The first season of the

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series ''

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'' 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

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''. The series stars

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and

Emily VanCamp Emily Irene VanCamp (; born May 12, 1986) is a Canadian actress. She gained acclaim and international recognition for portraying the lead role of Emily Thorne on the ABC series ''Revenge'' (2011–2015). She also starred on the Fox medical dra ...

Plot

Emily Thorne Amanda Clarke, formerly known by the pseudonym Emily Thorne (also known as Emily Grayson), is a fictional Character (arts), character and the protagonist of the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television series ''Revenge (TV series), Revenge'' ...

(Emily VanCamp) comes to

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, renting a home next to the Grayson family to enjoy a bright summer. However, it is revealed that Emily has been to the Hamptons before as a little girl. In reality, Emily is Amanda Clarke, whose father was framed for a crime he did not commit and sent to prison for life. She was permanently separated from him and never saw him again. Now, she has returned to the Hamptons, intent on getting revenge against those who wronged her and her father, the top of that list being Victoria Grayson (Madeleine Stowe), matriarch of the Grayson family and the woman whom her father loved and who, in the end, betrayed him. As she sets her plan in motion, Emily tries to navigate the upper society to destroy those who betrayed her father. But the further she goes, the more her emotions get involved and the more she questions her motives and the moves she makes.

Cast

Main cast

as Victoria Grayson *

as Emily Thorne/Amanda Clarke *

Gabriel Mann Gabriel Mann (born Gabriel Wilhoit Amis Mick; May 14, 1972) is an American actor and model, known for his role as Nolan Ross on the ABC drama series ''Revenge''. He has co-starred in several films, including ''The Life of David Gale'', '' The B ...

as Nolan Ross *

Henry Czerny Henry Czerny ( ; born February 8, 1959) is a Canadian stage, film, and television actor. He is known for his roles in the films '' The Boys of St. Vincent'', ''Clear and Present Danger'', '' The Ice Storm'', '' The Exorcism of Emily Rose'', '' Fid ...

Conrad Grayson Conrad Grayson is a fictional character and a major antagonist on the ABC television show ''Revenge'' (2011–2015). He is portrayed by actor Henry Czerny. Overview Czerny was cast in the role in March 2011. Conrad Grayson is the CEO of Grayso ...

Ashley Madekwe Ashley Madekwe (; born 6 December 1983) is a British actress. She is known for her roles as Bambi in the ITV2 series ''Secret Diary of a Call Girl'' (2008–2010), Ashley Davenport in the ABC drama ''Revenge'' (2011–2013), and Tituba in the ...

as Ashley Davenport * Nick Wechsler as Jack Porter *

Josh Bowman Joshua Tobias Bowman (born 4 March 1988) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Daniel Grayson in the TV series ''Revenge''. Early life Bowman was born in Berkshire on 4 March 1988. He was educated at the Wellington College boa ...

as Daniel Grayson *

Connor Paolo Connor Paolo (born July 11, 1990) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Eric van der Woodsen on the CW's teen drama series ''Gossip Girl'' and Declan Porter on the ABC drama series ''Revenge''. He has also appeared in two Oliver ...

as Declan Porter * Christa B. Allen as Charlotte Grayson

Recurring cast

James Tupper James Tupper (born August 4, 1965) is a Canadian actor known for his roles as Jack Slattery on the ABC television series '' Men in Trees'', Dr. Chris Sands on the NBC medical drama series '' Mercy'', and David Clarke on ABC's ''Revenge''. He a ...

as David Clarke *

Emily Alyn Lind Emily Alyn Lind (born ) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress, when she was known for her recurring role as young Amanda Clarke on the ABC series ''Revenge'', and for her role as Ariel on the CBS medical drama '' Cod ...

as young Amanda Clarke *

Ashton Holmes Ashton Holmes (born February 17, 1978) is an American actor, best known for the role of Jack Stall in ''A History of Violence'' (2005), Private Sidney Phillips in the HBO miniseries ''The Pacific'' (2010), Thom on the CW action-thriller series ...

