Revolution 1.15 continues firing on all cylinders - and continues drawing on the fine female acting talent on 24.Last week we met the President of the Georgia Republic - played by Leslie Hope aka Jack Bauer's late wife Teri on 24. Tonight we meet Emma played by Annie Wersching - who played FBI agent Renee Walker, my favorite of Jack's love, who after finally getting an hour in bed with him suffers the same fate as Teri. Wersching's having a good year on television, also showing up on the new Dallas.
I like her role on Revolution much better than on Dallas, but it seems Emma's ending up the same way as Renee on 24 - shot dead. But here's the thing - I never fully believe characters are dead on television unless they're blown to bits, or get their head blown off, right in full review (see my review of tonight's season 1 finale of The Following). And although Emma's clearly shot, and unconscious, and although Miles puts the blanket over her face as the wagon pulls away with her body, something about that scene makes me think she's still alive - something about the way she looked before the blanket was put over her face. Not to mention that both Miles and Monroe love her, so the show would be crazy to throw her away. Maybe I'm just sentimental - we'll see.
Meanwhile, out west in another new country on the other side of the Mississippi, Aaron runs into his missing wife. Although the ending of that story isn't exactly happy, no one is killed, and it's nice to learn a little more about Aaron's personal life.
The big reveal at the end of the episode is Major Tom showing up in the President's office in the Georgia Republic. This was predictable, based what happened with Tom back in Monroe, but it sets up an excellently tense and deadly situation among our major characters. Charlie rightly holds Tom responsible for the deaths of not only her father but her brother, and, whatever the President of Georgia may want or say, or even Miles, Charlie will insist on killing Tom sooner or later.
Good Revolution on television ahead this season - and next season, too, since the show is deservedly being brought back for a second season.
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