Of course there is a scenario in which Olivia/Fitz are happy together, but in that scenario Fitz won't be president. We have not seen any evidence of Fitz being "a better president when Olivia is around", we have seen him done very little as commander-in-chief and that's part of the problem with their relationship. He…

I really hope next season expands the roles of some of the Associates. The way they all just accept everything that happens to them makes it feel like they are just plot devices, not people. There was so much they could've done with Quinn finding out about her role in Defiance, but they really just brushed it off as…

Oh I'm sure that's true. Doesn't make it any less toxic or repetitive viewing. Also these are people in VERY high positions in society, "true love" should not really be anywhere near the top of their list of priorities.

I'm sure it has absolutely nothing to do with race. I can't speak for anyone else, but Pope/Fitz are toxic for each other, enabling each other's worst tendencies to a point where they stop functioning as people. Fitz is the president of the United States and he is more worried about getting his mistress back than he…

It's more cynical in tone than Scandal. In content? Maybe not. HOC is definitely a colder show emphasizing intellect over any sort of emotion.

I actually loved the first season and disliked the second which I felt was all over the place. S2 ended in a very strong place though and everything I've heard about A Storm of Swords sounds fantastic.

Fair enough. I stopped watching Suits once I realized that the show was doing stuff The Good Wife does ten times better. And I don't think the soap opera-label is necessarily a bad thing in all cases; as long as it makes sense within the characters' world and it doesn't insult your intelligence, soap opera can be…

Haha, totally get that. I watched Grey's from the start and it was always weird trying to get my friends to watch it (they never did).

I'd say this season of The Walking Dead is a strong B, possibly A-level season of TV (depends on these last bunch of episodes), while seasons 1 and 2 were somewhere between a B and a C. As for other possible levels I would probably say:
How I Met Your Mother, Californication, Revenge, House of Lies, Go On, The…

Had the same problem when I wrote my response. It reloaded several times, would've loved to read your response. The internet has really underestimated Grey's for what it does, it takes actual skill to pull of so much crazy and make it have actual stakes for the characters. Children's Hospital gets what Grey's does on…

Suits? I don't understand this comment. Please elaborate.

Scandal is more than a soap opera, it has a lot to say about how these people found themselves in a position of power and their internal struggles to uphold that power. House of Cards feels so far (I've seen the first 3 episodes) like it's trying too hard to be cynical for it's own good, making it seem smarter than it…

It is really hard to rank TV shows based on quality, it's all subjective. But here it goes:
Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Louie, Girls, Justified above. (A-level)
Scandal, Parks & Recreation, Game of Thrones, Happy Endings, The Walking Dead, The Good Wife, Parenthood, Homeland at about the same level. (B-level)
Dexter, American…

You are totally missing out on Scandal. While both Grey’s and Scandal are made by Shonda Rhimes, they couldn’t be more different in nature. Grey’s Anatomy was always intended as a romantic comedy, whereas Scandal is a political thriller with heavy soap-operatic elements and highly stylized dialogue. Grey’s follows a…

I love this show, I've watched it from day one.

I have to agree with the rest. This was not a good episode of the show. I actually thought last week's was fairly decent, but as a whole this season has been wildly inconsistent. This episode was written by a writer's assistant, so hopefully this doesn't represent what the show will be during it's TBS run.

I loved this episode.

Could you guys please reconsider covering Scandal? The show is really, really batshit fun this season in a way Revenge hasn't been in ages!

I thought this was one of the better episodes this season. I really hated last week's, so I'm a bit surprised by the response this episode got. It was far from the best the show can do, but it was much stronger overall than the shrill antics with Tom and his girlfriend last week. I thought having the show deal with…

The High School football team is called the Cougars, so I guess they call Gulf Haven for "Cougar Town" as a nick name.