final say. Back to the present, Emily goes meets Bill in his office and he shows her the list of his top investors and how much profit she can gain from investing into his company.

As Emily leaves she gets a call from her realtor that the beach house has been sold to someone else. Emily meets up with Nolan and demands the house from him. He explains that if he did not place a bid on the beach house, Victoria would have won because she out bid Emily. Nolan states that the deed of the house is in Emily's name-as a birthday gift for Amanda.

One night, during her investigation of Bill Harmon's false testimony against her father (Bill stated that her father had given money to 9/11 terrorists who were responsible for the 9/11 tragedies and deaths of 240 Americans on board the plane), Victoria calls her and invites her for tea the next day. Emily reveals during tea that she has become the official owner of the beach house in front of Victoria and Daniel. Daniel then promises to take her out on a date.

As Emily is meeting Bill Harmon, Emily tells Bill that she wants to invest into All-Corp a Chinese cellular company. Bill goes back to the office and demands that everyone in his firm to invest everything in All-Corp believing that Nolan (the richest man in the world) will offer a huge contract to All-Corp. However, Nolan states on the news moments later that he is investing in Uni-tech instead. Bill Harmon's company is now faced with heavy loss from betting big on All-Corp and orders that his employees keep quite about this matter. Emily hacks into Bill's computer and prints out a list of Bills top investors and informs them of the company's losses (she poses as Bill's administrator).

Jack sells his boat named Amanda to Nolan to save his father's tavern from foreclosure. Emily goes on a date with Daniel and informs him that her parents died in a car crash when she was a young age. She then takes him to his house and Daniel surprises her with a housewarming party. At the party, Emily tells Nolan that Bill Harman is ruined and shows a new cast on her cell phone of Bill's investor's pulling out of his company.

Victoria gets a call from Conrad's head security and he tells her that Emily's past from the ages of 16-18 is sealed by the courts as though she never existed. He then tell Victoria that Emily and Lydia's ex-husband were on New York's landmark and preservation association and assumes that Emily is the woman Lydia's husband left Lydia for. Victoria demands that he follow Emily everywhere she goes. After all the guest have left, Emily lights a single candle on a cupcake and says quietly "Happy Birthday Amanda" implying it is her real birthday today.