I haven’t had much to say about this season of Scandal because frankly it’s been a little too all over the place for my taste. However, last night with the re-emergence of Olitz we were finally back in familiar territory. Granted, it was toxic, nauseating, ‘why are we here again?’ territory but it was familiar nonetheless.
I will admit that even though I hate Olitz with the heat of the burning sun that Olivia and Jake want to stand in I could always (begrudgingly) admit they had chemistry and spark. Compatibility? No. The ability to make each other happy? No. The willingness to put the other before everyone else? Well, one of them was willing but the other (*looks at Liv*) not so much. But I digress…
The point is no matter what I could always feel the the chemistry…until last night. I watched the episode the first time around and there was something off about it but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. So I watched it again today to see if I could figure out what it was (besides the obvious) that was bothering me and finally it clicked. And since it clicked I have a question to ask, are we going to talk about how Olivia played Fitz like a drum…or nah?
That’s what felt off about the whole thing. She played them, she played them ALL, but no one more than Fitz.
Pretty intense theory. I wish it was that interesting but I am getting some serious plec and savage writer vibes from rhimes with this twist of events. I don’t even get why they’re not even the most liked. So while I think this is plausible I also don’t trust the writers to go with something that isn’t fan service especially after the shiv 100th episode full of nothing but.
The writers are not above fan service, but let’s not forget, these are the same writers that started season 5 with Olivia and Fitz living out some fairy tale life in the White House and ended the mid season finale with Olivia aborting Fitz’s baby and two-stepping out of the White House. The Scandal writer’s fan service comes with a price, you just have to give it a minute.
I haven’t had much to say about this season of Scandal because frankly it’s been a little too all over the place for my taste. However, last night with the re-emergence of Olitz we were finally back in familiar territory. Granted, it was toxic, nauseating, ‘why are we here again?’ territory but it was familiar nonetheless.
I will admit that even though I hate Olitz with the heat of the burning sun that Olivia and Jake want to stand in I could always (begrudgingly) admit they had chemistry and spark. Compatibility? No. The ability to make each other happy? No. The willingness to put the other before everyone else? Well, one of them was willing but the other (*looks at Liv*) not so much. But I digress…
The point is no matter what I could always feel the the chemistry…until last night. I watched the episode the first time around and there was something off about it but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. So I watched it again today to see if I could figure out what it was (besides the obvious) that was bothering me and finally it clicked. And since it clicked I have a question to ask, are we going to talk about how Olivia played Fitz like a drum…or nah?
That’s what felt off about the whole thing. She played them, she played them ALL, but no one more than Fitz.
Why would she go through all this to manipulate Fitz? Mellie? Or her team? Just doesn’t make sense, when she could’ve told Mellie to take the offer and not worried about teaming up with Fitz to take down peus or release Cyrus! I like Jake but we don’t need a story line of Olivia being a Mistress again! She had every opportunity to be with Jake since the end of season 2 - season 5 but she didn’t take the risk or opportunity to be with him. Rowan maybe the the Trojan horse manipulating Olivia who knows keep watching to find the answers! Fitz knows Olivia pretty well, so allowing her to manipulate him would only take away from his character progression. Episode 6x10 gives you the answers to 6x11 from Olivia’s point of view and why she wants to put the white hat back on and finally do what’s right…
Why would she go through all that? Because Olivia wants power, plain and simple. Don’t forget that. That has been the driving story line for months. This thing with Fitz came out of left field and I think anybody that is genuinely thinking this is going to the be the turning point for Olitz is about to be sorely mistaken.
As far as Rowan manipulating Olivia goes, while he’s been shown in the past to do that and not blink an eye, this time around the audience knows he’s telling the truth. When he says to Olivia that Peus and his blonde henchwoman will literally kill her we know he’s telling the truth because we saw them say that. His motivations have been shown and they’ve been clear. For once Rowan isn’t manipulating the situation.
