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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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Kerry Washington: Not Only Are #OscarsSoWhite, but So Is Every Industry
Actors Kerry Washington and Aziz Ansari had a candid (well, as candid as one can be in front of an audience) conversation Friday for the fourth season of Variety and PBS’ 0Actors on Actors series Friday. The two actors of color discussed diversity in television and the possible reasons that the medium is more diverse…