HOT TOPIC: Scandalous

Who isn't watching ABC's "Scandal" these days?  I watch it. It's very entertaining, suspenseful & well written... it's a good show.  So much is being said & written about the show lately.  For those of you who don't know: It's a political drama, the two main characters are Olivia Pope & President Fitzgerald Grant. Olivia owns a crisis management firm and is a former member of the President's campaign staff.  Oh and by the way, she just happens to be having an affair with the POTUS... and he's married w/children & one on the way.

I've read where some women feel that the affair makes Olivia the most powerful woman in the world because she has the closest "relationship" with the president.  Some people say Christians shouldn't even watch the show.  I've also read that black men don't appreciate the "Jefferson/Hemings" connotation. This show has become very controversial.

Here's my take on it: First of all, let me state for the record, I generally don't root for the 'home-wrecker'. Which is why I'm not the least bit interested in the affair. I can't help but identify with the wife.  Even if she is a shrew, he is still her husband & the father of her children.  I watch for the plot twists, the colorful characters & I like to see how Pope & Assoc. get their clients out of their sticky situations.

Some women are hoping Fitz leaves his wife for Olivia. What about you?  Do you watch because of the torrid liaison?  Do you love it or hate it?  Do you watch at all?

One way you can tell if something good, is that it gets people talking.  Like I said, it's a good show. Shonda Rhimes is on her game.