I had to lower my personal grade for this episode because a) I can't stand Jo, b) I knew that she was going to reveal a secret marriage, c) I knew that Maggie was going to be into Riggs and d) I hate delayed weddings, even when well done. Other than that it was a pretty satisfying season finale. ;-)

Unlike some other actresses on the show, she knows how to make an annoying character sympathetic.

There was the one post-coital scene.

A.V. Club & Shondaland, never the best fit.

"Hayley has always been intolerable … for some reason." Yup.

"Davina's death was the outcome of a conflict she's been having with the ancestors since season 1…"

Cami = the worst.

It underserves its female characters but compensates by promoting its non-white characters. Then again, the casting of its female leads was a disaster. Only the mostly absent Claire Holt, Rebecca Breeds (Aurora) and Tracy Ifeachor (Aya) have been total successes, although Danielle Campbell has greatly improved. Phoebe…

You shouldn't, as it's become a much more satisfying show on the whole than TVD.

Season MVPs: Bonnie, Enzo, Valerie
Season Misses: Heretics, Armory, Matt, Alaric, The Final Everlasting (what?), Rayna (I guess she needed a Deacon*)
Season Losers: Stefan, Caroline, Beau (!), Lily, Valerie (again)

No. I wrote "the use" of "Delirious" in that episode of Scandal, not Prince's music itself. I appreciate and enjoy the music as much as I did before his death, if not more.

I'll catch up on The Catch and see what she's done there…

Did not appreciate the use of Prince's "Delirious" this week. Too soon.

I'm not really seeing Sansa as the gracious-in-victory type of woman.

Naw.

Still hate her.

Yeah, he's been wildly inconsistent. But I love him with Bonnie, and I've always loved his voice and his sex appeal.

Except Enzo.

HALLELUJAH!!!!!

This show is definitely pitched to a queer audience and not necessarily a black one, unlike those other shows.