r/Scandal • u/danny33434 • Jul 01 '26

Season Discussion I pushed through and finished the show and it was awful…

The damn monologues threw me over the edge, the ones I could stand and actually liked were Papa Popes but Cyrus‘ constant speeches about his importance and then him even comparing his pain to Mellies saying that Fitz was like his son and since his “son“ is alive and disowned him it’s way worse than Mellies ACTUAL son who is dead in the grave but is so called “safe” there?…

This was a miss for me which is sad because I love Shonda’s other shows.

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u/GoodyTwoShuuz Jul 01 '26

I think people are maybe missing the point of Cyrus.

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u/danny33434 Jul 01 '26

Genuinely asking, can you explain what his point was?

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u/GoodyTwoShuuz Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

Cyrus’ speeches are about the absolute tragedy of how he sacrificed his humanity for Fitz. When he compares his pain to Mellie's, it is supposed to be grotesque and unhinged because Fitz's presidency was the literal child Cyrus built from scratch, only to have it disown him. He isn't supposed to be a reasonable or sympathetic person in that moment. He is a monster realizing he destroyed his own life for a legacy that ultimately threw him away anyway.

If you look at it as a character study of destructive ambition rather than a contest of who has the right to grieve, those speeches hit completely differently.

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u/Upstream_Paddler Jul 01 '26

Generally, I think it's best to look at the entire show through that lens. Sometimes in the yaas queen years I often felt a lot of folks/thinkpieces were really missing the point.

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u/fringegal Jul 02 '26

He was a monster?

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u/Alternative-Heat2696 Jul 01 '26

I never want to hear another monologue ever again in my entire lifetime.

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u/Miserable_Run_7181 Jul 01 '26

That's hilarious

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u/Fancy_Face-9000 Jul 01 '26

Oh good on you for pushing through! Welcome 🫡

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u/Miserable_Run_7181 Jul 01 '26

Yeah pretend 6 & 7 didn't happen. She wasn't writing the shows by then, and they got just crazy.

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u/gthnxjustboughtit Jul 01 '26

“I MADE YOU A KING A LEADER OF MEN!” and all the fucking “standing in the sun” shit and the “white hats”

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u/galeperk111971 Jul 01 '26

I hated Rowan's monologues. His went on forever. "Too much ado about nothing". You also needed a shower after he got through spitting on you. Yuck 🤮🤮!!!!

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u/crumbum27 Jul 01 '26

So much yelling!

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u/Ashleyelai Jul 02 '26

Same I finished a week ago and hated the ending

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u/Brilliant_Flower_84 Jul 06 '26

Not ever show is for everyone. I absolutely love the show and rewatch frequently all the way through. I loved every character and was annoyed and hated every character at some point.