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everytime i rewatch scandal im like oh olivia...pope & associates is cute. but olivia girl...you are a BIG DOG. surrounded by puppies! get yo ass in the white house where the rest of the big dogs are!

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trying to speed run through these episodes bc i want to see other people’s opinions but i don’t want to get spoiled

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[ravenladycorvus]

do all your little ravens have names? if yes are they fitting or funny names?

*corax took out her list of names for her raven companions *

corvis- the first raven who accompanied me throughout the millennium and was very loyal to me

dazzle- a very sassy and flamboyant bird

melly- shy bird who likes to collect buttons

lucifer- chaos incarnate who likes to steal items he likes from people and attack people he doesn't like

Loki- second chaos incarnate who likes to play tricks on me by hiding stuff and playing pranks on my siblings (more likely leman russ)

wright- talented and serious bird, expert scout

sunny- a very cheerful bird full of affection, her tail wiggles when I pet her head

Oliver- a new bird on the group, second best scout, and intelligent bird able to dissemble things

[caramel-caracal]

Something about Melli attempting to bother Ingo without much luck is amusing-

Melli might act disgusted cause it's a beat-up hat, but he just cannot admit that it is simply a Look.

[aesthetic-solar-space]

Olivia Pope Appreciation Post!

Olivia Carolyn Pope!

She not only worked at the White House, and created her own form, but she put presidents in office. She doesn’t just fix problems, she fixes people.

She seems to have been mentored by both Cyrus and Verna which after her vast education, molded her into who she is today.

Throughout the seasons we see Olivia go through hell in back not only for her clients, those she loves, but also for herself. She will do whatever is necessary and her gut is never wrong so with those two pieces together she dominates Washington D.C.

Through the seasons we do see Olivia I’m relationships, even though she says in season one she can never have normal.. the other major factor being “All Roads Lead Back To Fitz”

Edison Davis: off screen the two have a past relationship where they lived together in Georgetown and Edison even proposed. However it ended, and years later they begin to reconnect- but Olivia can’t open up to him, especially not about the past relationship she had that’s haunting her (Aka Fitz). Even with Olivia being an emotional stonewall Edison proposes again, and Olivia says No. this second proposal shows Olivia that she wants a difficult, painful love rather than an easy and normal one.

Fitz Grant: Fitz needed help with his election campaign while on the trail and Cyrus having met Olivia at law school, knew just the person to bring in. They very quickly and easily developed feelings for each other, and as much as they wanted to be together Olivia knew that an affair would be political suicide for Fitz. He was persistent though, and after being elected he told her that he loved her. Even after Olivia left the White House due to Mellie knowing about her and Fitz, there love ans tension never stopped. They didn’t become official and public until much later after Fitz divorced Mellie. However things weren’t perfect, when Fitz proposed she at first said no - then yes. Then later she gave back the ring. Fitz did however forgive Olivia and move her into the White House, however once again not so long after this - Olivia feels trapped and like she doesn’t want the life she’s living. So she leaves Fitz and the White House. From there the relationship went back to being an off again on again thing for awhile. When Fitz moves back to D.C. to help Olivia after his presidency is over, and she has left the White House which is now in the hands of Millie. It’s left open as to if they get back together officially or what happens. But in my mind they do in fact get back together and though there life would never be “normal”, Olivia learns that the difficult and painful romance she thought she deserved was also a soft and sweet - safe place.

Jake Ballard: The two met a few months after the death of Verna and the sparks ignited fast. From there it was an on and off again thing. The relationship is complicated in many ways in true Olivia fashion but a major one being that Olivia is often seen going back and forth between Jake and Fitz. Jake is shown to know Olivia more than she knows herself, to know her darkness and not shy away. She is very open and vulnerable with him. Once Fitz has been re-elected Jake and Olivia go to an island for two months and come back boyfriend and girlfriend and stay that way until something catastrophic happens in Olivia’s life. When it’s over she doesn’t want to see him or Fitz as she tries to think of them as her past while she tried to move forward. Awhile later Jake tells her about how he’s in love with her but that if she loves Fitz, she should be with him. She does just that but after her breakup, her and Jake rekindle, though everything seems to be just physical until Jake gets engaged. However the engagement is just a cover and he tells Olivia as much. Jake asks if Olivia wants to be with him, and she nods and kisses him. However Olivia receives a threat that Jake must marry Vanessa or he would be killed.

Throughout the show there were a few other small romances but overall those above were the big three.

Trivia

- She paces circles when she is troubled by something that she considers a real problem, they become perfect circles if she is really worried

- In highschool she was on the swim team

- She has one rule for all clients: “Do not lie. They lie, all bets are off.”

- She knows 18 languages, including Spanish, Farsi, Russian, Swahili, Cantonese, and Urdu

- The character of Olivia Pope is inspired by the real life crisis management consultant: Judy Smith

- The final scene in the Final shows a portrait of Olivia Pope in the second floor of the National Portrait Gallery which is only reserved for portraits of presidents of the United States of America. This leads us to believe that sometime after Mellie, Olivia became president.

[katarinas-redemption]

[kothebest]

“I, Melody Margaret Grant, do solemnly swear,  that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States.” “I, Claire Hale Underwood, do solemnly swear,  that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States.”

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my name is dakota or koda, whichever you prefer.

i am a cisfemale but my pronouns are he/they. please please please respect my pronouns or i will not plot with you and will block you.

i am a very busy man. busy as in watching euphoria over & over and/or smoking. please do not rush replies from me, i will feel overwhelmed and will ghost you but sometimes i will forget to reply or thought i replied so you can ask for a reply but DO NOT GO OVERBOARD PLEASE

all muns must be at least twenty+. i am twenty but when i turn twenty-one in july, it be twenty one plus.

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all muses must be 20+.

i do all kinds of plots. i’m open minded to anything. you want my muse to save you from a castle? they’ll be outside that castle hollering “AYO RAPUNZEL LET DOWN DEM BUNDLES SO I CAN HOLLA ATCHU GUH !”

i only use rapper fcs. my master list will be down below.

