"Revenge" Payback (TV Episode 2014) Poster

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(2014)

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6/10
land of the risible Sun?
RavenGlamDVDCollector29 November 2017
Seriously undermining the show, the whole Eastern connection. Every Sensei and Katana. Wanna go film a martial arts spectacular, that genre is thataway, so off you go. The original Tanaka wasn't so bad, I wouldn't have complained (so much) but then he left the show and they brought in ol' Shera Khan and Season Two really took a dip. And then, hardly had we finally gotten rid of the incapable actor, but the daughter of the character enters the scene, looking exactly like somebody who could swing a blade BUT WITHOUT ANY CONVINCING ACTING ABILITY WHATSOEVER. Stephanie Jaconsen, don't think it's been fun, 'cause sorry my dear, it quite simply hasn't.

At one stage, Patrick asks the question, "What is wrong with us?" to which I jeered "You need a better scriptwriter." Talking about Patrick, the other Big Boy, he hears something about his heritage he doesn't like, and that gives him a LICENSE to burn down Mommy's (ill-gotten) gallery WITHOUT Mommy batting an eyelid come confession time. Even if it isn't exactly larceny, 'cause it's not done for insurance claims, arson remains arson and the law would have had a few bones to pick with the Big Boy. Big Boy seems to be the deep kind, contemplating the bad cards Mean Old Fate dealt him, good genes taken for granted, and Mommy's back-up too. I say smack his bottom, big as he is, burning down a building. And the message is: These people are so rich, they don't care about a little ol' gallery.

Don't know about you, but little short-haired Miss Voulez-Vous Diana Vreeland (hell Anna Wintour, watch out!) doesn't do anything for me, and I've inadvertently noticed that Karinne Vanasse stays with us for the duration. How??? See her and Jack together, they have zilch nada zip in common, opposites might attract, but polar opposites will pretty soon repel, I mean, he needs a fishing boat and she is zee French mademoiselle.

And Charlotte scores herself a job at the magazine DADDY BOUGHT. Two episodes from now, major gut-wrenching, I am not my own person.

Emily finally gets a catscan. Needed it from Day One. Okay, okay, here, I am kidding. BUT... BUT... BUT if you think about it...
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4/10
Payback
studioAT1 June 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I'm not finding the 'Emily has blackouts' storyline overly interesting, even less the Voulez one. In it's attempts to keep things ticking over in the 2nd half of the series it sadly looks like more time will be spent on these though.

The Victoria/Patrick storyline is far more interesting though, and saves an otherwise so-so episode.

It does also offer up a nice twist at the end.
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