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REVENGE Post-Mortem: Two Dead And Six Feet Under, One Wedding & A Final Twist!
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ABC’s Revenge bid farewell after four seasons of back-stabbing, murders, and twists and turns. Some twists were fantastic, and some over the last few years not so much.
But the now canceled soap opera in the Hamptons, took its final bow during Sunday night’s series finale – trying to tie up loose ends quickly – and trying to make a semblance of a resolution for its main characters. (If you have not watched last night’s finale do not read any further.)
Let’s start with Amanda Clarke. (Emily VanCamp). After over three and half season posing as her alias Emily Thorne, the showdown was set for her to take out and kill her arch nemesis, Victoria Grayson (Madeleine Stowe), who was alive and well, thanks to Margaux’s (Karine Vanasse) help. Viewers learned that Victoria was able to can get an assist in her “death” thanks to her vile mother played by Adrienne Barbeau. There is a flashback scene in a hospital where in her dying breathes and spewing venom at Victoria, Marion admits that Victoria was raped by her father all those years ago. Next, it’s revealed that Victoria had put her mother’s body in the fire at Grayson Manor to help fake her own death.
After escaping from prison after “confessing” to the murder of Victoria Grayson, with the able help of Nolan (Gabriel Mann) and Jack (Nick Wechsler), she spends a night in the arms of her true love, Jack Porter. After Jack goes out to pick-up breakfast for the two, all hell breaks loose as White Gold (Courtney Love) is on the loose and stabs Jack … and it’s not looking so good for him. He is taken to the hospital where Amanda and Nolan are so distraught, the duo decide they must kill Victoria Grayson for good!
In the showdown scene, Amanda is about to shoot Victoria, but her father David Clarke (James Tupper) shows up and plugs Victoria himself! As Victoria is bleeding out, she has some time left to shoot Amanda. You see both women in a pool of blood … but only Victoria truly died! We then learn that David died shortly there after when getting a compassionate release from prison (since he was dying of lymphoma – brain cancer) to be at home with his daughter. Then in the moment that brought the relationship between Amanda and David full circle, the twosome says, ” I love you infinity times infinity,” with Amanda looking at the etched symbol in the railings on the house that David carved out to her as child that has been symbolic throughout the four seasons of episodes.
Next, we see Amanda prepping for her wedding to Jack. The two survived the final hour of the series alive! The duo say their “I do’s”, and Amanda gives Jack a new dog as a nod to his beloved dog Sammy! The newlyweds are now setting sail to start their new lives together. Next, we see what appears to be a flashback of Charlotte (Christa B. Allen) telling the doctors to not tell Amanda “who” provided her new heart (since she needed a heart transplant to survive her gunshot wound.) But guess what? It was Victoria’s heart who went into Amanda’s body to save her life. However that stunning revelation was followed by Amanda suddenly waking up on Jack’s boat! Whoa? Did that really happen?
And what of Nolan Ross? Would he find happiness? Looks Like Amanda looked out for him as just about everyone Nolan cared about is gone. Just as Nolan looks to have no purpose or direction in his life at the moment, in walks a man who says he needs Ross’s investigative abilities to help prove his mother’s innocence who is prison on murder charges. Nolan realizes Amandaand connected the two men, thus giving Nolan his next project.
Kudos to the performances of Emily VanCamp, Nick Wechlser and Gabriel Mann, who brought the heart and soul of the show together in their final performances.
So, what did you think of the series finale of Revenge? Did the right people go into the “Two Graves” as the title of the episode suggested? Are you glad Jack and Amanda got married? What did you think of Amanda’s flashback moment… is Victoria’s heart beating within her as just revenge for all she did to the Grayson clan? Share your thoughts below as we say “Goodbye Revenge!”
It was a very satisfying series finale. Thanks for the review Michael. Rip Revenge
I thought it was great, although i am sad tte show has ended
I thought it was very rushed, and I think ABC should have given the show an additional 30 minutes since it was absolutely clear this would be the last season since season 3. I enjoyed it generally speaking, in terms of plot and outcome, but I felt it was so full of events that it was hard to achieve any emotional impact. BAM! Jack’s stabbed! BAM! Victoria was raped by her father! BAM! Barbeau’s corpse was in the fire! BAM! Emily’s shot by Victoria! BAM! Charlotte gives Em Vic’s heart! BAMBAMBAM! FOOLED YOU, THAT WAS A NIGHTMARE! It was good, but it was rushed. ALSO, very disappointed that the Nolan spinoff wasn’t picked up by ABC.
Read an interview on tv line. It’s not definitive whether Amanda did or didn’t receive Victoria’s heart. I personally think she did…the final irony. As for Nolan, I read conflicting info of whether he’ll spin off on his own or perhaps wind up on another show…
In an interview with the writer he said it was NOT her father she slept with, but her mom’s boyfriend…
I agree.. 90 mins or two hours finale would have been much more suspenseful..
