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⌈ Secret Post #3167 ⌋

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If, in a realistic setting, the character is too special. For example, Scandal. The lead character, Olivia Pope has a lot of crazy things happening in her life. Some of them are stretching the suspension of disbelief quite a bit but hey, it's a drama. However she discovered that HER OWN FATHER is the leader of the super secret spy club that not even the US presidents know about! While she thought that all her life he worked at the Smithsonian (she wasn't even groomed to be a special person and have special events in her life!). That's what I would call stretching it a bit. That's the kind of stuff I was okay with Alias because it's about spies not about PR counselors.

I stopped watching when it was revealed that her (supposedly) dead mom was a terrorist and her being on a civilian plane was the only reason it was shot down, killing everyone on board (except for the mom). And of course the one who shot down the plane is the current President of the United States/Olivia's on-off boyfriend/affair.

And her father is keeping her mom prisoner because.... I stopped watching before that was revealed, but I assume it was for the good of the country, the world and everything.

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AYRT

That was my exact reaction, and I stopped watching after that. It had gotten ridiculous before the mom subplot, but that was the last straw for me.

I skimmed this and thought it was Agents of Shield for a moment. Isn't Scandal supposed to be realistic fiction on some level?

AYRT

It was realistic in thefirst few episodes. But from the moment they introduced the election-fraud plot it all went downhill. Even as I type this I remember more and more ridiculous "twists" from the show. I could make you a list if you want to see something really stupid today.

I think the showrunner fell victim to upping-the-stakes syndrome which is a shame, because I really loved the first few episodes of the show.

HTGAWM was the same. Admittedly it does begin with the students having killed their teacher's husband, but I mean, that's plausible enough if there's a story behind it. But it got so convoluted from there, and honestly, part of me thinks the writers actually didn't really know how the guy ended up getting killed until they started filming.

It gets worse! ~~Or better, for someone like me who enjoys the sheer nonsense of a plot it has.~~

Olivia got kidnapped by orders of the vice-president and was going to be sold as the perfect tool to be used against the president. Terrorist in the whole world, as well as other governments tried to buy her.

Guess what? Once she was rescued (by Stephen, who now has the right network in Russia)... nothing happened. Apparently she's famous and everyone was willing to pay for her, but once she was free and without any kind of security detail, her only danger was still daddy dearest (who, despite B613 not existing anymore or having any funds to be financed with, still controlled so many agents that he was unbeatable... until they accused him of fraud).

Whatever was the issue with the mom? Was she really a terrorist? It felt as though they were setting up a(nother) twist with her but I just didn't give a damn anymore.

That kidnapping plot is very... special. WTH? (Which one is Stephen again? Was that her temporary secret agent boyfriend who was put in a hole?) Did her dad go full-out evil then?

The show had so much potential. Didn't they even have an actual fixer on staff? (Though admittedly, hearing how batshit insane the plot has gotten is funny now that I'm not watching the show anymore.)

Yes, her mother is one of the worse terrorists ever and... that plot went nowhere, she's just detained by the government right now and her name was used during the kidnapping plot so Quinn and the others could bid for Olivia in an attempt to save her.

Stephen is the one that left at season one. Her dad refused to do anything because Olivia ~betrayed him~ and later, he used that as a proof that the only reason nothing had happened to Olivia before was because of him.

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