1 00:00:00,735 --> 00:00:03,435 Olivia Pope, are you the president's mistress? 2 00:00:03,437 --> 00:00:04,536 Yes. 3 00:00:04,538 --> 00:00:06,839 Previously on "Scandal"... 4 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,141 Olivia Pope has a certain reputation here in Washington. 5 00:00:09,143 --> 00:00:10,476 You're talking about the fact that Pope's 6 00:00:10,478 --> 00:00:11,710 been linked to several powerful men? 7 00:00:11,712 --> 00:00:13,345 As to their nature, 8 00:00:13,347 --> 00:00:15,114 you'd have to talk to ms. Pope about that. 9 00:00:15,116 --> 00:00:17,116 Pope, got a visitor. 10 00:00:17,118 --> 00:00:18,322 The Louvre is on fire. 11 00:00:18,347 --> 00:00:19,752 Lazarus one? 12 00:00:19,754 --> 00:00:21,787 Who are you working with? 13 00:00:21,789 --> 00:00:25,190 How could I, prisoner 052213 14 00:00:25,192 --> 00:00:27,292 at the Milford Federal correctional... 15 00:00:27,294 --> 00:00:28,761 Lazarus one is your invention, your baby. 16 00:00:28,763 --> 00:00:30,496 If B613 is left for dead, 17 00:00:30,498 --> 00:00:32,431 this is how you refill its coffers... 18 00:00:32,433 --> 00:00:33,699 steal some paintings, set a fire, 19 00:00:33,701 --> 00:00:35,734 leave a couple of charred forgeries behind, 20 00:00:35,736 --> 00:00:38,704 and then sell the originals to gangsters and oligarchs for billions. 21 00:00:38,706 --> 00:00:42,341 What happened at the Louvre... That's Lazarus one, your plan. 22 00:00:42,343 --> 00:00:44,610 So either this is you working with someone on the outside 23 00:00:44,612 --> 00:00:46,178 to rebuild your empire... 24 00:00:46,180 --> 00:00:47,579 My empire? Look around you. 25 00:00:47,581 --> 00:00:49,515 Thanks to my daughter and her infinite wisdom, 26 00:00:49,517 --> 00:00:50,616 I am no longer in a position 27 00:00:50,618 --> 00:00:52,217 to protect our republic. 28 00:00:52,219 --> 00:00:53,285 So this is Liv’s fault? 29 00:00:53,287 --> 00:00:55,254 Isn't it? 30 00:00:55,256 --> 00:00:58,223 Eli Pope grew up an orphan on the mean streets of Detroit, 31 00:00:58,225 --> 00:01:00,025 but envisioned something more. 32 00:01:00,027 --> 00:01:02,361 He worked three jobs to put himself through college, 33 00:01:02,363 --> 00:01:05,397 eventually earning his PD in paleontology. 34 00:01:05,399 --> 00:01:08,667 He married Maya, a young secretary, and they had Olivia. 35 00:01:08,669 --> 00:01:10,569 They were living the American dream. 36 00:01:10,571 --> 00:01:12,621 That dream was shattered 37 00:01:12,622 --> 00:01:14,672 when Maya was tragically killed in a plane crash. 38 00:01:14,675 --> 00:01:17,376 Olivia was just 12 at the time. 39 00:01:17,378 --> 00:01:21,080 Now a single father, Eli Pope sent Olivia to survival Montreal, 40 00:01:21,082 --> 00:01:22,448 an elite Swiss boarding school 41 00:01:22,450 --> 00:01:25,551 whose powerful alumni include 14 current world leaders 42 00:01:25,553 --> 00:01:28,554 and eight of the world's top billionaires. 43 00:01:28,556 --> 00:01:30,322 He once told a colleague 44 00:01:30,324 --> 00:01:32,724 that he was on a quest to do the impossible... 45 00:01:32,726 --> 00:01:34,793 raise an African-American girl 46 00:01:34,795 --> 00:01:37,129 who felt fully entitled to own the world 47 00:01:37,131 --> 00:01:38,464 as much as any white man. 48 00:01:38,466 --> 00:01:41,166 Olivia got a little arrogant... 49 00:01:41,168 --> 00:01:43,469 a little drunk on her own sense of power. 50 00:01:43,471 --> 00:01:47,306 So drunk that she forgets the most basic facts. 51 00:01:47,308 --> 00:01:49,341 She forgets everything that I taught her. 52 00:01:49,343 --> 00:01:51,376 Nature abhors a vacuum. 53 00:01:51,378 --> 00:01:55,180 By putting me here, Olivia has created a dangerous one. 54 00:01:55,182 --> 00:01:57,850 That quest was expensive and ultimately his downfall... 55 00:01:57,852 --> 00:02:00,786 Eli Pope embezzled millions from the Smithsonian payroll 56 00:02:00,788 --> 00:02:02,821 and now serves time in federal prison. 57 00:02:02,823 --> 00:02:04,556 You're a desperate man in here. 58 00:02:04,558 --> 00:02:07,259 You want out. You want to regain your power and free yourself, 59 00:02:07,261 --> 00:02:10,596 And you and I both know that you're enacting Lazarus one. 60 00:02:10,598 --> 00:02:13,232 You can either tell me who you're working with now, 61 00:02:13,234 --> 00:02:16,401 or I will find them and kill them. 62 00:02:16,403 --> 00:02:18,804 It's as if you've learned nothing from me. 63 00:02:18,806 --> 00:02:21,807 I think I failed with you. 64 00:02:21,809 --> 00:02:24,710 Did he succeed? Did he do the impossible? 65 00:02:24,712 --> 00:02:27,479 Is Olivia Pope her father's success story? 66 00:02:27,481 --> 00:02:29,181 Did he go too far? 67 00:02:29,183 --> 00:02:31,450 Did Olivia Pope's manufactured sense of privilege 68 00:02:31,452 --> 00:02:33,719 make her feel so entitled to that brass ring of power 69 00:02:33,721 --> 00:02:36,655 that she simply took it instead of earning it? 70 00:02:36,657 --> 00:02:38,524 Or is she still questing? 71 00:02:38,526 --> 00:02:41,894 Is Olivia Pope still seeking to fulfill her father's dream? 72 00:02:41,896 --> 00:02:44,696 I don't have to regain my power. 73 00:02:44,698 --> 00:02:49,268 Power... true power... is never lost. 74 00:02:49,270 --> 00:02:52,237 And freedom? 75 00:02:52,239 --> 00:02:54,940 Boy, I am always free. 76 00:02:54,942 --> 00:02:57,209 No one will ever cage me. 77 00:02:58,646 --> 00:02:59,912 You always leave a trail. 78 00:02:59,914 --> 00:03:02,681 It's how you ended up in here. 79 00:03:02,683 --> 00:03:03,949 And it's how I'm gonna find 80 00:03:03,950 --> 00:03:05,216 who you're working with on the outside. 81 00:03:05,219 --> 00:03:07,269 Over the next hour, 82 00:03:07,270 --> 00:03:09,320 we're going to take you inside corridors of power, 83 00:03:09,323 --> 00:03:13,292 behind closed doors, and, yes, even between the sheets, 84 00:03:13,294 --> 00:03:17,296 to uncover the sometimes thrilling, sometimes sordid, 85 00:03:17,298 --> 00:03:20,499 always mysterious world of Olivia Pope. 86 00:03:20,501 --> 00:03:21,900 Happy hunting. 87 00:03:47,628 --> 00:03:49,494 You're early. 88 00:03:49,496 --> 00:03:50,896 Hey, Quinn. 89 00:03:50,898 --> 00:03:52,564 Look, it's good to see you, but I... 90 00:03:52,566 --> 00:03:53,799 I know. You're waiting for Layla. 91 00:03:53,801 --> 00:03:55,601 But you don't have a date with Layla, Marcus. 92 00:03:55,603 --> 00:03:57,436 You have a date with me. See? 93 00:03:57,438 --> 00:03:58,837 Oh, don't worry. 94 00:03:58,839 --> 00:04:00,339 Layla's real, and from her e-mails, 95 00:04:00,341 --> 00:04:01,907 I think she really likes you. 96 00:04:01,908 --> 00:04:03,474 She just didn't text you to meet up tonight. I did. 97 00:04:03,477 --> 00:04:05,277 All right, what in the hell you're broke, Marcus. 98 00:04:05,279 --> 00:04:06,745 You're unemployed because you screwed the mayor's wife. 99 00:04:06,747 --> 00:04:08,614 You're damaged goods, but you're charming and attractive, 100 00:04:08,616 --> 00:04:09,982 and you can drive a narrative. 101 00:04:09,984 --> 00:04:10,782 Plus, you know, stray dogs. 102 00:04:10,784 --> 00:04:12,618 Okay. Now I see. 103 00:04:12,620 --> 00:04:13,652 You're crazy. Is that it? 104 00:04:13,654 --> 00:04:14,686 You're one of those crazy chicks? 105 00:04:14,688 --> 00:04:15,621 I'm offering you a job. 106 00:04:15,623 --> 00:04:17,522 A job? A job. 107 00:04:17,524 --> 00:04:18,824 Olivia Pope and Associates needs a mouthpiece. 108 00:04:18,826 --> 00:04:19,925 You're good with the press. 109 00:04:19,926 --> 00:04:21,025 You won't just be some corporate spinner. 110 00:04:21,028 --> 00:04:22,561 You'll be one of us. 111 00:04:22,563 --> 00:04:24,563 Look, the job is yours if you want it. 112 00:04:24,565 --> 00:04:26,031 It's the best job you'll ever have. 113 00:04:26,033 --> 00:04:27,666 You will change lives, you will slay dragons, 114 00:04:27,668 --> 00:04:28,934 you will love the hunt more than you ever dreamed. 115 00:04:28,936 --> 00:04:30,669 And I am not crazy. 116 00:04:30,671 --> 00:04:31,754 I'm a gladiator in a suit. 117 00:04:31,755 --> 00:04:32,838 That's what you are when you work at O.P.a.A. 118 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:34,373 You're a gladiator in a suit. 119 00:04:34,375 --> 00:04:36,808 Do you want to be a gladiator in a suit? 120 00:04:36,810 --> 00:04:39,378 No. 121 00:04:39,380 --> 00:04:41,580 No?! 122 00:04:41,582 --> 00:04:43,715 Look, that was flashy. You do flashy well. 123 00:04:43,717 --> 00:04:45,050 I know because I've seen how you do business. 