Thursday’s episode of Scandal was laced with excellent quotes, major changes in plans and plenty of unanswered questions, like, what was the plan when you proposed this auction, Olivia? And why is Andrew still alive?

Olivia’s friends suddenly decide that they should bid for Olivia in the auction. I’m not sure why it took them so long to think of that. Was this Olivia’s plan?

Another question: it’s Black History Month. Is this whole auction plot a timely reminder about America’s history of buying and selling black people? I don’t know. I do know that a portion of the money raised from this auction needs to be donated to an HBCU. read more…