Season 2: Episode #22 "White Hats Back On" (Season Finale)

My fellow Scandalite Gladiiators in Suits,

I know tonight’s episode was a lot to digest and even as I type these words I am sitting here shaking my head. Shonda you and your team have outdone yourselves. We have been anticipating this episode like a nervous adolescent female awaits her “monthly visitor” a week after its normal date. Since I know you have already done the 3 P’s prior to the show starting go head on and scroll down and click the play button.

As we conclude Season 2, all I can say is “Enough is Enough”! The characters tonight have been pushed to their respective edges – both literally and figuratively. Although they never scream ENOUGH, it is easy to see that their actions and other non-verbal communications scream loudly ENOUGH IS ENOUGH…

Mellie has had it. She is sick and tired of playing second fiddle to Livvie. She wants her man and she does not want any pretty packaged deal that aligns her with the Republican party in the future. Mellie is a here and now kind of beeyatch. She wants to be FLOTUS for her entire eight years. She wants the rose garden, white house tours, Easter egg rolls, and all the other delicacies that the most elite ladies group in the nation affords and no little fixer is gonna take it from her.

“If you've had enough, don't put up with his stuff, don't you do it If you've had your fill, get the check pay the bill, you can do it”

Cyrus Cyrus Cyrus... you summa ma bitch (in my best Bernie Mac). You play the games and twists better than anyone. Even in full cardiac arrest you are the master Geppeto controlling Fitz, Liv, James, and the VP like his personal collection of Pinnochios. I don’t know whether to love or hate you but I respect you cuz you have the hugest set of COJONES I have ever run across (no pun intended – get your mind outta the gutter). You single handedly in 5 minutes gave a wake up call to Liv and Fitz that sent him back to Mellie. CYRUS – you are the MF Man!

“Enough is enough is enough I can't go on, I can't go on, no more no enough is enough is enough I want him out, I want him out that door now”

SCANDALITES please take a moment to rise and lift your glasses as we honor the coming of age of our own little Quinn. How bout she is getting so good that it is scaring Huck (WTF). Not only did she demonstrate her hacking skills but she stepped in and sealed the deal on advanced torture and interrogation when Huck was having a mini nuclear meltdown. “Where’s the card Billy. I’m not gonna ask you twice…” WORK QUINN! Even Huck was frightened. One problem though, you cant shut her up sometime. It’s like she has diarrhea of the mouth. If you could make yourself inconspicuous you may be a future B6-13, but all this talking is gonna end up with you dead to the bed next to Verna. But I digress “CHEERS to Quinn” not only did she say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH but I am also detecting that Huck may also be waving his white flag as well. Had we kept that scene going I am confident he was about to start mumbling 752 again. Sorry Huck you cannot take us on that ride again this soon. HUCK UP AND PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER. We’re gonna need you in September in top form. WE’VE HAD ENOUGH HUCK! SNAP OUT OF IT!

“Tell him to just get out nothing left to talk about pack his raincoat show him out just look him in the eyes and simply shout”

David Rosen you sly fox you. We were ready to make you a martyr for moles everywhere last week. What a great double spy role with a side order of this is what’s in it for me too. You knew exactly where to leave clues and you did not let anyone know what you were up to (I think this was for their benefit more than yours). Your game was smooth as butter and I have to take my white hat off to you. You turned it OUT! You decided you had enough of the mole and the person who framed you. Well Done. But be careful. Even though you did a great thing by bringing the card to Cyrus – you are now a marked man.