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[jilyandbambi]

Chapters: 1/7 Fandom: Scandal (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Fitzgerald Grant/Olivia Pope Characters: Olivia Pope, Fitzgerald Grant, Cyrus Beene, Mellie Grant, Olivia Pope & Associates, Abby Whelan, Stephen Finch, Huck (Scandal), Harrison Wright, Quinn Perkins Additional Tags: Angst with a Happy Ending, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Black Women Are Allowed To Not Be Okay Summary:

In which, the president learns about Defiance before his first State of the Union address and, funnily enough, isn't too keen on simply letting his Communications Director walk out of his life forever.

AU from pre-S1, onward.

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No Time to Die

2020

UK

2h 43min

Directed by: Cary Joji Fukunaga

Cast: Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Lea Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, Ana de Armas, Dali Benssalah, David Dencik, Lashana Lynch, Billy Magnussen

UK release: 2 April 2021

The 25th James Bond film is directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and sees Daniel Craig in the lead for one last time.

Knives Out

2019

US

2h 10min

12A

Directed by: Rian Johnson

Cast: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, Christopher Plummer

UK release: 27 November 2019

When mystery writer Harlan Thrombey (Plummer) is found with his throat slit, puffed-up private detective Benoit Blanc (Craig) gets on the case. A wickedly knowing, flamboyantly bitchy take on the whodunnit, with a great cast, bags of style and a splendidly outrageous comic turn from Craig. Bloody good fun.

Logan Lucky

2017

US

1h 59min

12A

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh

Cast: Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Seth MacFarlane, Riley Keough, Katie Holmes, Daniel Craig

UK release: 25 August 2017

Jimmy (Tatum), his brother Clyde (Driver) and sister Mellie (Keough) enlist the help of redneck jailbird and explosives expert Joe Bang (Craig) to rob the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Soderbergh’s latest comedy heist movie is perhaps his best, with a great cast, a satisfying plot and witty dialogue.

Kings

2017

UK

1h 26min

Directed by: Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Cast: Halle Berry, Daniel Craig, Lamar Johnson

Following the life of a foster family in LA amidst the riots that followed the Rodney King trial verdict.

Spectre

2015

UK

2h 28min

12A

Directed by: Sam Mendes

Cast: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, Andrew Scott, Dave Bautista, Stephanie Sigman

UK release: 26 October 2015

James Bond (Craig) comes up against a global crime syndicate, while back at home, the 00 programme is under threat from reckless moderniser C (Scott). With its swagger, dry humour and frequent, well-executed action it's a solid crowdpleaser, but the story is predictable, the characterisation is thin and overall it lacks…

Skyfall

2012

UK

2h 25min

12A

Directed by: Sam Mendes

Written by: John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade

Cast: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe

UK release: 26 October 2012

When cyber-terrorists steal an MI6 hard drive, 007 is ordered to recover it. After the let-down of Quantum of Solace, the 23rd official Bond movie is a belter; the script is smart, Craig is better than ever, and Bardem is a thrilling villain. 50 years on from Dr No, it's a well-wrapped birthday present.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011

US / Sweden / UK / Germany

2h 37min

18

Directed by: David Fincher

Cast: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Yorick van Wageningen, Joely Richardson

UK release: 26 December 2011

An investigative journalist (Craig) forms an uneasy alliance with a computer hacker (Mara) in an attempt to solve a disappearance. Th400 transbrake kit. Fincher amps up the dark poetry and Mara exudes a barely suppressed rage in every scene, elevating a populist novel into a compelling (if overlong) drama of bleakness and corruption.

Dream House

2011

US

1h 31min

15

Directed by: Jim Sheridan

Written by: David Loucka

Cast: Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts, Marton Csokas

UK release: 25 November 2011

Publisher Will (Craig) relocates to the suburbs with his wife (Weisz) and daughters, but when their house turns out to be the scene of a massacre, the domestic dream turns sour. Best remembered as the movie that saw Craig and Weisz get together, because their chemistry can't save the clunky script and inert direction.

The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn

2011

US / New Zealand

1h 47min

PG

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig

After buying a replica model ship at a flea market, Tintin (Bell) is embroiled in a world of subterfuge. Not since Indy's third outing has Spielberg felt so fresh and unshackled; it feels like a hark back to the heyday of 1980s adventure cinema.

Cowboys and Aliens

2011

US

12A

Directed by: Jon Favreau

Cast: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde

Drunk and trouble maker Jake (Craig) is broken out of jail and forced to help grumpy old Arizona lawman Percy (Ford) when aliens start to attack. Dull, humourless and over written sci fi western from Iron Man director Favreau.

One Life

2011

UK

U

Directed by: Michael Gunton, Martha Holmes

Written by: Michael Gunton, Martha Holmes

Cast: Daniel Craig (voice)

Documentary for kids featuring stunning footage of animals in the wild and narrated by Daniel Craig.

Defiance

2009

US

2h 16min

15

Directed by: Edward Zwick

Written by: Edward Zwick, Clayton Frohman

Cast: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, George MacKay

Remarkable true story of the Bielski brothers, three real-life heroes who, against all odds, preserve a community of Jews who escape Poland for the forests of Belarus during WWII. Allied with the Russian resistance, the community thrives unexpectedly, leaving leader Tuvia Bielski (Craig) with heavy responsibilities.

