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Mellie. Answer me.

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What did you do?

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What I had to do.

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You had to make Jake
your Chief of Staff?

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Please tell me. After everything...

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Please tell me you are not this stupid.

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- Stupid?
- And naive and reckless

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and foolish, but most of all, stupid.

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You wanna know what
stupid would be, Olivia?

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Allowing myself to continue
believing all of your lies.

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Proceeding to play
this great big game of pretend

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that you have so skillfully set up.

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I would be stupid

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if, for one more second,

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I actually trusted
that there is only us.

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That you and I are sisters

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just out there, doin' it for themselves.

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Can you imagine?

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I assume he showed you the kill folder.

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Jake Ballard has his own
motives, Madam President,

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his own complexes.

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This isn't about some
silly little folder, Olivia.

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This is about you killing Rashad.

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Yes.

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I killed Rashad,
but, Mellie, you know why.

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You said you wanted that treaty.

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- You said...
- No more lies.

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- What is it with you?
- I'm not...

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You didn't kill Rashad for a treaty.

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You didn't kill him
for peace in the Middle East.

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You didn't even kill him

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because you thought
Rashad was a bad man.

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You killed him because you
thought I was a bad president.

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You know what?

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We don't have to do this.

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Mellie.

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- You have to go.
- You're angry.

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- I get that.
- I'm not angry.

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It would be a mistake
to allow that anger

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to cloud what is really happening here.

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This is Jake coming between us,
getting in your head.

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- Don't let...
- I'm not angry.

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Or confused.

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Olivia, you have to go.

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Don't do this.

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Don't do this.

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You have until the end of the week

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to announce your resignation.

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If for some reason
you choose not to do that,

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I march into the briefing room,

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and I announce your termination.

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You have to go.

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Synced and corrected by BLuk
www.addic7ed.com

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Washington is abuzz this morning
over unconfirmed reports

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that Olivia Pope is out
as White House Chief of Staff.

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There has been no official comment

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from the Grant Administration,

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which has only solidified the rumor

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among Washington insiders, many
of whom are already speculating

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about who Ms. Pope's
replacement might be

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if the reports are, indeed, true.

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Chief of Staff?

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You should be so proud, baby.

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Now, I know you've
been vetted before, Jake.

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But, still, I have to ask...

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Is there anything we need
to know about...

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anything we could've missed previously?

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Vanessa and I have an open marriage.

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- Jake.
- I see.

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A-A-And by "open marriage,"
you mean...

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She's been sleeping with someone else.

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Is. Is sleeping with someone else.

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Wow. So we're just gonna
put it all out there.

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We have a deal. It works.

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It shouldn't be any concern.

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We're careful. Exceedingly so.

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But in the interest of transparency,

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I think it's something you should know.

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Shouldn't be a big deal.

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Not like you asked Russian hookers

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to pee on you or something.

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Chief of Staff, Nessa.

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We're finally getting what we want.

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You should be just as proud as me.

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As long as she held all
the cards, our hands were tied.

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But there's a window now.
We have a chance.

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We can bring a case against
her. Put her away for good.

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Without the White House in
her corner, we have a real shot.

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- Because she no longer runs the Oval.
- Yes.

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- And you know that because?
- What?

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How do you know
she no longer runs the Oval?

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We saw it.

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You were just sitting next to me.
We both saw it on the news.

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And who makes the news?

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Who bends the media to her will?

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Who creates the stories
that are witnessed

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and reported and fed to the public?

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Who decides what reality is?

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"We solve problems, manage crises,
save reputations," damn it.

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Yeah, if the giant is down,
it's not because she's dead.

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The giant is licking its wounds,
but only for a moment.

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She will rise again.

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That's all the more reason
why we act now.

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Before she rallies
and our window closes.

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No. No, I don't think so.

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- But...
- No.

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- I just... I...
- No!

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Abby.

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- You heard? About Liv?
- You kidding?

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My Olivia Pope Google Alert went
bonkers maybe two hours ago.

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I have a call in to David

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to see if there's any truth
to the rumors.

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- Who's the guy?
- He's from the State Department.

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He's a client. Or potential.

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I know you're grieving. We all are.

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But the firm is strapped.

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So we either need to take on new clients

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or start talking about closing up shop.

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- Which, with Quinn's death...
- No, no. No, no.

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I-I think Quinn would want us
to do whatever it takes

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to stay in business.

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But maybe we want to swing for
someone with deeper pockets.

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Government employees?

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Not exactly rolling in dough.

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- Funny you should say that.
- It's insane.

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I-I wouldn't have even known
anything was wrong

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except I-I wanted to get
a hot dog, you know,

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from the guy with the cart
outside my office,

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and I didn't have any cash,
so I hit ATM on Mass. Ave.

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And when I looked at
the balance on my statement,

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I just about crapped myself.

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I would've, too. $12 million?

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$12 million.

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I told the bank about it.

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They said it wasn't a mistake.

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The transaction was legit.

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Which made absolutely no sense
to me whatsoever

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until I checked my e-mail.

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This is in Russian.

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"Mr. Bacall, you are now in our service.

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Please enjoy your signing bonus.

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We'll be in contact
with further instructions."

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I just can't figure out
why they would want me.

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You do work in the State Department.

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Yeah, mid-level.

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I haven't had a promotion in six years.

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I'm... I'm nobody.

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This makes me out to be
some kind of super-spy.

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I can't figure it out.

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I should have plenty of time
while I'm spending the rest

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of my life behind bars for treason.

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Look. I like my life the way it is.

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It's small, but it's mine.

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Please. I just want
all of this to go away.

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Can you do that?

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Madam President. Thank you for coming.

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I know our working relationship
is evolving, Jake,

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but to be clear, I am
not someone you can summon.

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Oh, apologies. No, that wasn't the idea.

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What?

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Our relationship is evolving.

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If I'm gonna be
your Chief of Staff in command,

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I want to start from a place
of trust. Full transparency.

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This isn't Olivia's B613 anymore.

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My intel is your intel.
My tools are your tools.

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Maybe we better get you
some better tools.

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This is Olivia.

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You really don't want to do this.

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I really, really do.

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This only ends one way,
AND YOU KNOW IT: You lose.

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You took Chief of Staff.

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It was a good move. Well-played.

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But you forgot one thing.

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- Oh, yeah? What's that?
- You can't take Command.

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Can't you just reboot the entire
system to flush out the virus?

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I could if it were a virus. But this?

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This looks more like phreaking.

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- "Freaking"?
- "Phreaking." With a P-H.

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Back in the '80s, hackers used a whistle

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that came in a box of
Cap'n Crunch to break into ATandT

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and get free long distance.
It's very old school.

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You're tell me the most
sophisticated computers

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in the world were brought down
with a toy whistle?

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I'm saying whoever did this
wasn't born yesterday.

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OLIVIA: Hector.

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Shouldn't you have a team of
armed guards with you, lady?

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We turned those fools' lights off.

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No way they're not coming after you.

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It's just Jake and
a skeleton crew back there.

