1
00:00:01,790 --> 00:00:03,290
I have some information.

2
00:00:03,290 --> 00:00:04,620
I-I'm not sure
who to talk to, but...

3
00:00:04,620 --> 00:00:07,210
It was Cyrus Beene.
He killed Frankie Vargas.

4
00:00:08,540 --> 00:00:10,380
I've gone from being
his bitch to yours.

5
00:00:10,380 --> 00:00:13,120
Put the tie on.

6
00:00:13,120 --> 00:00:15,170
Fitz: Your Republican
presidential nominee,

7
00:00:15,170 --> 00:00:16,920
Senator Mellie Grant!

8
00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:20,380
And the Vice President,
Jake Ballard!

9
00:00:20,380 --> 00:00:23,290
Crowd: [ Chanting ] Mellie!

10
00:00:24,790 --> 00:00:27,380
It was like
a religious revival in there.

11
00:00:27,380 --> 00:00:31,120
Grant and Ballard,
whipping people into a frenzy.

12
00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,170
Not since Christ
stood among the lepers

13
00:00:33,170 --> 00:00:34,880
has there been such excitement.

14
00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:36,290
Look at you.

15
00:00:36,290 --> 00:00:41,120
Vice President
Jacob Hamilton Ballard.

16
00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,580
That is very hot.
I can't lie.

17
00:00:43,580 --> 00:00:45,540
[ Unenthused ] Yeah.

18
00:00:45,540 --> 00:00:47,170
This is amazing.

19
00:00:47,170 --> 00:00:48,460
Isn't this amazing?

20
00:00:48,460 --> 00:00:50,920
I feel like Jackie O
or something.

21
00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,290
I mean,
not that I'm Jackie, but...

22
00:00:54,290 --> 00:00:55,880
[ Sighing ]
God, this is amazing.

23
00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:56,960
Don't you think?

24
00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,880
[ Unenthused ] Yep.

25
00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:02,380
Okay, I don't know
if you're playing it cool,

26
00:01:02,380 --> 00:01:04,000
but now is not the time
to play it cool.

27
00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,170
This is history.

28
00:01:05,170 --> 00:01:07,120
You are making history.

29
00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:10,170
This is the beginning
of greatness.

30
00:01:10,170 --> 00:01:12,670
Jake!

31
00:01:12,670 --> 00:01:13,670
What?

32
00:01:13,670 --> 00:01:14,620
[ Scoffs ]

33
00:01:14,620 --> 00:01:15,670
Talk to me.

34
00:01:15,670 --> 00:01:17,540
Okay.

35
00:01:17,540 --> 00:01:19,710
Should I be more excited
about four months on the road,

36
00:01:19,710 --> 00:01:21,380
staying in janky hotels
in janky cities,

37
00:01:21,380 --> 00:01:23,330
or four months of being
on Olivia's leash,

38
00:01:23,330 --> 00:01:24,790
shilling lies
to the American people?

39
00:01:24,790 --> 00:01:26,750
All so I can spend eight more
years as a figurehead,

40
00:01:26,750 --> 00:01:31,500
a...Liv puppet,
taking more orders from Liv.

41
00:01:31,500 --> 00:01:33,620
But you love Liv.
She's your sister.

42
00:01:33,620 --> 00:01:35,000
You don't know her
like I know her!

43
00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,120
[ Sighs ]

44
00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:42,830
I'm sorry.
Mm.

45
00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:48,330
I wish you would
talk to me,

46
00:01:48,330 --> 00:01:49,710
tell me what this is all about
with you two.

47
00:01:49,710 --> 00:01:50,920
[ Sighs ]

48
00:01:54,380 --> 00:01:58,670
Well, I don't know why
we're even talking about Olivia,

49
00:01:58,670 --> 00:02:02,290
why you're even thinking
about her on a night like this.

50
00:02:02,290 --> 00:02:04,620
You don't understand.
Liv...runs this.

51
00:02:04,620 --> 00:02:06,170
Liv has the power.

52
00:02:06,170 --> 00:02:09,250
[ Chuckles ] No.

53
00:02:09,250 --> 00:02:12,000
Look at me.

54
00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,080
Look at me.

55
00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:16,960
Olivia was not
on that stage tonight.

56
00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,580
Olivia is not
on that TV right now.

57
00:02:19,580 --> 00:02:22,920
Olivia is not on the ballot
in all 50 states.

58
00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:25,500
America is not
electing Olivia Pope.

59
00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:29,420
They are electing
Mellie Grant and Jake Ballard.

60
00:02:29,420 --> 00:02:32,330
This is not
a life sentence.

61
00:02:32,330 --> 00:02:35,460
Think --
This is an opportunity.

62
00:02:35,460 --> 00:02:37,000
If she wanted
to keep you as a puppet,

63
00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,040
she's made a mistake.

64
00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,500
Once you get elected,
you will be

65
00:02:41,500 --> 00:02:44,920
the Vice President
of the United States of America.

66
00:02:44,920 --> 00:02:49,380
And Olivia Pope will be, what?
A footnote in your biography.

67
00:02:49,380 --> 00:02:52,460
A minor player
in our history book.

68
00:02:52,460 --> 00:02:56,120
She's handing you the keys
to this beautiful country,

69
00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:57,790
and she doesn't
even see it.

70
00:02:57,790 --> 00:03:00,670
You will be on the front line.
You will be the player.

71
00:03:00,670 --> 00:03:02,790
No one's gonna run you.

72
00:03:02,790 --> 00:03:06,330
Jake, 14 vice presidents
have gone on to be president.

73
00:03:08,210 --> 00:03:11,500
Once you have the Oval,
you have the power.

74
00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:15,080
And once you have
the power...

75
00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:19,540
they all bow down.

76
00:03:25,540 --> 00:03:26,670
[ Squeals ]

77
00:03:26,670 --> 00:03:29,040
♪♪

78
00:03:36,620 --> 00:03:39,330
He tweeted,
"Jake Ballard to the rescue.

79
00:03:39,330 --> 00:03:42,710
Looks like I'll be
#VotingForMellie after all."

80
00:03:42,710 --> 00:03:44,290
Don't stop, Lovers.

81
00:03:44,290 --> 00:03:46,210
Keep tweeting us your thoughts.

82
00:03:46,210 --> 00:03:49,830
Let us know which
V.P. hopeful you'd prefer --

83
00:03:49,830 --> 00:03:52,210
NSA boy-toy Jacob Ballard

84
00:03:52,210 --> 00:03:56,170
or former Grant toadie
Cyrus Beene.

85
00:03:56,170 --> 00:03:59,000
Ballard has the big shiny
security creds,

86
00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,750
but let's not rule out Beene.

87
00:04:00,750 --> 00:04:03,710
He is, after all...

88
00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:07,290
a murderer, dragged to prison
just days ago for orchestrating

89
00:04:07,290 --> 00:04:10,670
the demise of President-Elect
Francisco Vargas.

90
00:04:10,670 --> 00:04:13,080
Beene's arrest creates
a power vacuum

91
00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,290
into which Mellie Grant
appears all too eager to step.

92
00:04:16,290 --> 00:04:18,080
Will our nation's electors cast
their vote for her

93
00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,040
when they meet in December?

94
00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,250
Or will embittered Democrats
seek to block her path?

95
00:04:23,250 --> 00:04:26,040
Join me tonight when I ask
Jake and Vanessa Ballard

96
00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,000
these questions and more

97
00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,500
on "The Liberty Report."

98
00:04:30,500 --> 00:04:31,580
How was that?

99
00:04:31,580 --> 00:04:32,670
I think we do another.
Maybe this time --

100
00:04:32,670 --> 00:04:36,250
Perfect...or excellent.

101
00:04:36,250 --> 00:04:39,500
Either one would have been
the correct answer.

102
00:04:39,500 --> 00:04:41,380
Okay, so, you remember
the talking points I sent over?

103
00:04:41,380 --> 00:04:43,580
For every question Sally asks,
no matter what, you pivot.

104
00:04:43,580 --> 00:04:46,120
Make it about --
About me and Vanessa and
her Democrat dynasty pedigree.

105
00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,120
That makes her sound
like some breed of dog.

106
00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:51,080
[ Chuckles ]

107
00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:52,580
Vanessa's last name
is synonymous

108
00:04:52,580 --> 00:04:54,460
with the Democratic party
going back generations.

109
00:04:54,460 --> 00:04:56,000
If she's telling America
to unite and support

110
00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:57,750
the Republican ticket --
and her husband --

111
00:04:57,750 --> 00:05:00,330
that will send a signal to
the Democrats to get on board.

112
00:05:00,330 --> 00:05:03,250
Plus, you're glamorous,
attractive, in love --

113
00:05:03,250 --> 00:05:06,380
The perfect couple.
That's political money.

114
00:05:06,380 --> 00:05:07,710
That's a political lie.

115
00:05:10,670 --> 00:05:12,040
People like to see
you two together.