I agree! It deserved a little more excitement.
I agree! It should have been two hours. All the hype for the Emily/Daniel wedding and like 3 minutes for Jack and Emily. It felt like Jack deserved a little better. I also thought it would have been sweet of they would have gotten married on the beach and reenacted their childhood wedding, but a grown up classy version. I also thought it would have been better if Victoria hadn’t supposedly died in the fire. By the time she actually did die, I didn’t care at all! I like the ending of the story, but I think two hours would have been better. One episode for the mean gritty revenge stuff, and one episode to show Emily and Charlotte making up, the wedding, and the mushy stuff.
The episode had me in tears throughout the entire hour. I’m happy the writers finally gave us Amanda and Jack together at last. I think that Amanda does have Victoria’s heart, that Charlotte saved her half sister. I’m going to miss the show very much. Amazing cast, writers and producers! Very sad to say #goodbyerevenge. After 4 amazing seasons, I think it ran it course. The scene at the end, I felt it left the door open for Nolan to have his own spin off.
I will miss the show. I think they did a good job of ending it, however hastily. It could have been developed in a better way with 2 hrs to truly get the full emotional impact. It was great to see the happy endings.
Not such a happy ending. I truly hated that David died…regardless of the emotional impact or full circle or whatever impact the writers were going for. I get it from an artistic point of view…I just didn’t appreciate it as one.
wow!
The woman Nolan is going to investigate is the woman that married Conrad’s father whom came back spending his money.
An opening for a return for Nolan and a series for him..
Amada has Victor’s heart..
When Amanda was getting reading for her wedding while sitting in front of the mirror, she ran her finger down her chest on the transplant scar it was visible it was there..
watch for it online watch Revenge go to 35 minutes time/mark and wait you can not miss the scare..
She does have Victoria’s heart !!
I thought I had gotten the ending I wanted when Amada shot/killed Victoria and Victoria shot/killed Amada..
I wanted them to kill-off each other for the ending.
How awesome befitting that would have been, and when both had shot each other and they both were laying in their blood, I thought ”hooray” perfect ending, they killed each other but it went on ..
I read so many comments about Amanda having Victor’s heart, and not one, so far, caught the moment when Amanda ran her finger down her scare, genius!
Victoria’s heart beating in Amanda, yes! a perfect match in more ways than one 😉
I too believe it was Victoria’s heart though the writers said they purposely left people wondering. And yes, there was a scar…and once againI do believe it was Victoria’s heart…the perfect revenge that it was she who ultimately saved Amanda…and the two were still a part of each other. However, that doesn’t mean we’re right. The scar revealed she had surgery…could have been someone else’s heart. well never know…
the whole finale felt very rushed,,couldnt they at least given us a 2 hour finale and really give all characters some in depth endings,,poor charlotte had no closure at all…from being shot and walking down isle just way to fast,,there was no build up to the end …this finale had no fizzazz,,,, it fizzled,,,
Revenge was canceled, no notice..
what we seen was mostly the season ender not the final episode..
there is not time to create a 2 hour ending nor would ABC give up a time slot for a canceled show..
The ending was done for the time it had.. 🙂 It had no time to go on, it was canceled..
It needed to put a lot in a little space,in little time, to give us the great finial..
If she really DID give Emily/Amanda her mothers heart…that was HER revenge against Victoria…her closure…
I want a Nolan-centric spin off.
I gotta say, if Charlotte gave Amanda Victoria’s heart, that is BY FARRRRR the best revenge of the entire series. And when she delivered the line “It’s what my mother would have wanted.”, I was so gleeful! Best line delivered by an awesome actress! Gooo Charlotte!!!! I was also glad Louise came to get senses. I really liked her with Nolan.
I definitely would enjoy watching a Nolan Ross spinoff, and I’d like to see Louise in it. (The Exes as a thriller?) I was glad Louise wised up to the lies and manipulation and did the right thing. I thought it was rushed but I believe the producers tied up the show correctly. Victoria and David’s affair was a root cause for the upheavals suffered by their children, so they had to go. I liked the resolution for the remaining characters, and I’m glad Charlotte could save her sister through serving up a little comeuppance to her mother. I would have liked to have learned for sure what happened to the money Victoria and David had hidden away 20 years before; maybe I missed it, though.
Watched last night on DVD the finale (swiss-german tv cancled it after season 3). I have to say: wow.
to bad REVENGE ended now. It was great, entertaining. Compared with other cancled Shows (like “Dallas”): it was a great finale. And when Charlotte gave Amanda Victoria’s heart – this was really good (even it could be Amandas dream only ?). And like somebody mentioned: it’s a revenge that Victoria’s heart lives now in Amanda. It can also be a “revenge” from Charlotte to Amanda who killed her mother.
but at all: 4 years.. of lies, gossip, revenge… the writers did a great Job.
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51st Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations: CBS Soaps Score Most, Eric Braeden, Dick Van Dyke, Guy Pearce Receive Nods
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) have officially announced on Friday, the full list of nominees for the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
While Thursday brought with it four reveals of the nominees in the Outstanding Daytime Drama, Talk Show Host, Lead Actor and Actress categories (as presented by various entertainment news programs), today’s nominations include all the other categories not previously announced.
The Daytime Emmy Awards telecast is set to be presented live on Friday night, June 7, at 8 PM EDT /delayed PT, on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+. This will mark the 18th time that CBS has broadcast the Daytime Emmys.
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In addition, The Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle Emmy Awards will be presented on Saturday, June 8 at t9 PM ET/6 PM PT and streamed on The Emmys apps and at watch.TheEmmys.tv. The ceremonies will take place at the Westin Bonaventure Los Angeles.
Television icon, Dick Van Dyke has received his first-ever Daytime Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Guest Performer category for his touching portrayal of Timothy Robicheaux on Peacock’s Days of our Lives. The nomination makes Van Dyke the oldest Daytime Emmy nominee in history at 98-years-old. In addition, motion picture and TV star, Guy Pearce, is also nominated as Guest Performer for his longtime role as Mike Young in the reboot of Neighbours.
Speaking of Neighbours, the Australian soap opera also received its first ever Daytime Emmy nomination for Daytime Drama Series now that its a revival can be streamed on Amazon Freevee. In addition, The Young and the Restless iconic, Eric Braeden (Victor Newman) received his first Daytime Emmy nomination in more than 20 years in the Lead Actor in a Drama Series category.
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In the Daytime Drama series categories, CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless each scored 12 nominations more than any other show. Leading the acting nominations was B&B, who landed 7 performers in the various categories, a first in its 37-year history.
In a statement, Adam Sharp, President & CEO, NATAS expressed, “We are happy to once again honor the creative talent both in front of and behind the camera of America’s favorite Daytime programs. We look forward to celebrating the icons who enliven the days of audiences across the country.”
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Brent Stanton, Head of Daytime, NATAS added, “Producing the Daytime Emmys is a labor of love for all of us at NATAS. The huge popularity of these shows continues to be must-see viewing for their fans.” NATAS also revealed that Lifetime Achievement Honorees, Hosts, Presenters, and Silver and Gold Circle honorees will be revealed at a later date.
The Daytime Emmy Awards recognize outstanding achievement in television programming honoring work in a variety of categories, including daytime dramas, talk shows, instructional programming, hosting, culinary, and legal/courtroom programs. In 2021, NATAS and the Television Academy jointly announced plans to realign the Daytime and Primetime Emmy Awards to be organized by content genre, as opposed to program airtime.
The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be produced once again by NATAS and Associated Television International (ATI). Adam Sharp and Lisa Armstrong are executive producers from NATAS, while David McKenzie executive produces from ATI.
Congratulations to all the men and women in front of the camera and behind the scenes for their recognition as we take a look at who will be going for gold come June. Here are the nominees below starting with the Daytime Drama Categories.