Flashbacks of a Fool

2008

UK

1h 53min

15

Directed by: Baillie Walsh

Written by: Baillie Walsh

Cast: Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Claire Forlani, Felicity Jones, Eve, Emilia Fox, Jodhi May, Miriam Karlin

Set in present-day California and an English seaside resort circa 1972, Joe Scott (Craig between Bond outings), is a washed up Hollywood star who recalls a traumatic teenage experience that leads to professional success and personal self-destruction. Good supporting performances and rather pedestrian flashbacks make for…

Quantum of Solace

2008

UK / US

1h 45min

12A

Directed by: Marc Forster

Written by: Ian Fleming, Michael G Wilson

Cast: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Gemma Arterton, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini

'Quantum of Solace' starts with a trademark action sequence involving cars burning rubber around narrow roads and then proceeds to jump from one thrill to another, while moving through locations like pages in a travel brochure. A major plus is Amalric's turn as the villain Dominic Greene, head of an organisation which…

The Golden Compass

2007

US / UK

1h 45min

12A

Directed by: Chris Weitz

Cast: Dakota Blue Richards, Freddie Highmore, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Sam Elliott, Eva Green, Jim Carter, Tom Courtenay, Ian McKellen, Ian McShane, Ben Walker

Based on the novel by Phillip Pullman, this fantasy adventure follows Lyra (Richards), who has been entrusted with the last remaining 'alethiometer', or golden compass, which she must keep from the power-crazed Magisterium. The world Weitz has created is beautifully designed and fascinating, but choppily structured and…

The Invasion

2007

US

1h 39min

15

Directed by: Oliver Hirschbiegel, James McTeigue

Written by: Dave Kajganich, Wachowski brothers

Cast: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond, Jeffrey Wright, Veronica Cartwright

Another reworking of classic 1950s thriller 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'. A mysterious epidemic is sweeping the world, and when a DC psychiatrist (Kidman) discovers its extraterrestrial origin, she and her colleague (Craig) must work together to find a cure before they become its next victims. A waste of celluloid.

Infamous

2006

US

1h 58min

15

Directed by: Douglas McGrath

Written by: Douglas McGrath, Book:, George Plimpton

Cast: Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Lee Pace, Daniel Craig, Jeff Daniels, Peter Bogdanovich

A more flamboyant and light-hearted biopic of Truman Capote than Bennett Miller's 2005 film 'Capote'. Jones is great in the lead as the eccentric writer but a weak supporting cast renders this the lesser of the two.

Casino Royale

2006

US / UK / Czech Republic

2h 24min

12A

Directed by: Martin Campbell

Written by: Ian Fleming

Cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench

The prequel to the other Bond films time warps back to the enduring action hero becoming a 00 licensed to kill. The latest Bond (Craig) proves to be a strong leading man, but the film is let down by trying to do too much. With a weak villain and Bond girl to boot, it doesn't really feel like a Bond film at all.

Renaissance

2006

France / UK / Luxemburg

1h 45min

15

Directed by: Christian Volckman

Cast: Daniel Craig, Romola Garai, Jonathan Pryce

Impressive looking 3D futuristic thriller with a black and white render which never quite gets going. Paris 2054. Ilona Tassueiv (Garai), a young and brilliant researcher is violently kidnapped. Avalon, a giant multinational corporation and her employer, wants her found. Dellenbach (Pryce), Avalon's CEO, has requested…

Enduring Love

2004

UK

1h 40min

15

Directed by: Roger Michellv

Cast: Rhys Ifans, Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton

Based on Ian McEwan's bestseller, a man's worldview is bruised when his attempt to save a boy from a hot air balloon accident goes wrong.

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Layer Cake

2004

UK

1h 45min

15

Directed by: Matthew Vaughn

Cast: Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller, Michael Gambon

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A cocaine dealer works his way through two tough assignments from his boss on the day before his retirement.

The Mother

2003

1h 30min

Directed by: Roger Michell

Written by: Hanif Kureishi

Cast: Anne Reid, Daniel Craig, Cathryn Bradshaw

A recently widowed grandmother embarks on an affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.

Sylvia

2003

UK

1h 40min

15

Directed by: Christine Jeffs

Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Lucy Davenport

A biopic of the relationship and fatal attraction between poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.

Road to Perdition

2002

US

1h 57min

15

Directed by: Sam Mendes

Cast: Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Daniel Craig, Tyler Hoechlin

A Depression era gangster picture with solid American family values. It may also, like Mendes' absurdly overrated Oscar-winner 'American Beauty', fool cinema-goers into confusing its moody self-importance for profound insight. For here are Big Stars, Big Themes (Fathers and Sons, Loyalty and Betrayal, Sin and Salvation…

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No Time to Die

2020

UK

2h 43min

Directed by: Cary Joji Fukunaga

Cast: Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Lea Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, Ana de Armas, Dali Benssalah, David Dencik, Lashana Lynch, Billy Magnussen

UK release: 2 April 2021

The 25th James Bond film is directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and sees Daniel Craig in the lead for one last time.

Knives Out

2019

US

2h 10min

12A

Directed by: Rian Johnson

Cast: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, Christopher Plummer

UK release: 27 November 2019

When mystery writer Harlan Thrombey (Plummer) is found with his throat slit, puffed-up private detective Benoit Blanc (Craig) gets on the case. A wickedly knowing, flamboyantly bitchy take on the whodunnit, with a great cast, bags of style and a splendidly outrageous comic turn from Craig. Bloody good fun.

Logan Lucky

2017

US

1h 59min

12A

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh

Cast: Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Seth MacFarlane, Riley Keough, Katie Holmes, Daniel Craig

UK release: 25 August 2017

Jimmy (Tatum), his brother Clyde (Driver) and sister Mellie (Keough) enlist the help of redneck jailbird and explosives expert Joe Bang (Craig) to rob the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Soderbergh’s latest comedy heist movie is perhaps his best, with a great cast, a satisfying plot and witty dialogue.

Kings

2017

UK

1h 26min

Directed by: Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Cast: Halle Berry, Daniel Craig, Lamar Johnson

Citrix workspace silent install. Following the life of a foster family in LA amidst the riots that followed the Rodney King trial verdict.