116
00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:13,880
It makes them happy.

117
00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,290
We're this close.

118
00:05:16,290 --> 00:05:17,380
If you say so.

119
00:05:17,380 --> 00:05:18,380
[ Footsteps approach ]

120
00:05:25,330 --> 00:05:26,960
Is Huck here with Vanessa yet?
I need to prep her.

121
00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:28,750
Not yet. Look, Liv,
what are we doing?

122
00:05:28,750 --> 00:05:30,580
About?
Cyrus.

123
00:05:30,580 --> 00:05:33,000
If someone paid Tom to lie --
and it looks like they did --

124
00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:33,920
Quinn, we already
discussed this.

125
00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:35,420
That money in
Tom Larsen's account

126
00:05:35,420 --> 00:05:36,170
could have come from anywhere,

127
00:05:36,170 --> 00:05:37,380
for any number of reasons.

128
00:05:37,380 --> 00:05:39,670
I'm just saying,
if someone is framing Cyrus --

129
00:05:39,670 --> 00:05:42,460
Cyrus is in jail for murder,
and he's not our client.

130
00:05:42,460 --> 00:05:44,080
Our client is Mellie.

131
00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:45,380
And right now,

132
00:05:45,380 --> 00:05:47,040
Mellie needs Jake and Vanessa
to do this interview

133
00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:48,620
So call Huck,
find out where Vanessa is,

134
00:05:48,620 --> 00:05:50,330
and don't ever
bring this up with me again.

135
00:05:55,500 --> 00:05:56,670
[ Camera shutter clicking ]

136
00:05:57,460 --> 00:05:59,500
Well, tell me again.

137
00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:01,790
Jake and Vanessa are going
to knock this out of the park.

138
00:06:01,790 --> 00:06:02,750
It's Sally.

139
00:06:02,750 --> 00:06:04,000
I've talked to Sally.

140
00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,460
Maybe I should be there.

141
00:06:05,460 --> 00:06:06,790
No, you need to be there --

142
00:06:06,790 --> 00:06:08,540
head down, working,
all business, presidential.

143
00:06:08,540 --> 00:06:10,380
This is politics.
Liv.

144
00:06:10,380 --> 00:06:11,790
You're above
politics now, okay?

145
00:06:11,790 --> 00:06:13,880
Okay.

146
00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:15,540
Tell me again.

147
00:06:15,540 --> 00:06:17,120
Jake and Vanessa are going
to knock this out of the park.
Liv!

148
00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:18,460
Hold on. What?

149
00:06:18,460 --> 00:06:19,460
Huck found Vanessa.

150
00:06:20,790 --> 00:06:21,830
Sally: The flu?

151
00:06:21,830 --> 00:06:22,960
It's bad, Sally.

152
00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:24,580
Vanessa can't even
get herself out of bed.

153
00:06:24,580 --> 00:06:26,040
Poor thing.
So sudden.

154
00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:27,920
You know how it is
with these kinds of things.

155
00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:31,170
I do not -- I receive
my flu shot every September.

156
00:06:31,170 --> 00:06:34,290
We're good to postpone, then?
Just a couple of days.

157
00:06:34,290 --> 00:06:38,540
Olivia, I truly hope this is not
another one of your stunts,

158
00:06:38,540 --> 00:06:40,170
that your cancelation
really is due to sickness

159
00:06:40,170 --> 00:06:42,000
and not because something
much more insidious

160
00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,380
is going down
in the Ballard household.

161
00:06:43,380 --> 00:06:45,920
Because if there is,
I will uncover it.

162
00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:49,580
Sally, trust me,
besides a nasty 24-hour bug,

163
00:06:49,580 --> 00:06:52,460
there is nothing else going on
in the Ballard household.

164
00:06:52,460 --> 00:06:53,710
[ Sighs ]

165
00:06:55,420 --> 00:06:57,330
Secret Service got here
before any cops could.

166
00:06:57,330 --> 00:06:58,920
They blocked off
both ends of the road.

167
00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:00,250
I haven't seen any press,

168
00:07:00,250 --> 00:07:02,040
but that's just
a matter of time.
Is she okay?

169
00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,000
Is she okay?
You tell me.

170
00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,540
Car ran like crap anyway!
[ Laughing ]

171
00:07:05,540 --> 00:07:07,000
Ma'am! Ma'am.

172
00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,000
You need to sit down.

173
00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,790
Olivia! [ Laughs ]

174
00:07:10,790 --> 00:07:13,080
You're here.
Oh, don't say it.

175
00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,580
I would have been able
to keep my hands on the wheel,

176
00:07:15,580 --> 00:07:17,790
but I was a little preoccupied.

177
00:07:17,790 --> 00:07:19,580
[ Camera shutter clicking ]

178
00:07:19,580 --> 00:07:20,830
Isn't that right, Kenny?

179
00:07:20,830 --> 00:07:22,830
It's Kevin.
Lady, you are nuts.

180
00:07:22,830 --> 00:07:24,420
Maybe.

181
00:07:24,420 --> 00:07:27,420
But I ain't sorry.
I ain't sorry, Olivia.

182
00:07:27,420 --> 00:07:29,250
[ Laughing ]

183
00:07:29,250 --> 00:07:31,040
[ Camera shutter clicking ]

184
00:07:38,830 --> 00:07:40,120
-Where is she?
-Down here.

185
00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:41,500
How the hell did
the Secret Service lose her?

186
00:07:41,500 --> 00:07:43,210
She ditched them by leaving
the bar through a back door.

187
00:07:43,210 --> 00:07:44,500
Unbelievable.

188
00:07:44,500 --> 00:07:45,960
Jake, she's just been
in an accident.

189
00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:47,250
She hasn't had a chance
to comprehend what she did.

190
00:07:47,250 --> 00:07:48,710
She's still drunk.

191
00:07:50,330 --> 00:07:51,880
What the hell
were you thinking?

192
00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:52,880
Ooh, look who it is.

193
00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:54,290
Got here as soon
as you felt like it?

194
00:07:54,290 --> 00:07:55,500
You got to be
kidding me.

195
00:07:55,500 --> 00:07:56,880
You have got to be
kidding me.

196
00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:58,420
Sir, I'm very sorry,
but we had --

197
00:07:58,420 --> 00:07:59,960
Get out of here,
all of you.

198
00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:01,670
Big man,
calling all the shots now.

199
00:08:01,670 --> 00:08:02,580
I really need you
to sit still.

200
00:08:02,580 --> 00:08:04,040
Who was this guy
she was with?

201
00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:07,420
Kevin Wiseman, 23, bartender
at the Book Hill Lounge.

202
00:08:07,420 --> 00:08:09,420
Makes a mean mojito.
Licks a mea--

203
00:08:09,420 --> 00:08:11,830
Vanessa, you might want
to stop talking now.

204
00:08:11,830 --> 00:08:13,920
All right, I'll find the guy,
make sure he doesn't --

205
00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:15,250
Way ahead of you, Chief.
Already took care of him.

206
00:08:15,250 --> 00:08:16,580
Paid him off.
He's no longer a problem.

207
00:08:16,580 --> 00:08:17,790
What about the cameras
down at the bar?

208
00:08:17,790 --> 00:08:19,380
Just about...

209
00:08:19,380 --> 00:08:20,580
Done. Wiped clean.

210
00:08:20,580 --> 00:08:21,830
Nobody's ever gonna know
Vanessa and her pal

211
00:08:21,830 --> 00:08:23,080
left the place together.

212
00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:25,000
Olivia: Jake,
her car has been incinerated.

213
00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,080
The police don't know a thing.
Everything's under control.

214
00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:29,170
Listen to her, baby.
You always do anyway.

215
00:08:29,170 --> 00:08:30,960
Why stop now?

216
00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:32,170
Let me ask you
something, Vanessa.

217
00:08:32,170 --> 00:08:33,540
Oh, here we go.
Jake...

218
00:08:33,540 --> 00:08:34,880
Did you wake up
this morning

219
00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:36,670
knowing you were
gonna try to ruin our lives?

220
00:08:36,670 --> 00:08:38,500
Like you give a damn
what I wake up thinking about.

221
00:08:38,500 --> 00:08:39,960
Okay.
You have no idea, do you?

222
00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:42,170
What you did today --
-It's not like I killed anyone!

223
00:08:42,170 --> 00:08:43,170
You're disgusting.

224
00:08:43,170 --> 00:08:44,880
-I'm disgusting?!
-I said okay.

225
00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:46,080
Nasty and spiteful
and exhausting,

226
00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:47,830
but most of all,
disgusting.

227
00:08:47,830 --> 00:08:48,830
Screw you!

228
00:08:48,830 --> 00:08:50,960
Okay! That's enough!
You, sit here!

229
00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:53,080
Be still and shut up!

230
00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:54,420
You, in the other room
right now.

231
00:08:54,420 --> 00:08:55,540
I don't think so.
I have a day job.

232
00:08:55,540 --> 00:08:57,830
I have actual,
meaningful work to do.

