Akilah Green
The Root
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Scandal Season-Finale Recap: No Woman Should Have All That Power
The two-part Scandal season finale finally answered the question: Who was behind Frankie Vargas’ assassination and plotting to assassinate Mellie? → Read More
Scandal Recap: Playing With Our Heads
Peus and Sarah are still dead. All of the drones have been dismantled. Fitz and Olivia are back (in bed) together. Mellie Grant and Luna Vargas are preparing to take over the White House. Quinn is trying on wedding dresses and everything is good in Scandal land ... → Read More
Scandal Recap: Our Long (Fake) National Nightmare is Finally Over
Last week, Mellie Grant decided to put on her big girl drawers and pick Frankie Vargas’ widow, Luna, as her vice president — Peus and Sarah be damned. → Read More
Scandal Recap: What in the Huck Is Going On?
Last week, Jake the Snake dragged (no, literally dragged) Olivia into the woods to show her that Jennifer Fields was still alive. This week, Olivia interrupts a sexy boxing sesh between Huck and his adorable new lady friend, Meg, and summons Huck to some truck stop where Jake left her. → Read More
Scandal Recap: Jake the Snake
Scandal has been on hiatus for a couple of weeks, so to refresh your memory, Frankie Vargas was shot and killed the night he won the presidential election. One of his campaign volunteers, Jennifer Fields, left a voicemail for the FBI saying that Cyrus Beene was responsible. Then someone blew up Jennifer’s cabin. Cyrus’ ex-lover Tom Larsen confessed that Cyrus ordered him to kill Vargas, so Cyrus… → Read More
Confessions of a DC Lawyer-Lobbyist-Turned-L.A. Comedy Writer-Producer
After living and breathing politics for seven years in Washington, D.C., the author quit her job and moved to Los Angeles to pursue her lifelong dream. → Read More
Scandal Recap: That’s My Girl
In the season finale, Olivia saves Jake, Cyrus pulls a fast one and Papa Pope is always scheming. → Read More
5 Times This Season When Scandal Kept It Real With Plots Straight From the Headlines
Even in the midst of all the over-the-top shenanigans, ShondaLand often has a message for its viewers. → Read More
Scandal Recap: Playing the ‘Trump Card’
Hollis Doyle, a stand-in for a certain GOP candidate, gets his comeuppance on the campaign trail. If only life imitated art. → Read More
Scandal Recap: With Olivia and Abby, It’s Gladiator vs. Gladiator
The two go to war as they try to help their candidate win the Republican nomination. → Read More
Scandal Recap: Jake, Who’s Your Daddy?
We find out about his horrible childhood and why he treats Papa Pope like the father he never had. → Read More
Scandal Recap: Olivia Goes All the Way Over to the Dark Side
Liv has done dirty deeds before but this is the first time she’s ended up with blood on her hands–literally. → Read More
Scandal Recap: Olivia Crosses the Line
Liv wants to play dirty to help Mellie win, but Fitz tries to keep her in check. → Read More
Scandal Recap: Hijinks on the Campaign Trail
Mellie makes a mistake, Hollis Doyle cooks bacon ... with a gun, Susan finds out about David and Olivia plays dirty to win. → Read More
Scandal Recap: A Billionaire Runs for President. Sound Familiar?
Meanwhile, Olivia is determined to find out what Jake is up to, and Abby gets a new gig. → Read More
Scandal Recap: The Fish Rots From the Head
Fitz turns the White House into a bachelor pad while the Secret Service covers up a dead hooker, Mellie seeks an endorsement and Cyrus is playing puppet master. → Read More
Scandal Recap: Sleeping With the Frenemy
Olivia and Jake are still doing their thing even though Huck has concerns; Fitz is “wild-carding” with a new woman; and David is caught between Susan and Elizabeth. Meanwhile, Cyrus is busy scheming. → Read More
Scandal Recap: Olivia and Mellie Become Besties
The two get deep about their failed relationships with Fitz, while Fitz has his eyes on a new bae. → Read More
Scandal Recap: New Alliances and New Betrayals
Strange partnerships emerge from the ashes of Olivia and Fitz’s broken relationship. → Read More
Scandal Returns: Here Are All the Storylines You Forgot
Winter break is over. Here’s a quick refresher to get you ready for the return of Olivia Pope and friends. → Read More