1 00:00:28,330 --> 00:00:29,880 Who can tell me the biggest mistake 2 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:31,580 people make in a crisis? 3 00:00:34,790 --> 00:00:35,790 Mm-hmm? 4 00:00:35,790 --> 00:00:37,750 A failure to plan. 5 00:00:37,750 --> 00:00:39,920 Crisis management isn't about planning. 6 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,330 It's about action. Snap decisions in the moment. 7 00:00:42,330 --> 00:00:45,000 An ineffective communication strategy. 8 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:46,170 Student #3: Telling the truth. 9 00:00:46,170 --> 00:00:48,420 [ Laughter ] 10 00:00:48,420 --> 00:00:50,460 People think we lie for a living. 11 00:00:50,460 --> 00:00:51,790 But in fact, 12 00:00:51,790 --> 00:00:53,580 the truth is often our greatest weapon. 13 00:00:53,580 --> 00:00:55,080 Anyone else? 14 00:00:58,420 --> 00:01:00,670 Woman: Not knowing they're in a crisis. 15 00:01:00,670 --> 00:01:02,540 Very good. 16 00:01:02,540 --> 00:01:03,920 Miss... 17 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:05,500 Keating. 18 00:01:05,500 --> 00:01:07,120 Annalise Keating. 19 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:08,120 ♪♪ 20 00:01:14,580 --> 00:01:18,580 [ Indistinct conversations ] 21 00:01:18,580 --> 00:01:19,620 Ms. Pope. 22 00:01:19,620 --> 00:01:22,250 Ms. Keating. 23 00:01:22,250 --> 00:01:24,080 That was a very informed answer earlier. 24 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:25,290 Spoken from experience? 25 00:01:25,290 --> 00:01:26,420 I'm a defense attorney. 26 00:01:26,420 --> 00:01:28,250 I taught at Middleton Law School for years. 27 00:01:28,250 --> 00:01:31,170 Professor Keating...? 28 00:01:31,170 --> 00:01:34,040 I'm sorry. Oh, no. 29 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:35,580 I'm happy that my own business 30 00:01:35,580 --> 00:01:37,790 never caught your attention. [ Laughs ] 31 00:01:37,790 --> 00:01:39,960 I'm representing a class-action case 32 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:41,460 that has the potential 33 00:01:41,460 --> 00:01:43,880 to reform our entire justice system. 34 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:45,880 I have about 100 plaintiffs -- 35 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:47,920 all mostly poor, people of color -- 36 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:49,380 who have been incarcerated 37 00:01:49,380 --> 00:01:51,540 due to underfunded public defenders. 38 00:01:51,540 --> 00:01:53,830 The case was just shot down by Pennsylvania courts. 39 00:01:53,830 --> 00:01:55,080 Mm. 40 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:56,580 I wish you a lot of luck. 41 00:01:56,580 --> 00:01:58,250 Luck? 42 00:01:58,250 --> 00:01:59,500 People's constitutional rights 43 00:01:59,500 --> 00:02:00,920 are being violated every single day 44 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,380 in every courtroom across the country. 45 00:02:03,380 --> 00:02:05,210 Luck is for cereal with marshmallows. 46 00:02:05,210 --> 00:02:06,540 [ Laughs ] 47 00:02:06,540 --> 00:02:08,290 I need your help. 48 00:02:08,290 --> 00:02:10,040 I'm not sure how I can. 49 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:11,290 I'm not a practicing lawyer. 50 00:02:11,290 --> 00:02:12,380 Annalise: I don't need another lawyer. 51 00:02:12,380 --> 00:02:15,290 I need this case to be fast-tracked 52 00:02:15,290 --> 00:02:17,120 to the United States Supreme Court. 53 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,580 Oh. 54 00:02:20,580 --> 00:02:21,750 I don't know if you've heard, 55 00:02:21,750 --> 00:02:22,830 but I've been out of the White House 56 00:02:22,830 --> 00:02:23,880 for a few months now. 57 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:25,580 The news said you left on good terms. 58 00:02:25,580 --> 00:02:26,790 I did. 59 00:02:26,790 --> 00:02:29,960 But I'm sort of enjoying my break from politics. 60 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:31,620 Who's talking politics? 61 00:02:31,620 --> 00:02:32,830 I'm talking justice. 62 00:02:32,830 --> 00:02:34,170 Ending the new Jim Crow. 63 00:02:34,170 --> 00:02:36,000 Here, read this case file. 64 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,540 I -- Just look it over. 65 00:02:37,540 --> 00:02:39,040 You can say no then. 66 00:02:44,420 --> 00:02:45,830 Ms. Pope. 67 00:02:46,790 --> 00:02:49,920 Our country's in crisis. 68 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:51,420 Together we can fix it. 69 00:02:56,330 --> 00:02:59,580 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 70 00:02:59,580 --> 00:03:02,040 Abby: I've rescheduled Party-boy Banker for tomorrow, 71 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,120 so today we just have Senator Embarrassing X-Ray 72 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:05,540 and the oil lobbyist 73 00:03:05,540 --> 00:03:06,420 with the little money-laundering sitch. 74 00:03:06,420 --> 00:03:08,420 Huck: I'm also converting all the machines 75 00:03:08,420 --> 00:03:10,250 to a stronger encryption protocol. 76 00:03:10,250 --> 00:03:11,120 So that'll take us offline for a few hours. 77 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:12,460 You just have to tell me when. 78 00:03:12,460 --> 00:03:14,710 We were thinking maybe Friday night. 79 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:18,330 Quinn. 80 00:03:18,330 --> 00:03:19,920 Did you hear anything we just said? 81 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:20,960 Quinn: Uh, today is X-Ray Senator 82 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:21,920 and money laundry oil lobbyist. 83 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:23,830 Tomorrow is Party Boy Banker. 84 00:03:23,830 --> 00:03:25,880 Abby: Also, Charlie reached out to a couple of PI's 85 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:27,830 for extra help with all the tails we're running. 86 00:03:27,830 --> 00:03:29,620 We'll want to sit down with them. Mm-hmm. 87 00:03:29,620 --> 00:03:31,580 So, maybe next week, or...?" Sure. 88 00:03:31,580 --> 00:03:32,670 Sooner would be better. 89 00:03:32,670 --> 00:03:33,750 Fine. 90 00:03:33,750 --> 00:03:34,880 Charlie can run point on that, right? 