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Revenge review – 2×09: ‘Revelations’

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Fall finale madness continues as Revenge doubles down on Daniel Grayson (Joshua Bowman) as the inheritor of Grayson Global…and the Initiative?

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Revenge review – 2×08: ‘Lineage’

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Revenge does the time-warp again with another all-flashback episode – this time jumping back six years to 2006. Does the narrative upheaval pay-off?

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Revenge review – 2×05: ‘Forgiveness’

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Revenge season two is still trying to find its sea legs, so it’s no surprise that some elements from ‘Forgiveness’ pop, while others fizzle.

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Revenge review – 2×04: ‘Intuition’

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A week after Queen Victoria (Madeleine Stowe) welcomed Fauxmanda (Margarita Levieva) into the Grayson fold, the Grayson matriarch is already removing the baby mama from the picture. It just goes to show that when you have a baby shower, you best keep the event on the ground floor.

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Revenge review – 2×03: ‘Confidence’

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For two episodes now, I’ve had a nagging concern in the back of my head that Revenge was suffering from the dreaded sophomore slump. Storylines weren’t really connecting and Emily (Emily VanCamp) seemed unfocused. Things simply weren’t the same as the deliriously awesome first season.

And then there’s the scene in ‘Confidence’ that absolutely kills it. Suddenly I feel like an a*s for ever doubting my favourite night-time soap. Way to make me eat crow, Revenge

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