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OUTSTANDING DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
The Bay
The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of our Lives
General Hospital
Neighbours
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTRESS
Tamara Braun, Days of our Lives
Finola Hughes, General Hospital
Katherine Kelly Lang, The Bold and the Beautiful
Annika Noelle, The Bold and the Beautiful
Michelle Stafford, The Young and the Restless
Cynthia Watros, General Hospital
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OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTOR
Eric Braeden, The Young and the Restless
Scott Clifton, The Bold and the Beautiful
Thorsten Kaye, The Bold and the Beautiful
Eric Martsolf, Days of our Lives
John McCook, The Bold and the Beautiful
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OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTRESS
Jennifer Gareis, The Bold and the Beautiful
Linsey Godfrey, Days of our Lives
Courtney Hope, The Young and the Restless
Allison Lanier, The Young and the Restless
Emily O’Brien, Days of our Lives
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OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTOR
Robert Gossett, General Hospital
Bryton James, The Young and the Restless
Wally Kurth, Days of our Lives
A Martinez, The Bay
Mike Manning, The Bay
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OUTSTANDING GUEST PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
Linden Ashby, The Young and the Restless
Ashley Jones, The Bold and the Beautiful
Alley Mills, General Hospital
Guy Pearce, Neighbours
Dick Van Dyke, Days of our Lives
OUTSTANDING WRITING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
The Bay
The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of our Lives
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless
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OUTSTANDING DIRECTING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
The Bay
The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of our Lives
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION
General Hospital
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The View
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OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO
The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of our Lives
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
The Kelly Clarkson Show
OUTSTANDING CASTING
African Queens: Njinga
Days of our Lives
General Hospital
Start Up
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION/SET DECORATION/SCENIC DESIGN
African Queens: Njinga
The Drew Barrymore Show
General Hospital
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The View
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN/STYLING
African Queens: Njinga
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Sherri
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OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING AND MAKEUP
African Queens: Njinga
The Drew Barrymore Show
Sherri
The View
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG
“Shine” General Hospital
“Unexpected Truth”Unexpected
“We’re Home” Reconnecting Roots
OUTSTANDING DAYTIME TALK SERIES
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Tamron Hall
Turning The Tables with Robin Roberts
The View
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OUTSTANDING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS SERIES
Access Hollywood
Entertainment Tonight
Extra
OUTSTANDING CULINARY SERIES
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Family Dinner
Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays
Valerie’s Home Cooking
What Am I Eating? with Zooey Deschanel
OUTSTANDING LEGAL/COURTROOM PROGRAM
Hot Bench
Judy Justice
Justice For The People with Judge Milian
The People’s Court
We The People with Judge Lauren Lake
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DAYTIME TALK SERIES HOST
Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro, The View
Kelly Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show
Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa, Live with Kelly and Mark
Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales, Jerry O’Connell, Sheryl Underwood, The Talk
Tamron Hall, Tamron Hall
OUTSTANDING CULINARY HOST
Lidia Bastianich, 25 Years with Lidia: A Culinary Jubilee
Valerie Bertinelli, Valerie’s Home Cooking
Eduardo Garcia, Big Sky Kitchen with Eduardo Garcia
Emeril Lagasse, Emeril Cooks
Sophia Roe, Counter Space
Buddy Valastro, Legends of the Fork
OUTSTANDING DAYTIME PERSONALITY – DAILY
Frank Caprio, Caught in Providence
Kevin Frazier, Nischelle Turner , Matt Cohen, Cassie DiLaura, Denny Directo, Will Marfuggi, Rachel Smith, Entertainment Tonight
Deborah Norville, Steven Fabian, Lisa Guerrero, Ann Mercogliano, Jim Moret, Les Trent. Inside Edition
Robert Hernandez, Star Jones, Divorce Court
Judge Judy Sheindlin, Whitney Kumar, Kevin Rasco, Sarah Rose, Judy Justice
What do you think about the nominations for the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards? Who do you think deserved to get in that did? Who do you think got snubbed? Who are you happiest to see receive a nomination? Let us know via the comment section below.
Make sure to be with us live starting tonight Friday, April 19th at 8pm ET/5pm PT for the Michael Fairman Channel’s 10th anniversary edition of its Daytime Emmy Nomination Special 2024, featuring some of the just announced daytime drama nominees.
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51st Daytime Emmys: Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa Receive Talk Show Host Nominations
On Thursday, nominations were announced in the Outstanding Talk Show category for the upcoming 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
Mark Consuelos (ex-Mateo, All My Children) coming off his first-year as co-host of ‘Live” with real-life wife, Kelly Ripa scored his first Talk Show Host nomination along with Ripa who has been nominated previous times.
Joining Mark and Kelly in the race are: Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro, The View
Kelly Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales, Jerry O’Connell, Sheryl Underwood, The Talk and
Tamron Hall, Tamron Hall.
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As previously reported, The Talk is coming to its end when its upcoming 15th and final season ends in December of 2024.
The 51st annual Daytime Emmys are slated to be broadcast and stream live on CBS and Paramount+ on Friday night, June 7th
Look for the full list of nominations to drop on Friday morning at 12 noon ET/9 am PT.
So, are you rooting for Kelly and Mark to win their first Talk Show host award together? Comment below.
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51st Daytime Emmys: Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Nominations
On Thursday, the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards revealed nominations in several key categories via four entertainment news programs: Access Hollywood, E! News, Extra and Access Hollywood.
Three of the four announcements were major categories in the field of Daytime Dramas.
The nominees in the Outstanding Daytime Drama Series category are: The Bay, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, Neighbours and The Young and the Restless.
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General Hospital won this category last year, and has the most all-time wins for a series in this category. For the first time, the beloved Australian-based soap opera, Neighbours is now eligible for competition due to its reboot which streams on Amazon Freevee.
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The 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be handed out in ceremonies in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ on Friday night, June 7th.
Previous categories announced tonight via the entertainment news outlet included: Lead Actor and Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
So, what do you think about this year’s nominee for the Outstanding Daytime Drama Series? Who do you think should win? Comment below.
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