91 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:36,710 Um...probably? 92 00:03:36,710 --> 00:03:38,000 I'll check. 93 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:44,080 I'm sorry. Was there something else? 94 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:45,580 You're Googling Liv again, aren't you? 95 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:51,580 She's teaching college. 96 00:03:51,580 --> 00:03:52,620 Teaching? 97 00:03:52,620 --> 00:03:54,290 Well, you know what they say. 98 00:03:54,290 --> 00:03:55,620 Those who can't do... 99 00:03:55,620 --> 00:03:57,000 [ Laughs ] You're bad. 100 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,000 Liv's worse. 101 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,210 Good riddance. 102 00:04:00,210 --> 00:04:01,460 Right? 103 00:04:01,460 --> 00:04:03,040 Right. 104 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,040 ♪♪ 105 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:06,790 [ Inhales deeply, exhales ] 106 00:04:06,790 --> 00:04:12,790 ♪♪ 107 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,540 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 108 00:04:15,540 --> 00:04:16,920 [ Indistinct conversations ] 109 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:18,290 Marcus: Annalise Keating. 110 00:04:18,290 --> 00:04:21,120 The Annalise Keating showed up in your classroom. 111 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:22,210 Olivia: So you've heard of her? 112 00:04:22,210 --> 00:04:23,920 Liv, it's Annalise Keating. 113 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:25,920 Annalise Keating the top defense attorney 114 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:27,290 and badass professor 115 00:04:27,290 --> 00:04:29,000 from Middleton University in Philly? 116 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,540 Of course. 117 00:04:30,540 --> 00:04:32,880 I applied to law school there because of her. 118 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,670 She's a beast. 119 00:04:36,670 --> 00:04:38,290 Google says she's a criminal. 120 00:04:38,290 --> 00:04:40,670 She's been accused of some things. 121 00:04:40,670 --> 00:04:42,460 Mm. But haven't we all. 122 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,880 She wants my help on a case. 123 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:52,920 Class-action suit. 124 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:54,960 Defendants are incarcerated due to over-- 125 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:55,960 Overworked public defenders. 126 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,170 Yeah, I read about this. 127 00:04:58,170 --> 00:05:00,080 I brought the idea to Fitz, 128 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,040 but we got sidetracked with another project. 129 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:04,210 You taking it on? No. 130 00:05:04,210 --> 00:05:06,830 [ Laughs ] Are you serious? 131 00:05:06,830 --> 00:05:07,880 Black men going to prison 132 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:09,250 because their constitutional rights 133 00:05:09,250 --> 00:05:10,040 have been violated? 134 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:11,290 Yeah, I'm serious. 135 00:05:11,290 --> 00:05:13,620 Marcus, I'm not in the game anymore. 136 00:05:13,620 --> 00:05:16,000 Right. 137 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,880 You're a school teacher. 138 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:19,080 Watch yourself. 139 00:05:25,250 --> 00:05:27,210 I just don't think I can do it. 140 00:05:27,210 --> 00:05:29,040 Then don't do it. Do nothing. 141 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,250 Waste your life. I got to go. 142 00:05:31,250 --> 00:05:33,040 Marcus, why do you -- Why do I return your calls? 143 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:34,380 Show up for drinks? 144 00:05:34,380 --> 00:05:35,710 Come over to watch the game? 145 00:05:35,710 --> 00:05:37,040 Yeah. 146 00:05:40,250 --> 00:05:42,330 After everything that happened, 147 00:05:42,330 --> 00:05:43,960 why are you here? 148 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,670 [ Exhales ] 149 00:05:46,670 --> 00:05:48,330 We're black, 150 00:05:48,330 --> 00:05:50,460 which means I'll always be here for you, 151 00:05:50,460 --> 00:05:52,000 and I'll always root for you. 152 00:05:54,750 --> 00:05:56,120 That's how we do. 153 00:06:03,580 --> 00:06:08,500 ♪♪ 154 00:06:08,500 --> 00:06:10,120 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 155 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:16,120 ♪♪ 156 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:25,120 ♪♪ 157 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:34,120 ♪♪ 158 00:06:37,170 --> 00:06:43,170 ♪♪ 159 00:06:46,210 --> 00:06:52,210 ♪♪ 160 00:06:55,210 --> 00:07:01,210 ♪♪ 161 00:07:04,290 --> 00:07:05,170 [ Knock on door ] 162 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:07,540 It's a good case. 163 00:07:07,540 --> 00:07:10,620 Your brief is strong, the injustices are clear. 164 00:07:10,620 --> 00:07:12,080 It's evident these prisoners' constitutional rights 165 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:13,500 are being violated. 166 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:14,790 Some of their stories are quite moving. 167 00:07:14,790 --> 00:07:16,080 I sense a "but" coming. 168 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:17,380 But there is one problem. 169 00:07:17,380 --> 00:07:18,210 You. 170 00:07:20,460 --> 00:07:22,580 Annalise Keating can't be the face of this. 171 00:07:22,580 --> 00:07:23,960 I did a little research. 172 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:25,830 Murdered husband, stint in jail... 173 00:07:25,830 --> 00:07:26,830 I was wrongfully accused, 174 00:07:26,830 --> 00:07:28,210 just like many of my plaintiffs. 175 00:07:28,210 --> 00:07:29,750 Your tenure at Middleton was nullified. 176 00:07:29,750 --> 00:07:31,380 You were almost disbarred for alcoholism. 177 00:07:31,380 --> 00:07:32,790 I'm sober now. 178 00:07:32,790 --> 00:07:35,120 Ms. Keating. 179 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,250 You'd be the national press' featured entrée 180 00:07:37,250 --> 00:07:39,330 for almost a month of news cycles. 