Daniella Alonso stars as Nora in the locally filmed NBC series
"Revolution." (Photo by: Brownie Harris/NBC)  This week’s
episode of “Revolution” oozed J.J. Abrams, and it was actually
kind of fun for once.  We open with an homage to “Lost,” in
which Monroe forces his captor Nora to put on a pretty dress and
join him for a fancy dinner to expose and weaken her—remember
when Ben did that to Kate in season 3? (That scene was actually
originally inspired by “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” which is the
J.J. Abrams-est thing ever, but that’s a story for another
time.)  Nora obviously refuses to comply with the enemy, so they
throw her in a basement and torture her with water, drugs and
blunt force trauma to the head for 21 days. She finally gives in
and tells Monroe where everyone is and what they’re up to. Done
with her, Monroe instructs one of his henchmen to kill Nora —
but he can’t go through with it, so he escapes with her back to
Atlanta.  Monroe’s next move is to bring his army to The Tower,
where they plan to st