The Scandal Roundtable 2.15: Boom Goes The Dynamite
Joe: This is true. In the beginning of the episode, Loree and I were sure that the Eternal Bachelor Brother was asexual. Which would be such an original storyline (outside of the Sherlock and Dexter) that it would have been really refreshing. But, no…someone’s having an affair with someone, because no couple is faithful in a Shonda Rhimes television show. And if they are, one of them hires a hit man to kill the other one. Or one steals something from the other one. Or one is spying on the other one. I think if someone broke up with someone on this show because, you know, it just “wasn’t working out”, I would be shocked. Sigh. P.S.: I’m so glad we’re back to case of the week. It gives us more to talk about these days.
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Jordan: This dress that Liv is wearing is fabulous and love her classic waves with it. Old-world glamour suits her well.
T.F.: That dress was amazing. Hated Fitz staring at Liv in it, though. He has no right, given everything.
Joe: Judging by the fact that she’s ignoring him (and the speech that comes up later in the episode), I think she’s finally coming around to the other side.
Jordan: Finally! Is Liv starting to get that this fantasy she had with Fitz is just that.
Loree: Well, the fact that the Senator is okay with his little brother sleeping with his wife for years is odd to me. I wish they developed on him a bit more because that’s just weird. Not sure if he’s cheating on his wife, which in the political world isn’t a surprise, or he just loves his position in politics that he doesn’t care about his personal life? Strange to me.
Jordan: I wonder how much of what Olivia says comes from Judy Smith. I have never thought about how much passion and partnership plays into political charisma. Also, does that matter as much for women? Could you elect a female to office without knowing about her personal life. Also, I was a little sad Olivia thought it would take her 10 years to make a gay president…
Joe: I think that society-at-large tends to treat female politicians (for this example I’ll use Hilary Rodham Clinton) like these sort of sexless, masculine creatures, except when they ask them what designers they like to wear. It’s a strange dichotomy that really bothers me. As a fashion person who possibly could interview a male politician someday (probably not really), I’ll make it a point now to ask him who makes his suit.
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Jordan: Where does one get candidates for a political arranged marriage I wonder? Fixer, dating service: Pope and Associates is truly a one-stop shop. How do we feel about the fact that no women of color are included in the mix? Obviously, this was a conscious choice. Is Rhimes saying something about mixed political marriages or just thinking it would be unlikely to have an old school Republican with a wife other than a white woman.
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