124 00:04:45,052 --> 00:04:47,286 The problem is, I don't like what I've seen. 125 00:04:47,288 --> 00:04:49,454 You might slay some dragons, but the way they go down... 126 00:04:49,456 --> 00:04:51,056 You cut corners. You break rules. 127 00:04:51,058 --> 00:04:52,524 You think the law is a suggestion. 128 00:04:52,526 --> 00:04:54,026 You're shifty, you're shady, 129 00:04:54,028 --> 00:04:55,560 And you lie even when you don't have to. 130 00:04:55,562 --> 00:04:57,863 That might work for you, but it doesn't work for me. 131 00:04:57,865 --> 00:04:59,364 Plus, you're hemorrhaging clients. 132 00:04:59,366 --> 00:05:01,600 In less than six months, you'll be as broke as I am, 133 00:05:01,602 --> 00:05:04,403 So do I want to be a gladiator in a suit? 134 00:05:04,405 --> 00:05:05,904 Hell, no. 135 00:05:09,843 --> 00:05:11,193 Have you seen this garbage? 136 00:05:11,194 --> 00:05:12,544 You see what they're calling her in there? 137 00:05:12,546 --> 00:05:13,845 Yes. 138 00:05:13,847 --> 00:05:14,880 And in every other newspaper in the world. 139 00:05:14,882 --> 00:05:16,481 The morning shows? 140 00:05:16,483 --> 00:05:17,749 Morning, when people's kids are in the room. 141 00:05:17,751 --> 00:05:20,052 Gave estimates on how many men she'd slept with 142 00:05:20,054 --> 00:05:21,887 and at what age she'd lost her virginity. 143 00:05:21,889 --> 00:05:23,689 Yes, sir. I saw... it's disgusting. 144 00:05:23,691 --> 00:05:25,174 Liv's blindfolded 145 00:05:25,175 --> 00:05:26,658 on her knees in front of the firing squad, 146 00:05:26,660 --> 00:05:27,893 and we're doing nothing. 147 00:05:27,895 --> 00:05:29,094 Well, you told me to do nothing. 148 00:05:29,096 --> 00:05:30,376 Abby tied her hands! 149 00:05:32,533 --> 00:05:35,000 We need to concentrate on things we can possibly fix... 150 00:05:35,002 --> 00:05:37,019 like senator Gibson. 151 00:05:37,020 --> 00:05:39,037 The republican leadership is going to put the screws to me. 152 00:05:39,039 --> 00:05:40,839 We knew this was coming. But I know Gibson. 153 00:05:40,841 --> 00:05:42,374 I've charmed him in the past. 154 00:05:42,376 --> 00:05:44,409 Let me feel him out and see if I can... 155 00:05:44,411 --> 00:05:45,844 You're fired. Mr. President... 156 00:05:45,846 --> 00:05:48,580 Do not talk! You are done talking. 157 00:05:48,582 --> 00:05:50,082 You are fired. 158 00:05:50,084 --> 00:05:51,484 Uh, sir, it's not the best time... 159 00:05:51,485 --> 00:05:53,045 I want her gone by the end of the day. 160 00:05:54,521 --> 00:05:56,121 Let me fix this. Go back to your office. 161 00:05:56,123 --> 00:05:57,756 Do not leave this building. 162 00:05:57,758 --> 00:05:58,824 Do not turn over your hard pass. 163 00:05:58,826 --> 00:06:00,592 Just wait. 164 00:06:00,594 --> 00:06:01,927 Where we going? 165 00:06:01,929 --> 00:06:03,028 Paris. 166 00:06:03,030 --> 00:06:04,930 I can't go to Paris. 167 00:06:04,932 --> 00:06:06,998 Yes, you can. 168 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,667 I got a job. You got a lot of contacts over there. 169 00:06:08,669 --> 00:06:09,701 You're going to Paris. 170 00:06:09,703 --> 00:06:10,936 Fine. It's gonna cost you. 171 00:06:10,938 --> 00:06:13,538 Someone launched Lazarus one. 172 00:06:13,540 --> 00:06:15,674 The Louvre fire. 173 00:06:15,676 --> 00:06:16,842 That sucks. 174 00:06:16,844 --> 00:06:18,443 Eh. But I have a business. 175 00:06:18,445 --> 00:06:20,545 to just take off like this... 176 00:06:20,547 --> 00:06:22,381 Look, you helped us take down B613, 177 00:06:22,383 --> 00:06:24,082 so whoever's doing this is your enemy as much as mine. 178 00:06:24,084 --> 00:06:25,617 I'm not asking you to work for free. 179 00:06:25,619 --> 00:06:27,139 I'm asking you to work for your life. 180 00:06:29,757 --> 00:06:32,724 You cannot fire Abby. 181 00:06:32,726 --> 00:06:33,892 You're being emotional. 182 00:06:33,894 --> 00:06:36,428 Yes, I'm being emotional. I'm pissed. 183 00:06:36,430 --> 00:06:37,829 What's wrong with being emotional about this? 184 00:06:37,831 --> 00:06:39,631 Okay, now you're an idiot. 185 00:06:39,633 --> 00:06:40,899 Did you just call me an idiot? 186 00:06:40,901 --> 00:06:42,901 We have been over this. 187 00:06:42,903 --> 00:06:44,936 You're the president of the United States. 188 00:06:44,938 --> 00:06:47,739 You don't get to be emotional. 189 00:06:47,741 --> 00:06:48,840 You have to be smart. 190 00:06:48,842 --> 00:06:50,542 And firing your press secretary 191 00:06:50,544 --> 00:06:52,611 in the middle of a scandal is not smart. 192 00:06:52,613 --> 00:06:54,479 You're a leader. 193 00:06:54,481 --> 00:06:56,114 Think like a... like a leader. It's... 194 00:06:56,116 --> 00:06:59,718 I know I said I would do this. 195 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,087 Abby went behind my back. 196 00:07:02,089 --> 00:07:03,822 She betrayed you. 197 00:07:03,823 --> 00:07:05,556 Abby did exactly what I would have done. 198 00:07:05,559 --> 00:07:08,427 Then you're an idiot. 199 00:07:21,575 --> 00:07:24,943 I told you... 200 00:07:24,945 --> 00:07:27,579 This is my choice to make. 201 00:07:27,581 --> 00:07:30,015 If you take that away from me... 202 00:07:31,652 --> 00:07:33,885 I do not need to be rescued. 203 00:07:33,887 --> 00:07:35,187 I find it offensive. 204 00:07:35,189 --> 00:07:38,123 So I sit on my hands while you act as a punching bag? 205 00:07:38,125 --> 00:07:40,292 No. 206 00:07:40,293 --> 00:07:42,460 You walk down the hall and give Abby her job back. 207 00:07:42,463 --> 00:07:44,596 Liv. They are crucifying you out there. 208 00:07:44,598 --> 00:07:45,964 How long can you handle that? 209 00:07:51,104 --> 00:07:52,104 Liv? 210 00:07:52,105 --> 00:07:53,225 Oh, my god. 211 00:07:58,779 --> 00:07:59,811 Liv? 212 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:01,079 I have to go. 213 00:08:01,081 --> 00:08:02,681 Liv? 214 00:08:10,524 --> 00:08:11,823 Olivia Pope. 215 00:08:11,825 --> 00:08:14,059 Age 23 in her first year at Georgetown law. 216 00:08:14,061 --> 00:08:16,528 My dream job? 217 00:08:16,530 --> 00:08:18,063 The White House. 218 00:08:18,065 --> 00:08:20,999 One day, I'd really love to work there. 219 00:08:21,001 --> 00:08:23,168 I want to impact a national agenda 220 00:08:23,170 --> 00:08:25,237 that drives America forward. 221 00:08:25,239 --> 00:08:28,006 What better, more influential place to do that 222 00:08:28,008 --> 00:08:29,508 than the White House? 223 00:08:29,510 --> 00:08:30,909 A few short years later, 224 00:08:30,911 --> 00:08:32,777 Olivia Pope would, in fact, have a seat 225 00:08:32,779 --> 00:08:35,146 at the world's most powerful table, 226 00:08:35,148 --> 00:08:38,083 next to a man she helped get elected. 227 00:08:38,085 --> 00:08:40,552 Is Olivia Pope a political savant? 228 00:08:40,554 --> 00:08:43,522 Or a woman so ambitious she would do anything 229 00:08:43,524 --> 00:08:44,890 To get where she wanted to go? 230 00:08:50,914 --> 00:08:52,097 No one is gonna be taking pictures of you 231 00:08:52,099 --> 00:08:53,131 from that apartment anymore. 232 00:08:53,133 --> 00:08:54,866 I rented it, 233 00:08:54,868 --> 00:08:56,535 several hundred dollars above market. 234 00:08:56,537 --> 00:08:58,103 You sweep the place? 235 00:08:58,105 --> 00:08:59,838 All clear... no bugs, no taps, no cameras. 236 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:01,640 Burners. Month's supply. 237 00:09:01,642 --> 00:09:03,275 Use a new one each day and then ditch the old one. 238 00:09:03,277 --> 00:09:04,910 I know the drill. 239 00:09:07,948 --> 00:09:09,714 What? 240 00:09:12,653 --> 00:09:13,718 So, here's the thing... 241 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,554 between the press and our clients, 242 00:09:15,556 --> 00:09:17,322 we're kind of swamped at the office. 243 00:09:17,324 --> 00:09:19,958 Quinn, the last thing we need is another person in our business. 244 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:21,793 Okay, but I tried to hire Marcus Walker 245 00:09:21,795 --> 00:09:23,094 to help out, who you like... Quinn. 