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The real guns and money
are still with me.

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How long can we keep 'em
off the network?

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How long do you need?

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As long as it takes for him
to come to his senses.

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Well, that's asking a whole lot.

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My father said you can do anything.

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Have you talked to him lately?

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He and I didn't end so good.

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He and I didn't end so good, either.

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Let me see what I can do.

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Good. "Phase 2"?

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Just waiting for your green light.

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She's having a tantrum.

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Once the system is back up and running,

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I'll put some surveillance on her.

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Make sure she doesn't do
anything to embarrass us.

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That is not a tantrum.

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That is a hungry lion
loose in a preschool.

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Vice President Beene is asking
to have a minute of your time.

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Send him in.

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Shut it down.

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- Mr. Vice President.
- Admiral.

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Stopped by to tighten
the screws, did he?

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- What are you talking about?
- Ballard.

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What's he got on you?

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Is it K-Karen?

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Did she get in trouble again?

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Is he using your family against you?

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Tell me what it is. I can help you.

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Incredible.

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Why does everyone assume
that I'm the victim?

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Jake is still here
because I want him here.

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Not because he has something over me.

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This is the man who killed Rashad.

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At Olivia's request.

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At Olivia...

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Request?

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We should be giving that man
a potassium-chloride injection.

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Not a promotion!

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What the hell is wrong with you?!

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Liv is out, and Jake is in.

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That is all you need to know.

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So either get on board
and be my vice president

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or be someone that I have to deal with.

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But I promise you.

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You do not want to be someone
that I have to deal with.

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Not today.

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ROWAN: You have
a very large head, little one.

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Which is very, very good.

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Because it means
you have a very big brain.

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Yes.

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Yeah.

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Yep. Oh, yeah.

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My daughter had a very large head

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and a very large brain, so...

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Mm-hmm.

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So you're in good company.

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Mm-hmm.

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I'm not sure who's enjoying
that more. You or her.

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To be honest, me either.

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I've gotta ask... Is this why?

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Is what why?

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Is this why you're in denial?

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You know this is our moment.

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That we have a real shot
at taking Olivia down.

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But you also know that if we do
that, Robin and I will leave,

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and your house will be empty again.

257
00:11:45,749 --> 00:11:47,081
You don't know
what you're talking about.

258
00:11:47,150 --> 00:11:49,350
You like having us here.

259
00:11:49,419 --> 00:11:50,785
You like having a baby in your house.

260
00:11:50,854 --> 00:11:53,121
You're happy.

261
00:11:53,189 --> 00:11:54,355
And it's making you soft.

262
00:11:54,424 --> 00:11:57,225
Soft?

263
00:11:57,294 --> 00:12:00,194
You're losing sight of the goal.

264
00:12:00,263 --> 00:12:03,131
I'm sorry. I know you don't
want to hear it, but...

265
00:12:03,199 --> 00:12:06,034
we are not your family.

266
00:12:06,102 --> 00:12:07,902
We are not here to play house.

267
00:12:07,971 --> 00:12:09,704
We are here because Olivia is...

268
00:12:09,773 --> 00:12:12,240
I said, "That's enough."

269
00:12:12,309 --> 00:12:15,143
You don't want to play tough
with me, girl.

270
00:12:15,211 --> 00:12:17,245
Don't push me.

271
00:12:17,314 --> 00:12:21,182
Not while I have your child in my hands.

272
00:12:21,251 --> 00:12:22,984
Mm.

273
00:12:23,053 --> 00:12:27,355
If there's anyone here
who's misreading the situation,

274
00:12:27,424 --> 00:12:29,190
it's you.

275
00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:33,261
You say I've gone "soft"?

276
00:12:33,330 --> 00:12:35,997
Hardly.

277
00:12:36,066 --> 00:12:39,100
This child...

278
00:12:39,169 --> 00:12:42,003
This child is soft.

279
00:12:43,607 --> 00:12:47,709
And her neck is very soft.

280
00:12:47,777 --> 00:12:53,381
Imagine if I took my hand...
this hand...

281
00:12:53,450 --> 00:12:56,718
and began to apply pressure right here.

282
00:12:56,786 --> 00:12:58,886
- How would you feel about that?
- Don't!

283
00:12:58,955 --> 00:13:00,054
I haven't done a thing.

284
00:13:00,123 --> 00:13:02,523
And, still, you feel it, don't you?

285
00:13:02,592 --> 00:13:05,793
That nausea rising up,
deep in the pit of your stomach,

286
00:13:05,862 --> 00:13:07,228
right up to the back of your throat

287
00:13:07,297 --> 00:13:11,466
just at the idea someone
might hurt your child.

288
00:13:11,534 --> 00:13:12,667
That's biology.

289
00:13:12,736 --> 00:13:16,804
That's Mother Nature's
special little trick.

290
00:13:16,873 --> 00:13:20,041
I know you want to take Olivia down.

291
00:13:20,110 --> 00:13:22,744
I won't allow it.

292
00:13:22,812 --> 00:13:24,479
I can't.

293
00:13:24,547 --> 00:13:26,981
Because of my biology,

294
00:13:27,050 --> 00:13:28,850
because of my nature,

295
00:13:28,918 --> 00:13:31,052
I can't let anyone hurt my child

296
00:13:31,121 --> 00:13:33,955
any more than you would abide
someone hurting yours.

297
00:13:35,325 --> 00:13:36,524
You give her to me!

298
00:13:59,516 --> 00:14:01,582
Huck, you've been tracing that
Russian e-mail for an hour.

299
00:14:01,651 --> 00:14:02,684
You have to have found something.

300
00:14:02,752 --> 00:14:04,252
I'm finding plenty.

301
00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:05,920
This thing's got a trail,

302
00:14:05,989 --> 00:14:08,456
but it's a trail that keeps
leading in circles.

303
00:14:08,525 --> 00:14:09,590
And every time I think I'm about

304
00:14:09,659 --> 00:14:11,025
to figure out exactly who sent it,

305
00:14:11,094 --> 00:14:12,694
I end up right back where I started.

306
00:14:12,762 --> 00:14:14,629
It's really impressive.

307
00:14:14,698 --> 00:14:16,564
Okay. Robert, buddy,
you got to give us more info.

308
00:14:16,633 --> 00:14:18,299
I have told you everything.

309
00:14:18,368 --> 00:14:19,600
There's gotta be something
you're leaving out.

310
00:14:19,669 --> 00:14:20,968
ABBY: Boy, I'll say there is.

311
00:14:21,037 --> 00:14:22,437
Hotel receipts.

312
00:14:22,505 --> 00:14:24,272
Dozens and dozens of midday meetings

313
00:14:24,340 --> 00:14:25,740
that seem to have slipped your mind.

314
00:14:25,809 --> 00:14:27,475
A-All right. That's...
That's... That's nothing.

315
00:14:27,544 --> 00:14:28,676
That doesn't seem like nothing.

316
00:14:28,745 --> 00:14:29,811
Seems like you've been having meetings

317
00:14:29,859 --> 00:14:30,878
that you don't want us to know about.

