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Thankfully we all survived a week without Revenge. As we prepare for this week's brand new episode, let's take a look back at last week's predictable offering.

With an impromptu act with EJ, Sami Brady recreates a moment that would define her life just 18 years ago.

With ABC's Revenge, the elements are familiar: people seeking vengeance, messy pasts laced with secrets, complex villains, and love triangles. But it's the way the show comes together that makes it so unique and easily the best new series of the season.

What does daytime have to do in order to capture the attention of this viewer? Here's a hint -- it doesn't involve convoluted murder mysteries.

How far is too far? Did General Hospital go beyond the extreme by using Robin's HIV as a weapon?

I hate watching TV pilots. Rather, I hate watching a series premiere with the knowledge that it will, more than likely, be axed within five episodes, and I will have wasted a month and a half of my time. But overnight ratings for new kid on the block "Once Upon a Time" are in, and they're surprisingly good. In a nutshell, OUAT was the highest-rated new drama series premiere of the season.

With an intriguing story and good casting, The Secret Circle has brought this viewer out of her comfort zone and into the realm of a CW watcher.

'General Hospital''s new head writer Garin Wolf has a tough road ahead, and though I'm reluctant to believe drastic change is upon is, I'm willing to give his vision a chance.