This week’s episode of Scandal set us up for next week’s big winter finale. At the beginning of the episode, Olivia Pope has yet to tell her boyfriend, President Fitz Grant, that she worked with his ex-wife, Mellie, to have her father, Rowan, released from prison in exchange for Rowan stopping the Senate’s impeachment investigation of Fitz’s…

On this week’s episode of Scandal, strange alliances were formed, new enemies were made and Olivia Pope officially became the show’s villain.   President Pope: Thanks to Olivia, who got her father, Rowan, released from prison in exchange for his blackmailing the members of the congressional impeachment committee, the impeachment investigations are over, Fitz Grant’s presidency…

The trope of the black character dying—often first and sometimes even before the opening credits of a horror movie—is so well-known that discussing (and parodying) this trope has become a trope. There is, however, a long history of horror movies featuring black characters as villains and vampires that not only live until the end (or…

This week’s episode kicked off with Sen. Mellie Grant getting caught lying under oath about how long she’s known about her husband’s affair with Olivia Pope. Then Chandra Wilson (Dr. Miranda Bailey on Grey’s Anatomy), who directed the episode, released the emergency brake and let the car careen down the side of the mountain. Here are 29 times…

Halloween is right around the corner, and for those of you who have yet to find a costume, here are 10 last-minute, pop-culture-inspired costumes that you can achieve with items lying around your house. 1. Uncle Denzel A goofy grin and your favorite fitted cap will transform you into Uncle Denzel. Ask everyone you meet: “How…

Have you ever wished that you could sign up for a master class in black entertainment history? Well, that’s what more than 200 actors, directors, showrunners and entertainment-industry notables received when they gathered in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Monday evening for the Paley Center for Media‘s Hollywood Tribute to African-American Achievements in Television. The star-studded crowd—which spanned generations,…

Scandal’s writers were on fire during this week’s episode, which included some of the best one-liners and monologues of the whole series.  Here are nine highlights from last night’s episode: 1. High stakes. The Senate Judiciary Committee has decided to open a formal investigation into the relationship between Fitz Grant and Olivia Pope to determine whether Fitz committed…

Last week, after telling the world that she is President Fitzgerald Grant III’s mistress, Olivia Pope gave White House Press Secretary Abby Whelan permission to throw her under the bus in front of the press in order to take the heat off Fitz. This week the media had a field day with this story as…

Last week, Olivia Pope shocked the world when she boldly proclaimed that “Yes,” she is President Fitzgerald Grant III’s mistress. Not knowing that Olivia has just come out of the closet, this week, Fitz and Mellie prepare to do a joint interview in which they will denounce the rumored affair and declare their ceaseless love…

On last week’s episode of Scandal, the world finally found out about Fitz Grant and Olivia Pope’s affair when Sally Langston outed them on national TV and had the receipts to prove it. This week’s episode picks up right where we left off. Fitz wants to make a joint statement with Olivia confirming their love to…