Olivia, on the other hand is. At the moment Fitz is the most powerful person that she has access to, so she uses that power. More than that she KNOWS perfectly well at this point exactly what to say and what to do to make him bend to her will and she did it. Flawlessly. She knows if she dangles the idea of them together she can get Fitz to do whatever she wants him to do and she will have him thinking it’s his idea all along. Do you honestly think she ever had any intention of going to jail? Absolutely not. But she had to make Fitz think that she was so that he would swoop in and save the day. He wouldn’t let her go to jail but he also wouldn’t take her father into custody because he knew she would hate him and ‘punish’ him for it.
Who knows at this point what the endgame is? Or what Olivia is ultimately trying to accomplish with taking on Peus and Co? All I know is that Olivia did some serious manipulating in last week’s episode and it wasn’t so she could put the white hat back on.
JAKE: Mr. President, it just came through, sir. Rowan’s location.
FITZ: ….. Let me know when it’s done.
JAKE: Yes sir.
FITZ: I called off Jake. He’s not gonna kill your father. He’s gonna bring him in…….. Thank you?
OLIVIA: (State of confusion)…… Thank you. Fitz?
FITZ: How you feeling?
OLIVIA: Fitz, what’s going on? These are my clothes.
FITZ: I had all your clothes and belongings packed up and brought over.
OLIVIA: What are you talking about? Why?
FITZ: Why? Because you live here now. This is your home.
OLIVIA: I have a home.
FITZ: I am gong to keep you safe, Olivia. Whatever it takes. I’m assigning you a secret service detail, and you will live here in the White House. This will be your home. You and I will be together now, and you will be safe…. and protected.
SCENE IN, 510:
ABBY: So, you’re not gonna call, because you are being respectful of his feelings?
OLIVIA: Yeah.
ABBY: Sorry. I’m just not drunk enough to buy it. You’re afraid he actually might pick up the phone, that he might do you a favor, that you might end up owing him, and that he might call you again, and your'e back to square one, for better or worse. You’re terrified. This will be your home. You and I will be together now, and you will be safe… and protected.
SCENE IN, 514:
JAKE: Man he really messed you up.
OLIVIA: The way my father raised me..
JAKE: Not your father, Fitz! You walked away from him over and over, time after time, because you knew in your gut, you knew if you said yes, he’d own you. He’d consume you; he’d be no different than your father. But over time, Fitz manipulated you. He made you feel like you owed him. It’s what he does best. You KNEW that more than anyone, and you still fell for it. Man! That has got to turn your world upside down, to go from being the smartest person in the room to the biggest fool.
EPISODE 6X11 ENDING WITH OLIVIA AND FITZ:
FITZ: You saw your father taken into custody, MY CUSTODY. He’s safe, Liv. And now you and I can focus on taking down Peus… together.
Another favor, with expectations, to create a feeling of great indebtedness… But, has Fitz caused Olivia to feel ensnared this time, again? While it may seem so as Olivia kisses and leads him to sexual gratification, as another blogger here wonderfully pointed out, I wouldn’t bet on it.
It’s like the whole “are you saying there is hope?” scene. As a grieving parent Fitz was justified in his anger and hatred towards Jake, if he genuinely believed Jake killed his child. However, his love for his child was tainted (at least in my eyes) because when given an opportunity to punish the man that stole his child’s life he was talked out of it by Liv dangling ‘hope’ in front of him like a chew toy for a dog. All that did was prove that Fitz’s anger and hatred for Jake came more from him being with Olivia than it did anything else. And Jake being the one accused of killing Jerry just gave Fitz the free pass he needed to take out his anger and jealousy on him.
Olivia knows by now that favors from Fitz aren’t free so she gave him what she knew he ultimately wanted. Only this time she gave it on her terms, not his.
I haven’t had much to say about this season of Scandal because frankly it’s been a little too all over the place for my taste. However, last night with the re-emergence of Olitz we were finally back in familiar territory. Granted, it was toxic, nauseating, ‘why are we here again?’ territory but it was familiar nonetheless.
