Scandal - First Lady Sing the Blues

This week on Scandal the Russian B613 meets the American B613 and the American one wins.

White House
First, we need to talk about what's going on with Mellie's campaign. Sally Langston made it her duty to bring Mellie down and it didn't really work. People seem to think that Mellie being married to the president is a conflict of interest and that she can't be senator. Once I heard this I was like, they're going to get a divorce. The offer was put on the table, wasn't used in the end, but I think it will be brought up again. I just have this feeling that Mellie will hand Fitz divorce papers in the finale. I don't know why, I just do and this episode makes me think that it will actually happen.
That Cyrus/Sally scene was the best thing! They should put those 2 hound dogs in a room together more often!
Oh, and the feminism that was weaved into this storyline gave me so much life. Really, all of the feminism on this show gives me life!

OPA
So, remember way back when, when OPA's cases would parallel something going on in Liv's life? Well, this week's case reminded me of those times. Liv had to help this grandma get out of basically the Russian version of B613, just like she helped Huck. It was a very good feeling of nostalgia. I liked those times. I love parallels. But, it didn't end well which means that the help Jake was getting was gone and now he's barely alive in a hospital bed. Yup, that's right. He's still alive (bleh). I mean what did Rowan say; "It irritates me to know that he's still breathing."
Frankly, I am so done with B613. You don't know how happy I was when Liv said she was done trying to bring them down, but that didn't last long. And now we have this foxtail mess. It's just one thing after the next. Of course, I want to know what foxtail is but I just wish it didn't exist because I'm so done. I just need for Rowan and Olivia to had an epic showdown that ends all of this and it better happen by the finale.
The best part of what went on with OPA was when Liv found out about Russell. I was really starting to get pissed off. They were saying too much within an earshot of him and they were starting to look real dumb. Now she's got him and she's going to use him. Hopefully Papa Pope isn't 1000 steps ahead of it like he always is.  

Now this episode had its ups and downs but Olivia made up for that. I love Liv's bark and bite and thank the writers for that. I also thank them for that Sally/Cyrus scene. Now we have to wait 2 weeks (again) to find out what happens next.

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Scandal - I'm Just a Bill

Papa Pope is back you best believe he's stirring up some trouble packaged in a very good monologue. This is your major spoiler warning. If you haven't watched, stop now, watch and come back. Something big happened this week and I don't want to be blamed for ruining it for you.

Marcus
He's back, too, and he's running for mayor but has a bit of a problem when the mayor's wife who he's sleeping with is murdered. So he calls the only person he knows who could fix this, Olivia.
The more these two hang out the more they like each other. I would be more shocked if he didn't end up working at OPA in the near future. I don't think this is the last we'll see of Marcus. He fights for justice and Olivia's got the white hat back on so she does too. She needs to beef up OPA now. All she has is Quinn and Huck who are targets of Rowan right now and could end up dead. I'm not saying they will die or that I want them to die, but it's a possibility that Olivia has to deal with. She needs more help.

The White House
Fitz is trying to get this bill passed and only one thing stands in his way, Susan Ross. Susan Ross is force to be reckoned with, which is making her my favorite person in that house. Mark my words, she may not want to be president now but that will change. Her voice as VP is going to grow. She already got Fitz to fix the bill, she's going to do more and more. Soon someone will mention she should run or ask if she will run and put the idea in her head that she's capable and would be good at it, and then boom. Mellie is going to be pissed but oh well.

Russell
I am so mad. Not because he killed Jake, but because he's B613! I had so much hope for him. I really didn't want him to be connected to Rowan in any way. I think deep down I knew he was bad news, because every man that comes into Liv's life is, but I wanted him to be different. She really needed an escape. He let her be Alex and now she can't be Alex anymore which means that she is going to have to face all the crap that happened to her. Her reaction to the truth is important. I think it will break her. I mean completely break her to the point of her sobbing on the floor somewhere. I predict much emotional distress.

