Revenge
RevengeVengeance as the driving motive.This show: 10/10Elites & privilegeThe rich and powerful, glamorous or rotten.This show: 9/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 9/10Soap & telenovelaHeightened, continuing melodrama.This show: 8/10Cliffhanger-drivenEngineered for the 'one more episode' effect.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 8/10Strong female leadA complex woman drives the story.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Madeleine StoweEmily VanCampGabriel MannNick WechslerJosh BowmanChrista B. Allen
Written by
Mike Kelley
Starring
Madeleine StoweEmily VanCampGabriel MannNick WechslerJosh BowmanChrista B. Allen
Written by
Mike Kelley
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| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | ||
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| S1 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 9.0 | ||
| S2 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 9.1 | ||
| S3 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.4 | ||
| S4 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.7 |
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About
"Elegant, vindictive soap dressed as a thriller"
A young woman moves into the Hamptons under a false identity, quietly working her way into the lives of the wealthy family she blames for destroying her father years earlier. What starts as a slow-burn con soon spirals into blackmail, betrayal, and shifting alliances among the ultra-rich. The show leans hard into glossy soap-opera pleasures: lavish parties, twisty schemes, and a satisfying sense of score-settling. It's pulpy and often absurd, but the first season especially moves briskly, with enough cliffhangers and reversals to make it an easy, addictive binge if you don't demand realism.
Watch it for
the deliciously twisty first season where every episode escalates the scheming.
Maybe skip if
you need grounded plotting, since later seasons stretch believability thin.
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Season 12011
8.223K2216h 26m
The first season of the ABC American television drama series Revenge premiered on September 21, 2011 and concluded on May 23, 2012, with a total of 22 episodes. The series was created by Mike Kelley and is inspired by the Alexandre Dumas novel The Count of Monte Cristo. The series stars Madeleine Stowe and Emily VanCamp.
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Season 22012
8.118K2316h 2m
The second season of the ABC American television drama series Revenge started on September 30, 2012 on Sundays. An hour long recap show of the first season called "The First Chapter" showed a week before the premiere on September 26, 2012 at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central. The series stars Madeleine Stowe and Emily VanCamp. This season premiere has received mixed response from critics, with many praising the acting while criticizing the plot, saying that it didn't live up to the suspense of the first season, though reviews did improve as the season progressed.
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Season 32013
8.216K2215h 25m
The third season of the ABC American television drama series Revenge is to be airing on Sunday, September 29, 2013 at 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central with development starting in July. Ashley Madekwe and Connor Paolo will not be returning as Ashley Davenport and Declan Porter, respectively, although Davenport's storyline is to close in the premiere. On July 12, 2013 it was confirmed that Justin Hartley will join the cast as Patrick Harper, Victoria Grayson's long lost son. This is also the first season not to have Mike Kelley as Executive Producer and Showrunner. On May 3, 2013, Sunil Nayar was confirmed as the new executive producer.
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Season 42014
8.216K2316h 24m
The season will focus on the revelation that David Clarke is alive and the feud between Emily and Victoria following the murder of Emily's fiancé Aiden and Victoria's falsified committal to a mental hospital.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Madeleine Stowe Victoria Grayson
Emily VanCamp Emily Thorne, Amanda Clarke
Gabriel Mann Nolan Ross
Nick Wechsler Jack Porter
Josh Bowman Daniel Grayson
Christa B. Allen Charlotte Clarke, Charlotte Grayson
Henry Czerny Conrad Grayson
Ashley Madekwe Ashley Davenport
Barry Sloane Aiden Mathis
Connor Paolo Declan Porter
Crew
Mike Kelley
Sunil Nayar
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