181 00:07:39,330 --> 00:07:41,500 Arson charges for dinner, murder for dessert. 182 00:07:41,500 --> 00:07:42,920 Even if I was able to spin 183 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:44,960 this rather colorful history of yours, 184 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:46,580 you'd still have to pull off a miracle 185 00:07:46,580 --> 00:07:48,540 to get the Supreme Court to come anywhere near this case. 186 00:07:48,540 --> 00:07:49,830 So you're saying I'm a hot mess. 187 00:07:50,790 --> 00:07:51,830 Yes. 188 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,120 I thought you were able to move mountains. 189 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,330 That's why I came here looking for you. 190 00:07:58,330 --> 00:08:01,170 Your reputation was supposed to speak for itself. 191 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:09,210 Have a safe trip back to Philadelphia. 192 00:08:21,250 --> 00:08:27,250 ♪♪ 193 00:08:27,830 --> 00:08:33,830 ♪♪ 194 00:08:34,710 --> 00:08:35,620 [ Knock on door ] 195 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:39,290 If we're gonna work together, 196 00:08:39,290 --> 00:08:41,000 then there is one thing you need to understand. 197 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,080 This is my town, my game, my rules. 198 00:08:44,210 --> 00:08:45,620 Understood? 199 00:08:45,620 --> 00:08:47,080 Understood. 200 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:52,540 ♪♪ 201 00:08:56,830 --> 00:08:58,080 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 202 00:08:58,080 --> 00:08:59,540 This isn't a good idea. I know. 203 00:08:59,540 --> 00:09:01,250 He doesn't want to see you. I know. 204 00:09:01,250 --> 00:09:03,000 I had nothing to do with this. 205 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,250 We never talked. I know. 206 00:09:11,330 --> 00:09:13,960 Hi. 207 00:09:17,500 --> 00:09:18,790 How can I help you, Olivia? 208 00:09:22,380 --> 00:09:23,790 Class-action suit. 209 00:09:23,790 --> 00:09:24,920 100 plaintiffs. 210 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:26,880 Constitutional rights are being violated. 211 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,170 I'm familiar. 212 00:09:29,170 --> 00:09:30,880 Why do you need our help? 213 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:31,880 It's a big case. 214 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:32,920 A huge fight. 215 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:34,830 I can't do it alone. 216 00:09:37,790 --> 00:09:40,120 Olivia Pope asking for help. 217 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:41,380 That's a first. 218 00:09:49,250 --> 00:09:51,080 I did not come here for forgiveness. 219 00:09:56,170 --> 00:09:59,710 I know you don't like me. 220 00:09:59,710 --> 00:10:01,460 But I also know 221 00:10:01,460 --> 00:10:03,790 that you want to change the world, 222 00:10:03,790 --> 00:10:05,210 that it sickens you 223 00:10:05,210 --> 00:10:07,170 that there are people in this country 224 00:10:07,170 --> 00:10:08,710 who are literally punished 225 00:10:08,710 --> 00:10:11,330 because of disadvantages they were born into. 226 00:10:11,330 --> 00:10:12,830 That is why you started this institute -- 227 00:10:12,830 --> 00:10:14,120 to give them hope 228 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,000 that their American nightmare 229 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,540 can become an American dream. 230 00:10:17,540 --> 00:10:19,500 That's what you've done. 231 00:10:19,500 --> 00:10:21,120 That's why I'm here. 232 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,040 So, yes, Olivia Pope 233 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:27,710 is asking you, Fitz, for help. 234 00:10:27,710 --> 00:10:29,420 Okay? 235 00:10:29,420 --> 00:10:33,210 ♪♪ 236 00:10:33,210 --> 00:10:35,330 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 237 00:10:46,290 --> 00:10:48,120 You got here early. 238 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:49,500 I'm not early. 239 00:10:49,500 --> 00:10:50,960 [ Laughs ] 240 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:51,960 Meeting doesn't start till 9:00. 241 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:53,040 That's right. 242 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:54,170 Which makes you early. 243 00:10:54,170 --> 00:10:55,380 I'm not early. 244 00:10:55,380 --> 00:10:56,710 I'm ready. 245 00:10:56,710 --> 00:10:58,790 Good morning. 246 00:10:58,790 --> 00:10:59,670 Marcus: Good morning. 247 00:10:59,670 --> 00:11:01,880 Miss Pope, it is such an honor. 248 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:03,670 This is my associate Michaela Pratt. 249 00:11:03,670 --> 00:11:05,460 I cannot even begin to express how much this means to me. 250 00:11:05,460 --> 00:11:06,880 [ Hushed voice ] Except you just did. 251 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:08,250 It's nice to meet you, Michaela. 252 00:11:08,250 --> 00:11:10,250 Annalise, this is Marcus Walker. 253 00:11:10,250 --> 00:11:11,920 Welcome to D.C., Ms. Keating. Thanks for having me. 254 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:13,290 Morning, everyone. 255 00:11:13,290 --> 00:11:14,500 Mr. President. Morning, sir. 256 00:11:14,500 --> 00:11:16,250 You must be Annalise. 257 00:11:16,250 --> 00:11:17,750 Yes. Hello, Mr. President. 258 00:11:17,750 --> 00:11:19,290 Call me Fitz. 259 00:11:19,290 --> 00:11:20,380 No, thank you, sir, Mr. President. 260 00:11:20,380 --> 00:11:21,790 Hi, there. I'm -- 261 00:11:21,790 --> 00:11:22,670 [ Mumbling ] 44. 262 00:11:22,670 --> 00:11:24,040 Sorry? 263 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,790 44 -- 44th President. 44. 264 00:11:26,790 --> 00:11:28,710 That's me. Olivia: Mr. President, before we get started, 265 00:11:28,710 --> 00:11:30,790 we wanted to thank you for agreeing to help. 266 00:11:30,790 --> 00:11:32,040 This is issue is -- 267 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:34,080 An important one. I know. 268 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,250 Fortunately, President Grant thinks so, too. 269 00:11:36,250 --> 00:11:37,620 Michaela: President Grant? 