[ Curtis Mayfield's "Move On Up" plays ] I can confirm that, yes, as of early this morning,
United States forces have successfully dismantled
all the remaining drones.
[ Reporters clamoring ] Carol.
Carol: What about the people responsible?
Unfortunately, I'm unable to tell you
anything more at this time.
The important thing to remember here, folks,
is that the threat is now gone.
Are there any more questions?
[ All speaking indistinctly ]
With all this behind him,
what will President Grant be focusing on
in his final days of office?
The President will continue to be
both passionate and eager, Carol,
with a long list of interests he still hopes to tackle.
♪ Toward your destination ♪ [ Both breathing heavily ]
♪ Though you may find from time to time ♪ [ Laughs ]
♪ Complication ♪ Marcus: The transition of power
will be both successful and easy,
not just for the President-Elect,
but for the country as well.
Today, Americans should be feeling excited
about what lies ahead,
invigorated by the promises of tomorrow.
Well... [Exhales deeply]
...what do you think?
I think you should have told me
what a maid of honor has to do.
Well, is it too much? Not enough?
♪ Bite your lip ♪ No.
You look beautiful.
♪ And take a trip ♪
Now, I don't have too many more chances
to stand up here in front of all you lovely people,
and, well, avoid your questions.
[ Laughter ] ♪ Just move on up ♪
But, I, for one, am more optimistic
about this country's future now more than ever.
We may just have another week-and-a-half left here,
but we are not done.
We're not even close to being done.
♪ So hush now, child ♪ Nine more days left of this.
Nine more days.
♪ And don't you cry ♪
[ Laughs ]
Trust me, people, when we're finished...
♪ Your folks might understand you ♪ ...you'll know.
♪ By and by ♪ [ Both exhale sharply ]
[ Laughs ]
♪ Move on up ♪
[ Door opens ]
Rowan: Mr. Rosen, of all the people I expected to see me off,
you were not on the list.
You're leaving? I am.
Retiring.
My work here is finally done.
[ Chuckles ] At long last.
She is headed off
to the American Museum of Natural History,
and I am heading off to white sand beaches,
crystal-blue water.
I trust you are not here
to try to keep that from happening.
No. No, no, no. Good.
Because the assassination of Frankie Vargas
is a closed case, is it not?
It is, yes. Absolutely.
No, I'm not here in any official capacity.
Ah. I'm here...
Well, I'm here to ask about Samantha,
the mean one with the ponytail.
She and I, we were -- Yes. I know.
I've been trying to figure out what her real name is.
She gave me another one during the interrogation --
Grace Dennis -- but it was another dead end.
She ever say anything to you,
leave anything behind
that might help me identify her?
A credit-card receipt? Mnh-mnh.
She had a toothbrush in my bathroom, red.
I threw it away.
Now I wish I had kept it.
I could run her DNA through the system,
identify her that way.
Or perhaps, Mr. Rosen,
it's time to move on?
If you knew how it felt to be used,
someone pretends to love you
and then uses you to try to torpedo democracy...
But you're leaving on a trip,
and I'm taking up your time.
Safe travels.
Wait.
I, um...
I may have something that could help.
♪♪
These all pardon petitions? Fitz: Uh-huh.
I need to choose which convicted prisoners
to pardon by the end of the week.
You know you have dozens of people
to sort through these for you.
I'm being thorough --
hands on. [ Giggles ]
You're being irresponsible,
because you're scared.
Scared? Of what?
Of Abby.
Of trusting Abby. [ Papers fall on table ]
I want this done right. Hmm.
You need to talk to her, Fitz.
Have the difficult conversation.
Either you let her back in or you let her go.
Don't you have another President to challenge and annoy?
I do.
Mm.
[ Door closes ]
♪♪
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
Abby: Today's schedule --
You've got Marcus at 11:00.
He'll prep you for the BNC interview,
tell you what kind of questions you're likely to be asked.
Then at 2:00 we've got Ackerman coming over for pardons.
His aide gave me a heads up last night
about which petitions he'll be pushing.
I could stay --
tell you which ones I'd recommend.