233
00:08:57,830 --> 00:08:59,540
She is your problem now.

234
00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:03,710
Admiral Ballard,
given your roots,

235
00:09:03,710 --> 00:09:06,170
I expected
a little more from you.

236
00:09:06,170 --> 00:09:07,790
[ Cheers and applause ]

237
00:09:07,790 --> 00:09:11,250
[ Jake and Vanessa chuckling ]

238
00:09:11,250 --> 00:09:12,210
Jake: I don't know
why we do that.

239
00:09:12,210 --> 00:09:14,000
[ Vanessa chuckles ]

240
00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,580
See you.

241
00:09:17,670 --> 00:09:18,580
[ Door opens ]

242
00:09:20,540 --> 00:09:21,830
[ Door closes ]

243
00:09:26,710 --> 00:09:27,960
Okay, tell me, boss.

244
00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:29,540
What did I do to screw up
the campaign today,

245
00:09:29,540 --> 00:09:31,210
and what do I need to do
to be better tomorrow?

246
00:09:31,210 --> 00:09:33,710
You didn't. I didn't say
you screwed up anything.

247
00:09:33,710 --> 00:09:35,500
You were actually
really good today

248
00:09:35,500 --> 00:09:37,580
with the meet-and-greets,
very likable.

249
00:09:37,580 --> 00:09:38,580
I was impressed.

250
00:09:38,580 --> 00:09:39,750
Well, you say,
"Dance, monkey,"

251
00:09:39,750 --> 00:09:41,080
the monkey dances.

252
00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,170
So, what's up
for tomorrow, boss?

253
00:09:43,170 --> 00:09:45,330
Jake, can we...

254
00:09:47,540 --> 00:09:49,920
Can you just stop?
Stop what?

255
00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,620
This smiling pod-person thing
you've been doing.

256
00:09:52,620 --> 00:09:53,710
I don't know
what you're talking about.

257
00:09:53,710 --> 00:09:54,670
I'm just
doing my job, boss.

258
00:09:54,670 --> 00:09:56,170
Stop calling me "boss."

259
00:09:56,170 --> 00:09:57,540
Yes, ma'am.

260
00:10:00,290 --> 00:10:01,460
[ Sighs ]

261
00:10:08,620 --> 00:10:09,830
Okay, let's get this
over with,

262
00:10:09,830 --> 00:10:13,420
because I am late for
getting away from you.

263
00:10:13,420 --> 00:10:14,620
What do you want
from me?

264
00:10:14,620 --> 00:10:16,920
What do I want
from you?

265
00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:18,960
I want you to stop acting

266
00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,250
like me turning you
into a world leader

267
00:10:21,250 --> 00:10:22,540
makes me a villain.

268
00:10:22,540 --> 00:10:23,920
Olivia, I'm fine.
I'm on board.

269
00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,710
I'm not acting
like you're a villain.

270
00:10:26,710 --> 00:10:28,880
I'm just not
paying attention to you.

271
00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:30,710
You don't matter
to me anymore.

272
00:10:30,710 --> 00:10:32,460
It's you.

273
00:10:32,460 --> 00:10:34,920
You feel like a villain.

274
00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,250
You joined the family business,
went Team Pope,

275
00:10:37,250 --> 00:10:39,960
became Daddy's Little Girl
all the way,

276
00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:45,580
and now it seems cold and dark
in all your gooey places.

277
00:10:45,580 --> 00:10:47,000
Too bad for you.

278
00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,000
You want to win
your precious White House?

279
00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,500
That's the price...

280
00:10:50,500 --> 00:10:51,670
boss.

281
00:10:51,670 --> 00:10:52,920
[ Sighs ]

282
00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,120
I have to win, Jake.

283
00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:00,210
And we're done here.

284
00:11:00,210 --> 00:11:01,880
No, I don't want to win.

285
00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:03,120
I have to win.

286
00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,500
There has to be a reason.
There has to be a point.

287
00:11:05,500 --> 00:11:08,790
There has to be
some higher purpose.

288
00:11:08,790 --> 00:11:12,830
This is my shot, Jake,
to run a clean election,

289
00:11:12,830 --> 00:11:15,790
to do this right,
to make a president honestly.

290
00:11:15,790 --> 00:11:19,620
This is my chance
at redemption for Defiance.

291
00:11:19,620 --> 00:11:21,330
So I have to win.

292
00:11:21,330 --> 00:11:22,710
There has to be a reason,

293
00:11:22,710 --> 00:11:25,040
or else why
did I do this to you?

294
00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:26,920
Why did I do this
to myself?

295
00:11:29,460 --> 00:11:32,080
[ Softly ] I have to win.

296
00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:33,500
Okay?

297
00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:37,540
Okay.

298
00:11:42,790 --> 00:11:44,540
Vanessa: So, Olivia's back
on your good side?

299
00:11:44,540 --> 00:11:45,580
You're family again?

300
00:11:45,580 --> 00:11:46,790
Can we do this later?

301
00:11:46,790 --> 00:11:48,670
No, it's just,
you hated her,

302
00:11:48,670 --> 00:11:51,710
but now you are
on the phone with her every day.

303
00:11:51,710 --> 00:11:53,500
And when we're
on the trail,

304
00:11:53,500 --> 00:11:56,170
you two are like peas in a pod
with your inside jokes.

305
00:11:56,170 --> 00:11:58,250
So I just wanted
to know what changed.

306
00:11:58,250 --> 00:11:59,830
For God's --
Nothing's changed, Vanessa.

307
00:11:59,830 --> 00:12:01,580
She's in charge
of the damn campaign.

308
00:12:01,580 --> 00:12:03,500
You said, "Get along
until after the election."

309
00:12:03,500 --> 00:12:04,920
I'm getting along.
This is not
getting along.

310
00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:06,120
This...

311
00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:09,540
Are you sleeping
with her?

312
00:12:09,540 --> 00:12:11,210
What? Are you serious?

313
00:12:11,210 --> 00:12:13,080
Are you taking yourself
seriously right now?

314
00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:14,000
Listen to how you sound.

315
00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,330
[ Sighs ] Okay.

316
00:12:15,330 --> 00:12:17,210
But you can understand
why I would think --

317
00:12:17,210 --> 00:12:20,120
No! No, I can't!

318
00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,210
You don't talk to me,
but you talk to her.

319
00:12:22,210 --> 00:12:24,000
You tell her...
everything.

320
00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:25,880
It's like she knows you.
She knows everything about you.

321
00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:27,620
We're family.
Yeah, exactly.

322
00:12:27,620 --> 00:12:31,120
But I'm your wife, Jake.
I am your family now.

323
00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:32,710
We are a team.
I want to know you.

324
00:12:32,710 --> 00:12:34,670
I want to know
everything about you.

325
00:12:34,670 --> 00:12:37,460
Nessa, baby, that's sweet,
and I really appreciate it,

326
00:12:37,460 --> 00:12:38,580
but I have a ton of
policy briefs

327
00:12:38,580 --> 00:12:40,000
to get through tonight,
so --

328
00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,170
What were you good at
in school? Hmm?

329
00:12:42,170 --> 00:12:43,830
Did you like
growing up in Ohio?

330
00:12:43,830 --> 00:12:45,170
It's late.
What kind of a name
is Ballard, anyway?

331
00:12:45,170 --> 00:12:46,330
How did you meet Eli?

332
00:12:46,330 --> 00:12:48,250
What was the Navy like?
Boring.

333
00:12:48,250 --> 00:12:50,210
Will you just stop --
Did you ever have
to shoot down any enemy planes?

334
00:12:50,210 --> 00:12:51,830
You ever have
to kill anyone?

335
00:12:51,830 --> 00:12:53,080
Could you at least
tell me that?

336
00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:54,380
I don't want
to talk to you!

337
00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,210
Look, just -- Here.

338
00:13:09,790 --> 00:13:11,580
[ Sighs ]

339
00:13:13,790 --> 00:13:17,040
I-I just don't understand
how you can tell

340
00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:18,830
everything to Olivia
but nothing to me.

341
00:13:18,830 --> 00:13:20,120
Oh...

342
00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:21,290
I mean, what is it exactly
with you

343
00:13:21,290 --> 00:13:23,080
and this sister
that you never had?

344
00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,880
[ Sternly ] Go to bed.
I want to know.

345
00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:27,750
I want to know what it is
between the two of you,

346
00:13:27,750 --> 00:13:29,670
because if you are
sleeping with her

347
00:13:29,670 --> 00:13:30,790
after calling me crazy --

348
00:13:30,790 --> 00:13:32,620
We're not doing this!
We're not doing this!

349
00:13:32,620 --> 00:13:35,210
The woman is
a famous mistress!

350
00:13:35,210 --> 00:13:36,750
So we are doing this.

351
00:13:36,750 --> 00:13:38,120
I'm not --

352
00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:41,080
I'm not gonna move
until you talk to me.

