You go in there and you be Jesus! ~Leo to Sally
Let’s be honest. We lost the election today. ~Cyrus to Olivia
When you were running for governor, your father raped Mellie. ~Olivia to Fitz
Despite the exhaustive efforts of world-class medical team Fitzgerald Thomas Grant IV passed away at 8:46 p.m. from bacterial meningitis. ~Olivia
Where we ever people? Or did serving at the pleasure of the President just allow us to shed our pesky skins and unmask us for the monsters we really are? ~Cyrus to Olivia
Mr. President, I have some information regarding Jerry. The autopsy revealed an infection from meningitis B. In this case, the CDC traced it to a sub-strain that is kept under lock and key at Fort Dietrick. Apparently, a vial went of it went missing this week. ~ Secret Service guy to Fitz
It was Maya Pope. They’ve connected her to a bacterial strain stolen from Fort Dietrick yesterday. She missed me at the church, so she went after Jerry. She killed my son. And now I’m going to kill her.~ Fitz to Papa Pope
Quinn found my family. ~Huck to Olivia
That plane that you got for me. That plane and the new life. Does that offer still stand? ~Olivia to Papa Pope
You quit OPA? ~Jake to Olivia
Take me with you. Run away with me. Save me. ~Jake to Olivia
Maya Pope is dead. Poppa Pope to Fitz
When you told me Maya Pope killed Jerry, it didn’t make any sense to me. She’s always been about the money. Killing the president’s son didn’t make her rich, she didn’t get what she wanted. But if B613’s back on line, you did. Now Liv is on a plane out of town and the president is in your pocket. This all worked out great for you. ~Harrison to Papa Pope
He took my child, so I took his. ~ Papa Pope to Harrison
You killed Adnan just to get me to talk? ~Harrison to Papa Pope.
OMG! Tom the Secret Service Guy killed Jerry! And Adnan! And he’s B613!~Me to the TV
It’s over Sir, we won. ~ Cyrus to Fitz.
OMG! Mama Pope is in the hole!~ Me to the TV
I knew Papa Pope was behind Jerry’s death!!!! Do you think he really had Harrison killed or is Harrison going to end up in B613??
Harrison will probably definitely be killed he has too much trouble in his personal life. He is a liability. To the show
I hope they do kill him. I can’t look at him in the same way with all of his real life crap. It’s just not sexy.
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:37 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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True. I’d imagine we won’t be seeing him but could see the plot moving ahead with an out-of-sight Harrison being referenced in Papa Pope’s new B613.
I would not be surprised if he is gone. Shondra Rhimes dropped Isaiah Washington like a hot potato from Grey’s Anatomy several years ago for using a homophobic slur involving a co-star.
Not believing for a second Jake went out of love. Wonder what he got out of the deal from Poppa Pope ?
I thought Jake went to protect Olivia from her father. Maybe. I don’t know which man in Olivia’s life to trust, if any of them.
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:41 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I think Jake went because he really loves Olivia. Fitz is nothing without Olivia and will not thrive. Thus Olivia will return to save him and love him from a distance. Columbus Short is a keg of dynamite about to blow. I don’t expect he’ll return. I’m loving the chemistry between Huckster and Quinn. Olivia’s dad is the real devil and he’ll do ANYTHING to keep Olivia from the president.
We’ve learned nothing is coincidence. I’m thinking we’ll flash forward at some point that while the Fitz and Mellie have this short period of being together, before the end of the season she’ll be pregnant. How can he leave her while the baby is a baby? She can either move on to the next President or Jake and her end up coming back on opposite sides. Her not being able to trust.any.man.ever.
I have more thoughts, it’s just hard to watch and discuss them all so I wimped out and did the quotes thing. First of all the church bombing scene was super poorly shot. It looked like something out of a Lifetime movie from the 80s before they had real budgets to make movies. The paper mache rocks were redick.
Also the writing wasn’t up to the usual standard. Some of the dialogue was super awkward.
And on an interesting choice of editing note, the dialogue was not at warp speed at all except for one of Olivia’s scenes and that might have just been habit. Quite the opposite, it was slower than regular speaking speed and long silent pauses were used for effect. I thought that worked.
