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Joining us now,
the reporter
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who broke this story...
Vanessa Chandler
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of the "Post's" styles section.
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Vanessa, we have a name now.
(Phones ringing)
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Former White House
communications director
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Olivia Pope.
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How sure are you
that she's the woman
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who had an alleged affair
with President Grant?
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It's just one source,
but it's a good source...
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A source in a position
to know the true identity
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of the president's mistress.
(Clicks)
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And, well, you know
how this works.
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It's just a matter of time
before others
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come out of the woodwork
and more details emerge.
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Can you give us an idea
of how high up
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this person was
in the administration?
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No, but I will say that
my source is 100% sure...
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that Ms. Pope is
the President's mistress,
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and if they're right...
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And obviously I believe
they are...
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It's only a matter of time
before more details come out.
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22 minutes
without making a sound.
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If only you'd been
this quiet as a child.
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Why did you try
to have me killed?
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I didn't try
to have you killed.
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I tried to have
Jake Ballard killed.
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Hmm. We're here.
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- No. - You've gotten yourself
into a bit of trouble, Olivia,
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- and I'm here to fix it.
- No.
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Now listen to me.
You raised your skirt
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and opened your knees
and gave it away
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to a man with too much power.
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You're not rare.
You're not special.
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Your story's no different
than a thousand other stories
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in this town,
so you know how this goes.
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You could call this
in your sleep.
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First they'll smile, be warm,
sympathetic, on your side,
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letting you know that
they will fight for you.
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They will lull you into
a false sense of security.
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And then, once your belly is exposed,
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they will gut you
and everyone you know.
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And they will be swift
about it.
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And by the time you realize
you should be fighting back,
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well, you're already
bleeding to death.
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That is the
presidency versus you.
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Whose victory do you think
they will fight for?
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Whose body do you think
they will bury?
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- He would never...
- "He would never."
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You and I both know that he
is not in charge.
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He is never in charge.
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Power is in charge.
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Power got him elected.
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I know more than you
could possibly imagine
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about things of which
you cannot dream.
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He told you that you
would be first lady,
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and you believed him!
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Did I not raise you for better?
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How many times have I told
you you have to be...
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what?
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You have to be...
what?
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Twice...
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What?!
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(Voice breaks) Twice as good.
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Twice as good as them
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to get half
of what they have.
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Sleeping with that...
(Sighs)
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For God sakes!
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You know to aim higher.
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At the very least,
you could have aimed for
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Chief of Staff,
Secretary of State!
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First Lady?!
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Do you have to be so mediocre?
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Your staff will be
taken care of financially.
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Your business will continue to run.
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Money is not a problem.
There's always money.
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Money bought that plane.
Money bought the silence
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of the gentleman
who will fly that plane.
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It contains a passport,
a Swiss bank book,
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a go file,
an entirely new identity.
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There is a very nice island
waiting for you
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at the end of the flight.
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You will stay there
for eight months.
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Then I can arrange
a place for you in brussels.
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Thailand, if you prefer,
Johannesburg...
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Any place but here, really,
as long as you disappear.
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And what if I don't want to go?
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Olivia, you're getting
on that plane
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come hell or high water.
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And to be clear,
I am the hell
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and the high water.
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(Projector and camera shutter
clicking)
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sync and corrections by bellows
www.addic7ed.com
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(Airplane engines whirring)
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We'll be taking off in a moment.
Can I get you anything to drink?
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No.
Thank you.
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Can I...borrow your phone?
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(Sighs) Where are you?
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I'm sitting in a jet
on a runway.
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- Where are you going?
- Nowhere. I'm disappearing.
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- That is not an option.
- It is. Apparently, it's very simple.
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I just get on this plane
and I disappear into thin air.
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Get off the plane.
Don't run.
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You need me here so you can
throw me under the bus?
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I know how this goes.
I can run this play in my sleep.
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- You'll burn me.
- I won't burn you.
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- Not unless you burn me.
We are on the same side. - Are we?
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Who leaked my name, Cy?
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When I find out,
they will suffer.
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Get off the plane!
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- I just wanted to say good-bye.
- Olivia...
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- Tell him I said good-bye.
- Olivia. Olivia!
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What?
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If you... disappear...
If you disappear,
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he will think
that I had you killed.
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And he will never trust me again.
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He barely trusts me as it is,
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and I will not be able
to help him out of this.
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If he thinks you're dead,
I won't be able to save him.
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Don't run!
I have done dark things,
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but I have also been your friend
and your champion.
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When you aren't a monster?
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I am a monster, but, honey,
I'm your monster!
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And I will fix this.
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I will put this ridiculous,
untrue rumor
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about you having an affair
with the president to rest.
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I will put it down.
I will bury it!
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I just need a little time,
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and I just need you not to run.
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(Breathing heavily)
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I need you to get off
the plane, my friend.
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Get off the plane.
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- Olivia!
- I'm not going.
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Yes, you are.
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Thanks for the offer, but no.
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You're being stupid about this.
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I am many things.
Stupid is not one of them.
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Olivia, you can't possibly
think you're going to return
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to your old life as if
nothing is happening.
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What is happening is that I
am taking care of myself!
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Take me to my office.
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The White House
will destroy you.
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That's what mom used to
tell me about you.
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(Window whirs)
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Like I said and will continue
to say in a variety of ways,
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the White House has no official
comment on these accusations
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and no plans to comment further.
(Reporters shouting questions)
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You want the Vice President
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to take on the President's
public appearances
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in the middle of all this?
Th-that...
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Until I can find the source
of the fire and put it out,
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tamp this thing down.
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She's gonna get the questions.
All the questions.
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Then she'll dodge them
and be very good at it.
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Cyrus, maybe you and I should
get together and discuss this.
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- I don't think so. - Sally.
- My answer is no.
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- Ma'am! - No, I will not be
aiding and abetting a man
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breaking his marriage vows
and laying with another woman.
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I will not be surrendering
that piece of my soul.
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I am the Lord's witness.
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No...
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No! The people.
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The people,
Madame Vice President...
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(Chuckles) The people
elected you
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to be the President's sidekick,
not the lord!
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The Lord did not fill out
his voter registration card.
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So guess what. The Lord
does not have the right to vote
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in the United States of America!
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I am done with you
and your superiority
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and your rudeness.
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I have never once mentioned
how I feel about
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your godless homosexual
lifestyle
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and that poor, sweet brown baby
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that you have dragged into it.
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I keep my personal opinions to myself.
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But you find any opportunity
each and every day to belittle
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me and my desire
to serve the Lord.
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You have no respect.
Not for me, not for the voters
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I handed you on a platter
the last election,
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the voters I will take
with me when I go.
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Go? Wh-where are you going!?
Canada?
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Because that's the only place
you have a chance
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of being elected
on a sitting president
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- from your own party, who...
- Who is sleeping with whores!
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I'd like to speak with
Sally alone, please.
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Alone.
(Sally sighs)
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Please.
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(Whispers) Okay.
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Okay.
(Sighs)
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(Door opens)
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(Inhales and sighs)
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Well?
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- Do you drink ever?
- Excuse me?
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I'm not trying to just...
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If you were a man,
I'd offer you a scotch.
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And I thought, I'm kind of
an ass if I only offer you
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the scotch if you're a man.
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What is that?
Some prep school crap I learned.
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Uh... anyway,
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do you... drink?
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(Inhales sharply)
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I would like a scotch.
Neat.
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Sally... (Exhales)
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Yes?
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(Pours liquor, bottle clatters)
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I slept with someone
who is not my wife.
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You're not surprised
that I cheated.
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You're surprised
that I'm admitting it.
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(Pours liquor) Which is...
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(Bottle clatters)
I did. I had an affair.
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I take responsibility,
and I'm sorry.
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I failed you.
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Me, sir?
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You. As your team member,
as your President,
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as your fellow citizen.
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I did not live up to my promise
to be the best man I could be.
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I lied.
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I lived a lie.
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And I am sorry about that.
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Okay?
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All right, Mr. President.
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Okay.
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So...
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These public appearances
Cyrus is asking you
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- to stand in on for me...
- Sir?
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Sally, it's time for me
to do the right thing.
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Be the leader I've always
wanted to be.
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In order to do so, I have to
stand in front of the world
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and say who I am
and what I've done
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and deal with the consequences,
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and I am okay with that.
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That moment is coming,
and I want it to come.
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What I'm asking you
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is for the chance
to buy a little time
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to get the people in my life
ready for that moment.
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Can you do that for me?
