That moment where Mellie had to concede is difficult for Young to watch, too.
I go in a blank slate.
I don’t ever try and second-guess it.
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So that table-read was sickening.
kindly tell me you just stopped the read and said, “Wait, are you sure?
I don’t win?
This is not going to happen in real life, right?“Never.
The mantra I breathe through is that if it’s bad, it’s good.
Like, drama is good, drama in Shondaland is good.
I don’t want it in my real life, but on paper, more drama, more better.
I really wouldn’t.
I can only say that it was so gutting to get that first script.
And she didn’t really lose, you know?
She won, but she is not our president.
We shot it in July.
It was utterly hypothetical in July.
It definitely seismically changed the shape of our season.
So, where does narrative drama go in that paradigm?
Mellie has really come full circle in now trusting Olivia.
Will that continue moving forward?I hope so.
I feel like it was one of those beautiful, life-is-just-complicated kind of truths, you know?
Nobody’s all bad, nobody’s all good.
It was such a ripe opportunity for deep, deep friendship.
Do you think Mellie really expected Fitz to support her by the premiere’s end?
They have so much history, and if you’re keeping score, he owes her so much.
He’s seen me.
Will there be any time jumps back to the election?We will go back and forth in time.
It’s been a very cool season in that the storytelling is different.
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