1 00:00:01,167 --> 00:00:02,225 Lovers of liberty, 2 00:00:02,335 --> 00:00:05,498 are we to believe this man is capable of guiding our nation 3 00:00:05,572 --> 00:00:07,403 with prudence and common sense 4 00:00:07,507 --> 00:00:10,135 with that seductress Olivia Pope 5 00:00:10,210 --> 00:00:13,646 distracting him with a body made for... 6 00:00:13,713 --> 00:00:16,477 Dennis, will you show us the photographs again? 7 00:00:16,549 --> 00:00:19,882 We've been sold a bushel of lies, a barrel of snake oil. 8 00:00:19,953 --> 00:00:21,420 - (TV TURNS OFF) - (REMOTE CLATTERS) 9 00:00:22,422 --> 00:00:23,514 Liv. 10 00:00:25,892 --> 00:00:27,052 Liv? 11 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,321 Everything is gonna be okay. 12 00:00:29,396 --> 00:00:32,263 I have to go downstairs now before Abby and Liz get up here. 13 00:00:32,365 --> 00:00:34,356 But I'll be right back as soon as I can. 14 00:00:34,434 --> 00:00:36,265 Everything is gonna be okay. 15 00:00:42,642 --> 00:00:43,631 (DOOR OPENS) 16 00:00:44,844 --> 00:00:45,833 (DOOR CLOSES) 17 00:00:46,513 --> 00:00:47,673 How the hell did this happen? 18 00:00:47,747 --> 00:00:49,271 The head of Uniformed Secret Service confirms 19 00:00:49,382 --> 00:00:51,009 there were no external security breaches. 20 00:00:51,084 --> 00:00:52,517 But that's really not the issue, sir. 21 00:00:52,585 --> 00:00:53,916 So you're telling me this leak was internal? 22 00:00:54,020 --> 00:00:55,112 Sir, the leak is really not the issue. 23 00:00:55,221 --> 00:00:56,449 I want the head of the Uniformed Secret Service... 24 00:00:56,556 --> 00:00:57,580 We can't. I just fired him. 25 00:00:57,690 --> 00:00:59,521 - I'm bringing my guy in from the NSA. - Not the issue. 26 00:00:59,626 --> 00:01:01,184 No. Get Rosen to investigate the leak. 27 00:01:01,261 --> 00:01:03,286 - Sir, this is a surveillance issue. - Rosen's loyal to Liv. 28 00:01:03,396 --> 00:01:05,296 He's on the inside. He'll wanna make this happen right. 29 00:01:05,398 --> 00:01:06,763 Not the issue! 30 00:01:06,866 --> 00:01:08,697 Sir, those photos are everywhere. 31 00:01:08,768 --> 00:01:10,736 I've got a room full of press getting rowdier by the minute. 32 00:01:10,804 --> 00:01:11,896 There's blood in the water. 33 00:01:11,971 --> 00:01:13,268 We're gonna need a game plan. 34 00:01:13,373 --> 00:01:14,397 We're gonna need a statement. 35 00:01:14,474 --> 00:01:16,032 We're gonna need a bigger boat. 36 00:01:16,543 --> 00:01:17,567 She's right. 37 00:01:17,644 --> 00:01:20,078 The press needs to hear from the White House. From you. 38 00:01:21,281 --> 00:01:23,078 - ABBY: Sir? - I'm going back to the Residence. 39 00:01:23,149 --> 00:01:24,980 - Because? - Because Olivia is there. 40 00:01:25,085 --> 00:01:26,814 I can't make a statement without Olivia. 41 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:28,319 Mr. President, I don't think... 42 00:01:28,421 --> 00:01:31,982 If a statement is being made, Olivia and I are making it together. 43 00:01:35,028 --> 00:01:37,292 So, what? History's being made tonight? 44 00:01:37,397 --> 00:01:38,455 For the first time ever, 45 00:01:38,565 --> 00:01:41,796 the President and his mistress address the nation. 46 00:01:41,901 --> 00:01:43,766 Why are you so calm? 47 00:01:43,870 --> 00:01:45,565 Do you really think she's gonna get in front of the camera 48 00:01:45,638 --> 00:01:47,071 and admit that they're having an affair? 49 00:01:47,140 --> 00:01:48,869 It's Liv. She's the best in the business. 50 00:01:48,942 --> 00:01:50,739 The President's about to get Poped. 51 00:01:53,446 --> 00:01:54,572 Liv? 52 00:01:56,049 --> 00:01:57,038 (CELL PHONE RINGS) 53 00:01:58,218 --> 00:02:00,812 - FITZ: What's going on? - I had to leave while I still could. 54 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:02,148 - Liv... - OLIVIA: Don't call me again. 55 00:02:02,222 --> 00:02:04,383 - Wait for me. I will call you. - FITZ: Liv. 56 00:02:04,457 --> 00:02:05,515 Where the hell are you? 57 00:02:05,592 --> 00:02:09,187 Well, what a ludicrous question. We know exactly where she is. 58 00:02:10,396 --> 00:02:12,887 She may run from the watchful eyes of Justice. 59 00:02:13,399 --> 00:02:15,959 She may run from the good people of this nation. 60 00:02:16,069 --> 00:02:18,333 But I can assure you, dear lovers of liberty, 61 00:02:18,404 --> 00:02:20,998 she will not be able to hide. 62 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:27,000 Ripped & Corrected By mstoll 63 00:02:28,348 --> 00:02:29,337 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) 64 00:02:31,684 --> 00:02:32,981 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) 65 00:02:34,487 --> 00:02:36,250 - Liv. Oh, my God. Are you okay? - I'm fine. 66 00:02:36,322 --> 00:02:37,346 Were you followed? 67 00:02:37,423 --> 00:02:38,685 Quinn, close the door and put the gun away. 68 00:02:38,758 --> 00:02:40,225 They're reporters, not assassins. 69 00:02:40,293 --> 00:02:42,761 Here, sit down. I'm sorry, this place is a mess. 70 00:02:42,829 --> 00:02:44,660 What do you need? Oh, can I get you something to drink? 71 00:02:44,731 --> 00:02:46,096 I have water. 72 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:47,497 I have tea. 73 00:02:47,567 --> 00:02:48,898 I have wine. 74 00:02:50,737 --> 00:02:51,761 (SNIFFS) 75 00:02:51,838 --> 00:02:54,398 Liv, tell me how to help. What can I do? 76 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:56,032 What do we have? 77 00:02:56,109 --> 00:02:58,373 - What do we... - Cases, work, new cases. 78 00:02:58,444 --> 00:03:00,241 - What do we have? - What? 79 00:03:00,313 --> 00:03:01,575 I need to work. 80 00:03:01,648 --> 00:03:03,878 Calls to the First Lady's office have not been returned, 81 00:03:03,950 --> 00:03:05,713 and still no statement from the White House. 82 00:03:05,785 --> 00:03:07,275 There's been a great deal of speculation 83 00:03:07,353 --> 00:03:09,617 heading into this morning's White House press briefing. 84 00:03:09,689 --> 00:03:12,157 Many wondering if Press Secretary Abigail Whelan 85 00:03:12,225 --> 00:03:14,455 will address the question on everyone's mind. 86 00:03:14,794 --> 00:03:17,490 - (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) - Hey, people! Hey! 87 00:03:17,730 --> 00:03:20,426 I'm not going to answer your questions if you're shouting all at once. 88 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:21,967 You're not gonna answer our questions either way. 89 00:03:22,035 --> 00:03:23,696 When can we expect a statement from the President himself? 90 00:03:23,770 --> 00:03:26,432 Whenever the President himself decides to make a statement. 91 00:03:26,506 --> 00:03:27,598 - See what I mean? - (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 92 00:03:31,311 --> 00:03:32,300 Mellie. 93 00:03:33,012 --> 00:03:34,343 Yes, Fitz? 94 00:03:36,416 --> 00:03:38,043 Why are you here? 95 00:03:41,354 --> 00:03:43,754 Well, for starters, I'm here so that you can apologize to me. 96 00:03:43,823 --> 00:03:44,812 What? 97 00:03:44,891 --> 00:03:47,291 So you can apologize to me. 98 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:51,319 Which is very generous of me, I think, me coming to you. 99 00:03:51,397 --> 00:03:53,524 But given the little problem you have going on, 100 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:55,591 it seemed better for me to come here. 101 00:03:55,668 --> 00:03:56,692 For the optics. 102 00:03:56,769 --> 00:03:58,600 - The optics. Right. - Hmm. 103 00:03:58,671 --> 00:04:00,639 What in the hell are you talking about? 104 00:04:00,707 --> 00:04:02,004 Come on. 105 00:04:03,042 --> 00:04:05,636 Do we really have to do it this way? Do we have to pretend? 106 00:04:05,712 --> 00:04:07,373 Can't you just, 107 00:04:07,447 --> 00:04:10,177 with all the pride and the ego, just admit it? 108 00:04:10,250 --> 00:04:12,047 Admit what? 109 00:04:12,385 --> 00:04:13,409 (SIGHS) 110 00:04:13,853 --> 00:04:14,842 (SCOFFS) 111 00:04:15,622 --> 00:04:17,214 Okay, fine. 112 00:04:17,290 --> 00:04:18,689 You wanna play? 113 00:04:19,626 --> 00:04:20,752 Let's play. 114 00:04:22,061 --> 00:04:25,121 You placed Olivia in a dangerous position. 115 00:04:25,198 --> 00:04:27,132 You outed her. (SCOFFS) 116 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,896 You thought by throwing me out of the White House and moving her in, 117 00:04:29,969 --> 00:04:31,459 you'd be making this grand gesture. 118 00:04:31,537 --> 00:04:33,664 Finally, she wouldn't be just a mistress anymore. 