I will admit that even though I hate Olitz with the heat of the burning sun that Olivia and Jake want to stand in I could always (begrudgingly) admit they had chemistry and spark. Compatibility? No. The ability to make each other happy? No. The willingness to put the other before everyone else? Well, one of them was willing but the other (*looks at Liv*) not so much. But I digress…
The point is no matter what I could always feel the the chemistry…until last night. I watched the episode the first time around and there was something off about it but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. So I watched it again today to see if I could figure out what it was (besides the obvious) that was bothering me and finally it clicked. And since it clicked I have a question to ask, are we going to talk about how Olivia played Fitz like a drum…or nah?
That’s what felt off about the whole thing. She played them, she played them ALL, but no one more than Fitz.
Which part? The part where Olivia played Fitz? Are we really going to pretend like Olivia using Fitz and his power, as it were, is outside the realm of possibility? Are we going to act as if Liv won’t dangle the idea of them together, or threaten to snatch it all away if Fitz doesn’t give her what she wants? We must not be watching the same show. Because on the show I watch it has been shown repeatedly that if her Dad or Jake is in trouble she will manipulate the hell out of Fitz and not bat an eyelash in order to save them. This time is no different.
I haven’t had much to say about this season of Scandal because frankly it’s been a little too all over the place for my taste. However, last night with the re-emergence of Olitz we were finally back in familiar territory. Granted, it was toxic, nauseating, ‘why are we here again?’ territory but it was familiar nonetheless.
I will admit that even though I hate Olitz with the heat of the burning sun that Olivia and Jake want to stand in I could always (begrudgingly) admit they had chemistry and spark. Compatibility? No. The ability to make each other happy? No. The willingness to put the other before everyone else? Well, one of them was willing but the other (*looks at Liv*) not so much. But I digress...
The point is no matter what I could always feel the the chemistry...until last night. I watched the episode the first time around and there was something off about it but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. So I watched it again today to see if I could figure out what it was (besides the obvious) that was bothering me and finally it clicked. And since it clicked I have a question to ask, are we going to talk about how Olivia played Fitz like a drum...or nah?
That’s what felt off about the whole thing. She played them, she played them ALL, but no one more than Fitz.
First of all she tells Mellie that she has to cede the election. Her reasoning was sound, to an extent, but at the same time she was talking to Mellie freakin’ Grant. In what world would Mellie willingly lay down and concede her opportunity to Cyrus?!?! The talk Liv gave Mellie about being an inherently good person and too noble to ‘win’ the White House this way was nice, it was moving, it was inspiring...it was also bullshit. But it’s bullshit that puts Liv in a good light and it forces Mellie to follow suit. Which she won’t...and Olivia knows that. So later in the episode she gets to be righteously indignant when Mellie flips the script and does exactly what everybody knew she was always going to do, which was fight for the Oval.
After Cyrus is freed Liv goes to Fitz to report to him that Mellie is devastated but with time she'll be okay. Fitz being Fitz isn't the least bit concerned about Mellie or what she's going through, in fact, the only thing he's worried about is pulling Olivia into an awkwardly long hug. She drops the seeds tells him, "I wanted this...I needed this..." to which he responds, 'You deserve this." And with that she lets go of him and walks away without looking back.
Olivia continues with the "Smack it, Flip it, Manipulate it" tour with the next stop being Cyrus' hotel room. The second the door opens she becomes Olivia Pope, Fixer and she's shoving a suit at Cyrus to wear in order for him to look presentable. He declines reminding her that he's been eating prison food and therefore had lost a substantial amount of weight. He goes on further to tell her the whole reason he's in the shape he's in now is because she walked away from him and left him for dead and he has no interest in being another problem she gets to fix. They precede to play tug of war with the door until finally he snaps and she lets go. Cyrus is beyond done and he declares that it's over but Liv being Liv assures him that 'IT' is far from over and just needs to let her exp--
I'm sure there was more but sadly we'll never know because he slammed the door in her face at that point which stopped her tirade. Thank God.
