Revenge -2×5- Forgiveness

Things I liked:

1. The moment between Amanda and Emily, where they both admitted to hurting each other, and moved on, almost forming a genuine bond there instead of a lying about each other's identities bond.

2. Conrad's proposal. The ending sealed it. I laughed.

3. Mason Treadwell's confrontation with Victoria. Again, I laughed. Mostly because of his immediate recognition of the ridiculousness of the kidnapping plot.

4. Daniel possibly growing a tiny little brain. Let us hope. Not much, given what we've seen of him so far, but maybe a little.

5. Mason Treadwell admitting that he loves the Hamptons.

Things I didn't like:

1. Wait, so Amanda now just HAPPENS to have a convenient burn mark on her back that Emily doesn't and no one has brought this up before now? (Or did they?) After all, Daniel was sleeping with her for months, and I don't recall him ever asking, hey, what happened to your back? The strawberry allergy at least made a bit of sense.

2. Full agreement with the poster who earlier mentioned that no hospital would ever allow that many people, much less non family members, in a maternal recovery room even with a mother and a baby who WEREN'T just deprived of oxygen and near death. Since I assume the under the radar Kara Clarke was probably NOT carrying identification and Emily never recognized her anyway, and Mason Treadwell is most certainly not a relative, that really leaves only Jack and Charlotte, and very arguably Declan, who should be jumping in and out of the room like that. Geesh.

3. Also, so nice that the hospital gown just happened to open at the right moment for Mason Treadwell to notice important details.

4. Charlotte, Charlotte, your mother is in the running for Worst Parent Ever, and no, inviting Amanda Clarke's mother who at BEST has failed to communicate with her daughter for years and allowed the daughter to enter juvie and a mental institution to stay is no reason to start trusting her.

5. Jennifer Jason Leigh. I don't know what it is about her or the character but she is grating on me.

6. The inept researching of the start up money for Nolcorp, and while we're at it, just how bad ARE those records and how far back is the IRS looking? I realize that wasn't why Padma was investigating but still.

7. The confusing timeline. I honestly have no idea how much time passed here -- enough for Emily to emerge from the coma and Jack and Declan to fix the bar and get it inspected again for those characters, but seemingly only one or two days for all of the Grayson characters? Confusing.