as Tyler Barrol *

Margarita Levieva Margarita Levieva is an American actress. Early life Levieva was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) into a Russian Jewish family. Both of her grandmothers, as children, survived the siege of Leningrad during World W ...

as Amanda Clarke/Emily Thorne *

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as Lydia Davis * Ed Corbin as Bull *

Max Martini Maximilian Carlo Martini (born December 11, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Corporal Fred Henderson in ''Saving Private Ryan'', Wiley in '' Level 9'', First Sergeant Sid Wojo in ''The Great Raid'', and as Master Sergean ...

as Frank Stevens *

Cassius Willis Cassius Willis is an American actor, who has guest starred in various TV shows and movies. He most recently was seen in the recurring roles of Det. Gil Wallace on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' and Det. Robert Gunther on the A ...

as Detective Robert Gunther *

Robbie Amell Robert Patrick Amell IV (born April 21, 1988) is a Canadian-American actor and producer. He is best-known for his roles as Stephen Jameson on The CW series ''The Tomorrow People'' (2013–2014), Ronnie Raymond / Firestorm on The CW series ''Th ...

as Adam Connor * James McCaffrey as Ryan Huntley *

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as Satoshi Takeda * Courtney B. Vance as Benjamin Brooks *

Yancey Arias Yancey Arias (born June 27, 1971) is an American actor. He played Miguel Cadena in the NBC series '' Kingpin'' and Gabriel Williams in the FX series '' Thief''. Life and career Born and raised in New York City to a Puerto Rican mother, Miriam, ...

as Senator Tom Kingsly *

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as Leo Mason Treadwell *

Merrin Dungey Merrin Melissa Dungey (born August 6, 1971) is an American film and television actress, known for her roles on the television series ''The King of Queens'', '' Alias'', ''Malcolm in the Middle'', '' Summerland'', ''Conviction'', '' The Resident'' ...

as Barbara Snow * James Morrison as Gordon Murphy * Derek Ray as Lee Moran

Guest cast

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as Judge Elizabeth Blackwell *

William Devane William Joseph Devane (born September 5, 1939) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Greg Sumner on the primetime soap opera ''Knots Landing'' (1983–1993) and as James Heller on the Fox serial dramas '' 24'' (2001–2010) and '' ...

as Edward Grayson *

Tess Harper Tessie Jean Harper (''née'' Washam; born August 15, 1950) is an American actress. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her first film role in 1983's '' Tender Mercies'', and for the Academy Award for Bes ...

as Carole Miller *

Amy Landecker Amy Lauren Landecker (born September 30, 1969) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Sarah Pfefferman on the Amazon Prime Video, Amazon comedy-drama series ''Transparent (TV series), Transparent'' (2014–2019), as well as her supp ...

as Dr. Michelle Banks *

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as Warden Sharon Stiles *

James Purefoy James Brian Mark Purefoy (born 3 June 1964) is an English actor. He played Marcus Antonius in the HBO series ''Rome'', Nick Jenkins in '' A Dance to the Music of Time'', college professor turned serial killer Joe Carroll in the series '' The Fo ...

as Dominik Wright *

Alicia Coppola Alicia Coppola (born April 12, 1968) is an American actress. She became known for playing Lorna Devon in the soap opera '' Another World'' from 1991 to 1994. Afterwards, she made regular and guest star appearances in various television series, ...

as Melissa Robbins *

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as herself

Development and production

In January 2011,

ordered the script to pilot. In March 2011, actress

was cast as the lead character, and shortly afterwards it was released that

was cast in the series.

and

joined the cast as well.

and

joined the cast as Frank Stevens, a private investigator and Adam, a wealthy student who is hoping to attend Yale.