Soon after hitting that brick wall Olivia is then summoned to the Smithsonian to go visit her Daddy, his bones, and his little strategic blue boxes. Eli per usual is trying his best to keep Olivia in the land of the living but she has got her stubborn mind set on 'winning' a battle that she decided it was hers to fight. She doesn't really know these people, doesn't really know what they're about, doesn't really know what they're capable of and doesn't really know the lengths they'll go to get what they want. But yeah...she's totally prepared to win this war. Apparently because she was able to dismantle B6-13, which was run by either her father or by the man that loves her, she thinks dismantling whatever the hell Killer Barbie and Mr. Robot (are we sure that man is even human?) are running is going to be a piece of cake. Who wants to tell her?
Back at the office Olivia uses Frankie's widow to paint Cyrus as a poor, misunderstood man wrongfully accused of (that) murder who deserves to be given a chance by the American people Electors to run this fair nation. Mellie (so Olivia thinks) sees Frankie's widow and raises her Cyrus' prostitute nanny husband who admits to the world that while he doesn't think Cyrus murdered Vargas he still cried himself to sleep at night because Cyrus was such a horrible, horrible person.
Olivia is infuriated and so her, being the pot, decides to call Mellie--the kettle--black. Shame on Mellie for using Frankie's grieving widow in an effort to manipulate the voters to...oh wait, that wasn't Mellie. And neither was the Cyrus thing apparently which Mellie is quick to let her know, right before hanging up in her face.
Back at the White House, Fitz is doing what he does best which is trash Mellie for doing the same exact shit that he does on a daily basis but thinks he should get away with. Olivia is quick to defend Mellie and say that she's heard a Mellie lie and that wasn't one, it was someone else. This is where things started to get weird or rather, blatantly weird. When Fitz demanded to know who the other person was Olivia took a giant step forward and got all in his space. In that exact moment you could literally see about 25% of his brain just stop working as it usually does in those situations. She begins to tell him about seeing her father yesterday and she tells Fitz, "he told me to stop, he said if I didn't they would kill him." Which is partially true. He also told her they'd kill her if she got Cyrus elected but I guess she didn't hear that part.
So, of course, Fitz flips his lid and is ready to throw Eli under the jail because he's guilty (which he is) but Olivia found time to climb off her high horse long enough to plead her father's case because he was "weak, old, and imprisoned." Cyrus was also weak, old and (literally) imprisoned but she had no problem chucking the deuces to him at the prison and leaving him to rot. But again, I digress...
Olivia then does what she does best and starts manipulating the hell out of Fitz. She threw his words back in his face about how they all did terrible things and since she forgave Abby he should DEFINITELY forgive the man that had his son murdered. It's clearly the same thing. Since that wasn't enough Olivia then started to twist the knife a little further by reminding him that they were the ones that put an innocent-ish man in prison for a crime that he did not commit and they were going to leave him there to suffer and die. So they had to fix Cyrus. And by they she meant Fitz, and since he's such a good little wind-up doll he did exactly what she wanted and before long he had Cryus on stage speaking and looking oh so fresh and so clean. Meanwhile as Abby and Olivia smile at each other smugly, Eli is at the Smithsonian making his peace with the fact that they're all screwed.
At Mellie's office she's called into a meeting with Lizzy Bear, Killer Barbie and Mr. Robot. Mellie quickly figures out that Liz has gotten in involved with the lowest scum of the world--AGAIN--and she's not having it. She orders them out of her office and they all look at her like, "umm...and who are YOU, supposed to be?" Needless to say, no one left the office. Mr. Robot went on recount the story of the Trojan horse and told Mellie in no uncertain terms that while she had the position of power it was all a ruse because she wouldn't actually have any power. So basically she would be exactly like Fitz only she wouldn't be afforded the same illusion of believing she had any type of power like he did. Despite hearing this Mellie was still talking a good game...right up until Killer Barbie used Liz North's head as a golf ball and tried to hit a hole in one with it. After that (and having her children threatened) Mellie had no more to say to Mr. Robert and Killer Barbie but yes, she understood.
