You mentioned that Mellie was not a coward and my only crime was disputing you. If you call it pitting, then so be it, but I noticed that "some" posters have absolutely no qualms about listing every single bad action that Fitz has committed and never mention Mellie's. Don't get upset because "some" posters like to…

i don't see it. He has given both Mellie and Liv opportunities to end it. As for Liv, did you not listen to the voice message he sent to her. He was all prepared to let her go on with her life - and to add she even had Jake in the car with her. Face it, Liv wants Fitz just as much as Fitz wants Liv. As for…

He is also a Rhodes Scholar.

Mellie didn't stand up for herself. She was going along with everything until Cyrus told her that she was being played by the best politician in the business - and Cyrus only told her that because he was butt hurt that Fitz would not take him back.

Do you watch the news? There is an instance in which a fighter pilot bombed Doctors without Borders, killing innocent people. Notice how President Obama, the Joint Chiefs or Generals are all apologizing for the action, but not one of them will ever let you know the name of the pilot or military support staff of the…

Is he a bad person because he fell in love with someone who is not his wife?

You and I are soul mates - functional soul mates I might add. I don't understand why the writers mute Olivia. As you stated, Mellie's big closet speech made absolutely no sense. Olivia has had an up close and personal view of the workings of the white house, from the Presidency, Chief of Staff and first Lady, so as…

That's because Shonda and the writers were more interested in omg moments during season 3 and 4 instead of character development. This episode should have happened at the beginning of Season 3 - plain and simple, when Mellie went on TV and revealed the affair. Season 3 and 4 were just fillers and a sad attempt to…

If Susan gets into the white house, how will this be Olivia's nemesis? Millie would be the one who loses because Susan was picked by Mellie as someone who would be non-electable for President. The beauty is that Susan knows this and has said this to Mellie.

I'm also happy that Olivia actually owned up to her feelings. As you said, this was great character development because usually, Olivia's plan was to just run. It seems as if she has been running since Season 1. She felt like if she could just stay away from him, those feelings would die down, but they didn't. And…

Do you think Abby is "going on the dark side" - the saying is power corrupts and it seems that Abby wants power, hence, her deal to work with Liz.

I'm glad you mentioned in because that Hotel scene was powerful to me. I agree with everything you said, especially when she mentioned that she was trapped in shame for so long and she was finally able to breath and then the photos were released.

I thought Olivia called Charlotte.

Ok, let me see if I follow you - how are Olivia, and especially Fitz, ruining the lives of people. Don't get me started on Mellie because Fitz did nothing to her. The rape arc is totally blinding people of Mellie's ruthless political ambitions. As Lizzy stated, Mellie is not loyal to anyone and will do anything to…

In Season 2, when Mellie went on TV saying her husband was having an affair, Fitz ran out the clock with Olivia and at the time she was all for the divorce. She came up with a plan that stated after Fitz had divorce Mellie, he would date age appropriate women for a year and then he and Olivia would get together. …

But the point is that she can treat the "Royals" and her other clients as just clients. Face it, she does have emotional baggage with Mellie and I just don't see their relationship working. It would be so awkward.

I see where you coming from, but doesn't Abby already know about the relationship? If you recall late in Season 4, Abby also tried to (girl) talk with Olivia about dating Russell and Olivia just brushed Abby off saying he wasn't her type. It seems that Olivia, to me, keeps Abby at an arms distance and won't engage…

Doing what? I don't think Olivia respects Mellie too much, especially during Season 3 - drunk Mellie. Also, Olivia knows what type of person Cyrus is and knows Cyrus would throw her under the bus given the circumstances and opportunity.

Abby was kinda pissed at Olivia for the embarrassment of giving a press conference telling the press that Fitz was not going to Mellie's swearing in and finding out that he had went. But I want to add, why is Olivia ducking Abby? In season 3, they had a pretty good relationship and they were on the path of being…

According to Kerry Washington's tweet, Olivia didn't replace the cushion because she was dealing with her PTSD and is currently busy with her Boo - her words not mine.