Season 2: Episode #19 "Seven Fifty-Two" (752)

RECAP II - THE REMIXXX

Alright my fellow Gladiators in Suits here is part two... I know it's been a while so here are the ground rules again...

1). PAUSE IT - Get all of the outslide influences away from your inner-realm of being a SCANDALITE (unless of course they are SCANDALITES too...
2). PREP IT - get your favorite cocktail, appertizer, dinner, etc.
3.) PLAY IT - scroll down and click play on the link at the bottom to enjoy during the recap...
 LOST IN A MASQUERADE

"Are we really happy here With this lonely game we play Looking for words to say Searching but not finding Understanding any way We're lost in a mask, masquerade" 

After this episode of Scandal I cannot think of a more appropriate sentiment for all of the characters on our favorite show - SCANDAL. (Side eye to all those who mention other shows accidentally....)..ANYHEW. We have all wanted a glimpse into what makes Huck's character so volatile yet sensitive, sinister yet dedicated, and intense yet quiet. Well be careful what you ask for. After his capture and imprisonment, we are taken back to Huck's induction into B6-13 as well as his wife and son that he was forced to forget. Clearly, the capturing triggered his lapse into only being to say those faithful words that titled the episode - SEVEN FIFTY TWO... we know know this as the time he sees his son each morning at the subway... We also find out that Joe Morton's character appears to be very high up in B6-13 administration and wants to know who Albatross is too. But who else is current or former B6-13.

DAMN YOU SHONDA... LOST IN A MASQUERADE

Mellie, Mellie, Mellie. You either love or hate her, there is no straddling the fence about your love or disgust. She has taken things to a new level this episode. Sister grabbed all of the first luggage - I bet it wasn't even packed. I wish Fitz would have opened it and called her bluff (my own personal drama moment)...os she is gonna move across the road and come in through the tunnels like Harriet Tubman in the Underground Railroad....WTF Mellie. I would change the locks and trap her in the tunnel, then have a search for her... Mellie do you think this will keep him from Livvie? Or do you want time to see your favorite Secret Service man who may actually be the baby daddy...IJS. If you think you are gonna ruin a re-election bid for Fitz and Cyrus, then there is a hitman with your name on it...and it may be Fitz. You will be dead to the bed and right next to Verna...

" Both afraid to say we're just too far away From being close together from the start We tried to talk it over but the words got in the way We're lost inside this lonely game we play" 

Harrison OH Harrison my Harrison! We finally learn a bit more about you and it is delivered to us Harrison-style (we wouldn't expect anything less. You spoke so honestly about how the power of your tongue (get ya mind outta the gutter) became the mechanism for your successes from adolescence onward. How this success has ultimately become your greatest nemesis. WOW!! YES SHONDA YESSS! He is not lost in the Masquerade. He is the Master of the Masquerade. To quote Funky Dineva, YES GAWD HUNTY! Where can I get a Mardi Gras Mask? When is the Next Ball....
MASTER OF THE MASQUERADE

I know I have been hard on Abby, and I give her some slack this time because she did provide us more insight into her allegiance to Liv and Pope & Associates and why the litmus test of her love for David vs. her allegiance to Liv was no test at all - ADVANTAGE LIV....ALWAYS. Yet her love for David

"Both afraid to say we're just too far away From being close together from the start We tried to talk it over but the words got in the way We're lost inside this lonely game we play" 

Cyrus - I just don't know what you are up to but I tip my hat to you. You have shown allegiance to Fitz. I don't know what you are doing but you got GAME. Your speed dial consists of POTUS, POPE, YOUR PARTNER, and A HITMAN. You got balls!! #NOFEAR

Quinn you showed us a little bit in your monologue but most of it we already know. Kinda vanilla for me but we know where your emotions are especially when it comes to Hollis and why. You really need Huck back at full strength so we can continue the EDUCATION OF QUINN PERKINS/LINDSAY DWYER...

TRULY LOST IN A MASQUERADE

Liv, Liv, Liv - you keep control even in the hospital. POTUS arrives and shuts down the wing with Secret Service. Jake is in the wings realizing a lot without a word being said. Fitz refuses to leave and pledges his love for you. You get out and run to Huck's side and snaps him out of his "Ode to 752"...and I saw you in that white coat. This is why Huck, Harrison, Abby and Quinn devote their allegiance to you. And so do all of the SCANDALITES!

"Thoughts of weeping disappear Every time I see your eyes No matter how hard I try, oooh To understand the reasons That we carry on this way We're lost in a mask, masquerade" 

Where was David Rosen? Has he disappeared in the masquerade?