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(Inhales)
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Yes. (Exhales)
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Yes, I can.
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(Projector and camera
shutter clicking)
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(Man) There she is!
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(Reporters shouting questions,
camera shutters clicking)
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(Pounding on limousine)
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(Clamoring)
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(Man) Move out of the way!
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- Get off the car!
- Don't!
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Move out of the way!
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Hey. Hey!
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(Camera shutter clicking)
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(Clamoring continues)
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Olivia! Take my hand.
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(All shouting at once)
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(Projector and camera
shutter clicking)
253
00:11:19,527 --> 00:11:21,694
(Shouting continues)
254
00:11:21,762 --> 00:11:22,862
(Projector and camera
shutter clicking)
255
00:11:25,332 --> 00:11:27,467
(Abby) What should we do?
What's our first move?
256
00:11:27,534 --> 00:11:29,301
We do nothing.
It's being handled,
257
00:11:29,369 --> 00:11:30,870
which means all of you can
go back to work,
258
00:11:30,938 --> 00:11:32,472
- business as usual.
- Business as usual?
259
00:11:32,539 --> 00:11:33,940
How is that even possible?
260
00:11:34,007 --> 00:11:35,975
You pick up the phone
and call our clients.
261
00:11:36,042 --> 00:11:39,078
Show them we're as
dedicated to them as ever.
262
00:11:39,145 --> 00:11:41,046
- What?- Are we really
not gonna talking about
263
00:11:41,114 --> 00:11:43,648
- the fact that you're the most infamous
woman in America... - The world.
264
00:11:43,716 --> 00:11:45,351
In the world right now?!
265
00:11:45,418 --> 00:11:48,620
- It's being handled.
- By who? The White House?
266
00:11:48,688 --> 00:11:50,622
Liv, the phone has been ringing
off the hook all morning.
267
00:11:50,690 --> 00:11:52,791
Aside from the reporters,
the only people getting through
268
00:11:52,859 --> 00:11:54,258
are clients calling to fire us.
269
00:11:56,962 --> 00:11:59,097
It's Olivia Pope
for Governor Suarez.
270
00:11:59,164 --> 00:12:01,665
Yes, that Olivia Pope.
271
00:12:01,733 --> 00:12:04,568
The White House is going to bury her!
272
00:12:04,636 --> 00:12:05,970
Okay, Jeff, your call,
but don't call me in two hours
273
00:12:06,038 --> 00:12:07,805
when this nonsense blows over.
274
00:12:07,873 --> 00:12:09,340
(Projector and camera
shutter clicking)
275
00:12:09,408 --> 00:12:10,974
And you know who goes down
with her? Us. We all burn.
276
00:12:11,042 --> 00:12:12,709
You know it, I know it,
everybody knows it.
277
00:12:12,776 --> 00:12:14,677
Ambassador Heller,
guten tag.
278
00:12:14,745 --> 00:12:16,213
There is no one else on earth
279
00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:18,048
who can handle something
like this better than we can.
280
00:12:18,116 --> 00:12:19,682
(Pounds desk)
So that's what we do.
281
00:12:19,750 --> 00:12:21,184
Senator, I understand
you're in a tough position.
282
00:12:21,252 --> 00:12:22,986
I do, but honestly, so was I
283
00:12:23,054 --> 00:12:24,821
when I defended your son
who was guilty of rape.
284
00:12:24,889 --> 00:12:26,622
I never once left your side,
and...
285
00:12:26,689 --> 00:12:29,125
We handle it.
286
00:12:29,192 --> 00:12:31,160
Even if Liv won't.
287
00:12:32,629 --> 00:12:34,663
(Voice breaks) I understand.
288
00:12:36,633 --> 00:12:38,600
Goodbye, Sandra.
289
00:12:38,668 --> 00:12:40,202
(Sets down phone) (Exhales)
290
00:12:40,270 --> 00:12:42,770
(Projector and camera
shutter clicking)
291
00:12:45,707 --> 00:12:47,708
Hello, sweetheart.
292
00:12:47,776 --> 00:12:49,144
You want something.
293
00:12:49,211 --> 00:12:51,679
Shame to get scooped
by a society page blogger.
294
00:12:51,747 --> 00:12:53,314
She's so beneath you.
295
00:12:53,382 --> 00:12:55,183
How does someone that
low-level get access
296
00:12:55,251 --> 00:12:56,617
to White House sources?
297
00:12:56,685 --> 00:12:58,218
Is she making it up
just to get ahead
298
00:12:58,286 --> 00:13:00,254
- or sleeping with someone...
- No.
299
00:13:00,321 --> 00:13:01,821
You know, we're not
playing this game.
300
00:13:01,889 --> 00:13:03,257
I'm playing, and if you play, too,
301
00:13:03,324 --> 00:13:04,491
you get a prize, a scoop.
302
00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:05,692
A scoop?
303
00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:06,726
A good one.
304
00:13:10,465 --> 00:13:12,199
- Malloy's.
- Excuse me?
305
00:13:12,267 --> 00:13:13,934
Bottom feeders like
Vanessa tend to troll
306
00:13:14,001 --> 00:13:16,102
for crumbs of gossip
at Malloy's.
307
00:13:16,170 --> 00:13:17,336
What's special about Malloy's?
308
00:13:17,404 --> 00:13:19,672
Secret Service drinks there.
309
00:13:23,143 --> 00:13:24,643
Sweetheart!
310
00:13:24,711 --> 00:13:26,779
You owe me!
311
00:13:42,528 --> 00:13:44,696
- Hal.
- Ma'am.
312
00:13:44,763 --> 00:13:47,465
I need to ask you
a question, Hal,
313
00:13:47,532 --> 00:13:49,233
and I would like you
to be honest with me.
314
00:13:49,301 --> 00:13:50,601
- All right.
- Do you know how the rumors
315
00:13:50,668 --> 00:13:52,636
about Olivia Pope and
my husband got started?
316
00:13:52,704 --> 00:13:54,037
(Sighs)
317
00:13:54,106 --> 00:13:56,006
I only ask because I
know that sometimes
318
00:13:56,074 --> 00:13:57,808
you and the other agents
like to drink at Malloy's
319
00:13:57,875 --> 00:14:00,444
after work, and there's
always journalists there
320
00:14:00,512 --> 00:14:03,012
waiting around to pick
up a crumb or two.
321
00:14:05,516 --> 00:14:07,517
I know a vindictive
housewife when I see one.
322
00:14:07,585 --> 00:14:09,152
That woman couldn't wait
to tell the world
323
00:14:09,220 --> 00:14:10,820
her husband couldn't
keep it in his pants.
324
00:14:10,887 --> 00:14:12,222
Do you blame her?
325
00:14:12,289 --> 00:14:13,723
She just found out her husband
had been screwing
326
00:14:13,790 --> 00:14:17,127
one of their trusted advisers
right under her nose.
327
00:14:17,194 --> 00:14:19,461
You want another drink?
You're buying.
328
00:14:23,065 --> 00:14:25,467
Did you give her a name?
329
00:14:25,535 --> 00:14:28,069
Did... you... give... her
a name?
330
00:14:29,272 --> 00:14:30,239
No.
331
00:14:30,306 --> 00:14:32,407
No, I didn't.
I did not.
332
00:14:49,758 --> 00:14:52,559
Hate to be in your shoes.
333
00:14:52,627 --> 00:14:54,194
You shouldn't be here.
334
00:14:54,262 --> 00:14:55,828
Why? Because
I'm the U.S. Attorney
335
00:14:55,896 --> 00:14:57,830
for the District of Columbia
and may be asked
336
00:14:57,898 --> 00:14:59,732
to investigate
the President's affair with you?
337
00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,202
I left that hat at the door.
338
00:15:02,270 --> 00:15:04,504
- David...
- Don't say anything.
339
00:15:04,572 --> 00:15:06,772
I'm here as your friend,
and the less you say,
340
00:15:06,839 --> 00:15:08,407
the less I'll know
when the Democratic leadership
341
00:15:08,475 --> 00:15:10,075
pulls me into a room
and asks me
342
00:15:10,143 --> 00:15:11,677
all their questions about you.
343
00:15:11,744 --> 00:15:13,412
So have you made up your mind?
344
00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,914
About what?
345
00:15:15,982 --> 00:15:17,683
About which road
you're gonna take.
346
00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:20,118
The hard one where you
put on the white hat
347
00:15:20,187 --> 00:15:21,587
and admit everything up front,
348
00:15:21,655 --> 00:15:23,988
or the harder one,
the one that could destroy
349
00:15:24,056 --> 00:15:26,057
not only you,
but everyone you hold dear.