Back at the revolving door that leads to Fitz's bedroom the FBI Director/Presidential girlfriend, Angela marches in and gives Fitz a manila folder and all but spits out at him that she was giving him a head's up that she had a warrant to arrest Olivia. When Fitz wants to know on what grounds she tells him that her team 'uncovered' evidence that Olivia paid Tom to kill Frankie. Hmmm, if i remember correctly one of the last people with that evidence was Olivia, how lucky of the FBI to just stumble across that.
So, as women so often have to do on this show, Angela was forced to tell Fitz's crooked ass about himself. She had hard evidence connecting Olivia to the person that was accused of killing the President-elect but Fitz decides it time to accuse her of going after Olivia on a personal level and not because of truth and justice. So, in FItz's mind he's such a catch that not only would Olivia still be pining over him but Angela would be risking her hard earned career falsifying evidence just to get the 'competition' out of the way. I think I'm just going to add this scene to my, 'The Reasons I Don't Fuck with Fitzgerald Grant" list.
Back at Mellie's office Olivia walks in to find Mellie covered in blood and still as a statue with a dead Liz North at her feet. Mellie begins to explain what happened and once she got to the part where she would be the President because they made sure it happened by buying/bribing/threatening the electorates Olivia is in la-la land and still dreaming up ways to stop Killer Barbie and Mr. Robot. Liz's BRAINS are quite literally right next to her Jimmy Choo's and Olivia is talking about going public through proper channels. WTF?? That stupidity was enough to knock Mellie out of her trance and she told Olivia point blank that they will kill her if she doesn't stop. And once again Olivia gets this dumb, confused look on her face like she doesn't know what the word "kill" means in relation to herself. As Mellie begins to work herself up into an epic panic attack Olivia tells her she has to go. Poor Mellie is traumatized beyond belief and Liv just...leaves. Luckily for Mellie, Olivia left her right hand man behind with her and he's the best man for the job. He's the one that Olivia trusts to get the job done when she can't.
So, Liv goes back to the White House and while there Fitz tells her that Angela is going to arrest her and inexplicably she's a-ok with that. It's the perfect idea. If she, Mellie's campaign manager, gets arrested for paying off Tom to kill Frankie and framing Cyrus for that then that means the fallout from that scandal will be enough to knock Mellie out of contention completely. They win and they beat the two scary murderers at their own game. Seriously, the plan is flawless, what could possibly go wrong? *RME*
Of course Fitz is not okay with that and in no uncertain terms that he isn't going to allow her to take the fall for her guilty father. The FBI needs a head on a spike and that head is going to be Eli's not hers. Olivia is quick to remind Fitz, as she stomps towards the door, that he should know by now that she doesn't need or want his permission. He stops her by yelling across the room that if she takes the fall for her Father and goes to jail for the rest of her life then he would lose her, forever. I wasn't aware he still had her, but whatever...
He goes on to say that her father is guilty but she's not trying to hear all that and she tells him that her father is old and feeble and some other lies and that if he's put in prison then they will kill him and if THAT happens then he'll lose her anyway. So basically it's a lose/lose situation for Fitz. Or so she lets him think.
Back at Cyrus hotel Liv is drinking all his liquor as she spells out her plan to fall on her sword, drag Mellie down with her, and save the day! (Seriously, the plan gets dumber every time I hear it) and she informs Cyrus that soon he will be the rightful and deserved President. He made the ultimate sacrifice (when?) and now it's only right that she do the same.
At the White House, Angela all but kicks the door to the Oval office in and she barrels down on Fitz. She's been told that not only is Olivia no longer going to be arrested but she's been yanked off of the case and it's been given to someone else. Fitz's response is that he did that in lieu of sending her to the field office in Omaha as if he did her a favor, and to add insult to injury he said if that didn't work for her he would always accept her resignation.
