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Your reaction when someone says they don't watch Scandal
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Those close to you don't understand your obsession
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You tell yourself it's not an obsession, it's a valid study (clearly there's a chart for it and everything)
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Before you head out for the day, you look in the mirror and say
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When Olivia Pope runs into a problem on the show, you respond to the tv with
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The ONLY thing you were concerned about for a few weeks
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You've watched this scene so many times, it's probably not healthy
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Scandal gives you high expectations of the relationship you now want, even though you didn't know it before
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.......And he just ruined them for you
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You're glad Jake got put in the hole
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....and you're wondering if Mellie can join him
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So Olitz can be together and happy (we all know this is what everyone wants)
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But then you remember, there's no forever in
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So you be strong, and put on your white hat
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...but then Shonda pulls this
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....and you feel like this
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...and end up like this until Scandal Season 3
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