150 Best Emily VanCamp Quotes
Emily: [opening voiceover] In its purest form, an act of retribution provides symmetry... The rendering of payment for crimes against the innocent. But the danger of retaliation lies in furthering the cycle of violence. Still, it's a risk that must be met, when the greater offense is to allow the guilty to go unpunished.
Emily: [opening voiceover] In revenge, as in life, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. In the end, the guilty always fall.
Charlotte: [showing the patient wedding photographs] You looked so beautiful. It was like a real-life fairy-tale.
[scoffs]
Charlotte: You've gotta remember something.
Emily: [whispers] I don't.
Charlotte: I know you will. You're my inspiration, Emily. I've always relied on your strength to get me through tough times. I just wish I knew where you got it from.
Emily: [exhales deeply, sighs] My father...
Charlotte: You remember him?
Emily: [nods] Yes.
Charlotte: That's good, Emily. What's his name? Tell me.
Emily: David. His name is David Clarke.
[causing Charlotte to look puzzled]
Charlotte: Look at her, rubbing my nose in everything that's happened.
Gideon: [has his mind on illegal substances] Why don't we just rub our noses into something a little bit more fun?
Charlotte: [chuckles] Right after I say hi to the hostess.
[goes to see Emily]
Emily: [contented sigh] Thank you for coming, Charlotte.
Charlotte: I only accepted your invite because I thought, yeah, after all this time, maybe you'd surprise me, but... my Mom was right, wasn't she? This was all you ever wanted. This lifestyle, this house.
Emily: I wish you'd give me a chance to explain.
Charlotte: Why would I give you anything, Emily? When you want something, you just take it.
Victoria: [institutionalized under duress] You won't get away with this!
Emily: [whispers] Watch me.
Emily: [opening voiceover] In its purest form, a union becomes part of our very essence. But when that bond is broken... our essence is forever changed.
Bucky: So what are you doing here?
Sharon: I stole Steve's shield, remember?
Sharon: [to Sam] I also took the wings for your ass so that you could save his ass from HIS ass.
[points at Zemo]
Sharon: Unlike you, I didn't have the Avengers to back me up. So... I'm off the grid in Madripoor.
Sam: Hey, don't blow that smoke at me, I was on the run too.
Sharon: Was, is - big difference.
Daniel: [arriving home to find girlfriend there] Emily?
Emily: Hi!
Daniel: Hi! What's going on?
Emily: Honey, your mother invited me over for tea.
Victoria: [at the sight of her son's drenched after-sport physique] Daniel, for God's sake, pull yourself together! You're a sweaty brute!
Daniel: [to Emily] My apologies. Had I known my mother had summoned you, I'd have looked at least 50% less brutish.
Emily: No, it's fine. I should get going, really. I have to work out some issues with my realtor. Things got a little aggressive in our bidding war today.
[picks up cellphone, checks e-mail]
Victoria: [false] Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Will you be on the hunt for a fallback rental, or are you headed back to the city?
Emily: Actually, as of this e-mail, I have just become the new owner of the beach house.
[causing Victoria obvious disappointment]
Daniel: That's great news. Congratulations.
Emily: Thank you.
Daniel: Now how about I make good on that date and take you out to celebrate?
Emily: That sounds great. How about tomorrow?
Daniel: Yeah, tomorrow's perfect. I know just the place. Come on, I'll walk you out.
Emily: Thank you so much for the tea, Mrs. Grayson. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this.
[Victoria looks at her, contemplating her next move]
Emily: [opening voiceover] Sacrifice, by its strictest definition, takes something precious in exchange for the appeasement of a higher power. An abiding devotion to a cause that cannot be satisfied with a simple promise. Because an oath, no matter how solemn, asks nothing in return. While true sacrifice... demands unspeakable loss.
Emily: [opening voiceover] For those who believe in resurrection, death is inconsequential. It's not an ending, but rather a new beginning... a second chance. A reunion.
Kara: [driving, singing along with car radio, slapping steering wheel rhythmically, looking over to her earnest little daughter on passenger seat] Come on. My voice isn't that bad.
5: Daddy said you were sick.
Kara: [smiles] I'm all better now that I'm with you.
5: Where is Daddy?
Kara: Oh, don't worry, baby.
[reaching over to her]
Kara: We're on vacation!
[child laughs]
Emily: [voiceover continuing] But the very idea of resurrection is so seductive a concept, it's easy to forget before you can rise from the dead...
Victoria: [nightmare vision] ... you have to spend a few days in hell!
Emily: You know that Daniel would have wanted me at his funeral.
Victoria: Maybe. But we'll never know, will we?
[turns to leave, and Emily shakes her head]
Nolan: What now, revenger?
Emily: Let the punishment fit the crime. Victoria took my mother away from me. It's time I took her daughter away from her.
Emily: [closing voiceover] Every plan has a fatal flaw. Sometimes it's the heart... even in those who are supposed to be the most careful. But a careful nature doesn't always ensure success. When a plan is built on an unstable foundation, failure is not only a possibility, it's a certainty.
Emily: [opening voiceover] Some think intuition is a gift. But it can be a curse, as well. A voice calling us from places that are better left unexplored. An echo of memories that will never die, no matter how hard we try to kill them.
Emily: [closing voiceover] For those who believe in the resurrection, death is inconsequential. In the resurrection, those that were dead live, and those who live believe they shall never die.
Emily: What have you got?
Nolan: Oh, good news and bad news. Victoria's still alive.
Emily: What's the good news?
Nolan: They're keeping her heavily sedated to monitor the irregular rhythm of her heart. Turns out she has one.
Emily: Is Victoria's heart still beating?
Nolan: Was it ever?
Emily: I hope you didn't cut your trip short just so you could make my Memorial Day party.
Charlotte: No, I'm home because my lovely mother has left me no other monetary option.
Emily: Have you seen her?
Charlotte: Seen her? I almost caught Lady Chatterley with her lover.
Emily: Lover?
Charlotte: More like boy toy actually. I think he's even staying at the house.
Charlotte: [handing him the wedding invitation] Here you go, Jack.