246 00:09:23,096 --> 00:09:25,230 He shut me down anyway. I... 247 00:09:25,232 --> 00:09:27,732 Look, I just really think we need someone. No. 248 00:09:27,734 --> 00:09:29,634 Whatever's going down, you two should be able to handle it. 249 00:09:29,636 --> 00:09:31,736 Understood? Understood. 250 00:09:31,738 --> 00:09:33,438 Coming up, we talk 251 00:09:33,439 --> 00:09:35,139 To Olivia Pope's third-grade teacher. 252 00:09:35,142 --> 00:09:38,677 I can kill the cable altogether. 253 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:40,278 Don't bother. 254 00:09:46,053 --> 00:09:47,652 She's late. 255 00:09:47,654 --> 00:09:49,721 It's France. There's no such thing. 256 00:09:49,723 --> 00:09:52,057 You sure she's got art contacts? Yeah, this is her thing. 257 00:09:52,059 --> 00:09:53,992 If someone's selling stolen paintings, she'll find them, 258 00:09:53,994 --> 00:09:55,160 and then she can pose as the buyer. 259 00:09:55,162 --> 00:09:56,695 Mm-hmm. And she's good? 260 00:09:56,697 --> 00:09:58,180 Yeah, she's good. 261 00:09:58,181 --> 00:09:59,664 She's got more kills than you and me put together. 262 00:09:59,666 --> 00:10:01,016 She's legend. 263 00:10:01,017 --> 00:10:02,367 Oh, and she's hot. Like sexy hot. 264 00:10:02,369 --> 00:10:04,269 I've been working on her for years. What's her name? 265 00:10:04,271 --> 00:10:05,937 Hello, Charlie. 266 00:10:05,939 --> 00:10:08,139 Elise. 267 00:10:08,141 --> 00:10:11,042 I'd like to introduce you to... Jake. 268 00:10:20,020 --> 00:10:22,120 Elise is a nice name. 269 00:10:22,122 --> 00:10:23,722 And french... that's a good way to go. 270 00:10:23,724 --> 00:10:24,923 It's Jake? 271 00:10:24,925 --> 00:10:27,225 That's what you're calling yourself? 272 00:10:27,227 --> 00:10:29,327 Well, Jake... 273 00:10:29,329 --> 00:10:30,329 Deal's off. 274 00:10:31,832 --> 00:10:33,732 Au revoir, Charlie. 275 00:10:41,375 --> 00:10:45,210 The senator has no comment at this time 276 00:10:45,212 --> 00:10:46,845 other than that she is looking forward 277 00:10:46,847 --> 00:10:48,980 to serving the good people of Virginia 278 00:10:48,982 --> 00:10:49,982 as their junior senator. 279 00:10:49,983 --> 00:10:51,900 In fact, right now, 280 00:10:51,901 --> 00:10:53,818 she has a senate women's caucus meeting to get to, 281 00:10:53,820 --> 00:10:55,954 so if you could all just let her do her job. 282 00:10:55,956 --> 00:10:57,956 Hello, ladies. I'm sorry I'm late. 283 00:10:57,958 --> 00:11:00,358 The press caught me in the rotunda. 284 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,194 But I wanted to say how honored I am to be here, 285 00:11:03,196 --> 00:11:06,031 and I will work hard. 286 00:11:06,033 --> 00:11:07,332 Where were you on the agenda... 287 00:11:07,334 --> 00:11:09,000 Equal pay? Reproductive rights? 288 00:11:09,002 --> 00:11:11,202 That's not why we asked you here. 289 00:11:11,204 --> 00:11:12,937 Oh. 290 00:11:12,939 --> 00:11:14,739 Then why are we meeting? 291 00:11:14,741 --> 00:11:16,421 Senator Grant, how about you take a seat? 292 00:11:22,115 --> 00:11:24,282 Mellie, I know this is your first day, 293 00:11:24,284 --> 00:11:26,217 so let me tell you how the senate really works. 294 00:11:26,219 --> 00:11:28,453 A bunch of men are going to gather somewhere, 295 00:11:28,455 --> 00:11:30,422 and they will have cigars, and they will have scotch, 296 00:11:30,424 --> 00:11:31,956 and they will make themselves a deal. 297 00:11:31,958 --> 00:11:33,825 What the deal is, we won't know. 298 00:11:33,827 --> 00:11:35,193 There will just be some votes... 299 00:11:35,195 --> 00:11:36,961 votes we've probably worked our asses off on 300 00:11:36,963 --> 00:11:38,263 for God only knows how long 301 00:11:38,265 --> 00:11:40,432 that'll suddenly go a different way. 302 00:11:40,434 --> 00:11:41,766 But this is a bipartisan caucus. 303 00:11:41,768 --> 00:11:43,134 Why would you work together? 304 00:11:43,136 --> 00:11:45,470 This isn't about republicans and democrats. 305 00:11:45,472 --> 00:11:47,272 It's about peckers... too many peckers. 306 00:11:47,274 --> 00:11:49,841 The men have their own way of doing things, 307 00:11:49,843 --> 00:11:52,877 So we started having ours. 308 00:11:56,383 --> 00:11:58,083 Good news. 309 00:11:58,085 --> 00:12:01,219 I've lined up interviews on every afternoon talk show. 310 00:12:01,221 --> 00:12:03,255 "Why afternoon?" you ask. 311 00:12:03,256 --> 00:12:05,290 Because aggrieved women love their afternoon talk shows. 312 00:12:05,292 --> 00:12:09,094 More cheating bastards get raked over the coals 313 00:12:09,096 --> 00:12:10,428 on those comfy couches than... 314 00:12:10,430 --> 00:12:11,730 They want to impeach him. 315 00:12:11,732 --> 00:12:13,264 What? 316 00:12:13,266 --> 00:12:14,733 Fitz. 317 00:12:14,735 --> 00:12:16,167 The women of the senate... 318 00:12:16,169 --> 00:12:17,502 all the women of the senate... 319 00:12:17,504 --> 00:12:19,037 Want to impeach him. 320 00:12:19,039 --> 00:12:21,106 But only if I give the go-ahead. 321 00:12:21,108 --> 00:12:23,374 They want to impeach a man for having an affair? 322 00:12:23,376 --> 00:12:26,244 They want to impeach a man 323 00:12:26,246 --> 00:12:28,279 for having an affair that everyone just shrugs about 324 00:12:28,281 --> 00:12:30,281 because a man having an affair is a daily occurrence. 325 00:12:30,283 --> 00:12:33,284 They want to impeach a man because all we ever hear 326 00:12:33,286 --> 00:12:34,819 is how women are controlled by their hormones, 327 00:12:34,821 --> 00:12:36,221 But what is more hormonal 328 00:12:36,223 --> 00:12:38,323 than man who can't keep it in his damn pants? 329 00:12:38,325 --> 00:12:41,192 They want to impeach a man because he broke his vows 330 00:12:41,194 --> 00:12:43,261 and disturbed the office of the presidency 331 00:12:43,263 --> 00:12:45,363 and distracted the country with his libido, 332 00:12:45,365 --> 00:12:47,866 and the only person that gets raked over the coals 333 00:12:47,868 --> 00:12:49,300 is the woman he screwed. 334 00:12:49,302 --> 00:12:50,935 That's why. 335 00:12:50,937 --> 00:12:52,337 But that's... that's, um... 336 00:12:52,339 --> 00:12:54,038 He's a man. 337 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,308 Cyrus! 338 00:12:57,310 --> 00:12:59,444 It doesn't matter anyway because I am not doing it. 339 00:12:59,446 --> 00:13:01,980 You're not going to have him impeached? 340 00:13:01,982 --> 00:13:04,015 Of course not. Hold on. 341 00:13:04,017 --> 00:13:05,450 Mellie, let's talk about this. No. 342 00:13:05,452 --> 00:13:07,952 Fitz put himself in the cross hairs. 343 00:13:07,954 --> 00:13:10,455 That merits a conversation. 344 00:13:10,457 --> 00:13:12,123 If I went after him, it would look vindictive. 345 00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:13,158 Or righteous. 346 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:14,325 I'm a freshman senator. 347 00:13:14,327 --> 00:13:16,394 I need to keep a low profile, 348 00:13:16,395 --> 00:13:18,462 start out where other freshman senators start out. 349 00:13:18,465 --> 00:13:21,566 On some do-nothing subcommittee in the Capitol basement? 350 00:13:21,568 --> 00:13:24,169 I do not want to impeach my husband. 351 00:13:24,171 --> 00:13:26,037 No. 352 00:13:26,039 --> 00:13:27,438 What you really want is the oval. 353 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:28,957 So let's not be too hasty 354 00:13:28,958 --> 00:13:30,475 because this doesn't have to be about your husband. 355 00:13:30,477 --> 00:13:32,944 This can be about your country, about the greater good, 356 00:13:32,946 --> 00:13:35,313 About a leader who deceived the American people. Cyrus... 357 00:13:35,315 --> 00:13:37,315 and let's not forget Susan Ross. 358 00:13:37,317 --> 00:13:39,584 If Fitz gets impeached, Susan Ross becomes president, 359 00:13:39,586 --> 00:13:41,152 And we all know how that turns out. 360 00:13:41,154 --> 00:13:42,921 The woman's gonna eat her own head 361 00:13:42,923 --> 00:13:44,522 and set herself on fire at the same time, 362 00:13:44,524 --> 00:13:47,358 After which the country will desperately want someone 363 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,260 who's the polar opposite of Susan. 364 00:13:49,262 --> 00:13:51,863 Someone stately. Someone with gravitas. 365 00:13:51,865 --> 00:13:53,097 Someone who's a true leader. 366 00:13:53,099 --> 00:13:56,334 You, senator. 367 00:13:56,336 --> 00:13:58,136 This is it. 368 00:13:58,138 --> 00:14:00,071 Your chance. 