"Julie Chen's wearing a red velvet wine bag," I texted Heather last night. "All's right with the world." Two seconds later: "OMG IT'S A JUMPSUIT." I guess I am supposed to expect the unexpected. [Photo: ME.]
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First point of order: After episode two, the intro was re-recorded to remove "Harry, Prince of Wales," and replace it with, "Prince Harry of Wales." FOX is all about the deeply retroactive quality control, apparently. Second point: Might as well tell you up front that
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I wanted to get this up sooner, but I am too wooed by the allure of clearer Hulu-generated screen grabs, which means I can't even START working on it until the next day (I refuse to watch it twice) and that it therefore also takes a backseat
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Well. Fug Nation UK, it seems as if this will be airing in your neck of the woods sometime next week. All I can say is that I'm sorry, and that I wish this show aired with the disclaimer, "The following television program in no way reflects
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Well, now I am delighted that this show has been renewed, because this finale episode was great: funny, dramatic, emotional, surprising, very well-paced, well-costumed (we get Erdem AND Lanvin), full of Don Todd, and bringing with it the return of My Beloved Joel, who looks very handsome and
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Hello, FOX Network Legal Department. So nice to meet your air quotes. Let me begin by saying I hope Prince Harry sees this someday, and creates a vast and impossible drinking game for every element that is STUPIDER THAN SHOULD EVER BE ALLOWED. Which is all of them. Which makes
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I had doubts about the music this season without T-Bone Burnett -- I mean, generally, life is better with anything T-Bone, except maybe when you're talking about a type of car wreck -- and it's true that it's been only okay at times. I
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View the gallery Thank god this show was renewed (although it's being held for mid-season, and on what I assume is a reduced episode order; surely they're just giving it enough for syndication), because the finale is tonight and it feels like there's
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View the gallery When I started the recap, this hadn't been picked up yet, and now it has -- for the full 22 episodes. (And so did Revenge, a.k.a., the cockroach of the apocalypse.) Which is interesting, because my impression of THIS episode is that the writers&
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View the gallery Got this one in right under the wire! Sorry about the delay -- the Met Gala ran me over like a truck. Let's talk Dixie. Not a lot of wardrobe changes in this episode, but we said goodbye to even the possibility of Zoe and George
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View the gallery A dreary episode in which Juliette TOTALLY Juliettes herself, maddeningly, and then the threat of addiction and mental illness is swept under the rug like some old dust bunnies. Not exactly the best way to come back from a hiatus.
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View the gallery In which Vivian is just the worst, Wade is RIDICULOUS, and Zoe is incapable of saying the words, "wow, I am not getting involved." There are two dance-related plot lines (and, accordingly, two dance scenes encompassing three dances, which might be too much dancing
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View the gallery There are only three more episodes to go after this and I getting worried that we're going to end this season on an unsatisfying note, especially as the show has not yet been renewed. I mean, nothing's more unsatisfying than the end of
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Clearly, after the events of the last six episodes, filming with Lindsay essentially ground to a halt. These two hours are patched together from filler, stretched-out shooting days that are spread out as far as possible, and interview bites that I think are cobbled together from stuff they'
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I have to say, I think Scandal would be well-served to limit itself to fewer episodes EVERY season. Because, as rushed as it was to find ourselves on the doorstep of the presidential election -- without even a word as to who Sally Langston's running mate even is
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