[whispering: ]
Charlotte: So much for your break from Emily Thorne.
[to: ]
Charlotte: Good night.
Emily: Night.
Jack: [after Charlotte leaves] I can't believe you're still going through with this!
[throws the invitation down in front of Emily]
Emily: Trust is a difficult thing, whether it's finding the right people to trust or trusting the right people to do the wrong thing. But trusting your heart is the riskiest thing of all. In the end, the only person we can truly trust is ourself.
David: All I ask is that you promise to do the one thing that's been so hard for me to do. Forgive.
Emily: But that was a promise I couldn't keep. When deception cuts this deep, someone has to pay.
Emily: [opening voiceover] Darkness scares us. We yearn for the comfort of light, as it provides shape and form, allowing us to recognize, to define what's before us. But what is it we're afraid of, really? Not the darkness itself, but the truth we know hides within.
Emily: Why didn't you listen to me Daniel? I told you to run! Why didn't you run... You're going to be okay Daniel, you're going to be okay...
Daniel: You're still lying to me...
Emily: I want you to know it wasn't all a lie... Not with you...
Daniel: I know, I know...
[dies]
Emily: Jack saw the tape, Nolan. What the hell happened?
Emily: [opening voiceover] My father's false imprisonment taught me in that in a crisis, you quickly find out who your real friends are. Tragedy and scandal, it seems, have a unique way of clarifying people's priorities.
Emily: Amanda Clarke no longer exists.
Emily: [Ashley is planning Victoria's 4th of July party] Ashley, this looks fantastic. Very festive.
Ashley: Thanks, although I have to admit it is slightly humiliating having to plan a party celebrating the defeat of England. I don't do well with rejection.
Emily: Obviously. That was over two hundred years ago.
Emily: [closing voiceover] The past is a tricky thing. Sometimes it's etched in stone, and other times, it's rendered in soft memories. But if you meddle too long in deep, dark things, who knows what monsters you'll awaken?
Charlotte: All this time, why didn't you tell me?
Emily: Believe me, I wanted to. Every part of me... wanted to, but... I had to protect you... and I think... after everything I'd done, part of me felt that I didn't... deserve you. But then I saw you today, and I recognized that pain.
Emily: [closing voiceover] To properly do penance, one must express contrition for one's sins, and perform acts to repair the damage caused by those transgressions. It is only when those acts are complete that the slate can truly be wiped clean, and amnesty gives way to a new beginning.
Connie: [TV interview] Do you think it's all over now?
Amanda: I pray that it is. But deep down inside, I know it's not. Victoria, if you're watching, it is in your hands to end this.
Nolan: I don't think my employees have any respect for me.
Emily: Why would they? You're not wearing pants.
Nolan: Well, I mean, they don't know that. You know, I once did a video interview with Katie Couric butt-naked in my jacuzzi. She had no idea.
Emily: When deception cuts this deep, someone has to pay.
Margaux: Really? Because it seems to me you put those wheels in motion the moment you got to the Hamptons. With lies I'm now fully aware of.
Emily: You need to remember the secrets I have about your father. Enough to sink you and... the fifth largest media conglomerate in the world.
[smiles]
Emily: [opening voiceover] When on a mission of revenge, one must maintain total control... over risk, emotions, and one's enemies. The single greatest threat to success is losing control of your allies.
Emily: [opening voiceover] They say grief occurs in five stages. First, there's denial, followed by anger. Then comes bargaining, and depression. For most, the final stage of grief is acceptance. But for me, grief is a life sentence without clemency. I will never accept and I will never forgive, not even after the man who killed my father lies dead at my feet.
Emily: [closing voiceover] People are fond of saying that you can't unring a bell. And while that may be true, you can certainly smother its ring under the dull roar of conjecture and lies. But some words ring out like church bells, rising above the din, calling us to the truth. Some words are immortal. Long-buried or even burned, they're destined to be reborn, like a phoenix rising from the ashes. And when they do, it can literally take your breath away.
Emily: [closing voiceover] Just as there are two sides to every story, there are two sides to every person... one that we reveal to the world, and another we keep hidden inside. A duality governed by the balance of light and darkness. Within each of us is the capacity for both good and evil. But those who are able to blur the moral dividing line hold the true power.
Emily: For $3000, how old do you want me to be?
Sara: [relaxing by pool, in bikini, chatting on phone] I'd love to go to Aunt Gina's jewelry party. Just, the thing is, work has me slammed right now. Ma, please don't say I'm blowing you off.
[Emily appears]
Sara: Uh, look, I gotta hop. A customer's giving me the stink-eye. Yeah.
Emily: It's one thing to deliver a wake-up call to my husband and his mistress, but I have too much self-respect to watch you lounge by our pool. You have to go now.
Sara: Well, Daniel asked me to stay, and I'm sticking by him.
Emily: I won't let you destroy my marriage.
Sara: Don't you think this is sad, Emily? For you, I mean. He doesn't love you.
Emily: Oh, that's a cheap shot, Sara.
[smiles, sits down next to her]
Emily: I'm trying to handle this with dignity.
Sara: After pulling the most pathetic stunt ever? Faking a pregnancy to lock a guy down.
[looks away in disdain]
Emily: Daniel's pushing his boundaries with me.
Sara: Hmm.
Emily: And after the pain I caused him, it's understandable. Right now, your earthiness is what's catching his eye. But you don't fit in here.
Sara: Hmm. I'm actually proud of that.
Emily: Until people find out about you and start judging him.
Sara: Because I'm trash? Is that what you're saying?
[as: ]
Sara: Excuse me? A glass of Cristal please.
Victoria: Who knew you to be such a Florence Nightingale?
Emily: Oh, there's so much you don't know about me, Victoria.
Victoria: [coos] Oh, I'm learning more and more each day.
Emily: [bearing gift] I wanted to leave this at your parents' wedding before...
Daniel: Before the whole thing went to hell?
[she sighs]
Daniel: Mom and Dad will be very touched,
[smiles]
Daniel: assuming it is not ticking.
Emily: Now go before someone sees you. Victoria watches this place like a hawk.