270 00:11:37,620 --> 00:11:38,750 That'd be the other President Grant. 271 00:11:38,750 --> 00:11:39,750 She agreed to meet with us? 272 00:11:39,750 --> 00:11:41,540 She has. [ Gushes ] 273 00:11:41,540 --> 00:11:43,500 Olivia: That's fantastic. 274 00:11:43,500 --> 00:11:45,080 Marcus: If we can get the White House behind our case, 275 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:46,420 then the Supreme Court will add us to their docket, 276 00:11:46,420 --> 00:11:47,420 no question. 277 00:11:47,420 --> 00:11:48,080 Let's get to work. 278 00:11:49,830 --> 00:11:51,710 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 279 00:11:51,710 --> 00:11:52,710 Welcome. Come in. 280 00:11:52,710 --> 00:11:54,290 It's so nice to see all of you. 281 00:11:54,290 --> 00:11:55,380 Fitz, Marcus. 282 00:11:55,380 --> 00:11:56,750 Marcus: Madam President. 283 00:11:56,750 --> 00:11:58,380 Ms. Keating, it's a pleasure to meet you. 284 00:11:58,380 --> 00:11:59,830 Is this your first time in the White House? 285 00:11:59,830 --> 00:12:01,170 It is. Thank you for meeting with us. 286 00:12:01,170 --> 00:12:02,460 Thank you for coming. 287 00:12:02,460 --> 00:12:04,580 I'm anxious to hear about this case of yours. 288 00:12:10,460 --> 00:12:12,750 Mellie: All of these people are innocent? 289 00:12:12,750 --> 00:12:14,040 Annalise: Who knows. 290 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:15,460 They were never given a fair defense 291 00:12:15,460 --> 00:12:16,750 because they couldn't afford one. 292 00:12:16,750 --> 00:12:18,120 If we're able to get 293 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:19,330 the Supreme Court to hear their case, 294 00:12:19,330 --> 00:12:20,670 if we're able to win it, 295 00:12:20,670 --> 00:12:22,710 we can change the system, and we can do it now. 296 00:12:22,710 --> 00:12:24,420 You and I are in agreement, Ms. Keating. 297 00:12:24,420 --> 00:12:26,420 The system does need to change. 298 00:12:26,420 --> 00:12:27,620 [ Inhales deeply ] 299 00:12:27,620 --> 00:12:29,080 But it's not gonna happen this way. 300 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:31,080 Madam President, it's a solid case, 301 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:32,460 if only the White House 302 00:12:32,460 --> 00:12:34,500 put pressure on the justices to hear it. 303 00:12:34,500 --> 00:12:36,040 Don't get me wrong. I like the case. 304 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:37,290 I just don't like the court. 305 00:12:37,290 --> 00:12:38,790 You put this case before the current roster of judges, 306 00:12:38,790 --> 00:12:40,040 you won't win. 307 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:41,420 David: There are rumblings 308 00:12:41,420 --> 00:12:43,210 that at least a couple of the more conservative judges 309 00:12:43,210 --> 00:12:44,830 may be considering retirement. 310 00:12:44,830 --> 00:12:46,080 Marsh, maybe Kensington. 311 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:47,290 This time next year, 312 00:12:47,290 --> 00:12:48,460 you could be facing a whole new ball game. 313 00:12:48,460 --> 00:12:49,620 Next year? 314 00:12:49,620 --> 00:12:50,670 Fitz: We don't even know 315 00:12:50,670 --> 00:12:52,080 whether these judges are gonna retire. 316 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:53,380 You're gonna delay justice for these people 317 00:12:53,380 --> 00:12:54,620 based on a rumor? 318 00:12:54,620 --> 00:12:56,420 Based on certainty. 319 00:12:56,420 --> 00:12:57,960 The certainty that if we move forward with this now, 320 00:12:57,960 --> 00:12:59,170 we will be shut down. 321 00:12:59,170 --> 00:13:01,710 And all the work that you have done 322 00:13:01,710 --> 00:13:03,210 will be for naught. All the work I've done? 323 00:13:03,210 --> 00:13:04,500 Let me tell you about the work that I've done -- 324 00:13:04,500 --> 00:13:05,500 Madam President, may I speak to you privately? 325 00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:07,380 Fitz: Olivia, let's not -- No. It's okay. 326 00:13:07,380 --> 00:13:08,620 Let's. 327 00:13:08,620 --> 00:13:11,420 Please, uh, everyone, give us the room. 328 00:13:11,420 --> 00:13:12,620 Mellie: Ms. Keating, thank you. 329 00:13:12,620 --> 00:13:14,330 I'm so sorry we couldn't be more accommodating. 330 00:13:14,330 --> 00:13:16,710 Madam President, thank you for your time. 331 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:25,040 [ Door closes ] 332 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,040 Why did you agree to take this meeting 333 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:30,670 if you knew you were going to say no? 334 00:13:30,670 --> 00:13:31,670 [ Scoffs ] 335 00:13:31,670 --> 00:13:33,080 First of all, 336 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:34,500 I agreed to this meeting as a favor to Fitz. 337 00:13:34,500 --> 00:13:37,080 And secondly, I didn't say no. 338 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:39,040 I said not now. 339 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:40,830 This is not the time to punish me. 340 00:13:42,290 --> 00:13:43,960 You really think I'm that small? 341 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:45,670 I think you're putting the brakes on 342 00:13:45,670 --> 00:13:47,120 something you should want. 343 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:48,250 And there has to be a reason. 344 00:13:48,250 --> 00:13:50,380 I want this case to move forward in a year 345 00:13:50,380 --> 00:13:52,580 when it actually has a chance of succeeding. 346 00:13:52,580 --> 00:13:54,710 The only reason you want this case to happen now 347 00:13:54,710 --> 00:13:56,000 is because you need a win. 348 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,330 You need a win 349 00:13:57,330 --> 00:13:59,330 while there's still a chance for you 350 00:13:59,330 --> 00:14:01,580 to scrape back some influence in this town. 351 00:14:01,580 --> 00:14:03,000 Beyond the occasional teaching gig, that is. 352 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,380 Madam President, I don't -- 353 00:14:05,380 --> 00:14:07,040 Go ahead. Tell me I'm wrong. 