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To misquote Austin Powers, you know what's remarkable? How much Bosnia looks in no way like Southern California.

That should actually have read "since this is probably the last season" But I think it will be.

I remember when watching this show was like getting a box of chocolates every Sunday night and discovering that every single one was a caramel cream. And whenever you finished a layer, there was always another one underneath. And you never got fat. Now, it's like chewing on grit. This week I actually started checking to see how long was left until the end of the episode. To whoever said Emily should have buried Victoria alive last season, that is an awesome idea. I think I may pretend Revenge ended that way and Emily and Nolan went off into the sunset. But no, instead we get more mopey, whiny Emily who navel gazes about oh-woe-is-me my revenge has left me all alone except it hasn't. I don't think the writers on this show realize something; Emily does not need to agonize and soul-search and be wracked with guilt over her vengeance in order to be relatable and likable. She is fundamentally broken and screwed up and that is understandable and makes her sympathetic in itself. She's also the most fun to root for when she's at her most badass, taking down people who deserve it and meeting worthy adversaries like Victoria on the battlefield that is the Hamptons. Stop trying to make her "nice". It's just boring and it isn't going to work. And no, there's not really any way to stretch that character out over multiple seasons, and that's why as many have said, maybe Revenge should only ever have been a one-off mini-series. Since this is the last season, and they will inevitably have Emily go off into the sunset with Jack, I really hope we don't have to endure yet another love triangle for Emily with Generic Ben Hunter, the generically-named generic cop. I would much prefer it if he was there for Nolan!

Stevie gave Conrad the deed because after their heart-to-heart she was tired of all the lies, manipulation and fighting him and Victoria. She felt giving him the deed to do as he wished with it was a way to make amends and to absolve herself of the whole situation. Of course Conrad then turned round and used her selfless deed to manipulate Pascal and Victoria because Conrad is Conrad. Evil!Daniel is extremely boring and one-dimensional. He used to have layers, now he's like a cartoon character. I know Bowman was bored of playing him as an idiot who everyone walked all over, but I really can't see how THIS is more fun to play - especially since his acting has gotten worse since Daniel went over to the dark side. I completely agree. As I see it, the problem is that there were only so many episodes they could get out of Emily doing takedowns before someone realised she was up to something. And she was so competent that they needed to come up with obstacles that would prevent her from accomplishing the full scope of her mission too quickly. They decided to do that by doing the whole "this is bigger than anything we could have imagined!!!" thing the Initiative, but that completely changed the dynamic of the show and made it a borderline spy series and the viewers hated it. So they decided to ditch that and go full soap. But either because the writers are lazy or they're under network pressure to make the show move faster than it ought to or they're just unable to think up ways for Emily to remain as competent as she was and face big enough obstacles to stop her from accomplishing her mission too quickly, they've dumbed her and the show down as a result. I also can't help feeling that even though Sunil Nayar has managed to integrate Jack into the stories much better and get rid of extraneous character like Declan and Ashley much better than David Kelley did, the episodes he's overseen are a shade less... acid than the first (and even some of the second) season ones.