Nolan: I also did some research into your collateral damage. Seems Dr. Bates wasn't always the go-to shrink for the rich and demented. She began her road to infamy as a court-appointed child psychologist.
[grinning: ]
Nolan: Random coincidence?
Emily: Nothing's random, Nolan.
Nolan: Well, you can be satisfied the good doctor will never practice again.
Emily: [resolutely] Count on it.
Nolan: I guess sometimes payback's not a bitch. Although I imagine it will be for New York's first and worst family. What do you have on tap?
Emily: A long summer of fun.
Nolan: Beginning with tomorrow's Memorial Day party?
Emily: And if everything goes as planned, it'll be the last one the Graysons ever attend.
[clinks Nolan's glass with devilish smile]
Emily: Death is a thief, It takes and keeps all that a person is, that a person was. And when death takes from us someone as extraordinary as Amanda, it takes with it not just her past, but who she was to us every day. Amanda was special but she never had it easy. A childhood torn from her, rough adolescence, and a damning identity that was thrust upon her, which she bore with dignity until she made herself a new name, Amanda Porter. A name that was her own, free from the bonds of history, looking forward to a man who loved her for all her strengths and all her weakness. Amanda, all of us here today embraced you and we love you. We will protect the husband and child that you level behind, the sister that you were just getting to know. and we will greet every new day as a gift, approaching it with the same bravery and determination with which you lived your entire life.
Nolan: [showing Emily the video of Frank's attempted murder of Lydia] That thud you hear... is the sound of Lydia hitting the roof of the taxi five stories down.
Emily: I can't believe she survived.
Nolan: I can't believe I survived.
Frank: [on the video] Victoria, it's Frank. I have some bad news to report. Lydia Davis just jumped off her balcony. Call me when you get this.
Nolan: You know, if I'd shown up one minute earlier, that psychopath would've caught me.
Emily: Yeah, but he didn't. And you made it out with the list and the video camera.
Nolan: [handing Emily the photograph Lydia was going to use to expose her] And this.
Emily: We got lucky.
Nolan: You might want to revisit your definition of "lucky" in the dictionary. Lydia might die because of us.
Emily: If Lydia dies, it's because she sold her soul to the Graysons. This wasn't supposed to happen. I didn't set any of this in motion, they did.
Nolan: Fine. Let's say she survives. Wakes up tomorrow remembering only one thing: this picture. Eventually, someone's gonna find you out.
Emily: Not if they believe it's all been Frank. As far as the Graysons know... Lydia attempted suicide. When they see this video, they'll know that Frank lied to them.
Nolan: Let's send a copy to the police.
Emily: No police. Frank dug his own grave. All we need is for Victoria and Conrad to bury him in it.
Emily: And now you've sabotaged our alliance because you fell for a hooker.
Charlotte: Is something wrong?
Emily: [accusingly] You were the only person I told about my mother's supposed affair. Next thing I know, it's gotten back to her through Ashley.
Charlotte: I didn't say a word. Ashley must have found out some other way. I mean, you know how nosy she is.
Emily: You know, I used to defend you when my mother would go on one of her Emily rants, but now I think I'll stay quiet.
Charlotte: Charlotte, I understand that you're upset, but I didn't do it. And anyway, it's just a little bit of gossip.
Emily: A little bit of gossip? Maybe you don't get that even one tiny lie can cause a lot of damage.
[in a huff, about to leave]
Charlotte: Charlotte, please!
Emily: You were one of the few people left in my life I felt connected to. And now, I don't know if I can trust you any more. So thanks for the concern, but no, thanks.
[goes off, leaving Emily behind]
Lydia: You must come from a family of polar bears. Because that water is ice cold.
Emily: Only at first, then you can't feel anything.
Lydia: Sounds like my marriage.
Amanda: [gun pointed at her mortal enemy] Oh, for once, you're right about something, Victoria. Unlike you, I've never killed anybody. I believe that the people who hurt my family deserve to live in agony, not pay with their lives, but you... You... are the one exception. For you, death is my only true revenge.
Nolan: I'm just hoping that your secret plan is to make your debut there as Amanda Clarke.
Emily: Sorry. I'm Emily Thorne, and it's simply a party. After what the Graysons put us through, don't you think we deserve one?
Aiden: I'm sorry if I'm not as cold and calculated as you. I can't just turn my feelings on and off like the flick of a switch.
Emily: Is that what you think? That I don't feel? That I don't miss my father every single day? That I don't mourn the life that I could've had? But that's why people like you and me fight. Because it gives us something to live for when everything else has been taken away. I thought you understood that. I thought we shared that.
Emily: [closing voiceover] We all have secrets we keep locked away from the rest of the world. Friendships we pretend, relationships we hide. But worst of all is the love we never let show. The most dangerous secrets a person can bury are those we keep from ourselves.
Emily: [as they wait for Charlotte who is identifying the body] She's brave... like her sister.
Victoria: Well, there are moments in a person's life that change you forever. And I fear this is one of them for Charlotte.
Emily: Especially since she and her sister had grown so attached.
Victoria: You try to protect your child from all pain. But to not be able to stop what's going on behind those steel doors...
Emily: You must feel so helpless.
Charlotte: [door opens, tearful Charlotte comes running out] Mom...!
[into Mom's arms]
Victoria: Oh, sweetheart...! Baby, I've got you, it's okay.
[holds her sobbing daughter]
Victoria: I'm here. I'm here.
Emily: [opening voiceover] There comes a moment in each of our lives when the control that keeps us sane slips through our fingers. Most of us aim to seize it back. The best way to fight chaos is with chaos.
Emily: It just means she's as good at hiding her secrets as I am.
Nolan: Or maybe it means she's not dirty. I already feel douche-baggy enough after what I did to Louise. She did not deserve it. I sure as hell am not gonna do the same thing to an FBI agent. They hold grudges. And arrest warrants.
Emily: [opening voiceover] In a race between danger and indecision, the difference between life and death comes down to confidence. Faith in our abilities, certainty in ourselves, and the trust we put in others.