353
00:13:44,750 --> 00:13:45,790
Fine.

354
00:13:45,790 --> 00:13:47,120
You stay.

355
00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:48,420
I'll go.

356
00:13:48,420 --> 00:13:49,670
I'll see you tomorrow.

357
00:13:54,330 --> 00:13:56,290
[ Sighs ]

358
00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:12,000
[ Camera shutter clicking ]

359
00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,080
I thought
you could use this.

360
00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,500
I don't drink coffee.

361
00:14:15,500 --> 00:14:16,920
[ Chuckles ]

362
00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,460
Just leave it.

363
00:14:19,460 --> 00:14:20,670
[ Scoffs ]

364
00:14:24,580 --> 00:14:26,790
That accident could've been
a lot worse.

365
00:14:26,790 --> 00:14:29,040
You could've killed someone
or yourself.

366
00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:30,120
If that tree
hadn't been there,

367
00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:31,420
who knows where
you would've ended up.

368
00:14:31,420 --> 00:14:32,920
What can I say?
I'm a lucky girl.

369
00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,000
Do you...

370
00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,920
If you need the help,

371
00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:39,290
there are places we can
send you, nice places.

372
00:14:39,290 --> 00:14:41,750
Places no one else
will ever have to know about.

373
00:14:41,750 --> 00:14:43,830
[ Chuckling ] I bet you
would like that, wouldn't you?

374
00:14:43,830 --> 00:14:46,380
Me going away.

375
00:14:46,380 --> 00:14:49,580
Then you and Jake could
finally stop sneaking around.

376
00:14:49,580 --> 00:14:51,710
Huh? If I was gone.
How convenient.

377
00:14:51,710 --> 00:14:53,380
Vanessa, I don't know
what you think

378
00:14:53,380 --> 00:14:55,210
is going on
with your husband --
Oh, come on.
I want to hear it.

379
00:14:56,540 --> 00:15:00,080
The great big speech
you must've given hundreds,

380
00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:03,040
thousands of times to all
the other wives and girlfriends

381
00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:04,420
of the men
you've snatched away.

382
00:15:04,420 --> 00:15:05,790
Oh, come on.

383
00:15:05,790 --> 00:15:08,000
I want to hear
how you justify all the vile,

384
00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:09,580
vulgar things that you do.

385
00:15:11,460 --> 00:15:12,670
You don't know
what you're talking about.

386
00:15:12,670 --> 00:15:15,380
I bet it's good.
Worth its weight in gold.

387
00:15:15,380 --> 00:15:17,250
But I'm not sure how tight
it can actually still be,

388
00:15:17,250 --> 00:15:19,670
what with all the miles
you must've put on
that thing by now.

389
00:15:19,670 --> 00:15:21,920
I'm gonna keep telling myself
that you're still drunk.

390
00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:23,500
And I'm gonna keep telling
myself that my husband's whore

391
00:15:23,500 --> 00:15:25,500
is not seriously
in my face right now!

392
00:15:25,500 --> 00:15:26,750
Aah!

393
00:15:26,750 --> 00:15:27,710
Keep talking.

394
00:15:27,710 --> 00:15:28,920
Keep talking!

395
00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:30,250
[ Gasps ]

396
00:15:30,250 --> 00:15:32,210
Give me one more reason
to lay you out!

397
00:15:32,210 --> 00:15:33,750
Right here, Vanessa!

398
00:15:33,750 --> 00:15:37,460
Because I am not about to let
some miserable, petty mess

399
00:15:37,460 --> 00:15:39,000
who can't seem
to handle her liquor --

400
00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:40,290
You are not going
to come for me.

401
00:15:40,290 --> 00:15:42,920
I am not here for it!
Not today!

402
00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:43,960
Huck: Liv?

403
00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,500
Everything okay?

404
00:15:46,500 --> 00:15:48,170
I don't know. Is it?

405
00:15:54,790 --> 00:15:56,880
[ Voice breaking ]
I want him back.

406
00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,460
I'm sorry. This is not me.
This is not who I am.

407
00:15:59,460 --> 00:16:02,750
I just want
my husband back.

408
00:16:02,750 --> 00:16:04,920
We were good.

409
00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,120
Jake and I, it was good.

410
00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:10,290
We were working. We had plans.
He was becoming his own man.

411
00:16:10,290 --> 00:16:12,380
And then, he just quit --

412
00:16:12,380 --> 00:16:15,380
on me, on us --
because of you, Olivia.

413
00:16:15,380 --> 00:16:17,580
Everything was always
because of you.

414
00:16:17,580 --> 00:16:18,830
Vanessa.

415
00:16:18,830 --> 00:16:20,040
You're not the only one.

416
00:16:21,790 --> 00:16:22,880
You know?

417
00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,250
He's seeing someone else,
the scumbag.

418
00:16:25,250 --> 00:16:27,250
He's cheating
on the both of us.

419
00:16:27,250 --> 00:16:29,880
Jake is not cheating on you,
Vanessa, with anyone.

420
00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:31,710
Oh, please.

421
00:16:31,710 --> 00:16:35,790
I was on the trail with him,
day and night.

422
00:16:35,790 --> 00:16:37,750
He has Secret Service
watching his every move.

423
00:16:37,750 --> 00:16:39,380
I know he is not
cheating on you.

424
00:16:39,380 --> 00:16:42,540
And I know that some slut was
texting him on election night --

425
00:16:42,540 --> 00:16:44,040
consolation
for his big loss.

426
00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:46,120
He's been staying out all hours
of the night with her

427
00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:48,210
ever since.

428
00:16:48,210 --> 00:16:49,670
I wanted to think
it was you,

429
00:16:49,670 --> 00:16:51,420
but the two of you were
in the same room that night.

430
00:16:51,420 --> 00:16:54,420
I was watching you.
You weren't texting him.

431
00:16:54,420 --> 00:16:58,620
No, he ran off
to meet someone else.

432
00:16:58,620 --> 00:17:00,830
Vargas had just been shot.
Maybe he had to run off to work.

433
00:17:00,830 --> 00:17:02,790
This wasn't work.

434
00:17:02,790 --> 00:17:05,330
And Jake got that text
before Vargas was shot anyway.

435
00:17:05,330 --> 00:17:07,750
Jake left
right after we lost.

436
00:17:07,750 --> 00:17:10,830
Mellie: This is it!
Turn up the TV -- loud!

437
00:17:10,830 --> 00:17:13,790
Woman: Wow. Um...amazing.

438
00:17:13,790 --> 00:17:15,710
Well, that's it, folks.

439
00:17:15,710 --> 00:17:18,880
After one of the greatest
setbacks in political history,

440
00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,040
Frankie Vargas,
the comeback king,

441
00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,120
has done the unthinkable

442
00:17:23,120 --> 00:17:25,080
and become the 45th President

443
00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:27,000
of the United States
of America.

444
00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,790
Well, looks like family
let you down tonight.

445
00:17:28,790 --> 00:17:30,580
[ Cellphone buzzes ]
Little sister
couldn't deliver.

446
00:17:32,170 --> 00:17:33,170
Now we're
back to square one.

447
00:17:36,330 --> 00:17:37,710
Where are you going?

448
00:17:37,710 --> 00:17:38,750
Jake.

449
00:17:40,460 --> 00:17:42,880
Liquor cabinet's
back that way.

450
00:17:43,710 --> 00:17:47,500
Okay.
Obviously, there has been

451
00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:49,420
voter tampering in San Benito.

452
00:17:49,420 --> 00:17:51,250
Right after we lost.

453
00:17:51,250 --> 00:17:52,830
You were drinking.
You can't --

454
00:17:52,830 --> 00:17:54,670
I remember because
it was when the redhead

455
00:17:54,670 --> 00:17:56,290
took my champagne away.

456
00:17:56,290 --> 00:17:58,880
Vanessa, where's Jake?

457
00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:00,170
Hmm?

458
00:18:00,170 --> 00:18:01,790
Your husband, Jake.
Where is he?

459
00:18:01,790 --> 00:18:03,330
He left.

460
00:18:03,330 --> 00:18:06,290
He left? He can't leave.
We haven't even conceded yet.

461
00:18:06,290 --> 00:18:07,790
Where'd he go?

462
00:18:07,790 --> 00:18:09,000
No idea.

463
00:18:11,540 --> 00:18:15,580
After we lost,
before Vargas was shot.

464
00:18:15,580 --> 00:18:17,460
And Jake was long gone,
I remember.

465
00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:22,960
He can't leave.
Where'd he go?

466
00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:24,380
No idea.

467
00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:31,170
What are you doing here?

468
00:18:31,170 --> 00:18:32,420
Hello, son.

469
00:18:32,420 --> 00:18:34,710
I've been paying attention
to you, without me.

470
00:18:34,710 --> 00:18:37,120
Watching you have your freedom.
Well..."freedom."