Oh. and I will never.ever.ever. forgive her for deserting Huck. Never.
Hey TT!!!
I agree…the writing….it wasn’t bad, but it definitely was not as good as what we’ve become accustomed to with this series…It seemed quite different than usual. Anyways, Jake definitely went to protect Olivia because he’s been in on the plan with Papa Pope this whole time….to get Liv away from Fitz!!!
would you contribute that to a last minute re-write due to Columbus’ personal actions.
That scene with the blurred and paused speech reminded me of Tony goldwin’ role in Kiss The Girls (with Morgan Freeman)
To Barbinga…sadly…that WAS the end of the season.
:'( :'( :'(
Eeew, just beginning here. So excited.
It was different tonight, the opening scene seemed the same then something switched. TT, I agree the dialogue was slower as were most of the scenes.
Jake is up to something, I’m not buying the love story or take me away with you to stand in the sun together.
I don’t believe in love like that so that could be my thinking.
The story lines were good but I felt something was missing.
Oh boy is Olivia going to be out to kill when she learns she’s been set up by Papa Pope and he ordered the death of Jerry.
Is Jake working for Papa Pope?
Well it appears the monster is Papa Pope.
You know what I can’t figure out is why Olivia’s father continue to keep Olivia’s mother alive. She is definitely ruthless.
She stabbed him and left him for dead or did she like him just do enough damage but not to kill him. Is both of them playing the same sick game. He did say if she wanted you dead you would be dead.
I agree the writing wasn’t really up to the usual standard.
but Dear Lord…PAPA POPE!!!!!
I know this may sound off but…
I think Olivia left because she wants to be safe but also to handle things from a distance.
I believe Jake is with her to keep tabs on her for Poppa Pope but also to know her next move.
Olivia is allowing Jake to play his roll so she can keep eyes on him, because she does not want him doing anything that will disrupt her plans or future plans.
TT you are right the writing was a bit sub par. It seemed as though they didn’t know how too execute the plot, just right.
I think the show is ruined… I just don’t see where it can go anymore. Are they going to keep playing up the tired Olitz storyline? Or is Rosen going to try to take down b613…again. The way I see it, either way, they have to go backwards.
The most annoy thing about this season is that Liv just got weaker and weaker til she just gave up, and that’s how the season ended? What?! I don’t trust the writers anymore… I think the show is beyond repair.
It was a kind of disappointing finale. I’m not particularly on the edge of my seat to see what happens next. I think the reason for that is the writers seem to only write two episodes ahead with no definite long term arc in place. The writers will be on the Sundance channel tonight at… I think 9 pm. If I remember I will try to watch.
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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thank you for being honest. so far i have read glowing reviews. IMO this ep was slow. All the hype in the ads was just that hype, the ep wasnt that believable.
I also agree that the writers only writing 2 episodes ahead with no long term arc is why the seaosn hasnt been good.
New post on Columbus Short here, http://s17948.p858.sites.pressdns.com/2014/04/18/was-columbus-short-fired-from-scandal-on-heels-of-wife-filing-for-divorce/
It doesn’t matter if they cut Columbus Short from the cast or not. I will miss the man I THOUGHT he was. :'(
Fitz was a big disappointment this season. Gone was the Fitz that I knew in season 2 that sat with Olivia while Mellie went on national TV with the affair. When he agreed in the finale that there would be no Vermont, that was it for me. I am no longer for Olitz and I am now for Olake. When he fell to the ground calling for Olivia at the end after he basically broke up with her, made me wish Mellie had slapped him instead of called Olivia. Fitz, what excuse do you have not to leave Mellie now? Last year it was the baby, then it was the reelection. Now that he is reelected, Fitz can do whatever the hell he wants, but he choses to stay with Mellie. You can still divorce Mellie and still mourn the loss of your son. Mellie has Andrew to come to her rescue anyways and Fitz knows this, so why him and Olivia can’t be together is beyond me. Makes him look like an emotional user.
Scandal = Game of Thrones, circa 2014
“You can’t take Command, son…no one takes Command!”
Papa Pope to Harrison.
Best line of the night (imho)
the scene where the assisstant messed up her hair, smudged dirt on her face, oand ripped her bluse and said ‘you go be jesus’ was a great scene.