Spectre

2015

UK

2h 28min

12A

Directed by: Sam Mendes

Cast: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, Andrew Scott, Dave Bautista, Stephanie Sigman

UK release: 26 October 2015

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James Bond (Craig) comes up against a global crime syndicate, while back at home, the 00 programme is under threat from reckless moderniser C (Scott). With its swagger, dry humour and frequent, well-executed action it's a solid crowdpleaser, but the story is predictable, the characterisation is thin and overall it lacks…

Skyfall

2012

UK

2h 25min

12A

Directed by: Sam Mendes

Written by: John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade

Cast: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe

UK release: 26 October 2012

When cyber-terrorists steal an MI6 hard drive, 007 is ordered to recover it. After the let-down of Quantum of Solace, the 23rd official Bond movie is a belter; the script is smart, Craig is better than ever, and Bardem is a thrilling villain. 50 years on from Dr No, it's a well-wrapped birthday present.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011

US / Sweden / UK / Germany

2h 37min

18

Directed by: David Fincher

Cast: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Yorick van Wageningen, Joely Richardson

UK release: 26 December 2011

An investigative journalist (Craig) forms an uneasy alliance with a computer hacker (Mara) in an attempt to solve a disappearance. Fincher amps up the dark poetry and Mara exudes a barely suppressed rage in every scene, elevating a populist novel into a compelling (if overlong) drama of bleakness and corruption.

Dream House

2011

US

1h 31min

15

Directed by: Jim Sheridan

Written by: David Loucka

Cast: Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts, Marton Csokas

UK release: 25 November 2011

Publisher Will (Craig) relocates to the suburbs with his wife (Weisz) and daughters, but when their house turns out to be the scene of a massacre, the domestic dream turns sour. Best remembered as the movie that saw Craig and Weisz get together, because their chemistry can't save the clunky script and inert direction.

The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn

2011

US / New Zealand

1h 47min

PG

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig

After buying a replica model ship at a flea market, Tintin (Bell) is embroiled in a world of subterfuge. Not since Indy's third outing has Spielberg felt so fresh and unshackled; it feels like a hark back to the heyday of 1980s adventure cinema.

Cowboys and Aliens

2011

US

12A

Directed by: Jon Favreau

Cast: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde

Drunk and trouble maker Jake (Craig) is broken out of jail and forced to help grumpy old Arizona lawman Percy (Ford) when aliens start to attack. Dull, humourless and over written sci fi western from Iron Man director Favreau.

One Life

2011

UK

U

Directed by: Michael Gunton, Martha Holmes

Written by: Michael Gunton, Martha Holmes

Cast: Daniel Craig (voice)

Documentary for kids featuring stunning footage of animals in the wild and narrated by Daniel Craig.

Defiance

2009

US

2h 16min

15

Directed by: Edward Zwick

Written by: Edward Zwick, Clayton Frohman

Cast: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, George MacKay

Remarkable true story of the Bielski brothers, three real-life heroes who, against all odds, preserve a community of Jews who escape Poland for the forests of Belarus during WWII. Allied with the Russian resistance, the community thrives unexpectedly, leaving leader Tuvia Bielski (Craig) with heavy responsibilities.

Flashbacks of a Fool

2008

UK

1h 53min

15

Directed by: Baillie Walsh

Written by: Baillie Walsh

Cast: Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Claire Forlani, Felicity Jones, Eve, Emilia Fox, Jodhi May, Miriam Karlin

Set in present-day California and an English seaside resort circa 1972, Joe Scott (Craig between Bond outings), is a washed up Hollywood star who recalls a traumatic teenage experience that leads to professional success and personal self-destruction. Good supporting performances and rather pedestrian flashbacks make for…

Quantum of Solace

2008

UK / US

1h 45min

12A

Directed by: Marc Forster

Written by: Ian Fleming, Michael G Wilson

Cast: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Gemma Arterton, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini

'Quantum of Solace' starts with a trademark action sequence involving cars burning rubber around narrow roads and then proceeds to jump from one thrill to another, while moving through locations like pages in a travel brochure. A major plus is Amalric's turn as the villain Dominic Greene, head of an organisation which…

The Golden Compass

2007

US / UK

1h 45min

12A

Directed by: Chris Weitz

Cast: Dakota Blue Richards, Freddie Highmore, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Sam Elliott, Eva Green, Jim Carter, Tom Courtenay, Ian McKellen, Ian McShane, Ben Walker

Based on the novel by Phillip Pullman, this fantasy adventure follows Lyra (Richards), who has been entrusted with the last remaining 'alethiometer', or golden compass, which she must keep from the power-crazed Magisterium. The world Weitz has created is beautifully designed and fascinating, but choppily structured and…

The Invasion

2007

US

1h 39min

15

Directed by: Oliver Hirschbiegel, James McTeigue

Written by: Dave Kajganich, Wachowski brothers

Cast: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond, Jeffrey Wright, Veronica Cartwright

Another reworking of classic 1950s thriller 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'. A mysterious epidemic is sweeping the world, and when a DC psychiatrist (Kidman) discovers its extraterrestrial origin, she and her colleague (Craig) must work together to find a cure before they become its next victims. A waste of celluloid.

Infamous

2006

US

1h 58min

15

Directed by: Douglas McGrath

Written by: Douglas McGrath, Book:, George Plimpton

Cast: Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Lee Pace, Daniel Craig, Jeff Daniels, Peter Bogdanovich

A more flamboyant and light-hearted biopic of Truman Capote than Bennett Miller's 2005 film 'Capote'. Jones is great in the lead as the eccentric writer but a weak supporting cast renders this the lesser of the two.

Casino Royale

2006

US / UK / Czech Republic

2h 24min

12A

Directed by: Martin Campbell

Written by: Ian Fleming

Cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench

The prequel to the other Bond films time warps back to the enduring action hero becoming a 00 licensed to kill. The latest Bond (Craig) proves to be a strong leading man, but the film is let down by trying to do too much. With a weak villain and Bond girl to boot, it doesn't really feel like a Bond film at all.