Respectfully and humbly submitted,
Willie J. Broussard Jr. - SCANDALITE, Gladiator in Suit

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Season 2: Episode #18 "Molly, You in Danger Girl"

Tonight’s recap is sponsored by one of my favorites – the Queen of Soul herself singing her class, “Don’t Play that Song for Me”…(Hit the play button at the bottom and commence to reading.)

Well Scandalites, I tell ya…life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. But SHONDA and ABC…YOU LIED…got us all excited once again and then another 3-week hiatus. What is this Scandal on lay-a-way? I mean I can get it quicker at Wal-mart…Shonda says it is out of her hands, but I have a comment on that. Ms. Rhimes you have given ABC four STELLAR shows, you have considerable input so don’t come tweeting me a message that reeks like a freshly plowed manure field in the country.

SHONDA …YOU LIED!!! 

This episode… Lord this episode …where do I begin. Well we open with Liv giving the all clear to Molly and David since it is assumed that the CIA Director was the mole. They pack their respective bags then the shiggady hits the fan and we find out that Molly lied for various sundry reasons. They confront her and she gives a song and dance about wanting her life spared but would not leave Dulles and go back to Pope and Associates for protection. (In the immortal words of Trina, “You crazy whore, dumb crazy whore…”). Next thing we know Miss Molly is being served chilled and not shaken in the morgue with a reserved plot next to Verna. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Wayward Women’s Shelter in Molly’s name.

MOLLY YOU LIED 

Well I asked where James was and I got my answer. Sometimes you just shouldn’t ask the question. 10 months later and you have kicked you hubby out of the house (now you know I would have been singing from Dreamgirls, “and I am telling you I’m not going…) How in the hell you gonna make me go check into a hotel when I am paying mortgage and the bills in the house. All because Cyrus told the truth when asked. Hmmmm. But you rather him have lied to you…Hindsight is always 20/20. Kudos to Cyrus for finally growing some balls and checking out of the hotel. It took you 23 days to realize that…Let me counsel the two of you because I cannot have your daughter doing these things when she grows up.

DON’T PLAY THAT SONG FOR JAMES… 

Huck is off his game. I don’t know if he is so enamored with Quinn that he has lost his footing but this beatdown and imprisonment should bring back the Huck we know and love. My condolences to those in his path cuz it won’t be pretty. And why in the hell are you a creature of habit when it comes to checking Liv’s apartment for bugs. I would be doing random pop-up sweeps weekly. Do you know the kind of people you deal with in Washington, DC?

David Rosen please get the name right you are not a future Gladiator in Helmet…I was dead to the floor on that one…But didn’t you love the way he jumped in with a viable solution to help the team. I see a bright future for this young man. But he gotta stop playing that song with Abby about you stole the chip…GEEZ! As Aretha says, “Don’t play it no more, I can’t stand it…”

DAVID ROSEN DON’T PLAY THE SONG 

Harrison I need for you to get a storyline or something. I love you to death and so do most of the female Scandalites in the group but I need more from you. I guess I should be directing this to Shonda’s LYING A$$ but I digress. You keep the team organized and on track and step up to the game in Liv’s absence. You just keep us wanting more…

WE WANNA HEAR YOUR SONG 

Mellie and Fitz…You two are Character Approved. You effortlessly snowed the American public with that fake interview. You all have told so many lies about first dates and other romantic tidbits of your life that you two don’t even remember the truth. Mellie sold like Miss Celie to Mister on a cold winter’s day.

MELLIE AND FITZ YOU LIED 

Liv OH Liv, this show should have been titled, “Liv girl, you in Danger”…Jake is playing you better than the first chair violin in the Boston Symphony. And you danced to his melody until you clothes came off and you gave up the goods. Then you turn on the TV to see your apartment. POW!!! You should have caught the hint earlier when he alluded to you not cooking in your kitchen. You are so preoccupied with him and Fitz that you didn’t catch that. WAKE UP CAROL ANN…DON’T GO INTO THE LIGHT…too late you did. Now you are dead to the hospital bed. And who shows up but El Presidente…who put his head on your shoulders and now Jake also is about to be dead to the hospital bed…

JAKE YOU LIED (and it bit you in you’re a$$) 

Now my Scandalites I know you are in a state of upheaval but we have been through this before and we will make it for three weeks. Time to recruit new Scandalites and send them to Boot Camp (that would be Netflix for Season 1, and ABC for season 2) and vet them for membership to the Scandalites group. We stand together strong 500+…and this too shall pass.

Humbly submitted,
Willie J. Broussard, Jr., Gladiator in Suit