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Not Watching Scandal? SORT YER LIFE OUT!

15 Oct

If you have yet to get on the Oliva Pope & Gladiator Co train yet – what the feck are you waiting for!?

This American drama follows Olivia Pope – Washington DC fixer extraordinaire. If you need a problem to disappear – from sex tapes to kidnapped children – Olivia Pope and her team of Gladiators have got it covered.

From the impecable cast (Kerry Washington, Jeff Perry) to the gripping storylines (an inter-racial love affair with the US President, former CIA hitman turned good and the ever-looming issue of Defiance, Ohio), this is a TV show you need to watch. Still need convincing? Here’s some of our favourite moments:
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We want to be a gladiator in a suit!

Olivia Pope does NOT mince her words:

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And, she knows her worth:

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She’s got the skills to pay the bills:

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The storylines are unreal:

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This is Olivia’s Dad; a scary secret CIA head honcho, blackmailing her using her boyfriend [Mr Davis, who was just appointed to a Senate Committee looking at Secret Op’s] as collateral damage:

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We want President Fitz to be our President, ’cause he says stuff like this to his Chief-Of-Staff:

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And he says stuff like this to his Vice President in a sarcastic tone:

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Introducing previously mentioned Chief-of-Staff who is openly gay and in a messed up relationship with his jounalist husband:

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And the epic, heart-tugging, impossible love between Olivia and Fitz:

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The First Lady is scarily close to Satan in a Sunday suit. If by Sunday suit you mean impeccable dresses:

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OOOH! SOMEONE CALL THE FIRE BRIGADE ‘CAUSE YOU’VE BEEN BURNED!

So basically, you should know be desperately wanting to marathon the shiz out of Scandal and be all:

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Why You Need To Watch Scandal

7 Sep

Psst. Have you heard? About Scandal? Not the latest scandal, the Scandal. For those of you not in the know, Scandal is an American political thriller TV show starring Kerry Washington (the chick from Django Unchained). But the show is so, so much more than that.

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Photo source: tvafterdarkonline.com

Between Olivia (Washington) and her Gladiators, her complicated relationship with the President of the United States, the twisting, jaw dropping, revieting storylines, this is a show that you need to see. To help convince you, we’ve included some highlights from the first two series to wet the appetite:

You wanna recruit new staff? THIS is how you recruit:

Harrison: I’m not a baby lawyer. I’m a gladiator in a suit. Because that’s what  you are when you work for Olivia.
You’re a gladitor in a suit.
You want to be a  gladiator in a suit.
You gotta say it.
Quinn: I want to be a gladiator in a  suit.

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Photo source: wetpaint.com

The President’s openly gay Chief of Staff talking about his husband:

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Photo source: awesomelyluvvive

This man is the President of the United States:

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Photo source: scandalgladiators.tumblr.com

And he does this in the Oval Office…

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Olivia helps this guy go from homeless…

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To Gladiator:

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The Gladiators – Olivia and her team – are fixers. Not all situations are ideal for fixing…

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Photo source: news.com.au

The relationship between Cyrus and Olivia is epic:

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Photo source: awesomelyluvvie.com

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This is the First Lady.

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Photo source: blogzap2it.com

She is not a typical First Lady. And this is here at a low level.

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Photo source: tumblr.com

If this fails to tug your heartstrings, you’ve no soul:

Olivia and Fitz are far from perfect though…

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And if that hasn’t got you wanting to marathon the shiz out of Scandal, this will, if only so you understand it:

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Photo source: pinterest.com