Renaissance

2006

France / UK / Luxemburg

1h 45min

15

Directed by: Christian Volckman

Cast: Daniel Craig, Romola Garai, Jonathan Pryce

Impressive looking 3D futuristic thriller with a black and white render which never quite gets going. Paris 2054. Ilona Tassueiv (Garai), a young and brilliant researcher is violently kidnapped. Avalon, a giant multinational corporation and her employer, wants her found. Dellenbach (Pryce), Avalon's CEO, has requested…

Enduring Love

2004

UK

1h 40min

15

Directed by: Roger Michellv

Cast: Rhys Ifans, Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton

Based on Ian McEwan's bestseller, a man's worldview is bruised when his attempt to save a boy from a hot air balloon accident goes wrong.

Layer Cake

2004

UK

1h 45min

15

Directed by: Matthew Vaughn

Cast: Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller, Michael Gambon

A cocaine dealer works his way through two tough assignments from his boss on the day before his retirement.

The Mother

2003

1h 30min

Directed by: Roger Michell

Written by: Hanif Kureishi

Cast: Anne Reid, Daniel Craig, Cathryn Bradshaw

A recently widowed grandmother embarks on an affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.

Sylvia

2003

UK

1h 40min

15

Directed by: Christine Jeffs

Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Lucy Davenport

A biopic of the relationship and fatal attraction between poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.

Road to Perdition

2002

US

1h 57min

15

Directed by: Sam Mendes

Cast: Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Daniel Craig, Tyler Hoechlin

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A Depression era gangster picture with solid American family values. It may also, like Mendes' absurdly overrated Oscar-winner 'American Beauty', fool cinema-goers into confusing its moody self-importance for profound insight. For here are Big Stars, Big Themes (Fathers and Sons, Loyalty and Betrayal, Sin and Salvation…

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1. Playboi Carti - Molly

2. Blood Orange - Dark & Handsome (feat. Toro y Moi)

3. Young Nudy - Pissy Pamper (feat. Playboi Carti)

4. Young Thug - Hot (feat. Gunna)

5. Lil Keed - It’s Up (Freestyle)

6. Tame Impala - Borderline

7. Solange - Almeda (feat. Playboi Carti)

8. Tyler, the Creator - Earfquake (feat. Playboi Carti)

9. Baby Keem - Orange Soda

10. Lil Uzi Vert - Free Uzi

11. Frank Ocean - In My Room

12. Tisakorean - Double Dare (Soapy Anthem)

13. Lucki - Glory Boy

14. JPEGMafia - PTSD

15. Future - Please Tell Me

16. YNW Melly - Rolling Loud

17. Pi’erre Bourne - Poof

18. Offset - 100 Racks (feat. Playboi Carti)

19. Skyxxx - Hotboy

20. Kanye West - Follow God

21. Splurge - Margiela

22. Polo G - Through Da Storm

23. Ambjaay - Uno

24. Yo Gotti - Pose (feat. Lil Uzi Vert)

25. Lil Nas X - Old Town Road

26. FKA twigs - home with you

27. Father - Handful

28. Toro y Moi - Ordinary Pleasure

29. Chief Keef & Zaytoven - Ain’t Gonna Happen

30. James Blake - Mile High (feat. Travis Scott)

31. Billie Eilish - bad guy

32. Gunna - Cash War

33. Griselda - Dr. Bird’s

34. Chance the Rapper - Hot Shower (feat. Madeintyo & DaBaby)

35. (Sandy) Alex G - Gretel

36. Rosalía - A Pale

37. Lancey Foux - India

38. Kodak Black - Pimpin Ain’t Easy

39. NoCap - Exotic Freestyle Pt 2

40. NLE Choppa - Shotta Flow

41. Rich the Kid - Splashin

42. Shordie Shordie - Bitchuary

43. 03 Greedo & Kenny Beats - Aye Twin (feat. Key!)

44. YG - I Was On The Block (feat. Valee & Boogie)

45. Quin Nfn - How I’m Living

46. Pop Smoke - Welcome to the Party

47. Lil Tecca - Ransom

48. Juice WRLD - Bandit (feat. NBA YoungBoy)

49. Yung Bans - 100 Shells (feat. YNW Melly)

50. YungManny & Xanman - First Day Out

51. Unotheactivist - Them Sirens

52. Mustard - Baguettes In The Face (feat. NAV, Playboi Carti & A Boogie)

53. Lil Peep - Ratchets (feat. Lil Tracy & Diplo)

54. Goonew - 6 Feet

55. Kelsey Lu - I’m Not In Love

56. Kobe Jxrdan - Girl In Florida

57. 22Gz - Sniper Gang Freestyle

58. Lil B - Secret (feat. Tommy Wright III)

59. Q Da Fool - Work (feat. Splurge)

60. Doja Cat - Tia Tamera (feat. Rico Nasty)

61. DJ Snake - Loco Contigo (feat. J Balvin & Tyga)

62. Lil Tracy - Alone In My Castle

63. Teejayx6 - Dark Web

64. Roddy Ricch - The Box

65. Lil Gotit - Oh Ok

66. Key! - Miami Too Much

67. Megan Thee Stallion - Cash Shit (feat. DaBaby)

68. Co Cash - Bonjour

69. Sheff G - We Gettin Money

70. Sada Baby - Pimp Named Drip Dat

71. Earl Sweatshirt - Mtomb

72. Sickboyrari - Narnia

73. Teyana Taylor - We Got Love

74. Peewee Longway - Fiji Water

75. Vegyn - Nauseous/Devilish (feat. JPEGMafia)

76. 9lokknine - Beef (feat. NLE Choppa)

77. Benny the Butcher - 18 Wheeler (feat. Pusha T)

78. MDMA - Give No Fucks (feat. unotheactivist)

79. Dababy - Suge

80. Lil Tjay - FN

81. Danny Brown - Theme Song

82. Valee - You & Me Both

83. Westside Gunn - Kensington Pool

84. Don Tolliver - No Idea

85. Bladee - Be Nice 2 Me

86. Thom Yorke - Traffic

87. Plies - Drip For Sale

88. Schoolboy Q - Water (feat. Lil Baby)

89. Gucci Mane - Big Boy Diamonds (feat. Kodak Black)

90. Famous Dex - Rockstar Lifestyle

91. Lana Del Rey - the greatest

92. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

93. MoneyMan - Exotic Freestyle

94. Germ - Bloody Shoes

95. YungManny - Meade Baby (feat. Splurge)

96. Trippie Redd - The Grinch

97. Earthgang - UP

98. Zack Fox & Kenny Beats - Jesus Is The One (I Got Depression)

99. Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats - Hatin’

