In “An Innocent Man”, we got to know a new Scandal character named Bitsy Cooper. And fans on Twitter had a big (positive) reaction to her. Which brings us to our favorite tweet of the night, which remarked upon how clever Shonda Rhimes was to bring in Bitsy.

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Bitsy proved to be better than anyone could have hoped. Photo: ABC

Best Tweet of the Night about Scandal Season 5, Episode 6 “An Innocent Man”

@aliciad0yle: (21:29:27) Leave it to Shonda to write in a modern day Eleanor. You go Mrs. Cooper. #TGIT @ScandalABC

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Mellie’s getting inspired. Photo: ABC

Runner Up for Best Tweet of the Night about Scandal Season 5, Episode 6 “An Innocent Man”

@RodLiveTweets: (21:55:34) They should change the show description of Scandal to “Everyone lying to Liv and she buying it” for every episode. #Scandal

Stay with the Small Screen Scoop TV Blog for more installments of the best Scandal tweets. We also have polls, and snarky thoughts about what the point of Carson Daly is.