Emily: [driving] If you want, I could wait for you while you talk to your mother, drive you home after. Assuming you're going back to the Hamptons.
[Charlotte's mulling events over]
Emily: Or you're welcome to stay with me.
Charlotte: That's really nice, Emily. But the truth is my mother and I are supposed to leave the country. She wants to start a new life, change our names, just disappear. Only now that my father has drained my bank accounts, I don't know what we're going to do.
Emily: I don't think that Victoria will care about the money as long as she has you.
Emily: There's only one explanation. There's one secret that I kept. And it has cost the ones I love more than I ever wanted. I am David Clarke's daughter. I am Amanda Clarke.
Emily: How did I get so far off track?
Emily: I'm surprised to see you're not voting alongside your husband.
Victoria: And I wish I could say we're equally surprised to see you here unannounced in my home.
Emily: I just wanted to see if Conrad was planning to go through with his party, seeing as... Jack is still missing.
Victoria: [looks worn] Well, the party will go on, and Conrad will be there, front and center.
[laughs]
Emily: But not you.
Victoria: You'll soon learn
[sighs]
Victoria: that there are limits to what a woman is willing to endure for appearances.
Emily: Meaning?
Victoria: You and Daniel. Whatever your reasons for marrying him, you'll never convince me it is for love. And by and by, you will grow tired of perpetuating this charade. Until one morning you will wake up hollow, with nothing but regret and misery to fill your days.
[takes a sip of wine]
Emily: [Padma has been captured by the Initiative] I feel like I failed you. Nolan, there was no way I could have made it there on time.
Nolan: It wouldn't have mattered anyway. They have been ahead of us every step of the way. And now... they'll probably kill her, if they haven't already. And I told her... Ems... I promised her I would keep her safe.
Emily: Nolan, look at me... I don't know if Padma's still alive... but I do know that if she is, you are the only person that can find her.
Nolan: I should've let Aiden shoot...!
Emily: Don't say that. Did you... track the source of the text?
Nolan: [despondent] I tried. The encryption's insane. It's gonna take weeks!
Emily: Then, Nolan, you need to get started. Look at me, I know that you are hurting. But you need to stop blaming yourself, get on your computer, and dig until you find them. And I swear to God, when you do, I will help you save her. I give you my word.
Emily: [closing voiceover] Truth is a battle of perceptions. People only see what they're prepared to confront. It's not what you look at that matters, but what you see. And when different perceptions battle against one another, the truth has a way of getting lost. And the monsters find a way of getting out.
Emily: [opening voiceover] Some say that our lives are defined by the sum of our choices. But it isn't really our choices that distinguish who we are. It's our commitment to them.
Charlotte: [bridal shower speech] And it took some time for my brother to find someone who'd put up with him. And I get that. He can be annoying.
[laughter]
Charlotte: But he's still my best friend. So, Emily, be good to him, or you'll have me to deal with.
[raising: ]
Charlotte: To Daniel and Emily!
all: To Daniel and Emily!
man: [calling out from crowd] Cheers!
Charlotte: [stepping down from podium] I see you drank to that. Refills?
Daniel: I'll get us all one.
Emily: That was lovely, Charlotte. Thank you.
Charlotte: [veiled warning] I meant every word.
Emily: [opening voiceover] Defense lawyers use the term "duress" to describe the use of force, coercion, or psychological pressure exerted on a client in the commission of a crime. When duress is applied to the emotionally unstable, the result can be as violent as it is unpredictable.
Emily: [opening voiceover] All too often, we mask truth in artifice. Concealing ourselves, for fear of losing the ones we love. Or prolonging a deception, for those we wish to expose. We hide behind that which brings us comfort from pain and sadness. Or use it to repel a truth too devastating to accept.
Emily: I don't know what you're talking about. But you should get out. You're not welcome here.
Tyler: [wants the evidence] Give it to me now, you bitch!
[lunges forward at her]
Emily: [shoving him away] Get the hell out of my face! You know the Graysons can't stand you? Leaching off of them all summer, who can blame them? Daniel told me you've always given him the creeps, and even Ashley thinks you're a lying hypocrite. And as for me, well, I've always seen you for exactly what you are.
[while keping him enraged, sneaks Frank's wallet into his coat pocket]
Emily: An impotent little misfit who's gonna spend the rest of his life on the outside looking in.
[turns her back on him disdainfully, starts walking away]
Tyler: [finds handgun and aims it at her back] Emily...
Mason: So I was right. You really are the brains behind this Machiavellian scheme.
Emily: You were this close, Mason.
[gesturing with thumb and forefinger]
Emily: But you missed the one thing that's been right under your nose the whole time. She's not Amanda Clarke.
Mason: [slowly dawns on him] You are?
Emily: [grinning] Hmm.
Emily: Victoria's behind this, I'm sure of it. She's terrified that my father will learn the truth about her, so she put a police line between us.
Nolan: Well, it definitely sounds like her shade of bitch.
Emily: Nolan, we don't call the police.
Nolan: Why not? Oh... because maybe the henchman wasn't working for Victoria alone. Maybe Little Arson Annie was behind this, too.
[makes a face]
Nolan: She's not my sister.
Emily: I promised to help Charlotte. I'm not going to sic the cops on her.
Nolan: What? So she gets another spin on the murder wheel? How many?
Emily: [opening voiceover] Destiny... to believe that a life is meant for a single purpose, one must also believe in a common fate. Father to daughter, brother to sister, mother to child, blood ties can be as unyielding as they are eternal. But it is our bonds of choice that truly light the road we travel... love versus hatred, loyalty against betrayal. A person's true destiny can only be revealed at the end of his journey. And the story I have to tell is far from over.
Nolan: Right, the gospel according to Emily, "sin unto others as you've had sinned unto you."
Emily: Right.
Nolan: This time, I just, I just... I kind of think you're going too far. If you cannot forgive Paul, how do you expect to be forgiven?
Emily: I don't. Look, I have two months before the wedding, which means I'm not pulling any punches.
Nolan: [wry smile] Just check your soul, Emily Thorne, 'cause once you start taking down kittens, I'm out.