119 00:04:33,740 --> 00:04:35,367 But the minute she stepped through these doors, 120 00:04:35,441 --> 00:04:37,841 the minute she moved in here, 121 00:04:37,910 --> 00:04:39,537 she became what we all become when we live here. 122 00:04:39,612 --> 00:04:41,079 And what is that? 123 00:04:41,614 --> 00:04:43,047 Yes. 124 00:04:43,116 --> 00:04:45,346 A statue. 125 00:04:45,418 --> 00:04:46,851 Inhuman. 126 00:04:46,919 --> 00:04:50,650 Viewed from every angle, discussed, exposed. 127 00:04:50,723 --> 00:04:53,317 She's not just a mistress now. 128 00:04:53,393 --> 00:04:55,361 She's America's mistress. 129 00:04:55,428 --> 00:04:57,896 History will preserve her as such. 130 00:04:58,931 --> 00:05:02,765 Oh, honey, you made a horrible miscalculation, 131 00:05:02,835 --> 00:05:04,632 an error in judgment. 132 00:05:05,471 --> 00:05:08,031 You didn't realize. Which is why I am here. 133 00:05:08,107 --> 00:05:11,167 So that you can apologize, and I can accept. 134 00:05:11,244 --> 00:05:13,940 And then I'll take care of everything. It's gonna be okay. Don't worry. 135 00:05:14,013 --> 00:05:16,379 Wait. What? 136 00:05:16,449 --> 00:05:18,007 I will deny Sally's story. 137 00:05:18,084 --> 00:05:20,348 Say you and Olivia were nothing more than a trashy rumor. 138 00:05:20,453 --> 00:05:22,148 Remind everyone what close friends we are. 139 00:05:22,255 --> 00:05:25,190 Of course she was here late at night. So was her boyfriend. 140 00:05:25,258 --> 00:05:28,853 We'll pick someone, one of your friends, someone of similar height and build. 141 00:05:28,928 --> 00:05:30,725 As for you and me? 142 00:05:30,797 --> 00:05:33,027 We're fine. We couldn't be better. 143 00:05:33,099 --> 00:05:35,397 - And the apology? - (SIGHS) 144 00:05:36,636 --> 00:05:38,365 You said I need to apologize. 145 00:05:38,438 --> 00:05:39,962 For those divorce papers. 146 00:05:41,207 --> 00:05:43,072 That was mean. 147 00:05:43,142 --> 00:05:45,110 - That hurt my feelings. - (CLEARS THROAT) 148 00:05:46,813 --> 00:05:48,906 You can admit that was mean, right? 149 00:05:50,016 --> 00:05:51,005 (SMACKS LIPS) 150 00:05:51,651 --> 00:05:55,781 I am not going to bring our children to visit you in jail. 151 00:05:56,322 --> 00:05:57,414 Excuse me? 152 00:05:57,490 --> 00:06:00,425 When you gave those photos to Sally Langston, 153 00:06:00,493 --> 00:06:03,087 you didn't just leak this Olivia business, you also broke the law. 154 00:06:03,162 --> 00:06:04,151 Wait a minute, you think I did this? 155 00:06:04,230 --> 00:06:06,596 - It was smart. Risky, but smart. - (EXHALES) 156 00:06:06,666 --> 00:06:07,792 You don't want a divorce. 157 00:06:07,867 --> 00:06:10,131 You need some way to worm your way back in here, 158 00:06:10,203 --> 00:06:11,898 so you leak a few pictures, 159 00:06:11,971 --> 00:06:13,939 humiliate her, play on my sense of guilt, 160 00:06:14,006 --> 00:06:16,236 then ride back in here on your white broomstick... 161 00:06:16,309 --> 00:06:18,971 Fitzgerald, think about it. 162 00:06:19,045 --> 00:06:22,481 Those pictures make people feel sorry for First Lady Grant. 163 00:06:22,548 --> 00:06:27,679 But they make Senator Grant look weak and frigid and sexless, 164 00:06:27,754 --> 00:06:29,187 and like she can't keep a man. 165 00:06:29,255 --> 00:06:32,224 And we both know America will never elect a woman who can't get laid. 166 00:06:32,291 --> 00:06:35,158 Everything is always about your presidential run. 167 00:06:35,294 --> 00:06:36,283 (SIGHS) 168 00:06:36,596 --> 00:06:39,429 That's why you want to move back in and forget the divorce. 169 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:42,697 We are a team. 170 00:06:43,836 --> 00:06:45,235 I need you. 171 00:06:46,305 --> 00:06:47,670 You need me. 172 00:06:48,975 --> 00:06:51,102 And I am on board. 173 00:06:51,177 --> 00:06:54,806 I am ready, willing and able to put this whole thing to bed. 174 00:06:54,881 --> 00:06:57,145 All you have to do 175 00:06:57,417 --> 00:06:58,406 (SIGHS) 176 00:06:59,051 --> 00:07:01,246 Is just say the magic words. 177 00:07:09,762 --> 00:07:12,458 Get out. 178 00:07:15,768 --> 00:07:16,757 (SCOFFS) 179 00:07:21,607 --> 00:07:22,835 (BREATHES DEEPLY) 180 00:07:27,580 --> 00:07:29,741 (DOOR OPENS AND SLAMS SHUT) 181 00:07:31,751 --> 00:07:33,378 FITZ: We wait for Olivia. 182 00:07:33,453 --> 00:07:35,216 I'd just like to be able to have a strategy, sir. 183 00:07:35,288 --> 00:07:38,724 If we could... You could consider making a statement without Olivia. 184 00:07:38,791 --> 00:07:39,951 You keep repeating yourself 185 00:07:40,026 --> 00:07:41,960 like you think I don't hear or I don't understand 186 00:07:42,028 --> 00:07:44,019 or maybe think I'm gonna change my mind. 187 00:07:44,096 --> 00:07:45,461 Let's clear it up. 188 00:07:45,531 --> 00:07:47,362 I hear, I understand. 189 00:07:47,433 --> 00:07:49,401 My mind will not change. 190 00:07:49,469 --> 00:07:51,300 Next subject. 191 00:07:51,370 --> 00:07:53,235 Next subject. Well, Abby? 192 00:07:54,407 --> 00:07:58,173 Sir, I noticed that the First Lady paid a visit to the Oval earlier today. 193 00:07:58,244 --> 00:08:00,303 Is she perhaps willing to... 194 00:08:02,181 --> 00:08:03,170 (KNOCK ON DOOR) 195 00:08:04,917 --> 00:08:07,044 - David's here. - Hi. 196 00:08:07,119 --> 00:08:10,384 Mr. President, I've opened the investigation into the security breach, 197 00:08:10,456 --> 00:08:12,083 and your office sent this list over. 198 00:08:12,158 --> 00:08:14,092 I... The people on this list... 199 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,152 Well, the name at the top, do you want to investigate her, sir? 200 00:08:17,230 --> 00:08:21,860 This whole situation is a load of malarkey and doo-doo! 201 00:08:21,934 --> 00:08:24,334 As if you would ever have an affair with Olivia. 202 00:08:24,904 --> 00:08:28,067 My Casey could make fake photos like that in 15 minutes. 203 00:08:28,140 --> 00:08:30,165 I mean, obviously, she wouldn't, but she could. 204 00:08:30,243 --> 00:08:32,575 She's very good with computers. 205 00:08:32,645 --> 00:08:34,670 I know Mellie leaked the photos. 206 00:08:34,747 --> 00:08:36,908 - You just need to get proof. - Yes, sir. 207 00:08:36,983 --> 00:08:38,974 Wait, so the photos are... 208 00:08:42,154 --> 00:08:43,143 Oh. 209 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:46,583 Oh, I see. Well... 210 00:08:48,995 --> 00:08:49,984 Oh. 211 00:08:50,596 --> 00:08:52,791 ABBY: (CLEARS THROAT) Could I at least push the press briefing 212 00:08:52,865 --> 00:08:54,992 since we're not saying anything and you're not changing your mind? 213 00:08:55,067 --> 00:08:56,056 It would help... 214 00:08:56,135 --> 00:08:58,569 Pushing the briefing makes it look like I'm ashamed or hiding. 215 00:08:58,638 --> 00:09:00,606 I'm not ashamed. I'm not hiding. 216 00:09:00,673 --> 00:09:02,300 I'm waiting for Olivia. 217 00:09:02,375 --> 00:09:05,242 Efforts to contact the woman at the center of this controversy, 218 00:09:05,311 --> 00:09:06,869 D.C. Fixer Olivia Pope, 219 00:09:06,946 --> 00:09:08,140 have so far been fruitless. 220 00:09:08,848 --> 00:09:10,679 You look like an idiot out there. 221 00:09:10,783 --> 00:09:13,616 He needs to say something. You need to make him say something. 222 00:09:13,686 --> 00:09:15,517 I can't make the President speak to the press. 223 00:09:15,621 --> 00:09:17,452 He's not a puppet. He does not have strings. 224 00:09:17,523 --> 00:09:18,785 He does. He does have strings. 225 00:09:18,858 --> 00:09:21,520 But that Olivia is in the wind, and she took the strings with her! 226 00:09:21,627 --> 00:09:24,118 You didn't want him telling the world about their affair. 227 00:09:24,196 --> 00:09:26,664 - I told you she would handle it. - She handled it wrong. 228 00:09:26,732 --> 00:09:28,290 I want the puppet to dance. 229 00:09:28,367 --> 00:09:29,857 Dan Danzig coming to you live in front of the building 230 00:09:29,936 --> 00:09:31,961 where Miss Pope runs her very own crisis management firm. 231 00:09:32,038 --> 00:09:33,562 Still no sighting of Pope herself, 232 00:09:33,673 --> 00:09:35,231 but new details coming to light this hour. 233 00:09:35,341 --> 00:09:37,639 The alleged presidential mistress, sources tell us, 234 00:09:37,710 --> 00:09:38,870 is a former swimming champion... 235 00:09:40,046 --> 00:09:41,206 JAKE: It's insane out there. 236 00:09:41,314 --> 00:09:42,975 The press has got this building surrounded. 