Shonda Rhimes turns Scandal into a psychological thriller in its winter premiere.
Here is our review for last night’s episode.
Ive never seen aScandalepisode so incredibly done!
The start of the episode was where we left off in the winter finale.
We now are briefly shown that someone came in, grabbed Olivia and pulled her from the room.
We get to see Jake sprinting from the apartment downstairs only to run after the getaway car.
Thank goodness hes fast runner because he got the license plate number and called Huck immediately to track it.
Too easy…right?
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Sure, the getaway car did feel a little too…planned.
Em, this scene put me in cinematic bliss.
From this point on, we were set in Olivias perspective.
I loved a completely Olivia Pope centered episode.
It was so different, yet amazing to see Olivia in a world not surrounded by her D.C. comrades.
It was never real!
This has to be one of the bestScandalepisodes of the entire series.
The Inception of reality, layering each reality until it Olivia no longer felt a part of reality herself.
Who will be her superhero?
My guess is that there will definitely be some teaming up going on in the next couple episodes.
Jake and the gladiators, I hope, will play a large role in saving Olivia.
I mean, they arent called Gladiators for nothing.
But, Jake will be the one to actually get in there, take action, and rescue Olivia.
Take notes, Liv.
The scene where Ian was murdered was so gut wrenching, I couldnt believe Shonda Rhimes went there.
As for Olivia…her strive for independence will have to be put on hold.
Shes clearly going to need some back up.
Rating:
4.5 out of 5
