“This is what a couple looks like.” As Quinn says, Its like hes Gods gift to women, but for real. Sound too good to be true? Credit: Eric McCandless/ABC She claims he raped her and the school did nothing about it. I admit, I got full-chills during this scene Iloveto see Liv work her magic! On to the White House! Fitz gives a succinct apology speech, and the media agrees its one of his best....
Liv is torn between prison and perjury. Where could they possibly go from here? Well…seems like everywhere. Credit: Nicole Wilder/ABC The OPA gang (Abby included!) The Jeannine Locke video leak, for example? It was dead Harrison! Olivia doesnt want to lie, so shes trying not to testify altogether. The only option anyone can think of is spousal privilege meaning shed have to marry Fitz, and fast. Shes not too keen on the idea, and Fitz can sense it....
All that was missing was a promise to build a wall. Olivia gives Abby a warning: Power corrupts. Be a better person, she says. Credit: ABC/Jordin Althaus Its advice Abby decides not to take. (Lean in, Whelan!) I see you, Vanessa, she tells the screen. Olivia is unmoved Your girlfriends arent girlfriends, she says. Jake gets in close, staring right at her. Did you enjoy it, watching us? Did you pretend that you were her?...
You had the Oval. My baby had the Oval, he beams. You were running the place, and he was clueless. Credit: Kevin Estrada/ABC (Tell me Im wrong, he deadpans.) Olivia assures him its better this way. He tried to make me into a first lady. Jake has come home, he tells her. Go home she does, but Jake is waiting outside her apartment door. Not creepy at all, Jake! She tells him to leave and hits the elevator button to show she means business....
And the Republican candidates will have Sally Langston as their moderator. Susan, meanwhile, is deep in debate prep, talking about immigration with Fitz subbing in as Hollis. And…shes kind of killing it. Credit: Greg Gayne/ABC Before they hang up, Abby has one question for Olivia: Has she heard the rumors? Liv says shes looking into it, and we get quick confirmation of what they are. Hes announcing the next morning but first wanted to check with Liv about something called Meridian Terrace....
Another made-up country in crisis, another job for ‘President’ Liv. Livs gut Ive missed that faithful ol thing! tells her hes being honest, but Fitz doesnt want the White House involved in any investigation. Credit: Greg Gayne/ABC Thats why my people should do it, Liv says. Fitz replies: Find it before noon. Im just a woman…a heartbeat away from the presidency. Can I hang a Susan Ross poster on my wall?...
Mellie wanted Olivia Pope. She got Olivia Pope. More of this, just, Shondaland Powers That Be! Credit: Eric McCandless/ABC Mellies caught off guard, but is also impressed. You really can compartmentalize like nobodys business, she says. You asked for Olivia Pope; you got Olivia Pope, Liv replies. You dont know why you stayed. Do you know why you left? I dont need to answer that one, Olivia responds. Im not the one writing a book....
Key to everyones planning at the moment is the president whom Fitz should or shouldnt endorse. You know, standard protocol. How out of hand are we talking? Credit: Nicole Wilder/ABC Naturally, the Secret Service boss wants this to stay, well, secret. (Abby: Does she rescue puppies and orphans in her spare time? Olivia: Probably.) she was murdered). Cyrus, meanwhile, still has his political eyes on Gov. Vargas of Pennsylvania and really wants this guy to run for president....
At least two have overlapped with TGIT this election cycle (sorry, politics recapping comes first! ), and now theyve crossed over to being onScandalitself. And she gets it off of a comment from Mellie about women not being their husbands keepers. Credit: Richard Cartwright/ABC Were not our husbands keepers but maybe we should be Americas, she says. The crowd gives her a standing ovation, and headlines the next day declare her the debate winner....
It all begins with a mercifully quick misunderstanding between Abbys surveillance team and Fitzs girlfriend, Lillian Forrester. Now, Abbys really got something to freak out about. But no one seems 100 percent convinced, even her. Credit: Richard Cartwright/ABC So there, harrumph.) NEXT: Mellie takes matters into her own hands… After all, what they had was real, right? Hearing about the nonstarter effort enrages Olivia even further and brings on yet another bout of her traumatic flashbacks....
Like father, like son Its an Olivia and Jake episode, yall. (Fitzvians cover your eyes.) (Spoiler: Not even close, kid. Credit: Nicole Wilder/ABC Back at Pope HQ, Olivias still camped out under daddys roof also attempting a mental escape? You gotta stop beating yourself up over this, Jake says to soothe her. Eli arrives to offer his agreement with Jakes warped little wisdom nugget and sends Jake on his way....
Meet your presidential nominees The people have spoken. Or, rather, the scheming people behind their presidential campaigns have. Yeah, a lot happened tonight, guys. Credit: Byron Cohen/ABC That gets him and his Trump-esque Dare to Be Great Again slogan out of the race. If you stay in, the stuff becomes public. If you drop out, it stays quiet. Olivia goes first, dropping the bombshell about Rosen cutting a deal with Gov....
Or, as he puts it, Were making the next president of the United States. Hes being petulant Fitz to the max (Are we at war? Did California fall into the ocean? Credit: Eric McCandless/ABC Plans need to be made, Secret Service details rearranged; it all seems very practical, right? Fitz disagrees and tells Abby to go far away and never speak to him about this again. Rowan, meanwhile, has seen Mellie Grants book and is playing Proud Papa Pope with Olivia....