237 00:09:43,049 --> 00:09:44,641 Jake. Hey. 238 00:09:49,855 --> 00:09:50,879 What are you doing here? 239 00:09:50,990 --> 00:09:52,014 JAKE: Lay off, Perkins. He's here to help. 240 00:09:52,091 --> 00:09:53,149 QUINN: Help? 241 00:09:53,225 --> 00:09:56,194 Well, if I need someone to helpfully murder busloads of innocent Americans 242 00:09:56,262 --> 00:09:58,890 and chop their heads off for fun, I'll give Huck a call. 243 00:09:58,998 --> 00:10:00,898 Otherwise, no thanks. I'm good. 244 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,730 I'm fixed. Jake fixed me. I'm okay now. 245 00:10:03,836 --> 00:10:07,101 You're fixed? There aren't enough meds in the world to fix... 246 00:10:07,206 --> 00:10:08,901 I'm here with him. He's fine. 247 00:10:09,008 --> 00:10:12,102 Oh, you're like his slaughter sponsor? Yeah, that's totally fine. My bad. 248 00:10:12,211 --> 00:10:16,113 Can we put aside the name-calling and the blood-feuding, and just get to work? 249 00:10:20,386 --> 00:10:21,410 - Fine. - Okay. 250 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,283 Now, where is Olivia? 251 00:10:23,389 --> 00:10:24,686 She's not here. We took a case. 252 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:26,349 Quinn, you what? 253 00:10:26,425 --> 00:10:27,449 We took a case. 254 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:28,857 Walter was older than me, 255 00:10:28,928 --> 00:10:31,692 and I know most people think wealthy older man, younger woman... 256 00:10:31,764 --> 00:10:35,222 But, honestly, I would have been happy if he'd been a bus driver. 257 00:10:35,301 --> 00:10:38,566 I still can't... That a son could kill his own father. 258 00:10:38,638 --> 00:10:40,538 QUINN: Gavin Price, 35. 259 00:10:40,606 --> 00:10:43,905 Better known by his UVA frat brothers as G-Preezy. 260 00:10:43,976 --> 00:10:46,206 Mr. Preezy was indicted on murder charges a few weeks ago. 261 00:10:46,278 --> 00:10:47,302 Murder of who? 262 00:10:47,413 --> 00:10:49,540 Mega developer and real estate tycoon, Walter Price. 263 00:10:49,615 --> 00:10:50,707 Gavin's dad. 264 00:10:50,783 --> 00:10:52,614 You got an alibi, Huck? 265 00:10:53,719 --> 00:10:55,812 (SIGHS) I'm sure Gavin thought it would look like an accident. 266 00:10:55,921 --> 00:10:57,718 I found them both at the bottom of the stairs. 267 00:10:57,790 --> 00:10:59,621 Gavin, covered in Walter's blood. 268 00:10:59,725 --> 00:11:01,784 Blunt force trauma to the head. Nasty fall. 269 00:11:01,894 --> 00:11:02,918 What about motive? 270 00:11:02,995 --> 00:11:04,257 Doesn't every kid want to kill their dad 271 00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:05,763 when he trades in their biological mother 272 00:11:05,831 --> 00:11:08,231 for a younger, more goal-oriented model? 273 00:11:08,300 --> 00:11:10,768 When the police arrested Gavin, I did what Walter would have wanted. 274 00:11:10,836 --> 00:11:12,929 I hired him a lawyer and paid his bail. 275 00:11:13,005 --> 00:11:14,472 I never thought he'd run. 276 00:11:14,573 --> 00:11:15,733 He took Walter's watch, 277 00:11:15,808 --> 00:11:18,242 a necklace from the safe and one of the cars from the garage. 278 00:11:18,310 --> 00:11:20,244 How does a guy facing a murder charge even get bail? 279 00:11:20,312 --> 00:11:22,473 By being rich and white. 280 00:11:22,581 --> 00:11:24,071 And no one knows Gavin's missing? 281 00:11:24,150 --> 00:11:25,447 They check in every 48 hours. 282 00:11:25,751 --> 00:11:28,015 He knew that. He took off right away. 283 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:29,144 Which means... 284 00:11:29,255 --> 00:11:31,086 Liv has about 28 hours to find him. 285 00:11:31,157 --> 00:11:33,489 And you just let her do this. Go off to find a murderer by herself. 286 00:11:33,592 --> 00:11:34,923 You don't say no to Liv. 287 00:11:34,994 --> 00:11:37,155 And besides, she took my car keys. 288 00:11:37,329 --> 00:11:39,456 Olivia, are you sure you're up to this? 289 00:11:39,532 --> 00:11:40,999 I've seen the news. 290 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:44,126 The news is just a lot of rumor and gossip designed to get ratings. 291 00:11:44,203 --> 00:11:45,932 STEPHANIE: So you can do this? 292 00:11:46,005 --> 00:11:47,267 You're sure? 293 00:11:47,339 --> 00:11:49,807 I will personally find your stepson and make sure he returns 294 00:11:49,875 --> 00:11:52,139 before anyone knows he's missing. 295 00:11:52,211 --> 00:11:53,644 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) 296 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:55,469 (DOOR OPENS) 297 00:11:56,649 --> 00:11:58,344 (CLEARS THROAT) Senator Grant. 298 00:11:58,718 --> 00:11:59,776 Hello? 299 00:11:59,852 --> 00:12:00,978 What can I do for you, David? 300 00:12:01,053 --> 00:12:03,783 We're looking at how that footage got leaked to Sally. 301 00:12:03,856 --> 00:12:07,292 And as part of that investigation, I need to examine your computers. 302 00:12:07,359 --> 00:12:09,327 So that's his move? 303 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:12,296 Send some sort of SWAT team over here to embarrass me. 304 00:12:12,398 --> 00:12:14,457 No. It's just me and a couple people from tech. 305 00:12:14,533 --> 00:12:17,161 We'll do a quick scan. Nothing public. No one will know. 306 00:12:18,237 --> 00:12:19,226 (SCOFFS) 307 00:12:20,139 --> 00:12:21,538 Fine. 308 00:12:22,575 --> 00:12:25,738 But just so you know, you're not here as the attorney general. 309 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:30,513 He may have told you to come here in some sort of official capacity. 310 00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:32,175 But right now, 311 00:12:32,251 --> 00:12:36,881 you're no better than some two-bit, bus-stop divorce attorney. 312 00:12:39,058 --> 00:12:40,150 Do whatever you want with the computers. 313 00:12:40,226 --> 00:12:41,488 I have nothing to hide. 314 00:12:43,696 --> 00:12:45,027 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) 315 00:12:45,431 --> 00:12:46,523 OLIVIA: Where now? 316 00:12:46,599 --> 00:12:48,760 HUCK: We lost the trail. Gavin's cell signal dropped. 317 00:12:48,868 --> 00:12:50,893 - Either it's dead... - OLIVIA: Or he ditched it. 318 00:12:51,003 --> 00:12:53,335 Gavin's broke. His accounts are frozen. 319 00:12:53,405 --> 00:12:55,999 He needs gas, food, a place to lay his head. 320 00:12:56,075 --> 00:12:57,440 He needs money. 321 00:12:57,910 --> 00:12:59,036 - (KEYBOARD CLACKING) - Uh, Brock Brothers. 322 00:12:59,111 --> 00:13:01,671 A pawn shop about 30 miles outside of Fayetteville. 323 00:13:01,747 --> 00:13:04,341 A Pic du Midi 1591 watch just went up on their site. 324 00:13:04,416 --> 00:13:06,441 That's Walter's watch. Text me the address. 325 00:13:06,952 --> 00:13:09,443 I informed him how there ain't much of a market around here 326 00:13:09,555 --> 00:13:10,954 for sissy Euro watches. 327 00:13:11,090 --> 00:13:12,079 (CHUCKLES) 328 00:13:12,158 --> 00:13:14,854 He took $500 and let me put the rest on consignment. 329 00:13:14,927 --> 00:13:17,919 Amazing what folks will do when their backs are against the wall. 330 00:13:19,365 --> 00:13:20,423 Do I know you? 331 00:13:21,567 --> 00:13:23,467 No, I don't think so. 332 00:13:24,203 --> 00:13:25,693 If he comes back... 333 00:13:25,771 --> 00:13:26,795 "Ruth." 334 00:13:27,807 --> 00:13:29,399 - You got it, Ruthie. - (CHUCKLES) 335 00:13:30,075 --> 00:13:31,542 He sold the watch, but not for much. 336 00:13:31,610 --> 00:13:33,544 He needs money. The car is probably next. 337 00:13:33,612 --> 00:13:36,206 There are more used car lots in North Carolina than people. 338 00:13:36,282 --> 00:13:37,977 - OLIVIA: We're running out of time. - Yeah, no kidding. 339 00:13:38,083 --> 00:13:40,210 Hey, Huck's compiling a list of dealerships in the area. 340 00:13:40,286 --> 00:13:41,378 We'll e-mail them. 341 00:13:42,988 --> 00:13:44,615 - Hold on. - QUINN: What? 342 00:13:45,090 --> 00:13:46,489 I don't think he's at a car lot. 343 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:49,761 - (COINS CLINKING) - (SLOT MACHINES HUMMING) 344 00:13:58,737 --> 00:13:59,999 Table's ice cold. 345 00:14:00,906 --> 00:14:02,965 Hopefully, I can warm it up. 346 00:14:05,878 --> 00:14:07,345 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) 347 00:14:09,982 --> 00:14:11,847 Thank you. I needed that. 348 00:14:11,917 --> 00:14:12,975 - (CHUCKLES) - (SIGHS) 349 00:14:14,954 --> 00:14:17,752 I don't really have any interest in paying for sex. 350 00:14:17,823 --> 00:14:18,983 No offense. 