#90

Scandal

Olivia Pope and her crew is at #90 in our TV show countdown. Scandal was part soap opera, part governmental thriller and always fun.

Starring Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope and Tony Goldwyn as President Grant, Scandal was created by Shonda Rhimes. Olivia Pope was a DC “Fixer” who would be hired to deal with problems in our nation’s capital.

The big draw for many people was the on-again-off-again relationship between President Grant and Olivia. They were portrayed as soulmates thorughout the seven seasons, but I was never a fan of this relationship. Mind you, I loved Olivia, but I always found Grant to be a jerk and not worth her. Their relationship was definitely toxic, and that brought a ton of drama to the show.

Other stars from the show included Bellamy Young, Jeff perry (whose Cyrus was one of the most intriguing antagonists you would find), Scott Foley, Kate Lowes, Darby Stanchfield, Guillermo Diaz and Joe Morton.

These were some of the most rotten characters you will find on TV, even those that you were rooting for. The levels of GREY on this show was stunning.

I did not love every storyline of Scandal, and it did feel like it went a little too long. Of course, Joe Morton’s character, Rowan Pope (Olivia’s father) was one of those characters like the Cigarette Smoking Man from the X-Files that I would have loved to see a bullet placed into his brain.