Nolan: Don't you think it's a little bit dangerous to be catnapping out in the open? Or are you actually baiting the white-haired Mannibal Lecter to come for you?
Emily: He's not gonna kill me.
Nolan: Oh, really? Did he pinkie swear?
Nolan: What's my little girl with the infinity tattoo up to today?
Emily: Suddenly, she's thinking of filing a restraining order.
Nolan: Yeah, well, isn't that the pot calling the kettle black? So... what irons are we throwing in the fire this week?
Emily: We are not throwing anything anywhere. I am going for a swim.
Nolan: Ha! I thought you might say that. You know, it wouldn't, uh... it wouldn't kill you to try and be nice to me.
Emily: Not part of the plan.
Nolan: Certainly hasn't stopped you from cozying up to Daniel Grayson.
Emily: That's because he actually *is* part of the plan.
Nicolette: You think you can just kiss me and...
Conrad: I will do whatever it takes to get you back.
Emily: [the mysterious figure on the balcony turns out to be...] Lydia!
Lydia: [to Victoria and Emily] Don't just stand there. Zip me up!
Emily: [opening voiceover] If we choose to, we can live in a world of comforting illusion. We can allow ourselves to be deceived by false realities... or we can use them to hide our true intentions.
Emily: I've retraced every step Amanda made. The computer's nowhere to be found.
Nolan: Well, nothing's pinged on my end, so no one's turned the computer on, which means the Graysons don't have it, either. And they may be losing Daniel, too.
Emily: What do you mean?
Nolan: Well, he came over here in person to tell me to destroy Carrion. Threatened to break my digital kneecaps if I didn't comply.
Emily: He's having a crisis of conscience.
Nolan: Or maybe he's just freaked out to realize he's actually got one.
Emily: Charlotte?
Charlotte: Shh...
[baby Carl is asleep]
Emily: Oh. Sorry. I just wanted to come and check in and see how you were doing. I haven't heard from you in a couple of days.
Charlotte: [eyes wet] I guess I'm more private than the rest of my family.
Emily: I heard your Dad's making a statement today.
Charlotte: [exhales] I know.
[scoffs]
Charlotte: Of all days. I feel like I was just getting to know her. I still had so many questions. She had this whole past I knew nothing about. And I hate that there will only be a few people coming to her funeral.
Emily: It's all the people that mattered to her. That's all that counts.
Charlotte: I guess you're right. She just deserved such a fuller life.
Emily: Well, I just wanted to check in. I'll see you at the service.
[turns to leave]
Charlotte: Emily. She was lucky to have a friend like you.
[Emily nods wordlessly, turns, leaves]
Emily: Tyler never showed up for dinner. I'm impressed. How'd you do it?
Nolan: Well, I can't take all the credit. I took a page from the angel of revenge herself. Dug up some dirt, used it for leverage.
Emily: What's the dirt?
Nolan: Suffice it to say our boy is a bit of a con man. What he doesn't know is you can't con a con.
Emily: [opening voiceover] Some believe confession helps a guilty soul find peace releasing us from the shame and regret of our mistakes. In the face of mortality, many feel the need to seek this closure to make things right. Because if death doesn't kill us, our demons will.
David: Do you remember how happy we were when we first came here?
Emily: The devil can have it!
Emily: [closing voiceover] For some, commitment is like faith... A chosen devotion to another person or an intangible ideal. But for me, commitment has a shadow side, a darker drive that constantly asks the question... How far am I willing to go?
Emily: [opening voiceover] In every life, there comes a day of reckoning, a time when unsettled scores demand their retribution. And our own lies and transgressions are finally laid bare.
Emily: When everything you love has been stolen from you... Sometimes all you have left is revenge.
Emily: [closing voiceover] Over time, we commit acts with intentions, either good or bad, that require forgiveness.
Nolan: You crossed the line, Emily. How could you do that to me?
Emily: If you mean that recording of you and Tyler, you'll thank me one day I did you a favor.
Nolan: But I trusted you.
Emily: You can't build trust on secrets, Nolan. You should know that by now.
Emily: [opening voiceover] In the art of war, if you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the approaching battles. But if you know only yourself and not your enemy... for every victory, there will also be defeat.
Emily: [closing voiceover] In order to regain control, we sometimes must relinquish it. By doing so, we believe we are protecting the ones we love. The ones we cannot live without. But the most dangerous truth of all is that control is merely an illusion.
Emily: [closing voiceover] My father wrote "Always question where your loyalties lie. The people you trust will expect it, your greatest enemies will desire it, and those you treasure the most will, without fail, abuse it." Some say loyalty inspires boundless hope. And while that may be, there is a catch. True loyalty takes years to build. And only seconds to destroy.
Charlotte: I think you're just ashamed. God forbid he sees what you've become.
Emily: [fed up with her] You know, for a while now, I've given you the benefit of the doubt, because your parents did you no favors by protecting you with lies. But you're too old for excuses, Charlotte. It's time you own your bad choices. That
[gestures at corpse]
Emily: could easily have been you lying there. You only called me because you wanted someone to come and save you. But I can't do that. You've hit rock bottom. Only you can pull yourself out.
Sharon: You're gonna have to hurry.
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Emily: [opening voiceover] For those who believe in resurrection, death is inconsequential. It's not an ending, but rather a new beginning... a second chance. A reunion. But the very idea of resurrection is so seductive a concept, it's easy to forget, before you can rise from the dead... you have to spend a few days in hell.
Emily: The doctor was right. You should be with family right now.
Charlotte: [tearfully] Thanks. I'll do that.
[turns to leave]
Emily: I'm the one who kidnapped you, Charlotte.
[causing the girl to freeze in her tracks]
Emily: I can't stand seeing you like this. I know I did the wrong thing, but you have to believe I did it for all the right reasons.
Charlotte: What are you saying?
Emily: I'm your sister, Charlotte. I'm Amanda.
[causing Charlotte to reel in shock]
Emily: Lydia, hi. How are you? It's been a long time.
Lydia: Not that long. I want my house back.
Emily: Pardon me?