It's being taken care of.
Why don't you take the rest of the day and work from home?
Everything's good here.
Work from home? Sir, let's not do this.
Do what? "Work from home."
When have I ever worked from home?
When have I ever done anything
but serve you and serve this office?
You really want me to answer that?
I asked you to be a friend.
I told you about all the horrible things I did
because I needed a friend and you agreed,
and now you're holding it against me.
You asked Liv to forgive me.
She did.
Why can't you?
[ Exhales ]
Fine.
I'll go and work from home.
[ Door opens, closes ]
Since we can't decide on a single place for our honeymoon,
let's just work our way through the Caribbean ABCs --
Aruba, Barbados, Cuba --
We won't have time to go to all those places.
I can't be away from the office that long.
What office? The election is over.
Mellie's about to be sworn in,
and we haven't had a case in forever.
Trust me, Robin,
Olivia's already got one foot out the door.
Liv's leaving? [ Scoffs ]
Of course not.
There's no OPA without O.P.
Exactly my point --
Once she gets in that White House,
sayonara, muchachos.
No way Liv shuts us down.
This is her legacy, right, Huck?
I don't know. Maybe.
Guys, the writing is all over the walls.
This happened all the time at B613.
Remember Belize? That was a sweet outpost.
We had a great run for, like, six, seven months, right?
Zip-lining, cave tubing,
political assassinations -- [ Door closes ]
It was -- It was a party.
Next thing you know, it's last call,
the lights get turned on,
and we knew we only had time for one more drink
before we get home.
What are these?
Petitions for a presidential pardon. Mine make the cut?
The White House wants to execute a high-profile pardon,
something clean with little blowback.
Dig in, find something.
We need a slam-dunk case
that will reflect well on the President.
So much for your sayonara.
See? Liv's not going anywhere.
[ Door bell chimes ]
What is wrong with you?
You look...
What's wrong with you? Can I come in?
Why? Thanks.
David -- Sorry.
I-I need to put this in the freezer or the fridge,
but there was no room in my freezer or my fridge,
and I thought Abby has a massive freezer and fridge,
which is bizarre because she never has any food anywhere.
Why is that?
Why do you have such a big fridge if you don't use it?
You eat. I've seen you eat, so -- David, stop.
What's going on? I-I-I need to put the box, uh, somewhere cold.
What's in the box? I-I don't want to say.
You better say. I don't want to say.
You better say. You know how they say
"Be careful what you wish for"? David.
Be careful what you wish for. Give me that.
No, Abby, Abby -- Abby! David, stop it!
Shut up and sit down.
Sit!
What is this?
[ Sighs ] David, is this some kind of joke, or...?
♪♪
David...
Is this a human head?
Yes.
♪♪
[ Screams ]
[ Sighs ] Where did you get that?
It was a gift. A gift?
From Rowan.
Olivia's father, the skilled super-spy assassin
gave you a head as a gift. Yeah.
Was it your birthday, because -- Abby.
Start talking, with words,
informative words that tell me things. Okay.
So, I wanted to know who she is --
Samantha.
Ponytail bitch, got it.
So, you went to see Rowan? So I went to Rowan.
I thought he might know something,
have something that might help me I.D. her,
track her down, find out her real name.
And the something he had was her head?
That man terrifies me. I was not about to argue.
[ Sighs ] He gives me a head, I take a head.
I say "Thank you for the head."
I take the head and I go, right? Right, David.
Okay, so fridge or freezer?
David, I live here.
This is my home, and that is a human head.
I called Jake.
He's coming right now.
He'll collect the DNA
and do whatever NSA people do with a head,
and then it's done, it's over.
We'll know once and for all who these people were.
We'll know what they wanted.
We'll have answers.
She said she wanted to have kids with me, Abby.
♪♪
[ Sighs ]
Fridge.
♪♪
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
We chose Noah Baker for your final interview
because he's interested in your legacy,
not to nail you to the cross.
This is my last chance
to speak to the American people.
Well, Clinton spoke about
turning the deficit into a surplus
and balancing the budget,
"W" honored those
who fought to make our country safer after 9/11
in his final weeks.
