Much like the showrunner she is now based on.

Because Shonda.

IKR? These hypocrites act like they did this guy a favor by installing him as a fraud, and that he hasn't had to pay in various ways for their disgusting, self-serving actions. Getting shot was just a part of it; deliberating sabotaging himself during the re-election so that cyrus and that cow wouldn't pay for…

How can you cheat on a woman who ended the relationship with a letter and walked out?

Agreed—that was far more vile than the stupid, preposterous chair bashing.

He certainly didn't protect Olivia from that stupid kidnapping, or lift a finger to rescue her. He was off fishing, not giving a good damn.

That's a question for the SR and the rest of those awful writers.

You're right on the money; the original script was ditched and they cobbled several scenes together from rewrites & reshoots to create last night's crapfest. The original script would have been far, far worse-'which should surprise absolutely no one.

I just saw this post today, so that's that.

How on earth do you cheer on that murderous hypocrite for forcing a kiss on her, or any woman?

You described Mellie's bratty, entitled ass to a 'T'— the pathetic, middle-aged embodiment of Veruca Salt.

That quote encapsulates the real reason for the all the irrational, uneven Fitz hate: Fitz loves and wants to be with the beautiful, younger, Black Olivia Pope, and not the perfect rose of white womanhood that they're cheer for and see themselves in. He refuses to get with the program by validating Mellie as the…