100. J Cole - Sunset (feat. Young Nudy)

1. Playboi Carti - wholelottaleaks

2. Lucki - Freewave 3/Days B4 III

3. Baby Keem - Die For My Bitch

4. Young Thug - So Much Fun

5. JPEGMafia - All My Heroes Are Cornballs

6. Lil Keed - Long Live Mexico

7. FKA Twigs - Magdalene

8. Blood Orange - Angel’s Pulse

9. Solange - On My Way Home

10. Lancey Foux - Friend or Foux

11. Tyler, the Creator - IGOR

12. YNW Melly - I Shine, You Shine, We All Shine

13. Griselda - WWCD

14. Future - The Wzrd

15. Splurge - Glenn Baby 2

16. Pi’erre Bourne - TLOP4

17. Young Nudy & Pi’erre Bourne - Sli’merre

18. Tisakorean - Soapy

19. Gunna - Drip or Drown 2

20. James Blake - Assume Form

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✧･*ﾟscottish surnames

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under the cut are 733 scottish surnames. this masterlist was created for all in one breath rp at the request of lovely el, but feel free to link on your own sites! names are listed in alphabetical order. ❝mac❞, ❝mc❞ and ❝m❞ are split into three sections because i mean... look at them. please like♡ or reblog if you found this useful.

abbot(son), abercrombie, abernethy, adam(son), agnew, aikenhead, aitken, akins, allan(nach/son), anderson, (mac)andie, (mac)andrew, angus, annand, archbold/archibald, ard, aris, (mac)arthur

B

(mac)bain/bayne, baird, baker, balfour, bannatyne, bannerman, barron, baxter, beaton, beith, bell, bethune, beveridge, birse, bisset, bishop, black(ie), blain/blane, blair, blue, blyth, borthwick, bowie, boyd, boyle, braden, bradley, braithnoch, (mac)bratney, breck, bretnoch, brewster, (mac)bridan/brydan/bryden, brodie, brolochan, broun/brown, bruce, buchanan, budge, buglass, buie, buist, burnie, butter/buttar

C

caie, (mac)caig, (mac)cail, caird, cairnie, (mac)callan(ach), calbraith, (mac)callum, calvin, cambridge, cameron, campbell, canch, (mac)candlish, carberry, carmichael, carrocher, carter, cassie, (mac)caskie, catach, catto, cattenach, causland, chambers, chandlish, charleson, charteris, chisholm, christie, (mac)chrystal, (mac)clanachan/clenachan, clark/clerk, (mac)clean, cleland, clerie, (mac)clinton, cloud, cochrane, cockburn, coles, colinson, colquhoun, comish, comiskey, comyn, conn(an), cook, corbett, corkhill, (mac)cormack, coull, coulthard, (mac)cowan, cowley, crabbie, craig, crane, cranna, crawford/crawfurd, crerar, cretney, crockett, crosby, cruikshank, (mac)crum, cubbin, cullen, cumming, cunningham, currie, cuthbertson

D

dallas, dalglish, dalziel, darach/darroch, davidson, davie, day, deason, de lundin, dewar, dickin, dickson, docherty, dockter, doig, dollar, (mac)donald(son), donelson, donn, douglas, dorward, (mac)dow(all), dowell, (macil)downie, drain, drummond, (mc)duff(ie)/duff(y), duguid, dunnet, dunbar, duncan, dunn, durward, duthie

E, F

eggo, elphinstone, erskine, faed, (mac)farquhar(son), fee, fergus(on), (mac)ferries, fettes, fiddes, findlay, finn, finlayson, fisher, fishwick, fitzgerald, flanagan, fleming, fletcher, forbes, forrest, foulis/fowlis, fraser, fullarton, fulton, furgeson

G

gall(ie), galbraith, gammie, gardyne, (mac)garvie, gatt, gault, geddes, gellion, gibb(son), gilbert, gilbride, (mac)gilchrist, gilfillan, (mac)gill(ivray/ony), gillanders, gillespie, gillies, gilliland, gilmartin, gilmichael, gilmore, gilroy, gilzean, (mac)glashan, glass, gloag, glover, godfrey, gollach, gordon, (mac)gorrie, gourlay, gow, graeme/graham, grant, grassick, grassie, gray, gregg, (mac)gregor(y), greer, greig, grierson, grieve, grimmond, (mac)gruer, gunn, guthrie

H

hall, hamill, (mac)hardie/hardy, harper, harvie, hassan, hatton, hay, henderson, hendry, henry, hepburn, herron, hood, hosier, howie, hugston, huie, hume, humphrey, hunter, (mac)hutcheon, hutcheson

I, J, K

(mac)innes, irving, iverach, ivory, jamieson, jarvie, jeffrey(s), johnson, johnston, jorie, (mac)kay, (mac)kean, keenan, keillor, keir, keith, kelly, kelso, keogh, kemp, kennedy, (mac)kerr(acher), kesson, king, kynoch

L

laing, laird, (mac)laine/lane, lamond, lamont, landsborough, landsburgh, lang/laing, larnach, laurie/lawrie, lees, lennie, lennox, leslie, lindsay, little(son), lithgow, livingston(e), lobban, logan, lorne, lothian, lovat, love, loynachan, luke, luther

