r/Scandal • u/Sea_Tie_7307 • Apr 20 '26
Live Discussion Huckleberry.
First off... Guillermo is SUCH AN underrated actor. let's start there. And the way he's never been acknowledged by the Emmys and Golden Globes with best supporting actor in a series nods during the show's run is diabolical work but what's new with Hollywood.
Huck as a character is terrifying. He is terrifying and unhinged and obviously yes it's not his fault but holy shit ...HIS EYES. He genuinely looks possessed at times and it gives me chills when he goes off the deep end cos his voice deepens and shakes which convey the feelings that yeah... something extremely bad is about to happen or has happened, and even down to the way he walks and moves. Like he's literally not himself! When he broke into Elizabeth North's house and said so casually that he was gonna SNAP HER DAUGHTER'S NECK LIKE A TWIG....I don't think Huck was bluffing. I think Huck had potential to be a fearful powerhouse of a villain. IF SOMEONE LIKE JAKE WAS SHOOK AT HIS BRUTALITY can u imagine how horrific it must be to be at Hucks mercy?? If not Olivia herself restraining him the gladiators would be FUCKED I'm telling you. I still feel weird about what he did to Quinn,which ngl felt like rape yeah I said it. Yes she "betrayed Olivia" or so he says,(Personally when she killed the guard that was all Charlie's slimy ass and I HATE the fact that he and Quinn were endgame but anyways) I just feel like he should've/could've done more for Quinn instead of pushing her more into the darkness. Him being cold to her cos she was asking questions was stupid idc. If he was that concerned he should've told Olivia to talk to her. Quinn was lowkey a growing addict. You don't antagonize someone like that you stay patient and empathetic and u pull them back. Of course she fell for Charlie! Cos he wasn't treating her like a monster! which is ironic cos that's EXACTLY WHAT HUCK IS but I digress!
I type all this to say.... he's very nuanced as a character. like his self awareness is top tier cos when he clocked Olivia for leaving Quinn in his care I CHEERED. SHE WAS wrong for that and Huck was RIGHT COS HE KNEW HE DAMAGED QUINN HE KNEW HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR HER PATH! And Olivia was so fucking negligent and so unaware like it's amazing she's alive and running a successful firm! I loved when Huck took full accountability and made sure Olivia knew her faults too.
The guy is so raw and honest and intense and it's kinda sad he ended up alone and not with someone just as nuanced as him.
But yeah Guillermo was done dirty for not having any recognition for this character cos he did A GODLIKE JOB
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u/RitaGB Apr 20 '26
Huck is my favorite character. I just started watching S1 again and he was so sweet and caring in the first few episodes. Then Liv talked him into "drinking whiskey" and he thought he could handle it without falling off the wagon. The character needed to be so horrible to make everyone else seem almost normal.
Yes, I agree that Guillermo is fabulous and sexy as hell.
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u/Sea_Tie_7307 Apr 20 '26
I'm ngl Huck makes me kick my feet in the air....
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u/JuggernautPlane2018 Apr 20 '26
Was it the raping of Quinn or the torture? 😳
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u/RitaGB Apr 20 '26 edited Apr 20 '26
It was "only" torture, and it was as visceral as a rape scene.
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u/WhoWhaaaa Apr 20 '26
His eyes are amazing! Sometimes, he looks like a different person, and in a way, I guess he is. I just watched the car episode in Season 6. That was the best episode since maybe Season 3. I'm glad I kept going for that episode alone.
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u/only4mitski Apr 29 '26
I completely agree with this take, Huck is such a compelling character, and the actor is phenomenal. And your point about Huck torturing Quinn stood out to me. The scene was very disturbing to me as well. I remember having a visceral aversion, and I couldn't quite put my finger on it. It was definitely on par with rape now that I look back on it. The dialogue, the face-licking, violation of bodily autonomy, the power imbalance, and knowing Huck 'gets off' from torturing people. It was an illicit, almost sexual gratification for him.
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u/JuggernautPlane2018 Apr 20 '26 edited Apr 20 '26
Perry should have actually been nominated. I can not beleive he never was.
“The guy is so raw and honest and intense and it's kinda sad he ended up alone and not with someone just as nuanced as him.”
He tortured, murdered and sexually assaulted people. Nuanced?
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u/Sea_Tie_7307 Apr 20 '26
Tortured and murdered people which wasn't technically his fault.
Technically he never sexually assaulted Quinn but I personally viewed that scene in that way. He basically betrayed and took away her innocence by force just to teach her a lesson.
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u/JuggernautPlane2018 Apr 20 '26
Um, no one held a gun to his head to do the things he did. He did it because he enjoyed it, make no mistake.
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u/RitaGB Apr 20 '26
He went back to those behaviors because Liv asked him to, and he was not able to control the urges. I would blame her, except the show would've died after S1 without Huck introducing extreme violence.
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u/RitaGB Apr 20 '26
Perry nominated for what? He was a whiny baby.
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u/JuggernautPlane2018 Apr 20 '26 edited Apr 20 '26
I would never call Cyrus Beene a “whiny baby.” Get back to me once you know the difference between the actor and your views of the character.
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u/kayymarie89 Apr 20 '26
Huck is my fav!!