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Originally posted by Rolland
Hmm, not really. I guess you're not a good observer. She opens the lighter but she never flicks it. And right before the explosion we only get to see an static hand placed on the chair, no movement, and it's the exact same hand with which Victoria was holding the lighter before. And the explosion scenes are the exact same ones shown before.
I don't know about you all, but I prefer Victoria being alive. I want Emily to kill Victoria herself in cold blood (+ Margaux and Mason). I know that won't happen since she's "good" but still as self defense or something. I want them to suffer.
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Oh wow, good call on those details. It's pretty hard to catch them when you're watching live, especially when you're too focused on the disbelief of THE QUEEN potentially exploding into smithereens. We have the benefit of youtube replays, and watching it closely now she has the lighter in her left hand but then it cuts to the view from behind the chair and that hand appears motionless. Very good sneaky editing on the writers/producers' parts. I had always suspected that Victoria wasn't really dead (and that Stowe intentionally mislead us) but without the benefit of that replay I never would've noticed the editing that made that a possibility.
Overall, better episode than I expected. I liked Emily's fire in this episode, especially when she snuck the tracker onto her dad ("Sorry dad"
) and confronted Margeaux with her sadistic and expertly crafted skills. And even though I felt the whole David-has-lymphoma storyline seemed so random and try-hard the last episode, the moment she found out he only has a few months to live and her superb acting really got to me. Really well done
I didn't even recognize that White Gold character but her "never go to Jersey on business" line was both cringeworthy and hilarious right at the end of the episode
The preview looks great. There's more excitement knowing this is the last episode and literally anything can happen. I'm happy to see Victoria's going to be back. I think as fans of this show we deserve to see them go toe to toe one last time--that was what made the show and that is how it should end. Honestly, as much as most people will disagree and want Emily to live happily ever after, I just think it's kind of unrealistic given her years of scheming and I'm sort of hoping both Emily and Victoria die in a fitting "Two Graves" ending. There are just so many loose ends to tie up if Emily really wants to escape, be completely free of charges, and live happily ever after with Jack, Nolan, etc.
And whoever said Victoria was messy for living in that dead woman's house is right...I would never expect that from her. The pacing of the plot has definitely felt rushed/awkward at many points throughout this season, but overall I thought this was a good episode and sets up what hopefully will be a fittingly epic finale.