This show is the greatest thing, because of how both Jack and Daniel (...okay, also because of their names, haha, but anyway) have NO IDEA what is going on. Typically shows I've seen where such things are an issue, it's always the women who have no idea what's going on and are forced to make decisions with incomplete knowledge, and the level of knowledge they get to have is decided for them by the men. This way is so much better. Daniel has no idea what his parents did or who Emily really is and Jack has no idea who either of them are and neither of them know David Clarke was innocent and aside from their teenage siblings they are the most clueless characters ever, subject to the whims of Emily, Victoria, and 'Amanda' and I love this SO MUCH, you have no idea.

I think the show would lose something if Emily didn't have Nolan to interact with, as the only person who knows who she is and what she's up to, but I am definitely not in love with him to the exclusion of all other characters, including her, like those people are. But that outcome was obvious as soon as he became the primary vehicle to slash fic, anyway.