replaced

Marc Blucas Marcus Paul Blucas (; born January 11, 1972) is an American actor. Prior to his acting career, he played college basketball with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. He had his first starring role as soldier and love interest Riley Finn on the WB su ...

in the role of Emily's father, after Blucas was forced to drop out due to his commitment on '' Necessary Roughness''. Recurring ''

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'' star

was cast as a series regular playing the character of Declan Porter. Former ''

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'' star

landed a recurring role as Tyler Barrol, a Harvard classmate of Daniel Grayson. On May 13, 2011, ABC picked the project up to series. On May 17, 2011, ABC announced that the series would air on Wednesday nights at 10:00 pm Eastern/9:00 pm Central in the 2011 fall season.

Episodes

Reception

Critical reception

The first season has been met with generally favorable reviews, with a collective score of 8.3/10 from 37,268 users on

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and 65/100 from 20 media reviews on

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. Dorothy Rabinowitz of ''

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'' praised the series, writing that "The arrival of one pure and unadulterated drama about a passion as old as man is something to celebrate. That's particularly true when that drama is as spellbinding in its satisfyingly gaudy way, as ''Revenge'' turns out to be", whilst awarding particular praise to Van Camp for a "beguiling and entirely chilling study in revenge lust." Writing for ''

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'', Alessandra Stanley compared the series favorably with ''

'', concluding that it has "just enough campy suspense to be enjoyable."

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of the series received particular acclaim, with C. Orlando of ''TV Fanatic'' writing that "''Revenge'' took things to a whole new level this week", and noting with reference to the set-up of David Clarke that "Victoria seems the only one with a conscience".

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ranked ''Revenge'' #3 on its list of 2011's best new TV shows.

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TV also mentioned the series among the top television programs of 2011. The series made the covers of ''

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magazine. The season finale "Reckoning" was met with critical acclaim by fans and critics as well, calling the episode "the best season finale of 2012".

Ratings

The pilot episode scored a 3.3

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in the 18–49 age demographic and 10.02 million viewers, winning the 10 pm hour time slot against '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' and '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''. It was reported that ''Revenge'' is the highest rated television series in the hour for ABC since '' Lost''. On October 22, 2011, it was reported that ''Revenge'' regularly won its hour in the 18–34 and 18–49 age demographics ahead of ''CSI'' and ''Law & Order: SVU''. After a nearly two-month hiatus since February 29, 2012, ''Revenge'' returned on April 18, 2012, at No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings and won its timeslot against every other television network with a first-place finish among Total Viewers, Adults 18–49 and Adults 25–54. ''Revenge'' won over an original episode of NBC's ''Law & Order: SVU'' in Total Viewers (+33%), Adults 18–49 (+53%) and Adults 25–54 (+45%) and generated big year-to-year time-period gains in Total Viewers (+81%), Adults 18–49 (+35%) and Adults 25–54 (+38%), rising over first-run programming on the same night last year. The April 18, 2012, episode attracted ABC's largest audience to the hour since the middle of February sweeps on February 15, 2012. On April 25, 2012, ''Revenge'' won its timeslot for the second consecutive week when the episode rated at No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings among Total Viewers, Adults 18–49, Adults 18–34, and Adults 25–54. ''Revenge'' is ABC’s highest-rated series overall in Wednesday’s 10 p.m. hour in more than 4 years since '' Lost'' during the 2006–07 television season.

Ratings

UK Ratings

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Awards

The first season of ''Revenge'' was nominated for Favorite New TV Drama at the 2012 People's Choice Awards. Madeleine Stowe received a

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nomination for Best Actress in a TV drama.

Home media releases

The first season of ''Revenge'' was released on

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on August 21, 2012, in region 1. The set includes all 22 episodes and bonus material such as "Nolan's World: An Interview With The Infamous Nolan Ross"; "Lifestyles Of The Rich And Dangerous: The Making Of REVENGE"; "Hamptons Bound: Preparing For Life At The Shore"; deleted scenes and

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References

External links

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