And both likened themselves to Thomas Jefferson.
I'd skip Jefferson if I were you.
Noted.
I'm gonna go for Lincoln.
"Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man's character,
give him power."
Strong. I think so.
I like this approach.
You should be compassionate,
unafraid to discuss your flaws.
My flaws?
That is where you're going with that quote, right?
No.
Oh. Of course not.
I want to talk about Clarence Parker,
that the power I've been given the past eight years
is through the American people --
through their stories, through their tragedy
we've been able to pass legislation like the Brandon Bill,
holding police officers accountable,
making our cities safer --
An homage to the people in Rosemead.
Everyone will love that,
except the people in Rosemead.
Why not?
Those people were starving for a meal,
and you gave them a thin slice of stale bread
because the whole world was watching.
Unemployment is at its lowest rate in a decade.
Record numbers of people
have moved from government assistance
into the work force.
People in Rosemead and elsewhere
are better off than when I took office.
Based on the numbers.
Is there something else I should base it on?
Have you been to Rosemead in the past eight years?
North Philly, South Side of Chicago, the D?
The D?
[ Scoffs ]
That's a no.
You're saying the numbers are wrong.
I'm saying they're just numbers.
Clarence Parker is not a number.
He also doesn't speak for every black person in America.
Who exactly do you think you're talking to?
If you feel you're on the right track, sir...
....it's your speech.
♪♪
Do you need anything else?
That's all.
♪♪
[ Door opens, closes ]
Robert Edward Barnes --
"Bobby" to his white supremacists friends.
Bobby the Bigot?
You want the President to pardon a church bomber?
I know we like the challenge, but --
No, not the bigot -- Shaun Campbell,
the one serving a life sentence for killing the bigot.
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
Shaun: Bobby Barnes put that pipe bomb under a pew
right before a Sunday service.
I heard the explosion from my house.
He killed eight people -- women, kids.
We all knew someone who died.
We all knew who did it.
But despite all the evidence against him,
Bobby the Bigot was acquitted
by an all-white jury of his peers.
This is my surprised face.
I knew this sounded familiar.
This is from that podcast, right --
"An Eye for an Eye"? Mm-hmm.
Never caught it.
Shaun: He was a terrorist and he walked.
I guess where I'm from, we should be used to that kind of thing,
but it didn't change the fact that we wanted justice.
We were hungry for it.
The cops knew it, and so did Bobby.
And he -- he rubbed our faces in it.
Bobby the Bigot returned home
to a hero's welcome among his fellow bigots.
It didn't take long
before him and his white-power posse
were running around town
like the bad guys in "Road House."
One night they walked into a bar
where Shaun was having a drink.
Quinn: Tell me about the bar fight.
T-That's what that wack podcast called it,
but it didn't get that far.
They made it clear I wasn't welcome there,
words were exchanged,
and I walked away before anything really happened.
And that was the last time I saw him, I swear.
The next morning,
Bobby the Bigot was found hanging from a tree.
He was lynched?
That is -- Karma.
All the cops had was the word of the drunks at the bar,
and Barnes' pal Donny Logan, the bartender.
Logan said he saw Shaun near the woods
where the bigot was found.
He was the prosecution's entire case.
No physical evidence -- nada?
They didn't need any. Shaun was black.
And from the same part of town as that church.
Guys, I think there might be something wrong with our justice system.
It gets worse.
Because of the lynching,
they charged Shaun with a hate crime,
making it a federal offence.
The bigot's murder was the hate crime?
That's too much irony, even for me.
Shaun: I didn't hang him from that tree.
I wouldn't.
I-I've seen the pictures, I've heard the stories.
Only an an animal like Bobby would kill someone that way.
Huck: Shaun has lost two appeals,
and the Supreme Court refused to hear his case.
A pardon is his last shot.
You tell the President -- This pardon?
It's not just for me.
It's for all those folks back home.
They need justice, too, Ms. Perkins.
Don't let him forget that.
