Tag: Scandal
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Brain Dump: The Gifted, Ten Days in the Valley, Supergirl, and Etc.
The fall TV season is underway, with old favorites coming back and new shows revealing their opening episodes. Time to unleash a brain dump, which is a few short takes on several shows.
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Brain Dump: Call the Midwife, Mary Kills People, Scandal
The brain dump for this week involves short thoughts on Call the Midwife, Mary Kills People, and Scandal. Let’s get right into it, shall we?
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Darby Stanchfield Directs Scandal: Gladiator Wanted Web Series
Darby Stanchfield is moving herself into the director’s chair. She’s normally in front of the camera in Scandal. In this short 6 part web series, Scandal: Gladiator Wanted, the Scandal team is looking for a new Gladiator, and Darby Stanchfield is directing. You can view the series any time on abc.com.
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Brain Dump: Characters We Love to Hate
A brain dump is a series of short thoughts on this and that. Today I have a theme: characters we love to hate. American Crime I have not discovered one likeable character in American Crime. Every person in the story – from the cops to the victims to the families to the criminals – is…
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Scandal’s “The Lawn Chair” Episode
Everybody everywhere has already had something to say about this remarkable episode of Scandal. It was so clearly Ferguson, so clearly real. But we got something not so real – it is television, after all. We got Olivia joining the protestors instead of helping the white cops who hired her. We got a public racist…
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New Rules for the Emmys
I’m more interested in the Emmys than the Oscars. After 3 hours of watching the Oscars last night, there were 2 awards given to women. Big whoop. The Television Academy has more female writers, directors, cinematographers and such to choose from. So changes in the Emmy rules may be significant. The Television Academy announced several…
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Shondaland Thursday, AKA Rhimesday, is Coming Soon to Your TV
Let me count the ways that Thursday nights, AKA Rhimesday nights, are going to be amazing when the fall TV season begins. Shonda Rhimes Ellen Pompeo and Chandra Wilson and Sara Ramirez and Jessica Capshaw and Sarah Drew and more Kerry Washington Viola Davis That’s 3 solid hours of women lead drama from Shondaland productions.…
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Binge Watching VS. One Hour a Week
I rewatched all of season 3 of Lost Girl on Netflix. I was surprised to see many clues to what happened in season 4 that I’d forgotten about in the months between the two seasons. Now I’m rewatching Lost Girl season 4 and having an epiphany about binge watching. When I watched season 4 on…
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The Baby Bump
Everyone has something to say about the way Scandal has tried to hide Kerry Washington’s pregancy. Here are a few of the articles on the topic: 12 Worst Ways ‘Scandal’ Hides Kerry Washington’s Pregnancy (Photos) The 14 Most Ridiculous Ways Scandal Has Hidden Kerry Washington’s Pregnancy See How Scandal’s Been Hiding Kerry Washington’s Pregnancy The…
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Killing Off the Good Guys on Scandal and Lost Girl
On Scandal, Cyrus Beene (Jeff Perry) had one good thing: his husband James (Dan Bucatinsky). James represented love, conscience, family. Cyrus is ruthless and corrupt and capable of any betrayal or nefarious power grab. James still believes in justice and good. Cyrus’s corruption finally leads to a situation that gets James killed. On Lost Girl,…