ABC’s ‘Scandal’ season 3 spoilers: Bellamy Young on Mellie’s possible romance
“Scandal” loves their surprises, and they also love finding a way to introduce them in a way that is slightly different than anything else that you have seen on TV. When it comes to Mellie on Thursday night’s new episode, we certainly did have that as we starting to get the sense of who Andrew was, and how she has a history with him.
This is an exciting story in the seven episodes ahead, mostly because it allows for an opportunity for her to show off a different, loving side to her personality. She’s been forced to be rather cold and distant thanks to Fitz’s relationship with Olivia Pope, so can that really change? Speaking to TVLine after the midseason premiere Thursday, Bellamy Young suggested that she would certainly like to see something different:
“What I’m excited about is that you get to see another piece of her. You don’t get to see just angry diatribing Mellie. You get to wonder, ‘Can she allow kindness? Is she causing the dynamic in her marriage, can she not allow herself to be loved?’ Because not everyone can. It’s a very scary thing to risk yourself like that, to open your heart and really be seen by someone. It’ll be fun to watch her fail at that, but sort of crawl forward, if she can. For me the quote that comes to mind is William Blake’s, ‘We are here to learn to endure the beams of love,’ because I feel like that’s where Mellie is now. But it’s also going to be fun because we’ll see the kids [son Jerry, daughter Karen] later on, so we’ll meet her as a mother.”
With all of this in mind, we’re almost a little more tempted to call the second part of this season “the season of Mellie,” mostly due to the fact that she has so much going on. As for Olivia, we know the drill. She’s hover around Fitz, they’ll fight, and then they’ll make out. Same old, same old.
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