318
00:14:30,947 --> 00:14:32,113
Seems like you've walked in here

319
00:14:32,182 --> 00:14:33,781
acting like a little lost innocent

320
00:14:33,850 --> 00:14:36,150
when, actually, you've been getting up
to something you shouldn't.

321
00:14:36,219 --> 00:14:37,485
No, no. You've got it wrong.

322
00:14:37,554 --> 00:14:38,653
Is she wrong, though?

323
00:14:38,722 --> 00:14:40,088
Because if she isn't,
you should tell us.

324
00:14:40,156 --> 00:14:42,190
- It's not a deal breaker.
- Charlie, it's treason.

325
00:14:42,258 --> 00:14:43,958
Like you've never committed
a little treason.

326
00:14:44,027 --> 00:14:45,259
It isn't treason!

327
00:14:46,763 --> 00:14:48,863
I'm having an affair, okay?

328
00:14:48,932 --> 00:14:50,798
I'm sleeping with a married woman.

329
00:14:50,867 --> 00:14:52,734
- Um, guys.
- So why didn't you just say that?

330
00:14:52,802 --> 00:14:54,368
Because it isn't any of your business.

331
00:14:54,437 --> 00:14:55,937
It isn't pertinent.
She's not even Russian!

332
00:14:56,005 --> 00:14:57,538
- Guys. Guys!
- Who is she?

333
00:14:57,607 --> 00:14:59,173
WOMAN: ... Robert Bacall is being
identified as the source...

334
00:14:59,242 --> 00:15:00,975
He's sleeping with Vanessa Ballard.

335
00:15:01,044 --> 00:15:03,511
We're hearing from our sources
that Mr. Bacall

336
00:15:03,580 --> 00:15:06,681
has been feeding intelligence
to Russian agents,

337
00:15:06,750 --> 00:15:08,983
using his position
at the State Department

338
00:15:09,052 --> 00:15:12,120
and his secret relationship
with Vanessa Ballard...

339
00:15:12,188 --> 00:15:14,722
wife of NSA Director Jake Ballard...

340
00:15:14,791 --> 00:15:17,091
to access state secrets.

341
00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,694
Now, the scope and seriousness
of these breaches...

342
00:15:19,763 --> 00:15:21,062
You've been sleeping with a woman

343
00:15:21,131 --> 00:15:23,197
who's married to the head
of the National Security Agency,

344
00:15:23,266 --> 00:15:25,233
and somehow you didn't think
that was pertinent?

345
00:15:25,301 --> 00:15:28,536
...$12 billion being paid
to him directly.

346
00:15:28,605 --> 00:15:31,439
Through her husband's
employment at the NSA,

347
00:15:31,508 --> 00:15:33,374
Vanessa Ballard could have had access

348
00:15:33,443 --> 00:15:35,676
to a panoply of state secrets.

349
00:15:35,745 --> 00:15:38,279
In his capacity as NSA Chief,

350
00:15:38,348 --> 00:15:41,382
Admiral Ballard oversees
the gathering and analysis

351
00:15:41,451 --> 00:15:43,317
of foreign intelligence
as part of his...

352
00:15:43,386 --> 00:15:44,786
I wrote a draft
of your resignation letter.

353
00:15:44,804 --> 00:15:45,820
Tell me what you think.

354
00:15:45,889 --> 00:15:47,889
You're attacking my wife now?

355
00:15:47,957 --> 00:15:49,524
"In light of the ongoing investigation

356
00:15:49,592 --> 00:15:51,726
- into my wife, Vanessa..."
- Command has dignity.

357
00:15:51,795 --> 00:15:53,561
"...I've decided to withdraw my name

358
00:15:53,630 --> 00:15:55,897
from consideration
for the job of Chief of Staff."

359
00:15:55,965 --> 00:15:57,398
Command has pride.

360
00:15:57,467 --> 00:16:00,201
"I also resign as Director of
the National Security Agency..."

361
00:16:00,270 --> 00:16:01,636
This needs to end! Do you hear me?

362
00:16:01,704 --> 00:16:04,505
"...and will surrender
my security clearance unt..."

363
00:16:13,905 --> 00:16:15,437
I was promised a smooth transition.

364
00:16:15,506 --> 00:16:17,006
And now it would seem that the wife

365
00:16:17,074 --> 00:16:19,475
of my pick for Chief of Staff
is not just having an affair...

366
00:16:19,544 --> 00:16:21,677
She's allegedly selling state secrets

367
00:16:21,746 --> 00:16:23,812
- to the highest bidder!
- S-She's not selling state secrets.

368
00:16:23,881 --> 00:16:25,881
- She's just having an affair.
- I don't believe it.

369
00:16:25,950 --> 00:16:27,283
We're launching
a full-scale investigation

370
00:16:27,351 --> 00:16:29,151
into the matter, Madam President.

371
00:16:29,220 --> 00:16:30,719
If there's any evidence
of a breach in our national security...

372
00:16:30,788 --> 00:16:33,856
Our national security is intact,
Madam President, I assure you.

373
00:16:33,925 --> 00:16:35,457
I can also assure you my wife is not spy

374
00:16:35,526 --> 00:16:37,326
and Bob Bacall has never
freelanced for the Russians.

375
00:16:37,395 --> 00:16:39,228
Then how did that money
get in his account?

376
00:16:39,297 --> 00:16:40,563
Olivia Pope, Rosen.

377
00:16:40,631 --> 00:16:41,764
She's framing him for espionage.

378
00:16:41,832 --> 00:16:43,332
Olivia Pope. Madam President...

379
00:16:43,401 --> 00:16:44,600
Enough!

380
00:16:49,407 --> 00:16:51,941
Today was supposed to be a good day.

381
00:16:52,009 --> 00:16:53,409
I was looking forward to today.

382
00:16:53,477 --> 00:16:56,679
Today was the day I was supposed
to get my yearly mammogram.

383
00:16:56,747 --> 00:16:57,846
Do you know how long I've been waiting

384
00:16:57,915 --> 00:16:59,682
to get my yearly mammogram?

385
00:17:01,385 --> 00:17:03,352
Since I moved into the place.

386
00:17:03,421 --> 00:17:06,455
Because apparently
no one's ever had to schedule

387
00:17:06,524 --> 00:17:08,657
one of those things
for any other sitting president.

388
00:17:08,726 --> 00:17:11,260
Go figure. And it's not like
there's a mammography machine

389
00:17:11,329 --> 00:17:12,661
in the White House Medical Unit.

390
00:17:12,730 --> 00:17:14,630
Damn thing would just be
sitting there, collecting dust!

391
00:17:19,303 --> 00:17:20,736
Ballard is right, Rosen.

392
00:17:20,805 --> 00:17:22,204
This was Olivia Pope.

393
00:17:22,273 --> 00:17:25,040
So launch your investigation
and prove it.

394
00:17:25,109 --> 00:17:27,576
Then make it go away.

395
00:17:27,645 --> 00:17:29,979
Don't ruin this day for me, gentlemen.