369 00:14:00,073 --> 00:14:01,573 Either you go after your husband now 370 00:14:01,575 --> 00:14:03,074 and claim the White House for your own, 371 00:14:03,076 --> 00:14:05,276 or you do nothing and end up being 372 00:14:05,278 --> 00:14:08,112 that sad little well-meaning freshman senator, 373 00:14:08,114 --> 00:14:10,882 sitting on that do-nothing subcommittee, 374 00:14:10,884 --> 00:14:13,117 publicly grinning at the world, 375 00:14:13,119 --> 00:14:16,087 privately wanting to hang yourself. 376 00:14:21,328 --> 00:14:22,894 Known around town as a fashion icon 377 00:14:22,896 --> 00:14:25,029 for her expensive shoes and flashy purses, 378 00:14:25,031 --> 00:14:28,266 Olivia Pope isn't someone who goes unnoticed. 379 00:14:28,268 --> 00:14:31,469 The articulate, often outspoken Olivia Pope 380 00:14:31,471 --> 00:14:32,904 remains silent. 381 00:14:32,906 --> 00:14:34,372 It is fair to wonder if the apple 382 00:14:34,374 --> 00:14:36,140 didn't fall too far from the tree. 383 00:14:36,142 --> 00:14:38,343 Her father is incarcerated. 384 00:14:38,345 --> 00:14:41,312 Champion of Brandon Parker and other urban causes. 385 00:14:41,314 --> 00:14:43,948 Is Olivia Pope that good or simply lucky? 386 00:14:43,950 --> 00:14:45,183 She was always very aggressive. 387 00:14:45,185 --> 00:14:46,768 Some might say arrogant. 388 00:14:46,769 --> 00:14:48,352 Simply lucky. 389 00:14:48,355 --> 00:14:50,121 Liv has no plan. 390 00:14:50,123 --> 00:14:51,573 Meanwhile, our client roster 391 00:14:51,574 --> 00:14:53,254 is getting gobbled up by the other firms. 392 00:14:54,628 --> 00:14:56,094 Cream? 393 00:14:56,096 --> 00:14:57,228 What are you doing here? 394 00:14:57,230 --> 00:14:58,396 Where do you guys keep the cream? 395 00:14:58,398 --> 00:14:59,364 Seriously? 396 00:14:59,366 --> 00:15:00,565 I changed my mind. 397 00:15:00,567 --> 00:15:02,433 I accept the job. 398 00:15:02,435 --> 00:15:04,135 I'm ready to gladiate in a suit or whatever. 399 00:15:04,137 --> 00:15:04,797 We're not hiring. 400 00:15:04,822 --> 00:15:06,271 Perkins told me something different. 401 00:15:06,273 --> 00:15:08,172 Phone's been ringing off the hook since I got here. 402 00:15:08,174 --> 00:15:10,008 Anybody gonna answer that? You have to leave. 403 00:15:10,010 --> 00:15:11,175 He doesn't know what he's talking about. Liv said that we had... 404 00:15:11,177 --> 00:15:12,911 Liv said for me to handle things. 405 00:15:12,913 --> 00:15:14,312 That's what I'm doing. It's handled. 406 00:15:14,314 --> 00:15:16,247 Everything I said earlier still holds, 407 00:15:16,249 --> 00:15:18,016 but I need the cash, 408 00:15:18,018 --> 00:15:19,117 and I might as well take it from you guys 409 00:15:19,119 --> 00:15:21,203 while you still have it to offer. 410 00:15:21,204 --> 00:15:23,288 So, when do you want me out there facing the reporters? 411 00:15:23,290 --> 00:15:24,690 All we need is to keep our clients. 412 00:15:24,691 --> 00:15:28,026 So our strategy is, it's business as usual 413 00:15:28,028 --> 00:15:29,228 at Olivia Pope and Associates. 414 00:15:29,229 --> 00:15:31,062 Olivia is working. 415 00:15:31,064 --> 00:15:32,597 She's so busy taking care of her many clients 416 00:15:32,599 --> 00:15:34,933 that she's too busy to address the media, et cetera. 417 00:15:34,935 --> 00:15:36,034 You get the drift? 418 00:15:47,113 --> 00:15:48,113 No. 419 00:15:48,114 --> 00:15:49,314 Let me in. No. 420 00:15:50,951 --> 00:15:52,250 We're gonna stand here. 421 00:15:52,252 --> 00:15:54,185 I'm gonna say "let me in" a few more times. 422 00:15:54,187 --> 00:15:55,720 You're gonna say "no" a few more times. 423 00:15:55,722 --> 00:15:57,288 And you're gonna give me a look you always give 424 00:15:57,290 --> 00:15:58,656 when you want me to know how mad you are, 425 00:15:58,658 --> 00:16:02,126 But eventually, we both know you're going to let me in 426 00:16:02,128 --> 00:16:04,262 because you always let me in. 427 00:16:12,605 --> 00:16:14,672 Nice. Elise does well. 428 00:16:14,674 --> 00:16:16,975 She's an art dealer. She has to. 429 00:16:16,977 --> 00:16:19,577 What? You thought I couldn't handle business on my own? 430 00:16:19,579 --> 00:16:21,012 I thought you were dead. 431 00:16:21,014 --> 00:16:22,280 I was at Grand Central Station, Jake. 432 00:16:22,282 --> 00:16:23,498 I was at Grand Central Station. 433 00:16:23,499 --> 00:16:24,715 You were nowhere. - I was there, Jake. 434 00:16:24,718 --> 00:16:27,018 You were not there. - I was late. 435 00:16:27,020 --> 00:16:28,353 I was late, but I was there. 436 00:16:28,355 --> 00:16:29,487 I waited! 437 00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:31,055 Protocol lets me have 25 minutes. 438 00:16:31,057 --> 00:16:32,057 I gave you an hour. 439 00:16:32,058 --> 00:16:33,058 I got there! 440 00:16:33,059 --> 00:16:34,392 You left me! 441 00:16:34,394 --> 00:16:36,494 You left me behind. 442 00:16:36,496 --> 00:16:39,731 You should have trusted I would make it. 443 00:16:39,733 --> 00:16:41,332 You should have waited. 444 00:16:51,644 --> 00:16:52,777 Look... 445 00:16:54,214 --> 00:16:55,246 Elise... 446 00:16:55,248 --> 00:16:57,181 I don't need an apology. 447 00:16:57,183 --> 00:16:59,517 You're here about the job. 448 00:16:59,519 --> 00:17:01,486 What's the job? 449 00:17:01,488 --> 00:17:04,689 We're on the trail of some stolen art pieces. 450 00:17:04,691 --> 00:17:06,424 I need you to put out some feelers. 451 00:17:06,426 --> 00:17:08,226 Find out who's selling, make a buy. 452 00:17:08,228 --> 00:17:10,762 We put a GPS chip in the cash and track them to their boss. 453 00:17:10,764 --> 00:17:13,097 Exactly. 454 00:17:16,169 --> 00:17:18,603 I really thought you were dead. 455 00:17:18,605 --> 00:17:22,306 25 minutes no-show is one thing, but an hour? 456 00:17:22,308 --> 00:17:24,175 I thought you were dead. I thought... 457 00:17:26,146 --> 00:17:27,512 I grieved. 458 00:17:32,352 --> 00:17:34,485 I really loved being married to you. 459 00:17:36,756 --> 00:17:39,490 We were good together. 460 00:18:06,519 --> 00:18:07,852 Liz! 461 00:18:07,854 --> 00:18:09,654 Senator. 462 00:18:09,656 --> 00:18:12,190 I have to investigate him, Liz. 463 00:18:12,192 --> 00:18:14,759 We're all republicans... Family. 464 00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:16,461 We can find a way to work this out. 465 00:18:16,463 --> 00:18:18,296 I'd sure like to, but I sure can't. 466 00:18:18,298 --> 00:18:20,498 We're talking about sex between consenting adults. 467 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:23,301 Unfortunate, yes. Illegal? Absolutely not. 468 00:18:26,739 --> 00:18:30,475 The woman ran his campaign, worked in his White House. 469 00:18:30,477 --> 00:18:32,877 She had access to things. He paid her for things. 470 00:18:32,879 --> 00:18:34,545 So don't try and give me your talking points 471 00:18:34,547 --> 00:18:36,881 Like I'm some senior citizen drooling away in my la-z-boy 472 00:18:36,883 --> 00:18:38,816 Watching cable news from sunup to sundown. 473 00:18:38,818 --> 00:18:41,352 His whole administration he's had these bitches 474 00:18:41,354 --> 00:18:43,454 Lined up like planes on a Jetway. Senator. 475 00:18:43,456 --> 00:18:44,672 Are you telling me this woman 476 00:18:44,673 --> 00:18:45,889 isn't pulling his strings like a marionette? 477 00:18:45,892 --> 00:18:48,259 There are legitimate questions. 478 00:18:48,261 --> 00:18:50,862 Now, the president can answer them in person, 479 00:18:50,864 --> 00:18:52,763 or he can come up to the Hill 480 00:18:52,765 --> 00:18:56,200 and answer them under oath on live television. 481 00:19:00,907 --> 00:19:03,207 I'm here to get some of my things. 482 00:19:03,209 --> 00:19:04,609 What are you doing? 483 00:19:04,611 --> 00:19:06,844 Don't shush me, and don't tell me it's not a good time. 484 00:19:06,846 --> 00:19:08,346 I have a right to be here whenever I... 485 00:19:08,348 --> 00:19:09,847 What? 486 00:19:19,559 --> 00:19:21,292 I wonder where Teddy is. 487 00:19:21,294 --> 00:19:22,560 You can't find him? 488 00:19:22,562 --> 00:19:24,495 I've looked everywhere. 489 00:19:24,497 --> 00:19:28,566 Have you looked... Over here? 490 00:19:28,568 --> 00:19:30,234 Not yet. 491 00:19:43,683 --> 00:19:46,317 Well, I don't see anything! 492 00:19:46,319 --> 00:19:47,618 Wow! 493 00:19:47,620 --> 00:19:48,853 Where could he be? 494 00:19:48,855 --> 00:19:50,688 How do we lose a whole boy? 495 00:20:08,908 --> 00:20:11,976 I don't want us to fight anymore. 