Side note: Ladies, this is why you don't mess around with fuck boys and ain't shit men. They will ruin your life every time
So, Fitz admonishes Angela for making it personal as if he wasn't the same person that enjoyed torturing Jake, not because he killed his son, but because he had been with Olivia. Or as if he wasn't the same guy that took personal pleasure in revealing intimate, sexual details about Olivia to her FATHER in an effort to get a rise out of him. That guy is the one that wants to sit on his high horse now with a woman that was actually doing her damn job. Ugh, one more thing to add to the 'Fitz Ain't Shit' list.
So finally, the results are in and Mellie wins. It's a sad moment though because she's sitting all alone drinking hooch with remnants of Liz's blood still on her face. And Cyrus is with Abbie who's power-hungry ass is a large part of the reason he was put through the hell that he was. All in all it was a tragic sight.
Back at the White House after finding out that Fitz did exactly what she wanted him to do told him not to do she all but runs in to berate him for daring to go against her. And she tells him, "And for some reason you find it very hard to believe that if I have to choose between him and you, YOU will lose"
Why does it feel like she's not referring to her father...?
So, anyway Fitz in all his smug glory asks her if she's done yelling and then precedes to turn on a TV and show her Eli sitting in the oval office and he says,
"You saw your father taken into custody, MY custody. He's safe Liv, and now you and I can focus on taking down Peus, together."
She then goes to sit by his side like a Stepford Wife (getting back in the routine, I guess?) and she stares at him with tears in her eyes. I didn't feel any overwhelming love or excitement or anticipation or chemistry. It just felt forced? Disconnected? Awkward? Unwanted? Fueled by guilt? All the above? Whatever the case may be it didn't feel natural or genuine.
I think for me the reason the kiss and the coupling that followed seem unnatural is because I'm about 99.9% sure Olivia played and manipulated the hell out of Fitz. Power-hungry Liv didn't just disappear overnight. Sure, Frankie's assassination rocked them all and it may have caused that need she had for power to dampen a little but it didn't extinguish it. So that Liv is still there just waiting for the ultimate power grab, and I think she just found it.
This episode was called 'Trojan Horse' and in Greek mythology the Greeks constructed a huge horse as a parting 'gift' for Troy after a 10 year siege that went nowhere. A few Greeks hid in the horse while the rest pretended to sail away. The Trojans being smug and high on their victory brought the horse into their city, which they had managed to keep protected for years, as a trophy to show off. In the middle of the night the Greeks got out of the horse, opened the gates for their fellow soldiers and preceded to destroy the city.
So the Trojan Horse in the episode wasn't Mellie (at least not yet) it was Eli. So that begs the question, is Olivia the Greek? Did she set all this up knowing that Fitz would fall for it hook, line, and sinker? Did she do this knowing that all she had to do was float the idea of him and her being back together and it would be all it took for him to move heaven and earth to make sure she was available to him? Is the reason that scene between them was so awkward because it was driven by guilt more than anything else?
I wrote this post a few months ago in the midst of the weirdness and confusion of Olake in the early stages of 5B. When they were screwing each other into oblivion but at the same time acted as if they couldn’t stand the sight of each other.
In part I said,
Olitz never truly evolved, it self-destructed before it could. We saw the same sad pattern with Olivia and Fitz over and over again. With Jake and Olivia we’ve seen their relationship grow, and change, and fall off, and come back again. We’ve seen him do terrible things and we’ve watched her forgive him for every single one. We watched him give her up, but never leave her side. We watched her choose someone else, but refuse to let Jake go. Think about where they started and where they are now. It’s not the best place it’s the place that works for them right now. It’s the place that allows them to be in each other’s lives.
And now that we have a clearer picture of what is going on between them I believe this now more than ever.
