The episode opens exactly where the previous cliffhanger left off. Emily finally confronts Julian about the missing letters.
"It looks like the one we saw at the pier last summer," she said. There was a pause. A long, suffocating silence where the noise of the cafeteria seemed to fade away. "Emily, I didn't come here to fight." emilys diary episode 22
," features the protagonist Emily Thorne (Amanda Clarke) fighting to prove her innocence while her enemies attempt character assassination in the press. The episode opens exactly where the previous cliffhanger