Are You Still Rooting For Olivia Pope on Scandal?

Since being in Nigeria, I've found myself being in the position of recommender of good movies and series coming out of the States. One of my favorite shows for the past couple of years has been Scandal and I have mentioned it to various people without going into details about the story line. To be honest though, while I still follow the show, I've kinda become jaded to the love story between Olivia and the president which started out as my favorite storyline.

My main attraction to the show these days is the mystery of Olivia Pope's fixing jobs, her parents and the president's past. Still I am in the minority. Millions of Scandal's fans are still going gaga over the love triangle of a married president with a mistress whom his wife knows about and horror of horrors, condones!

And the fact is that most of these fans are rooting for Olivia Pope, the mistress in the show. The actress who plays the role of the president's wife in Scandal was on the Wendy Williams Show [pictured above] and says of their storyline;

“I make of it, Shonda’s genius. She started this story, sort of in a pinhole. And you were just looking at their love and their relationship. And you’re like, ‘Oh God, yes, I feel that. I feel that. I want that for them,’ and then she slowly pulled back and you got the context. And you’re like, ‘Oh, oh, I’m pulling for adultery. Who does that make me? But her kind of storytelling, she lets the characters be so messy. It let’s you examine you, because you find out what you pull for and who you pull for.” 

So my question is, who are you pulling for at this stage?

At this point, it must be obvious I'm team Mellie the wife - not because I'm married like some of my friends have argued, but because she seems to be the only one who knows what she wants and works to the the end to get it.