If you have yet to watch this week's episode of Scandal, please back away from the computer. Everyone else, feel free to read on.
The episode begins right where the last one left off: Fitz and Olivia are in bed and Cyrus is in the middle of a fire fight with reporters. Refusing to acknowledge whether the scandal is true or not, Cy goes to find the president in the arms of Olivia. Of course, Olivia wants to fix all of this, but the president is determined to take this in his own hands. Line of the night: "I hope [the president's lady love] will have Olivia Pope on her side" - David Rosen.
As far as the Gladiators are concerned, the biggest issue of the day is the identity of the mole. One interesting new theory is the Vice President. While Harrison pushes Liv to understand that she needs to get in front of the train that is about to run her down, Ms. Pope is determined to prove if the mole is the madam VP or not. Turns out, it is not Sally. I'm still not convinced, but apparently there is enough evidence of it not being her.
On the First Lady's side, looks like there is a new fixer in town, played by the wonderful and charming John Barrowman. Looking at the scandal that just broke, Barrowman (I'm not going to bother learning his real name) is just a little confused at just went down. Mellie is a master manipulator of the press, but she just comes out saying her husband, the POTUS, is having an affair with another woman and she will not say who said woman is. All this poor fixer wants to know is who the woman is. And Mellie will not give it to him. At least not yet.
The president, sans Olivia, has his own major set of problems. He claims that he will not run for office again, much to the chagrin of Cyrus. Speaking of Cyrus, looks like there is trouble in paradise with his man love, James. James is adamant in stating that he had no choice but to break the story about the President and the First Lady, but Cyrus just comes right on in claiming that there is no way in hell that the First Lady would not choose him unless it was to get back at Cy. Of course, he says this in the meanest and most condescending way possible.
I'm pretty sure that Cyrus has the toughest time throughout this entire ordeal. Not only does he have POTUS and Mellie and Olivia to contend with, but Jake's mysterious handler is now in his sights. Turns out Cyrus has the tape of Liv and Jake in his possession. Will he tell Fitz? Probably. This will be especially problematic due to the fact that Jake clearly has feelings for Olivia. Also, the reporters cannot be easy to deal with.
In a nice little turn of events, it turns out that the President was not ever going to think about running for office again. To Olivia, this means that he does not think that he has the capability to win because of Defiance. To her, it is her fault. He has to run again and win or she will blame herself forever. So, during his speech in which he claimed that he will not run for President anymore, Fitz says that his marriage is none of the press' business and that he will be running for president again. Fitz for President! Except for the fact that he murdered that lady.
And the Gladiators have a name for the mole. And the mole is..... Billy Chambers! With help from David. How the finale is going to play out, only the cast and crew of the show know.
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