Lydia: This cottage is one of the few things that still connects me to the life that I lost the weekend I met you. I handpicked nearly every piece of decor in this place.
Emily: And your taste is impeccable, which is exactly why I paid double the asking price, to make sure it came fully furnished.
Lydia: I'm contesting the sale. I was technically on the deed and in spite of what you stumbled onto between me and Conrad at the South Fork Inn, my ex-husband had no legal right to sell.
Emily: I'm sorry for what happened to you, Lydia, and I get that you're upset, but the money from the sale should more than compensate for your loss.
Lydia: And what could a girl like you possibly know about loss?
Emily: If you want to give me your new address, I'd be happy to pack up a few things for you and ship them.
Lydia: I'm not here to get my things back. I'm here to get my life back. And no one, least of all a nosy troublemaker with a penchant for turning my world upside down, is gonna get in the way of that. We all have our South Fork Inn, Emily. I just made it my mission to find yours.
Emily: I fear I'm losing control.
Satoshi: As you were warned, revenge is a stony path. Remember, inside the viper's nest, you must be a viper, too. How can I be of service?
Emily: [opening voiceover] There's an old saying about those who cannot remember the past being condemned to repeat it. But those of us who refuse to forget the past are condemned to relive it.
Emily: [closing voiceover] From the moment we're born, we're drawn to form a union with others. An abiding drive to connect, to love... to belong. In a perfect union, we find the strength we cannot find in ourselves. But the strength of the union cannot be known until it is tested.
Emily: [closing voiceover] Nature can be cruel. Predators are everywhere. Those who don't need to be protected from outside forces often need to be protected from themselves. In society, women are referred to as "the fairer sex". But in the wild, the female species can be far more ferocious than their male counterparts. Defending the nest is both our oldest and strongest instinct. And sometimes, it can also be the most gratifying.
Ashley: [to Victoria] We volunteered together at the Met this winter. Apparently, being a sustaining patron just wasn't enough for Emily.
Emily: I try to give back as much as I can.
Emily: [closing voiceover] Some people struggle to understand their own guilt, unwilling or unable to justify the part they play in it. Others run away from their guilt, shedding their conscience until there's no conscience left at all. But I run toward my guilt. I feed off of it. I need it. My father died never knowing if I would ever come to believe his innocence. For me, guilt is one of the few lanterns that still light my way.
Emily: [opening voiceover] As Hamlet said to Ophelia, "God has given you once face, and you make yourself another." The battle between these two halves of identity... who we are and who we pretend to be... is unwinnable.
Emily: Victoria was lying about working with the government to bring down Conrad. Whatever she's planning, it has to involve Charlotte somehow.
Nolan: Well, unfortunately Charlotte's in lock-down at Dr. Doom's sober house.
Emily: [opening voiceover] They say the best-laid plans often go awry. Because no matter how detailed the preparation, a plan will always have a weak point. And there will always be those looking to exploit it... to doom a plan to failure, and the perpetrator along with it.
Amanda: [voiceover, as Amanda sits next to the slumped body of her father] Upon embarking on a path of revenge, Confucius warns that one should dig two graves. Confucius was right. The second of the two graves was meant for me. I was only saved by my father's infinite love.
Emily: [opening voiceover] Penance is a sacrifice. A voluntary punishment to show remorse for a sin. The more grievous the sin, the greater the self-inflicted suffering. For some, the ultimate penance is death. But for others, it is simply a means to an end.
Emily: [opening voiceover] Power... born out of nature, coveted by man. Wars rage on, and victors are crowned... But true power can never be lost or won. True power comes from within.
Emily: [closing voiceover] Absolution is the washing away of sin. The promise of rebirth. And the chance to escape the transgressions of those who came before us. The best among us will learn from the mistakes of the past, while the rest seem doomed to repeat them. And then there are those who operate on the fringes of society, unburdened by the confines of morality and conscience. A ruthless breed of monsters whose deadliest weapon is their ability to hide in plain sight. If the people I've come to bring justice to cannot be bound by the quest for absolution, then neither will I.
Emily: [closing voiceover] When at a crossroads, my father was fond of saying "Go with your gut." Intuition, he said, always has our best interests at heart. It is a voice that can tell us who is friend and who is foe. Which ones to hold at arm's length, and which ones to keep close. But too often, we become distracted by fear, doubt, our own stubborn hopes, and refuse to listen.
Sam: I'm sorry I didn't call. But after the Blip and the chaos, I just...
Sharon: Look, you know the whole hero thing is a joke, right? I mean, the way you gave up that shield, deep down, you must know it's all hypocrisy.
Baron: He knows. And not so deep down.
Victoria: Don't hurt my son, Emily. You'll live to regret it if you do.
Emily: The last thing I want is for Daniel to get injured in any of this. Assuming that you feel the same way, I think it's time that we work out our differences.
Victoria: Yeah, I think we can both do that for Daniel's sake.
Emily: Victoria. I'm glad we had this talk. I really want to make things right between us. Especially because there's a chance that we could be family some day.
[Victoria just smiles coldly, and leaves]
Emily: Bye.
[smiling to herself]
Nolan: I have to know... how did you do it? How'd you get your hands on a sex tape?
Emily: I bought the building that his mistress lives in. As part of the renovations, I had cameras installed.
Nolan: Uh... wow. That's commitment. And now?
Emily: I release the videos to the press.
Nolan: Why? You already got what you wanted, you destroyed a man's career.
Emily: I want to destroy his life. If he had done the right thing, he would have saved my father. He chose not to, so down he goes.
Emily: [opening voiceover] Doubt is a disease. It infects the mind, creating a mistrust of people's motives and of one's own perceptions. Doubt has the ability to call into question everything you've ever believed about someone, and reinforce the darkest suspicions of our inner circles.
Nolan: [looking at computer screen] Exhibit A, Twitter's debating what people are supposed to call you now. #Amanda or #Emily?
Amanda: Emily Thorne no longer exists.
Nolan: It's the end of an era.
Victoria: Emily, dear, that extravagant ring on your finger does not give you permission to flit in and out of my house without good reason.
