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From ‘Beef Plantation’ to ‘The Nod,’ Black-ish Keeps Us Laughing About Parenting in the Burbs
The seventh episode of ABC’s Black-ish aired this week, and as the show establishes itself thematically, one of the motifs that it consistently explores is parental trial and error. No matter how many books one reads or advice one stockpiles, parenting requires on-the-job training, and the perils of poor parenting decisions have served as prime comedic fodder for family-sitcom…
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Scandal Recap: Papa Don’t Take No Mess
On last night’s episode of Scandal, Mellie slept with Andrew, who slept with Elizabeth, who is working with Kubiak, who was murdered by Huck, which was witnessed by Javi. Jake and Fitz engaged in the world’s cattiest pissing contest. And Olivia wore a winter-white pashmina-cape-snuggie number that was so sick I took some Theraflu on its…
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Scandal Recap: 52 Random Thoughts About That Episode
Here are 52 reactions to last night’s Scandal episode: When we learn that Fitz has been calling Olivia every night since she told him there was still hope for them to get back together: 1. Fitz has that Obama ’08 “Yes We Can!” kind of hope. 2. If only the Democrats still had that kind of…
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Scandal Recap: 10 Life Lessons
In addition to causing emotional upheaval for #TeamFitz, #TeamJake and everyone in between, Thursday night’s episode also taught us 10 life lessons: 1. You win wars by deploying weapons that your opponent doesn’t possess. In this episode, Olivia, Papa Pope and Fitz battled it out over Jake’s fate. Even though Papa Pope initially convinced Fitz…
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Scandal Recap: Everyone’s Gone Mad
Let’s discuss how Olivia Pope and her friends flew over the cuckoo’s nest on Thursday night’s Scandal. Olivia full-body cried. Olivia hadn’t seen or heard from Jake in days, and her gut told her that he was in trouble. Olivia’s gut has been wrong so many times at this point, she can’t even get anyone…
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Scandal Recap: It’s Complicated
The complicated nature of relationships was front and center during Thursday night’s episode of Scandal. Fathers, mothers and daughters. Husbands, wives and lovers. Old Command, New Command and Tom. Here is everything you need to know about episode 4. Karen Grant went to Paris. Remember that time Vanessa Huxtable and her friends sneaked all the way…
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Scandal Recap: The Truth Hurts
“Honesty is the best policy” must have been the theme of Thursday night’s episode of Scandal because everyone was committed to telling the truth, even if it hurt. Here are eight times when someone kept it real—and sometimes a little raw. 1. “You are not my girlfriend. … Call me later if you want me…
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Scandal Recap: Olivia Pope Never Fails
We’re two episodes into season 4, and it looks like Shondaland is breaking us in gently: * Olivia is back to sporting white blazers, earnestly rocking a feathered side bang (c’mon, it’s 2014!) and handling and fixing everything—even the things that Abby is being paid to handle and fix. Despite Abby’s shining “Children die” moment…
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Scandal Recap: Olivia Pope Couldn’t Stay Gone for Long
It’s official: Scandal is baaaack! We knew Olivia wouldn’t be able to stay away from her job, the gladiators and certainly not Fitz, but Scandal-heads were surprised at just how quickly she returned to the fray. Duty calls. Season 4 kicks off with Olivia and Jake canoodling on an island 100 miles off the coast of…
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Scandal Returns: 10 Things to Remember Before the Season Premiere
Scandal-heads, we’ve gone through five months of withdrawal, and with Thursday night’s season 4 premiere, we’re finally going to get our fix! We’ve got our wine and popcorn ready, but first, let’s take a quick look back at where our favorite characters landed at the end of season 3. 1. Olivia and Jake fly off…
