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By Danielle Kwateng-Clark · Updated December 6, 2020

In honor of their 100th episode, Scandal took viewers on a time-travel trip to an alternative reality. 

As fans know, the series started five years ago when Fitz (Tony Goldwyn) first took office and his love affair with Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) fully bloomed. As we’d later discover, he wouldn’t have won the presidency if not for faulty voting booths in Defiance, Ohio.

But in “The Decision”, Pope envisions an entirely different existence where Defiance never happened and Fitz isn’t in the White House.

Their love affair remains just as intense, he leaves Mellie and they marry in a beautiful ceremony, but losing the election weighs on Fitz. Eventually a life of being a political pundit kills his career passion, and ultimately affects his alternate life marriage to Olivia.

Love, marriage, divorce, secret kisses, Common’s “The Light”— Shonda Rhimes had it all. 

Soooooo did anyone notice that alternative reality Liv looks a lot like somebody else we know?!?! 😳😍😃 #scandal #sc… https://t.co/FbD8FHgBnV pic.twitter.com/jkEG2iYYpQ

— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) April 14, 2017

 

Ok somebody needs to make a scandal CD cause the music is one of the best parts ❤❤❤ #scandal100 #scandal

— Tia Renee tolliver (@tolliver_tia) April 14, 2017

 

They gave us:
-A proposal
-A wedding
-A fight
-Divorce papers
-THE LIGHT
ALL IN ONE EPISODE. They're trying to kill us 😭😭 #olitz #Scandal pic.twitter.com/fY1DsvlNfK

— Ana✨ (@Ana_Elle971) April 14, 2017

Fans also reacted to Mellie kissing Cyrus, after Fitz has left her in the alternative world. In either existence, Cyrus is still gay, so it threw viewers off. 

James really entered Mellie's home and hit Cyrus with a Mary J. "I can love you better than she can." #Scandal pic.twitter.com/rH5iEu8Zxg

— The Root (@TheRoot) April 14, 2017

 

When Mellie kissed Cyrus. #scandal100 pic.twitter.com/DgmxLA5SvJ

— Aᴅᴀᴍ Sʜᴀᴘɪʀᴏ (@adamshapiro) April 14, 2017

 

https://twitter.com/mskiaabdi/status/852694961971703808

 

Mrs. Mellie Bean...#Scandal pic.twitter.com/GuEbt4BC9c

— Baylee Scott (@BayleeScott_) April 14, 2017

 

Pause, Cyrus doesn't like men no more?! #Scandal pic.twitter.com/Af4YD0gt2N

— The Root (@TheRoot) April 14, 2017

“I don’t think I’ve really thought about it until we were standing there at the 100th episode celebration with the cake and everything,” Rhimes told The Hollywood Reporter about taping the 100th episode. 

“I truly didn’t realize it. I don’t know if it’s a milestone because I’m a woman or a milestone because I’m an African-American woman — it’s America, so everything is a milestone if you’re an African-American woman it seems. But it does feel fun that we get to do these shows and get here and the fans are following.”

Scandal comes on Thursdays at 9/8c on ABC.

TOPICS:  Scandal
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