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Scandal Recap: A Billionaire Runs for President. Sound Familiar?

This week’s episode of Scandal was one of those episodes during which the majority of time was simply spent positioning characters for what’s to come in future episodes. Here’s a quick recap of where...

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Scandal Recap: High Jinks on the Campaign Trail

Scandal’s presidential campaign is in full swing, and this week, all of the candidates are gearing up for their first debate, which will be hosted by Sally Langston on The Liberty Report.  Billionaire...

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Scandal Recap: Olivia Crosses the Line

This week’s Scandal picks up in the middle of the first Republican presidential debate, with Hollis Doyle serving us his best Donald Trump impersonation—an all-you-can-eat buffet of deep-fried racism...

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Scandal Recap: Olivia Goes All the Way Over to the Dark Side

Remember last season when Olivia Pope was kidnapped and put up for sale on a global auction block (during Black History Month, no less)? President Fitz Grant had selected his old friend, Andrew...

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Scandal Recap: Jake, Who’s Your Daddy?

Some of my favorite Scandal episodes are the ones in which we dig into the back stories of the characters and find out how they came to be the sick, sordid individuals they are now—like when we found...

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Scandal Recap: With Olivia and Abby, It’s Gladiator vs. Gladiator

Remember a couple of episodes ago when Olivia Pope belittled Abby Whelan, Abby exacted revenge and as a result, Olivia bashed Andrew Nichols’ head in with a chair? Well, Olivia and Abby are now engaged...

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Scandal Recap: Playing the ‘Trump Card’ 

Scandal’s presidential election is in full swing, and the candidates drop like flies in this episode, which is appropriately titled, “Trump Card.”  On the Republican Side Billionaire bigot Hollis Doyle...

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5 Times This Season When Scandal Kept It Real With Plots Straight From the...

It’s not all mistresses and murder with Scandal. While the soapy political drama frequently takes us deep into the world of make-believe, Scandal is also known for its...

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Scandal Recap: That’s My Girl

Scandal’s season 5 finale kicks off with Jake Ballard calmly poisoning his new father-in-law. Now, if you watch enough Scandal, you’ll start to become numb to murder. In fact, murder will start to seem...

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Confessions of a DC Lawyer-Lobbyist-Turned-L.A. Comedy Writer-Producer

As an only child and a latchkey kid, I spent a disconcerting amount of my childhood alone in front of a TV … and I loved every minute of it! By age 17, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the rest...

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