354 00:14:08,790 --> 00:14:09,880 It wouldn't be the first time you stood in this room 355 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:11,040 and lied to my face. 356 00:14:13,250 --> 00:14:15,670 ♪♪ 357 00:14:15,670 --> 00:14:16,880 We're going to the Supreme Court 358 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:18,210 with or without you. 359 00:14:18,210 --> 00:14:20,830 You do that, 360 00:14:20,830 --> 00:14:22,120 you will find yourself 361 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:24,080 an adversary of the White House. 362 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:28,250 ♪♪ 363 00:14:28,250 --> 00:14:30,000 Wouldn't be the first time for that, either. 364 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:36,000 ♪♪ 365 00:14:36,830 --> 00:14:37,750 [ Door closes ] 366 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,460 Ooh, that was fast. 367 00:14:44,460 --> 00:14:45,540 Did the radiologist say yes to the payoff, 368 00:14:45,540 --> 00:14:46,920 or are we going to have to turn the screws a little? 369 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:48,170 I couldn't tell you. Sounds juicy, though. 370 00:14:48,170 --> 00:14:49,710 Oh. 371 00:14:49,710 --> 00:14:51,670 Sure is quiet around here. 372 00:14:51,670 --> 00:14:53,420 Everyone call in sick, or...? 373 00:14:53,420 --> 00:14:55,460 We're running down cases. 374 00:14:55,460 --> 00:14:57,880 So can I help you, Jake? 375 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,210 Admiral? Command? 376 00:15:00,210 --> 00:15:02,540 What am I supposed to call you these days anyway? 377 00:15:02,540 --> 00:15:04,000 There's a case making its way 378 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:05,330 towards the Supreme Court, Perkins. 379 00:15:05,330 --> 00:15:06,420 President Grant would prefer 380 00:15:06,420 --> 00:15:07,920 that it stall out before it gets there. 381 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:09,420 And? 382 00:15:09,420 --> 00:15:12,460 You're coming to us when you have B613? 383 00:15:13,620 --> 00:15:14,830 I thought you'd take a personal interest in this case. 384 00:15:14,830 --> 00:15:16,290 What's the case? 385 00:15:16,290 --> 00:15:18,250 It's a criminal-justice reform class-action 386 00:15:18,250 --> 00:15:19,920 championed by none other than Olivia Pope. 387 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:21,750 Yeah, well, that's going to be a big no. 388 00:15:21,750 --> 00:15:23,120 I have no interest 389 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:25,080 in anything having to do with Olivia Pope. 390 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:26,540 Mm. Your RSS feed begs to differ. 391 00:15:26,540 --> 00:15:28,420 How many articles about Olivia have you read this month? 392 00:15:28,420 --> 00:15:29,710 20? 30? 393 00:15:29,710 --> 00:15:31,250 [ Chuckles ] 394 00:15:31,250 --> 00:15:33,080 You're spying on my Internet history? 395 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,170 You and about 300 million of your fellow citizens. 396 00:15:35,170 --> 00:15:36,420 Look, here's the deal. 397 00:15:36,420 --> 00:15:38,420 If Liv's able to score a win with this case, 398 00:15:38,420 --> 00:15:39,830 it'll clear a path for her 399 00:15:39,830 --> 00:15:41,120 right back into the halls of power. 400 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:42,710 Are you really gonna tell me 401 00:15:42,710 --> 00:15:45,120 you're willing to stand by and let that happen? 402 00:15:51,460 --> 00:15:52,670 The President refused to help? 403 00:15:52,670 --> 00:15:54,250 President Grant has made her decision. 404 00:15:54,250 --> 00:15:55,960 Nothing we do now will change that. 405 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:57,080 She made that crystal clear. 406 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:58,670 That's it? 407 00:15:58,670 --> 00:15:59,670 That's what I get 408 00:15:59,670 --> 00:16:01,750 by having Olivia Pope on my team -- 409 00:16:01,750 --> 00:16:03,120 resignation. 410 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:04,830 You were supposed to convince her. 411 00:16:04,830 --> 00:16:06,460 What happened when we left the room? 412 00:16:06,460 --> 00:16:08,080 It doesn't matter. It matters to me. 413 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:11,710 What'd you talk about? 414 00:16:11,710 --> 00:16:13,080 What do you think we talked about? 415 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:14,460 We talked about you. 416 00:16:16,170 --> 00:16:17,500 Me? 417 00:16:17,500 --> 00:16:19,330 You think the President doesn't get a full briefing 418 00:16:19,330 --> 00:16:20,710 on every person who sets foot in her office, 419 00:16:20,710 --> 00:16:23,120 especially when that person's got a past like yours? 420 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:24,580 Annalise, she'd made up her mind 421 00:16:24,580 --> 00:16:26,170 before you even opened your mouth. 422 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:36,290 That woman is impossible! 423 00:16:36,290 --> 00:16:38,250 Fitz: She's passionate about the case. 424 00:16:38,250 --> 00:16:39,330 And I'm not passionate about the case? 425 00:16:39,330 --> 00:16:41,250 It's not my fault 426 00:16:41,250 --> 00:16:42,960 Mellie has chosen to be petty. 427 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:44,750 It's not Annalise's fault either. 428 00:16:44,750 --> 00:16:46,040 Maybe I could go back 429 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:47,500 and try to change Mellie's mind. 430 00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:48,460 Or maybe we don't need Mellie. 431 00:16:48,460 --> 00:16:49,830 What? 432 00:16:49,830 --> 00:16:51,880 Cut out the middle man. 433 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:53,920 Put pressure on the Supreme Court ourselves. 434 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:55,330 The Fourteenth Amendment 435 00:16:55,330 --> 00:16:56,710 guarantees equal protection under the law. 436 00:16:56,710 --> 00:16:58,000 Which is simply impossible 437 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,330 if public defenders 438 00:16:59,330 --> 00:17:01,250 are unable to meet the same standards 439 00:17:01,250 --> 00:17:03,380 as their privately paid counterparts. 440 00:17:03,380 --> 00:17:06,330 The Supreme Court must act to correct that injustice... 