Scandal Recap Season 6 Episode 1. Alterna Liv and Alterna Fitz. The Decision. Season 6. Episode 1. 0. Editors Rating. Theres something weird about the phrase Scandals alternate universe episode. Scandal is already a bizarro world unto itself In the Scandal timeline, the Barack Obama presidency never happened and Fitzgerald Grant is the 4. U. S. Grants vice president stabbed her husband to death for having an affair with a man. Now shes the Scandalverses answer to Bill OReilly, and meanwhile the shows Donald Trump analog was shamed out of the public eye. Its sort of odd to do an alternate universe episode of a show thats decidedly untethered from reality as it is. Scandal Season 3 Episode 8 StreamThat said, I mostly enjoyed watching The Decision, but I have a feeling Id better enjoy hearing the writers room conversation about doing the episode. Because honestly, the arguments against doing an episode like this easily outnumber the sole argument for it, which is, Well, an hour of television aint gonna fill itself. The story is weirdly old fashioned, and I cant remember the last time I saw this device outside of a late 8. This is not the typical use of a dream state in dramatic storytelling, in which the audience doesnt find out the character is dreaming until or slightly before the character does. In this setup, we know from the outset that Olivia is dreaming because, as she, Fitz, and Jake argue about what to do about the newly exposed conspiracy, Olivia thinks back to Defiance, Ohio. Jake thinks theres no real difference between rigging one presidential election and rigging two, and wants to let Mellie sail into the White House. Olivia resists, then makes her decision while reflecting on her role in the rigged election that put Fitz in the most powerful office in the world. So from the outset, the audience knows nothing theyre about to see is real. Im pretty sure that the last time I saw a full length fantasy sequence in a television show, it was in an episode of Webster where Maam and George told Webster not to eat junk food before bed and he did it anyway. There might have been singing dental cavities, but Im sketchy on the details and might be making the entire thing up. To be fair, The Decision has just as much whimsy as any Webster episode. Its almost like the dramatic equivalent of The Offices Threat Level Midnight. Like that episode, The Decision is pure, wacky fan service that pisses you off by existing, then beats you into submission with winking references and unconscionable yet hilarious character pairings. Just when you think The Decision has gone as topsy turvy as it possibly can, theres another weird, gross hook up waiting around the bend. In the alternaverse, Olivia refuses to enter the blood pact with the rest of Fitzs handlers, so the election goes to Fitzs opponent. Scandal-1.jpg' alt='Scandal Season 3 Episode 8 Cast' title='Scandal Season 3 Episode 8 Cast' />Watch Scandal Season 3, Episode 9 YOLO As the team gets closer to the truth, loyalties are tested and relationships are pushed to the limit. Meanwhile, Cyrus h. Olivia is heartbroken, but more about the election than the implicit end of her affair with Fitz. She heads back to D. C. But Fitz isnt ready to give up on their relationship, so he separates from Mellie and immediately asks Olivia to marry him. Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn have screen chemistry so phenomenal, Shonda Rhimes tilted the entire show in their direction. To see them taking another run at the early days of Liv and Fitz is to be reminded why Scandal became The Olitz Show to begin with. But, as Ashton Kutcher taught us all in The Butterfly Effect but not in its many straight to DVD sequels, every choice creates a ripple effect with unforeseeable consequences. In this case, the consequence is being forced to watch Mellie and Cyrus kiss. A forlorn Mellie shows up to the church where Fitz and Olivia are getting married, and Cyrus spots her and takes her to drink her sorrows away. As they drink, he gives her the perfunctory Mr. Right is out there pep talk, but does such a good job of selling it, she decides maybe Cyrus is the right man for her. And I guess that, from Mellies perspective, whats good for the goose is good for the gander. Watch Scandal Extinction from Season 6 at TVGuide. The third season of the American television drama series Scandal, created by Shonda Rhimes, began on October 3, 2013, in the United States, on ABC, and consisted of. If Fitz can run off with a campaign official, so can she. Fitz and Olivias relationship hits the skids, albeit for reasons different from the ones that doomed their relationship when Olivia was dating President Fitz. Alterna Fitz becomes the new darling of primetime cable news and slowly dies inside as he becomes a corporate sock puppet. In fact, to goose The Grant Reports flagging ratings, Fitz is forced to interview Lindsay Dwyer, better known as Lindsay D. The power is sexy, but the passion and drive it takes to get to the Oval Office are still sexy even if you never get there. Alterna Liv comes to her senses after Fitz tells her he knows hes let her down and wants to be better for her. And back in the realish world, Olivia realizes that, for her, all roads will always lead back to Fitz. At least thats what it seems like she realized. Watch Taking Stock Online Freeform. Its hard to guess the lasting significance of an episode in which Rowan goes around introducing himself as Damascus Bainbridge and Quinn gives Fitz oral sex in a dressing room. But the camera pulled back to show Liv and Fitz framed by the White Houses columns, as it always does when its time for those two crazy kids to get horizontal again. Watch Life Online Flashx'>Watch Life Online Flashx. If thats the case, I predict Fitz will develop his own complicated relationship with the intelligence community. If theres a time to try something goofy like this, the 1. My biggest concern going in was that the episode would make me long for old school Scandal, and it did. The Defiance storyline remains Scandals high water mark, and it was fun to revisit that period and watch a new aftermath unfold, even if it was all make believe. Plus, the episode proves that different isnt always better I never, ever want to see Cyrus and Mellie kiss again. Watch Scandal Episodes.