I totally get this, and I agree. When a show deploys as many insane plot elements as does Scandal, it is impressive when they try to demonstrate some memory of them. But faking a woman's domestic abuse to break up a relationship is so despicable and gross I just prefer not to think about it at all.

Ack! I meant to mention this and forgot.

Good point about the effects of shock/trauma.

^^^^ All this right here.

Normally I'd agree with you, but after having Olivia so forcefully drive home the point that one woman lying about rape doesn't mean women generally lie about rape, it's hard to then pivot and say what follows only applies to this specific story.

I'm sad about the demise of "Columbus Short in slacks" gifs. Harrison? Meh.

This was a fantastic band. I wish they were playing a date close to me, but you can't win 'em all. I did get to see them open for Yo La Tengo, so I'll have the memories. <sniffle>

I'm black. But I see what you were going for.

Someone was saying a couple weeks back that Shelley is awful to work with or something. I'm usually suspicious of those stories, because they're usually told about women and have a sexist, "broads be trippin'" undertone. But that doesn't mean it's untrue here.

I dunno why disagreement with a reviewer has to be framed as a dereliction of duty, but these are all fair points, especially regarding Haley and Andy. I guess my concern is that this show has never excelled at long character arcs. So while that's encouraging on one hand, since I think improving in that area would…

Is this that big a deal? Geez, don't be such a Mitch about it. *rim shot *

I feel like this is a fair point, but I don't think it's uncommon for parents of gay children to have mental roadblocks they aren't necessarily aware of until they bump against them. It's often a matter of the concept versus the reality. "I'm aware that my son is gay and will likely marry another man someday" and "It…

I was glad to see them kiss, but wasn't sure how to feel about the kiss. It came off a bit chaste, which is not to say I wanted them to dry hump right there at the altar, but I am accustomed to newly married couples being slightly inappropriate with the wedding kiss just to be hammy or whatever, which made Mitch and…

I've heard this sentiment more than once and I always find it interesting, the notion of "The metamorphosis of The Learning Channel to TLC shows how far we've plummeted as a culture." It's easy to argue that we're facing a cultural decline, but this is a tricky peg for that argument because when it was The Learning…

Woman, man or modern monkey/Just another happy junkie

Dee dee dee dee dee dee dee killer of clowns, etc.

Thanks for the reminder, I was supposed to fix this last week and forgot.

If we were characters on this show, we would be a couple. And honestly? You could do a hell of a lot worse.

Totally fair points, especially with regard to Mitch trying to conceal (at first) the true origin of the belt buckle. But it still felt like the version of Mitchell we saw early on in the show: a bit of an asshole, a bit petty, a bit selfish, making him an ideal foil for the unsinkable Cam.

…and my father's, for that matter. I completely got where Mitch was coming from, but I also understood Jay, who has come a very long way, and wants to be appreciated for how far he's come rather than chided for how far he has left to go. It was a really effective scene.