396
00:17:32,683 --> 00:17:33,716
You can go.

397
00:17:33,784 --> 00:17:36,652
- Yes, ma'am.
- Madam President.

398
00:17:48,566 --> 00:17:51,500
Drinking alone?

399
00:17:51,569 --> 00:17:54,303
Celebrating, actually.

400
00:17:54,372 --> 00:17:56,305
Don't know if you heard,

401
00:17:56,374 --> 00:17:58,574
but Mellie's let her Chief of Staff go.

402
00:17:58,643 --> 00:18:00,109
Has she?

403
00:18:03,614 --> 00:18:05,280
You gonna offer me one of those?

404
00:18:05,349 --> 00:18:06,782
Wish I could.

405
00:18:06,851 --> 00:18:09,652
Unfortunately,
I don't drink with my enemies.

406
00:18:13,190 --> 00:18:15,157
I'm sorry about
what happened with Fenton.

407
00:18:15,226 --> 00:18:17,926
If I had had other options,
I'd have taken them.

408
00:18:17,995 --> 00:18:19,695
Ah!

409
00:18:19,764 --> 00:18:20,996
At least it worked.

410
00:18:21,065 --> 00:18:24,566
Killing Rashad came
with a peace treaty attached.

411
00:18:24,635 --> 00:18:27,002
I did everything I had to do
to protect that.

412
00:18:27,071 --> 00:18:29,038
You've done far worse for much less.

413
00:18:35,246 --> 00:18:37,479
This story about Vanessa.

414
00:18:37,548 --> 00:18:38,914
I take it that's you?

415
00:18:38,983 --> 00:18:40,115
There's a coup in the White House.

416
00:18:40,184 --> 00:18:42,117
Jake made his move. Now I've made mine.

417
00:18:42,186 --> 00:18:44,687
Well, I admire your confidence.

418
00:18:44,755 --> 00:18:46,288
Most people
who take on the U.S. government

419
00:18:46,357 --> 00:18:48,190
show a little more humility.

420
00:18:48,259 --> 00:18:50,159
You have some secret weapon
nobody knows about?

421
00:18:50,227 --> 00:18:51,253
You.

422
00:18:51,262 --> 00:18:53,629
Me?

423
00:18:55,533 --> 00:18:57,099
Why would I ever help you?

424
00:18:57,168 --> 00:18:58,934
Because you're an adult.

425
00:18:59,003 --> 00:19:01,670
You know how the world works.

426
00:19:01,739 --> 00:19:04,006
And deep down, you know
what I did was right,

427
00:19:04,075 --> 00:19:06,675
because it's exactly
what you would have done.

428
00:19:06,744 --> 00:19:09,712
Mellie's lost, Cyrus.

429
00:19:09,780 --> 00:19:12,681
She's listening
to Jake Ballard, of all people.

430
00:19:12,750 --> 00:19:13,949
Jake Ballard.

431
00:19:14,018 --> 00:19:15,617
And if he managed to push me out,

432
00:19:15,686 --> 00:19:17,786
don't think he won't do the same to you.

433
00:19:32,570 --> 00:19:34,737
I'm very sorry.

434
00:19:34,805 --> 00:19:37,239
- Really. A-A-About all of...
- Robert. No.

435
00:19:42,813 --> 00:19:45,280
Vanessa said you wouldn't mind.

436
00:19:45,349 --> 00:19:49,151
Otherwise, I-I-I wouldn't...
I never would ha...

437
00:19:53,624 --> 00:19:56,325
How hard is it to prove the
money in Robert's bank account

438
00:19:56,393 --> 00:19:58,193
is from Olivia and not the Russians?

439
00:19:58,262 --> 00:19:59,294
Very.

440
00:19:59,363 --> 00:20:00,929
Oh, was that a rhetorical question?

441
00:20:00,998 --> 00:20:02,998
We've tried tracing the money
a bunch of different ways,

442
00:20:03,067 --> 00:20:05,901
and even the reverse
promontory point leads directly

443
00:20:05,970 --> 00:20:07,503
to the Russian Foreign
Intelligence Service.

444
00:20:07,571 --> 00:20:08,904
Olivia's good at covering her tracks.

445
00:20:10,207 --> 00:20:12,107
If we know that this is Olivia,

446
00:20:12,176 --> 00:20:13,542
why can't we just leak it to the press?

447
00:20:13,611 --> 00:20:15,043
Because we'd be playing
right into her hands.

448
00:20:15,112 --> 00:20:17,513
Going to war with Liv in the media...

449
00:20:17,581 --> 00:20:19,748
her home turf... without a single shred
of evidence is pointless.

450
00:20:19,817 --> 00:20:22,117
She'll spin it.

451
00:20:22,186 --> 00:20:24,486
I lose my job.
Robert here gets the chair.

452
00:20:24,555 --> 00:20:25,654
We're not there yet.

453
00:20:25,723 --> 00:20:28,023
We'll figure something out. Don't worry.

454
00:20:41,939 --> 00:20:43,038
Thank you.

455
00:20:43,107 --> 00:20:46,275
For including me in your concerns.

456
00:20:46,343 --> 00:20:49,278
Shut up, Robert.

457
00:20:49,346 --> 00:20:50,512
Eat your melon.

458
00:20:55,052 --> 00:20:56,385
MELLIE: So, it's over?

459
00:20:56,453 --> 00:20:57,619
This doesn't have to end here.

460
00:20:57,688 --> 00:20:59,221
We can still make a case
to the American people

461
00:20:59,290 --> 00:21:01,156
this was a setup.
So you'd like me to out

462
00:21:01,225 --> 00:21:03,525
my former Chief of Staff
for framing the lover

463
00:21:03,594 --> 00:21:05,561
of my about-to-be Chief of Staff's wife?

464
00:21:05,629 --> 00:21:06,995
Can you imagine the blowback?!

465
00:21:07,064 --> 00:21:08,263
There are other options.

466
00:21:08,332 --> 00:21:09,498
I just need a little more time.

467
00:21:09,567 --> 00:21:12,801
- I don't have any more time!
- Madam President.

468
00:21:12,870 --> 00:21:14,203
JAKE: Little busy right now, Cyrus.

469
00:21:14,271 --> 00:21:15,771
This will only take a minute, Admiral.

470
00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:17,873
We are in the middle of something.

471
00:21:17,942 --> 00:21:19,875
And how's that something working out?

472
00:21:19,944 --> 00:21:22,878
Not very well,
from the look on your faces.

473
00:21:22,947 --> 00:21:24,446
Cyrus.

474
00:21:24,515 --> 00:21:29,585
I have a way out
of this little Vanessa sitch.

475
00:21:29,653 --> 00:21:33,188
A way that will give Jake
his credibility back

476
00:21:33,257 --> 00:21:34,857
so you can appoint him Chief of Staff

477
00:21:34,925 --> 00:21:36,792
with political impunity.

478
00:21:36,861 --> 00:21:40,229
A way that'll even make
Vanessa's affair look benign...

