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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Monday, May 08, 2017 - 11:27 am 
Whu-WHAT?! I had no idea that Jeff Perry (Cyrus) was her father! Now that I've watched him being so evil as "Cyrus" for the last several years, it's difficult to wrap my head around the fact that he and the very funny Laurie Metcalf were once together. 
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Friday, May 19, 2017 - 3:45 pm
I called it as soon as Cyrus sat next to Olivia on the steps!! I can't believe he is going to be VP.
Not happy that Olivia is command. I am just really over the whole command thing. Why can't they be gladiators???
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Saturday, May 20, 2017 - 12:30 pm
Well, Olivia Pope is now EVIL. There must have been some better way for the Pope Gang to deal with a murderous VP who had her president-elect husband killed and tried to take over the government than to take it upon herself to personally force her to commit suicide under the threat of ruining her children's lives if she didn't!
At this point, the only "redemption" this show could hope for in it's upcoming final season is to have the entire cast standing on the WH balcony toasting their evil deeds and then end the series with a recreation of this famous scene from "Indepedence Day":
LINK to image
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Thursday, March 08, 2018 - 7:59 pm
Sheesh, no wonder Olivia is so screwed up!
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Thursday, March 08, 2018 - 8:00 pm
And isn’t interesting that there have been no posts abut this show since May!!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, March 09, 2018 - 7:26 am
I hesitate to use the phrase “Jumped the shark” because this series has been so over the top from the start. I think they kind of lost their way. I was watching some shows from the first season and they were so emphatic about wearing the white hats and now everyone is a mess. I haven’t watched this latest episode yet though.
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Kmm
Member
10-07-2005
| Friday, March 09, 2018 - 7:40 am
Had they not said this was the final season, I would have bailed on this one!
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Marameko
Member
07-14-2002
| Friday, March 09, 2018 - 7:48 am
I am still not clear as to who put AF II in peril.
And Olivia’s Mom in silk pj’s in a private prison, sending her Swiss account numbers and letting her leave prison. Yikes
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, March 09, 2018 - 12:07 pm
Well I watched it. The AF II thing was a setup by Cyrus to elevate his popularity as he is apparently planning to eliminate Mellie somehow and take over.
Olivia sending her Mom to Paris is just stupid, on the part of Olivia and the show writers.
Abby and David are among the few characters on this show that I still sort of like so I'm glad they're happy at least (for the moment).
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Friday, March 09, 2018 - 5:24 pm
They totally should have stayed with their roots of helping people out of their scandals!
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Sunday, March 11, 2018 - 4:31 pm
"I was watching some shows from the first season and they were so emphatic about wearing the white hats and now everyone is a mess."
Kind of a Breaking Bad - DC version....they wound up with a Heisenberg hat!
I thought the plane thing was Cyrus really early on. After the plane first went wonky, he seemed too rehearsed when he started making his big patriotic speech. I spent the rest of the ep watching to see if something happened to disprove my theory and everything seemed to fit. The sudden dramatic speech, the "lost" laptop he immediately blamed on Jake, the woman taking video on her iPhone during his speech, and then seeing Cyrus gave her a look and a slight nod as he left the plane. And he was so angry that he missed his spotlight at that dinner, and this "coincidence" of an apparent cyber attack put him in an even bigger spotlight.
Never trust Cyrus ever. He was involved in his own husband's murder right after they adopted a baby. Cyrus is all lizard brain.
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Marameko
Member
07-14-2002
| Monday, March 12, 2018 - 5:20 am
I missed the look/nod between Cyrus and the reporter. That's what I get for getting comfy in bed and watching this show.
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Starr
Member
07-09-2005
| Saturday, April 28, 2018 - 9:37 pm
Wow! No talk at all about the series finale?! I just finally watched it myself. I felt bad for David. I want to say he should've known better, but... I'd also like to believe Abby & The Gladiators wouldn't let Cyrus just walk away.
Ah well... the show was a lot better early on, but I still enjoyed it up to the end. Didn't quite get why Olivia's portrait was in the gallery at the end. It would have been nice if the girls were admiring Mellie's.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Sunday, April 29, 2018 - 12:54 am
The finale was kind of flat for me. They were all treasonous murderers who just walked free.