Look, it's high-profile,
it's a gross miscarriage of justice,
and I know we'll find something that proves Shaun's innocent
because he is.
It checks off all the boxes, Liv.
Yeah, sounds promising.
Great.
So, uh, what should we do?
Where should we start?
♪♪
Liv?
I have to vet Mellie's Cabinet picks,
but you guys don't need me.
You're good to handle this, right?
Right.
Good.
♪♪
[ Scoffs ] What the hell just happened?
Like I said --
We don't have to go home, Robin, but we can't stay here.
Think about it --
This is all we are, just parts.
A head, an arm, a foot --
I mean, you kissed those lips,
and now they're just parts.
Abby. Too much?
Yes. Good.
Remember this the next time
you want to bring a head to my house. Okay.
This should be enough to get us a DNA match in the 24 hours,
but in the meantime, let's get her on ice. What?
Just in case we need to come back
for dental impressions. No.
I'm not putting a severed head back in my fridge.
David: We could do the freezer.
The freezer's fine, right? No, that's not the --
I'm the Chief of Staff
of the United States of America!
And I'm the Director of the NSA,
and he's the Attorney General,
and if these walls could talk.
[ Bag zips ] What's your point?
My point is...
it's a head. Right.
And I'll be back for it tomorrow.
In the meantime, don't answer your door.
Jake, no. This is just -- It's wrong.
Abby, I don't think you should be attempting
to dictate what's right and what's wrong
for any of us ever again.
[ Door opens, closes ]
♪♪
[ Scoffs ]
Wait, where are you going?
To my room. I'm done.
So, what do you want me t--
Stop talking, David.
♪♪
I like Owens for Defense.
Former head of the D-I-A
and a retired four-star general.
He'll have bipartisan support.
Mellie: Agreed.
About about Azad for State?
I'm leaning more toward Ifill.
She has more experience than Azad.
Leave them both in the mix.
Let's see who looks better after we vet.
Good idea.
What about Communications Director?
I thought we were discussing
possible picks for your Cabinet.
Why are you bringing up Communications Director?
It may not be a Cabinet position,
but it's still an important job.
[ Exhales sharply ]
I-I was wondering
if Marcus might be interested.
It would be a promotion.
[ Snaps fingers ]
It would be.
Oh, no, Liv, that ship has sailed.
Marcus and I are over.
You sure about that?
Absolutely.
[ Scoffs ] I can't.
That's not happening. Maybe not now,
but four, eight years from now?
Mellie...
...it doesn't have to be over.
[ Exhales sharply ]
Okay, Secretary of Education --
Lopez is our front-runner.
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
Huck: There are only two traffic cams in Shaun's town,
and neither of them caught him walking home that night.
To the surprise of no one.
Rockingham County's still using paper records,
so hacking's out. Quinn: [ Scoffs ]
Sorry, buddy. You could march over there
and demand that the cops hand over
everything they have on Shaun's case.
That's really more of a Liv thing.
Have you tried calling her?
She trusts us to figure this out on our own.
If she thinks we can do it, we can do it.
Not returning your calls, huh?
No.
I wouldn't feel too bad, Robin.
The podcast lady's been researching this case for two years,
and she hadn't gotten anywhere either.
Hey, I don't remember Donny
being interviewed for the podcast.
That's because he wasn't.
He refused to cooperate.
He's literally the only thing
connecting Shaun to Barnes' murder.
You think he's lying?
If he is and we can prove it,
we'll have all we need to sell Liv on the pardon.
I got the address to the bar.
Who wants to go on a road trip?
♪♪
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
♪ But no one seems to notice me ♪
♪ Still, I will always try ♪
♪ For tomorrow is another day ♪
♪ My hope will never die ♪ Donny Logan?
Who's asking?
We wanted to talk to you
about the murder of Robert Edward Barnes.
You were a friend of his, right?
Sure, I knew Bobby Barnes.
Hard not to know Bobby
after what happened to that church. Mm.
But you were the witness
that helped put Shaun Campbell away?
Damn right.
What can you tell us about that night?
What's there to tell?
That boy walks in here, starts trouble with Bobby.
