This might not come as much of a shock to avid Scandal fans. Shonda Rhimes has said before that she’s always known how the show would end and sources tell The Hollywood Reporter, “Rhimes always saw Scandal as a seven-season show.”
Though the journey has at times been rocky, it’s still refreshing to see a series recognize when it’s time to go rather than fade into the oblivion of poor ratings. If Scandal were to continue, we’d be looking at a series where Fitz is no longer President, which sounds great, but would also throw off a lot of the dynamics. If Olivia goes to work in the White House permanently, what happens to Olivia Pope & Associates? What the hell will Fitz be doing? For that matter, what would Cyrus, Jake and Papa Pope reasonably have to do in a world where Mellie Grant is President, Olivia is safe-ish, and B613 no longer exists?
Hopefully we’ll learn more about what exactly led to this decision but I have a few guess of my own. Perhaps Kerry Washington if finally planning her real push to become a bona fide movie star now that she has a huge fan base and notoriety. Shonda Rhimes already has a million other things going on so I wouldn’t be surprised if she simply wanted to declutter her schedule a bit. Or, maybe, everyone decided that we no longer need a soap operatic depiction of a chaotic, compromised, scheming Washington DC because we’re living it right now.