351 00:14:21,493 --> 00:14:25,293 Let's just take it slow and see if your luck keeps up. 352 00:14:29,201 --> 00:14:31,499 (CHUCKLES) Oh. Damn. 353 00:14:35,074 --> 00:14:36,405 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) 354 00:14:37,042 --> 00:14:39,977 Make a scene and the feds will be here in minutes. 355 00:14:42,114 --> 00:14:46,210 There's a lot of other ways for a gal to make some money, Gavin. 356 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:56,020 You're not exactly what I picture 357 00:14:56,128 --> 00:14:58,528 when I picture bounty hunters. 358 00:14:58,631 --> 00:14:59,996 I'm not a bounty hunter. 359 00:15:00,065 --> 00:15:02,295 Your stepmother is worried about you. 360 00:15:02,368 --> 00:15:04,802 (SIGHS) Steph's not worried. She's tying up loose ends. 361 00:15:05,337 --> 00:15:07,635 She's been waiting a long time for my dad to kick off. 362 00:15:07,706 --> 00:15:10,834 And now that he has, I'm in her way. 363 00:15:13,078 --> 00:15:16,206 Look, no offense, but I could probably take you out. 364 00:15:16,315 --> 00:15:18,078 There's not too many people I can say that about. 365 00:15:18,183 --> 00:15:20,378 But you? I think I'd have a good shot. 366 00:15:20,452 --> 00:15:22,920 - (LAUGHS) - So what's your plan here? 367 00:15:23,022 --> 00:15:27,049 Keep me cuffed to this stool and play blackjack until I pass out? 368 00:15:33,198 --> 00:15:34,995 My plan just arrived. 369 00:15:38,837 --> 00:15:40,031 Nice to see you. 370 00:15:40,105 --> 00:15:42,471 - Figured you might need some help. - (CHUCKLES) 371 00:15:42,841 --> 00:15:43,830 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) 372 00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:45,740 Old people slip and fall every day. 373 00:15:45,844 --> 00:15:47,368 Not right after fighting with their sons. 374 00:15:47,446 --> 00:15:49,073 It wasn't right after. 375 00:15:49,181 --> 00:15:50,375 But you did have a fight. 376 00:15:50,449 --> 00:15:52,440 There was this house I was building in the Shenandoah Valley, 377 00:15:52,551 --> 00:15:55,577 and he wouldn't give me the money to finish it 'cause he's lame. 378 00:15:55,688 --> 00:15:58,384 But the yelling, that wasn't fighting. That's just how he talked to me. 379 00:15:58,724 --> 00:15:59,884 I kind of get why. 380 00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:01,221 No need to be rude. 381 00:16:01,293 --> 00:16:03,193 Anyway, later on, I heard a noise, 382 00:16:03,262 --> 00:16:05,389 and there he was at the bottom of the stairs. 383 00:16:05,464 --> 00:16:07,125 Hell, she could've pushed him. 384 00:16:07,232 --> 00:16:08,392 The whole thing is just so crazy. 385 00:16:08,467 --> 00:16:11,300 How could anyone think I killed my father? 386 00:16:11,403 --> 00:16:12,597 What possible motive could I have? 387 00:16:12,705 --> 00:16:14,400 What possible motive could your stepmother have? 388 00:16:14,473 --> 00:16:15,531 She's got a great one. 389 00:16:15,607 --> 00:16:17,802 Been seeing some guy on the side for the past five years. 390 00:16:17,910 --> 00:16:20,777 And she signed this intense pre-nup when she and my dad got hitched. 391 00:16:21,213 --> 00:16:22,237 We did the background check on her. 392 00:16:22,314 --> 00:16:25,044 Walter was very clear if she cheated, she'd get nothing. 393 00:16:25,117 --> 00:16:26,141 And now? 394 00:16:26,251 --> 00:16:27,479 She gets a billion dollars. 395 00:16:27,586 --> 00:16:28,746 Makes spending 20 years 396 00:16:28,821 --> 00:16:30,083 with a guy who's old enough to be your dad 397 00:16:30,155 --> 00:16:31,918 look like easy work. 398 00:16:32,658 --> 00:16:33,716 I'm not lying. 399 00:16:33,792 --> 00:16:35,384 Look into it if you want. 400 00:16:36,328 --> 00:16:39,092 I pulled Stephanie Price's text logs, and nothing so far. 401 00:16:39,164 --> 00:16:41,724 (SIGHS) Walter's e-mail, an easy hack, but nothing there either. 402 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:43,768 I also ran a QR14 face rec 403 00:16:43,836 --> 00:16:46,100 on every visitor in and out of the house for the past five years, 404 00:16:46,171 --> 00:16:47,229 and apart from the fact 405 00:16:47,306 --> 00:16:50,002 that Michael Bolton performed at Walter's birthday last year, 406 00:16:50,109 --> 00:16:51,667 nothing odd. 407 00:16:51,777 --> 00:16:54,439 Danny Mendoza, Capital Spill. 408 00:16:54,513 --> 00:16:56,174 Any comment on your boss's extracurricular activities? 409 00:16:56,281 --> 00:16:58,181 - How did you get in here? - Just a few questions. 410 00:16:58,283 --> 00:16:59,841 When did you all learn of the affair? 411 00:16:59,952 --> 00:17:01,442 HUCK: Give me the camera. DANNY: It's private property. 412 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:03,511 - Give me the camera. - Really? No comment? 413 00:17:03,622 --> 00:17:06,489 Did your boss ever say what the President was like in bed? 414 00:17:06,692 --> 00:17:07,681 (BOTH GRUNTING) 415 00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:09,449 (GRUNTING) 416 00:17:10,429 --> 00:17:11,487 You can't take that. 417 00:17:11,597 --> 00:17:13,258 You are trespassing. 418 00:17:13,332 --> 00:17:14,424 There is not a scratch on you. 419 00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:16,024 There is no video to prove I took your video. 420 00:17:16,135 --> 00:17:17,796 If you don't get out of here, I will kick your ass. 421 00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:19,497 And you can tell everyone a girl beat you up. 422 00:17:19,605 --> 00:17:20,970 Or I can give you to him. 423 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,441 And you won't be able to tell anyone anything ever again. 424 00:17:24,510 --> 00:17:25,943 Your choice. 425 00:17:26,278 --> 00:17:27,267 (GROANS) 426 00:17:27,446 --> 00:17:29,107 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 427 00:17:29,815 --> 00:17:31,476 (FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING) 428 00:17:37,856 --> 00:17:39,881 Fixed, huh? 429 00:17:43,595 --> 00:17:44,584 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) 430 00:17:45,064 --> 00:17:46,088 - (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) - MAN: Abby. 431 00:17:46,165 --> 00:17:47,154 WOMAN: Any follow-up on that? 432 00:17:47,232 --> 00:17:49,462 If there were something to say, I'd be saying it. 433 00:17:49,535 --> 00:17:50,559 But there isn't, so I'm not. 434 00:17:50,669 --> 00:17:51,795 Are the photos real? 435 00:17:51,870 --> 00:17:52,894 I have nothing to say at this time. 436 00:17:53,005 --> 00:17:54,836 Is the President having an affair with Olivia Pope? 437 00:17:54,907 --> 00:17:57,808 Are there any other topics you'd like to cover? 438 00:17:57,876 --> 00:17:58,865 Ashley. 439 00:17:59,011 --> 00:18:00,239 Are you not answering these questions 440 00:18:00,345 --> 00:18:01,812 because you're afraid to be caught in a lie? 441 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:02,869 Tricky, tricky. 442 00:18:02,948 --> 00:18:05,280 I'm not answering because there is nothing to say at this time. 443 00:18:05,350 --> 00:18:07,545 That's all for now. Thank you, everyone. 444 00:18:07,986 --> 00:18:09,010 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 445 00:18:09,388 --> 00:18:12,687 (CHUCKLES) Red, they ain't buyin' what you're sellin', girlfriend. 446 00:18:12,925 --> 00:18:14,187 - (DOOR CLOSES) - (EXHALING SHARPLY) 447 00:18:15,127 --> 00:18:16,355 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 448 00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:20,262 I know I'm supposed to be sensitive to your plight or whatever, 449 00:18:20,365 --> 00:18:21,662 but if you are calling to gloat... 450 00:18:21,733 --> 00:18:23,826 C YRUS: (LAUGHING) Funny. Funny stuff, Red. 451 00:18:23,902 --> 00:18:27,838 You practically wrote Kimmel's monologue for him. Joke, joke, joke. 452 00:18:27,906 --> 00:18:29,271 ABBY: Goodbye, Cyrus. 453 00:18:29,374 --> 00:18:32,275 - You want some advice? - What? No. 454 00:18:32,377 --> 00:18:33,366 Yes. 455 00:18:33,445 --> 00:18:35,072 - Be the adult. - Be the adult. 456 00:18:35,180 --> 00:18:36,408 Bring Mellie back to the White House. 457 00:18:36,515 --> 00:18:39,211 She came back. He threw her out. He wants nothing to do with her. 458 00:18:39,284 --> 00:18:43,277 Listen to me say it again. "Be the adult." 459 00:18:43,388 --> 00:18:45,117 ABBY: Be the adult. And? 460 00:18:45,224 --> 00:18:47,624 Be the adult. 461 00:18:47,726 --> 00:18:49,717 Damn it. Are you drunk? Are you day-drinking? 