You missed her entire point. As she said, Diane can "choose" - her point is that she cannot choose. Diane can say no, I will not lie on my back for a job - Monica has absolutely no say so in the brutality that she must face as a black woman. she doesn't have a choice when a policeman just manhandles her and the…

Unfortunately, Olivia Pope's humanity is not seen in the same light as Mellie Grants. I think many people cannot relate to Olivia Pope. Dog Whistle politics really hit home to me because I see it on this board and others. Mellie has done the most despicable things known to womankind, yet the words she spews out of…

The only person who viewed Olivia as having a white hat was Jake because he spent two full seasons begging her to save him. Face it, Jake's words were nothing but the words of a scorned lover - she turned him down and now he's mad. To Jake, Olivia was his savior - his "door marked exit"; his dream girl who he wanted…

Thank you! At least somebody actually gets it. No matter how badly Olivia is treated, or what is said to her by a scorned lover (Jake) or another scorned lover (yeah, Cyrus has a serious man crush on Fitz) someone will justify it. To make matters worse, they take their words like it is straight out of the Old…

True, but wouldn't it make national news that the President pardoned a man who has embezzled money? All pardons make the news whether it is a low level drug dealer or some high white collar criminal. And based on next week's episode, Olivia is going to lie to Fitz and say Rowan escaped - which I find highly…

Shonda "overused" her. The 1st episode, she was absolutely phenomenal. But Burton should only be used in small doses which would make her more effective. I didn't like her at all during this episode.

They are writing Fitz horribly. As you note, Fitz is a romantic which has always been his downfall according to some. He leads more with his heart than his brain so for him to make such an asinine comment like that was definitely out of character. That is something that Fitz WOULD do.

Even though Vermont was meant to be a "fantasy" there was some truth - based on a previous episode, Fitz and Olivia talked and each promised not to lie to each other. Also, remember, Fitz completes his term as President in 18 months and it is my assumption that he is going to "retire" to Vermont, especially since he…

The forging the signature part is what I got out of it. I remember that Olivia knew that Mellie had forged Fitz signature previously and at that time she was appalled. So, imagine my shock when she actually asked Mellie to do it again.

Or they could have let his wife live more than 3 episodes, let him get a real job doing what he does and be Olivia's friend aka Stephen

I agree. Fitz, if for nothing else, has been honest in his feelings for Olivia. When he said he thought she wanted marriage, I nodded my head in agreement because during Season 3 Olivia made this great speech about a movie - that she meets Fitz, they fall in love and the movie just ends.

Fitz told Mellie the truth - but it seems whenever he voices his opinion of Mellie, who is also a horrible person, some fans have a problem with it. I had more of a problem with Mellie's diatribe, yes I considered it a diatribe because it was all about her. She even said that she would never have had kids if it…

She doesn't. She forged Fitz signature. It took me a minute to connect the flashback of her forging the signature when Fitz was in the hospital. Remember, she used to forge Fitz signature all the time when he was governor. Sally had peeped the forgery and almost caught her but Fitz came out of the Coma and saved…

You know there is something that the lord (yes I believe) gave all humans and that is called "Free Will". If the Lord doesn't make you love him, bow down and don't force you to do anything you don't want to, then why the hell does Mellie believe that she should be praised and sympathized for doing something for a…

Millie's character is nothing without Fitz or Olivia. After Mellie and Fitz divorced fans actually wondered what would her character do and now Shonda has let us see. Olivia is going to be Mellie's bitch for the next 18 months running Mellie's campaign. One of Olivia's fears was that she would not be able to run…

I don't have to google it. There is a difference between victim blaming and for a person taking responsibility for their actions. I never said Mellie brought the rape onto herself. I was questioning her later actions. When "post trauma symptoms" devastate another person's life, a person who has absolutely no…

What I got out of the cases, especially during Season 1 and 2 where they all seemed to tie into Olivia and Fitz relationship in one shape or form, from the 1st case when Olivia was telling the gay soldier that he shouldn't have to hide the fact that he loved a man to the case involving the mistress. Even though both…

I agree and to be honest, I loved how he threw her words right back at her "a criminal, a whore, and a liar". I just wish they would have shown the scene of the two of them talking it out because I am still wondering what exactly did she tell him.

To tell you the truth, I think the wife thing for Jake was something the writers came up with to give the Jake Ballard character some type of storyline. If I remember correctly, Jake was Command, which means that he would have knowledge of all B613 operatives, which means he would have known whether or not she was…

They are going to burn through it. Scandal, to some people's chagrin, is not a "political thriller". They do not use screen times to show the workings of the white house or anything dealing with the political. Instead, they show the workings of OPA and the ins and outs of how Olivia deals with clients and cases. I…