350
00:15:26,124 --> 00:15:27,625
The one I don't want to
see you anywhere near.
351
00:15:27,693 --> 00:15:29,661
You're making
a lot of assumptions.
352
00:15:29,728 --> 00:15:32,830
Perhaps, but if there's proof,
it won't take much.
353
00:15:36,302 --> 00:15:38,835
- Hey, what's he...
- What are you doing here?
354
00:15:38,903 --> 00:15:40,437
Missed you, too.
355
00:15:40,505 --> 00:15:41,538
Hey, return my calls.
356
00:15:41,606 --> 00:15:44,441
Liv, turn on your tv.
357
00:15:46,744 --> 00:15:47,911
A new development
358
00:15:47,978 --> 00:15:49,413
in the presidential affair
scandal,
359
00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:51,848
this one provided by
one of our viewers, who...
360
00:15:51,916 --> 00:15:54,017
Can we bring up the video?
There it is.
361
00:15:54,085 --> 00:15:56,018
You'll forgive
the graphic content.
362
00:15:56,086 --> 00:15:57,953
There is a young man
relieving himself
363
00:15:58,021 --> 00:16:01,224
in the foreground, but there,
in the background...
364
00:16:01,291 --> 00:16:02,524
Freeze that imagine.
365
00:16:02,592 --> 00:16:04,193
See?
366
00:16:04,260 --> 00:16:06,261
That's President Grant.
367
00:16:06,329 --> 00:16:07,662
And that building
he's coming out of...
368
00:16:07,731 --> 00:16:10,065
That's the building
where Olivia Pope lives.
369
00:16:10,133 --> 00:16:11,600
So there you have it, folks...
370
00:16:11,667 --> 00:16:13,535
The first real evidence
that Olivia Pope
371
00:16:13,603 --> 00:16:15,637
is the President's mistress.
372
00:16:17,107 --> 00:16:18,940
What's our next move?
373
00:16:26,682 --> 00:16:28,650
Start a kill folder
on Olivia Pope.
374
00:16:39,110 --> 00:16:40,878
(Cell phone rings, beeps)
375
00:16:40,946 --> 00:16:42,680
Who are you, and how did
you get this number?
376
00:16:42,748 --> 00:16:44,281
Harrison Wright,
Pope and Associates.
377
00:16:44,349 --> 00:16:46,250
- Do you have something from Olivia?
- No.
378
00:16:46,317 --> 00:16:47,884
- Then I don't know you.
- But you know this town,
379
00:16:47,952 --> 00:16:49,318
and if the President was
having an affair with someone
380
00:16:49,386 --> 00:16:51,320
who worked for him,
someone who does favors for him,
381
00:16:51,388 --> 00:16:52,856
someone he does favors for,
382
00:16:52,924 --> 00:16:53,990
there are going to be
sub-committees
383
00:16:54,058 --> 00:16:55,491
on the sub-committees.
384
00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:57,594
There are gonna be special
hearings that drag on for years.
385
00:16:57,662 --> 00:16:59,596
And it doesn't matter
if anything unethical happened.
386
00:16:59,664 --> 00:17:01,130
He'll be lucky
if this thing is over
387
00:17:01,198 --> 00:17:02,432
by the time he's cutting
the ribbon on his library
388
00:17:02,499 --> 00:17:03,899
a decade from now.
389
00:17:03,967 --> 00:17:07,102
It can't be Liv.
For all our sakes, it can't be Liv.
390
00:17:07,170 --> 00:17:09,572
As I've said, I don't know you.
391
00:17:09,639 --> 00:17:11,440
Don't call me again.
(Beeps)
392
00:17:11,507 --> 00:17:13,141
(Beep)
393
00:17:13,209 --> 00:17:15,611
(Sighs)
394
00:17:15,679 --> 00:17:17,412
Olivia Carolyn Pope.
395
00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:19,180
Princeton undergrad,
Georgetown law.
396
00:17:19,247 --> 00:17:21,315
- Yes, I was there.
- I know.
397
00:17:21,383 --> 00:17:23,350
Only child. Mother Maya
was in a plane crash,
398
00:17:23,418 --> 00:17:25,453
died when Olivia was 12.
399
00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:28,556
Father Eli curates antiquities
at the Smithsonian.
400
00:17:28,624 --> 00:17:31,392
Has ever since graduating
Princeton in '67.
401
00:17:31,460 --> 00:17:33,527
- Where are the family photos?
- There are none.
402
00:17:33,596 --> 00:17:35,929
It's a very private family,
by all accounts.
403
00:17:35,997 --> 00:17:37,330
Didn't hang
with the Georgetown set.
404
00:17:37,398 --> 00:17:38,899
Didn't have the dough.
Her dad must have spent
405
00:17:38,967 --> 00:17:41,367
most of his income on boarding
schools for his daughter,
406
00:17:41,435 --> 00:17:43,336
because she has been
to nothing but the best...
407
00:17:43,404 --> 00:17:45,906
St. Anne's, Surval Montreux...
408
00:17:45,974 --> 00:17:48,709
But she never lived
in the family home again
409
00:17:48,776 --> 00:17:51,243
after her mother's death.
410
00:17:51,311 --> 00:17:53,613
(Clicks tongue)
I never knew that about her.
411
00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:55,915
We're thinking that's where
she got the daddy issues.
412
00:17:55,983 --> 00:17:57,650
Pope has a well-documented preference
413
00:17:57,718 --> 00:17:59,318
for powerful older men.
414
00:17:59,385 --> 00:18:01,721
In fact, after college,
she had quite the reputation
415
00:18:01,788 --> 00:18:03,255
as a party girl.
416
00:18:03,323 --> 00:18:04,657
Did time
on the D.C. circuit...
417
00:18:04,725 --> 00:18:07,358
Ambassadors, lobbyists,
cabinet secretaries...
418
00:18:07,426 --> 00:18:09,427
A nice lineup of silver foxes.
419
00:18:09,495 --> 00:18:11,696
She was working her way
up the totem pole.
420
00:18:11,764 --> 00:18:14,099
- Enough!
- Enough?
421
00:18:14,166 --> 00:18:17,936
To play the ambitious slut card.
422
00:18:18,004 --> 00:18:19,504
Good work.
423
00:18:19,571 --> 00:18:21,506
Yeah.
424
00:18:21,573 --> 00:18:23,507
(Papers shuffling)
425
00:18:25,043 --> 00:18:27,678
(Projector and camera
shutter clicking)
426
00:18:33,484 --> 00:18:36,319
(Cell phone chimes)
427
00:18:37,789 --> 00:18:39,155
(Chimes)
428
00:18:39,222 --> 00:18:40,189
(Clicks and beeps)
429
00:18:40,257 --> 00:18:41,223
Hello?
430
00:18:44,028 --> 00:18:46,162
- What are you doing here?
- Trying to help you,
431
00:18:46,229 --> 00:18:47,830
and given all the press
that's gathered outside,
432
00:18:47,898 --> 00:18:50,166
- you're in need.
- I don't need your help!
433
00:18:50,233 --> 00:18:51,668
So tell me, how's work?
434
00:18:51,735 --> 00:18:53,402
Getting many new clients
these days?
435
00:18:53,470 --> 00:18:55,638
I'll ask the questions.
Mm.
436
00:18:55,705 --> 00:18:57,540
- Where is Jake Ballard?
- Olivia...
437
00:18:57,607 --> 00:18:58,809
Where is Jake Ballard?
438
00:18:58,876 --> 00:19:00,876
That's not a question
you are at liberty to ask.
439
00:19:00,877 --> 00:19:02,844
Where's Jake Ballard?!
440
00:19:02,912 --> 00:19:04,946
Jake Ballard refused an order.
441
00:19:05,014 --> 00:19:07,183
Where is he and what
have you done with him?
442
00:19:07,250 --> 00:19:09,885
(Sighs)
443
00:19:09,952 --> 00:19:14,155
No one refuses an order
444
00:19:14,223 --> 00:19:16,491
in my business.
445
00:19:16,559 --> 00:19:18,560
Now you may choose
to not understand that.
446
00:19:18,627 --> 00:19:21,462
You may choose to
feel disgust at that.
447
00:19:21,530 --> 00:19:23,665
You may choose to pretend
that what you do
448
00:19:23,732 --> 00:19:25,766
and how you live is not
made possible by what I do
449
00:19:25,834 --> 00:19:27,401
and how I live.
