Tola Emioa

It…I….She… I’m not really sure how to start this recap due to the sheer trauma I experienced due to this week’s Scandal episode. Shonda Rhimes, you’ve done it again. Just when I thought you couldn’t get any better, you did. I applaud you and bow at your feet. Shall we just dive in? There’s a lot to get to.

            The episode picks up from the cliffhanger at the end of last week’s episode with Hollis in the elevator with Cyrus’s hired assassin. In the nick of time, Huck stops the elevator door from closing, preventing Hollis’s death. Huck makes a deal with Hollis, ensuring Huck’s protection if Hollis keeps his mouth shut about the election rigging. Because he has a natural inclination to continue living, he agrees. We next meet Fitz, Mellie, and the nameless baby at a photo shoot. Does anyone else feel really sorry for that child? Firstly, it was conceived as a cover up for the Amanda Tanner incident. Secondly, his mother forced him our prematurely to manipulate her husband. Thirdly, no one has bothered to name it, and fourthly his mother clearly does not care about him. But then again, little No-name shouldn’t take it personally. Apparently, no one likes babies. And just to clarify for the viewers and Mellie that just because Fitz stayed for the delivery of his child does not mean that he loves Mellie (again?). We know this from his sharp, stern delivery of the lines, “Don’t. Push. Me.”