496 00:20:11,978 --> 00:20:16,514 If you don't hurt me, I won't hurt you. 497 00:20:16,516 --> 00:20:17,982 Okay? 498 00:20:19,886 --> 00:20:20,985 Okay. 499 00:20:23,523 --> 00:20:24,989 Okay. 500 00:20:31,264 --> 00:20:32,697 I'm gonna get my things. 501 00:20:32,699 --> 00:20:33,764 I'll pick him up tomorrow. 502 00:20:33,766 --> 00:20:35,499 Okay. 503 00:20:54,020 --> 00:20:58,956 Come out, come out, wherever you are! 504 00:21:02,996 --> 00:21:04,229 In his first run at the White House, 505 00:21:04,230 --> 00:21:05,463 Governor Fitzgerald Grant's presidential hopes 506 00:21:05,465 --> 00:21:07,031 were stopped dead 507 00:21:07,032 --> 00:21:08,598 after a humiliating defeat in the Iowa caucuses. 508 00:21:08,601 --> 00:21:11,535 Campaign manager and future chief of staff Cyrus Beene 509 00:21:11,537 --> 00:21:12,959 was desperate. 510 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:14,382 Not just desperate... we were broke! 511 00:21:14,383 --> 00:21:15,805 The consultants... the dozens of beltway bandits 512 00:21:15,808 --> 00:21:17,642 earning 40 grand a month... 513 00:21:17,644 --> 00:21:20,311 They'd all failed to provide a winning strategy. 514 00:21:20,313 --> 00:21:22,280 Frankly, Olivia Pope was the only strategist 515 00:21:22,282 --> 00:21:23,447 I could afford at the time. 516 00:21:23,449 --> 00:21:25,316 I also knew she'd be great. 517 00:21:25,318 --> 00:21:28,619 I had no idea she'd be a miracle worker. 518 00:21:28,621 --> 00:21:30,755 A miracle worker, indeed. 519 00:21:30,757 --> 00:21:33,758 In three weeks, Olivia Pope turned a fourth-place candidate 520 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,661 into the winner of the South Carolina primary. 521 00:21:36,663 --> 00:21:38,246 Keep an eye on her. 522 00:21:38,247 --> 00:21:40,047 She'll be a household name, mark my words. 523 00:21:41,567 --> 00:21:45,369 Thus Olivia Pope is in a unique position of being a black woman 524 00:21:45,371 --> 00:21:47,038 in a world dominated by white men. 525 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:49,340 But being an outsider is something Pope... 526 00:21:49,342 --> 00:21:50,342 Sorry. 527 00:21:50,343 --> 00:21:51,943 I can't watch any more. 528 00:21:51,944 --> 00:21:53,544 It's the same crap over and over. 529 00:21:53,546 --> 00:21:55,413 I was in line at the grocery store this morning. 530 00:21:55,415 --> 00:21:58,349 There was a couple in front of me... white, mid-60s. 531 00:21:58,351 --> 00:21:59,650 The wife's looking at a picture of Liv 532 00:21:59,652 --> 00:22:00,851 on the cover of some tabloid 533 00:22:00,853 --> 00:22:02,586 and the husband's going on and on 534 00:22:02,588 --> 00:22:04,488 about how angry Liv looks, 535 00:22:04,490 --> 00:22:06,557 how he totally believes she took advantage of the president 536 00:22:06,559 --> 00:22:08,626 because she looks conniving and power-hungry, 537 00:22:08,628 --> 00:22:11,762 but the wife... God bless her... defended Olivia 538 00:22:11,764 --> 00:22:13,631 by saying, "she must be pretty sharp" 539 00:22:13,633 --> 00:22:15,733 if she pulled herself up by her bootstraps 540 00:22:15,735 --> 00:22:17,401 "And made it out of the ghetto." 541 00:22:17,403 --> 00:22:21,472 Liv went to one of the most expensive boarding schools 542 00:22:21,474 --> 00:22:23,007 in Europe! 543 00:22:27,513 --> 00:22:29,680 So you're not here for the money. 544 00:22:29,682 --> 00:22:31,682 I'm here to help a sister out who helped me when I needed it. 545 00:22:31,684 --> 00:22:32,683 Well, what's your suggestion? 546 00:22:32,685 --> 00:22:34,452 We call the press out. 547 00:22:34,454 --> 00:22:36,987 Make the public aware of what they're really being sold. 548 00:22:36,989 --> 00:22:38,823 We shift the conversation away from Olivia 549 00:22:38,825 --> 00:22:39,857 to the reporting of Olivia. 550 00:22:39,859 --> 00:22:41,359 Olivia's name is on that door. 551 00:22:41,361 --> 00:22:42,626 Stick to the plan. 552 00:22:42,628 --> 00:22:43,908 Gladiators don't ask questions. 553 00:22:45,565 --> 00:22:47,498 That's gonna take some getting used to. 554 00:22:49,502 --> 00:22:52,670 If you don't sit down with senator Gibson, 555 00:22:52,672 --> 00:22:54,872 the judiciary committee is going to launch an investigation. 556 00:22:54,874 --> 00:22:56,440 This was the smart strategy? 557 00:22:56,442 --> 00:22:58,743 They mercilessly attack Olivia, 558 00:22:58,745 --> 00:23:01,645 and I have to stop my own party from investigating me. 559 00:23:01,647 --> 00:23:03,414 Remind me... what was the dumb strategy? 560 00:23:03,416 --> 00:23:04,915 The one where you've already been impeached. 561 00:23:04,917 --> 00:23:06,584 The fact that Gibson is willing to negotiate 562 00:23:06,586 --> 00:23:07,885 means this is working. 563 00:23:07,887 --> 00:23:09,420 You're only here because firing you right now 564 00:23:09,422 --> 00:23:11,055 would add fuel to the scandal. 565 00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:12,689 Do you really think talking to me is your best move? 566 00:23:12,692 --> 00:23:13,891 It won't just be the senate, sir. 567 00:23:13,893 --> 00:23:15,526 If congress investigates you, 568 00:23:15,528 --> 00:23:17,094 I'll be forced to appoint a special counsel. 569 00:23:17,096 --> 00:23:19,530 A special counsel can run wild. 570 00:23:19,532 --> 00:23:22,099 No one tells them what to do. They'll bulldoze you and Liv. 571 00:23:26,939 --> 00:23:28,672 Set the meeting with Gibson. 572 00:23:36,849 --> 00:23:38,416 Feed's up. 573 00:23:38,418 --> 00:23:40,451 I got to hand it to you, boss. 574 00:23:40,453 --> 00:23:41,719 You got game. 575 00:23:41,721 --> 00:23:42,686 What are you talking about? 576 00:23:42,688 --> 00:23:44,155 Oh, I'm just saying. 577 00:23:44,157 --> 00:23:45,823 Your girlfriend back home chooses another dude. 578 00:23:45,825 --> 00:23:46,924 It's all up in your face. 579 00:23:46,926 --> 00:23:48,659 So you hop across the Atlantic 580 00:23:48,661 --> 00:23:50,961 and slide back in with a hottie who hates your guts. 581 00:23:50,963 --> 00:23:53,030 Impressive. You're an idiot. 582 00:23:53,032 --> 00:23:54,765 Why is this so grainy? 583 00:23:54,766 --> 00:23:56,499 I-I don't know if I'm the guy to be giving advice here. 584 00:23:56,502 --> 00:23:57,502 You're not. 585 00:23:57,503 --> 00:23:59,003 Bonjour. 586 00:23:59,005 --> 00:24:00,805 Zoom in. Got it. 587 00:24:00,807 --> 00:24:02,706 Running QR-15 facial recognition. 588 00:24:02,708 --> 00:24:04,208 He brought the painting. 589 00:24:04,210 --> 00:24:06,710 Yevgeny Valenkov. Based in St. Petersburg. 590 00:24:06,712 --> 00:24:09,880 Affiliated with the Semion Mogilevich syndicate. 591 00:24:09,882 --> 00:24:12,082 I don't understand. This guy isn't B613. 592 00:24:13,486 --> 00:24:14,652 What are they saying? 593 00:24:14,654 --> 00:24:15,953 He's got a Delacroix in the case 594 00:24:15,955 --> 00:24:17,021 and a Renoir in a warehouse. 595 00:24:17,023 --> 00:24:18,389 That's it? That's it. 596 00:24:18,390 --> 00:24:19,790 Where are all the other paintings? 597 00:24:21,561 --> 00:24:22,793 What's going on? 598 00:24:22,795 --> 00:24:24,128 I-I can't get it back. 599 00:24:24,130 --> 00:24:26,130 What's he saying? He wants to see the money. 600 00:24:26,132 --> 00:24:27,465 We got to get in there now, boss. 601 00:24:27,467 --> 00:24:30,201 No, if... if we go in now, we're blown. 602 00:24:30,203 --> 00:24:31,602 She knows what she's doing. 603 00:24:32,572 --> 00:24:33,892 Can you get the feed? I'm trying! 604 00:24:44,183 --> 00:24:45,716 Elise? 605 00:24:47,620 --> 00:24:48,820 You're gonna be okay, Elise. 606 00:24:50,556 --> 00:24:52,223 Hey. 607 00:24:52,225 --> 00:24:53,225 Elise. 608 00:24:53,226 --> 00:24:55,059 I shot him. 609 00:24:55,061 --> 00:24:56,760 You shot him. 610 00:24:56,762 --> 00:24:57,795 You're gonna be okay. 611 00:24:57,797 --> 00:24:58,963 You hear me? 612 00:24:58,965 --> 00:25:00,097 Stay with me, Elise. 613 00:25:05,271 --> 00:25:06,971 This was your father? 614 00:25:06,973 --> 00:25:09,039 Yep, back when he was a congressman. 615 00:25:09,041 --> 00:25:10,841 Had the whole place in stitches. 616 00:25:10,843 --> 00:25:14,578 That's hilarious. 617 00:25:14,580 --> 00:25:16,981 Now, gentlemen... 618 00:25:16,983 --> 00:25:19,016 We all know why I asked you here. 619 00:25:19,018 --> 00:25:20,784 I made a mistake... 