450
00:19:27,468 --> 00:19:30,204
I do my job so that fatty
can watch reality tv,
451
00:19:30,271 --> 00:19:31,738
eat fast food,
stare at the Internet,
452
00:19:31,806 --> 00:19:34,908
screw their husbands or their
battery-operated products,
453
00:19:34,975 --> 00:19:37,077
and never use their
teeny, tiny brains
454
00:19:37,144 --> 00:19:40,146
to think about the freedoms
that I make possible!
455
00:19:40,215 --> 00:19:44,883
Never think about the democracy
that I make possible!
456
00:19:44,951 --> 00:19:46,952
They never think about it,
so...
457
00:19:47,020 --> 00:19:48,921
They sleep like babies
at night.
458
00:19:54,361 --> 00:19:56,829
Get on the plane, Olivia.
You're running out of options.
459
00:19:56,896 --> 00:19:59,264
I'm never out of options.
460
00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:04,502
(Beeps) (Projector and
camera shutter clicking)
461
00:20:04,570 --> 00:20:05,970
(Exhales) (Door whirs)
462
00:20:06,038 --> 00:20:07,939
(Projector and camera
shutter clicking)
463
00:20:10,509 --> 00:20:12,644
(Clicking)
464
00:20:12,712 --> 00:20:14,346
(Telephone rings)
465
00:20:14,413 --> 00:20:15,846
Identification number.
466
00:20:15,913 --> 00:20:18,482
3-zeta-5-1-9-Alpha.
467
00:20:18,550 --> 00:20:20,517
- Password?
- Providence.
468
00:20:23,821 --> 00:20:24,855
(Engine starts)
469
00:20:24,922 --> 00:20:27,124
(Indistinct conversations)
470
00:20:36,634 --> 00:20:40,069
(Indistinct conversations,
clamoring)
471
00:21:02,525 --> 00:21:03,758
(Beeps)
472
00:21:03,825 --> 00:21:05,959
(Door whirs, opens)
473
00:21:09,798 --> 00:21:10,964
Hi.
474
00:21:11,032 --> 00:21:12,166
Hi.
475
00:21:12,233 --> 00:21:16,370
(Door whirs, closes)
476
00:21:22,286 --> 00:21:23,954
Tom.
477
00:21:25,622 --> 00:21:26,688
Where's the President?
478
00:21:26,756 --> 00:21:28,123
He's unavailable, sir.
479
00:21:28,191 --> 00:21:30,459
I need to see him.
Where is he?
480
00:21:30,527 --> 00:21:32,694
- We don't have a lot of time.
- Do you realize what you've done?
481
00:21:32,762 --> 00:21:34,463
- I do.
- You pulled the fire alarm.
482
00:21:34,531 --> 00:21:37,365
- I did. - That was a one-time thing,
Liv, for extreme emergencies.
483
00:21:37,432 --> 00:21:39,233
- I know.
- You can't ever use it again.
484
00:21:39,301 --> 00:21:40,934
- The codes are already being rewritten.
- I know.
485
00:21:41,002 --> 00:21:42,836
You don't work in the
White House anymore!
486
00:21:42,904 --> 00:21:44,272
You're not in the bubble
anymore!
487
00:21:44,339 --> 00:21:46,006
I can't get the N.S.A. to overlook
488
00:21:46,074 --> 00:21:48,042
you being issued a Providence
key again, not now.
489
00:21:48,109 --> 00:21:49,610
- I understand.
- If there is an attack...
490
00:21:49,678 --> 00:21:52,412
terrorist, chemical, nuclear...
I can't get you!
491
00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,113
You understand?
You're on the outside.
492
00:21:54,182 --> 00:21:56,749
You're dead, because you
already pulled the fire alarm.
493
00:21:56,817 --> 00:21:59,586
We're already under attack,
and I'm already on the outside.
494
00:21:59,654 --> 00:22:02,556
My name is out there!
495
00:22:02,623 --> 00:22:03,990
We need to talk about
how to fix this.
496
00:22:04,058 --> 00:22:06,560
We need to make a plan.
497
00:22:06,627 --> 00:22:08,260
Okay.
498
00:22:10,129 --> 00:22:11,463
We can do that.
499
00:22:11,531 --> 00:22:13,165
- When all of us are here.
- All of us?
500
00:22:13,233 --> 00:22:14,866
You asked Cyrus to come?
501
00:22:14,934 --> 00:22:16,202
No.
502
00:22:16,269 --> 00:22:19,805
(Doors whirs, opens)
503
00:22:21,608 --> 00:22:24,842
So... (Sighs)
504
00:22:24,910 --> 00:22:26,110
Let's do this.
505
00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:28,779
The president
is with the first lady...
506
00:22:28,847 --> 00:22:30,515
in private.
507
00:22:30,583 --> 00:22:33,984
Having personal...
private time.
508
00:22:34,052 --> 00:22:36,421
Fitz and Mellie?
509
00:22:36,488 --> 00:22:37,689
Mm-hmm.
510
00:22:37,756 --> 00:22:40,023
I'm sorry, you're saying
the President is off
511
00:22:40,091 --> 00:22:42,292
with his wife, with Mellie...
Mm-hmm.
512
00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:43,694
(Under breath) For a quickie?
513
00:22:43,761 --> 00:22:47,764
They didn't say how long...
they'd be... sir.
514
00:22:47,832 --> 00:22:49,633
I don't see what the problem is.
It's the same plan as always.
515
00:22:49,701 --> 00:22:52,001
Fitz and I hold hands
and smile at Oprah
516
00:22:52,069 --> 00:22:54,104
or Barbara Walters.
We do what we always do...
517
00:22:54,171 --> 00:22:55,638
Act happy.
518
00:22:55,706 --> 00:22:58,374
And we just deny it.
Deny you.
519
00:22:58,442 --> 00:23:00,175
- That would have worked before.
- Before what?
520
00:23:00,244 --> 00:23:02,177
Before you got the bright idea
to go on national television
521
00:23:02,246 --> 00:23:03,579
and tell the world
I cheated on you.
522
00:23:03,647 --> 00:23:05,681
- You did cheat on me.
- That's not the point.
523
00:23:05,749 --> 00:23:08,050
- It's exactly the point. - Not if you
want to smile at Oprah.
524
00:23:08,118 --> 00:23:09,652
I wouldn't need to smile at Oprah
525
00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,653
if you didn't screw your whore
every chance you got.
526
00:23:11,721 --> 00:23:14,489
Mellie. I know the situation
is difficult. I do,
527
00:23:14,557 --> 00:23:15,923
and I'm so, so sorry.
528
00:23:15,991 --> 00:23:17,626
But we have a job to do here,
529
00:23:17,693 --> 00:23:19,394
and in order for me to do
my part effectively,
530
00:23:19,462 --> 00:23:22,029
I'm going to need you to refrain
from referring to me as a whore,
531
00:23:22,097 --> 00:23:24,633
at least in front of
my face, all right?
532
00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:26,100
(Huffs)
533
00:23:33,908 --> 00:23:35,576
Now... Mellie's already
told the world
534
00:23:35,644 --> 00:23:38,312
you had an affair with someone,
and my name has been leaked,
535
00:23:38,380 --> 00:23:40,881
so I am now the public face
of that someone.
536
00:23:40,948 --> 00:23:42,383
I don't know.
We've got to figure out a way
537
00:23:42,450 --> 00:23:44,517
- to change the narrative or...
- Reclaim the narrative.
538
00:23:44,585 --> 00:23:47,654
We tell the truth.
We're looking for a way out.
539
00:23:47,721 --> 00:23:48,954
Why aren't we looking
for a way through?
540
00:23:49,022 --> 00:23:50,823
Why don't we just stand up
and tell the truth?
541
00:23:50,891 --> 00:23:53,559
Mellie and I face the press,
say, "Yes. I cheated.
542
00:23:53,627 --> 00:23:56,195
I slept with Olivia Pope.
I had an affair."
543
00:23:56,263 --> 00:23:58,063
(Huffs)
544
00:23:58,131 --> 00:24:00,332
- Liv?
- I'm thinking.
545
00:24:05,438 --> 00:24:07,506
You and Mellie do a statement
in the press room.
546
00:24:07,573 --> 00:24:09,341
No. In the Rose Garden.
547
00:24:09,409 --> 00:24:11,443
Full press, no questions.
548
00:24:11,511 --> 00:24:13,145
You hold hands.
Mellie wears a soft color...
549
00:24:13,213 --> 00:24:15,314
Lavender or light blue.
