krickets | C H A O S (Reply)

"Go with him. I am serious. Sail away. Fall in love. Go make little volunteer babies." - Nolan
Translation: Nolan Ross, I love you.

Seriously? Just the way that he so dearly loves his only two friends in the entire world that he wanted to see them literally sail away and leave him behind because it would mean they'd both be safe and happy. My heart, it breaks. His hug with Jack was just... I can't even. He was clinging! You guys! It was perfection. Best character, by far. By far. Just the thought that he was such a good friend to David Clarke and stood by him through everything, when everyone else turned their backs on him, and that he's still standing by him today by helping Emily and protecting her. Just. I can't even explain how much all of this makes me love him. I love it when he calls her Ems. Just the way it sounds in his mouth, there's so much feeling behind it. It's like he's saying "Listen to me. I care about you. I know the person that you really are. I don't want to see you destroy yourself but I'm going to help you anyway because that's what friends do." Wow, I totally just went on a full-on fangirl rant. *blush* But no, seriously? I'm more convinced now than ever that Nolan Ross is the heart and soul of this show. F'reals.

Now that we got that out of the way. PLOT TWIST? CHECK! I can honestly say that I didn't see that coming. I was so convinced that they were going to put a huge damper on my crush on Josh Bowman and kill Daniel as "promised" in the pilot. But no! It was Tyler (who by the way, was looking weirdly attractive to me - for the first time ever - in this episode)! And Daniel. I just loved how Victoria instantly whispered to him, "Don't say a word." THAT IS A GOOD MOTHER, GUYS.

Brief moment to talk about Amanda: I like the girl. And I have for quite some time. In this episode when she tells Emily that she's destroyed the one thing that she ever really cared about, and that she meant their friendship. Just, yes. It kinda sealed the deal. Last week her scene with Jack was heartbreaking and brilliant, but this episode kind of cemented my love for her. I knew that she would come through for Emily and not let Tyler get away with it, and if we know nothing else in this episode, we know she at least tried.

I have a feeling that getting into that car might be one of the last things that Amanda ever does, and I'm pretty sure Jack thinks she did it. And perhaps she did. I mean, maybe she interrupted Tyler's attack on Daniel and turned the tables on him? I am dying to find out though.

♥ this show FOREVER.