Remember a couple of episodes ago when Olivia Pope belittled Abby Whelan, Abby exacted revenge and as a result, Olivia bashed Andrew Nichols’ head in with a chair? Well, Olivia and Abby are now engaged in a gladiator-vs.-gladiator death match as they try to deliver a win for their candidates, Sen. Mellie Grant and Vice President…

Some of my favorite Scandal episodes are the ones in which we dig into the back stories of the characters and find out how they came to be the sick, sordid individuals they are now—like when we found out that Cyrus Beene was once married to a woman, or that Huck had a wife and…

Remember last season when Olivia Pope was kidnapped and put up for sale on a global auction block (during Black History Month, no less)? President Fitz Grant had selected his old friend, Andrew Nichols, to be his vice president, but as it turned out, Andrew had designs on Fitz’s wife and his job. So Andrew had Olivia…

This week’s Scandal picks up in the middle of the first Republican presidential debate, with Hollis Doyle serving us his best Donald Trump impersonation—an all-you-can-eat buffet of deep-fried racism and sexism. Sen. Mellie Grant holds her own, but Vice President Susan Ross, still reeling from her breakup with Attorney General David Rosen, performs so poorly that President…

Scandal’s presidential campaign is in full swing, and this week, all of the candidates are gearing up for their first debate, which will be hosted by Sally Langston on The Liberty Report.  Billionaire narcissist Hollis Doyle, aka “the Texas Truthteller”: He’s the Donald Trump of Scandal’s presidential race, which is brilliant. Hollis is just going to tell it like…

This week’s episode of Scandal was one of those episodes during which the majority of time was simply spent positioning characters for what’s to come in future episodes. Here’s a quick recap of where everyone landed. Olivia is on to Jake. While Olivia Pope has dessert at her father’s house with Jake Ballard and his new fiancee, Vanessa,…

This week’s episode of Scandal operated in a twilight zone where slut-shaming was OK, sneaking into women’s bedrooms at midnight was all good and no one cared about a dead hooker. Fitz’s endorsement. First, let’s level set. Fitz has been busy, guys. Busy gettin’ busy. He’s picking women out of the rope line at events and having them delivered…

In this week’s episode of Scandal, everyone seems to be up to something, but what? Fitz is “wild-carding.” The episode kicks off with Fitz in the back of his limo making out with his new bae, Lillian, and he’s on his way to second base with visions of third when Abby barges into the limo and tells the…

During Scandal’s midseason premiere last week, we saw a number of strange realliances—Fitz and Jake, Jake and Papa Pope, and Olivia and Mellie—but this week, folks got into formation as they geared up for what looks to be a scandalous presidential race. Olivia Pope and her new BFF: The episode kicks off with Olivia giving Mellie Grant notes…

Scandal is back from winter break, and it’s operating in a post-apoc-Olitz-ic world where old alliances were destroyed and strange new ones are being formed out of the rubble. Olivia and Papa Pope: Remember when Olivia Pope tried to shoot and kill her dad? And then had him sent to prison? And then had him released…