ACE #298: Scandal Time - Liv and The Weapon of Mass Destruction

Last night’s episode of Scandal was very intriguing.  The pace didn't move fast, but it wasn't really slow either.  You had to keep up with the verbal banter.

The death of the former President, by stroke, was a jab at ole Ronald and Nancy Reagan, of course.  That little old lady, Bitsy, was hilarious to say the least.  She gave Mellie a lesson on how to be the woman scorned, but to do so gracefully.  She also reminded Mellie that she is destined for greater.  Welcome back, Millicent.

It was both sad and nice to see Huck playing video games with his son, unbeknownst to the boy’s mother.  It showed a softer more playful side of the complex Huck.  

But Liv got played by the assassin.  She’s off her game.  Refocus, honey!  Even David Rosen saw himself victorious over Liv, with his “eat it sucka” comment. Either folk want to "be" Olivia Pope or they want to "beat" Olivia Pope.

But I have been left confused about Jake’s fate.  I have no doubt that Shonda refused to kill him off because he’s a fan fave, but not seeing him on the screen on a regular basis will make a lot of people less interested…okay, maybe just me.  But there's an open door for a return.  I was so glad that Jake was sent to prison and not sent to rot in a B613 pit.  Fitz stated that he spared him because of the “woman we love”.

I think Abby was the first runner up in stealing the show.  Fitz tried his best to bully Abby/Gabby/Red.  She basically backed Fitz into a corner and put her Gladiator hat back on briefly to check Cyrus.  She told him to check his back door.  Cyrus is really off of his game.  But rest assured, he will be right back into position with a vengeance. 

And one of Olivia’s classic lines for the episode was her declaring that “there’s hope” for her and Fitz.  I gave up hope for them long ago, especially since I have been #TeamJake for a very long time now.  But Command has already warned, “Don’t let love cloud your judgment.” I’m sure no one missed that he called Jake a dog.  I guess it takes one to know one or something like that.  Eli Pope is such a control freak like Laban.  He manipulates everything and everybody to get what he wants. See: http://theafterchurchexperience.blogspot.com/2013/10/ace-30-scandal-time-why-eli-pope-is.html

But the final line took the cake. (Olivia really is, in many ways, like Bathsheba - both beautiful and desirable, but she's nobody's wife). Liv very calmly let her father know, without a doubt, “You may be Command, but I've got weapons at my disposal, weapons you can’t possibly possess.” And that folks, is how you shut it down.  Well, I guess the truth really is like the sun.  

David and Bathsheba

11 In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.

² One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, ³ and David sent someone to find out about her. 

Photo: Courtesy of ABC/Vivian Zink