Scandal The Final Scandal Olivia Pope’s walk is impressive. It commands respect and attention. Olivia Pope doesn’t just walk, she stomps. She powers through hallways and struts down sidewalks. With force. With influence. With resolute confidence. For seven seasons, Olivia Pope’s walk has been so impressive that there have been gifs, By Kathleen • Apr 20, 2018 09:53 am
Scandal Scandal’s victory lap The cast of Scandal has yet to film their final episode but they are already promoting it. They did a small promo tour at the beginning of the season, when it was first announced that the show would be ending, so this round almost feels like a pre-emptive victory lap. By Kathleen • Mar 01, 2018 12:26 pm
Scandal Kerry Washington’s Scandal farewell tour The final season of Scandal premieres tonight, thank Shonda. Listen, I love Scandal as much as the next Gladiator but it’s time. Just like it was time for Grey’s Anatomy to end about 5 seasons ago. I still watch Grey’s. I will continue to watch Grey’s By Kathleen • Oct 05, 2017 03:28 pm
TV Updates Kerry Washington’s art and activism I’m in a fight with Scandal because of what happened at the end of season 6, episode 7. I won’t tell you what happened because #nospoilers but let’s just say that Olivia Pope and Shonda Rhimes are usually my imaginary besties but lately, I’ve been yelling By Kathleen • Apr 04, 2017 02:57 pm
Scandal I know how this story ends Scandal Season 2 season finale Episode 21 recap Well, that was a curious season finale of this curious season. Yeah, by the way, if you didn’t know it, this was the season finale – considering the relative lack of body count and sexual combinations you’d hardly know it. On By Duana • May 13, 2016 10:26 am
Scandal Scandal Wish-Fulfillment Scandal Season 5 Episode 20 recap They couldn’t have known…but they could have guessed. Let’s say this episode was shot about five weeks ago. Written three weeks before that, and ‘broken’, or conceived of, three-plus weeks before that. So it’s been in the works for about By Duana • May 06, 2016 09:49 am
Scandal Who Was That? Where Is She? Scandal season 5 episode 19 recap May I raise a glass to Sally Langston as the most creative and surprisingly believable and effective use of a character who had in theory outlived her usefulness? I may, with an extra clink for the disdain with which she enunciates ‘feminist’. It’s By Duana • Apr 29, 2016 10:17 am
Scandal The Legend of Pete Harris Scandal Season 5 Episode 18 recap I have decided that there are two ways to respond to and recap this episode, and so after careful consideration, I’m doing them both. Here we go… Who CARES? At this point, who cares anymore? Okay, so Olivia is a pouty, mentally unstable By Duana • Apr 22, 2016 10:02 am
Scandal On Having Had Enough Scandal Season 5 Episode 17 recap Well, it’s happening. They are doing it. They are pointing out exactly what happens if you’ve been keeping secrets for the president for years, and kidnapped and sold, and you can’t keep track of whether it’s your father or your By Duana • Apr 08, 2016 10:11 am
Scandal The Intervention Scandal Season 5 Episode 16 recap Hands up if you only really woke up when Mellie read Mean Tweets about herself. That woman is a ray of sunshine, and if Marcus’s only purpose on this show is to get her out of her head and onto the Jimmy Kimmel By Duana • Apr 01, 2016 09:45 am
Scandal It’s My Turn Scandal Season 5 Episode 14 recap Man, the subtext is really, really becoming text here. In large part, this episode is about Abby being hungry, deciding that well-behaved women never make history, and grabbing for what she wants. In large part, this is about Olivia explaining to Quinn why she’ By Duana • Mar 18, 2016 10:42 am
Scandal The Prospect of Principles Scandal Season 5 Episode 13 recap When this show began, even when Olivia cleaned up bodies with vigor and shamed young girls with relish, there was a lot of talk about White Hats. About doing what was right. Taking the high road or being a good person or things of By Duana • Mar 11, 2016 10:03 am
Scandal Stop sleeping with him, then. Scandal Season 5 Episode 12 recap No, really. Stop sleeping with him then. One of the things that’s great about this show is that they’re very straightforward about sex-is-power, and this episode had that well-underlined. Everyone is sleeping with someone else for power, to get them where they By Duana • Feb 26, 2016 10:20 am
Scandal The Times, they are…you get it Scandal Season 5 Episode 11 recap “Let’s make a president” “We…were working.” “We made a president together.” “WE did?” “You’re the work wife. Not me.” It’s hard to pin down when I became a politics buff, exactly, and I don’t know what the qualifications are By Duana • Feb 19, 2016 10:32 am
Scandal Scandal Returns: The Rise of Jake Scandal Season 5 Episode 10 recap You know, when we left Scandal, there was a feeling that nothing could ever be the same. And, true to the show’s promise, nothing is. In fact they want to show you just how topsy-turvy everything is. Abby’s out of the loop, By Duana • Feb 12, 2016 10:31 am
Scandal I am a Big Dog Scandal Season 5 Episode 9 recap Well. Scandal comes on at 9pm, between Grey’s and HTGAWM. As a block in a night of television, it’s the second act. But last night’s episode was, of course, a showstopper in its own right. Is there anything as disconcerting as By Duana • Nov 20, 2015 10:30 am