441 00:17:06,330 --> 00:17:07,330 You need a majority 442 00:17:07,330 --> 00:17:08,830 to win a case in The Supreme Court. 443 00:17:08,830 --> 00:17:10,830 But to have it heard only takes four judges. 444 00:17:10,830 --> 00:17:12,380 Stupid "rule of four." 445 00:17:12,380 --> 00:17:14,380 Justice Gutierrez has already expressed 446 00:17:14,380 --> 00:17:15,880 his support for Team Liv. 447 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:17,170 She only needs three more. 448 00:17:17,170 --> 00:17:18,330 Luckily, Kensington and Marsh 449 00:17:18,330 --> 00:17:19,540 are super into states' rights. 450 00:17:19,540 --> 00:17:21,120 There's no way they'd entertain this case. 451 00:17:21,120 --> 00:17:22,540 Which leaves these six. 452 00:17:22,540 --> 00:17:24,120 We get four of them on our side, 453 00:17:24,120 --> 00:17:25,750 and Annalise Keating is done. 454 00:17:25,750 --> 00:17:27,170 Woman: Of course Justice Ribas believes 455 00:17:27,170 --> 00:17:28,420 in the right to counsel, 456 00:17:28,420 --> 00:17:29,830 but the Constitution doesn't say anything 457 00:17:29,830 --> 00:17:31,540 about the right to good counsel. 458 00:17:31,540 --> 00:17:33,540 She's a strict constitutionalist. 459 00:17:33,540 --> 00:17:34,830 You don't say. 460 00:17:34,830 --> 00:17:37,620 Public defenders are overworked and underpaid, 461 00:17:37,620 --> 00:17:40,580 resulting in an inordinate amount of plea deals. 462 00:17:40,580 --> 00:17:42,710 Innocent people are willfully going to jail 463 00:17:42,710 --> 00:17:44,380 simply because they're poor. 464 00:17:44,380 --> 00:17:45,580 There's no doubt the system is broken. 465 00:17:45,580 --> 00:17:46,830 But should the federal government 466 00:17:46,830 --> 00:17:47,830 get involved in a state program? 467 00:17:47,830 --> 00:17:49,380 Absolutely not. 468 00:17:49,380 --> 00:17:51,420 Which is why we'll rule to send the case back 469 00:17:51,420 --> 00:17:52,920 to the Pennsylvania circuit court. 470 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:54,120 Justice Bass: I'm sorry, Mr. Walker, 471 00:17:54,120 --> 00:17:55,920 but I have a more pressing matter 472 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,000 to attend to. Your Honor, what could be more pressing 473 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,420 than 90% of defendants 474 00:17:59,420 --> 00:18:00,960 being unable to afford competent counsel? 475 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:03,710 Oh. Excuse me. 476 00:18:03,710 --> 00:18:04,710 ♪ In my house ♪ 477 00:18:04,710 --> 00:18:05,710 Hold tight. 478 00:18:05,710 --> 00:18:07,170 Justice Bass? 479 00:18:07,170 --> 00:18:08,420 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 480 00:18:08,420 --> 00:18:09,880 Three down. One to go. 481 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:11,500 So it all rests on -- 482 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:12,830 Quinn: Justice Mark Spivey. 483 00:18:12,830 --> 00:18:14,710 Of course. He's always the swing vote. 484 00:18:14,710 --> 00:18:16,500 A wild card. There's no telling what he'll do. 485 00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:18,710 And he never reveals how he's ruling beforehand. 486 00:18:18,710 --> 00:18:20,040 Marcus: Just got off the phone with Spivey's law clerk, 487 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:21,460 and he agrees with you, Liv. 488 00:18:21,460 --> 00:18:23,500 With a little more media push, he can be swayed. 489 00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:25,380 Good. Let's set up a sit-down for me and Noah Baker. 490 00:18:25,380 --> 00:18:26,420 Annalise: I don't think that's a good idea. 491 00:18:26,420 --> 00:18:28,790 No, you're right. It should be a woman. 492 00:18:28,790 --> 00:18:30,920 Maybe Francesca Hunter? 493 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:32,420 No, I mean I don't think it's a good idea 494 00:18:32,420 --> 00:18:33,620 for you to do the interview. 495 00:18:33,620 --> 00:18:34,790 I should do it. 496 00:18:34,790 --> 00:18:37,040 You? Yes. 497 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:38,250 It's my case. Put me on camera. 498 00:18:38,250 --> 00:18:40,790 If I do that, they will tear you apart. 499 00:18:40,790 --> 00:18:42,580 Bring up all your past sins. 500 00:18:42,580 --> 00:18:43,670 Fine. Bring it on. 501 00:18:43,670 --> 00:18:45,080 I'm tired of hiding in the shadows. 502 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:47,040 Truth is our greatest weapon. You said so yourself. 503 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:48,330 Truth can be unpredictable. 504 00:18:48,330 --> 00:18:49,460 At this point, what's most important 505 00:18:49,460 --> 00:18:50,500 is staying on message 506 00:18:50,500 --> 00:18:52,080 and selling this to Justice Spivey. 507 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:53,500 Just like you sold it to President Grant? 508 00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:01,580 Are you questioning my tactics? 509 00:19:01,580 --> 00:19:02,330 Should I be? 510 00:19:04,380 --> 00:19:05,330 How about you both do the interview? 511 00:19:05,330 --> 00:19:06,330 Together. 512 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,920 Excuse me? 513 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:11,290 Annalise, you can convey the passion behind the case. 514 00:19:11,290 --> 00:19:12,500 Tug at Spivey's heartstrings. 515 00:19:12,500 --> 00:19:13,920 And if the interview begins to take a turn 516 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:15,250 towards personal issues, 517 00:19:15,250 --> 00:19:17,540 then Ms. Pope, you can steer it back 518 00:19:17,540 --> 00:19:19,670 to what's most important -- this case. 519 00:19:19,670 --> 00:19:21,040 Right? 520 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:22,790 That's exactly what I was gonna say. 521 00:19:30,580 --> 00:19:32,210 Okay. 522 00:19:33,460 --> 00:19:34,540 Fine. 523 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:38,500 [ Hushed voice ] Thank God. 524 00:19:38,500 --> 00:19:40,210 Olivia: If we do this right, 525 00:19:40,210 --> 00:19:41,540 this interview could be the push 526 00:19:41,540 --> 00:19:42,960 that Spivey needs to hear the case. 527 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:44,290 I'll set it up. I'll call Spivey's people 528 00:19:44,290 --> 00:19:46,290 to make sure he's watching. Great. 