Scandal Roundtable 2.13: “Nobody Likes Babies”
Jordan: I think Mellie can be relied on to act in a certain way that is far from favorable, but she can be relied on. This is the woman who got pregnant with “America’s Baby” to distract the nation from not one but two affairs her husband had. This is the same woman who faked a miscarriage to get her husband votes, rigged an election, and forged her comatose husband’s signature to maintain power. Mellie is misguided and, at times, rash, but she has tied herself to Fitz and she has made it her life’s mission to get him power and maintain that power. By the end of the ep, when Fitz realizes that he is not the golden boy he always saw himself as, there is comfort for him in knowing that Mellie probably will not look turn her back on him if she finds out what he did to Verna. Mellie is a bit of a monster, but she is upfront with it. Liv may be his great love, but I can’t say the same for her both in who she is and what she will tolerate from Fitz.
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Zach: I can understand Mellie’s anger, but at the same time her anger really scares me. She is willing to hurt anyone and anything that comes in her way for getting what she wants, whether it’s a one point wanting to be the First Lady or the next moment plotting to take the seat in the White House if she is divorced. She is too reactionary. Unlike Liv, who is more thoughtful, well at least framed to be. I mean, Liv is a fixer, and Mellie is a breaker in a sense.
Johnathan: Sounds about par for Republican Party logic, no?
Joe: I think the Republican Party is more about keeping everything as it is, even if it is no longer feasible, fair, or true (sorry, Republican readers!), which Mellie is currently trying to do. I have to say been dissuaded from putting on a Team Mellie t-shirt this week. (Sorry, T.F.!)
Jordan: Kerry’s stylist in this next scene with Cyrus and Olivia went a little overboard with her hair. I have always liked that Olivia’s hair is often understated. She’s looking like a black Farrah Fawcett here.
Kendra: I wasn’t feeling the hair or wardrobe stylists during the first half of this episode. I found that high collared white blouse she was wearing during her first discussion with Cyrus distracting. But that’s the first time they’ve faltered in what… over 20 episodes? Sometimes I wonder if the wardrobe supervisors for Kerry and Gina Torres over at Suits ever have brunch just to discuss how fabulous they are.
Joe: OMG! Gina Torres and her power dresses give me life. It’s interesting that she doesn’t come to mind when I think about female leads of color in TV shows, I guess it’s kind of like Person of Interest, where the two real leads are white men but she’s a major supporting character. Nevertheless…what did I say last week! Cyrus almost had his husband killed! He is just the worst husband ever.
Jordan: Yeah. But he didn’t and, considering how trigger-happy Cyrus is, I will consider that true luuuuv.
Loree: Yeah, I don’t know how I feel about that. I mean to hire a hitman to kill your husband is pretty much unforgivable in my book.
Zach: Right, Loree! How are you going to have your husband, the father of your adopted daughter, murdered just so you can save your career? Mellie and Cyrus are really working my nerves lately.
Joe: We at least see the limits of what he will do. Before this, I was pretty sure he would try to kill Olivia if she became too big an obstacle. I think he really does consider her one of his best friends. Then again, I wouldn’t trust that man as far as I could throw him.
Jordan: I must say that Mellie’s post-divorce plan from Fitz is pretty sound. Call me jaded and negative about the political system, but I think Mellie would probably make a very capable politician.
Joe: I see a retread of the Bush #2 “war on top of war on top of war” years with Madame President Millicent Grant, just with more poise and fabulous lady suits. That would not be a good look for America.
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