479
00:21:40,297 --> 00:21:43,465
two birds with one stone, if you will.

480
00:21:43,534 --> 00:21:44,633
Would you like to hear it?

481
00:21:44,702 --> 00:21:47,069
Or should I come back some other time
when you're both less busy?

482
00:21:47,137 --> 00:21:50,172
Mm.

483
00:21:51,475 --> 00:21:53,508
So, to be clear,
you are categorically denying

484
00:21:53,577 --> 00:21:54,610
any romantic entanglement

485
00:21:54,678 --> 00:21:56,745
whatsoever with Robert Bacall,

486
00:21:56,814 --> 00:21:58,180
this apparent double agent?

487
00:21:58,249 --> 00:22:01,116
Goodness, yes. No, my husband is one

488
00:22:01,185 --> 00:22:02,618
of the highest-ranked
intelligence operatives

489
00:22:02,686 --> 00:22:04,152
in this country.

490
00:22:04,221 --> 00:22:05,621
Even if I wanted to, do you really think

491
00:22:05,689 --> 00:22:06,989
that I could get away
with cheating on him?

492
00:22:07,057 --> 00:22:10,292
But the photos of you
entering his hotel room...

493
00:22:10,361 --> 00:22:13,128
Did I meet Robert Bacall
at his hotel that night? Yes.

494
00:22:13,197 --> 00:22:14,730
Did I accompany him to his room? Yes.

495
00:22:14,798 --> 00:22:16,798
But for a tryst?

496
00:22:16,867 --> 00:22:18,133
No.

497
00:22:18,202 --> 00:22:20,469
For a sting.

498
00:22:20,537 --> 00:22:22,337
The NSA had suspected Robert for months,

499
00:22:22,406 --> 00:22:23,872
but they needed final proof.

500
00:22:23,941 --> 00:22:26,141
As it happened, he and I
knew each other socially

501
00:22:26,210 --> 00:22:27,743
from the campaign last year,

502
00:22:27,811 --> 00:22:30,779
so Jake thought that I was
the perfect woman for the job.

503
00:22:30,848 --> 00:22:32,547
I got to play spy.

504
00:22:32,616 --> 00:22:34,683
Which, let me tell you, is
not half as fun as it sounds.

505
00:22:34,752 --> 00:22:36,718
That wire they make you wear?
So uncomfortable.

506
00:22:36,787 --> 00:22:39,855
And those long, boring conversations
to gain Robert's trust?

507
00:22:39,924 --> 00:22:41,790
I mean, I never thought
I'd have to work so hard

508
00:22:41,859 --> 00:22:43,692
to seduce a man.

509
00:22:43,761 --> 00:22:46,962
But eventually,
that night in the hotel room,

510
00:22:47,031 --> 00:22:48,263
Robert did open up to me.

511
00:22:48,332 --> 00:22:50,299
A full confession.

512
00:22:50,367 --> 00:22:52,467
I think he was just...

513
00:22:52,536 --> 00:22:55,804
Well, he was relieved
to have someone to confide in.

514
00:22:55,873 --> 00:22:57,706
And then I just told him
that I had a headache,

515
00:22:57,775 --> 00:22:59,541
and I got out of there.

516
00:22:59,610 --> 00:23:00,943
I left the rest to the professionals.

517
00:23:13,797 --> 00:23:15,063
Last night, Vanessa Ballard

518
00:23:15,132 --> 00:23:17,065
addressed her relationship
with Robert Bacall,

519
00:23:17,134 --> 00:23:18,500
the State Department diplomat

520
00:23:18,568 --> 00:23:20,235
accused of being a Russian operative.

521
00:23:20,303 --> 00:23:22,637
Speaking to Noah Baker,
Ballard revealed she was part

522
00:23:22,706 --> 00:23:25,573
of an intelligence sting
to expose the suspected spy.

523
00:23:25,642 --> 00:23:27,842
The revelation has relieved
the mounting pressure

524
00:23:27,911 --> 00:23:30,011
demanding the resignation
of her husband,

525
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,046
NSA Director Jake Ballard.

526
00:23:32,115 --> 00:23:33,982
She just went on national TV

527
00:23:34,050 --> 00:23:36,851
and confirmed to the world
that I am a Russian spy.

528
00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,553
What... What the hell
am I supposed to do now?

529
00:23:38,622 --> 00:23:41,556
This is a list of defense attorneys
we've used in the past.

530
00:23:41,625 --> 00:23:44,025
You can't go wrong
with any of them, really.

531
00:23:44,094 --> 00:23:45,727
Wha... Wa... Do... Do you really think

532
00:23:45,796 --> 00:23:48,930
that the lawyers on this list
will be able to get me off?

533
00:23:50,367 --> 00:23:53,268
They will be able to provide you
with the best possible defense.

534
00:23:53,336 --> 00:23:57,639
Or... there's a flight to
Budapest that leaves in five hours.

535
00:23:57,707 --> 00:23:59,641
Your choice, Bob.

536
00:24:05,682 --> 00:24:06,948
Bad time?

537
00:24:12,255 --> 00:24:13,588
Let me guess.

538
00:24:13,657 --> 00:24:16,424
You watched Vanessa's
interview on TV last night.

539
00:24:16,493 --> 00:24:18,459
Came here to dance on my grave.

540
00:24:18,528 --> 00:24:20,895
Yes, I watched the interview, but no.

541
00:24:20,964 --> 00:24:23,631
Dancing's not one of my skills.

542
00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:28,303
A private memo written
by Mellie to the CIA Director.

543
00:24:28,371 --> 00:24:31,172
Asking her to corroborate
the story Vanessa Ballard

544
00:24:31,241 --> 00:24:33,741
told Noah Baker last night.

545
00:24:33,810 --> 00:24:38,479
It's what the law calls
"obstruction of justice,"

546
00:24:38,548 --> 00:24:40,815
and what we fans of werewolf literature

547
00:24:40,884 --> 00:24:41,983
call a "silver bullet."

548
00:24:45,755 --> 00:24:46,988
- I can't use this.
- Why?

549
00:24:47,057 --> 00:24:50,358
Cyrus, I asked for help
getting rid of Jake.

550
00:24:50,427 --> 00:24:52,927
This takes down Mellie.

551
00:24:52,996 --> 00:24:54,195
She'll be impeached.

552
00:24:54,264 --> 00:24:55,730
Yes.

553
00:24:55,799 --> 00:24:58,666
And guess who will be
president if that happens.

554
00:25:01,470 --> 00:25:03,537
You'd really do that to her?

555
00:25:03,605 --> 00:25:07,441
If there's gonna be a snake in the Oval,

556
00:25:07,509 --> 00:25:09,009
it might as well be me.

557
00:25:09,077 --> 00:25:10,110
Don't you think?

558
00:25:10,179 --> 00:25:11,578
Mellie is your friend.

559
00:25:11,647 --> 00:25:14,881
Mellie's an amateur.

560
00:25:14,950 --> 00:25:16,183
The poor woman.

561
00:25:16,251 --> 00:25:19,186
She didn't even know
I was setting her up

562
00:25:19,254 --> 00:25:21,755
when I suggested the fake CIA sting

563
00:25:21,824 --> 00:25:23,790
as a way out of the mess they were in.

564
00:25:26,428 --> 00:25:28,061
You don't need me for this.

565
00:25:28,130 --> 00:25:29,229
You're a big boy.

566
00:25:29,298 --> 00:25:30,864
You can ride this all by yourself.

567
00:25:30,933 --> 00:25:32,065
It's an easy leak to the press.

568
00:25:32,134 --> 00:25:33,166
Why are you here?

569
00:25:33,235 --> 00:25:34,434
Because you're Olivia Pope

570
00:25:34,503 --> 00:25:36,870
and you're better at this
than anyone else.

571
00:25:36,939 --> 00:25:39,139
You have the credibility.

572
00:25:39,208 --> 00:25:41,575
And you're the better story.

573
00:25:41,643 --> 00:25:45,412
Recently deposed Chief of Staff
calls a press conference.

574
00:25:45,481 --> 00:25:48,081
Instead of resigning,
she says she's being forced

575
00:25:48,150 --> 00:25:52,752
to step down as punishment
for uncovering a conspiracy.

576
00:25:52,821 --> 00:25:55,121
You hold up this memo,
wave it in front of the cameras.

577
00:25:55,190 --> 00:25:57,657
Committees are formed,
charges are filed.

578
00:25:57,726 --> 00:26:00,694
Next thing you know, I'm
being sworn in as president.

579
00:26:02,931 --> 00:26:04,931
I need you, Olivia.

580
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,266
Just like you need me.

581
00:26:06,335 --> 00:26:07,901
We're parasites.

582
00:26:07,970 --> 00:26:12,072
Sucking each other's blood
to stay alive.

583
00:26:17,346 --> 00:26:19,813
This is the answer, Olivia.

584
00:26:21,984 --> 00:26:25,418
It's the difference
between having all the power

585
00:26:25,487 --> 00:26:28,455
and no power at all.

586
00:26:28,524 --> 00:26:30,357
Which would you prefer?

587
00:26:45,974 --> 00:26:49,809
I, um...don't particularly
feel like cooking tonight.

588
00:26:49,878 --> 00:26:51,311
Let's order in.

589
00:26:56,518 --> 00:26:58,818
I am sorry, you know.

590
00:26:58,887 --> 00:27:01,221
I know how frustrated you must be.

591
00:27:05,427 --> 00:27:08,061
Jake Ballard's wife
was on TV giving an interview.

592
00:27:08,130 --> 00:27:10,497
She's telling the world
she was a secret CIA operative,

593
00:27:10,566 --> 00:27:12,832
gathering intel.

594
00:27:12,901 --> 00:27:14,868
Does that mean something to you?

595
00:27:16,338 --> 00:27:18,705
I think it means Liv's still fighting.

596
00:27:18,774 --> 00:27:21,408
I think this was a setback,
but it's only a matter of time

597
00:27:21,476 --> 00:27:22,576
before she tries something else.

598
00:27:22,644 --> 00:27:24,444
I also think it's only a matter of time

599
00:27:24,513 --> 00:27:26,246
until she reaches out to you for help.

600
00:27:26,315 --> 00:27:27,914
Which means, sooner or later,
you're going to have

601
00:27:27,983 --> 00:27:30,016
to choose between Liv and us.

602
00:27:30,085 --> 00:27:32,185
And there is no world
where you side with us.

603
00:27:32,254 --> 00:27:34,521
So. I'm making you a deal.

604
00:27:34,590 --> 00:27:35,822
I will call Charlie.

605
00:27:35,891 --> 00:27:37,123
The three of us will leave,

606
00:27:37,192 --> 00:27:39,726
run off to a cabin
in Pennsylvania or somewhere,

607
00:27:39,795 --> 00:27:41,895
and no one will ever see us again.

608
00:27:41,964 --> 00:27:43,630
If you promise to let us leave,

609
00:27:43,699 --> 00:27:45,031
let us live our lives,

610
00:27:45,100 --> 00:27:48,635
I promise I won't go after Olivia.

611
00:27:48,704 --> 00:27:52,739
I will give up the justice I deserve.

612
00:27:52,808 --> 00:27:55,241
If you spare us, then
I will spare your daughter.

613
00:27:57,646 --> 00:27:58,845
Deal?

614
00:28:07,255 --> 00:28:09,656
Okay, everyone. Let's give
President Grant some privacy.

615
00:28:09,725 --> 00:28:11,024
Thank you all.

616
00:28:11,093 --> 00:28:13,259
My radiologist will be in
shortly to start your mammogram.

617
00:28:13,328 --> 00:28:15,161
Thank you, Major General Owens.

618
00:28:29,544 --> 00:28:30,644
Madam President.

619
00:28:30,712 --> 00:28:32,078
I'm sorry, Ms. Pope. The president...

620
00:28:32,147 --> 00:28:33,213
It's okay, Chelsea.

621
00:28:40,489 --> 00:28:43,223
Have you made your decision?

622
00:28:43,291 --> 00:28:44,557
I have.

623
00:28:48,697 --> 00:28:50,063
I won't be stepping down.

624
00:28:55,070 --> 00:28:56,569
I'm sorry to hear that.

625
00:28:56,638 --> 00:28:58,304
I'm sorry, too.

626
00:28:58,373 --> 00:29:00,507
I've scheduled a press
conference for tomorrow morning.

627
00:29:00,575 --> 00:29:02,042
Instead of announcing my resignation,

628
00:29:02,110 --> 00:29:04,144
I'll be calling for yours.

629
00:29:04,212 --> 00:29:05,845
Is that so?

630
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:14,521
Mellie...

631
00:29:14,589 --> 00:29:16,523
I came here out of respect.

632
00:29:16,591 --> 00:29:19,993
To give you some advice
on the best way to resign.

633
00:29:20,062 --> 00:29:23,563
Be classy. Show grace.

634
00:29:23,632 --> 00:29:26,866
And most importantly,

635
00:29:26,935 --> 00:29:30,136
take responsibility for your actions.

636
00:29:30,205 --> 00:29:31,871
'Cause there are
women coming up the ranks,

637
00:29:31,940 --> 00:29:34,541
hoping for what you have accomplished.

638
00:29:34,609 --> 00:29:37,010
And because you were the first,

639
00:29:37,079 --> 00:29:40,480
any mistake you make
closes the door behind you.

640
00:29:40,549 --> 00:29:44,217
And I know how you would hate
for that to be your legacy.

641
00:29:50,525 --> 00:29:53,126
Good luck with your exam.

642
00:29:53,195 --> 00:29:56,596
Prevention is the key to survival.

643
00:30:05,785 --> 00:30:08,552
- Hey, where's Bobby Boy?
- Uh, gone.

644
00:30:08,621 --> 00:30:10,621
He's rolling the dice
with the legal defense.

645
00:30:10,689 --> 00:30:12,122
Okay. Well, what next?

