If you’ve spent your week wondering what Olivia Pope will do next, good news: the wait is over. Everyone is working hard to prove that someone murdered Frankie Vargas. The question is: who did it?
Ahead, our recap will help you understand the important facts, which just might lead to the truth.
Mellie and Marcus are gettin’ it on. Well, they were anyway. During her campaign, the two were hot and heavy. Mellie even gushes to Liv that she’s in love with Marcus.
Jake puts his special skills to work. Fitz has already backed Cyrus as the next president, so he needs to keep Cyrus out of murder charges. Abby enlists Jake to “entice” the suspect the FBI is holding to confess to shooting Vargas. Looks like Cyrus is in the clear.
Cyrus offers Mellie the vice presidency. America will be split between Cyrus and Mellie as the next choices for president. As the favorite, Cyrus has the upper hand and is offering an olive branch to Mellie. As vice president, she’d still have some power, gain more experience, and be able to run for president again in eight years.
Mellie puts an end to her campaign with Olivia. Abby tells Mellie that Olivia is the reason that Mellie’s relationship with Marcus ended. Olivia knew that gushy, in-love Mellie would never win the White House, so Olivia asks Abby to get Marcus a job as the White House Press Secretary. When Mellie finds out he’s taking the job, she thinks he’s just sleeping his way to the top. Mellie tells Olivia she’s done working with Olivia.
Olivia shows Fitz some revealing footage. Just as it looks like Mellie is going to accept the vice presidency, she gets a look at the Oval Office and goes back to make up with Olivia. Just as Mellie and Olivia are reconciling, Huck finds the footage they’ve been looking for. Liv shows Fitz the video clip of Vargas telling Cyrus that he’s furious about what Cyrus has done and the moment he’s president, he will send Cyrus to jail…pretty suspicious.
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