Shonda Rhimes has done it again!
ABC recently aired its crossover episode of Rhimes’ hit television series, How To Get Away With Murder and Scandal, and Twitter can barely contain themselves!
In celebration of Scandal’s final season, Rhimes did the unthinkable, and wrote an episode starring our two favorites protagonists, Olivia Pope (played by Kerry Washington) and Annalise Keating (played by Viola Davis).
[Spoiler alert] In the episode, Olivia is in transition from the White House; Annalise is in the midst of getting her judicial reform class action to the Supreme Court. The duo eventually face off in a classroom setting. Pope was holding a lecture with a college class, when she was quizzing them about the day’s lesson. Of course no one could keep up with the fast-talking crisis manager, except for Keating that is. And things only got more interesting as the two-hour episode continued.
Following the episode’s airing, a number of fans hopped on Twitter to share their first thoughts. Many fans debated about who was the lesser of two evils.
Fans weren’t the only ones who felt the on-screen chemistry. Viola Davis previously said that working with Kerry Washington was electric. “I have to tell you, every time we touched on the show it was static electricity. Every single time it was black girl magic on steroids. I’m telling you,” Davis insisted on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in Jan. 2018. Washington echoed those sentiments on on the red carpet at the 2018 Golden Globes, saying: “To be able to work with Shonda and Viola all at once, it’s really such a spectacular opportunity.”
Check out all the fan reactions here.
https://twitter.com/brotalklive/status/969421208319135744
Gather him sis! Gather him! #HowToGetAwayWithScandal pic.twitter.com/7FJ8U0F1Yw
— TEAM HENNYTHING POSSIBLE!! (@yanab0015) March 2, 2018
Ok, why am I in tears #HowToGetAwayWithScandal pic.twitter.com/Eo9bfFMe3b
— Shamekia (@mookiesfabfinds) March 2, 2018
That justice like #HowToGetAwayWithScandal pic.twitter.com/569oTVbh6B
— A.C.A.B And the B stands for BITCHES (@DeVeonS) March 2, 2018
This is so powerful! Amen!!#HowToGetAwayWithScandal pic.twitter.com/xibhBCrpXD
— Michele DaCosta (@mimena821) March 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/BlackFranFine/status/969394074338947072
https://twitter.com/LanaKane_/status/969393525912756224
Millie thinking she’s can win against Olivia. Hahaha. #howtogetawaywithscandal
— 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘢 (@inorasanchez) March 2, 2018
I tell you the moment Olivia grabs her purse up, makes eye contact, and bobs her head to the side…..IT’S HANDLED #HowToGetAwayWithScandal
— Jessica Holland (@AkaUrHighness) March 2, 2018
All this bad ass blackness! #HowToGetAwayWithScandal
— Sir Court (@YB_2) March 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/dontboovote2020/status/969396900465201152
Savage Olivia just savage #HowToGetAwayWithScandal
— SimSimma (@SoOverThisCrap) March 2, 2018
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— James (@jtsalas10) March 2, 2018