99 Words About: Catching up on ABC’s ‘Scandal’
SCANDAL - "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" - Through flashbacks we learn more about Olivia's estranged relationship with her father. Meanwhile, both the White House and Pope & Associates are still in the middle of cleaning up the very big and very public mess they created, on "Scandal," THURSDAY OCTOBER 10 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/Danny Feld)
KERRY WASHINGTON
The pope’s dating the president? A Mark Twain character’s murdering people?
Admittedly, you haven’t been paying attention whenever your wife/girlfriend chatters on about “Scandal” (10 p.m. Thursday, KTNV-TV, Channel 13), and now you’re wondering what the fuss is about.
You could marathon all 29 episodes and know everything about the first two seasons.
But, let’s be realistic. “Scandal” doesn’t exactly have the can’t-miss-a-minute density of “The Wire” or “Breaking Bad.”
Thankfully, there’s the hourlong recap “Scandal: The Secret Is Out” (8 p.m. Thursday, Channel 13).
The only trade-off? Kerry Washington really is worth staring at for a full day.
— CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE
