So twice now Sally has come after the White House, and twice now she's been beaten back with a reference to Daniel. Is Shonda trying to make Sally seem smarter than she is? Because you figure Olivia should only have had to say "Daniel Douglas" once for Sally to decide that the White House knows too many secrets about…

I lost the ability to can with Adam Sandler years ago, so this is nothing surprising to me.

Until recently I was seeing Judy Gold on a truTV clip show ("World's Dumbest"), because she's not as much of a road comedian anymore; having two kids to take care of, she's changed her focus to writing plays and producing.

No disagreement. I'm trying to put some plausibility up in this bitch, which is likely a fool's errand.

Hmmm. Likely. But the murder still sits on top of the shit sundae like a rancid cherry. If outing Daniel was the least of it, its effectiveness certainly negated the rest.

How did Liv manage to extricate Karen and Fitz from the Eiffel Tower extortion parents? Fire with fire, since the whole point is keeping the crime away from the press.

But let me get this straight: Olivia is willing to offer crazy murderer Sally Langston the Secretary Of State position, an important member of the Cabinet, just to prevent Cyrus from going down in flames in a sex scandal?

Ah, well. With just over a quarter-million viewers for the season finale, somebody somewhere was probably having a difficult time convincing HBO to pour too much more money into it. I can't say I don't understand that, though I am disappointed. At least well get more closure for this than we got for Carnivale (which…

Or something equally heinous.

I have come to realize that for the most part Scandal is not written for the intelligent viewer.

A nitpick: Virginia is a gubernatorial appointment state, not a special election state (like New York is, hence that weirdness when Hilary Clinton resigned to become Secretary of State). I don't know where the show's at in the election cycle, but for Mellie to be preparing to run for a seat that's been vacant for…

… it’s a likable character being sacrificed as part of a larger plan that feels inscrutable.

I don’t think cheating on the SATs is credible, but I’ll allow it for the sake of hypocrisy humor.

Not to mention that I think Rowan is still out fishing, and Jake knows where. Why drag it out?

Diet Pills and banging Dr. Austin!

I want to know who they'll cast as Phyllis Berry Myers!

No, Artemis from Masters of Sex is going to be the Vice President of the United States.

No, Artemis is still pushing diet pills in the sixties.

Joshua: no tea, no shade, but that was one hell of an Anna Kisselgoff you just pulled.

Some traditions refer to it as "Sadie Hawkins Day." At our high school, the week of Valentine's Day is called T.W.I.R.P. week, for The Woman IIs Required To Pay.