550
00:24:15,381 --> 00:24:16,981
You bring in the kids
from boarding school,
551
00:24:17,049 --> 00:24:18,616
but you don't have them
with you for the statement.
552
00:24:18,684 --> 00:24:20,819
That always looks staged.
The kids look like pawns
553
00:24:20,886 --> 00:24:22,620
and the parents seem
opportunistic.
554
00:24:22,688 --> 00:24:24,088
But the photo op after
555
00:24:24,156 --> 00:24:25,924
of you both meeting
Jerry and Karen
556
00:24:25,991 --> 00:24:27,959
as they step off the chopper?
That's Kennedy.
557
00:24:28,027 --> 00:24:29,627
Perfect, especially
if baby Teddy is running
558
00:24:29,695 --> 00:24:31,129
on the grass beside you.
559
00:24:31,197 --> 00:24:33,063
The next day,
you do one sit-down...
560
00:24:33,131 --> 00:24:35,465
A full tell-all.
I'd go with James.
561
00:24:35,533 --> 00:24:36,967
He did the Mellie interview.
562
00:24:37,035 --> 00:24:38,001
The public will like
the story of seeing him
563
00:24:38,069 --> 00:24:39,602
talking to both of you now.
564
00:24:39,670 --> 00:24:41,071
They like knowing
that he's a family friend,
565
00:24:41,139 --> 00:24:43,173
plus Cyrus can control him.
566
00:24:43,241 --> 00:24:45,442
12 hours before
your sit-down with James,
567
00:24:45,509 --> 00:24:47,811
I'll release a paper statement.
568
00:24:47,878 --> 00:24:50,279
"I regret my affair.
I've apologized to Mellie.
569
00:24:50,347 --> 00:24:52,215
I've prayed," blah, blah, blah,
570
00:24:52,282 --> 00:24:55,017
"trying to put the whole thing
behind me," etcetera.
571
00:24:56,553 --> 00:24:58,587
Barring any kind of
special prosecutor probe
572
00:24:58,655 --> 00:25:00,356
into whether or not I was given
any favors
573
00:25:00,423 --> 00:25:02,058
because of the relationship,
574
00:25:02,125 --> 00:25:03,726
the whole thing should be
put to bed
575
00:25:03,793 --> 00:25:06,328
well before the primary
elections are over.
576
00:25:06,395 --> 00:25:08,063
It works.
577
00:25:09,732 --> 00:25:10,832
The truth works.
578
00:25:13,069 --> 00:25:14,002
The irony.
579
00:25:15,804 --> 00:25:17,505
I'm sorry.
580
00:25:17,573 --> 00:25:19,841
The truth does not work.
581
00:25:19,908 --> 00:25:21,808
It does not work for me.
582
00:25:21,877 --> 00:25:23,477
They're gonna want details, Fitz.
583
00:25:23,544 --> 00:25:24,778
That's how this works.
584
00:25:24,846 --> 00:25:27,814
The reporters,
the special prosecutor... details.
585
00:25:27,883 --> 00:25:29,649
Dates and times and locations.
586
00:25:29,717 --> 00:25:31,518
When did the affair start?
When did it end?
587
00:25:31,586 --> 00:25:33,587
How long did it last?
What happened when?
588
00:25:33,654 --> 00:25:36,422
What did Mellie know,
and when did she know it?
589
00:25:36,490 --> 00:25:38,858
And... if all we had
to talk about
590
00:25:38,926 --> 00:25:40,193
was a blue dress with a stain
591
00:25:40,261 --> 00:25:41,660
and a cigar that had been
in interesting places,
592
00:25:41,728 --> 00:25:43,696
I'd be fine.
I would not give a damn.
593
00:25:43,764 --> 00:25:47,433
But I am not going to stand
in the Rose Garden
594
00:25:47,501 --> 00:25:50,803
and hold your hand while you
tell the White House press corps
595
00:25:50,871 --> 00:25:53,471
that you had an affair
with Olivia Pope
596
00:25:53,539 --> 00:25:55,607
that lasted a year.
597
00:25:55,674 --> 00:25:58,043
(Chuckles) And then ended
and then started again
598
00:25:58,111 --> 00:26:00,578
and then ended
and then started again.
599
00:26:00,646 --> 00:26:02,080
And I am certainly not
gonna sit
600
00:26:02,148 --> 00:26:03,581
in the Blue Room
of the White House
601
00:26:03,649 --> 00:26:05,217
and hold your hand
while you tell James
602
00:26:05,285 --> 00:26:06,584
how you couldn't keep
your hands off her
603
00:26:06,652 --> 00:26:08,319
on the campaign trail,
604
00:26:08,387 --> 00:26:10,454
how the Secret Service
drives you to her apartment
605
00:26:10,522 --> 00:26:13,057
in defiance
of security protocols,
606
00:26:13,125 --> 00:26:15,126
how when you were shot,
the name that you called out
607
00:26:15,193 --> 00:26:18,862
was "Olivia,"
or any of the many ways
608
00:26:18,931 --> 00:26:20,998
that you have degraded
our marriage,
609
00:26:21,066 --> 00:26:23,434
because that is not you
making a mistake.
610
00:26:23,501 --> 00:26:24,700
That is not you cheating on me.
611
00:26:24,768 --> 00:26:27,337
That is you... (Sighs)
612
00:26:27,405 --> 00:26:29,739
That is me being in love
with another woman.
613
00:26:32,109 --> 00:26:32,976
(Breath shudders)
614
00:26:37,181 --> 00:26:39,715
If you try to tell that
disgusting fairy tale
615
00:26:39,783 --> 00:26:42,117
to the press,
616
00:26:42,185 --> 00:26:45,721
I will make such a scene.
617
00:26:45,789 --> 00:26:46,956
I will open up our closet
618
00:26:47,023 --> 00:26:48,524
and I will pull out
our laundry,
619
00:26:48,592 --> 00:26:51,060
and I will share it
with the world.
620
00:26:51,127 --> 00:26:54,730
I am that... tired.
621
00:26:54,798 --> 00:26:55,998
(Inhales and exhales deeply)
622
00:27:01,571 --> 00:27:03,805
- How many times?
- What?
623
00:27:03,873 --> 00:27:07,476
How many times
did Fitz and I sleep together?
624
00:27:07,543 --> 00:27:09,444
Three? Five?
625
00:27:09,512 --> 00:27:11,045
How many
would you be okay with?
626
00:27:19,488 --> 00:27:20,554
Two.
627
00:27:20,622 --> 00:27:23,423
Okay.
628
00:27:23,492 --> 00:27:26,360
Fitz and I slept together twice.
629
00:27:26,427 --> 00:27:28,528
- The first time was?
- After I was elected.
630
00:27:28,596 --> 00:27:30,797
You didn't get the job because
we were sleeping together.
631
00:27:30,865 --> 00:27:32,765
Might as well make sure
nobody questions that.
632
00:27:32,833 --> 00:27:34,868
So the first time was
after you took office.
633
00:27:34,935 --> 00:27:36,369
The night of the Inauguration.
634
00:27:36,436 --> 00:27:38,137
Fitz and I attended
four inaugural balls.
635
00:27:38,205 --> 00:27:39,305
We were supposed to go to six,
636
00:27:39,373 --> 00:27:41,774
but Fitz said
he was exhausted, and...
637
00:27:41,842 --> 00:27:44,977
Honestly, so was I.
It'd been a long day.
638
00:27:45,044 --> 00:27:49,347
So... we came back
to the White House.
639
00:27:49,415 --> 00:27:51,116
And I went right to bed,
640
00:27:51,183 --> 00:27:54,586
but Fitz was just wired, so...
641
00:27:54,654 --> 00:27:58,790
He went down to the Oval Office
to just take it in...
642
00:27:58,858 --> 00:28:01,626
Which is where he ran into you.
643
00:28:01,693 --> 00:28:03,628
I'm guessing it was
no coincidence,
644
00:28:03,695 --> 00:28:05,129
since he made a call
from our bedroom,
645
00:28:05,196 --> 00:28:07,832
but let's leave that part out
when we tell the story.
646
00:28:09,434 --> 00:28:11,936
(Exhales) Let's just say
647
00:28:12,004 --> 00:28:13,437
that the two of you
got to talking,
648
00:28:13,505 --> 00:28:15,940
and...
649
00:28:16,008 --> 00:28:17,741
One thing led to another.
650
00:28:17,808 --> 00:28:19,876
It was just sex.