462 00:18:49,795 --> 00:18:51,922 Because I need some serious help here! 463 00:18:52,231 --> 00:18:54,961 Red, how does leadership come? 464 00:18:55,067 --> 00:18:56,193 Is it given to you? No. 465 00:18:56,268 --> 00:18:58,202 You wanna lead? Be the leader. 466 00:18:58,270 --> 00:19:00,864 Everyone else will automatically become the follower. 467 00:19:00,939 --> 00:19:04,602 You want POTUS to fall in line, to behave. 468 00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:06,473 Be the adult. He'll become the child. 469 00:19:06,578 --> 00:19:08,375 That's the secret of the Oval Office, Red. 470 00:19:08,747 --> 00:19:10,908 You want the power, you want to be the kingmaker, 471 00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:12,814 you want to be the hand that rules? 472 00:19:12,918 --> 00:19:15,478 You are the adult. He is the child. 473 00:19:15,587 --> 00:19:17,782 And you don't ask children when bedtime is. 474 00:19:17,890 --> 00:19:19,118 And you don't listen to children 475 00:19:19,224 --> 00:19:20,987 when they say they don't want their vegetables. 476 00:19:21,093 --> 00:19:23,721 You threaten them and you make them eat those vegetables! 477 00:19:24,563 --> 00:19:25,757 You're a terrible father. 478 00:19:25,831 --> 00:19:26,820 Whatever. 479 00:19:26,932 --> 00:19:30,629 You stand at that podium in front of the White House press corps 480 00:19:30,736 --> 00:19:31,760 and be the adult. 481 00:19:31,837 --> 00:19:33,566 You bring Mellie back to the White House. 482 00:19:33,639 --> 00:19:34,833 Be the adult. 483 00:19:34,940 --> 00:19:35,964 You're trying to get me fired. 484 00:19:36,074 --> 00:19:38,668 He'll fire you, maybe. But only for a few hours. 485 00:19:38,977 --> 00:19:42,845 All children eventually do as they're told. Be the adult. 486 00:19:44,783 --> 00:19:47,843 OLIVIA: Thanks, Quinn. His story checks out. 487 00:19:47,953 --> 00:19:49,250 Stephanie is sleeping with a restaurant owner 488 00:19:49,321 --> 00:19:51,186 named Romeo Sarconi, has been for years. 489 00:19:51,290 --> 00:19:53,417 And you may be right that your father found out about the affair. 490 00:19:53,492 --> 00:19:55,187 He made an appointment with his lawyer to change his will 491 00:19:55,294 --> 00:19:56,852 the day before he died. 492 00:19:56,962 --> 00:20:00,420 I told you. Now, I'm starving. Can we get some food? 493 00:20:00,499 --> 00:20:01,864 What did I say? 494 00:20:01,967 --> 00:20:03,366 - Stop whining. - Stop whining. 495 00:20:03,468 --> 00:20:05,834 Fine. I'm grateful. 496 00:20:05,938 --> 00:20:07,337 To be trapped in a cheap motel room 497 00:20:07,439 --> 00:20:11,205 that smells like urine and insecticide with you two while I starve, 498 00:20:11,310 --> 00:20:14,507 headed back to face a murder charge for a crime I did not commit. 499 00:20:14,613 --> 00:20:17,173 I am "hashtag blessed." 500 00:20:19,451 --> 00:20:21,544 - What now? - We investigate further. 501 00:20:21,653 --> 00:20:24,144 We look into Stephanie, dig into her Romeo, 502 00:20:24,223 --> 00:20:26,054 see if we can find any evidence that Gavin is innocent. 503 00:20:26,158 --> 00:20:28,251 I'm asking about you. I could care less about Gavin. 504 00:20:28,327 --> 00:20:30,352 - Gavin heard that. - (TV PLAYING) 505 00:20:33,832 --> 00:20:38,064 Look, at some point, you're gonna have to leave this place, face the music. 506 00:20:38,804 --> 00:20:40,863 You wanted to be with him. 507 00:20:40,973 --> 00:20:43,533 You wanted to be with him so much that I... 508 00:20:44,309 --> 00:20:45,503 What's changed? 509 00:20:46,211 --> 00:20:47,906 What's changed? 510 00:20:48,013 --> 00:20:49,037 GAVIN: Um, wait a minute. 511 00:20:49,147 --> 00:20:51,206 Hold on. You're on TV. 512 00:20:51,316 --> 00:20:53,307 WOMAN ON TV: ... to rampant speculation as to her whereabouts. 513 00:20:53,385 --> 00:20:56,479 Her involvement with the President is still yet to be confirmed. 514 00:20:56,555 --> 00:20:57,817 Wait. You're the... 515 00:20:58,423 --> 00:21:00,550 I'm not the only one on the run, huh? 516 00:21:01,526 --> 00:21:02,515 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) 517 00:21:02,894 --> 00:21:04,054 QUINN: What is taking so long? 518 00:21:04,162 --> 00:21:05,891 It's a private law firm, not the Pentagon. 519 00:21:05,998 --> 00:21:08,831 I've already bypassed the main grid of their security program, 520 00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:12,097 and I'm accessing all files linked to Walter Price. 521 00:21:12,204 --> 00:21:13,228 Five seconds to go. 522 00:21:13,672 --> 00:21:15,333 - There. - What do you got? 523 00:21:15,407 --> 00:21:20,572 Purchase agreements, uh, retail leases, ground leases, industrial leases. 524 00:21:20,679 --> 00:21:22,203 This guy owned property all over the globe. 525 00:21:22,281 --> 00:21:23,942 His will, Huck! 526 00:21:24,049 --> 00:21:27,382 That's what we're interested in. Not his real estate. 527 00:21:27,486 --> 00:21:28,475 (QUINN SCOFFS) 528 00:21:31,790 --> 00:21:33,519 (BREATHES SLOWLY) 529 00:21:34,726 --> 00:21:38,355 Is that some kind of coping mechanism Jake taught you? 530 00:21:38,864 --> 00:21:40,058 You feel yourself getting angry, 531 00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:42,066 so you take a deep breath 532 00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:43,897 and swallow your rage and everything's fine? 533 00:21:43,969 --> 00:21:45,061 'Cause you're fixed? 534 00:21:45,137 --> 00:21:46,263 Is that it? 535 00:21:46,371 --> 00:21:48,737 I mean, what does that even mean, Huck? 536 00:21:48,807 --> 00:21:49,796 "Fixed"? 537 00:21:49,908 --> 00:21:51,307 Did Jake fill you with beta blockers? 538 00:21:51,410 --> 00:21:54,402 Did he pry your eyes open and force you to watch all kinds of crap? 539 00:21:54,479 --> 00:21:56,413 Did he go all Clockwork Orange on you? 540 00:21:56,481 --> 00:21:59,075 How the hell did Jake supposedly fix you? 541 00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:00,243 I wanna know. 542 00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:01,445 Fine. 543 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:04,179 - You want me gone? - (OBJECTS CLATTER) 544 00:22:04,256 --> 00:22:05,746 I'm gone. 545 00:22:06,124 --> 00:22:07,113 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) 546 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:10,653 Was Olivia Pope involved with the President 547 00:22:10,762 --> 00:22:12,161 at the same time she was on the government's payroll? 548 00:22:12,264 --> 00:22:14,664 I will not be answering any questions about Olivia Pope. 549 00:22:14,766 --> 00:22:16,996 What is the current status of the President's marriage? 550 00:22:17,102 --> 00:22:18,592 Again, I would like to ask if there are any questions 551 00:22:18,670 --> 00:22:20,570 that do not pertain to the President's marriage. 552 00:22:20,639 --> 00:22:22,436 Can you comment on Senator Grant's marriage? 553 00:22:22,507 --> 00:22:24,566 That do not pertain to the institution of marriage. 554 00:22:24,643 --> 00:22:26,770 Can you at least confirm sightings of Senator Grant 555 00:22:26,845 --> 00:22:27,937 at the White House today? 556 00:22:28,013 --> 00:22:29,947 REPORTER 1: Is it true the Senator has been living at Blair House 557 00:22:30,015 --> 00:22:31,312 for the past several days? 558 00:22:31,416 --> 00:22:32,440 REPORTER 2: Abby! 559 00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:33,848 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 560 00:22:37,823 --> 00:22:39,757 (SHOUTING FADES) 561 00:22:42,828 --> 00:22:44,523 The First Lady lives in the White House 562 00:22:44,629 --> 00:22:46,927 like every First Lady since Abigail Adams. 563 00:22:46,998 --> 00:22:48,090 What the hell is she doing? 564 00:22:48,166 --> 00:22:50,760 When can we expect a statement from the President and Senator Grant? 565 00:22:50,836 --> 00:22:53,828 The President and his wife are handling this as they should, 566 00:22:53,939 --> 00:22:54,963 privately as a team. 567 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:56,871 Therefore, there is no statement to be made. 568 00:22:56,942 --> 00:22:58,807 She's making a statement. 569 00:22:59,144 --> 00:23:01,009 Fix it. 570 00:23:05,117 --> 00:23:06,812 The statement that the nation's First Lady, 571 00:23:06,885 --> 00:23:08,045 Senator Mellie Grant, 572 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:10,020 is indeed still living at the White House 573 00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:13,717 came from Press Secretary Abigail Whelan just moments ago. 574 00:23:13,825 --> 00:23:17,022 The press has received a statement that both the President and his wife are still, 575 00:23:17,129 --> 00:23:18,391 and I quote, "a team." 576 00:23:18,463 --> 00:23:20,556 How you can possibly not understand this 577 00:23:20,665 --> 00:23:22,895 as a direct statement from the White House to the American public 578 00:23:22,968 --> 00:23:24,458 on the strength of the First Couple's marriage 579 00:23:24,569 --> 00:23:26,503 is beyond my ability to comprehend! 