620 00:25:20,786 --> 00:25:22,119 betrayed the people's trust... 621 00:25:22,121 --> 00:25:25,256 and, in doing so, created a situation 622 00:25:25,258 --> 00:25:28,125 where you can either support me and risk looking like fools 623 00:25:28,127 --> 00:25:30,794 or throw me under the bus and help the democrats hang me. 624 00:25:30,796 --> 00:25:33,664 But as it's me who put you in this position, 625 00:25:33,666 --> 00:25:36,800 I'm willing to offer some things in exchange for your mercy. 626 00:25:36,802 --> 00:25:38,702 Now, Steve, I know you have a tight race 627 00:25:38,704 --> 00:25:40,004 coming up in November. 628 00:25:40,006 --> 00:25:41,872 I'm prepared to stump hard on your behalf 629 00:25:41,874 --> 00:25:43,741 and put my whole machine behind your fundraising efforts. 630 00:25:43,743 --> 00:25:45,009 The president's also prepared 631 00:25:45,011 --> 00:25:46,143 to back the infrastructure bill, senator. 632 00:25:46,145 --> 00:25:48,646 Even though there's way too much pork 633 00:25:48,648 --> 00:25:50,848 going to your cronies there in Wyoming, Arnie. 634 00:25:50,850 --> 00:25:52,316 Liz will finalize all the details. 635 00:25:52,318 --> 00:25:55,085 Now, unfortunately, I do have a country to run, 636 00:25:55,087 --> 00:25:56,854 so as much as I'd like to stay... 637 00:25:58,824 --> 00:26:01,191 Sit, Mr. President. 638 00:26:01,193 --> 00:26:02,893 This has been fun. 639 00:26:02,895 --> 00:26:04,962 But as far as I'm concerned, 640 00:26:04,964 --> 00:26:07,798 we're still at the foreplay stage of the evening. 641 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:09,900 The fun stuff still lies ahead. 642 00:26:09,902 --> 00:26:11,569 So have yourself a seat 643 00:26:11,571 --> 00:26:18,175 and let's start talking about the true cost of mercy. 644 00:26:26,619 --> 00:26:29,286 This is preposterous. 645 00:26:29,288 --> 00:26:31,288 Well, we'll roll them back in increments. 646 00:26:31,290 --> 00:26:33,190 That way there will be less media attention. 647 00:26:33,192 --> 00:26:35,059 Equal pay? The Brandon bill? 648 00:26:35,061 --> 00:26:37,261 Those were huge legislative achievements, senator. 649 00:26:37,263 --> 00:26:39,296 For the democrats. Not for us. 650 00:26:39,298 --> 00:26:41,665 No. Absolutely not. 651 00:26:41,667 --> 00:26:45,669 Gentlemen, can we have the room, please? 652 00:26:47,106 --> 00:26:48,872 That means you, too, Liz. 653 00:26:57,850 --> 00:26:59,917 Stanley, this isn't politics. 654 00:26:59,919 --> 00:27:01,085 This is extortion. 655 00:27:01,087 --> 00:27:02,937 All right, how about this? 656 00:27:02,938 --> 00:27:04,788 How about I give you equal pay? Hmm? 657 00:27:04,790 --> 00:27:06,323 I'll let you keep that. 658 00:27:06,324 --> 00:27:07,857 Arnie only put that in there, I think, 659 00:27:07,860 --> 00:27:09,326 'cause his wife is driving him bonkers. 660 00:27:09,328 --> 00:27:10,928 So that's yours. 661 00:27:10,930 --> 00:27:12,229 But in return for that favor, though, 662 00:27:12,231 --> 00:27:14,965 I must insist you give us the Brandon bill. 663 00:27:14,967 --> 00:27:18,335 Stan, listen to me... whatever you have to do to kill those provisions... 664 00:27:18,337 --> 00:27:19,337 Executive order... 665 00:27:19,338 --> 00:27:20,804 I'm not gonna do that. 666 00:27:20,806 --> 00:27:22,206 I'm afraid you don't have a choice. 667 00:27:22,208 --> 00:27:26,043 You know, I've had dalliances, Mr. President. 668 00:27:26,045 --> 00:27:27,111 We all have. 669 00:27:27,113 --> 00:27:29,380 Your problem is, you got caught. 670 00:27:29,382 --> 00:27:32,316 And that's why it's you on your knees in front of me 671 00:27:32,318 --> 00:27:33,717 instead of the reverse. 672 00:27:33,719 --> 00:27:36,253 Kill the Brandon bill. 673 00:27:36,255 --> 00:27:38,322 You made a lot of enemies for us 674 00:27:38,324 --> 00:27:40,824 with the law and order community passing that thing. 675 00:27:40,826 --> 00:27:42,359 If you could find a way of quashing it, 676 00:27:42,361 --> 00:27:44,328 that would make all the difference. 677 00:27:48,401 --> 00:27:50,668 Let me think about it. 678 00:27:53,406 --> 00:27:55,973 Oh, and, sir? 679 00:27:55,975 --> 00:27:59,276 Next time you decide to go outside your marriage, 680 00:27:59,278 --> 00:28:01,278 Choose yourself a girl 681 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,947 who's a little more palatable to the base. 682 00:28:06,686 --> 00:28:08,952 What is that supposed to mean? 683 00:28:10,756 --> 00:28:12,856 Full roll-back on the Brandon bill, 684 00:28:12,858 --> 00:28:15,125 or we start pursuing impeachment. 685 00:28:15,127 --> 00:28:16,360 Sir. 686 00:28:26,772 --> 00:28:28,038 Friends say Pope's post-college years 687 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,241 were typical of an urban 20-something... 688 00:28:30,242 --> 00:28:32,443 Scraping by, having fun, and hustling to make her mark. 689 00:28:32,445 --> 00:28:35,045 Those hard times faded, though, 690 00:28:35,047 --> 00:28:37,815 once Pope began dating older men. 691 00:28:37,817 --> 00:28:39,950 No doubt drawn to her youth and beauty, 692 00:28:39,952 --> 00:28:42,953 the men shared not just the fact that they were older, 693 00:28:42,955 --> 00:28:44,455 but they were powerful. 694 00:28:44,457 --> 00:28:46,056 Pope was even once engaged 695 00:28:46,058 --> 00:28:48,425 to senate majority leader Edison Davis. 696 00:28:48,427 --> 00:28:51,762 Senator Davis' office refused comment for this piece. 697 00:28:51,764 --> 00:28:55,199 One thing that is certain is that with each new relationship, 698 00:28:55,201 --> 00:28:57,201 Pope's profile increased 699 00:28:57,203 --> 00:29:00,003 along with the power of the subsequent suitor. 700 00:29:00,005 --> 00:29:04,341 Knowing this, is it any wonder that Pope would set her sights 701 00:29:04,343 --> 00:29:07,211 on the powerful man on the planet? 702 00:29:25,064 --> 00:29:26,196 What? 703 00:29:26,198 --> 00:29:28,031 I need to talk to you. 704 00:29:28,033 --> 00:29:30,100 About the Brandon bill. 705 00:29:30,101 --> 00:29:32,168 Did you know that there's a porn version of us? 706 00:29:32,171 --> 00:29:34,404 Actually three, I think. 707 00:29:34,406 --> 00:29:35,873 Yeah. 708 00:29:35,875 --> 00:29:37,107 Liv... and a lot of people, 709 00:29:37,109 --> 00:29:39,443 a lot of anonymous internet people, 710 00:29:39,445 --> 00:29:41,478 cowards who won't use their names, 711 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:42,980 apparently want to have me killed. 712 00:29:42,982 --> 00:29:44,548 Also raped. 713 00:29:44,550 --> 00:29:47,084 How come whenever a woman does something that people don't like 714 00:29:47,086 --> 00:29:49,186 the only way these men on the internet 715 00:29:49,188 --> 00:29:51,522 know how to express themselves is by threatening rape? 716 00:29:51,524 --> 00:29:53,056 Listen. Turn off the computer, Liv. 717 00:29:53,058 --> 00:29:54,291 No, seriously. 718 00:29:54,293 --> 00:29:56,126 I have... 719 00:29:56,128 --> 00:30:01,098 at least 1,000 threats of rape here, 720 00:30:01,100 --> 00:30:03,367 just on this one site, 721 00:30:03,369 --> 00:30:06,303 from guys who are mad that I had the audacity 722 00:30:06,305 --> 00:30:08,438 to be born female and black. 723 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:09,440 Olivia... 724 00:30:09,441 --> 00:30:10,574 Turn off the computer. 725 00:30:10,576 --> 00:30:14,211 Do you think if I told them I own a gun 726 00:30:14,213 --> 00:30:17,281 and that I've shot someone, they'd threaten to rape me? 727 00:30:17,283 --> 00:30:18,515 Do you think if I told them 728 00:30:18,517 --> 00:30:21,485 I've survived being kidnapped and tortured, 729 00:30:21,487 --> 00:30:24,488 they would get that their weak little misspellings 730 00:30:24,490 --> 00:30:25,923 barely make me blink? 731 00:30:25,925 --> 00:30:27,991 That I would welcome the chance 732 00:30:27,993 --> 00:30:31,261 to take out a little bit of PTSD 733 00:30:31,263 --> 00:30:33,130 on the next man who put his hands on me? 734 00:30:33,132 --> 00:30:34,298 You think they'd still want to... 735 00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:36,366 Turn off the computer now, 736 00:30:36,368 --> 00:30:37,885 or I will come over there, 737 00:30:37,886 --> 00:30:39,403 walk through all the reporters outside your building, 738 00:30:39,405 --> 00:30:41,205 and turn it off for you. 739 00:31:00,292 --> 00:31:01,792 I'm fine. 740 00:31:01,794 --> 00:31:04,595 I'm just... 741 00:31:04,597 --> 00:31:08,365 I'm losing it, but only a little bit. 742 00:31:11,303 --> 00:31:14,171 I'm fine. 743 00:31:33,092 --> 00:31:34,524 How's that arm? 744 00:31:34,526 --> 00:31:36,026 Flesh wound. 