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Scandal Recap: Jake the Snake
Scandal has been on hiatus for a couple of weeks, so to refresh your memory, Frankie Vargas was shot and killed the night he won the presidential election. One of his campaign volunteers, Jennifer Fields, left a voicemail for the FBI saying that Cyrus Beene was responsible. Then someone blew up Jennifer’s cabin. Cyrus’ ex-lover…
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Scandal Recap: Mr. Beene Goes to Prison
Times are hard when you’re doing hard time. That’s what Cyrus Beene learned during this week’s episode of Scandal. Last week, Cyrus’ ex-lover Tom Larsen confessed to the feds that he assassinated President-elect Frankie Vargas at Cyrus’ request. This week, Attorney General David Rosen drops Cyrus off at the local penitentiary, where Cyrus is summarily…
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Scandal Recap: Not My President
Like last week’s episode of Scandal, there were enough flashbacks this week to give you whiplash. Luckily for you, I’ve sorted it all out below. The past is prologue. One night after vice presidential candidate Cyrus Beene gave an impressive debate performance on the campaign trail, Cyrus noticed that his running mate, Frankie Vargas, had…
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Scandal Recap: Mellie Gets Rocked by That Good-Good and Olivia Is Having None of It
This week’s Scandal episode flashed back and forth enough times to make your head spin, but here’s what we learned: If Mellie and Marcus had a super-couple nickname, it would sound like “malarkey,” which means “nonsense,” which is exactly what Olivia deemed their relationship when she found out about it. It looks like that light…
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Scandal Recap: How to Get Away With Stealing an Election
Scandal’s back! Thank you, season 6 premiere, for providing us with an hourlong mental break from the headlines that are reminding us about our steady march toward becoming Nazi Germany. Let’s dive in, shall we? Woman down: Scandal wastes no time. We begin at presidential candidate Mellie Grant’s campaign headquarters on the night of the…
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Scandal Is Back to Help Us Forget About the Crazy Shit Going on in the Real White House
The current presidential administration has many of us wondering, “Where the hell is B613 when you need it??” Clearly, B613 hasn’t been busy ensuring the continued integrity and stability of the republic in real life, but the good news is that after a seven-month hiatus, B613 will be back on our TV screens this Thursday…
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Confessions of a DC Lawyer-Lobbyist-Turned-L.A. Comedy Writer-Producer
As an only child and a latchkey kid, I spent a disconcerting amount of my childhood alone in front of a TV … and I loved every minute of it! By age 17, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the rest of my life—I was going to make more of the shows…
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Scandal Recap: That’s My Girl
Scandal’s season 5 finale kicks off with Jake Ballard calmly poisoning his new father-in-law. Now, if you watch enough Scandal, you’ll start to become numb to murder. In fact, murder will start to seem like an obvious option. I can’t count the number of times I’ve yelled at the screen, “Just kill him already!” Especially as it…
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5 Times This Season When Scandal Kept It Real With Plots Straight From the Headlines
It’s not all mistresses and murder with Scandal. While the soapy political drama frequently takes us deep into the world of make-believe, Scandal is also known for its plucked-straight-from-the-headlines plotlines that tap directly into the zeitgeist, the most noteworthy of which may have been the Ferguson, Mo.-inspired “Lawn Chair” episode. Indeed, in the midst of all the over-the-top…
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Scandal Recap: Playing the ‘Trump Card’
Scandal’s presidential election is in full swing, and the candidates drop like flies in this episode, which is appropriately titled, “Trump Card.” On the Republican Side Billionaire bigot Hollis Doyle is leading the Republican field, and Olivia Pope and Abby Whelan have agreed to a cease-fire so they can team up to take Hollis down, but…
