OK slaves, go ahead & get all over me if you like but I
recently started watching Scandal…I watched all of season 1 over the weekend
& just started season 2 yesterday & I like it but I don’t find it as
amazing as everyone says it is. I’m
hoping that as season 2 moves further along the show begins feeling less forced
because that’s my biggest issue with it…the acting.
The show has a good plot overall and a different subplot in
every episode which makes it nice if you don’t actually follow the show. If you do follow the show it can get in the
way because you are expecting it to pick up where it left off but a lot of
times it picks up at the subplot until that story crosses the main plot &
if the subplot isn’t all that interesting you’re kind of screwed waiting for
the main story to show up. For the most
part there are interesting stories but I can tell this is created by the same
people as Grey’s Anatomy which by the way I stopped watching after a few
seasons because it became so repetitive & unrealistic. So far I’m like 11 episodes in & I’ve
found myself saying out loud “oh, as if” more than once & in the past when
I’ve made that remark the show hasn’t lasted much longer for me.
So season 1 ended with a bang & picked up at the beginning
of season 2 but there were inconsistencies like they showed the team rolling up
the rug but when they were walking out it was still there. They didn’t show them removing or disposing
of anything & these “gladiators in suits” were cleaning up a bloody crime
scene in said suits…I mean come on! Also
at the beginning of season 2 a staff member is missing & it’s barely
mentioned why he’s gone & unfortunately he was one of the people on the
cast that I liked! I was happy to see
Guillermo Diaz from Weeds is part of the team, I like him.
(A week after I started writing this) I’m now half way through season 2 & the story finally
perked up some when the President was shot but that just caused me to say
“as-if” even more. Like when she crawled
into the hospital bed with him…come on, it’s a hospital & there is
absolutely no way that someone wouldn’t have photographed & leaked that to
someone. They are way too sloppy for the
entire country not to know what is going on & it’s kind of annoying. So why do I keep watching? I like Huck’s story line. I still think Kerry overacts too much &
watching her hurriedly walking in heels constantly is enough to drive me insane
with that hair bouncing & the overly dramatic look on her face. Anyway, I know I’ll continue to watch &
continue to be less than thrilled with the show but I’m currently at the point
where I am finding out where everyone on the team came from & that’s
interesting.
I really like Cyrus & Huck & their 2 storylines but
the rest of them I could do without & the person that bothers me the most
is the main character…once I get through all 3 seasons I’ll decide if I will
pick up in real time next season because as of right now that’s a no.