745 00:31:36,028 --> 00:31:37,961 You've seen me take worse. 746 00:31:37,963 --> 00:31:40,597 I'm sorry for getting you involved in this. 747 00:31:40,599 --> 00:31:42,132 If I knew you'd get hurt... 748 00:31:42,134 --> 00:31:44,268 I never showed up at Grand Central Station. 749 00:31:45,638 --> 00:31:48,105 We're spies. 750 00:31:48,107 --> 00:31:50,574 There's no forever for us. 751 00:31:50,576 --> 00:31:52,542 We both knew that. 752 00:31:52,544 --> 00:31:54,678 And what about now? 753 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:57,414 What about now? 754 00:31:57,416 --> 00:32:01,318 Come back to the States with me. 755 00:32:08,127 --> 00:32:11,128 Those senators came to you! 756 00:32:11,130 --> 00:32:13,330 They're deferring to you. 757 00:32:13,332 --> 00:32:15,399 They're bowing down. What should that tell you? 758 00:32:15,401 --> 00:32:17,601 That's it time to come out from behind the throne 759 00:32:17,603 --> 00:32:20,470 and wield some power that's got your name on it! 760 00:32:20,472 --> 00:32:22,139 I won't do it, Cyrus. 761 00:32:22,141 --> 00:32:24,141 As much as I want to, there's no way 762 00:32:24,143 --> 00:32:25,609 that I come out of this looking like anything more 763 00:32:25,611 --> 00:32:26,643 than a vindictive harpy. 764 00:32:26,645 --> 00:32:28,245 The smart play... 765 00:32:28,247 --> 00:32:31,114 The smart play is to take the high road. 766 00:32:31,116 --> 00:32:32,983 You know that. 767 00:32:34,186 --> 00:32:36,954 What that man did to you... 768 00:32:36,956 --> 00:32:38,388 what he did to us... 769 00:32:38,390 --> 00:32:40,123 is on completely different levels. 770 00:32:40,125 --> 00:32:41,491 Cyrus, come on. 771 00:32:41,493 --> 00:32:43,427 He was my husband. 772 00:32:43,429 --> 00:32:46,630 You were just colleagues, friends. 773 00:32:46,632 --> 00:32:49,132 Why are so hell-bent on revenge? 774 00:32:49,134 --> 00:32:51,101 Let it go already. 775 00:32:51,103 --> 00:32:53,570 C-colleagues. 776 00:32:53,572 --> 00:32:55,305 Friends. 777 00:32:55,307 --> 00:32:58,608 Mellie, I devoted my life to him, to you, 778 00:32:58,610 --> 00:33:00,043 to the Grant cause. 779 00:33:00,045 --> 00:33:03,413 The last 14 years have been... 780 00:33:07,252 --> 00:33:09,453 He kicked in the teeth and didn't even look back, 781 00:33:09,455 --> 00:33:11,321 and I'm supposed to just it go? 782 00:33:11,323 --> 00:33:14,291 I guess that's the difference between me and you, Cy. 783 00:33:14,293 --> 00:33:16,126 When my heart is broken, 784 00:33:16,128 --> 00:33:18,061 I can get up and dust myself off 785 00:33:18,063 --> 00:33:20,364 and walk away with some dignity. 786 00:33:21,633 --> 00:33:23,533 Dignity's a good visual. 787 00:33:25,371 --> 00:33:27,537 That's... that's what you think the difference is? 788 00:33:27,539 --> 00:33:29,139 Between you and me? No, no. 789 00:33:29,141 --> 00:33:30,374 There difference between you and me 790 00:33:30,376 --> 00:33:31,675 is that your heart was never broken 791 00:33:31,677 --> 00:33:34,178 because you never loved him. 792 00:33:34,179 --> 00:33:36,680 You needed him, used him, coexisted with him, 793 00:33:36,682 --> 00:33:38,315 but you did not love him! 794 00:33:38,317 --> 00:33:40,584 I would have died for that man. 795 00:33:40,586 --> 00:33:43,186 I loved him as my son... 796 00:33:43,188 --> 00:33:44,454 as my child... 797 00:33:44,456 --> 00:33:47,090 as my soul. 798 00:33:47,092 --> 00:33:49,526 That does not end. That never ends. 799 00:33:49,528 --> 00:33:52,696 It just rips a hole inside of you that never closes. 800 00:33:52,698 --> 00:33:54,398 Your child is dead! 801 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,733 You can visit his grave, bring him flowers. 802 00:33:56,735 --> 00:33:59,102 You know exactly where he is and what he is. 803 00:33:59,104 --> 00:34:01,471 My child is breathing and talking 804 00:34:01,473 --> 00:34:04,107 right down the block from me at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 805 00:34:04,109 --> 00:34:05,275 But I can't see him. 806 00:34:05,277 --> 00:34:07,644 I don't know how he is or what he needs 807 00:34:07,646 --> 00:34:08,745 or if he's even okay. 808 00:34:08,747 --> 00:34:10,414 He's surrounded by vultures 809 00:34:10,416 --> 00:34:12,449 who want to pick the flesh from his bones, 810 00:34:12,451 --> 00:34:15,052 But he doesn't know it. 811 00:34:15,054 --> 00:34:16,787 And I do. 812 00:34:16,789 --> 00:34:19,689 And I'm not there to shelter him from the storms, 813 00:34:19,691 --> 00:34:24,628 to pick up after him, to remove the obstacles in his path. 814 00:34:24,630 --> 00:34:28,732 Your child is safe in the ground 815 00:34:28,734 --> 00:34:31,701 where everything bad has already happened. 816 00:34:31,703 --> 00:34:36,073 But my child... my soul... 817 00:34:36,075 --> 00:34:38,408 All you have to do is turn on the news 818 00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:40,410 to see that the bad things for him 819 00:34:40,412 --> 00:34:41,378 are just getting started. 820 00:34:41,380 --> 00:34:44,281 Get out... 821 00:34:44,283 --> 00:34:47,784 Before I have you thrown out. 822 00:34:47,786 --> 00:34:51,121 Oh, no need, no need. 823 00:34:52,391 --> 00:34:54,624 I quit. 824 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:03,366 Bribery, treason, high crimes and misdemeanors. 825 00:35:03,368 --> 00:35:04,734 These are the charges for impeachment, 826 00:35:04,736 --> 00:35:06,470 according to our constitution. 827 00:35:06,472 --> 00:35:10,273 Just which of them, if any, will president Grant face? 828 00:35:10,275 --> 00:35:12,242 Within minutes of ms. Pope's declaration, 829 00:35:12,244 --> 00:35:15,112 pundits began postulating how, and if, 830 00:35:15,114 --> 00:35:17,380 Grant broke the law with his affair. 831 00:35:18,817 --> 00:35:20,717 Are you gonna respond to allegations? 832 00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:22,219 Where is Olivia Pope? 833 00:35:22,221 --> 00:35:23,470 When's she coming out of hiding? 834 00:35:23,471 --> 00:35:24,720 Just tell us why she won't defend herself 835 00:35:24,723 --> 00:35:26,490 as passionately as she defends her clients. 836 00:35:26,492 --> 00:35:28,291 She's usually so well-spoken. 837 00:35:32,698 --> 00:35:33,864 "For a black woman." 838 00:35:36,568 --> 00:35:38,668 "she's usually so well-spoken for a black woman." 839 00:35:38,670 --> 00:35:40,604 Isn't that what you meant? 840 00:35:40,606 --> 00:35:43,340 I say that because I've been looking at the last 72 hours 841 00:35:43,342 --> 00:35:44,841 of your station's news coverage, 842 00:35:44,843 --> 00:35:46,326 and when you're not suggesting 843 00:35:46,327 --> 00:35:47,810 that Olivia Pope is an angry black woman, 844 00:35:47,813 --> 00:35:49,446 you're implying she's a homewrecker 845 00:35:49,448 --> 00:35:50,688 who slept her way to the top. 846 00:35:52,184 --> 00:35:54,384 What the hell was that? 847 00:35:54,386 --> 00:35:55,919 Gladiating. You did the exact opposite of what I asked. 848 00:35:55,921 --> 00:35:57,254 You can only dodge so long. 849 00:35:57,256 --> 00:35:58,555 At some point, you have to throw a punch. 850 00:35:58,557 --> 00:35:59,723 You went off-script. 851 00:35:59,725 --> 00:36:02,459 This... Is... War. 852 00:36:02,461 --> 00:36:03,660 There is no script. 853 00:36:03,662 --> 00:36:05,295 You can choose the battle, 854 00:36:05,297 --> 00:36:07,264 but if you send me out, I'm fighting my way. 855 00:36:07,266 --> 00:36:08,798 I don't play. I don't hide. 856 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,400 I don't hold back or look for exits, 857 00:36:10,402 --> 00:36:12,269 And I sure as hell don't lean on the ropes and take it. 858 00:36:12,271 --> 00:36:14,204 I swing because that's me. 859 00:36:14,206 --> 00:36:17,207 That's who I am. That is how I gladiate. 860 00:36:23,582 --> 00:36:25,465 They're gonna try to confuse you. 861 00:36:25,466 --> 00:36:27,349 They will bring up your past criminal record to rattle you. 862 00:36:27,352 --> 00:36:28,718 When you get stuck or don't know what to say, 863 00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:31,188 just accuse them of playing dog-whistle politics. 