Scandal tackled many topics the week, delving into an interesting case of the week, highlighting Mellie’s run for the Senate and providing major progress on the B613 front.
The first subject listed above focused on the issue of military rape, as Vice President Susan Ross learned of a female ensign who had been brutally assaulted.
Fitz said he’s not about to upend two centuries of doctrine by having the government intervene with military self-jurisdiction... so Susan turned to Olivia, who set out to prove that “decorated and celebrated” Admiral Hawley raped (impregnated) the woman.
Liv needed to prove just where the Admiral was, a task Fitz once again refused to help with when it came to “sensitive” date.
But Mellie changed his mind in bed, Liv eventually got Hawley to confess and Mellie benefited in her own way: she used this big win for women as campaign fodder, even firing off a few (mutually agreed-upon) jabs at her husband along the way.
Elsewhere, Huck and Quinn took a break from torturing Russell regarding Foxtail in order for Jake to give it a go, as you'll see when you watch Scandal online.
Jake urges Russell not to blame himself for being found out by Olivia because Rowan always wants to prove to his daughter that he is always in control; in this case by manipulating her personal life and those in it.
Later, the Case of the Week crossed over with the B613 situation when Judge Advocate Travis Cobb (the “goofball” who’d been scarcely helping Olivia with the rape case) turned out to be a cold-blooded B613 member who knocked out Huck and set Russell free.
As Quinn and company lamented how they now may never find out the identity of Foxtail, we hear a Secret Service agent refer to Mellie by that name. She then slips away to meet with a rich donor.
Yup, it’s Rowan.
As you might expect, this is leading to an explosive series of events on Scandal Season 4 Episode 22. Check out the official teaser here:
