Hello, Hucklings! I’ve barely recovered from last week’s Scandal, so let’s hope this week things move a little more slowly. Ha! What are the odds of that? Let’s get to it, shall we? We pick up where last week left off, with Daddy and Momma Pope rendezvousing in some underground bunker. Daddy Pope wants to ship Mama Pope out of the country now that Liv’s asking questions, but Mama Pope wants to see her before she leaves. She’s way better at monologue-ing than Daddy Pope. But not even expertly-delivered speeches are enough to sway Papa Pope. “Do you realize how lucky we are that our daughter inherited my monologue gene?”Charlie drives Quinn to work and basically sends her to be a spy and betray the Gladiators. He also wants her to pretend he’s her boyfriend, because I guess her plotline wasn’t psycho enough for the writers already. After freaking out for a second and flashing back to murdering that one guy, Quinn settles into her spy work—which is pretty awkward because the Gladiators are working on catching the security guard’s killer. Cy and James are busy furthering the dysfunctions of their marriage. James’s life sucks now that he’s been fired, and he blames Cy. Cy tries to smooth things over by recommending James to write a puff piece on VP Sally’s Big Gay Husband, and for some reason James is super excited about it. Too bad he doesn’t know that Cy’s just using him to expose Sally and her family and ruin her chances of becoming the first female president. You know, the normal manipulation that comes with marriage. “It’s so cute how you push me away when I’m of no use to you and manipulate me when I am!”The Gladiators are pretty busy this week, because Josie’s house has been broken into—and someone’s stolen her sister’s Big Political Playbook. She’s freaking out, thinking Reston’s behind it all. Olivia tells her to cool her tits because the Gladiators have got it covered. Meanwhile, Mellie’s watching last week’s interview with Fitz and it’s pretty bleak. She’s all but fawning all over the interview, and Fitz looks pretty disgusted as he watches. Olivia’s watching the same interview and is equally disgusted. Fitz tries giving her a call, but Olivia actually ignores it. Is this a first? OH MY GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING?! Apparently this is a goddamn Saw movie now, because Mama Pope is in her cell EATING HER WRIST. Seriously, what is she doing? She looks like Hannibal Lector. I couldn’t decide which Silence of the Lambs joke to use.Quinn’s being sneaky and nabbing the security footage of her murdering the security guard, but Jake had the same idea and runs into her. She’s basically got no choice but to give up the footage. What is going to happen!? Why am I so invested this of all the plotlines? Apparently Mama Pope’s plan wasn’t particularly sophisticated—she was just mauling herself so that she’d need medical attention. The plan didn’t work though, […]
Hello, Hucklings! I’ve barely recovered from last week’s Scandal, so let’s hope this week things move a little more slowly. Ha! What are the odds of that? Let’s get to it, shall we? We pick up where last week left off, with Daddy and Momma Pope rendezvousing in some underground bunker. Daddy Pope wants to ship Mama Pope out of the country now that Liv’s asking questions, but Mama Pope wants to see her before she leaves. She’s way better at monologue-ing than Daddy Pope. But not even expertly-delivered speeches are enough to sway Papa Pope. “Do you realize how lucky we are that our daughter inherited my monologue gene?”Charlie drives Quinn to work and basically sends her to be a spy and betray the Gladiators. He also wants her to pretend he’s her boyfriend, because I guess her plotline wasn’t psycho enough for the writers already. After freaking out for a second and flashing back to murdering that one guy, Quinn settles into her spy work—which is pretty awkward because the Gladiators are working on catching the security guard’s killer. Cy and James are busy furthering the dysfunctions of their marriage. James’s life sucks now that he’s been fired, and he blames Cy. Cy tries to smooth things over by recommending James to write a puff piece on VP Sally’s Big Gay Husband, and for some reason James is super excited about it. Too bad he doesn’t know that Cy’s just using him to expose Sally and her family and ruin her chances of becoming the first female president. You know, the normal manipulation that comes with marriage. “It’s so cute how you push me away when I’m of no use to you and manipulate me when I am!”The Gladiators are pretty busy this week, because Josie’s house has been broken into—and someone’s stolen her sister’s Big Political Playbook. She’s freaking out, thinking Reston’s behind it all. Olivia tells her to cool her tits because the Gladiators have got it covered. Meanwhile, Mellie’s watching last week’s interview with Fitz and it’s pretty bleak. She’s all but fawning all over the interview, and Fitz looks pretty disgusted as he watches. Olivia’s watching the same interview and is equally disgusted. Fitz tries giving her a call, but Olivia actually ignores it. Is this a first? OH MY GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING?! Apparently this is a goddamn Saw movie now, because Mama Pope is in her cell EATING HER WRIST. Seriously, what is she doing? She looks like Hannibal Lector. I couldn’t decide which Silence of the Lambs joke to use.Quinn’s being sneaky and nabbing the security footage of her murdering the security guard, but Jake had the same idea and runs into her. She’s basically got no choice but to give up the footage. What is going to happen!? Why am I so invested this of all the plotlines? Apparently Mama Pope’s plan wasn’t particularly sophisticated—she was just mauling herself so that she’d need medical attention. The plan didn’t work though, […]