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April 16 - 22, 2018 Page 3 ACROSS 1. James Brolin's role on "Life in Pieces" 5. "That '70s __" 9. Zellweger or Taylor 10. Edgar __ Poe 12. "__ __ Big Girl Now" 13. Colorado resort town 16. Wallach or Marienthal 17. Initials for actor MacLeod 18. Ward and June's younger son 20. Justin Timberlake's state of birth: abbr. 21. "__ of Thrones" 23. As busy as __ __ 25. "Sanford and __" 26. VP Rockefeller's monogram 27. Treasury Dept. agcy. 28. Metro, Prizm or Spectrum 29. K's followers 30. Actress Kathryn 32. "__ with Her" (2003-04) 33. "I Am __ Four"; 2011 Alex Pettyfer movie 38. Mitchum's initials 39. 2015-17 James Wolk series 41. Doesn't __ like; appears not to be 42. Objective 43. Actress Potts 45. Wild brawl 47. "__ Me No Flowers"; 1964 Rock Hudson/ Doris Day film 48. Sitcom about a deacon DOWN 1. Role on "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." (2) 2. "Love __ __ Rooftop" (1966-67) 3. "__ Got Game"; Denzel Washington movie 4. Actress Campbell 5. "__ of the Century" (1983-89) 6. Initials for actress Lamarr 7. "Grand __ Opry" 8. Role on "Scorpion" (2) 9. Actress Diana 11. Number of seasons for "The Waltons" 14. Battery size 15. "Star Trek __: The Voyage Home"; 1986 sequel 18. Robert Guillaume sitcom 19. "Walker, Texas __" 22. Sunup, for short 24. Actor on "The Beverly Hillbillies" 29. Judy Garland's oldest 31. Hala Finley's role on "Man with a Plan" 34. "__ People"; 1992 film for Kathy Bates 35. "__, Myself & I" 36. "Who Wants to __ a Millionaire" 37. Actress Thompson 40. "__ Tree Hill" 42. Drink served in a stein 44. "__ the House" (1995- 99) 46. Role in "The Wizard of Oz" Solution on page 2 CoverStory By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it After seven seasons of twists and turns, "Scandal" almost certainly has some tricks left up its sleeve. But it had better play them fast. The Shonda Rhimes-created-and-pro- duced ABC drama about the lives, loves and ... yes, scandals of power players in the nation's capital airs its finale Thursday, April 19. Many Gladiators (or "Scandal" fans) made the series hugely popular on social media as well as television, and they're sure to tune in to see whether crisis-management expert Olivia Pope (played by Kerry Washington) gets to live happily ever after. And that easily could go either way. Expectedly, the last story's details have been kept under wraps. Still, certain to get their last "Scandal"-ous hurrahs are Washington's fellow cast regulars Tony Goldwyn, Bellamy Young, Jeff Per- ry, Katie Lowes, Darby Stanchfield, Guillermo Diaz, Joshua Malina, Scott Foley, Cornelius Smith Jr., George Newbern — and Joe Morton, who won an Emmy Award as Olivia's duplicitous, espio- nage-drenched father Eli. "What's great about knowing the series is go- ing to end is that we don't have to worry about being picked up," reasons Mor- ton, who also directed one of the last "Scandal" epi- sodes. "People have been very effusive about saying how much they love the show, and how sad they are to see it go away, and that's a good feeling as well. I think we want to go out on top, as opposed to being one of those shows where people say, 'It used to be so good!' " Having portrayed one of "Scandal's" most shifting — and, for that matter, shifty — characters, Morton has enjoyed the curveballs the series frequently has thrown at him: "Our reac- tions at table reads have probably been the same as the audience's reactions ... people yelling and scream- ing and pointing and crying or whatever. We've gotten to experience what the au- dience has, and then we've gone back to work." The conclusion of "Scandal" is directed, as more than 20 of its other episodes have been, by Tom Verica. He's an exec- utive producer of the show and a longtime Rhimes associate now on the staff of her new ABC law drama "For the People"; he also played the now-late Sam Keating on her "How to Get Away With Murder." Joe Morton is among the stars of the series finale of "Scandal" Thursday on ABC. End of a 'Scandal': Creator- producer Shonda Rhimes' ABC drama signs off

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