The People v. Olivia Pope is the tenth episode of the seventh season of Scandal, and is the hundred-and-sixteenth overall.
Plot[]
When Olivia agrees to join Fitz in Vermont for what she thinks will be a relaxing getaway, she is shocked to find that her closest friends have orchestrated a relentless intervention. Back in Washington, Cyrus finally reveals his suspicions to Mellie about Olivia and Jake’s extracurricular activities.
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Recap[]
Olivia walks out of Fitz's bedroom dressed in a bathrobe. Fitz invites her to go to Vermont with him. She agrees. They arrive in Vermont and find Huck, Abby, Marcus, and David waiting for them.
In Eli's house, Quinn pushes Charlie off of Eli and turns to grab the crying baby. Quinn explains what happened to her but Charlie can't believe that she's alive. Quinn invites him to meet their daughter.
Cyrus tells Mellie that Olivia killed Rashad in the Oval office. Mellie asks if there's any proof and Cyrus says Quinn has some and Olivia is responsible for both Rashad's assassination and Quinn's "death". Mellie then asks Rachel to find Olivia.
Back to Vermont, Huck asks Olivia if she killed Quinn. They tell her that if she leaves the White House and gives up B613 they won't press charges. Olivia tries to justify what she did but they ignore her. Fitz tells her that she's going to stay here until she gives them what they want. Olivia walks past them angrily and locks herself in a room.
Jake tries to call Olivia but can't get ahold of her. He goes to B613 headquarters where Mellie is waiting for him. She tells Jake that she knows about Rashad and he tries to deny it. She tells him that she wants him to get a message to Olivia telling her that she needs to see her or else she will fill in the pool with cement and he will be in it.
Charlie is holding the baby when she starts crying. Quinn and Eli then start singing Britney Spears songs to quiet her down. Charlie is watching in awe that Rowan is singing and dancing to calm Robin down.
Olivia tries to Jake call for help but her phone doesn't work. Abby knocks on her door wanting to talk to her. Abby tells her that she knows why she did what she did. Abby says that Olivia's saved them from something so now let them save her.
Jake goes to see Cyrus in his office. Jake tells him that he has to go to Mellie and tell her that what he told her wasn't true. Jake threatens to kill him if he doesn't. Cyrus calls his bluff so Jake leaves.
Next, David tries to talk to Olivia through the door. He tells her what she's facing if they file charges. Abby tells Huck that she's sorry she didn't believe him about Olivia. Huck says he misses the old Olivia and wants her back.
Cyrus is angry that Jake even had the gut to threaten him. He wants to get rid of both Olivia and Jake but Mellie says she isn't doing anything until she talks to Olivia. She wants to know the reason why she killed Rashad before she handles it. Cyrus says that she's looking for a way out and that Olivia tricked her into becoming dependent on her. Mellie asks him to leave.
Jake chases down Olivia's secret service detail and asks where she is but they tell him that they can't say.
Charlie apologizes to Eli about trying to kill him. Eli says not to worry about it. Charlie says that he's ready to take over watching over his family. Eli says that they're safer in his house. Charlie says that Eli's jealous of Charlie because he has a family.
Marcus and Fitz have a talk out on the porch. Fitz asks how Marcus did but he says he doesn't know because the door was closed. Fitz tells him about how he thought one day he and Olivia would be sitting on this porch together.
Huck brings Olivia dinner. Olivia opens the door and talks to him but Huck won't look at her. She tries to manipulate him into helping her. He just looks at her and tells her that what she did was unforgivable and that he's done serving her. He leaves and she slams the door.
Quinn tells Charlie that he needs to go because their friends have to believe that she's dead. Charlie says he'll go kill Olivia now. Quinn says no that she doesn't want her dead and she just wants justice.
Jake goes to Olivia's apartment to look for her but she isn't home. He finds Mellie instead. She asks him why Olivia killed Rashad. He tells her that they killed Rashad because she couldn't keep her legs closed and that everything Olivia's done is for her. Mellie tells him to stop talking and leaves the apartment.
Fitz goes to talk to Olivia at the door and asks how she's doing. He tells her about what he thought of her when they first met. He tells her that she's always right but this time she's wrong. He tells her that he isn't going anywhere.
Charlie goes upstairs to say goodbye to the baby but the baby starts crying. Eli comes in and helps him by showing him how to hold the baby. He tells him to humm if she starts to get fussy.
The next day, Olivia comes out and hands them a piece of paper which is her resignation for Chief of Staff. She also tells them that Jake has to have time to dismantle B613. She tells them that she's sorry and that she wishes she could say that to Quinn. She tells them that she'll announce her resignation tonight and leaves. Fitz follows her and tells her that he'll make the arrangements to head back to DC.
Jake goes to see Mellie in the Oval office. Mellie tells him that Olivia is in Vermont. She is still angry about the conversation she had with him at Olivia's apartment last night and yells at him because Fitz was able to do whatever he wanted and they never thought of killing Olivia.
Jake goes to Olivia's apartment. He is angry because she was in Vermont while a coup was happening in the White House. She tells him that she got his messages and she is up to speed. She also tells him that tonight she's going to lose all her friends except him because she isn't going to announce her resignation. She then kisses him and they have sex.
At the QPA, Abby, Huck and David are watching the White House news and realize that Olivia played them.
In the morning, Olivia wakes up next to Jake and tells him to make a kill folder for Mellie. He suggests something but Olivia denies and tells him that what she said to him was not a suggestion but an order.
Abby, Huck, David, Marcus and Fitz are trying to think of ways to take Olivia down at the Fitzgerald Grant Institute.
Jake goes to see Mellie with the kill folder and says that Olivia ordered him to threaten her. He says that he doesn't think she needs to be threatened then convinces her to make him his new Chief of Staff.
Olivia arrives at the White House and sees that Jake has played her and taken her job. She then goes to see Mellie and asks what she did.
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Notes & Trivia[]
- The table read for this episode took place on November 9, 2017.
- Filming for this episode started on November 13, 2017 and wrapped on November 28, 2017.
- This episode is Kerry Washington's television directorial debut.
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