I agree with a lot of your review and disagree with some of it.
Disagree - why did Olivia and Fitz need to break up again in the 5A finale? Shouldn't they have remained together at this point?
- Olivia and Mellie's partnership a highlight? Actually it's a huge question for me. Why would something like that ever happen??
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OMG yes!!! Is Shonda not a woman??

"Even with all her misdeeds, it’s hard not to feel for someone who has
gone through as much as she has, only to get thrown under the bus for
Olivia Pope." - wait..are we watching the same show? Mellie didn't get thrown under the bus, OLIVIA did!

Rowan masterminded Jerry's death, not Teddy's.