Olitz has never grown together, they just hit road block after road block until finally all means of going forward were cut off. Even their scene in the last episode had a sense of finality to it instead of a seeming like a jumping off point to a more fleshed out story. It felt like closure. It felt like the last skeleton was yanked out of the closet and now Olivia and Fitz were finally at peace. Which is nice in theory, I guess, but in Shondaland it’s a death sentence. There’s no more story to tell. Notice how in Season 5 every single thing that gave Olitz their appeal was stripped away? The intrigue of the scandal is gone. The question concerning what would happen to Olivia if the world found out is gone. The fantasy of Olivia and Fitz actually being a couple and ‘running’ the White House is gone. The dream of Vermont and jam and babies is gone. What’s left? There has to be point to all of this if they’re going to go forward...so what is it? From what I can tell, nothing.
Meanwhile, we have Jake and Olivia. Constantly evolving. Even when things SHOULD be done with them, they’re not. Even when you think one or both of them has reached the end of the rope they’re still fighting and finding a way to be in each other’s lives.
Something I found interesting is Jake’s sudden (or maybe not so sudden) interest in a boring, unremarkable life. With a boring, unremarkable house with boring, unremarkable children to grow up in it. I’ll admit when he first started talking about it I was looking at him the same way Olivia was. I was hearing echoes of Vermont and Jam and I swear I almost broke out in hives. But then it hit me. Even though Jake talked about a boring, unremarkable life at the end he stood up on that stage along side Mellie and accepted his role in helping to get Olivia back to the White House and back to power.
Since Season 3 the audience has been offered a choice. Vermont and Jam, or Standing in the Sun. Which should Olivia choose? It was always one or the other. Now the choices have shifted, does she take power or does she live an unremarkable life? But this time instead of two people representing those choices, only one does.
Olivia is going for power because I believe that is what she wants above all--right now. She wants back into that White House by any and all means necessary and Olivia doesn’t have time for anyone that’s not helping her get to that goal. Which is way IMO the Olake story evolved (once again) to allow Jake to be a part of the ‘power arc’ going forward. But as much as he’s a part of that story arc he’s also providing her with another option. Boring and unremarkable sound dull but if you’re happy and content, is it really?
I’m very excited to see what lies ahead for Olivia and Jake. Is her need for power via the White House going to tear them apart? Or is she going to realize that a normal, unremarkable life with a person that you love is powerful in and of itself?
I seriously wanted to throw a tomato at my TV when Fitz said David should resign. David was wrong but it was nothing next to all of the crap that people on this show have done.
This person keeps being on my dash I know I can block but
Do you see what they are saying bout OP and her love for Joke? I mean really?
This show has already derailed in a wreck they just going to kill it if this mess this person bloging. Actually its already dead I gave up hope
Ok first of all, I “keep being on your dash” because you follow me. If you’re so bothered by seeing my posts then the unfollow button works wonders to remedy that.
Secondly, since you follow me you could have just as easily reblogged the original post if you were feeling some type of way about it. Instead you screenshot it and then repost so you can bitch about it with some fellow bitter Olitzers.
Since you’re so concerned about it yes, this is the direction the show has been going. If you or any of the other Bitter Bettys had been paying attention to something other than Olitz then you would realize that the show has been headed this direction ever since Season 3. The complete self-destruction of Olitz shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. Just like Olivia being in love with Jake shouldn’t be a surprise either. You don’t have to like it, but please save the shock and awe that Shonda would ever dare go there.
@whodoesntloveagoodscandal sweet heart like I said I am aware fully to block you.. First let me enlighten you I NEVER follow you or any of those/you delusional Ojokester of that show apparently some of them that you follow followed me is how your blog came to me…it came and yes we gave our intelligence of conversation to your opinion its our right Hontie And like we said the ratings is whats going to keep your Ojoker show alive and last I read its taking a nose dive 😂😂😂😂😂😂but since this Ojoker love has come in this direction full circle since season 3 We Bitching Olitzers will get the last laugh😂😂😂😂😂 KARMA IS A BITCH!!!! You Better ask some body
I checked my followers list before I ever responded to you. Shockingly I'm less one follower this morning...I wonder who that could have been?