Later that night, Bobby's strung up.
The way we heard it,
Shaun was already here when you and Bobby came in.
[ Scoffs ]
Look around, lady.
Does it look like he belonged here?
If he'd known his place,
there wouldn't have been trouble.
Now, who the hell are you, anyway?
I don't have to answer your questions.
You're not answering them.
You're lying,
while an innocent man's life hangs in the balance.
[ Scoffs ]
An innocent black fella, huh?
Ain't no such thing.
It was you.
You killed Bobby.
You planned the bombing, but Bobby got the credit.
Must've been great
when it looked like Bobby would go away for it,
but he got off, became a hero.
So you put Bobby in his place?
S'pose I did...
does it matter?
They pulled Bobby off a tree,
that black boy's in jail,
and I'm here,
the way God meant it.
The colored boy
would have ended up behind bars eventually anyway.
Right, boys?
How the hell did you know he did it?
I didn't.
I learned it by watching Liv.
Donny: I suggest you leave.
And take, uh, Nacho here with you.
I knew it.
I could smell the wet on your back.
[ Guns cock ]
[ Shotgun cocks ]
My fiancée invited me here in case there was trouble,
and I was really hoping there'd be trouble.
Back to your corner.
♪♪
[ Sets gun on pool table ]
Huck.
Come on.
Huck!
What?
[ Groans ]
Now we can go.
♪♪
You...racists!
♪♪
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
So, what's the plan?
Get a boat?
Start deep-sea fishing charters?
[ Laughs ] That would require
dealing with stupid human beings.
Why would I spend my day
dealing with stupid human beings,
when -- So fishing alone it is.
Mm-hmm. Better for everyone involved.
[ Laughs ]
Fishing, reading, traveling...
Sounds amazing. Mm-hmm.
Just what you need.
You seem happy to see me go.
It's not like this is goodbye.
You'll last... three weeks on vacation?
No. This is goodbye.
[ Laughs ] It's what you need.
Now that you're on the brink of power,
you can't have me hanging around.
What's the one rule?
The only rule that matters
to maintain your position of power?
No family.
Can we not get dramatic in public, please?
We wouldn't have to get dramatic
if you would just listen to me.
Here we go.
From where you'll be standing,
there is no place for others, for love.
It's easy to say before you have power,
but then you have it.
And your head begins to expand,
telling you that you can do anything,
that you deserve everything,
that you have earned the right to happiness,
to love, to family,
that you may now break the one golden rule.
And that's when you know that you've failed.
That's why I must go away,
because otherwise you will end up risking your place
at the pinnacle of power for me.
More coffee?
Remove yourself. I'll take some.
Thank you.
I'm not you.
You think of me as an extension of you.
You are an extension of me --
my flesh and blood.
Environment, experience,
nurture over nature --
I have not done the things you've done,
seen the things you've seen.
[ Exhales sharply ]
I don't blame you -- Sandra, Mom --
Mistakes. Lapses in judgment.
Mistakes? Mm.
Hmm. If Mom was a mistake,
that makes me a mistake, too.
I know you don't think that.
[ Chuckling ]
You are smarter than me, and I'm proud of you.
You have it --
The Oval,
and not as First Lady.
My girl.
Take a break, then come back.
We can reconstitute Sunday dinners,
chew on the issues of the day,
solve the great problems together.
You're smarter, but I'm wiser.
This is goodbye.
♪♪
Goodbye, Olivia.
♪♪
Goodbye, Dad.
♪♪
[ Footsteps approaching ]
Abby: David?
David, stop hovering and come in.
I can't sleep downstairs with that --
her head so close.
You could go home. I'm not gonna go home
and leave you alone with that head.
I'm a nice guy. Thank you.
You're welcome.
[ Sighs ]
Get in.
What, are you gonna sleep on the floor?
All right.
[ Exhales ]
Whew.
Today I drove around with a human head in my car.
[ Inhales sharply ]
I thought I was a good person before all this.
I thought I wore the white hat.
I was the law, the law was me.
I believed.
Abby, I was a true believer.
I wanted to form a more perfect union.