646
00:30:12,191 --> 00:30:13,223
On to the next client?

647
00:30:13,292 --> 00:30:15,425
Should we start placing ads or...

648
00:30:15,494 --> 00:30:16,526
What?

649
00:30:16,595 --> 00:30:17,861
Uh, maybe.

650
00:30:17,930 --> 00:30:19,730
Or... maybe we don't.

651
00:30:19,798 --> 00:30:21,865
What do you mean, "maybe we don't"?

652
00:30:21,934 --> 00:30:23,433
You said the firm
was in danger of shutting down.

653
00:30:23,502 --> 00:30:25,902
I know. But maybe that's
the way it should be.

654
00:30:25,971 --> 00:30:27,204
Get out of town. You're joking, right?

655
00:30:27,273 --> 00:30:28,438
I'm not.

656
00:30:28,507 --> 00:30:30,474
Working this case without Quinn?
I don't know.

657
00:30:30,542 --> 00:30:33,010
- It...
- It felt wrong.

658
00:30:33,078 --> 00:30:35,512
Without Quinn, it... it feels wrong.

659
00:30:35,581 --> 00:30:38,649
So maybe it's time to have
the harder conversation.

660
00:30:38,717 --> 00:30:39,916
What?! No!

661
00:30:39,985 --> 00:30:42,252
Not... Look, I-I get it. I do.

662
00:30:42,321 --> 00:30:43,987
I mean, maybe this was
just a bad client.

663
00:30:44,056 --> 00:30:45,422
Robert was a big zero.

664
00:30:45,491 --> 00:30:46,556
The next will be better.

665
00:30:46,625 --> 00:30:47,824
Or it'll be worse.

666
00:30:47,893 --> 00:30:49,393
Come on with the attitude.

667
00:30:49,461 --> 00:30:50,761
It's not the same.

668
00:30:50,829 --> 00:30:52,896
It'll be the same.

669
00:30:52,965 --> 00:30:54,898
Eventually...

670
00:30:54,967 --> 00:30:56,233
it'll be exactly the same.

671
00:30:56,302 --> 00:30:57,501
What are you talking about?

672
00:31:09,915 --> 00:31:11,048
I'll be back.

673
00:31:11,116 --> 00:31:12,916
Just... Just wait.

674
00:31:20,559 --> 00:31:23,527
CHARLIE: Quinn!

675
00:31:23,595 --> 00:31:25,062
Quinn!

676
00:31:26,899 --> 00:31:28,465
What in God's name are you doing?

677
00:31:28,534 --> 00:31:29,566
Looking for Quinn.

678
00:31:29,635 --> 00:31:31,535
What do you mean, "looking for Quinn"?

679
00:31:31,603 --> 00:31:32,803
She left.

680
00:31:32,871 --> 00:31:34,338
An hour ago. With you.

681
00:32:16,215 --> 00:32:18,915
QUINN: I know, I know. She's the cutest.

682
00:32:18,984 --> 00:32:21,418
What?

683
00:32:21,487 --> 00:32:24,020
What is happening right now?
How are you here?

684
00:32:24,089 --> 00:32:26,189
I wanted you to see your goddaughter.

685
00:32:29,695 --> 00:32:31,128
Once.

686
00:32:34,299 --> 00:32:36,700
Quinn. Please.

687
00:32:36,769 --> 00:32:38,602
Obviously there's a lot I don't know.

688
00:32:38,670 --> 00:32:40,203
But there are things
you don't know, too.

689
00:32:40,272 --> 00:32:41,571
So, before...

690
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:43,974
No talking this time.

691
00:32:44,042 --> 00:32:46,209
No pleading, no speeches.
No big, emotional appeals.

692
00:32:46,278 --> 00:32:47,644
- You've already lost.
- Quinn.

693
00:32:47,713 --> 00:32:50,080
Died and came back. With a gun.

694
00:32:50,149 --> 00:32:51,314
You need to hear...

695
00:32:51,383 --> 00:32:53,150
Your confession.
I typed it all up for you.

696
00:32:53,218 --> 00:32:54,317
You're welcome. Look it over.

697
00:32:54,386 --> 00:32:55,519
Everything's there.

698
00:32:55,587 --> 00:32:58,488
Rashad, Yasmeen,
conspiracy, murder, treason.

699
00:32:58,557 --> 00:32:59,823
You're going to sign that,

700
00:32:59,892 --> 00:33:00,991
turn it into David Rosen, and then...

701
00:33:01,059 --> 00:33:03,260
Quinn, we can talk all this out later,
but right now you're in danger.

702
00:33:03,328 --> 00:33:04,828
... you'll spend the rest
of your life in prison,

703
00:33:04,897 --> 00:33:07,497
where you'll be safe in case I
lose my admirable self-control.

704
00:33:07,566 --> 00:33:09,366
Since you died, you don't
think there were days

705
00:33:09,435 --> 00:33:10,767
- that I wished I was dead, too?
- No speeches.

706
00:33:10,836 --> 00:33:12,736
I deserved it. I killed my best friend.

707
00:33:12,805 --> 00:33:14,104
No pleading!

708
00:33:14,173 --> 00:33:15,972
The thing is... Even
if I wanted to die, I can't.

709
00:33:16,041 --> 00:33:17,374
I'm Command. I'm too important.

710
00:33:17,443 --> 00:33:20,510
Right now, there are
B613-trained snipers

711
00:33:20,579 --> 00:33:21,645
across the street,

712
00:33:21,713 --> 00:33:23,180
and their scopes are trained on you.

713
00:33:23,248 --> 00:33:25,115
- You're bluffing.
- Any second now,

714
00:33:25,184 --> 00:33:27,584
they're going to get tired
of you pointing that gun at me,

715
00:33:27,653 --> 00:33:29,386
and they're going to take
their shots at you.

716
00:33:29,455 --> 00:33:30,954
- Rowan fell for your bluff. I won't.
- Unless you put that gun down.

717
00:33:31,023 --> 00:33:33,190
If you don't put the gun down,
you're going to die.

718
00:33:33,258 --> 00:33:35,425
- This time for real, Quinn.
- Would you shut up?!

719
00:33:35,494 --> 00:33:36,526
- Shut up, or I...
- Drop the gun!

720
00:33:47,573 --> 00:33:48,905
Okay. Liv!

721
00:33:55,647 --> 00:33:58,582
Get out! Now!

722
00:33:58,650 --> 00:33:59,816
Go! Now!

723
00:34:07,524 --> 00:34:09,791
Madam President. You wanted to see me.

724
00:34:09,859 --> 00:34:13,728
Olivia's arranged a press
conference for tomorrow morning.

725
00:34:13,797 --> 00:34:16,431
She knows.

726
00:34:16,497 --> 00:34:17,963
About Vanessa. What we did.

727
00:34:18,032 --> 00:34:19,531
And she has evidence.

728
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,166
A document, so...

729
00:34:23,771 --> 00:34:26,705
I'm going to admit to it.