“I've always dreamed to find the perfect lover, but he turns out to be like every other man our love (I had no choice from the start) our love (I've gotta listen to my heart) our love (tearing us apart)” “Enough, is enough, is enough I can't go on, I can't go on no more no enough, is enough, is enough”

Fitz and Liv, we thought things were looking up but we know that we cannot have happiness with you and Liv together and definitely not married and in the White House. The ministers and pastors will have a field day the week that happens (you know they already make small comments about Liv seeing the president). Liv’s plan was great but unfortunately it will not bear fruit. As grandmother said you will never be happy if your happiness comes at the misery of someone else. Liv you were on your game for the most part until you almost got killed in your apartment and Jake saved you. Just when we thought all was well - President headed back to Mellie, you rededicating yourself back to Pope and Associates – we were ready to rest on our laurels and be ready for Season 3, but NO not Miss Shonda Rhimes. You have to throw our collective blood pressures up, and clog our arteries at the end of the episode. Our Liv comes out wearing a beautiful white jacket (FIERCE) wearing her headphones looking like she is headed to workout. She opens the main door to exit her building and the Press Corps is in full attendance asking her about an affair with the president. She tries tot urn and go back to her place but two men grab her and throw her in a limo where she sees Joe Morton and says “daddy”….SHUT THE FRONT DOOR! REPEAT AFTER ME…”Who’s the daddy?” If you said Fitz, well umm at times he may get called that by Liv (in bed), by his kids, and maybe even Mellie from time to time (not lately…lol) but how about Joe Morton’s character. Did you hear that collective gasp followed by screams when Livvie jumped in the limo looked up and said Daddy. We were collectively dead to the bed. Morticians are gonna have big business over the next two week.

“Enough is enough is enough I can't go on, I can't go on, no more no enough is enough is enough I want him out, I want him out that door now”

Shonda, Season 2 has not only met but exceeded our collective expectations. Your writing team has tapped into our every emotion and even some we never know existed. We are emotionally, physically, and spiritually drained. We asked and you gave it to us – much more than we expected. We have had enough, more than enough in fact. For the remainder of the summer we will be singing, typing, mumbling, chanting the following:

“Enough, is enough, is enough I can't go on, I can't go on no more no enough, is enough, is enough I want him out, I want him out that door now is enough is enough is enough is ENOUGH!!!”

Humbly submitted,

Willie J. Broussard, Jr.
Gladiator in Suit

P.S. See you all in September for the First Episode of Season 3…

 

Season 2: Episode #21 "Any Questions"

My fellow Scandalite Gladiators in Suits,

I am writing to you from the Shields Home for Scandalites. After last nights episode I “caught the vapors” and it was all I could do to dial the number. The people were so nice and understanding (I guess VIP status has its privileges). They sent two nice gentlemen to help me pack and they delivered me to the clinic for yet another visit.
My life coach said it would be good therapy for me to continue my journal of recaps, so I am putting my best foot forward for my sanity and hope that it will also help relieve some of the same symptoms and issues you are feeling.

NOW…you know what to do to get ready (3 P’s).

(Sidenote to SHONDA @ headquarters – I know we stay on your case but you have outdone yourselves. KUDOS to the writing team).

Now back to life (back to reality – or what we can fathom of it at this time)

This week’s recap is brought to you by the Teddy Bear himself – Teddy Pendegrass cuz it was truly a Love TKO last night. If you think the fight of the week was the Floyd Mayweather fight, let me serve notice to you that that night’s card pales in comparison to the bouts we had last night on SCANDAL.

"Lookin' back over my years

I guessed, I've shedded some tears

Told myself time and time again

This time I'm gonna win"

Cyrus, Cyrus, Cyrus you were everywhere last night. You were like the energizer bunny rabbit running all over the DMV. You were at press conferences, in the oval offices, running sightseeing tours in the park, and still had time to not only cut down, belittle, and ostracize your partner who you say you love, but you also broke all of our collective hearts at the same time. Cyrus let me give you a word, the power of the tongue is lethal weapon and you use it as a deadly assassin. It’s gonna come back to bite you in the ass like a Cobra (and I hope it is full of deadly venom. HOW DARE YOU speak to the person you “love”, share a home and raise a child with in that manner. In my Adolph Caesar voice from the Color Purple, ‘James you has my sympathy’. I would rather Cyrus have an affair with someone and James catch him rather than witness what I did last night.