Emily: [chuckles] I was here to ask Charlotte to be my maid of honor.
[far away, front doorbell rings]
Emily: She's really so excited to see Paris.
Victoria: She's already seen it. Multiple times.
Emily: I would assume that you of all people would appreciate the City of Lights, Victoria.
[door opens]
Emily: After all, isn't that where you attended art school all those years ago?
[door closes]
Gordon: I trust you had a pleasant nap, Miss Clarke. Rather than waste my time on a wild goose chase, I thought I'd give you the opportunity to tell me where you've hidden Grayson's evidence. In return, I may even let your friend here live.
Emily: Actually, he doesn't concern me.
Nolan: [sarcastically] Gee, don't surgarcoat it, Ems.
Gordon: Well, if that's the case, I take back my offer.
[Murphy advances on Nolan with a scalpel in hand]
Emily: The evidence that you want is in locker 428 at the Port Authority bus terminal. The orange key from my keychain will open it.
Gordon: If that's true, what's to stop me from killing you right now?
Emily: I could be lying.
Nolan: She's really quite good at it.
Mason: [introducing himself to the little girl] Leo Treadwell.
[holds out his hand]
Mason: I'm a journalist. How do you like it here, Amanda?
[no response]
Mason: I'm told that your prior foster home was destroyed by a fire. How terrible.
Young: Sometimes bad things happen to good people.
Mason: Indeed. I'm here because your father says he's innocent, that he didn't do what they're saying.
Young: But they proved it in court.
Mason: Courts have been known to make mistakes. Do you think they made a mistake, Amanda?
Young: [lowers her head, whispering confidentially] I have to say he's guilty, or they'll put me away, just like him.
Mason: I am not gonna let that happen.
Young: [looks around to see if anybody's watching, then takes a chance and retrieves photograph of her Dad from hiding place] I keep this here where they can't find it. I don't think he did it.
Mason: I don't either. How'd you like to help me rescue your father?
Emily: [back in the present, relaying to Nolan] But the book he published might as well have been written by the Graysons. All the same lies. What's worse, is he made me believe them.
Emily: [closing voiceover] Some say that to believe in destiny is to dismiss the role of free will. That self-determination cannot prevail in the presence of fate. When the truth is, the only part of destiny we can control is the fate we choose for another.
Bucky: So what are you doing here?
Sharon: I stole Steve's shield, remember?
[to Sam]
Sharon: I also took the wings for your ass so that you could save his ass
[Bucky's]
Sharon: from his ass
[Zemo's]
Sharon: . Unlike you, I didn't have the Avengers to back me up. So... I'm off the grid in Madripoor.
Falcon: Hey, don't blow that smoke at me. I was on the run, too.
Sharon: Was. "Is" Big difference.
[first lines]
Emily: When I was a little my understanding of revenge was as simple as the Sunday school proverbs it hid behind. Neat little morality slogans, like 'Do unto others' and 'Two wrongs don't make a right.' But two wrongs can never make a right because two wrongs can never equal each other. For the truly wronged real satisfaction can only be found in one of two places absolute forgiveness or mortal vindication. This is not a story about forgiveness."
Emily: [closing voiceover] Revelations can help us accept the things we need the most. Expose the secrets we so desperately try to hide. And illuminate the dangers all around us. But more than anything, revelations are windows into our true selves... both the good and the evil. And those wavering somewhere in between... with the ultimate power to destroy all that we cherish most.
Emily: [opening voiceover] Years ago, I met a boy who introduced me to a book, "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell". In it, William Blake writes "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite." But in reality, our perception is often clouded. By expectations. By experiences. As of late, I find my perception is blinded by only one thing: revenge.
Emily: [closing voiceover] A guilty heart is silent, its pulse muffled by the secrets it keeps. While some believe confession can release a tortured soul, others view ut as a sign of weakness. Because ultimately, whatever you say, however you feel about what you've done, it's irrelevant. For the hand of death is equally unforgiving.
Victoria: You're trying to bait me. You'd like nothing more than for me to grab you by the throat so that you can say I'm crazy.
Emily: [raising her glass in mock toast] You know, for once, you're not completely mad, Victoria. Daniel needed a little... last-minute incentive, so I stole from the master manipulator. After all, isn't a fake pregnancy how you landed Conrad?
Victoria: Well, the difference is that I believed I loved him. But you're nothing but a predator. An empty shell who seeks to wreak havoc. That's it.
Emily: [to Victoria, in the cemetery] I should kill you right now. I'd get away with it. No one would miss you. No one would mourn you. You destroy everyone who gets close.
Emily: I wasn't expecting to see you here, Victoria.
Victoria: Well, I can only hope it comes as a terrible disappointment to you.
Emily: [opening voiceover] Engagement can be a commitment to love, or a declaration of war. One must enter every battle without hesitation, willing to fully engage the enemy, till death do you part.
Emily: [opening voiceover] Clarence Darrow, one of history's greatest lawyers, once noted "There is no such thing as justice, in or out of court." Perhaps because justice is a flawed concept that ultimately comes down to the decision of twelve people. People with their own experiences, prejudices, feelings about what defines right and wrong. Which is why, when the system fails us, we must go out and seek our own justice.
Emily: To an unforgettable summer.
Emily: [opening voiceover] They say vengeance taken will tear the heart and torment the conscience. If there's any truth to it, then I now know with certainty that the path I'm on is the right one.
Emily: I need your help.
Charlotte: Why would I ever help you?
Emily: Our problems are not the issue right now. Our father is. Please... I need to see him alone.
Charlotte: Why don't you just scale the building, knock down the door? I doubt a little police barricade can stop you.
Emily: I would do that, but that's not exactly how I wanna reunite with our father.
Charlotte: Oh, I get it. You want me to pave the way for your triumphant return.
[goes to elevator]
Charlotte: I think I'll pass.
[presses button]
Emily: Are you sure you want to side with your mother on this? Who do you think was behind the attack today?
Charlotte: [angrily] No. She loves David. She would never hurt him.