730
00:34:26,774 --> 00:34:29,408
Take the fall
before things get any worse.

731
00:34:29,476 --> 00:34:31,877
I'm certain that whatever Olivia
has wouldn't hold up in court.

732
00:34:31,946 --> 00:34:33,579
- We can still fight this.
- No!

733
00:34:33,647 --> 00:34:35,414
It's over.

734
00:34:37,084 --> 00:34:39,084
I can leave your name out
of it, take this on myself.

735
00:34:39,153 --> 00:34:41,687
But once Cyrus is president?

736
00:34:41,755 --> 00:34:43,655
You're on your own.

737
00:34:51,432 --> 00:34:53,065
Olivia.

738
00:35:01,942 --> 00:35:03,842
ROWAN: Almost done. Almost done.

739
00:35:06,447 --> 00:35:07,880
Almost done.

740
00:35:09,383 --> 00:35:10,983
You lied about Quinn.

741
00:35:11,051 --> 00:35:13,652
Ha! So did you.

742
00:35:13,721 --> 00:35:16,555
You claimed you didn't care
what happened to Quinn.

743
00:35:16,624 --> 00:35:18,023
That you weren't, uh...

744
00:35:18,092 --> 00:35:19,391
What was the phrase?

745
00:35:19,460 --> 00:35:21,159
"BFFs forever"?

746
00:35:21,228 --> 00:35:22,995
I was bluffing.

747
00:35:23,063 --> 00:35:24,196
I know.

748
00:35:24,265 --> 00:35:27,199
Then why let me think she was dead?

749
00:35:28,569 --> 00:35:29,968
Would you have given me back my bones

750
00:35:30,037 --> 00:35:31,270
- if you knew the truth?
- No.

751
00:35:31,338 --> 00:35:32,437
Well, there's your answer.

752
00:35:34,208 --> 00:35:37,943
I just have to, uh, bandage this up.

753
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:48,487
She hates me, Dad.

754
00:36:13,948 --> 00:36:17,649
There is a... a debate
among paleontologists

755
00:36:17,718 --> 00:36:22,087
as to whether dinosaurs feel
love for their young or not.

756
00:36:22,156 --> 00:36:25,023
For many years, it seemed
that they... they did not.

757
00:36:25,092 --> 00:36:28,260
Then one day, a team in Montana

758
00:36:28,329 --> 00:36:30,729
discovered the remains of the Maiasaura

759
00:36:30,798 --> 00:36:36,101
crouching over fossils
of three juveniles

760
00:36:36,170 --> 00:36:40,138
and 14 nests of eggs,

761
00:36:40,207 --> 00:36:41,873
protecting them.

762
00:36:47,881 --> 00:36:49,614
It's something I've...

763
00:36:49,683 --> 00:36:53,085
been thinking about a lot lately.

764
00:37:11,839 --> 00:37:14,506
Be sure to clean it twice a day.

765
00:37:19,413 --> 00:37:21,313
Try not to get it wet.

766
00:37:31,959 --> 00:37:33,625
White House Chief of Staff Olivia Pope

767
00:37:33,694 --> 00:37:35,994
will be issuing a public
statement this morning.

768
00:37:36,063 --> 00:37:38,063
There has been no word
as to what she might say,

769
00:37:38,132 --> 00:37:40,432
but insiders speculate
she will be announcing

770
00:37:40,501 --> 00:37:42,167
her rumored resignation.

771
00:38:11,665 --> 00:38:14,232
When I was named as Chief of Staff

772
00:38:14,301 --> 00:38:18,437
to the first female president
of the United States,

773
00:38:18,505 --> 00:38:22,340
I was filled with immense pride
and gratitude.

774
00:38:22,409 --> 00:38:24,009
Unfortunately...

775
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,067
Unfortunately, my time
working for this administration

776
00:38:49,136 --> 00:38:50,535
has come to an end.

777
00:38:50,604 --> 00:38:55,674
Effective today, I am hereby
resigning as Chief of Staff

778
00:38:55,742 --> 00:38:57,676
to President Mellie Grant.

779
00:38:57,744 --> 00:39:02,347
This is not a decision
I came to lightly.

780
00:39:02,416 --> 00:39:04,116
Working in the White House

781
00:39:04,184 --> 00:39:07,052
came with its challenges, certainly,

782
00:39:07,121 --> 00:39:11,857
but it also came
with extraordinary rewards.

783
00:39:11,925 --> 00:39:14,192
Reform at the Justice Department.

784
00:39:14,261 --> 00:39:17,295
Free college. Nuclear
disarmament in the Middle East.

785
00:39:17,364 --> 00:39:20,198
These things seemed like crazy dreams

786
00:39:20,267 --> 00:39:22,100
when the administration began,

787
00:39:22,169 --> 00:39:25,604
and today, they are realities.

788
00:39:25,672 --> 00:39:29,608
As proud as I am of
all we accomplished together,

789
00:39:29,676 --> 00:39:33,211
it's now time for me
to move on to other pursuits.

790
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,347
To find some new crazy dreams.

791
00:39:35,415 --> 00:39:37,716
I guess we're not the only ones
who need new jobs.

792
00:39:48,562 --> 00:39:49,961
Abby.

793
00:39:50,030 --> 00:39:51,730
What?

794
00:39:54,234 --> 00:39:57,602
But I will always continue
to support President Grant

795
00:39:57,671 --> 00:39:59,404
in any capacity that I can.

796
00:39:59,473 --> 00:40:01,473
Because her dreams...

797
00:40:03,577 --> 00:40:08,046
...her dreams are bigger than all of us.

798
00:40:08,115 --> 00:40:11,716
They're the size of America.

799
00:40:11,785 --> 00:40:16,087
As diverse and vast
as this great nation.

800
00:40:16,156 --> 00:40:20,759
Her dreams take sacrifice...

801
00:40:20,827 --> 00:40:22,727
vision...

802
00:40:22,796 --> 00:40:26,131
courage.

803
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:27,866
And fortunately for the American people,

804
00:40:27,935 --> 00:40:29,401
she's not just a dreamer.

805
00:40:29,469 --> 00:40:30,802
She's a doer.

806
00:40:30,871 --> 00:40:33,338
A selfless public servant.

807
00:40:33,407 --> 00:40:36,741
An incomparable leader.

808
00:40:36,810 --> 00:40:39,744
She's the person
this country needs to unite us,

809
00:40:39,813 --> 00:40:43,815
to see us through
the tough times and the good.

810
00:40:49,423 --> 00:40:50,922
On a personal note,

811
00:40:50,991 --> 00:40:54,893
I want to say thank you to the president

812
00:40:54,962 --> 00:40:58,930
for the opportunity to serve,

813
00:40:58,999 --> 00:41:01,633
for her confidence in me,

814
00:41:01,702 --> 00:41:04,603
for her friendship.

815
00:41:04,671 --> 00:41:07,439
I hope I continue to be worthy of it.

816
00:41:07,507 --> 00:41:08,840
Thank you.

817
00:41:22,078 --> 00:41:27,078
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