What's truly funny about this is I actually agree with you about something. Olitzers have been a bunch of self-important hateful shrews when it came to their ship and in the end (at last, if you will) Shonda gave them their couple only to break them up 9 episodes later so epically I don't see how they can come back from it.
This person keeps being on my dash I know I can block but
Do you see what they are saying bout OP and her love for Joke? I mean really?
This show has already derailed in a wreck they just going to kill it if this mess this person bloging. Actually its already dead I gave up hope
Ok first of all, I “keep being on your dash” because you follow me. If you’re so bothered by seeing my posts then the unfollow button works wonders to remedy that.
Secondly, since you follow me you could have just as easily reblogged the original post if you were feeling some type of way about it. Instead you screenshot it and then repost so you can bitch about it with some fellow bitter Olitzers.
Since you’re so concerned about it yes, this is the direction the show has been going. If you or any of the other Bitter Bettys had been paying attention to something other than Olitz then you would realize that the show has been headed this direction ever since Season 3. The complete self-destruction of Olitz shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. Just like Olivia being in love with Jake shouldn’t be a surprise either. You don’t have to like it, but please save the shock and awe that Shonda would ever dare go there.
So maybe I completely misread the Huck/Olivia scene but the thing I got from it is one, she’s desperately in love with Jake. And two, she’s eventually going to kill her father in order to save the man she loves.
When Huck confronted her about killing Andrew she let it be known without even flinching that she wasn’t losing sleep over Andrew being dead. She relished in killing him. It made her feel free and whole again. The thing that had been weighing on her and making her so unlike herself was not Andrew it all, it was Jake.
Jake is the reason she’s not eating or sleeping or exercising. He’s the reason she’s off her game. Worrying about him is throwing her completely out of whack. So much so that everyone around her notices it and Abby even capitalizes off of it. They all know something is wrong with the formidable Olivia Pope but they don’t know the true cause of it. They all assume it’s Andrew, but only Huck realized that there was more to it and it was connected to Jake.
The thing about that scene that really got me was the silence. After Olivia boldly proclaimed that she didn’t regret killing Andrew, Huck just stared at her until she asked him why he was looking at her like that and he said, “I’m waiting for the rest of it.” That’s when Olivia broke. That’s when we got to see what was REALLY bothering her.
I think it’s eating her alive inside that she couldn’t save Jake. The fact that she walked away from him and essentially left him in her father’s clutches is killing her. That’s the reason she can’t eat or sleep or barely function. Probably every waking moment she has is dedicated to worrying about Jake and coming up with some way to save him from her father.
Which is what makes a comment she made very, very interesting. After telling Huck what Rowan planned to do if Olivia tried to save Jake she said, “But I think one kill was enough for me so...”
Maybe I’m mis-reading the situation but it sounds like to me that Olivia contemplated killing Rowan in order to save Jake but she doesn’t think she’s capable of more the one kill. So she breaks down sobbing because she can’t do the one thing that has to be done in order to save the man she loves.
Maybe I’m crazy but looking back it amazes me how much effort was put into unfolding Olake’s love story. And the really funny thing about it is it’s subtle in the face of all the over-the-top grandness of Olitz that it’s likely that the audience missed it.
I think in general the audience automatically assumed that Olitz was 100% endgame because they had this ridiculous passion for each other that never seemed to be sated. How could they not be endgame, right? Fitz made grand speeches in the Rose Garden, and let Olivia touch the Constitution, and loved her so much he was willing to give up his Presidency to be with her. With moments like that what could top it?
As it turns out Olake topped it. I think it snuck up on us all, but at the same time if you go back and re-watch the clips from Olake’s beginning the foundation was always there. The writers just built on it episode by episode, season by season. We saw Olake be built into something beautiful while on the other hand we watched Olitz go from something that could have been beautiful to something that quickly tarnished before eventually being torn down altogether.
The ‘switcheroo’ the writers pulled was genius, even being an Olake fan, I didn’t see it coming.