The Oval Office was a place
where the highest aspirations of, we, the American people
could safely live.
The President was someone to be admired.
There was honor here, and I was a champion.
I was a part of it, you know?
That's gone.
The thing is, nobody stole it.
I just --
I gave it away, handed it to her.
I'm this idiot who --
I don't know.
This idiot who was lonely and alone
then saw something shiny and warm.
And you reached for it.
I reached for it.
She made me feel like -- like I was something.
And now I keep thinking "Why me?"
How did she know to pick me?
Did she look at me and just see it,
see that I'm greedy enough,
ruthless enough, callous enough
to stick my arm in
and dig the bullets out of the corpse of a man
who would be president?
[ Sighs ]
I never thought I was a good person, David.
But I didn't know that I could be an evil one.
♪♪
Want to poke our freezer head with chopsticks?
[ Laughs ] What?
Who says that?!
A once-in-a-lifetime chance. [ Laughs ]
Hmm?
[ Laughs ]
[ Exhales ] [ Laughs ]
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
[ Footsteps approaching ]
Quinn, you're in my office.
Shaun Campbell is innocent.
We found the killer --
some cracker-barrel bigot
who thought Bobby got too big for his britches.
What are you doing in my office?
What am I...?
You haven't been here. We're running out of time.
We need to get this to the President.
Get what to him? The pardon.
Were you even listening to me?
I was listening. I didn't hear any proof.
Well, [Sighs] we couldn't exactly find the final piece,
but, Liv, I know he's innocent.
I just...
I have a feeling.
You want me to take
a racially sensitive tinderbox of a closed case
to outgoing president with a legacy to protect
because you have a feeling?
Since when is the President's legacy
our concern?
He'd never sign off on it.
What are you doing?
Trying to get back to work.
You work here.
Your name is still on that door,
so I have to assume you still care about helping people,
about saving people, right? You should go.
When did all of that become just a bunch of crap to you?
When did you stop gladiating and wearing the white hat
and forcing us to risk everything
because you felt something in your gut?
Quinn -- Does any of it matter to you anymore, Olivia,
or is your only concern these days
being able to stand in certain circles of power?
You do not come in here, you do not yell at me,
and I certainly don't offer you an explanation for anything.
I'm me.
And I'm not risking the reputation of this firm
without hard proof of innocence.
You're you.
You have your own office.
It's down the hall.
Get out of mine and shut this case down.
♪♪
[ Door closes ]
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
Charlie: Should we go in?
Quinn: [ Sighs ] Robin?
[ Sighs ]
How am I supposed to
look a wrongly accused man in the eyes
and tell him he's stuck in prison
for the rest of his life?
Ah, you know, you're not telling him
anything he didn't already know.
I looked him in the eye
and told him I would get him out.
And I...failed.
I failed him.
OPA's over,
but there's always gonna be another mission.
There's always gonna be another job.
I mean, look at me.
B613 ended, and here I am still working.
Look, we can still do a lot of great things together.
Like, we can move to Tahiti and be assassins for hire.
Ugh.
Or, you know, we could, uh,
protect Tahitians from assassins.
You want to be a gladiator in a swimsuit?
Look, my point is just because Olivia
traded in her white hat for the White House
doesn't mean we have to stop being gladiators.
No. It doesn't.
Picture him in his underwear.
It will help with the whole star-struck thing.
[ Scoffs ] I've met him before, Marcus.
Not in the Oval, you haven't --
place puts a spell on people.
Marcus: She's been looking into one of your pardon petitions --
asked to have a word with you.
Go ahead.
[ Clears throat ]
I'm sorry -- mouth's a little dry.
Um...
This is...
It's round.
So I've heard. Uh --
Where'd you get that?
[ Sighs ] Olivia.
She gave us a stack of them,
told us to find a slam dunk.
We chose this one.
Shaun Campbell.
He was convicted of murdering that church bomber in Virginia.
I'm familiar with the case.
Well, he's innocent,
and I think you should pardon him.
Not think. Know --
I know you should pardon him,
because he didn't do what they said he did.