529 00:19:52,460 --> 00:19:56,620 Please tell me you know a good hairdresser. 530 00:19:56,620 --> 00:19:59,000 [ Chuckles ] 531 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,620 You're telling me Spivey is clean? 532 00:20:00,620 --> 00:20:02,170 No weird porn searches? 533 00:20:02,170 --> 00:20:03,250 Not even a creepy library book? 534 00:20:03,250 --> 00:20:04,580 Guy's so clean it's freaky. 535 00:20:04,580 --> 00:20:05,880 If we can't hamstring Spivey, 536 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:06,790 we could be in trouble. 537 00:20:06,790 --> 00:20:08,080 Liv's killing it in the media. 538 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:09,290 The public wants reform. 539 00:20:09,290 --> 00:20:10,580 Olivia thinks she can get away 540 00:20:10,580 --> 00:20:12,330 with ramming it down the Supreme Court's throat. 541 00:20:12,330 --> 00:20:13,420 I mean, why not, right? 542 00:20:13,420 --> 00:20:15,080 She's gotten away with everything else. 543 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:16,670 That's Liv, though. Nothing ever sticks to her. 544 00:20:16,670 --> 00:20:18,380 There's got to be dirt on Spivey somewhere. 545 00:20:18,380 --> 00:20:19,790 Maybe he's just a man of principle. 546 00:20:19,790 --> 00:20:21,830 Or he's smart. Quinn: Charlie's right. He is smart. 547 00:20:21,830 --> 00:20:23,880 Smart enough to store his dirty laundry 548 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:25,120 on a separate server. 549 00:20:25,120 --> 00:20:25,920 Find it. 550 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:29,210 Thank you. 551 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:33,000 [ Hushed voice ] They haven't found anything 552 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:34,080 on Justice Spivey? 553 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,000 They're still looking. 554 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,170 [ Exhales ] They're good. 555 00:20:37,170 --> 00:20:38,330 We'll get something we can use 556 00:20:38,330 --> 00:20:39,420 to nudge him over to our side of the fence. 557 00:20:39,420 --> 00:20:41,040 Our side of the fence. Wonderful. 558 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:41,830 Yes, ma'am. 559 00:20:42,500 --> 00:20:43,580 What about her? 560 00:20:43,580 --> 00:20:46,830 Her? She will find a way. 561 00:20:46,830 --> 00:20:48,540 Even if we get Spivey on our side, 562 00:20:48,540 --> 00:20:50,920 Olivia will find a way to turn the tide against us. 563 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:52,170 Again. 564 00:20:52,170 --> 00:20:54,000 It's what she does. She wins. 565 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,330 Not without the White House in her corner. 566 00:20:55,330 --> 00:20:57,420 Pay attention. We are in her corner. 567 00:20:57,420 --> 00:20:59,000 I let her resign. 568 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,000 I let her keep her dignity. 569 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,080 Everyone still thinks 570 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:03,330 that Olivia Pope is Olivia Pope. 571 00:21:03,330 --> 00:21:05,750 Competent, trusted, right hand of the King. 572 00:21:05,750 --> 00:21:09,420 Because I let her stay Olivia Pope. 573 00:21:09,420 --> 00:21:11,290 I didn't crush her. 574 00:21:11,290 --> 00:21:13,500 And this is my reward. 575 00:21:13,500 --> 00:21:14,790 [ Laughs ] 576 00:21:14,790 --> 00:21:16,500 No good deed... 577 00:21:16,500 --> 00:21:18,420 You had to help her. 578 00:21:18,420 --> 00:21:20,170 If the public knew the true circumstances 579 00:21:20,170 --> 00:21:21,920 behind Olivia Pope's dismissal, 580 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:23,500 it wouldn't have simply hurt her. 581 00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:25,710 It would have hurt us, too. A flesh wound. 582 00:21:25,710 --> 00:21:27,080 We would have found a way to deal with it 583 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:28,580 one way or the other. 584 00:21:28,580 --> 00:21:29,580 At the end of the day, we would've been fine. 585 00:21:29,580 --> 00:21:31,670 [ Inhales deeply ] 586 00:21:31,670 --> 00:21:33,210 [ Exhales ] 587 00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:37,040 We will be fine. 588 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:39,000 Ma'am, if you're suggesting 589 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,210 that we leak that information now -- 590 00:21:40,210 --> 00:21:41,880 Us? The White House? 591 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:43,120 Leak Liv's firing? 592 00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:45,880 That would be beneath us. 593 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,250 But you are working with her old team, yes? 594 00:21:48,250 --> 00:21:49,790 I am. 595 00:21:49,790 --> 00:21:51,830 ♪♪ 596 00:21:51,830 --> 00:21:53,330 Is it beneath them? 597 00:21:53,330 --> 00:21:56,040 ♪♪ 598 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:57,540 Yes, Madam President. 599 00:21:57,540 --> 00:22:01,170 ♪♪ 600 00:22:05,670 --> 00:22:06,790 So she shows up at his house at 2:00 a.m. 601 00:22:06,790 --> 00:22:08,420 with the other girl in the back seat? 602 00:22:08,420 --> 00:22:10,040 Yes, girl. Then, they started fighting. 603 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:12,000 It was all some straight up ratchet mess. 604 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,710 That's how your family do though. 605 00:22:13,710 --> 00:22:15,080 [ Laughs ] No, that's just one cousin. 606 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:16,250 They are not all like that. 607 00:22:16,250 --> 00:22:17,790 Everybody got one hood cousin. 608 00:22:17,790 --> 00:22:19,830 Or aunt. Or uncle who used to be a pimp. 609 00:22:19,830 --> 00:22:21,710 And then found Jesus. Oh, I got two of those. 