I had crossed fingers that at the end they'd all wind up on a plane and that it would crash into the side of a mountain..or better yet, an active volcano! I was sure it wouldn't happen but it would've been sweet.
I don't think I've ever watched every episode of a series for 7 years and then felt absolutely no empathy for any of the characters at the end...except maybe for Quinn's baby who has two cold blooded killers for parents.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Sunday, April 29, 2018 - 8:23 am
We found the finale to be flat for us too. Probably would have to watch it again to see if we missed anything but it was like the writers just gave up and other than killing David off for no good reason let everybody walk away from murder, treason, etc.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, April 29, 2018 - 12:35 pm
I agree it was pretty disappointing. The only thing they did was manage to kill the only remaining half decent likable character left on the show. Plus the killer got away with it (as usual) as did everyone else. Except Jake, and knowing how this show works, if it continued, they’d have him out of prison for some ridiculous reason in a couple of weeks.
None of these characters are sympathetic, interesting or remotely likable. I would have liked Sanfran’s ending much better!
Seven years of shows. It was quick to watch at the end though as I fast forwarded through all the Olivia/Fitz love scenes in the last few seasons. Oh and those interminable speeches by the characters that would go on and on.
One question. My recording cut-off when Fitz got out of the car to talk to Olivia. What happened after that? Thanks!
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Sunday, April 29, 2018 - 12:46 pm
"One question. My recording cut-off when Fitz got out of the car to talk to Olivia. What happened after that? Thanks!"
Sorry Jimmer. I don't even remember that scene! LOL I guess the finale was just so "meh", my brain refused to make room for a lot of the details.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, April 29, 2018 - 12:59 pm
ROTFL. Maybe we can both imagine he got out of the car and shot her or something entertaining. J/k of course.
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Monday, April 30, 2018 - 3:01 am
Comforting to see that so many of you were feeling the same as I was. No one to root for in this show. I was hoping it would end with everyone at a state of the union address and a huge bomb would go off killing everyone but the "Designated Survivor" and wall lllaaa...........that is how the show "Designated Survivor" came about.
They just all needed to die.
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Dke1212
Member
07-13-2005
| Thursday, May 03, 2018 - 7:29 am
Jimmer, Fitz got out and they stared at each other. Then it went back to the gallery where the girls ended up looking at a portrait of Olivia.
Like many, I wasn't very happy with the finale.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, May 03, 2018 - 7:58 am
Thanks for letting me know what happened there. I must have looked away for a moment because I remember the part of the little girls looking at the portrait.
So what is the significance of the portrait? Does that mean that Olivia eventually becomes President?  
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Friday, May 04, 2018 - 10:48 am
The finale came just weeks after Barack AND Michelle's portraits were revealed. But lets not forget the Gallery is not just about presidents and first ladies... the latest acquisitions of portraits (photos and paintings) have included Rita Moreno, Spike Lee, and Madeline Albright.
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Saggkl
Member
07-16-2002
| Sunday, May 06, 2018 - 4:51 pm
Thank for the heads up Legalboxer. I didn't know that piece of info. I was wondering why her picture was there also.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Monday, May 07, 2018 - 1:57 am
"So what is the significance of the portrait?"
Maybe it's because Liv was the first official "First Mistress" that a president actually "shacked up" with inside the WH after dumping his original First Lady.
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Marameko
Member
07-14-2002
| Monday, May 07, 2018 - 5:43 am
I came to Scandal a year late; but once I was into it I looked forward to each episode.Talk about going out with a fizzle.......
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Wednesday, August 15, 2018 - 6:14 pm
Because I had lost interest, I just now watched the last 4 episodes of the last season, hoping against hope that it would end decently. You all have summed up my feelings. They were all disgusting people.
I would have like to have seen then all in the house floor when a huge bomb went off killing them all but the "Designated Survivor"...there starts the new show.
Oh well, what a disaster. Glad I was not alone in my feelings about this show.
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