580 00:23:26,571 --> 00:23:28,232 ELIZABETH: You don't set strategy. 581 00:23:28,306 --> 00:23:30,297 I set strategy. 582 00:23:30,375 --> 00:23:32,468 The President sets strategy. 583 00:23:32,544 --> 00:23:35,638 You are a mouthpiece for the administration, nothing more... 584 00:23:35,714 --> 00:23:36,908 I was only trying to right the ship... 585 00:23:37,015 --> 00:23:38,505 ELIZABETH: I don't care what you were trying. 586 00:23:38,583 --> 00:23:41,074 The only reason you're not out on your ass, trolling K Street, 587 00:23:41,186 --> 00:23:43,245 knocking on the doors of every third-rate PR firm 588 00:23:43,355 --> 00:23:45,186 desperate enough to hire you right now 589 00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:48,192 is that firing you would only add fuel to this scandal. 590 00:23:49,094 --> 00:23:50,994 Consider yourself lucky. 591 00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:57,425 Appreciate you bringing me here. I really was starving. 592 00:23:57,502 --> 00:24:00,164 Parenting 101. Reward complaining. 593 00:24:00,472 --> 00:24:01,461 (CLEARS THROAT) 594 00:24:03,275 --> 00:24:04,674 Where are you going? 595 00:24:04,743 --> 00:24:06,233 Relax. 596 00:24:06,344 --> 00:24:08,369 I'm going to the bathroom. 597 00:24:11,917 --> 00:24:14,750 I should go make sure he doesn't get beat up. (SIGHS) 598 00:24:14,853 --> 00:24:16,320 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 599 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:23,491 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 600 00:24:26,064 --> 00:24:27,122 Yeah? 601 00:24:27,232 --> 00:24:28,460 - QUINN: We were wrong. - What? 602 00:24:28,567 --> 00:24:29,966 Walter was going to change his will, 603 00:24:30,068 --> 00:24:32,730 but it was Gavin he was cutting out of it, not his stepmother. 604 00:24:32,804 --> 00:24:34,032 Are you sure? 605 00:24:34,105 --> 00:24:35,129 QUINN: Yeah, the law firm they were using, 606 00:24:35,207 --> 00:24:36,538 we hacked their in-house network. 607 00:24:36,608 --> 00:24:38,633 I saw the will and there's more. 608 00:24:38,944 --> 00:24:41,412 Turns out, Gavin was forging checks in his dad's name 609 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:42,640 for some house he was building. 610 00:24:42,747 --> 00:24:44,078 And his father found out about it? 611 00:24:44,149 --> 00:24:45,138 QUINN: Yup. 612 00:24:45,250 --> 00:24:47,912 In fact, he was about to go to the police, but then he died. 613 00:24:47,986 --> 00:24:49,044 Are you Olivia Pope? 614 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:50,109 Um... 615 00:24:50,322 --> 00:24:52,415 Oh, my God, the little guy was right. It is her. 616 00:24:52,491 --> 00:24:53,549 Here, take a picture. 617 00:24:53,625 --> 00:24:56,185 - Okay. No... - Just a quick one, really. 618 00:24:57,095 --> 00:24:58,562 OLIVIA: Okay. Thank... Thank you. 619 00:24:58,630 --> 00:25:01,064 - Thank you so much. - It's Olivia Pope. 620 00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:04,268 You slept with the President! (LAUGHS) 621 00:25:05,070 --> 00:25:06,094 - Okay. Excuse me. - (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 622 00:25:06,171 --> 00:25:07,934 WOMAN: Oh, my God. I wanna touch her... 623 00:25:08,573 --> 00:25:09,904 Move. Move. 624 00:25:09,975 --> 00:25:10,964 Liv. Out of the way. 625 00:25:11,576 --> 00:25:12,907 Out of the way. Come on. Come on. 626 00:25:13,612 --> 00:25:15,102 Liv, come on, come on. Come on, come on. 627 00:25:15,180 --> 00:25:16,306 - WOMAN: Excuse me. - Excuse me. 628 00:25:16,414 --> 00:25:17,779 Come on, here. Put your head down. 629 00:25:17,849 --> 00:25:19,077 Everybody, move. People... 630 00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:22,342 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) 631 00:25:22,487 --> 00:25:24,978 - ABBY: He's furious. - He's not furious. 632 00:25:25,090 --> 00:25:26,148 Oh, he's furious with me. 633 00:25:26,258 --> 00:25:28,453 He's not furious with you. He's frustrated with himself. 634 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:29,652 Remember, he's a baby. 635 00:25:29,761 --> 00:25:30,989 What do babies do when they get frustrated? 636 00:25:31,096 --> 00:25:32,825 Do I have a baby, Cyrus? 637 00:25:32,931 --> 00:25:34,262 Has anyone come out of me? 638 00:25:34,332 --> 00:25:36,892 Usually, they scream. Scream their little heads off. "Wah, wah." 639 00:25:37,102 --> 00:25:38,160 Shut up and speak. 640 00:25:38,270 --> 00:25:40,067 You're playing this perfectly, Red. 641 00:25:40,138 --> 00:25:41,628 That briefing today was magic. 642 00:25:41,740 --> 00:25:43,674 He doesn't know it. He can't appreciate it. 643 00:25:43,775 --> 00:25:46,243 But you may have singlehandedly saved his presidency. 644 00:25:46,311 --> 00:25:48,745 He doesn't care about his presidency, Cyrus. 645 00:25:48,813 --> 00:25:50,007 He only cares about Liv. 646 00:25:50,115 --> 00:25:52,174 What does Liv want him to say? What does Liv want him to do? 647 00:25:52,250 --> 00:25:53,740 And what does Liv want him to do? 648 00:25:53,818 --> 00:25:55,376 I don't know, she's gone. She ran away. 649 00:25:55,453 --> 00:25:57,250 - Then you do know. - I don't! 650 00:25:57,322 --> 00:25:59,688 Stop telling me the opposite of what I am telling you. 651 00:25:59,791 --> 00:26:01,782 I am too tired for this. I don't! 652 00:26:01,860 --> 00:26:03,794 You do. Nobody knows Olivia Pope better than you do. 653 00:26:03,862 --> 00:26:05,329 The President of the United States 654 00:26:05,430 --> 00:26:07,694 needs you to tell him what she wants him to do. 655 00:26:07,799 --> 00:26:08,959 And you know. 656 00:26:09,034 --> 00:26:12,265 So, be the adult here and tell him. 657 00:26:12,938 --> 00:26:14,599 Why are you doing this? You're gone, why do you care? 658 00:26:14,673 --> 00:26:15,970 Red. 659 00:26:16,041 --> 00:26:18,771 Who do I hate more than Elizabeth North? 660 00:26:18,843 --> 00:26:19,832 No one? 661 00:26:19,911 --> 00:26:22,539 And who does Elizabeth North hate even more than she hates me? 662 00:26:23,281 --> 00:26:24,748 - Mellie. - Right. 663 00:26:30,689 --> 00:26:31,678 (KNOCK ON DOOR) 664 00:26:32,824 --> 00:26:34,382 You wanted to see me, Mr. President? 665 00:26:34,492 --> 00:26:35,982 Susan, I need you to fill in for me 666 00:26:36,061 --> 00:26:38,552 at this business roundtable in the morning. 667 00:26:38,663 --> 00:26:42,155 Oh. Sir, I'm talking to 1,200 high school students tomorrow morning. 668 00:26:42,233 --> 00:26:43,257 We're talking college access. 669 00:26:43,335 --> 00:26:45,064 You'll have to reschedule. 670 00:26:45,136 --> 00:26:46,626 But I have it all set up. 671 00:26:46,705 --> 00:26:48,104 Everyone's filling out financial aid forms... 672 00:26:48,173 --> 00:26:50,073 I don't have time to argue with you. 673 00:26:51,309 --> 00:26:52,571 Are we done? 674 00:26:53,812 --> 00:26:54,836 Yes, sir. 675 00:27:00,619 --> 00:27:01,608 No, sir. 676 00:27:02,587 --> 00:27:03,611 I'm wondering, 677 00:27:05,590 --> 00:27:07,558 do you think about us? 678 00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:08,718 What? 679 00:27:08,793 --> 00:27:13,560 Do you think about us? The people who voted for you. America. 680 00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:17,762 Do you think about us when you're having an affair in the White House? 681 00:27:17,836 --> 00:27:19,235 In our house? 682 00:27:19,304 --> 00:27:22,762 Do you think about why we voted for you? 683 00:27:27,145 --> 00:27:28,544 I fell in love. 684 00:27:31,182 --> 00:27:33,116 Susan, I'm a flawed person. 685 00:27:34,285 --> 00:27:35,547 Just like anyone else. 686 00:27:37,722 --> 00:27:42,455 Mr. President, you don't get to be just like anyone else. 687 00:27:43,161 --> 00:27:45,527 That's not the job you signed up for. 688 00:27:52,971 --> 00:27:53,960 (DOOR OPENS) 689 00:27:55,273 --> 00:27:56,501 (DOOR CLOSES) 690 00:28:01,413 --> 00:28:03,677 FITZ: You can't fix the fact that I love you. 691 00:28:03,748 --> 00:28:06,046 Sit with me and watch me choose you. 692 00:28:06,151 --> 00:28:07,846 ELI: First Lady! 693 00:28:07,919 --> 00:28:09,546 Do you have to be so many of them? 694 00:28:09,654 --> 00:28:11,178 JAKE: I'm in love with you, 695 00:28:11,256 --> 00:28:13,747 but you are in love with him. 696 00:28:13,858 --> 00:28:15,086 FITZ: I don't wanna wait. 697 00:28:24,936 --> 00:28:25,925 (DOOR OPENS) 698 00:28:26,905 --> 00:28:28,167 JAKE: Hey. 699 00:28:29,741 --> 00:28:31,368 Hey. 700 00:28:31,443 --> 00:28:33,172 JAKE: They did not have wine. 701 00:28:33,244 --> 00:28:35,712 Not what your upbringing would ever call wine anyway. 