471
00:18:37,120 --> 00:18:38,670
In the hands of my daughter,
you're not really free,

472
00:18:38,670 --> 00:18:41,290
tethered to that lovely leash
she likes to hold.

473
00:18:41,290 --> 00:18:43,460
Still, that leash
might have been worth it

474
00:18:43,460 --> 00:18:44,960
had tonight
ended differently,

475
00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,670
had you become
Vice President Jake Ballard,

476
00:18:47,670 --> 00:18:50,620
had you ascended
to the right hand of power.

477
00:18:50,620 --> 00:18:53,500
But she failed.

478
00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:55,540
You failed.

479
00:18:55,540 --> 00:18:57,330
You failed.

480
00:18:57,330 --> 00:18:58,830
You should've killed me
when you had the chance,

481
00:18:58,830 --> 00:19:00,580
because whatever this is,

482
00:19:00,580 --> 00:19:03,500
whatever you're
trying to do here,

483
00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:06,670
I will come after you.

484
00:19:06,670 --> 00:19:07,880
No, you won't, son.

485
00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,120
You won't.

486
00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:16,790
Why did you
come here tonight?

487
00:19:16,790 --> 00:19:18,830
I came here for you.

488
00:19:18,830 --> 00:19:21,420
The world is about
to turn upside down.

489
00:19:21,420 --> 00:19:24,880
When it's righted again,
you will be Vice President,

490
00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:26,710
provided
you play your part.

491
00:19:26,710 --> 00:19:28,330
What is that?

492
00:19:28,330 --> 00:19:29,670
It's time for you
to take what's yours, son.

493
00:19:29,670 --> 00:19:31,460
It's time to come home.

494
00:19:54,830 --> 00:19:56,540
Is she okay?

495
00:19:56,540 --> 00:19:58,540
Should be, for now.

496
00:19:58,540 --> 00:20:00,120
The interview?

497
00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:02,580
Rescheduled.

498
00:20:02,580 --> 00:20:04,170
Jake, I wish you had told me

499
00:20:04,170 --> 00:20:06,210
that you and Vanessa
were having problems.

500
00:20:06,210 --> 00:20:07,710
Would that have made
a difference?

501
00:20:07,710 --> 00:20:09,420
Absolutely.
Mm-hmm.

502
00:20:09,420 --> 00:20:10,790
If there's ever
something going on,

503
00:20:10,790 --> 00:20:12,460
something that could end up
biting us in the ass,

504
00:20:12,460 --> 00:20:14,830
it's better for me
to know about it ahead of time.

505
00:20:16,620 --> 00:20:18,040
Okay.

506
00:20:21,250 --> 00:20:22,420
Is there? [ Chuckles ]

507
00:20:22,420 --> 00:20:25,710
What?

508
00:20:25,710 --> 00:20:27,790
Something else going on?

509
00:20:27,790 --> 00:20:30,120
Anything you've been up to
recently I should know about?

510
00:20:32,210 --> 00:20:35,540
Nothing I can think of.

511
00:20:35,540 --> 00:20:37,380
What about with you?

512
00:20:37,380 --> 00:20:39,920
Anything you've been up to
that I need to know about?

513
00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:42,040
Since we're
sharing secrets and all.

514
00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,790
I'm not the one running
for Vice President, Jake.

515
00:20:44,790 --> 00:20:46,880
Of course not.
That would be beneath you.

516
00:20:48,380 --> 00:20:50,420
[ Both chuckle ]

517
00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:53,120
You have
a good evening, Liv.

518
00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:54,460
You, too.

519
00:21:08,290 --> 00:21:09,830
[ Camera shutter clicking ]

520
00:21:18,330 --> 00:21:19,920
What are you working on?

521
00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:21,380
I thought
you went to bed.

522
00:21:21,380 --> 00:21:23,380
Can't sleep.
Mm.

523
00:21:25,210 --> 00:21:27,540
Vanessa...

524
00:21:27,540 --> 00:21:30,460
Shh.

525
00:21:30,460 --> 00:21:33,670
All you do is work.

526
00:21:33,670 --> 00:21:35,420
Little break won't hurt.

527
00:21:35,420 --> 00:21:37,620
Hmm?

528
00:21:37,620 --> 00:21:39,120
You need to get some sleep.

529
00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:40,960
I will see you...
tomorrow, okay?

530
00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:42,960
Are you ever gonna stop
punishing me?

531
00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:44,620
I messed up
the other day, okay?

532
00:21:44,620 --> 00:21:46,500
I'm sorry.

533
00:21:46,500 --> 00:21:48,290
And, yes, you're right
about the drinking.

534
00:21:48,290 --> 00:21:50,540
I need to stop, but I don't
have a problem, Jake.

535
00:21:50,540 --> 00:21:51,960
It's just...

536
00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,080
Well, we went through
that horrible election,

537
00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,380
my dad died, and you were
leaving all the time.

538
00:21:56,380 --> 00:21:57,750
I was alone --

539
00:21:57,750 --> 00:21:59,830
This again? I can't.
The needling --

540
00:21:59,830 --> 00:22:01,670
Are you really gonna blame
all of our problems on me?

541
00:22:01,670 --> 00:22:03,170
I am, actually.

542
00:22:03,170 --> 00:22:04,290
Because you're
the only one who cares.

543
00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:08,290
When did you
start hating me?

544
00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:15,250
Did I do something
to make you treat me like this,

545
00:22:15,250 --> 00:22:19,250
like I'm some piece of trash
in the middle of the road?

546
00:22:19,250 --> 00:22:20,920
[ Voice breaking ]
Am I really that horrible,

547
00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:23,880
or is it just that she is
that much better?

548
00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:25,750
Yeah, that's
got to be it, right?

549
00:22:25,750 --> 00:22:27,920
Tell me what she does
that I don't do.

550
00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,210
Tell me, and I'll do it.
I want to do it.
Vanessa...

551
00:22:30,210 --> 00:22:31,880
I drove the car into the tree.

552
00:22:34,290 --> 00:22:36,750
It wasn't an accident.
I did it on purpose.

553
00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,040
I just wanted
to feel something.

554
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:42,080
Stop. Calm down.

555
00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:44,000
[ Sobbing ]
What do I need to do?

556
00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:45,580
You don't need to do anything.
You don't --

557
00:22:45,580 --> 00:22:47,460
Hey, come here.
Come here.

558
00:22:47,460 --> 00:22:49,960
Come here.

559
00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:51,620
This is not your fault.

560
00:22:51,620 --> 00:22:53,670
Tell me. Tell me...
what you need.

561
00:22:56,330 --> 00:22:57,460
Come on.

562
00:22:57,460 --> 00:22:59,210
I need you.
You have me.

563
00:22:59,210 --> 00:23:02,080
[ Sighing ] No.

564
00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:03,290
I need to know you.

565
00:23:03,290 --> 00:23:04,380
You know me.

566
00:23:04,380 --> 00:23:07,000
I don't know you
at all.

567
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,790
You want answers
to your questions,

568
00:23:09,790 --> 00:23:12,000
about...growing up,
Eli, the Navy.

569
00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,210
Yeah.

570
00:23:15,210 --> 00:23:18,500
I want answers.

571
00:23:18,500 --> 00:23:20,380
I deserve answers,
don't I?

572
00:23:20,380 --> 00:23:22,670
Mm-hmm.

573
00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,080
[ Chuckles ]

574
00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:33,750
[ Sighs ]

575
00:23:33,750 --> 00:23:35,250
Start talking, mister.

576
00:23:35,250 --> 00:23:36,210
Hm.

577
00:23:39,540 --> 00:23:40,290
Jake?

578
00:23:44,210 --> 00:23:44,960
Jake...

579
00:23:54,170 --> 00:23:56,290
I can't tell you the answers
to those questions.

580
00:23:56,290 --> 00:23:59,040
What? Why not?

581
00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:01,080
I can't tell you answers
to those questions.

582
00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,000
There are things about my past,
things I've done,

583
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:08,000
things...that would scare you,
things that would prevent you

584
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,620
from ever looking at me
the same way again.

585
00:24:10,620 --> 00:24:13,750
I have done...
things, Vanessa.

586
00:24:13,750 --> 00:24:15,830
If you have to drink yourself
to sleep at night

587
00:24:15,830 --> 00:24:17,880
because you don't think
you know me,

588
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,880
I can't imagine what you'd do
to yourself if you really did.

589
00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:26,330
What are you saying?

590
00:24:26,330 --> 00:24:29,290
I don't talk about my past
because I can't.

591
00:24:29,290 --> 00:24:30,540
And if you can
be okay with that,

592
00:24:30,540 --> 00:24:33,080
if you can find a way
to be okay with that,

593
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,540
then you and I...

594
00:24:36,540 --> 00:24:38,540
we can be unstoppable.

595
00:24:38,540 --> 00:24:40,420
We can be a team.
We...

596
00:24:40,420 --> 00:24:41,960
can do this.

597
00:24:47,170 --> 00:24:49,750
Everything you told me
is a lie.
No --

598
00:24:49,750 --> 00:24:51,170
I don't know you...