MAC-

mac ruaidhrí, mac somhairle, mac suibhne, macadam, macadie, macaffer, macainsh, macalasdair, macallister, macalonie, macalpine, macanroy, macara, macarthy, macaskill, macaskin, macaughtrie, macaulay, macauslan, macbean, macbeath, macbeth(ock), macbey, macbriden, macbryde, maccabe, maccadie, maccaffer, maccaffey/maccaffie, maccalman, maccambridge, maccann, maccance, maccartney, maccavity, maccaw, macdowell, maccheyne, maccodrum, maccomb(ie), maccorkindale, maccormick, maccoll, macconie, macconnachie, macconnell, maccoshin, maccoskrie, maccorquodale, macclaren, maccleary, macclew, maccloy, macclumpha, macclung, macclure, macclurg, maccraig, maccrain, maccreadie, maccrimmon, maccrindle, maccririe, maccrone, maccrosson, maccuaig, maccuidh, maccuish, macculloch, maccurley, macdermid/macdiarmid, macdougall, macdui, macduthy, maceachainn, maceachen, macelfrish, macewan/macewen, macfadyen, macfadzean, macfall, macfarlane/macpharlane, macfater/macphater, macfeat, macfee, macfigan, macgarrie, macgarva, macgeachen/macgeechan, macgeorge, macghie, macgibbon, macgillonie, macgiven, macglip, macgriogair, macgruther, macguire, macgurk, machaffie, macheth, machugh, macichan, macinnally, macindeoir, macindoe, macinesker, macinlay, macinroy, macintosh, macintyre, macisaac, maciver/macivor, macilherran, macilroy, macjarrow, mackail, mackeegan, mackeggie, mackellar, mackelvie, mackendrick, mackenna, mackenzie, mackerlich, mackerral, mackerron, mackerrow, mackessock, mackettrick, mackichan, mackie, mackilligan, mackillop, mackim(mie), mackinven, mackirdy/mackirdie, mackrycul, maclafferty, maclagan, maclarty, maclatchie/letchie, maclaverty, maclearnan, macleay, maclehose, macleish, maclellan(d), macleman, macleod, macleòid, maclintock, macllwraith, maclucas, macluckie, maclugash, macmann(us), macmaster, macmeeken, macmichael, macmillan, macminn, macmorrow, macmurchie, macmurdo, macmurray, macnab, macnair, macnally, macnaught(on), macnee, macneish/macnish, macnicol, macninder, macnucator, macpartland, macphail, macphatrick, macphee, macphedran, macpherson, macquarrie, macqueen, macquien, macquilken, macrae/machray, macraild, macrob(bie/bert), macrory, macrostie, macshane, macsherry, macsorley, macsporran, macsween, mactavish, mactear, macturk, macusbaig, macvannan, macvarish, macvaxter, macvean, macveigh/macvey, macvicar, macvitie, macvurich, macwalter, macwattie, macwhannell, macwhillan, macwhinnie

MC-

mccabe, mccain, mcclelland, mcclintock, mcconell, mccracken, mccune, mccurdy, mcdiarmid, mcelshender, mceuen, mcewing, mcfadden, mcgeachie/mcgeachy, mcgowan, mcilroy, mcinnis, mcivor, mckechnie, mckeown, mclarty, mclennan, mcneill(age/ie), mcowen, mcphee, mcpherson, mcwhirter

M

maduthy, magruder, mahaffie, main(s), mair, major, malcolm(son), malloch, manson, marr, marno(ch), (mac)martin, marquis, massie, matheson, mathewson, maver/mavor, maxwell, may, mearns, meechan, meiklejohn, meldrum, mellis(h), menzies, mercer, micklewain, milfrederick, millar/miller, milligan, milliken, milne, milroy, milvain, milwain, moannach, moat, moffat, mollinson, moncrief, monk, montgomery, moore, moray, morgan, (mac)morran, morrison, morrow, morton, mossman, mucklehose, muir(head), mulloy, munn, munro, (mac)murchie/murchy, murchison, murdoch, murphy

N, O, P, Q

nairn, naughton, navin, neeve, neil, neish, nelson, ness, nevin, nicalasdair, niceachainn, (mac)nichol(son), nicleòid, (mac)niven, noble, ochiltree, ogg, ogilvy, o'kean, oliver, omay/omey, orchard(son), orr, osborne, park, paterson, patrick, patten, peacock, peat, peters, philp, polson, power, purcell, purser, qualtrough, quayle, quillan, quiller, quinn, quirk

R, S

(mac)ranald(son), randall, rankin, reid, reoch, revie, riach, (mac)ritchie, roberts(on), rose, ross, rothes, roy, ryrie, salmon(d), scott, selkirk, sellar, shannon, sharpe, shaw, sheen, shiach, sillars, sim(son/pson), sinclair, skene, skinner, sloan, smith, somerville, soutar/souter, stein, stenhouse, stewart/stuart, strachan, stronach, sutherland, (mac)swan(son/ston), swinton

T, U, V, W, Y

taggart, tallach, tawse, taylor, thom(son), todd, tolmie, tosh, tough, tulloch, turner, tyre, ulrick, urquhart, vass, wallace, walker, walsh, warnock, warren, ward, watt, watson, wayne, weir, welsh, whiston, whyte, wilkins(on), (mac)william(son), wilson, winning, wright, young

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Scandal Recap: A Streak of Weakness

By Joshua Alston  March 17, 201710:24 a.m.

Kerry Washington as Olivia. Photo: Eric McCandless/ABC

The ShondaLand empire operates on a central principle: If you’re an actor, and Shonda Rhimes digs you as a person, she will go to great lengths to keep you employed. She has admitted as much in interviews and in her memoir, and her shows bear it out. Ellen Pompeo has been on Grey’s Anatomy for so long, had she been appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court rather than installed as the chief moxie officer at Seattle Grace, she would technically have seniority over Chief Justice John Roberts. Meanwhile, McDreamy was unceremoniously mowed down in the street because Patrick Dempsey reportedly got beside himself, and there’s now an urban legend among showrunners about what happens if you say the name “Katherine Heigl” three times in front of the mirror.