702 00:28:35,780 --> 00:28:38,749 - Where I'm from, stuff costs five bucks. - (KEYS JANGLING) 703 00:28:38,850 --> 00:28:40,579 It's really fancy wine. 704 00:28:40,685 --> 00:28:43,586 Anyway, I compromised. Beer. 705 00:28:43,688 --> 00:28:45,121 That is not a compromise. (CHUCKLES) 706 00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:46,349 JAKE: I was hoping you wouldn't notice. 707 00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:50,217 How bad is it? 708 00:28:51,563 --> 00:28:55,192 The photos of you from the diner are pretty much everywhere. 709 00:28:55,266 --> 00:28:56,392 And the press is swarming. 710 00:28:56,468 --> 00:28:59,926 I passed five, six news vans driving in circles out there. 711 00:29:00,038 --> 00:29:01,232 They're on the hunt. 712 00:29:01,973 --> 00:29:03,099 But there is good news. 713 00:29:04,776 --> 00:29:07,404 World peace? The end of poverty? 714 00:29:08,246 --> 00:29:11,409 Women and girls the world over get to go to school? 715 00:29:11,916 --> 00:29:14,384 A car was reported stolen from the diner's parking lot. 716 00:29:14,452 --> 00:29:16,647 Red, two door, South Carolina plates. 717 00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:19,588 Quinn's tracking it now. She'll call when she gets a hit. 718 00:29:19,657 --> 00:29:21,056 All we have to do is wait. 719 00:29:22,060 --> 00:29:23,755 We'll be out of here soon. 720 00:29:25,997 --> 00:29:27,123 Great. 721 00:29:32,871 --> 00:29:34,304 (BREATHES DEEPLY) 722 00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:40,767 (GRUNTS) 723 00:29:45,517 --> 00:29:46,506 (SIGHS) 724 00:29:54,759 --> 00:29:59,355 I keep asking myself, "When did it happen? 725 00:30:01,099 --> 00:30:03,829 "When did I turn right instead of left? 726 00:30:03,935 --> 00:30:07,837 "What choice was it that decided 727 00:30:07,939 --> 00:30:11,602 "when exactly did I do the thing, 728 00:30:11,676 --> 00:30:13,473 "the one step? 729 00:30:13,545 --> 00:30:18,608 "What flap of the butterfly's wings brought me to this moment? 730 00:30:18,683 --> 00:30:20,480 "How did I get here?" 731 00:30:21,452 --> 00:30:24,114 Because I can't seem to retrace my steps. 732 00:30:25,456 --> 00:30:27,515 - Liv... - I'm scared. 733 00:30:28,793 --> 00:30:31,990 I know. That's a good thing. 734 00:30:37,135 --> 00:30:40,571 I'm scared and I don't know what to do. 735 00:30:40,672 --> 00:30:43,197 I don't have any answers. How is that a good thing? 736 00:30:43,308 --> 00:30:44,297 (SIGHS) 737 00:30:44,409 --> 00:30:46,969 We're at our best when we're scared. 738 00:30:47,478 --> 00:30:48,536 Your instincts are heightened, 739 00:30:48,646 --> 00:30:49,977 your adrenaline's right beneath the surface, 740 00:30:50,048 --> 00:30:52,710 everything's crystal clear 741 00:30:52,817 --> 00:30:56,014 and your focus becomes like a laser 742 00:30:56,087 --> 00:30:59,181 and you just know what comes next. 743 00:31:00,325 --> 00:31:02,088 You know what to do. 744 00:31:02,193 --> 00:31:03,490 You know the answers. 745 00:31:05,163 --> 00:31:06,391 And you just act. 746 00:31:10,668 --> 00:31:12,363 Did my father teach you that? 747 00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:16,503 Do you really wanna know? 748 00:31:27,185 --> 00:31:28,243 Can we... 749 00:31:33,191 --> 00:31:35,352 Would you mind if... 750 00:31:37,896 --> 00:31:39,261 No. 751 00:31:41,032 --> 00:31:42,590 No, come on. 752 00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:45,927 Come on. (EXHALES) 753 00:32:04,088 --> 00:32:06,750 I've spent so much time, 754 00:32:06,824 --> 00:32:09,258 years, ashamed. 755 00:32:10,228 --> 00:32:13,459 With shame pressing on me, 756 00:32:13,564 --> 00:32:15,395 suffocating me. 757 00:32:16,067 --> 00:32:19,230 And for just a little bit, I let myself breathe. 758 00:32:21,306 --> 00:32:24,742 And then those photos come out and... 759 00:32:30,081 --> 00:32:32,276 That's what I'm running from. 760 00:32:33,785 --> 00:32:35,343 That feeling. 761 00:32:38,256 --> 00:32:39,689 The shame. 762 00:32:45,930 --> 00:32:48,421 Liv, loving the President isn't a crime. 763 00:32:48,533 --> 00:32:49,864 (CHUCKLES) 764 00:32:49,934 --> 00:32:53,233 (SNIFFLES) And yet, here I am, 765 00:32:53,304 --> 00:32:56,671 being hunted and chased like a thief in the night. (CHUCKLES) 766 00:33:00,345 --> 00:33:03,041 Let's face it, I'm basically Gavin. 767 00:33:16,260 --> 00:33:17,318 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 768 00:33:21,299 --> 00:33:22,698 Mr. President? 769 00:33:29,674 --> 00:33:30,868 Speak. 770 00:33:31,609 --> 00:33:34,544 I assume you heard what happened with Olivia in that diner 771 00:33:34,645 --> 00:33:36,670 and that you saw those photos? 772 00:33:36,748 --> 00:33:38,045 The world saw those photos. 773 00:33:38,116 --> 00:33:39,879 So, then you know who she's with. 774 00:33:42,987 --> 00:33:44,477 What's your point? 775 00:33:46,124 --> 00:33:51,221 My point is that Olivia's doing what Olivia always does, sir. 776 00:33:51,329 --> 00:33:52,887 She's trying to stay out of the storm. 777 00:33:52,997 --> 00:33:54,362 It hasn't even really begun yet. 778 00:33:54,465 --> 00:33:56,399 The Category Five that's been building, picking up strength 779 00:33:56,501 --> 00:33:58,128 ever since Sally released those photos... 780 00:33:58,202 --> 00:34:00,329 Right now, it's still somewhere out in the middle of the ocean. 781 00:34:00,405 --> 00:34:01,497 But the moment Liv stops running, 782 00:34:01,572 --> 00:34:05,064 the moment she stops hiding and steps back in that spotlight, 783 00:34:05,176 --> 00:34:06,666 that cyclone makes landfall. 784 00:34:06,744 --> 00:34:09,076 And everything in her world gets violently swept away. 785 00:34:09,180 --> 00:34:10,306 That kind of pressure, that kind of scrutiny, 786 00:34:10,381 --> 00:34:12,212 it would be unbearable. 787 00:34:12,316 --> 00:34:13,374 Who would want to live through that? 788 00:34:13,484 --> 00:34:15,076 What kind of woman would choose to live through that? 789 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:16,851 Olivia Pope is never going to tell you 790 00:34:16,921 --> 00:34:19,913 she's okay with that kind of life, Mr. President. 791 00:34:20,024 --> 00:34:22,356 No matter how many times you ask. (EXHALES SHARPLY) 792 00:34:26,597 --> 00:34:29,088 DAVID: Mr. President, I have the results of our inquiry. 793 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,397 Our FBI cyber-security team was able to confirm 794 00:34:32,503 --> 00:34:34,733 that the leak did originate from a computer 795 00:34:34,839 --> 00:34:37,535 connected to the First Lady's private inter-office network. 796 00:34:37,608 --> 00:34:39,075 We've combed through her digital files... 797 00:34:39,177 --> 00:34:41,008 It doesn't matter. Thank you, David. 798 00:34:42,647 --> 00:34:43,841 (RINGING) 799 00:34:49,187 --> 00:34:50,347 What? 800 00:34:52,123 --> 00:34:53,920 I apologize. 801 00:34:55,259 --> 00:34:57,022 Come home. 802 00:34:59,630 --> 00:35:01,222 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 803 00:35:02,900 --> 00:35:03,889 Mmm. 804 00:35:04,368 --> 00:35:05,357 (JAKE GROANS) 805 00:35:05,703 --> 00:35:06,692 (EXHALES SHARPLY) 806 00:35:08,539 --> 00:35:10,268 - Quinn? Did you find the car? - QUINN: Yeah. 807 00:35:10,374 --> 00:35:13,775 Gavin abandoned it a couple miles from some lake in the middle of nowhere. 808 00:35:13,878 --> 00:35:15,971 Look, I'm sorry, Liv, the cops say there's no sign of him. 809 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:17,445 You know where that lake is? 810 00:35:17,548 --> 00:35:18,810 Looks like outside Linville, Virginia. 811 00:35:18,916 --> 00:35:21,077 - That's the Shenandoah Valley. - We know where he is. 812 00:35:21,619 --> 00:35:22,779 OLIVIA: Gavin? 813 00:35:26,591 --> 00:35:27,785 JAKE: Still cold. 814 00:35:28,926 --> 00:35:31,087 Come on, Gavin. We know you're in here. 815 00:35:31,162 --> 00:35:32,390 GAVIN: Get out of my house. 816 00:35:33,397 --> 00:35:34,762 JAKE: A nail gun? Really? 