In the US: Wednesdays, 10/9c, ABC. Starts September 21
Revenge is a funny old thing, isn’t it? A dish best served cold, apparently, it’s been the subject of fiction throughout the ages. One of the most famous novels of revenge is the Count of Monte Cristo and some bright spark at ABC – a network always on a perpetually failing quest to come up with some new, decent dramas – has hit on the idea of updating the novel by moving it to the Hamptons and making it a soap opera.
Pretty young ‘Emily Thorne’ is getting married to Daniel Grayson, but just as her engagement is announced, his dead body is (apparently?) found on the beach. Flash back five months and it turns out Emily isn’t really Emily, but is in fact the daughter of one of the Grayson family’s old enemies, a man who died shamed after being accused of crimes he didn’t commit.
Emily has a plan. After years in juvi, she’s gotten out to discover she’s rich thanks to her father’s investments and that her dad is really innocent. So she decides to revenge herself on those who set him up.
And to do that, she’s going to destroy all their lives – in as ridiculous way as possible and by becoming really, really pretty.
Here’s a trailer.