And you're basing this on...? My gut.
And that will have to be enough for you,
because it's all I have.
Shouldn't Olivia be telling me this?
[ Sighs ]
If she thought it was a slam dunk, yes,
but she doesn't, so I'm telling you.
Wait, I'm sorry.
Olivia doesn't think I should pardon him?
No.
[ Scoffs ] She thinks it will be bad for you,
and it will be, sir -- bad.
People will talk, people will protest,
it will be a distraction.
But it will also be right.
Thanks for coming in today.
Marcus, let me know when you're ready
to continue our interview prep.
No!
No?
I'm not leaving, sir,
not until you agree to sign that.
You do realize there are men out there
who would happily shoot you
for taking that attitude with me? Yes,
And they're welcome to do that.
It doesn't change the fact that I am staying here
until you sign that petition.
It's one petition.
One petition that Olivia Pope, your boss --
She's not my boss.
[ Scoffs ] Not this Olivia.
No.
This Olivia works for the President-Elect.
This Olivia wants things to be safe.
This Olivia needs to protect relationships
and make sure the country is on her side.
That's not my Olivia.
My Olivia works for the people.
My Olivia rocks the boat because no one else will.
My Olivia doesn't give a crap about your legacy
and paving the way
for a smooth transition of power.
My Olivia would have marched through that door
and shoved that petition down your throat.
That's my Olivia!
But she's not here anymore.
So I'm here instead.
It's me marching through that door,
me shoving that petition down your throat,
me demanding you sign it.
So go ahead.
Call in your dogs.
But I'm not leaving until you pick up a damn pen
and give Shaun Campbell his due...sir.
♪♪
Take a seat.
♪♪
Um -- Not that chair -- that's my chair.
Sit there.
♪♪
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
You're packing up already?
Why wait?
I'd like you to stay on under my administration.
You are a good Press Secretary,
but you'd be a fantastic Communications Director.
[ Sighs ]
Communications Director. Wow.
What do you say?
I say thank you,
but the other President Grant
offered me a position to run his foundation.
Oh.
I see.
Come on, Marcus.
This is the White House.
Isn't this where you'd rather be?
No.
This is where you want me to be.
Marcus -- [ Scoffs ]
I didn't get into politics to gain power.
I did it to make a difference.
If you want to make a real difference,
then stay here with me.
We make a great team, remember?
[ Sighs ]
I'm not Olivia Pope.
Goodbye, Madame President-Elect.
I wish you all the best.
[ Scoffs ]
And the President seems to forget
that he, too, has done awful things.
For a person handing out pardons,
he's pretty unforgiving.
[ Ringtone plays ]
Jake?
We'll be right there.
The DNA test?
He's got a name and address.
David: Gertrude --
Her name is actually Gertrude?
Her apartment.
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
Not what I expected. What did you expect?
Based on how we spent our time together -- I don't want to know.
I'm showing you these pictures because it seemed like
your tender, little baby heart needed closure,
but the decor was actually
the least interesting part of my visit.
I pulled this out of the wall behind the light switch.
She wiped out the memory,
but I was able to retrieve
the most recent items from RAM.
She received this text.
"I would remind your friend Peus
that your work is not finished.
Your debt is not paid.
Do not disappoint me again."
"Do not disappoint me"...
So Peus and Mystery Bitch...
It wasn't their operation.
They were taking orders from someone else.
♪♪
You know, before you take office,
you have all these things you're determined to do.
And then you get there and you learn the hard truth --
government is about compromise.
When you're not horse-trading and consensus-building,
you're putting out fires.
You're saying it's uphill both ways?
For anything worth doing, yes.
And I've climbed a few of those hills.
The Brandon Bill, for example.
The Brandon Bill is a piece of legislation
I'm truly proud of.
But to be honest, Noah, I could have done more.
I've been the most powerful man in America,
and yet I have neglected
some of the men and women of this country
who most needed their government's help.
Luckily, I have a few more days,
so I'm kicking off my final week in office
with a series of presidential pardons,
and there's one in particular I'd like to highlight,
where a young man, Shaun Campbell,
was convicted under a federal hate crimes statute
for the murder of church-bomber Robert Edward Barnes.