LOVE TKO to Cyrus

"But another fight, things ain't right

I'm losin' again

Takes a fool to lose twice

And start all over again"

I believe poor Jake is truly in love with Liv but is caught in some mess he cannot get out of. He is being controlled quite masterfully by Joe Morton’s character, Fitz, and Cyrus (and Liv too). I want to feel sorry for him, but something tells me he still has an ace in the hole (something up his military sleeve). Be vewwy vewwy careful Jake…

Major LOVE TKO on Jake

"Tried to take control of the love

Love took control of me

'Cause you lose all thoughts, sense of time

And have a change of mind"

Mellie, Mellie, Mellie you have hired yourself a male version of Liv? REALLY? How’s that working for ya? I don’t know the reason why you have not revealed Liv’s name to the press but I know it was not for any good reasons. But I will tell you that she knows her man. She knew he would declare his re-election bid…but what is lurking behind that sinister smile remains to be seen. Not only is she a woman scorned, she is FLOTUS scorned…BEWARE!

LOVE TKO to Fitz (Fitz watch your back)

"Takin' the bumps and the bruises

Of all the things of a two-time loser

Just tryin' to hold on, faith is gone

It's just another sad song"

David Rosen you ignorant SOB…it appears that you quite cleverly set yourself up to tug at the heart strings of Pope and Associates so that they would feel sorry for you. You also kept letting Abby play on your pole so that you would learn where the SD Card was for Defiance. I guess this is your ultimate payback to Liv and to the Gladiators in Suits (a name you constantly mocked over the past few weeks). I hope you know you have a target on your back! Some people speculate that you are playing a double spy game with Billy and are really proving your commitment with Livvie. I would really like to believe this BUT I just don’t think you are that smart! It’s like hoping Kanye West will be quiet at an awards ceremony when you know he is gonna open his mouth and make an ass of himself.

LOVE TKO on Liv and Pope & Associates

"I couldn't stand this pain much longer

Think I'd better let it go, let it go, baby

Looks like another love T.K.O.

Oh, sometimes, sometimes I just feel like I wanna say, I wanna say"

Harrison, Harrison, OH Harrison….By the way HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Tara! Harrison once again you have shown your commitment and allegiance (hint to David Rosen). He quite aptly cut through the BS with Liv asking WHAT IS THE END GAME. You see Liv may not have spoken but she brought him the end game in the next scene. And did you all not the intensity in that last scene – he looked like he was channeling Huck for a minute…I thought someone was about to be DEAD TO THE BED…YES HARRISON YES!!! We know Pope and Associates and our Livvie are in good hands as long as your are around.

LOVE TKO on anyone who messes with Harrison

Liv and Fitz…you gave us what we wanted – to finally see you two together. But at what cost? POTUS I love your spin to the public, ‘It’s none of your damn business’. I wish it was that easy but you know they are not going to rest until they devour your carcass like vultures circling fresh meat in the desert. Fitz is so happy to have Livvie he is literally walking on air. Cyrus is pissed (do you think he secretly wants Fitz…ROFL) when he walks in on them in bed. Then Cyrus really sees red when POTUS says he will not be seeking re-election. I can hear Cyrus now, ‘BUT I THOUGHT YOU SAID THIS WAS OUR JOOK JOINT…FITZ WHO DIS WOMAN?’

LOVE TKO on Cyrus by Fitz

Well my fellow Gladiators in Suits it was a full card of epic battles last night. We are left to pick up the remnants of whatever is left in our hearts, thoughts and minds. Again, Shonda much respect admiration and love to you and your writers. We look forward to this journey into frustration, intrigue, passion, betrayals, and SCANDAL each week. And in the immortal words of Teddy Pendergrass..

"I think I'd better let it go

Looks like another love T.K.O.

Yes, I think I'd better let it go, let it go, baby

Looks like another love T.K.O."