Scandal has followed a similar pattern, where the story is bent around the group of actors Rhimes most wants to work with, rather than focusing on the characters and story elements that work best. Columbus Short got canned after season two, following some admittedly alarming behavior that suggested Harrison Wright shouldn’t be his biggest focus at the moment. And yet, Harrison was one of Scandal’s best characters, an Olivia Pope loyalist with an uncommon talent for calling Olivia on her bullshit and an intriguingly thin backstory. Short’s personal issues notwithstanding, there was plenty of story to tell with Harrison Wright.

Rhimes’s loyalty and insistence on maintaining a troupe of performers she likes is relatable and endearing in a “Celebrities … they’re just like us!” kind of way. But as a practical matter, the Rhimes approach to character longevity has had a destructive impact on her most popular shows. Grey’s Anatomy fans threatened to revolt over the McDreamy nightmare, but that show has still reached its 13th season because it’s designed to withstand constant cast churn. Scandal isn’t a workplace drama with episodic stories and built-in stakes. It’s a much more precise recipe than Grey’s, and it’s packed with whiplash twists and plotlines designed to shock without alienating.

Which brings us to “Extinction,” an episode conceived as though Scandal were a completely different kind of show, the kind of show that could stay on for 13 seasons by ignoring large chunks of each character’s history. Remember when Sally Langston used to be the vice president? Seems like a million years ago, but she was second-in-command under Fitz. She murdered her secretly gay husband in a fit of righteous rage — yada yada yada — now she’s a darling of conservative cable news and Scandal’s preferred vessel for exposition dumps. Jake has seemed like a dead man walking for several seasons, with little connection to the characters that matter and such baggage as murdering Cyrus’s husband for some reason I can’t even begin to remember at this point. Now he’s maybe the vice president, but definitely an assassin and probably still a spy of some kind, I suppose.

Keeping many of Scandal’s central characters requiring constantly conceiving and reconceiving them, and “Extinction” brings the same treatment to Eli Pope, who for reasons I still don’t quite understand, was made a regular cast member at the end of season four. Eli is the very definition of an ingredient best used sparingly. Granted, Joe Morton is a treasure, and once was one of Scandal’s power players. Morton commits fully to whatever goofy nonsense is put in front of him, and there’s no combination of words he can’t transform into Euripides through sheer will. But the character spent so much time as a mustache twirling supervillain, there’s no other way to utilize him without throwing the entire show out of whack.

Notice how the flashback format that’s worked so effectively for the rest of the season suddenly doesn’t when it’s a flashback about Eli Pope, who is either a doting daddy, a soulless operator, or a paleontology geek depending on what each scene calls for. Apparently, he’s mostly a paleontology geek, an interest that has kept his attention since he retired from B613 or however that whole thing went down. He gets sucked deeper into his hobby upon the reappearance of Sandra, one of his former love interests who shares his passion for microscopes and dinosaur bones. She approaches him with the opportunity to study fossils as part of a research program, and Eli accepts, if only because it offers him the chance to wax nostalgic about a more romantic, less bloody time in his life.

But old instincts die hard, so it’s not long before Eli discovers a hidden surveillance camera in the research facility and realizes his old flame is trying to burn him. Eli, ever the cynic, corners Sandra in a closet, points a gun at her jugular and finds out everything she knows, which isn’t much. A shadowy group of evil movers and shakers threatened to kill her unless she seduced Eli with sweet nothings and Brontosaurus mandibles. She didn’t want to do it, but had no other choice. When Eli confronts the cabal — which includes the still unnamed Zoe Perry character — they make their demand: They want Eli to ensure, by any means necessary, that Mellie Grant becomes the next president.

The thing is, wasn’t Eli already working on that? Last season’s Jake-centric mystery was around why he wanted to marry Vanessa, which was all about gaining access to Vanessa’s family fortune by killing her father, then installing Jake as the head of the NSA. Jake’s addition to Mellie’s ticket was framed as the ideal set of circumstances for Eli, whose endgame remained unclear. But according to “Extinction,” Eli’s plan to get Jake into the West Wing wasn’t because of whatever opaque plan he was already brewing up, but because Scandal’s latest Illuminati suddenly decided to threaten an old romantic interest who was completely unknown until this episode. No. Just no. It’s a completely unnecessary layer of the story.

Nevertheless, Eli commits to rigging election machines and doing whatever other skullduggery will ensure a Mellie Grant victory — and when Mellie loses the election anyway, he does the wet work himself. What once looked like an attack from a sniper posted miles away was actually from Eli himself, who positioned himself under the stage during Vargas’s acceptance speech. Eli was the shooter, and framing Cyrus for the murder was part of the plan from its outset. The whole plotline essentially swaps out one B613 for another, and Scandal is at its worst when the biggest threat comes from some all-powerful, ill-defined group of corporate baddies.

The biggest twist of all comes when Eli’s new supervisors tell him they have more jobs for him, as if murdering the president-elect isn’t enough. Eli lashes out in rage, and they tell him as long as they know he cares about Sandra, they’ll be able to operate him like a puppet. Eli shoots Sandra in the middle of the forehead, which is bittersweet, since it at least it ensures no more post-coital Eli shots. But ultimately, all “Extinction” does is make me wish Scandal had the same killer instinct. Eli nearly ruined this show, but instead of sidelining him, Rhimes promoted him, and he’s been a drag ever since. Now, because Eli is apparently a nonnegotiable part of this show, we’re stuck with the storytelling that nearly destroyed Scandal. There’s still a solid show somewhere within this mess, but instead of helping to excavate it, Eli does nothing but dump more dirt on top of it.

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Chapters: 5/? Fandom: Scandal (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Mellie Grant/Olivia Pope, Fitzgerald Grant/Mellie Grant, Mellivia Characters: Mellie Grant, Olivia Pope, Fitzgerald Grant, Abby Whelan, Huck (Scandal), Quinn Perkins, Harrison Wright, Cyrus Beene, Elizabeth North Summary:

Set during the campaign trail in season one. Mellie is the one who falls in love with Olivia.