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Scandal Season 3 |OT| DAD?!?!??
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I'm not surprised. I'm just thrilled it's handled.
Fitz continues to be just awful. I want him to get assassinated and for Sally and Mellie to take over the country. On a show this full of morally questionable or repugnant characters, Fitz has to be extra hideous to stand out, and he always delivers.
Nice. And the premiere delivered, so hopefully all those people will return.
Nice. And the premiere delivered, so hopefully all those people will return.
Some of these are just perfect.
Str0ngStyle
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I wish that when Olivia opened her safe, it was just the biggest fucking bottle of white wine.
Because most fanbases can't handle the relationship nuance between Mellie and Olivia. It's black or white, us versus them.
Look at this bitch! She's through the rain! Gay icon, coming through!
I ain't even gonna front. I would hit that so hard
Finally got to watching the season premier.
Effortless displayed why Scandal is the most talked-about show (and deservedly so) on network television. Effortlessly.
Brilliant writing.
Amazing performances. Bellamy Young especially knocked it out of the park this episode. I've continuously been in awe at how pitch-perfect she plays Mellie. She can make you despise Mellie in one scene and root for her in the very next.
So glad this show is back.
Effortless displayed why Scandal is the most talked-about show (and deservedly so) on network television. Effortlessly.
Brilliant writing.
Amazing performances. Bellamy Young especially knocked it out of the park this episode. I've continuously been in awe at how pitch-perfect she plays Mellie. She can make you despise Mellie in one scene and root for her in the very next.
So glad this show is back.
Str0ngStyle
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Watched the new episode. Daddy Pope is the fuckin man. Period
They're intentionally trying to make us hate Fitz now, right? He was duochey in this episode, even by Fitz standards. I've been wondering how Fitz would handle a budget-related shutdown a la the one we have now, and I'm pretty sure he'd just delegate it to Cyrus so he could deal with the important issues keeping him out of Olivia's pants.
Mellie continues to be The Best, swooping into action the second it looks like Mistressgate is going to start backfiring on her and her political goals. Sally/Mellie 2016!
At this rate I'm pretty sure Quinn's going to end up actually bombing somewhere or someone. She and Olivia's dad would probably get along really well.
This show remains fun.
Mellie continues to be The Best, swooping into action the second it looks like Mistressgate is going to start backfiring on her and her political goals. Sally/Mellie 2016!
At this rate I'm pretty sure Quinn's going to end up actually bombing somewhere or someone. She and Olivia's dad would probably get along really well.
This show remains fun.
Him and Kerry are just fucking fantastic. I love this show. It's beautiful.
What did they do to Quinn, so much make-up around the eyes, don't like that at all. Seems like she's suffering from the series get's popular syndrom. :/
It's nice to see him taking an evil role after so many years of Eurka.
Exactly what I was thinking.
The first time we saw her in the premier I did a double-take. And then I laughed. It was so freaking obvious and I'm surprised they let her glam herself up like that.
Really? I felt it was the perfect level of crazy for this show. You take something so crazy and marry it with something extremely grounded. It's nice to get back to the more procedural episodes. This show does them very well when they choose to do so.
Also, Drunk Mellie.
I didn't mind the bomb storyline at all, but I do kind of wish they'd done it last season as part of Olivia's downward spiral and self-doubt. Plus, Fitz's reaction to seeing Olivia in the window just seems like obvious confirmation of the relationship between those two, whereas it might have seemed slightly more innocent a year ago.
I'm mostly just impatient to find out what the deal with Remington is.
I'm mostly just impatient to find out what the deal with Remington is.
AngmarsKing701
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Don't make Skynet's Daddy mad.
Edit: I'll take Mellie over Olivia any day. I remember an episode -- it might have been the first -- where Harrison says Olivia never cries. And now she seems to cry every week.
I did like the more procedural feel - it's a big part of the reason I'm looking forward to the next episode; love Pope and Associates' cases - but I couldn't suspend my disbelief for this one. According to a friend of mine, I make the show unfun. lol
Huh... who wants to bet Kerry Washington is pregnant in real life? Google results are gaining traction and her dresses seem to get looser and looser around the belly since September. And her Jimmy Kimmel Live interview seems telling with her face and arms... compared to this interview 5 months ago.
Secret congratulations!
Secret congratulations!
But secret sadness for Olivia's fashion if they hide the pregnancy!
AngmarsKing701
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I definitely like the focus on cases with the over-arching story playing as backdrop. Unfortunately the over-arching story has taken center stage and diminished the show a bit, imo.
By the way, does the President not work? He seems able to grab a phone and chat with Olivia whenever, and he's always in the White House. (Yes, there have been episodes with him out of the country, but they seem so seldom.)
brandonh83
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I'm halfway through season 2, dear god someone tell me Fitz stops being an asshole, he's so annoying I want to stop watching.
Sorry to say, but he never stops. He gets worse if anything.
AngmarsKing701
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He's a bit of a five year old at this point. Stomping his foot because he doesn't get what he wants.
MisterFalcon
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Quinn will kill Daddy Pope and stage it like a suicide, I really can't see it going any other way. Huck will know but keep it their Big Secret.
Str0ngStyle
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The two most possessive men in the country face to face next week! Can't wait 
Hours Left
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The tone of the show takes such a nosedive during the Olivia/Fitz scenes. Fitz is gross, and it just makes me mad at Olivia that she keeps caving in to him.
Edit: OMG, Olivia, if you run Fitz's campaing...
>_<
Edit: OMG, Olivia, if you run Fitz's campaing...
>_<
He makes EVERYONE worse people when they come into contact with him.
Str0ngStyle
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Isn't it a little bit early to do the big reveal of what Remington is? I mean, I don't believe that Daddy Pope killed his lady just cause. I mean there has to be some kind of justification at least in his eyes
Real talk though, I am gonna be so disappointed if Olivia goes back to work for Fitz
Real talk though, I am gonna be so disappointed if Olivia goes back to work for Fitz
So Eli, at that point working for something other than B613 (CIA, whatever) finds out that a plane has possibly been hijacked over Iceland, and is heading towards the US. He makes the difficult call to shoot it down, as he knows his wife is on board but places the security of the nation above everything else. Fitz is the pilot who happens to get the order, and he shoots down the plane. Maybe the reason they had to cover it all up was because the intel about the plane turned out to be wrong?
That's my guess anyway. Serves to redeem Eli a little bit before he gets killed off.
That's my guess anyway. Serves to redeem Eli a little bit before he gets killed off.
AngmarsKing701
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Maybe. Gotta admit it's an interesting twist, because I was just about at the point where I wanted to give up on this show for going "oooo let's throw Fitz and Olivia back together again."
Yup, exactly.
It's frustrating because both are strong, intelligent women. Both are leagues smarter than he is yet they tie themselves to this whiney, childish, selfcentered, obsessive man. Bah.
Escape Goat
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I'm so over the "will they or wont they" of Fitz and Olivia. Its such a drag.
AngmarsKing701
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I think I'd like him more if he wasn't so googly eyed over
fucking
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