651
00:28:19,944 --> 00:28:21,845
It didn't mean anything.
652
00:28:21,913 --> 00:28:25,582
And you felt terrible
afterwards.
653
00:28:25,650 --> 00:28:27,851
And it didn't happen
again until...
654
00:28:27,919 --> 00:28:29,485
(Gasps softly)
655
00:28:29,554 --> 00:28:31,220
After you got shot.
656
00:28:45,669 --> 00:28:47,069
Okay.
657
00:28:48,637 --> 00:28:51,072
So... twice.
658
00:28:51,139 --> 00:28:52,974
The first time
was after the Inauguration,
659
00:28:53,042 --> 00:28:54,475
and then the second time...
660
00:28:54,543 --> 00:28:57,211
After the assassination
attempt.
661
00:28:57,279 --> 00:28:59,714
You had sex...
662
00:28:59,782 --> 00:29:01,248
Once...
663
00:29:04,152 --> 00:29:07,921
After you recovered
from your gunshot wounds...
664
00:29:07,989 --> 00:29:10,691
Because you were feeling
your mortality.
665
00:29:10,758 --> 00:29:12,559
Facing death.
666
00:29:14,896 --> 00:29:16,763
(Exhales)
667
00:29:19,133 --> 00:29:20,733
Once on inauguration night,
668
00:29:20,801 --> 00:29:22,602
and once after
the assassination attempt.
669
00:29:22,669 --> 00:29:23,703
I'm not lying.
670
00:29:23,770 --> 00:29:25,137
It's still the truth.
671
00:29:25,205 --> 00:29:27,607
Just not the whole truth.
672
00:29:30,978 --> 00:29:32,511
Are we agreed?
673
00:29:40,019 --> 00:29:41,253
Yeah. (Sighs softly)
674
00:29:51,764 --> 00:29:52,831
Agreed.
675
00:29:52,898 --> 00:29:55,833
(Inhales and exhales sharply)
676
00:29:55,900 --> 00:29:57,301
(Pounds on door)
677
00:29:59,104 --> 00:30:01,805
(Door clanks and whirs)
678
00:30:01,873 --> 00:30:03,841
(Door whirs and clanks closed)
679
00:30:03,908 --> 00:30:05,009
Liv...
680
00:30:05,076 --> 00:30:06,910
- I'm fine.
- I'm sorry.
681
00:30:06,978 --> 00:30:08,346
I know that wasn't easy for you.
682
00:30:08,413 --> 00:30:09,479
I'm fine.
683
00:30:09,547 --> 00:30:11,080
I'm not.
684
00:30:13,518 --> 00:30:16,119
How are you?
685
00:30:16,186 --> 00:30:18,755
- Really?
- I'm... fine.
686
00:30:18,822 --> 00:30:20,890
Your name's a headline.
You're not fine.
687
00:30:20,958 --> 00:30:23,126
I tell my clients all the time
that it's not personal.
688
00:30:23,193 --> 00:30:24,727
The reporters...
They're just doing their jobs.
689
00:30:24,795 --> 00:30:26,529
It's not personal.
It's not about me.
690
00:30:26,596 --> 00:30:27,664
It's the story.
691
00:30:27,731 --> 00:30:30,066
I'm fine.
692
00:30:35,805 --> 00:30:37,773
Don't.
693
00:30:38,941 --> 00:30:40,241
Don't. (Gasps)
694
00:30:41,510 --> 00:30:43,879
(Gasps)
695
00:30:49,818 --> 00:30:50,818
(Exhales)
696
00:30:50,886 --> 00:30:53,253
(Gasps)
697
00:30:55,657 --> 00:30:58,258
(Sobbing)
698
00:30:58,326 --> 00:30:59,727
Mm-hmm.
699
00:30:59,795 --> 00:31:03,064
(Continues sobbing)
700
00:31:10,437 --> 00:31:13,006
(Sniffles)
701
00:31:13,074 --> 00:31:15,374
(Pounds on door)
702
00:31:15,442 --> 00:31:17,744
(Door whirs)
703
00:31:17,812 --> 00:31:20,212
(Door whirs, clanks closed)
704
00:31:27,766 --> 00:31:29,300
(Door opens)
705
00:31:29,368 --> 00:31:31,569
Thanks for seeing me
this morning, Sally.
706
00:31:31,637 --> 00:31:32,670
(Door closes) Scotch?
707
00:31:32,738 --> 00:31:35,772
A touch early for me, sir.
708
00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,174
How was the Senate
women's caucus?
709
00:31:38,243 --> 00:31:41,044
Angry at you,
but I handled them.
710
00:31:41,112 --> 00:31:43,247
I appreciate it.
Thank you.
711
00:31:43,314 --> 00:31:45,315
I hope you've been
using the time wisely.
712
00:31:45,383 --> 00:31:47,417
I wrote a speech,
713
00:31:47,485 --> 00:31:50,053
taking full responsibility.
714
00:31:50,121 --> 00:31:51,954
Mellie and I are facing
the press at noon today.
715
00:31:52,021 --> 00:31:54,557
Mellie's standing with you?
716
00:31:54,625 --> 00:31:56,091
So your marriage will weather
this storm.
717
00:31:56,159 --> 00:31:58,093
There are the children
to consider.
718
00:31:58,161 --> 00:32:00,263
Well, that's...
719
00:32:00,330 --> 00:32:03,165
I'm glad for you.
720
00:32:03,233 --> 00:32:05,868
It's refreshing to hear
a man valuing the family.
721
00:32:05,935 --> 00:32:07,168
(Exhales)
722
00:32:07,236 --> 00:32:08,737
Good men are hard to come by.
723
00:32:11,807 --> 00:32:13,308
How is Dan these days?
724
00:32:13,376 --> 00:32:15,377
Oh, fine.
725
00:32:15,444 --> 00:32:17,345
Fine. (Sighs)
726
00:32:17,413 --> 00:32:20,582
Moving to D.C. has been
exciting for him.
727
00:32:20,650 --> 00:32:23,984
My husband is having just
a little bit more...
728
00:32:24,051 --> 00:32:27,321
fun...these days.
729
00:32:27,389 --> 00:32:31,091
He's still the same
Daniel Douglas. He's just...
730
00:32:31,159 --> 00:32:33,260
fun now.
731
00:32:37,165 --> 00:32:41,567
I am the most powerful woman
in the free world.
732
00:32:41,635 --> 00:32:45,237
There are challenges
associated with that.
733
00:32:50,544 --> 00:32:53,078
Sally...
734
00:32:53,146 --> 00:32:55,180
Yes, Mr. President?
735
00:32:59,018 --> 00:33:01,119
After my speech,
736
00:33:01,187 --> 00:33:04,155
there will be a window.
737
00:33:04,223 --> 00:33:05,857
Climb through it.
738
00:33:05,925 --> 00:33:10,028
Be bold. Condemn me.
739
00:33:10,095 --> 00:33:12,396
Make yourself the moral
center of the party.
740
00:33:14,132 --> 00:33:16,233
Use the moment to rise.
741
00:33:18,102 --> 00:33:20,037
Can you do that?
742
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:23,808
Oh, I believe I can,
Mr. President.
743
00:33:27,311 --> 00:33:30,847
Why are you helping me?
744
00:33:30,914 --> 00:33:32,315
Why are you extending kindness?
745
00:33:36,721 --> 00:33:38,955
Because we are not
married to one another.
746
00:33:55,137 --> 00:33:56,505
Why did you schedule
the press conference?
747
00:33:56,573 --> 00:33:58,306
Because our President
told me to.
748
00:33:58,374 --> 00:33:59,607
Because you had
a secret meeting.
749
00:33:59,675 --> 00:34:01,242
They want to go public.
750
00:34:01,309 --> 00:34:02,777
Again, aren't you
part of "they" now?
751
00:34:02,845 --> 00:34:05,045
One-third of some secret
unholy political trinity.
752
00:34:05,113 --> 00:34:06,848
They want to go public,
and we need to stop them
753
00:34:06,915 --> 00:34:08,416
and fix this.
754
00:34:08,484 --> 00:34:09,917
How?
Presser's in three hours.
755
00:34:09,985 --> 00:34:11,619
I think I have a plan.
756
00:34:11,687 --> 00:34:13,821
It just needs to come
from the outside.
757
00:34:13,889 --> 00:34:16,256
(Projector and camera
shutter clicking)
758
00:34:16,323 --> 00:34:18,825
I feel horrible about this.
We're doing the right thing.
759
00:34:18,893 --> 00:34:20,226
Olivia says
what the right thing is.
