And then things changed, like what happens in life. It's telling that she doesn't have anyone else to confide in.

Except, Mellie got pregnant to help Fitz retain power and she induced labor early in order to keep him from divorcing her. So Mellie isn't really powerless and is just as ruthless as many others on the show to get what she wants. She's not a victim and IMO not sympathetic. The only thing stopping her from being happy…

Not you… others who are saying it. Because you actually lay out substantive arguments and no the empty "Fitz is the worst" clichés, I was wondering if you happened to see him act stupid in the premiere. Which is why I said "I'm curious" as a preface

She really hasn't, though. The Mellie we saw in S1/S2 is not the Mellie we saw in S3/S4. It's problematic to argue that he always made her miserable when her character did a 180 between S2 and S3 and in S2, she didn't give a crap about anything but being first lady & even pimped Liv out to Fitz when she felt she…

This is a great recap on the Fitz & Mellie dynamic

Except Mellie was awful to him too. Folks like to bring up sad sack Mellie from S3 & S4 - thanks to Shonda's retcon of Mellie from "boss" to "wimp" - but I think it's important remember what an icy, power hungry bitch Mellie was in S1 & S2. This is the same woman who induced her labor early, something harmful to her…

I'm curious, cause I like the way you lay out facts instead of spouting cliches as some others do… why do you think Fitz was stupid in the premiere? I'm seeing people say that but when did that happen? What did he do that was stupid?

I'm glad you see he's a monster. I feel like that gets overlooked in order to bash Fitz. It's why I keep this post handy for those times: http://whoareyouandwhyshoul…

They were friendly but it was more of an arranged marriage. They definitely cared for each other before the rape but they were never some grand love story.

I disagree about the cuckolding as a reason to feel badly for her. I mean, yes, that is what's happening (and continues to happen since she won't let him go), but Mellie supported Olitz in prior seasons, even asking Liv to go back to Fitz when Liv would stay away. Mellie & Fitz's marriage was never about love and they…

I didn't get that at all. Also, why is Fitz responsible for Mellie's feelings? She knows how he feels, has known FOR YEARS, so why is she acting brand new about it? She's not even wanting him out of love but to use him for her own trip to power. Why should she be cheered on for clinging to a man who doesn't want her…

I actually politely tweeted something to one of the co-creators about it cause I was really irritated that UnReal chose to comment on the racism in reality TV shows and then basically treated Shamiqua as the ignored middle child.

RW Seattle with David and Kira. I remember that.

I enjoyed the ep a lot but I was really irritated by the show (the real one, not Everlasting) treated Shamiqua. Especially after they made the point early on about racism in these type of reality shows… then basically went on to do the same thing with her by marginalizing or ignoring her. Faith & Anna got entires eps…

Oh, I totally don't think it was worth an F grade. Teen Wolf isn't high class TV but this was far from one its worse eps. I would've given it a C

Interesting to see the twists & turns w/ Mary's death. I'm glad Grace said Maya's name cause I completely drew a blank on it when the camera focused on her after Adam's speech about Mary's death. Rachel forging the note and the sister reading it was both a stroke of genius to resolve the legal issues as well as…

This reminds me of when the Scandal S4 finale got an F and a lot of the commenters called out the reviewer for throwing a tantrum over a ship.

I went on to imdb to see the ep count for some of the actresses. I swear they're including actresses in the eps even if we don't really see them.

I really enjoyed this ep.

That finale was like bad fanfic. I was appalled.