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  • "How To Get Away With Murder" Season Three, Episode 13 Recap: (“It's War”)

    The big mystery of the third season’s second half continues in episode 13 as everyone tries to figure out who killed Wes… Wait, I started the last episode recap the exact same way. So much for uncharted territory here. Well, Annalise is out of jail now, so that’s new. Now that she’s out and rewigged,…

  • 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…

  • "How To Get Away With Murder" Season Three, Episode 12 Recap: (“Go Cry Somewhere Else”)

    The big mystery of the third season’s second half continues in episode 12 as everyone tries to figure out who killed Wes. We immediately see that (unsurprisingly) Frank was lying about being with Wes through the time of the fire. Wes actually ended up getting into a cab and calling a mysterious contact marked “In…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Actress Tanee McCall to TMZ's Raquel Harper: 'Domestic Violence Is Not Entertainment'

    And you’re such a nice guy, too … from what I see, and when they say as far as like the whole domestic violence situation, it’s hard for me to see … I rock with him. I don’t care what the critics say. —Raquel Harper, TMZ’s “Raq Rants,” Sept. 21, 2016 Raquel: I watched your “Raq Rants”…

  • 10 Things We Can’t Wait to See in the New TV Season

    Every year around this time, the big four broadcast networks­—ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox (I don’t count the CW, since it dropped Girlfriends)—make a big deal of trotting out their new shows for the fall TV season. And while many network executives seem to have gotten the memo about diversity­—except, apparently, CBS, whose president has…

  • Shonda Rhimes Tries To Make "Bitch Baby" Happen. What Is A Bitch Baby?

    The number of times in my life I’ve heard the word “bitch” used as an insult? Countless The number of times in my life I’ve heard the word “baby” used as an insult? Also countless. The number of times in my life I’ve heard the words “bitch” and “baby” both used in a sentence or…