864 00:36:31,190 --> 00:36:33,190 Now, Quinn Perkins wasn't always your name. 865 00:36:33,192 --> 00:36:34,958 Before you started working for ms. Pope, 866 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:36,426 you were known as Lindsay Dwyer. 867 00:36:36,428 --> 00:36:37,694 The "Molotov mistress." 868 00:36:37,696 --> 00:36:39,296 That's what you were going for, right, Dan? 869 00:36:39,298 --> 00:36:40,797 But why would you bring that up now 870 00:36:40,799 --> 00:36:42,432 when we're supposed to be talking about... 871 00:36:42,434 --> 00:36:44,734 Olivia Pope doesn't fit with the slutty-mistress stereotype. 872 00:36:44,736 --> 00:36:46,636 So instead of representing her as she is... 873 00:36:46,638 --> 00:36:47,837 a formidable, passionate advocate... 874 00:36:47,839 --> 00:36:49,606 you take the easy route, shading her, 875 00:36:49,608 --> 00:36:51,241 using all manner of coded language. 876 00:36:51,243 --> 00:36:52,909 There's a name for that, Claire, and it's... 877 00:36:52,911 --> 00:36:54,411 Dog-whistle politics. 878 00:36:54,413 --> 00:36:56,446 That's your buzzword. That's your talking point. 879 00:36:56,448 --> 00:36:57,981 Dog-whistle politics. 880 00:36:57,983 --> 00:36:59,783 Yeah, okay, but what exactly is that? 881 00:36:59,785 --> 00:37:02,886 It's racism, sexism, anti-semitism, misogyny. 882 00:37:02,888 --> 00:37:05,422 It's bigotry in the form of a language so coded that... 883 00:37:05,424 --> 00:37:07,557 only the person it's targeting is insulted by it, 884 00:37:07,559 --> 00:37:09,492 Like a dog whistle. It lets them get away with it. 885 00:37:09,494 --> 00:37:12,495 Are you accusing me of using offensive language? Yes. 886 00:37:12,497 --> 00:37:13,997 On this network alone, Olivia Pope 887 00:37:13,999 --> 00:37:15,532 has been described as lucky... 888 00:37:15,534 --> 00:37:16,733 sassy, ambitious... 889 00:37:16,735 --> 00:37:18,668 well-spoken, well-mannered, articulate... 890 00:37:18,670 --> 00:37:21,738 shrill, calculating, overconfident, secretive... 891 00:37:21,740 --> 00:37:23,273 urban, hot-blooded... 892 00:37:23,275 --> 00:37:24,641 known to use thug politics... 893 00:37:24,643 --> 00:37:26,243 arrogant, a siren. 894 00:37:26,245 --> 00:37:28,478 Words like these mean nothing to the general public, 895 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:29,779 Which is why the media... 896 00:37:29,781 --> 00:37:31,581 And I'm including you in there, Claire... 897 00:37:31,583 --> 00:37:32,783 Can get away with using them. 898 00:37:32,784 --> 00:37:34,985 But when women of color, like ms. Pope, 899 00:37:34,987 --> 00:37:36,519 hear that kind of coded language, 900 00:37:36,521 --> 00:37:38,288 they know exactly what you're getting at. 901 00:37:38,290 --> 00:37:41,758 Well, that's all the time we have tonight. 902 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:44,728 Would you like to add anything else before you go? 903 00:37:44,730 --> 00:37:46,496 Dog-whistle politics. 904 00:37:46,498 --> 00:37:47,697 Yes. 905 00:37:47,699 --> 00:37:49,966 You've said that a few times now. 906 00:37:54,473 --> 00:37:56,373 So... 907 00:37:56,375 --> 00:37:57,975 Who's gonna tell Olivia I work here now? 908 00:37:57,976 --> 00:37:59,476 I will. 909 00:37:59,478 --> 00:38:00,844 I'm damaged. 910 00:38:00,846 --> 00:38:02,779 She doesn't like to yell at me. 911 00:38:10,355 --> 00:38:11,921 Mr. President. 912 00:38:11,923 --> 00:38:13,657 Abby. 913 00:38:13,659 --> 00:38:15,292 Liv said I can't fire you 914 00:38:15,294 --> 00:38:17,327 because you did exactly what she would do. 915 00:38:17,329 --> 00:38:20,297 Do you always do what Liv would do? 916 00:38:20,299 --> 00:38:21,965 Well... 917 00:38:21,967 --> 00:38:23,967 I learned from her playbook, so... 918 00:38:23,969 --> 00:38:25,302 I don't know. I guess so. 919 00:38:25,304 --> 00:38:27,937 Just look at the first page. 920 00:38:27,939 --> 00:38:29,139 It's a summary. 921 00:38:39,318 --> 00:38:41,584 Sir, the Brandon bill is your legacy. 922 00:38:41,586 --> 00:38:43,753 Yeah. 923 00:38:43,755 --> 00:38:46,756 What would Liv do about that? 924 00:38:50,095 --> 00:38:52,662 If you have any hope of avoiding impeachment, 925 00:38:52,664 --> 00:38:55,398 I'm sorry, but you have to give Gibson what he wants. 926 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:56,800 That's what Liv would do? 927 00:38:56,802 --> 00:38:58,935 That's the smart move, yes. 928 00:39:02,274 --> 00:39:03,373 Abby. 929 00:39:03,375 --> 00:39:05,041 Sir? 930 00:39:05,043 --> 00:39:08,978 It's Olivia's job as a fixer to be smart... 931 00:39:08,980 --> 00:39:10,780 to be practical and unemotional. 932 00:39:10,782 --> 00:39:12,982 She makes the smart move. 933 00:39:12,984 --> 00:39:15,552 In her office, the smart move is the only move that counts, 934 00:39:15,554 --> 00:39:18,722 but you know what? 935 00:39:18,724 --> 00:39:20,957 We don't work for Liv. 936 00:39:20,959 --> 00:39:22,926 I'm president of the United States. 937 00:39:22,928 --> 00:39:24,661 We work for the American people. 938 00:39:24,663 --> 00:39:27,664 The playbook is the constitution. 939 00:39:27,666 --> 00:39:33,370 In my office, it's not about doing the smart thing. 940 00:39:33,372 --> 00:39:35,405 It's about doing the right thing. 941 00:39:42,714 --> 00:39:45,982 We interrupt this broadcast with some breaking news. 942 00:39:45,984 --> 00:39:48,451 The president's motorcade was seen leaving the White House 943 00:39:48,453 --> 00:39:50,604 Roughly eight minutes ago 944 00:39:50,605 --> 00:39:52,756 and is currently traveling down Wisconsin Avenue. 945 00:39:52,758 --> 00:39:54,457 White House sources tell us 946 00:39:54,459 --> 00:39:55,925 no outing was planned for the evening, 947 00:39:55,927 --> 00:39:57,694 so president Fitzgerald Grant 948 00:39:57,696 --> 00:39:59,729 appears to be taking an unscheduled ride 949 00:39:59,731 --> 00:40:01,398 in the presidential limousine. 950 00:40:01,399 --> 00:40:03,066 We are unsure where exactly the president is headed. 951 00:40:03,068 --> 00:40:05,385 What are you doing? 952 00:40:05,386 --> 00:40:07,703 But he's clearly not visiting the Capitol or the Pentagon. 953 00:40:07,706 --> 00:40:10,707 The motorcade now making its way through a residential area. 954 00:40:10,709 --> 00:40:12,642 Don't you dare. 955 00:40:12,644 --> 00:40:14,944 Don't you dare. That is, in fact, the same neighborhood 956 00:40:14,946 --> 00:40:16,780 where the president's mistress, 957 00:40:16,782 --> 00:40:20,784 former communications director Olivia Pope, currently resides. 958 00:40:20,786 --> 00:40:25,522 And I'm being told that this is Olivia Pope's building. 959 00:40:25,524 --> 00:40:27,590 For those of you just tuning in now, 960 00:40:27,592 --> 00:40:29,726 the president of the United States 961 00:40:29,728 --> 00:40:31,795 appears to be visiting the woman 962 00:40:31,797 --> 00:40:33,830 with whom he's been having an affair. 963 00:40:55,987 --> 00:40:57,220 What the hell are you doing? 964 00:41:02,928 --> 00:41:05,462 The right thing. 965 00:41:05,464 --> 00:41:07,997 I'm taking my girlfriend on a date. 966 00:41:11,203 --> 00:41:13,603 Guys, look away, 967 00:41:13,605 --> 00:41:16,906 cause I'm gonna make out with my girlfriend now. 968 00:41:16,908 --> 00:41:19,142 Fitz. 969 00:41:37,562 --> 00:41:39,229 An unprecedented sight. 970 00:41:39,231 --> 00:41:41,631 President Grant escorting his reputed mistress, 971 00:41:41,633 --> 00:41:43,266 Olivia Pope. 972 00:41:43,268 --> 00:41:46,135 A bold move, as if he's daring the world 973 00:41:46,137 --> 00:41:48,905 to come between them. 974 00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:57,531 Olivia... Reputed... Daring... 975 00:41:57,532 --> 00:41:59,983 Will Olivia Pope become our next first lady 976 00:41:59,985 --> 00:42:02,886 Or the first lady to take down a sitting president? 977 00:42:04,589 --> 00:42:05,922 It's late, Mellie. 978 00:42:05,924 --> 00:42:07,924 I know. I take it you've seen the news. 979 00:42:09,928 --> 00:42:10,994 That's why I called you here... 980 00:42:10,996 --> 00:42:12,862 because I wanted to talk to you... 981 00:42:12,864 --> 00:42:14,964 about impeaching my husband. 982 00:42:16,768 --> 00:42:18,301 I'm Francesca Hunter, 983 00:42:18,303 --> 00:42:21,838 and tonight, we are, as always, on the hunt.