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Comment on Life is Not a Romance Novel by christy

christy — Sat, 25 May 2013 15:22:00 +0000

The thing is Fitz and Mellie don’t have a conventional marriage! It’s not about love, respect, admiration, it is a business transaction. Olivia knows this, and the audience too! Life is not black or white, things are way more complicated than that. And this man was ready more than once to give up eveything to be with her, she’s the one who is not ready for that.

And he’s the president of the united states, so he can’t take the decision to leave his wife all of a sudden . That’s the reason of Olivia’s plan.

Comment on Life is Not a Romance Novel by Debbie Jones

Debbie Jones — Sat, 25 May 2013 03:15:00 +0000

By the way, there will be 24 EPISODES in S3 divided into two 12 episode arcs.

Comment on Life is Not a Romance Novel by Debbie Jones

Debbie Jones — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:56:00 +0000

Any married man who sleeps with a woman other than his wife is by definition WEAK. A smart, well-educated, powerful rich woman who thinks so little of herself that she would have an affair with a married man think it’s love is definitely in a dream world.

Comment on Life is Not a Romance Novel by Debbie Jones

Debbie Jones — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:54:00 +0000

I loved the season 2 finale. Of course I already figured out that Rowan was her father. I was surprised that someone had outed Olivia and that her father there to either rescue her or scold her or both.

Comment on Life is Not a Romance Novel by yobi

yobi — Sat, 25 May 2013 01:48:00 +0000

I love this recap!!

Comment on Life is Not a Romance Novel by shownufftuff

shownufftuff — Fri, 24 May 2013 23:56:00 +0000

Renee, you know what I was reminded of today and now I kinda of get it even more…when I read all the people who are saying that’s it i’m not watching anymore..Shonda said on that Oprah interview with Kerry Washington that someone had said to her “scandle was her their “guilty pleasure” and she didnt like it one bit and even said “Then don’t watch it” because that’s not a compliment to me” and I was LIKE WHOA! and then started cracking up bc that’s just the kinda chick i am…but I had to do a rewind…did she just say “DONT WATCH THE SHOW THEN IF YOU THINK ITS A GUILTY PLEASURE” it still cracks me up because I have never heard an Executive Producer/Creator tell an audience of viewers TO NOT WATCH HER SHOW because of what he or she classifies it as in their own mind or opinion…because they don’t promote the show as a guilty pleasure that’s just someones take on how they classify it….okay i say all that to say …”GLADIATORS” don’t be sending Shonda tweets and messages about how you arent going to watch anymore…cause the woman done already told you she don’t care…matter of fact some one recently sent her a tweet talking about how they couldn’t watch one of her shows anymore… i don’t even remember if it was scandle but she said “i’m sorry to hear that we will miss you” oohh hahah tee hee….i almost fell out my seat at work laughing at that one! i was like aww poor thing thought Shonda was going to be like trying to get him or her to stay and that woman said “Bye” hahah.. she is a cold piece..hahaha

Comment on It Always Comes Back to the Leg by Syl

Syl — Fri, 24 May 2013 08:14:00 +0000

thank you! You really put my own thoughts into words!
Callie’s actions through the season annoyed me too, it hit me especially when she tried to persuade the survivants to buy the hospital and was offering both Arizona and Sofia’s shares without talking it out with her wife first.
I didn’t quite interpreted AZ repeating the ‘I lost Mark, you almost died’ as a mockery. For me AZ says that, even if Callie lost her best friend, she was the one who spent those days in the woods taking care of him, she lost him as a ‘patient’ as much as a friend. Also, for me, she says that Callie herself almost died in the car accident and had been, in Az’s eyes, closer to dying than she herself had been.
In any case, if I understand Arizona’s side of the argument, it doesn’t excuse the cheating. It just brings a new light to it.
Thank you for a great article.

Comment on Life is Not a Romance Novel by christy

christy — Fri, 24 May 2013 04:03:00 +0000

Yes to all of this!!

Comment on Life is Not a Romance Novel by sarahsmile512

sarahsmile512 — Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Thank you so much for this comment!! I AM SO SICK AND TIRED of everyone acting as if Fitz saying some stupid ass crap about a mistress and his erections were just so earth-shattering and life-altering that Liv had to step up on her throne and scream that she needs to be earned!?!? THEN for her to have selective memory and act as if what she and illuminati crew weren’t indirectly responsible for the death of 12 people and a dog but judge Fitz for his actions made my stomach turn!! Thank you so much for this post Hope!! THANK YOU!!

Comment on Life is Not a Romance Novel by Sandy W

Sandy W — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:33:00 +0000

I liked the finale and to me, it was plain as day that Olivia realized that Defiance was driving everyone over the edge after she learned that Fitz killed Verna. She called a time out so she could keep her people from losing it, and told Fitz to go get re-elected by standing by Mellie to make sure he had the best chance. He was heartbroken, but he did it. He wasn’t crawling back to Mellie for no reason.

Olivia was at peace with that decision and then BOOM! – she has to deal with her affair in the news.