599
00:24:51,170 --> 00:24:53,620
at all.
And I'll never kn--

600
00:24:53,620 --> 00:24:54,750
What is this?

601
00:24:54,750 --> 00:24:56,500
I can't --
I can't do this!

602
00:24:59,710 --> 00:25:01,750
[ Door slams ]

603
00:25:01,750 --> 00:25:03,250
[ Camera shutter clicking ]

604
00:25:03,830 --> 00:25:05,670
We know Jake left
the hotel suite

605
00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:09,000
right after BNC called
the election at 11:00 p.m.

606
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,580
Your husband, Jake.
Where is he?

607
00:25:11,580 --> 00:25:13,250
He left.

608
00:25:13,250 --> 00:25:15,460
White House logs have him
in the Situation Room at 1:30.

609
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:18,500
Fitz: Nice of the
National Security Director

610
00:25:18,500 --> 00:25:19,830
to show up on a matter
of national security.

611
00:25:19,830 --> 00:25:22,080
I was being briefed
by my guys.

612
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,000
He logged in to the NSA
at 2:00 a.m.

613
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,460
[ Camera shutter clicking ]

614
00:25:25,460 --> 00:25:28,290
His next confirmed location
is the White House again.

615
00:25:28,290 --> 00:25:31,460
He went back there for a
security briefing at 10:00 a.m.

616
00:25:31,460 --> 00:25:34,420
How does the Director of
the National Security Agency

617
00:25:34,420 --> 00:25:35,620
disappear for almost
nine hours

618
00:25:35,620 --> 00:25:36,790
in the middle
of one of the biggest

619
00:25:36,790 --> 00:25:38,620
national-security crises
in history?

620
00:25:38,620 --> 00:25:40,330
I ran QR-25
on all available

621
00:25:40,330 --> 00:25:42,210
traffic, metro,
and ATM cams in D.C.

622
00:25:42,210 --> 00:25:43,080
No hits.

623
00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:44,420
Maybe he was at the NSA.

624
00:25:44,420 --> 00:25:46,170
I mean, we didn't
go home that night.

625
00:25:46,170 --> 00:25:47,790
Looks like
the White House briefing

626
00:25:47,790 --> 00:25:49,330
was an emergency meeting.

627
00:25:49,330 --> 00:25:51,080
His office tried calling him
several times to let him know,

628
00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:52,380
and they didn't know
where he was, either.

629
00:25:52,380 --> 00:25:53,830
Great, let's just use
cell towers

630
00:25:53,830 --> 00:25:55,880
to triangulate his location
or whatever.

631
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:57,620
Good luck. First rule
of acting shady, Robin --

632
00:25:57,620 --> 00:25:58,960
You turn
your cellphone off.

633
00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,420
Sure, that makes sense if
you're not the head of the NSA

634
00:26:01,420 --> 00:26:04,000
and if the President-Elect
hasn't just been shot.

635
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,620
Jake didn't have
that luxury. Huck?

636
00:26:05,620 --> 00:26:07,620
Way ahead of you.

637
00:26:07,620 --> 00:26:09,750
His personal cellphone
did register with a tower

638
00:26:09,750 --> 00:26:12,120
that morning
in Springfield, Virginia.

639
00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:13,750
No way there are
enough towers out there

640
00:26:13,750 --> 00:26:15,080
to create an accurate
triangulation.

641
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:16,750
No, but -- Gotcha!

642
00:26:16,750 --> 00:26:20,830
Here he is at 9:17 a.m.
on the Springfield Interchange,

643
00:26:20,830 --> 00:26:22,250
heading back toward D.C.

644
00:26:22,250 --> 00:26:23,920
Where is he coming from?

645
00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:25,920
I think I know.

646
00:26:29,830 --> 00:26:32,460
Quinn: Marriage is
a crazy idea.

647
00:26:32,460 --> 00:26:33,880
I don't know why
anyone does it.

648
00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:35,420
Marriage is bad for you.

649
00:26:38,380 --> 00:26:39,460
[ Thud in distance ]

650
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,080
[ Screams ]

651
00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:48,420
Let's not do that.

652
00:26:59,750 --> 00:27:02,250
Quinn: 60% of married adults
have had an affair.

653
00:27:02,250 --> 00:27:04,960
60%!
Huck: Quinn.

654
00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,250
Now, there have been studies
suggesting a healthy marriage
can boost your immune system,

655
00:27:07,250 --> 00:27:08,790
fend off disease --
that's a good thing.

656
00:27:08,790 --> 00:27:10,080
Like, the same could be said
of eating blueberries,

657
00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:11,500
and unlike men...

658
00:27:21,170 --> 00:27:22,540
[ Beeping ]

659
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:51,880
Quinn: Liv --

660
00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,080
What do we know?

661
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:54,920
We can take a minute
if you want to, catch our --

662
00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,330
What do we know?
The big picture, the pieces.

663
00:27:59,580 --> 00:28:02,250
[ Sighs ] Uh...we know
Frankie was shot and killed

664
00:28:02,250 --> 00:28:03,750
on election night.

665
00:28:03,750 --> 00:28:05,330
Woman: Frankie Vargas
has been shot.

666
00:28:05,330 --> 00:28:08,880
The President-Elect
has been shot.

667
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,710
We know Tom confessed
to shooting Frankie for Cyrus.

668
00:28:11,710 --> 00:28:13,080
Charlie: We know Tom
didn't shoot Frankie

669
00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,210
and that someone paid Tom to
falsely confess and blame Cyrus.

670
00:28:15,210 --> 00:28:16,460
We know Cyrus
is innocent.

671
00:28:16,460 --> 00:28:18,210
We know that Jake was
in the cabin the morning
that Jennifer was killed.

672
00:28:18,210 --> 00:28:19,670
Did I just go out of turn there?
Was that Huck's turn?

673
00:28:19,670 --> 00:28:20,670
Vanessa says
Jake's been out

674
00:28:20,670 --> 00:28:21,830
every night
since election night.

675
00:28:21,830 --> 00:28:23,120
If we can figure out
where he was going,

676
00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:24,790
maybe we can start to try
to put the pieces together.

677
00:28:24,790 --> 00:28:26,420
The day Jenny was killed,

678
00:28:26,420 --> 00:28:28,750
I picked up the signal of a
satellite phone near her cabin.

679
00:28:28,750 --> 00:28:30,960
She's around here
somewhere.

680
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:32,420
She actually bought
a satellite phone,

681
00:28:32,420 --> 00:28:33,920
and she's using it.

682
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:35,580
We're close enough
that I'm picking up a signal.

683
00:28:35,580 --> 00:28:37,710
-Could've been Jenny's.
-Could've been Jake's.

684
00:28:37,710 --> 00:28:39,540
Track it. From now on,
Jake doesn't take a step

685
00:28:39,540 --> 00:28:40,540
without me
knowing about it.

686
00:28:54,830 --> 00:28:56,120
Where are we?

687
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:57,380
Huck: Traced that
satellite phone.

688
00:28:57,380 --> 00:28:59,460
-It's Jake's, for sure.
-How do you know?

689
00:28:59,460 --> 00:29:01,420
Over the past week, the signal
can be traced to his house,

690
00:29:01,420 --> 00:29:05,460
to the NSA, and to this motel
off Route 5, room 215.

691
00:29:05,460 --> 00:29:07,750
He's been there 11 times
since the night of the election.

692
00:29:07,750 --> 00:29:11,120
Probably running his operation
out of there.

693
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:12,580
During Jake's interview
with Sally,

694
00:29:12,580 --> 00:29:14,120
get into that motel room,
see what's there.

695
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:15,880
Oh, so the interview's a go?
Vanessa's on board?

696
00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,120
No. Not yet.

697
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,040
But she will be.

698
00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:24,620
I thought
you two should talk.

699
00:29:27,170 --> 00:29:28,710
I appreciate
you coming over.

700
00:29:28,710 --> 00:29:30,790
As I already told Olivia,
I'm out.

701
00:29:30,790 --> 00:29:33,210
No interview, no nothing.
I want this to be over.

702
00:29:33,210 --> 00:29:34,830
You want what
to be over?

703
00:29:34,830 --> 00:29:36,420
The campaign.

704
00:29:36,420 --> 00:29:37,580
I can't do it anymore,
not with him.

705
00:29:37,580 --> 00:29:38,830
He's draining me.

706
00:29:38,830 --> 00:29:40,620
This is draining me.

707
00:29:40,620 --> 00:29:42,290
You have done this
your entire life.

708
00:29:42,290 --> 00:29:43,790
You are
a Washington woman --

709
00:29:43,790 --> 00:29:45,420
smiling when it's
the last thing you want to do,

710
00:29:45,420 --> 00:29:47,460
standing beside a man
that you know

711
00:29:47,460 --> 00:29:49,420
you were smarter than,
propping him up.