760
00:34:20,294 --> 00:34:21,561
Look, it's not too late
to pull back.
761
00:34:21,629 --> 00:34:22,763
Couldn't we just
kill another intern?
762
00:34:22,830 --> 00:34:23,797
It wouldn't be that hard.
763
00:34:25,700 --> 00:34:27,734
A bad one.
The worst one.
764
00:34:27,802 --> 00:34:29,035
All right, we need to be
united on this.
765
00:34:29,103 --> 00:34:30,203
Are we united on this?
766
00:34:30,271 --> 00:34:32,004
If I do this, we all do this.
767
00:34:32,071 --> 00:34:34,339
You have to have my back.
768
00:34:38,077 --> 00:34:42,381
Are we gladiators,
or... are we bitches?
769
00:34:42,449 --> 00:34:45,518
I need to hear it.
770
00:34:45,585 --> 00:34:47,886
(All) Gladiators.
771
00:34:47,953 --> 00:34:49,320
Damn right.
772
00:34:53,426 --> 00:34:57,662
(Projector and camera
shutter clicking)
773
00:35:00,065 --> 00:35:01,699
Hello, everyone.
774
00:35:01,767 --> 00:35:04,835
Just a couple of details about
the President's statement today.
775
00:35:04,903 --> 00:35:06,303
Is he gonna admit
to anything this time?
776
00:35:06,370 --> 00:35:07,971
'Cause if it's
just another duck...
777
00:35:08,039 --> 00:35:09,406
I am not gonna comment
on the content
778
00:35:09,474 --> 00:35:11,575
of the President's statement.
That's not why I'm here.
779
00:35:11,643 --> 00:35:14,144
I am here to remind you that
we're going live today...
780
00:35:14,211 --> 00:35:16,613
(Murmuring)
At 12:04 from the... (Chuckles)
781
00:35:16,681 --> 00:35:18,581
(Man) Turn that up.
Okay, come on, you guys.
782
00:35:18,649 --> 00:35:22,251
I think that Governor Grant
has the election in the bag.
783
00:35:22,319 --> 00:35:25,888
I mean, he really cares
about the middle class.
784
00:35:25,956 --> 00:35:28,791
His record on social issues
785
00:35:28,859 --> 00:35:30,893
really resonates
with young people.
786
00:35:30,961 --> 00:35:32,895
And... (Giggles)
787
00:35:32,963 --> 00:35:34,463
most importantly,
788
00:35:34,530 --> 00:35:38,533
he is freakin' hot!
789
00:35:38,601 --> 00:35:40,168
(Reporters shouting questions)
790
00:35:40,235 --> 00:35:42,737
(Rick James' "Super Freak" playing)
791
00:35:42,805 --> 00:35:44,105
(James) I'm reporting to you
live from the White House,
792
00:35:44,173 --> 00:35:45,774
where counter to earlier
erroneous reports
793
00:35:45,842 --> 00:35:47,709
of Olivia Pope being...
794
00:35:47,777 --> 00:35:49,811
We now have two high-level
White House officials
795
00:35:49,879 --> 00:35:51,144
just now confirming...
796
00:35:51,212 --> 00:35:53,547
that 26-year-old
communications aide
797
00:35:53,615 --> 00:35:56,484
Jeannine Locke is the other
woman in the Grant affair.
798
00:35:56,551 --> 00:35:58,886
You have to believe me.
People have to believe me.
799
00:35:58,954 --> 00:36:01,522
I never... none of this...
Any of it... is true.
800
00:36:01,590 --> 00:36:03,491
I mean, yeah, I called him hot.
801
00:36:03,558 --> 00:36:05,225
(Woman) Sources say there are
multiple e-mails
802
00:36:05,293 --> 00:36:06,926
from Jeannine to friends
803
00:36:06,994 --> 00:36:09,028
detailing her strong feelings
for the president.
804
00:36:09,096 --> 00:36:11,931
My name, my picture
are all over the tv.
805
00:36:11,999 --> 00:36:13,933
My private e-mails.
806
00:36:14,001 --> 00:36:15,935
Do I need a lawyer, Cy?
807
00:36:16,003 --> 00:36:19,238
"Super awesome," "super cool,"
and "super doable"...
808
00:36:19,306 --> 00:36:21,273
Just a few of the adjectives
Locke used in e-mails
809
00:36:21,341 --> 00:36:22,875
to describe the President.
810
00:36:22,942 --> 00:36:24,476
Guilty people call lawyers.
811
00:36:24,544 --> 00:36:26,277
The White House
will handle this.
812
00:36:26,345 --> 00:36:28,814
I personally will handle this.
813
00:36:28,882 --> 00:36:30,615
(James) ...With multiple
sources also confirming
814
00:36:30,682 --> 00:36:32,217
Jeannine Locke
and the President
815
00:36:32,284 --> 00:36:35,120
had what they describe as,
quote, "a brief fling"...
816
00:36:35,187 --> 00:36:37,889
You're not alone in this.
We're all here for you.
817
00:36:37,956 --> 00:36:39,857
You're part of the family.
818
00:36:39,925 --> 00:36:42,227
(James) ...Those sources
at the same time denying
819
00:36:42,294 --> 00:36:44,095
that Olivia Pope had
any form
820
00:36:44,163 --> 00:36:45,830
of inappropriate relationship
with the President.
821
00:36:45,898 --> 00:36:49,633
One thing is clear...
Olivia Pope is owed an apology.
822
00:36:49,700 --> 00:36:51,868
- Leading every net.
- Of course it is.
823
00:36:51,936 --> 00:36:54,871
♪ That girl's all right
with me ♪
824
00:36:54,939 --> 00:36:57,641
What did you do?
825
00:36:57,708 --> 00:36:59,243
♪ Yeah
826
00:36:59,310 --> 00:37:01,145
♪ hey, hey, hey, hey
827
00:37:07,506 --> 00:37:08,806
I don't care where he is,
Lauren.
828
00:37:08,874 --> 00:37:11,341
You find Cyrus and get his ass
in the Oval now!
829
00:37:11,709 --> 00:37:13,410
- Calm down, honey.
- What the hell is going on?
830
00:37:13,477 --> 00:37:14,377
What the hell did Cyrus do?
831
00:37:14,378 --> 00:37:15,945
What the hell did he do
to that poor, innocent girl?
832
00:37:16,013 --> 00:37:17,013
- Jeannine?
- She's a kid!
833
00:37:17,281 --> 00:37:18,648
What did he do?
It doesn't make any sense.
834
00:37:18,716 --> 00:37:20,216
We have a press conference
scheduled.
835
00:37:20,284 --> 00:37:22,619
You and I need to get out to
the Rose Garden in 20 minutes.
836
00:37:22,687 --> 00:37:24,587
And then we have to amend
our statements?
837
00:37:24,654 --> 00:37:26,421
We should call
the speechwriters,
838
00:37:26,490 --> 00:37:27,756
see if we can get them
to change these remarks
839
00:37:27,824 --> 00:37:29,124
so it's clear
that it wasn't Jeannine.
840
00:37:29,192 --> 00:37:32,260
- I don't think so.
- What?
841
00:37:32,328 --> 00:37:33,863
You could go out there and
say that it wasn't Jeannine,
842
00:37:33,930 --> 00:37:35,430
that it was Olivia.
843
00:37:35,499 --> 00:37:37,700
You could say someone
must have made a mistake,
844
00:37:37,767 --> 00:37:38,968
gotten the story wrong.
845
00:37:39,035 --> 00:37:41,068
You could.
I won't be with you.
846
00:37:41,136 --> 00:37:43,638
Cyrus won't stand by you.
The Democrats would love that.
847
00:37:43,706 --> 00:37:45,673
They'd open up
a special investigation,
848
00:37:45,741 --> 00:37:47,976
dig through every e-mail,
every promotion,
849
00:37:48,043 --> 00:37:49,677
every late-night call log
from the oval,
850
00:37:49,745 --> 00:37:51,212
and then you'd get impeached.
851
00:37:51,279 --> 00:37:53,915
Why are you so happy
to jump on Cyrus' plan
852
00:37:53,983 --> 00:37:55,416
to ruin this girl's life?
853
00:37:55,484 --> 00:37:57,618
"Cyrus' plan." No.
See, leaking Jeannine's name
854
00:37:57,685 --> 00:37:59,185
was my plan.
855
00:37:59,253 --> 00:38:01,454
It was this crazy idea
I got from you.
856
00:38:01,523 --> 00:38:03,289
- From me?
- Mm.
857
00:38:03,357 --> 00:38:05,592
- What?
- After you leaked Olivia's name.
858
00:38:11,132 --> 00:38:12,965
(Exhales)
859
00:38:14,868 --> 00:38:17,169
The upsetting thing about
being as educated as I am
860
00:38:17,237 --> 00:38:20,039
and as intelligent as I am
is that being First Lady
861
00:38:20,106 --> 00:38:23,042
is profoundly boring.
862
00:38:23,109 --> 00:38:26,211
What did you call me?
Ornamental? Not functional?
863
00:38:26,279 --> 00:38:28,213
I am a rose
dying on the vine here.
864
00:38:28,281 --> 00:38:30,481
Give me a war to run
or the C.I.A.
865
00:38:30,550 --> 00:38:33,084
or something, but...
866
00:38:33,152 --> 00:38:37,556
I use the copious amounts of free
time I have to think.
867
00:38:37,623 --> 00:38:39,123
And I have been thinking...
868
00:38:39,191 --> 00:38:41,793
Who could have possibly
leaked that name, and why?
869
00:38:41,861 --> 00:38:43,294
And then I realized...
870
00:38:43,362 --> 00:38:45,930
Who would benefit the most?
871
00:38:45,997 --> 00:38:47,998
My idealistic,
872
00:38:48,066 --> 00:38:50,868
romantic, optimistic,
873
00:38:50,936 --> 00:38:53,403
idiotic husband.
874
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:57,041
Sir?
875
00:38:57,108 --> 00:39:00,110
Shut the door, Tom.
I need a favor.
876
00:39:00,178 --> 00:39:03,179
You want another drink?
You're buying.
877
00:39:03,246 --> 00:39:05,214
(Indistinct conversations)
878
00:39:09,720 --> 00:39:11,454
Good thing he's off
tomorrow, huh?
879
00:39:11,521 --> 00:39:12,855
No way, Tommy.
880
00:39:12,923 --> 00:39:14,691
Who's this trusted advisor?
881
00:39:14,758 --> 00:39:16,592
Mm... (Chuckles)
882
00:39:16,659 --> 00:39:17,826
(Inhales)
883
00:39:19,896 --> 00:39:22,330
Just between me and you, right?
884
00:39:23,566 --> 00:39:24,866
It's Olivia Pope.
885
00:39:26,869 --> 00:39:28,536
You thought if you
leaked Olivia's name
886
00:39:28,605 --> 00:39:30,538
and then I stood next to
you and held your hand
887
00:39:30,607 --> 00:39:32,340
and smiled while you told
the press everything you did,
888
00:39:32,408 --> 00:39:33,941
that it would neutralize
the situation.
889
00:39:34,009 --> 00:39:35,409
What did you say in the bunker?
890
00:39:35,477 --> 00:39:38,345
Stop looking for a way out
and look for a way through?
891
00:39:38,413 --> 00:39:40,247
Get me to play the
good wife, control me,
892
00:39:40,315 --> 00:39:42,216
and by extension, the nation,
893
00:39:42,283 --> 00:39:43,751
because... and here's
the best part...
894
00:39:43,819 --> 00:39:45,219
You still somehow believe
895
00:39:45,286 --> 00:39:46,854
the country will eventually
embrace you
896
00:39:46,922 --> 00:39:49,889
bringing your whore into
the White House as First Lady.
897
00:39:49,957 --> 00:39:53,392
And step one...
leaking Liv's name. (Scoffs)
898
00:39:54,629 --> 00:39:56,730
No.
899
00:39:56,797 --> 00:39:59,099
Step one...
900
00:39:59,166 --> 00:40:02,102
was me coming to Blair house
and laying my head in your lap
901
00:40:02,169 --> 00:40:04,737
like I gave a damn
about your forgiveness.
902
00:40:04,804 --> 00:40:07,606
This is a war, Mellie.
You and I are at war.
903
00:40:07,674 --> 00:40:09,942
What happened today is just
one battle of many.
904
00:40:10,010 --> 00:40:11,276
And let's be clear.
905
00:40:11,344 --> 00:40:13,679
The reason I leaked Liv's name
906
00:40:13,747 --> 00:40:15,380
is because as long as you had her name
907
00:40:15,448 --> 00:40:18,784
in your arsenal of weapons,
Olivia was at your mercy.
908
00:40:18,852 --> 00:40:20,185
Now she is free.
909
00:40:35,333 --> 00:40:36,733
Right now
910
00:40:36,801 --> 00:40:38,334
you're good.
911
00:40:38,402 --> 00:40:40,837
You're golden.
912
00:40:40,905 --> 00:40:43,306
You're in the clear, Liv.
913
00:40:45,977 --> 00:40:47,644
There is nothing wrong
914
00:40:47,745 --> 00:40:49,880
with a little
self-preservation.
915
00:40:51,582 --> 00:40:53,515
It doesn't mean
you don't wear the white hat.
916
00:40:55,652 --> 00:40:58,420
We've got a client.
Let's get to work.
917
00:41:03,526 --> 00:41:05,728
It's Cyrus again, Jeannine.
Just trying to catch you.
918
00:41:05,796 --> 00:41:08,463
I know you must be scared,
but just hold tight.
919
00:41:08,531 --> 00:41:10,464
We'll get this
whole thing straightened.
920
00:41:10,532 --> 00:41:13,168
(Gun cocks, switch clicks)
921
00:41:15,204 --> 00:41:18,539
Ooh. Sorry. Shoes on the covers.
How rude of me.
922
00:41:18,607 --> 00:41:20,508
Did you... is he...
923
00:41:20,576 --> 00:41:23,178
Dead? (Chuckles) No.
924
00:41:23,245 --> 00:41:24,912
He's just taking a little
drug-induced nappy.
925
00:41:24,979 --> 00:41:27,480
Baby's out, too.
Didn't have to drug her.
926
00:41:27,548 --> 00:41:29,416
That fancy swing you got
in there's worth every penny.
927
00:41:29,483 --> 00:41:30,884
What do you want, Charlie?
928
00:41:30,952 --> 00:41:33,320
It's not what I want.
You know how I work.
929
00:41:33,387 --> 00:41:36,890
Always serving
a higher purpose.
930
00:41:36,958 --> 00:41:38,225
(Door creaks)
931
00:41:38,292 --> 00:41:41,961
(Water dripping faintly)
932
00:41:42,029 --> 00:41:43,597
I would have called,
but I couldn't risk
933
00:41:43,664 --> 00:41:45,632
secret service being
anywhere near
934
00:41:45,700 --> 00:41:48,602
the conversation
we're about to have.
935
00:41:48,669 --> 00:41:50,870
Trunk was very comfortable, thank you.
936
00:41:50,938 --> 00:41:53,172
Thumbprint, please.
(Taps)
937
00:41:53,241 --> 00:41:54,641
I need to break the seal
on this, and I can't
938
00:41:54,709 --> 00:41:56,943
until I raise
your security clearance.
939
00:41:57,010 --> 00:42:00,045
(Beeps, whirs) Other hand.
940
00:42:00,113 --> 00:42:02,214
(Whirs) And your signature.
941
00:42:03,450 --> 00:42:04,783
So...
942
00:42:04,851 --> 00:42:05,851
(Whirs) Charlie...
943
00:42:05,918 --> 00:42:07,386
Came home to papa.
944
00:42:07,454 --> 00:42:11,189
When the Republic is in danger,
there's no place for spite.
945
00:42:11,258 --> 00:42:13,058
If you're talking about
the President's affair
946
00:42:13,126 --> 00:42:14,825
with Olivia...
This is bigger than that.
947
00:42:14,893 --> 00:42:17,962
What do you know...
about Operation Remington?
948
00:42:18,029 --> 00:42:20,398
Only that it was a classified
mission that Fitz flew
949
00:42:20,466 --> 00:42:23,468
with Jake Ballard in Iran
back when they were in the Navy.
950
00:42:23,535 --> 00:42:24,935
Most of it's redacted.
951
00:42:25,003 --> 00:42:26,304
This...
(Folder lands on table)
952
00:42:26,372 --> 00:42:28,673
is what really happened
on that mission.
953
00:42:31,542 --> 00:42:33,076
(Seal tears)
954
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:45,155
Oh, my God.
955
00:42:46,323 --> 00:42:47,757
(Gasps)
956
00:42:47,825 --> 00:42:48,958
(Projector and camera
shutter clicks)
957
00:42:49,158 --> 00:42:52,658
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