817 00:35:35,099 --> 00:35:36,430 Put that thing down. 818 00:35:37,168 --> 00:35:38,465 Make me. 819 00:35:38,569 --> 00:35:40,730 Fine. If you really want to play that way. 820 00:35:41,806 --> 00:35:42,795 - (NAIL GUN FIRES) - (OLIVIA SCREAMS) 821 00:35:43,441 --> 00:35:44,635 - Sorry. - Are you kidding me? 822 00:35:44,742 --> 00:35:45,902 Sorry. 823 00:35:52,083 --> 00:35:53,414 - (DAVID CLEARS THROAT) - I'm busy, David. 824 00:35:53,484 --> 00:35:54,576 DAVID: I'm sure you are. 825 00:35:54,652 --> 00:35:57,644 So was I, reading through all the First Lady's e-mail correspondence 826 00:35:57,755 --> 00:36:00,588 like some bizarrely overpaid first-year associate. 827 00:36:01,292 --> 00:36:03,988 This is the report from the Justice Department's investigation. 828 00:36:04,095 --> 00:36:06,529 The President says he doesn't want it, so I'm giving it to you. 829 00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:07,689 What's it say? 830 00:36:07,798 --> 00:36:10,323 What I wrote is that while Mellie's key code was used 831 00:36:10,434 --> 00:36:11,924 to take the security footage from the server, 832 00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:14,096 there's no evidence of a download on her computer. 833 00:36:14,172 --> 00:36:17,664 So officially, the investigation's inconclusive. 834 00:36:18,709 --> 00:36:20,336 What I read, on the other hand... 835 00:36:20,444 --> 00:36:21,604 In Mellie's e-mail? 836 00:36:22,113 --> 00:36:23,273 Tell me. 837 00:36:23,614 --> 00:36:25,673 Wait, no. You probably shouldn't. 838 00:36:25,783 --> 00:36:28,946 You know, I never really figured the concept of plausible deniability 839 00:36:29,020 --> 00:36:32,148 would feature quite so prominently in my adult life. 840 00:36:32,223 --> 00:36:34,691 - Me, neither. - I really do feel like a divorce lawyer. 841 00:36:34,792 --> 00:36:36,885 Anyway, I guess it's nothing a little bourbon won't fix. 842 00:36:36,994 --> 00:36:38,518 - See you. - ABBY: See you. 843 00:36:43,668 --> 00:36:45,363 (MUSIC PLAYING) 844 00:36:55,479 --> 00:36:56,707 Sir, Charlotte just told me 845 00:36:56,814 --> 00:36:59,180 the Map Room is being set up for a sit-down with Noah Baker? 846 00:36:59,250 --> 00:37:00,342 What's going on... 847 00:37:00,418 --> 00:37:01,715 Hello, Elizabeth. 848 00:37:01,852 --> 00:37:04,548 FITZ: Mellie and I are doing an interview with Noah. 849 00:37:04,655 --> 00:37:05,679 Someone should have told you. 850 00:37:06,324 --> 00:37:09,020 Yes, they should have. Sorry about that, Liz. 851 00:37:12,563 --> 00:37:14,656 Well, I see you got what you wanted. 852 00:37:14,732 --> 00:37:16,700 The First Lady's back in the White House. 853 00:37:16,767 --> 00:37:17,825 She is? 854 00:37:17,902 --> 00:37:20,666 Don't play dumb. They're doing an interview with Noah Baker. 855 00:37:20,738 --> 00:37:22,535 This is the final nail in your coffin. 856 00:37:22,607 --> 00:37:25,269 Pack your things. And then get the hell out of here. 857 00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:28,170 I don't think so. 858 00:37:28,713 --> 00:37:29,839 Excuse me? 859 00:37:29,914 --> 00:37:32,280 You leaked those photos of Olivia and the President. 860 00:37:32,383 --> 00:37:33,407 - Don't be ridiculous... - ABBY: Why'd you do it? 861 00:37:33,517 --> 00:37:34,916 You wanted to get rid of Olivia Pope? 862 00:37:35,019 --> 00:37:36,247 I have no idea what you're... 863 00:37:36,354 --> 00:37:37,548 ABBY: You used to work for Mellie. 864 00:37:37,622 --> 00:37:39,021 You knew her key code. You had access. 865 00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:41,752 You leaked those photos to Sally Langston. 866 00:37:47,365 --> 00:37:48,354 (SIGHS) 867 00:37:49,233 --> 00:37:51,201 Who have you told? The President? 868 00:37:51,269 --> 00:37:52,964 I haven't told anyone. Yet. 869 00:37:53,971 --> 00:37:55,563 What do you want? What's your move? 870 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:56,766 Am I your bitch now? 871 00:37:56,874 --> 00:37:58,102 You want my job? What? 872 00:37:58,209 --> 00:38:00,074 What I want is to no longer work for you. 873 00:38:00,878 --> 00:38:01,936 - What? - I don't want to work for you. 874 00:38:02,046 --> 00:38:03,536 I want to work with you. I want us to be a team. 875 00:38:03,614 --> 00:38:04,706 From now on, we're equals. 876 00:38:05,483 --> 00:38:06,882 - Equals? - Yes. 877 00:38:08,886 --> 00:38:10,877 That's it? 878 00:38:10,955 --> 00:38:12,252 That's all you want. Equality? 879 00:38:12,323 --> 00:38:14,917 Equality. I thought we could both be the adults around here. 880 00:38:14,992 --> 00:38:18,086 But if you have a problem with that, I can certainly try making you my bitch. 881 00:38:18,162 --> 00:38:20,653 No, no. Equals. 882 00:38:20,765 --> 00:38:23,791 - Equals is... Yes. - Good. 883 00:38:23,901 --> 00:38:27,496 So, Noah Baker's interview questions? You wanna go over those? Together? 884 00:38:29,340 --> 00:38:30,568 I'd like that. 885 00:38:33,244 --> 00:38:36,077 He called me a weak little weasel. 886 00:38:36,147 --> 00:38:39,275 My whole life, can you believe that? My own father? 887 00:38:39,350 --> 00:38:40,977 Any time I asked for something, 888 00:38:41,085 --> 00:38:43,645 any time I tried to have something of my own... 889 00:38:43,754 --> 00:38:44,982 "You little weasel." 890 00:38:45,089 --> 00:38:46,750 And it wasn't just to my face. 891 00:38:47,091 --> 00:38:50,686 He'd tell his friends I was a weasel, too. And then he'd laugh at me. 892 00:38:52,363 --> 00:38:54,024 Who's laughing now, Dad? 893 00:38:54,465 --> 00:38:55,523 Not you. 894 00:38:55,633 --> 00:38:57,032 You killed him. 895 00:38:57,535 --> 00:39:01,631 I pushed him. He died because he was weak. 896 00:39:03,441 --> 00:39:04,465 (SIRENS WAILING) 897 00:39:04,542 --> 00:39:05,668 What the hell is that? 898 00:39:05,776 --> 00:39:06,800 What's it sound like? 899 00:39:07,378 --> 00:39:08,970 You called the cops? 900 00:39:10,381 --> 00:39:13,145 No more running, Gavin. 901 00:39:15,619 --> 00:39:16,608 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) 902 00:39:25,696 --> 00:39:28,358 I have been mad at you for, like, ever. 903 00:39:28,466 --> 00:39:30,229 - Go away. - But then I started thinking... 904 00:39:30,334 --> 00:39:33,826 - Go away. - What's so sane about me? 905 00:39:33,904 --> 00:39:35,701 - Quinn... - I dispose of bodies. 906 00:39:35,806 --> 00:39:39,003 And I get turned on by crime scenes. 907 00:39:39,076 --> 00:39:40,703 Hacking is hot. 908 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,410 I am not your all-American girl, and I don't wanna be. 909 00:39:46,817 --> 00:39:48,682 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 910 00:39:50,421 --> 00:39:51,911 You're not wrong. 911 00:39:52,857 --> 00:39:54,222 About me. 912 00:39:55,593 --> 00:39:57,322 Something's wrong with me. 913 00:39:58,529 --> 00:40:00,326 That's my point. 914 00:40:01,365 --> 00:40:03,595 Something's wrong with me, too. 915 00:40:06,604 --> 00:40:07,866 I missed you. 916 00:40:09,673 --> 00:40:11,072 I missed you a lot. 917 00:40:18,115 --> 00:40:20,208 (SLOW MUSIC PLAYING) 918 00:40:24,054 --> 00:40:25,453 FITZ: It's me. 919 00:40:25,556 --> 00:40:28,457 I know you said not to call but I just wanted you to know... 920 00:40:29,593 --> 00:40:30,719 I get it. 921 00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:33,056 All this time, I've been waiting to hear from you, 922 00:40:33,130 --> 00:40:34,392 so you could tell me what you wanted, 923 00:40:34,465 --> 00:40:37,923 but it's what you don't want, isn't it? 924 00:40:39,970 --> 00:40:41,961 You don't want this. 925 00:40:43,741 --> 00:40:46,471 I'm going to deny Sally's story 926 00:40:46,577 --> 00:40:49,273 and bring Mellie back to the White House. 927 00:40:49,380 --> 00:40:53,544 Because I don't want you to throw away your whole life just for me. 928 00:40:56,554 --> 00:40:58,579 I love you too much for that. 929 00:40:59,023 --> 00:41:00,923 (MUSIC CONTINUES) 930 00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:43,924 You good? 931 00:41:48,105 --> 00:41:49,265 I'm good. 932 00:42:02,019 --> 00:42:03,077 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 933 00:42:09,860 --> 00:42:10,849 REPORTER: Olivia Pope! 934 00:42:10,961 --> 00:42:12,861 Olivia Pope, are you the President's mistress? 935 00:42:13,597 --> 00:42:14,894 (SHOUTING FADES) 936 00:42:22,773 --> 00:42:23,797 Yes. 937 00:42:23,874 --> 00:42:25,171 (SHOUTING RESUMES) 938 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:32,000 Ripped & Corrected By mstoll