712
00:29:49,420 --> 00:29:51,000
I know -- I've been
in your shoes.

713
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:52,330
Jake is not my father.

714
00:29:52,330 --> 00:29:54,000
He's not some
junior Congressman

715
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,080
I dated because I was
supposed to.

716
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:56,920
Jake is my husband.

717
00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,040
He's the man that I want to
spend the rest of my life with.

718
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:00,380
So, you want Jake?

719
00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:04,250
I want to be happy.

720
00:30:04,250 --> 00:30:05,830
Be happy.

721
00:30:05,830 --> 00:30:07,880
[ Chuckles ]

722
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:08,960
Okay.

723
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:10,170
Right.

724
00:30:10,170 --> 00:30:12,750
You can't just be happy.

725
00:30:12,750 --> 00:30:14,420
It's not something
you can bottle and drink.

726
00:30:14,420 --> 00:30:15,210
No.

727
00:30:15,210 --> 00:30:16,540
Be practical.

728
00:30:16,540 --> 00:30:19,290
Do you want a divorce?
Will that make you happy?

729
00:30:19,290 --> 00:30:20,330
We just got married.

730
00:30:20,330 --> 00:30:21,790
You want to be
First Lady?

731
00:30:21,790 --> 00:30:23,250
Maybe.

732
00:30:23,250 --> 00:30:25,620
Do you want to live
on a sugar plantation in Hawaii?

733
00:30:25,620 --> 00:30:26,790
I'm not sure,
but I don't want to --

734
00:30:26,790 --> 00:30:29,000
Honey, you are asleep
at the damn wheel.

735
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,330
You are suffering
through a marriage with a man

736
00:30:31,330 --> 00:30:33,620
that you do not know
and cannot stand

737
00:30:33,620 --> 00:30:36,330
with no idea what you want
on the back end.

738
00:30:36,330 --> 00:30:37,830
Wake up!

739
00:30:37,830 --> 00:30:40,080
You have a job to do,

740
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,540
and happiness does not exist
until that job gets done.

741
00:30:42,540 --> 00:30:43,750
You want to know
what that is?

742
00:30:43,750 --> 00:30:46,750
Your job? It's America.

743
00:30:46,750 --> 00:30:49,580
You are married to a man
who is serving his country.

744
00:30:49,580 --> 00:30:51,290
In this house, you may want
to take a golf club

745
00:30:51,290 --> 00:30:52,710
to his head
while he sleeps,

746
00:30:52,710 --> 00:30:55,540
but out there, Jake Ballard
is a public servant,

747
00:30:55,540 --> 00:30:57,620
sacrificing himself
so regular folks

748
00:30:57,620 --> 00:31:01,120
can think they're safe,
pretend they're happy.

749
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:03,540
You may not like
those cards,

750
00:31:03,540 --> 00:31:05,880
but they are the ones
you're holding.

751
00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:07,790
So play them.

752
00:31:07,790 --> 00:31:09,620
And while you are
making your sacrifice

753
00:31:09,620 --> 00:31:12,460
for this great nation --
being the wife he needs --

754
00:31:12,460 --> 00:31:15,080
you figure out
what it is you want.

755
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,120
And do it quickly,
Vanessa.

756
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,920
Then wake up
every day knowing

757
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:25,250
that at least you're sacrificing
for something you want.

758
00:31:26,750 --> 00:31:28,420
Are you happy?

759
00:31:28,420 --> 00:31:32,120
I'm about to be the President
of the United States.

760
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:34,040
Did you hear
what I just said?

761
00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:35,620
I'm not married to anyone.

762
00:31:35,620 --> 00:31:38,330
I no longer prop up people
who are inferior to me.

763
00:31:38,330 --> 00:31:39,790
I smile
when I want to smile.

764
00:31:39,790 --> 00:31:41,580
I am free.

765
00:31:41,580 --> 00:31:44,500
So my advice to you
is to suck it up.

766
00:31:44,500 --> 00:31:47,710
Suck it up
and run the world.

767
00:31:47,710 --> 00:31:50,120
[ Chuckling ]

768
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,540
[ Camera shutter clicking ]

769
00:31:52,540 --> 00:31:55,670
If I didn't believe
that Mellie Grant and my husband

770
00:31:55,670 --> 00:31:59,460
embodied the values
of my father, of the Moss name,

771
00:31:59,460 --> 00:32:01,500
then I would be
sitting this election out.

772
00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:05,210
But this man, no matter the
letter that precedes his name,

773
00:32:05,210 --> 00:32:08,120
is loyal, committed, honest,

774
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:12,040
and determined to do
what is best for America.

775
00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:17,790
Quinn: Hey, Liv, wants pictures
of everything --

776
00:32:17,790 --> 00:32:19,500
maps, schematics, weapons.

777
00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:21,750
Whatever Jake has got in there,
Liv wants it recorded.

778
00:32:21,750 --> 00:32:23,540
I had a secret lair once.

779
00:32:23,540 --> 00:32:25,290
Sounds cool in theory,
but can be pretty lonely.

780
00:32:25,290 --> 00:32:26,750
Though I did have
a fantastic lamp in it.

781
00:32:26,750 --> 00:32:29,040
Come on, Charlie,
the interview's already started.

782
00:32:30,420 --> 00:32:32,420
Jake: This situation
is unprecedented.

783
00:32:32,420 --> 00:32:34,710
The country did vote
for Francisco Vargas,

784
00:32:34,710 --> 00:32:36,880
but they will come to understand
that Mellie Grant is

785
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,540
as committed
as Governor Vargas was.

786
00:32:39,540 --> 00:32:41,040
Sally: I'm not sure
the Grand Old Party line

787
00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:42,880
will serve as an elixir
to those feverish

788
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,330
at the idea of electing
a Democrat in November

789
00:32:45,330 --> 00:32:49,380
only to see a Republican
enter the Oval in January.

790
00:32:49,380 --> 00:32:51,460
Well, you know
my family well, Sally --

791
00:32:51,460 --> 00:32:53,790
liberal as the day
is long, Democrats --

792
00:32:53,790 --> 00:32:55,960
Massachusetts Democrats.
[ Cellphone vibrating ]

793
00:32:58,500 --> 00:32:59,880
Tell me you found something.

794
00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:02,170
There's nothing in here.
It's completely empty.

795
00:33:02,170 --> 00:33:03,960
-What?
-The room was cleaned out.

796
00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,420
It's like he knew
we were coming.

797
00:33:06,420 --> 00:33:08,330
I'll call you back.
[ Chuckles ]

798
00:33:08,330 --> 00:33:09,540
No luck at the motel?

799
00:33:15,170 --> 00:33:16,080
What are you hiding?

800
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:17,170
I should be
asking you that.

801
00:33:17,170 --> 00:33:18,210
[ Scoffs ]

802
00:33:18,210 --> 00:33:19,750
That move,
trying to track me?

803
00:33:19,750 --> 00:33:24,120
It was so silly, amateurish.
It reeked of desperation.

804
00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:27,580
I couldn't figure out why,
and then I found it.

805
00:33:27,580 --> 00:33:28,580
Found what?

806
00:33:32,460 --> 00:33:34,620
So much for making
a president honestly.

807
00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:48,540
Olivia:
5-7-2-6-7-4-4-1-8-7.

808
00:33:48,540 --> 00:33:50,120
That number sound
familiar to you?

809
00:33:51,330 --> 00:33:52,750
It should.

810
00:33:52,750 --> 00:33:55,580
It's a trust in Switzerland
you set up in my name,

811
00:33:55,580 --> 00:33:57,750
and for some reason,
there's a wire transfer from it

812
00:33:57,750 --> 00:34:01,960
that makes it look like I paid
Tom Larsen to frame Cyrus.

813
00:34:08,620 --> 00:34:11,170
I trusted you.

814
00:34:11,170 --> 00:34:14,830
Let you convince me
that Cyrus Beene killed Frankie.

815
00:34:14,830 --> 00:34:16,960
All so what?

816
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:21,330
So you could frame me
for setting him up?

817
00:34:21,330 --> 00:34:23,420
What's the angle, Dad?
Stop talking.

818
00:34:23,420 --> 00:34:25,250
Is making Mellie president
the end game

819
00:34:25,250 --> 00:34:27,330
or a step towards
something bigger?
Olivia --

820
00:34:27,330 --> 00:34:28,920
I'd say you were trying
to help me,

821
00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:30,290
but putting the money
in my name --

822
00:34:30,290 --> 00:34:31,790
Stop talking!

823
00:34:34,670 --> 00:34:35,790
Mellie's going
to be president.

824
00:34:35,790 --> 00:34:37,210
It's what you wanted,
and now you have it.

825
00:34:37,210 --> 00:34:39,960
So stop asking questions
you do not want the answers to.

826
00:34:49,380 --> 00:34:50,290
Dad...

827
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:00,750
It's time
for you to leave.

828
00:35:00,750 --> 00:35:02,620
Now!