Season 2: Episode #20 "A Woman Scorned"

Alrighty Scandalites…you know the routine. Get yourself ready with the 3 P’s (refer to last week’s REMIX Recap if you are new or have forgotten…)

CUE THE MUSIC…

Yes my fellow Gladiators tonight’s recap is aptly inspired by Tracy Chapman’s song and thus entitled (excuse my language) GIVE ME ONE MF REASON….

“Give me one reason to stay here

And I'll turn right back around

Give me one reason to stay here

And I'll turn right back around

Because I don't want leave you lonely

But you got to make me change my mind “

I don’t even know where to begin so let’s start with the First Lady. I don’t know what served as the impetus of her sudden move to Blair House and ultimatum to POTUS, but a few episodes weren’t you okay with Liv taking care of your man? Could you please stop changing your dang platforms Millie – it’s like watching a Wimbledon championship tennis match lately with you. But you held your ground even after you realized that your 36 hours had dwindled down to 5 ….4…..3….2…1….and no POTUS. Kind of lonely out there on the edge ain’t it. Now you have to jump off the cliff. In my best Sarah Palin, “How’s that workin’ for ya?”

“I don't want no one to squeeze me, they might take away my life

I don't want no one to squeeze me, they might take away my life

I just want someone to hold me and rock me through the night”

Poor Jake. He is caught in the middle worse than Jan Brady. His presence not acknowledged like the middle piece of bread in a Dagwood sandwich…like the first runner-up to Miss Universe (I dare you to name any first runner-up…can you?)
Liv doesn’t want him nor does se want him following her. He is POTUS’ little lap dog chasing the ball (Liv) all around the DMV. He even has to tolerate a kiss then a lie from Liv, knowing she is in still waters (they run deep you know…) with POTUS…

“Give me one reason to stay here

And I'll turn right back around

Give me one reason to stay here

And I'll turn right back around

Because I don't want leave you lonely

But you got to make me change my mind “

Now let me tell you Cyrus Beane gave James one reason to stay. That reason was so good he got invited into the bedroom a la our first taste of gay oral sex in primetime TV (sidenote: SHONDA you all are really doing too much….). James was happier than Fran Fein in Loehmann’s during a 75% off sale. He went from Stepford wife to Heidi Fleiss quicker than you can say “Back to you in the studio”….

Last week the gladiators answered the call to arms for Huck and that was his reason to not only stay but come back better and stronger than ever. Huck was on his A-game identifying his trainer by his ear only and also locating his whereabouts. Even Miss Quinn got in on the action to show how her skills have been sharpened due to Huck’s mentoring. (Watch the closeness…I do believe at one point they were almost completing each other’s sentences…IJS)

Abby, David, and Harrison were just window dressing and supporting cast for us this episode. Not too much from them or any significant contribution. In my Randy Jackson voice, “not the greatest episode for them but still good”….ROFL.

Finally, my Livvie… First of all, them gloves are about to lay me out Liv…I don’t know which is better when you have them on then take them off or when you just enter with them in your hands. You do so much with those to show your grace and sense of style….As Indie Arie sings….it’s the little things….and the joy it brings….ANYHEW. Liv is tossed as it APPEARS that Cyrus may be the mole. Liv’s friendship is tested as the evidence strengthens but she holds to her loyalty even in debate with Jake. In addition, here is POTUS flexing his most powerful position summoning her to the oval office like a principal to a problem student. Cornering her against the window like a cobra with a mouse ready to devour her. In yet another stunning exchange of dialogue Liv leaves the office with the final words you must EARN my love….YES GAWD HUNTY….I was in high winds in El Paso about to blow away to Oz…but Fitz would not be outdone. He earned it YES HE DID…and we stood there with our collective Scandalites’ mouth open when Fitz showed up at Livvie’s and not Mellie’s suite at Blair House. Note to the players and player wannabee’s THIS IS HOW YOU EARN IT!

“Baby just give me one reason, Give me just one reason why

Baby just give me one reason, Give me just one reason why I should stay

Because I told you that I loved you

And there ain't no more to say”

And clearly I have no more to say!

Humbly submitted,

Willie J. Broussard Jr.
Gladiator in Suit