[enters elevator]
Emily: Charlotte, you and I both know that your mother will do whatever it takes to get what she wants. Including putting our father's life at risk. She is manipulating him. God, Charlotte, she took him to what was supposed to be my grave. Do you know how painful that must have been for him? We have to stop her. Please... I just wanna tell him the truth.
[elevator door closes between them, but clearly, this has struck home with Charlotte]
Charlotte: I can't believe I'm gonna be an aunt again. I'm sure it will be a little girl. And just think, she and Carl will grow up together, play on the beach. I'm sure they'll be best friends.
Emily: [without enthusiasm] Sounds wonderful.
Charlotte: I'm gonna go check and make sure my folks are here, and give you some time alone.
[starts to go]
Emily: [sighs deeply] Charlotte.
[pulls her back]
Emily: I love you.
Charlotte: I love you, too, my almost sister.
[chuckles, they kiss]
Emily: I'm sure I'm the last person you wanna see right now.
Charlotte: Got that right.
Emily: Despite all of the bad blood between us, I want you to know that I'm here for you.
Charlotte: Why can't you just leave me alone?
Emily: [takes out ring] Because Jack found this in the cabin. I'm pretty sure it belonged to your father.
[hands it over]
Emily: Your abductor had this ring, which means he may have desecrated David's grave. I think you need to move his body to be safe. Amanda was my best friend. She would have wanted you to do this.
Charlotte: How dare you speak for Amanda? My father's name has been cleared, and you wanna disturb his final resting place? Get the hell out!
Emily: Fine. Then I'll do it myself.
Emily: [closing voiceover] Chaos, by its very definition, cannot be controlled. Once introduced, all order and intention is rendered useless. The outcome of chaos can never be predicted. The only certainty it brings... is the devastation it leaves in its wake.
Emily: Is it true?
[confronts him]
Emily: You set the fire?
Eli: [nods] Yes. The one you lit, burnt out. So I restarted it. But only to get you in trouble. I didn't know how out of control it would get, but... just that it was a matter of time before a family adopted you out. I mean, we had a pact to stay together.
Emily: [eyes blazing] Do you have any idea what lighting that fire did? My whole life could have been different, Eli.
Eli: It was selfish, I know, and I'm sorry. But I'm trying to make it up to you now.
Emily: The only way to do that is to leave. And if you even think about exposing my identity...
Eli: I would never do that to you. Look, I'm trying to make things right between us. You'll see.
Emily: It's kind of fun being your wing-man.
[chuckles]
Nolan: I taught you well, Grasshopper.
Emily: [opening voiceover] They say let he who is without sin cast the first stone. And to be without sin requires absolute forgiveness. But when your memories are freshly opened wounds, forgiveness is the most unnatural of human emotions.
Falcon: [over the radio] Do I hear Sharon?
Bucky: Unfortunately
Sharon: Hey, Sam. I thought I'd get the band back together.
Falcon: hank you. You're risking a lot coming here.
Sharon: I hear pardons aren't all they're cracked up to be anyway.
Bucky: Depends on the therapist.
Sharon: I hear pardons aren't all they're cracked up to be anyway.
Bucky: Depends on the therapist.
[last lines]
Emily: [Jack is aiming to shoot] Jack, don't do it!
Conrad: [down below, calling out to his supporters] Thank you!
Jack: Emily, go away, this has nothing to do with you.
Emily: It had everything to do with me. If I had only left you alone from the beginning, none of this would be happening.
[tearfully: ]
Emily: Don't throw your life away because of the choices I have made.
Jack: What choices? What are you talking about?
Emily: Jack, look at me.
[he does, he is no longer aiming at Conrad]
Emily: Deep down inside you've always known the truth.
[Jack looks at Emily and sees young Amanda]
Emily: I'm Amanda Clarke.
Sharon: You know, when you came to Madripoor, you reminded me of a young me. I took you in, gave you an opportunity, and you betrayed me.
Karli: Because you wanted to control a world that hurt you. But I wanted to change it. I'm not interested in power or an empire. I have bigger dreams.
Sharon: What, like this? Come back and work for me again. All of you. We can make a difference together.
Karli: You just want me because you need your muscle back. Without us Super Soldiers, how much power does the Power Broker really have?
Sharon: Margaret Carter was known to most as the founder of S.H.I.E.L.D. But I just know her as Aunt Peggy. She had a photograph in her office: Aunt Peggy standing next to JFK. As a kid that was pretty cool. But it was a lot to live up to, which is why I never told anyone we were related. I asked her once how she managed to master diplomacy and espionage at a time when no one wanted to see a woman succeed at either. And she said, "Compromise where you can. Where you can't, don't. Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you to move, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye, and say, 'No, *you* move'."
Emily: [closing voiceover] Sacrifice demands the surrender of things we cherish above all else. Only out of the agony of those losses can a new resolution be born... An undying devotion to a cause greater than one's self... And a moral duty to see a journey through... to its absolute completion.
Emily: [as he wakes up next to her] Hi.
Daniel: How is it possible for you to wake up looking this good?
Emily: It isn't. You're just half asleep.
Daniel: Come here. I like this dream.
Emily: [closing voiceover] Like life, revenge can be a messy business. And both would be much simpler, if only our heads could figure out which way our hearts will go. But the heart has its reasons, of which reason cannot know.
Emily: [opening voiceover] A person's true identity can often be difficult to discern... even to themselves. Causing one to question their character, their calling, their very existence. For most, time provides clarity. But for others, these questions remain unanswered. For an identity cannot be fully defined, when it is a guarded secret.
Emily: For the truly wronged, real satisfaction can only be found in one of two places: absolute forgiveness, or mortal vindication. This is not a story about forgiveness.
Satoshi: You've already failed to kill the murderer of your father. Who's to say he won't come for you again?
Emily: I'm counting on it, Takeda. He might be the only person left who knows what happened to her.
Satoshi: You would throw away your training on the unsupported assumption that your mother remains alive.
Emily: Dead or alive, I'm gonna find out what happened to her, and when I do... God help the people who kept me from her, and that includes you.
Nolan: Your dad was protecting you.
Emily: From what?
Nolan: Open the box.