tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post8463400336874282070..comments2024-03-28T23:03:57.917-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Scandal: YOLOBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-47521048300700167752014-02-06T02:39:58.780-05:002014-02-06T02:39:58.780-05:00This show's taken a turn for the Alias! The un...This show's taken a turn for the Alias! The unreliable parents trope, each more awful than the other... Damn. Finished the first two seasons in 5 days and lived for them but S3 has gotten way off track. It's one thing to watch people do moderately shitty things to each other because they are flawed but something totally different to watch them become inhumane. I agree with what everyone's said here--love the review--especially the restraint because you kept it classy, Sunbunny.<br />Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953652907115935895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-68930061606456432142013-12-10T18:04:21.082-05:002013-12-10T18:04:21.082-05:00I'm so glad you guys are with me. My original ...I'm so glad you guys are with me. My original review was much more negative and I went through all the abuse present in every. single. relationship. This review is so late because I was actively putting off watching it the second time. I feel like Cordelia in "Faith, Hope, and Trick" where she tells Xander to "find a new theme."sunbunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553429350476841139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-11256216243352359752013-12-10T17:24:35.491-05:002013-12-10T17:24:35.491-05:00I'm really glad you guys are calling this show...I'm really glad you guys are calling this show out on this. It has always really bothered me that the team used Abby's history of abuse to manipulate her... was it last season? When Olivia told Harrison that she'd been abused and to use that to get Abby to do what they wanted. It was just disgusting... and quite frankly, the Olivia character hasn't come back from that for me. And yes, this whole YOLO episode was one long misogynist... something... I don't know what to call it. Heather1https://www.blogger.com/profile/09736870202194851186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-65796500236609925492013-12-10T10:24:31.513-05:002013-12-10T10:24:31.513-05:00I kept thinking, "what are they doing!!"...I kept thinking, "what are they doing!!" They just ruined Quinn *and* Huck for me, and they were once so interesting and cool together. I'm glad you mentioned what happened because I just couldn't watch that opening scene.<br /><br />Cyrus's treatment of James was despicable, too, although that was easier to take because Cyrus really is despicable and having his marriage so sweet was sort of unbelievable.<br /><br />Yes, they must be writing Kerry Washington's pregnancy into the show because they're dropping clue anvils. I guess she can afford a nanny. I've also been wondering if she's going to lie to Fitz about it. She'll have to, because if she doesn't, he'd leave Mellie and give up his job.<br /><br />Is Fitz going to handle Irina Derevko directly? If she's a terrorist, then he's in some serious danger. Did I not follow that situation?<br /><br />Loved your review, sunbunny.Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-2920743315138773362013-12-10T09:07:15.874-05:002013-12-10T09:07:15.874-05:00Great review! I hated this episode as much as you...Great review! I hated this episode as much as you did and am so, so tired of the crap that women on this show have to go through. For a show that is meant to portray an incredibly strong woman, written and produced primarily by women, it is teetering on the edge of "no longer worth watching."<br /><br />The other real problem I have with this episode is that now two (seriously, two!) of our main characters are now beyond redemption. How, in the name of all that's holy, are we meant to see Cyrus and Huck as anything other than completely despicable? Moving forward, how am I meant to root for these two when, frankly, there is nothing left to root for.<br /><br />I am worried about where this show is going. I loved the first two seasons, loved the stories and the twists, but now? I'm not sure I can watch yet another character go so dark or watch another woman suffer.ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843864158239536750noreply@blogger.com