829
00:35:02,620 --> 00:35:05,710
♪♪

830
00:35:28,750 --> 00:35:30,380
What?

831
00:35:30,380 --> 00:35:32,290
Do you have any idea
how rarely I get to go out?

832
00:35:32,290 --> 00:35:34,120
Why is there a payment
to Tom Larsen

833
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:35,040
linked to
my daughter's account?

834
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:37,210
Oh, that?
Mm.

835
00:35:37,210 --> 00:35:38,960
It's just a little
insurance policy.

836
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:40,670
Wouldn't want
your daughter's conscience

837
00:35:40,670 --> 00:35:42,120
getting the best of her.

838
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,250
She was close to Cyrus Beene
at one time

839
00:35:44,250 --> 00:35:46,580
and has some
self-destructive tendencies

840
00:35:46,580 --> 00:35:51,120
when it comes to notions
of justice and whatnot, so...

841
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:52,960
This is just a way
to keep her in check.

842
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:54,330
Do not trifle with me.

843
00:35:54,330 --> 00:35:56,120
If you think for one moment
I'm gonna stand by

844
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:57,710
and allow you
to threaten her...

845
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:02,500
Olivia Pope
has served her purpose.

846
00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:04,250
She delivered Mellie Grant.

847
00:36:04,250 --> 00:36:08,040
As far as we see it,
she's expendable.

848
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,040
Some might argue
she's a liability

849
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:11,380
and should be
dealt with in kind.

850
00:36:11,380 --> 00:36:15,290
Regardless, every breath
she takes from here on out

851
00:36:15,290 --> 00:36:17,880
is a gift from on high.

852
00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,460
You would do well
to remember that.

853
00:36:20,460 --> 00:36:23,080
To show
some gratitude for that.

854
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:25,540
If not, I would
take it as my duty

855
00:36:25,540 --> 00:36:29,420
to report that Olivia Pope could
be a problem going forward,

856
00:36:29,420 --> 00:36:32,750
that her father could
be a problem going forward.

857
00:36:32,750 --> 00:36:34,500
That's not what I --
Good!

858
00:36:37,710 --> 00:36:39,670
Because I would
miss our meetings.

859
00:36:41,420 --> 00:36:45,290
Every breath, Eli.

860
00:36:45,290 --> 00:36:47,330
Every breath.

861
00:36:55,830 --> 00:36:57,420
[ Camera shutter clicking ]

862
00:37:04,250 --> 00:37:05,000
[ Car alarm chirps ]

863
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:05,830
Jake.

864
00:37:05,830 --> 00:37:08,210
Sorry. Did I scare you?

865
00:37:08,210 --> 00:37:12,120
No. I was gonna
call you, actually.

866
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:13,750
That money, you were right
to think that,

867
00:37:13,750 --> 00:37:14,830
but I didn't pay Tom --

868
00:37:14,830 --> 00:37:15,670
Shh!

869
00:37:17,540 --> 00:37:18,330
Come on.

870
00:37:24,710 --> 00:37:26,080
Where are we going?

871
00:37:29,540 --> 00:37:32,250
Where are we going?

872
00:37:51,670 --> 00:37:52,920
I didn't pay Tom Larsen.

873
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:53,880
It was my --
Wait.

874
00:37:55,540 --> 00:37:57,000
Wait for what?

875
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,460
Your phone,
give it to me.

876
00:37:59,460 --> 00:38:00,330
Come on.

877
00:38:04,790 --> 00:38:06,830
[ Window opens ]

878
00:38:06,830 --> 00:38:08,120
Jake!

879
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:09,380
[ Cellphone thuds,
window closes ]

880
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:36,420
Where are we going?

881
00:38:42,460 --> 00:38:43,830
What is wrong with you?!

882
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,210
I didn't pay Tom
to kill Frankie Vargas.

883
00:38:52,210 --> 00:38:54,750
My father did and made it
look like it came from me,

884
00:38:54,750 --> 00:38:56,210
and I don't know
why he did it.

885
00:38:56,210 --> 00:38:58,080
All I know is Cyrus
will get the death penalty

886
00:38:58,080 --> 00:38:59,750
while I take the Oval,
and I don't want that.

887
00:38:59,750 --> 00:39:01,500
That's no--

888
00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:03,580
That's not who I am.

889
00:39:03,580 --> 00:39:05,420
But if I try to help Cyrus,
I go down.

890
00:39:05,420 --> 00:39:07,210
I get framed
for setting him up.

891
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:28,210
[ Sighs ]

892
00:39:28,210 --> 00:39:30,420
Where are we?

893
00:39:30,420 --> 00:39:32,960
I have a confession.

894
00:39:35,210 --> 00:39:36,330
What?

895
00:39:38,620 --> 00:39:39,670
Come with me.

896
00:39:41,290 --> 00:39:42,960
Tell me here.

897
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:44,500
[ Chuckles ]

898
00:39:44,500 --> 00:39:48,620
First rule of self-defense --
never get in the car.

899
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:52,880
You lost control
of this situation

900
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,120
in the garage --
soon as you got in.

901
00:39:55,120 --> 00:40:00,460
Now you have no choice,
no phone, and no recourse.

902
00:40:07,670 --> 00:40:09,040
What else do you need
to confess?

903
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,830
Other than killing
Jennifer Fields.

904
00:40:11,830 --> 00:40:13,750
Frankie Vargas?
Did you kill him, too?

905
00:40:13,750 --> 00:40:15,080
You've only got part
of the picture.

906
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:16,710
Enlighten me.

907
00:40:16,710 --> 00:40:19,120
You're involved.
You blew up the cabin.

908
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:21,920
You killed Jennifer Fields.
Tell me what you know.

909
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:23,710
Jennifer had to die,
so I killed her.

910
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:26,250
Why?

911
00:40:26,250 --> 00:40:27,620
Because your father
asked me to.

912
00:40:27,620 --> 00:40:28,670
So...

913
00:40:31,750 --> 00:40:33,170
...you're back with him?

914
00:40:33,170 --> 00:40:34,790
You're under
his control again?

915
00:40:34,790 --> 00:40:36,120
Is that who you were
meeting at the motel?

916
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:37,830
Come on.

917
00:40:37,830 --> 00:40:41,210
He ordered you to kill Jennifer
and destroy evidence

918
00:40:41,210 --> 00:40:42,790
that could've pointed
to Cyrus' innocence,

919
00:40:42,790 --> 00:40:44,040
and you --
-Jennifer had to die.

920
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:45,580
Why?

921
00:40:45,580 --> 00:40:47,880
Tell me.
What am I missing?

922
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:49,790
I tried with Vanessa,
I did.

923
00:40:49,790 --> 00:40:51,040
Tried to love her,

924
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,210
be a good person,
my own person.

925
00:40:53,210 --> 00:40:57,080
She was good to me.
She offered me another path.

926
00:40:57,080 --> 00:41:01,080
But I couldn't deny who I am,
what I'm trained to do --

927
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:03,540
to obey,
to accept every mission,

928
00:41:03,540 --> 00:41:05,620
to kill -- that's me.

929
00:41:05,620 --> 00:41:08,170
It's who I am.
She taught me that.

930
00:41:08,170 --> 00:41:11,250
So, on election night,

931
00:41:11,250 --> 00:41:13,380
he gave me the mission
to kill Jennifer.

932
00:41:13,380 --> 00:41:15,000
It was the first time I felt
like myself again,

933
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,460
like I knew who I was,
so I went there...

934
00:41:18,460 --> 00:41:19,620
to the cabin.

935
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:26,710
Jake.

936
00:41:26,710 --> 00:41:28,420
Please, this isn't...

937
00:41:29,790 --> 00:41:31,080
What are we doing here?
[ Chuckles ]

938
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:36,620
No.

939
00:41:36,620 --> 00:41:37,960
There's no way in hell --

940
00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:41,040
[ Screams ]

941
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:42,750
Jake, please...
[ Lock clicks ]

942
00:41:42,750 --> 00:41:43,880
...let me go.

943
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:46,750
Confession first.

944
00:41:46,750 --> 00:41:50,210
I obeyed your father's order
to the letter.

945
00:41:50,210 --> 00:41:52,500
Jennifer had to die.

946
00:41:52,500 --> 00:41:53,580
That was the mission.

947
00:41:53,580 --> 00:41:55,580
She had to...disappear.

948
00:41:55,580 --> 00:41:58,250
She no longer exists.

949
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:01,460
[ Door opens ]

950
00:42:01,460 --> 00:42:03,040
On paper, at least.

951
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:05,290
You asked who I was
meeting with at the motel.

952
00:42:05,290 --> 00:42:06,540
I'll tell you.

953
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,460
Jennifer Fields,
Olivia Pope.

954
00:42:11,460 --> 00:42:13,880
Olivia Pope,
Jennifer Fields.

955
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:15,500
Hi.

956
00:42:20,750 --> 00:42:21,750
[ Camera shutter clicking ]

957
00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:38,880
♪♪