Jake's dead?
I pose that as a question because [SPOILER ALERT] there are pictures on the internet of him bandaged and lying in bed alive, but who knows. Let's act like he's dead for a second. I felt nothing! I wasn't shocked and I surely wasn't sad about it. The only thing I felt during that scene was anger because Russell is B613. That's it. If he's dead, I really don't care and if he isn't, then what's new. I find that kind of hilarious. I didn't know how I would react to Jake's death but I did expect some kind of reaction.
My one question is why did Rowan go after Jake first? I mean, other than the love triangle drama. There are so many other B613 agents that Rowan could have killed to get to Olivia.

Overall, this was a really great episode. It's been a long time since I've watched an episode and was unable to focus on anything non-Scandal related. I couldn't even get up to pee during the commercials because I was checking the internet for everyone else's reactions! It was amazing and it was nice to get some epic Pope family monologues. Can't wait to see what next week brings!

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Scandal - Honor Thy Father

Well, I can honestly say that I didn't see any of this coming. This episode was so twisty, I wasn't able to predict a thing! Which is good because I can't take predictable episodes.

The White House
Mellie's sister came to the white house for a little visit. First off, we have Melody (Mellie's full name) and Harmony and they have no melody or harmony between them (see what I did there). Second, her visit only made me want to know all of Mellie's secrets. Can we get some flashbacks of Mellie with her parents and what happened there. I feel like that could be coming since she wants to run for president. If they have to vet her sister then they'll have to vet her parents. Wait, do we know that Mellie's parents are alive? I could have missed when they talked about it, so you can tell me if I'm wrong. But I want to see that; who Mellie came from. It would be so interesting to see that family dynamic.
Oh how the tables have turned for Fitz and Mellie. I mean Mellie said it herself, Fitz is/needs to become like the first lady now. He has to do the things that she has been doing for how may years now. He's got to give her all the support she needs and do whatever needs to be done so she can become the president. It'll be so interesting to see how far he'll go to make it happen. We know she did anything and everything to get him into the white house, hence Defiance. But, will he go that far to help her?

OPA
Yay for another case of the week! I guess this was the moment when we found out if Liv's gut was still broken or not. I mean, Huck said it himself she was "testing her gut." She knew in her heart of hearts that man didn't kill his daughter's teacher/lover and she was right! No more broken gut. Fixing Liv is back and in full effect! This makes me so happy.
You know what else makes me happy? Seeing Olivia and Abby have friendly conversation. I just had to throw that in there. Their phone conversation really made me smile.

B613
This was the big twist of he night. They lead us to believe that Jake had gone all coo coo for coco puffs and wanted to kill Liv (which he NEVER said in the episode), but in the end he wasn't crazy at all! I still think Jake needs to go though.
My favorite scene of the night came from this storyline. Huck, Quinn, Charlie and David. What a group! Plus the music was on point too.
I want to ask who's in B613 because it seems like everybody is, but the real question should be who isn't in B613. Seriously, you can't trust anybody. And now it looks like Russell or Frank or whatever his name is, is a B613 agent too! From the looks of it he led Papa Pope to Liv. But, I still have hope that he's a good guy. Papa Pope could have still been keeping tabs on Olivia himself and knew that he couldn't walk up to her door without a middle man. He could have had a gun to Russell's back. Call me naive, I don't care.
If he isn't a good guy then I'll really be pissed. I'm going to need for Papa Pope to stop sending in dudes to sleep with Olivia so he can get to her. Sooner or later she's not going to be able to trust any man. As long a Rowan is alive she'll always wonder if he sent this guy her way or not. That makes me upset.

Overall, I'm mad that this episode fooled me but, I liked it because it fooled me. I almost thought I was wrong about Papa Pope making an appearance, but no. I'm also a little mad that we have to wait 2 weeks for a new episode. Why did we have to go back to that?! I mean, we want classic Scandal but not this classic! Olitz might actually be over after the end of the next new episode, but do we really believe that? I don't. See you in 2 weeks.

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