And let me be clear --
People are going to be upset about this pardon,
but when I look at the facts of Shaun's case,
I don't just see reasonable doubt.
I see probable doubt.
And that is just not the way
our system is supposed to work.
So, Shaun Campbell gets a second chance.
He does.
And hopefully, so do I,
because reviewing these cases
showed me just how many of this country's young people
are sitting in prison for want of a fairer trial.
And that's why,
when I leave office a week from today,
I'll be leaving to launch a foundation
that will help appeal cases like Shaun's,
where there are signs of biased sentencing
or inadequate defense.
We'll also be helping families experiencing financial insecurity
as a result of a family member
being arrested or incarcerated --
forgotten families in cities like Philadelphia,
and Chicago, and the D.
For too many Americans, there is no safety net,
there are no second chances.
And I am going to work to change that.
So, in that case,
how do you want Americans to talk about
President Fitzgerald Grant's legacy?
[ Inhales sharply ]
Ask me again in a decade.
For now,
I'd like them to say "He's just getting started."
♪♪
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
[ Footsteps approaching ]
Quinn -- You gave us a case,
and you asked us to handle it, and that's what I did.
I handled it.
I did what was best for the client,
not what was easy or politically efficient,
because one pardon
won't make or break the President or Mellie.
But this pardon?
This pardon is giving an innocent man
who never had a fair trial a shot at life.
And I'm sorry if it isn't the tidy slam dunk you wanted,
but we wouldn't be gladiators if we only made slam dunks.
We take risks.
[ Scoffs ]
[ Keypad beeps ]
Quinn: You can't just walk away from me.
You haven't even been here -- Our bank accounts,
client folders, high-level contacts.
Why are you telling me this?
Leading this firm
means going up against the White House sometimes.
In eight days,
that'll mean going up against me.
I needed to know that you could handle that.
What?
This was a test?
This was a test.
[ Papers rustle ]
Thank you.
Now, I have work to do.
Of course, sorry.
I'll go back to my office.
Quinn? Hmm?
♪♪
This is your office now.
♪ Somewhere ♪
♪ Over the rainbow ♪
♪ Way up high ♪
♪ There's a land ♪
♪ That I've heard of ♪
♪ Once in a lullaby ♪
David: [ Groans ] Abby: What will you do with her?
Toss her into the Potomac? Mm.
Hope that a family of crabs
makes a decent meal out of her?
♪ Somewhere ♪
♪ Over the rainbow ♪
You're not evil, Abby --
not even close.
♪ Skies are blue ♪
[ Knock at door ]
Jake: I scoured security footage at Gertrude's building.
Someone went into that apartment
during the time she was in our custody.
I managed to get an I.D. How?
Street cams, QR -- It doesn't matter how.
What matters --
I know who the bigger bad is.
♪ Really do come true ♪
♪♪
♪ Someday I'll wish upon a star ♪
♪ And wake up where the clouds are far ♪
♪ Behind me ♪
♪ So far ♪ [ Tires screech ]
Sir, we need you to come with us.
Under whose authority?
Mine.
♪ Where troubles melt like lemon drops ♪
♪ Away above the chimney tops ♪
♪ That's where ♪
♪ That's where you'll find me ♪
I'm here.
Now tell me, why am I here?
Olivia: Peus was taking orders from someone else.
♪ Somewhere ♪
♪ Over the rainbow ♪
No. I'm done.
Free. You're the only choice.
You know her better than anyone.
She is not my problem. Olivia: You said no family.
You said I'd be safer with you gone, right?
Mm.
Well, who's gonna protect me from her?
♪ Oh, why ♪
♪ C-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-n't I? ♪
What do we know about her plans?
Waters: With only eight more days to the Inauguration,
security along the parade route and in the ballrooms
is beefing up --
The Secret Service leaving nothing to chance
as the nation prepares to celebrate
the first Woman President
and hoping to assuage public concern...
Hit me. Up and dirty.
♪ Why can't I? ♪
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
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