610 00:22:21,710 --> 00:22:26,210 [ Laughter ] 611 00:22:30,460 --> 00:22:32,040 Can you turn that up? 612 00:22:35,620 --> 00:22:37,420 Man: Sources are saying that 613 00:22:37,420 --> 00:22:39,500 former Chief of Staff Olivia Pope's interest 614 00:22:39,500 --> 00:22:42,000 in the criminal-justice class-action suit 615 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,250 is based on a personal vendetta against President Grant 616 00:22:45,250 --> 00:22:48,040 due to Ms. Pope's being ousted from the White House. 617 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,170 Audrey Campo: I can neither confirm nor deny rumors 618 00:22:50,170 --> 00:22:51,540 that Olivia Pope was fired from the White House. 619 00:22:51,540 --> 00:22:54,170 But I will say that President Grant 620 00:22:54,170 --> 00:22:55,710 will not be working with Ms. Pope 621 00:22:55,710 --> 00:22:57,540 on any recent or future endeavors. 622 00:22:59,460 --> 00:23:01,210 Annalise: You said you left on good terms, 623 00:23:01,210 --> 00:23:02,620 that I was the problem with this case. 624 00:23:02,620 --> 00:23:04,880 But really, it's you. 625 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:05,880 You lied to me. 626 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:06,960 Can you give us a minute? 627 00:23:14,580 --> 00:23:16,330 So? 628 00:23:16,330 --> 00:23:17,750 Is it true? 629 00:23:17,750 --> 00:23:19,290 I didn't lie. 630 00:23:19,290 --> 00:23:20,920 My resignation was complicated. 631 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:22,460 Sounds like more spin to me. 632 00:23:22,460 --> 00:23:24,290 You came to me asking for my help -- 633 00:23:24,290 --> 00:23:26,290 Because I thought you had a bite behind that bark. 634 00:23:26,290 --> 00:23:27,880 But instead I found a siddity phony 635 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:29,830 who judged me from the minute she laid eyes on me. 636 00:23:29,830 --> 00:23:30,830 I never judged you. 637 00:23:30,830 --> 00:23:32,710 Oh, you judged me immediately. 638 00:23:32,710 --> 00:23:34,670 Just like a white man in a boardroom 639 00:23:34,670 --> 00:23:35,830 looking down on me 640 00:23:35,830 --> 00:23:38,040 because my hips are too wide and my hue too dark. 641 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:39,170 Oh, so we're going there. 642 00:23:39,170 --> 00:23:40,420 Wow. 643 00:23:40,420 --> 00:23:41,790 You think we soul sisters 644 00:23:41,790 --> 00:23:43,290 just 'cause you rented out a hair salon for a few hours 645 00:23:43,290 --> 00:23:44,250 on the black side of town? 646 00:23:44,250 --> 00:23:45,420 Please. 647 00:23:45,420 --> 00:23:46,620 I've dealt with plenty 648 00:23:46,620 --> 00:23:48,750 of bougie-ass black women just like you. 649 00:23:48,750 --> 00:23:50,880 Spent most of your life in boarding school, 650 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,080 Ivy League Universities, 651 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:53,290 with a horse between your legs 652 00:23:53,290 --> 00:23:54,880 and a silver spoon in your mouth. 653 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:56,500 You're not the only one who knows how to Google. 654 00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:01,540 You called me a hot mess, remember? 655 00:24:01,540 --> 00:24:03,920 But it sounds to me 656 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,330 that despite all of your failed attempts 657 00:24:06,330 --> 00:24:08,920 to stand above me on your little pedestal, 658 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,790 we're the same. 659 00:24:11,790 --> 00:24:15,380 So keep it real, Olivia Pope. 660 00:24:15,380 --> 00:24:16,960 Why'd you leave the White House? 661 00:24:20,830 --> 00:24:23,210 You know, your skin tone and measurements 662 00:24:23,210 --> 00:24:25,540 aren't the reason people don't like you. 663 00:24:25,540 --> 00:24:28,290 It's you, Annalise Keating. 664 00:24:28,290 --> 00:24:32,330 You are a bully who insults people 665 00:24:32,330 --> 00:24:33,620 and then wonders why they won't help you. 666 00:24:33,620 --> 00:24:34,880 But hey, you're just trying to keep it real? 667 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,380 Right? 668 00:24:36,380 --> 00:24:37,960 How's that working out for you? 669 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:39,460 Can't be that great 670 00:24:39,460 --> 00:24:41,500 if you had to haul your broke ass on the Megabus 671 00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:43,500 to beg for my help. 672 00:24:43,500 --> 00:24:45,960 You may think you know who I am and what I'm about, 673 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:47,460 but don't get it twisted. 674 00:24:47,460 --> 00:24:49,380 We are not the same. 675 00:24:49,380 --> 00:24:51,330 So allow me to reintroduce myself. 676 00:24:51,330 --> 00:24:53,170 My name is Olivia Pope. 677 00:24:53,170 --> 00:24:55,920 And I don't have to explain myself to anyone. 678 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:57,540 Especially you. 679 00:25:05,250 --> 00:25:06,790 Kevin, you can come back. 680 00:25:06,790 --> 00:25:08,790 We're done. 681 00:25:08,790 --> 00:25:10,420 Don't worry about your wash and press. 682 00:25:10,420 --> 00:25:11,540 I'll be sure to put that 683 00:25:11,540 --> 00:25:13,620 on my siddity-ass, no limit, platinum card. 684 00:25:13,620 --> 00:25:15,250 I'll pay for my own damn hair. Okay. 685 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,750 Man: Still no comment from Olivia Pope 686 00:25:22,750 --> 00:25:24,080 on the allegations 687 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:25,750 that she was fired from the White House. 688 00:25:25,750 --> 00:25:28,170 Insiders in Washington are left speculating 689 00:25:28,170 --> 00:25:29,540 about what could've happened 690 00:25:29,540 --> 00:25:31,080 behind the closed doors of the Oval, 691 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:32,670 how Pope became a pariah, 692 00:25:32,670 --> 00:25:33,960 and why she lied about it 693 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:35,830 in her resignation announcement. 694 00:25:35,830 --> 00:25:37,670 The White House.... Can you believe this? 695 00:25:37,670 --> 00:25:39,170 The White House is playing dirty. 696 00:25:41,580 --> 00:25:43,000 It wasn't the White House. 697 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,620 ...With more questions than answers... 698 00:25:44,620 --> 00:25:45,670 This was you? 699 00:25:45,670 --> 00:25:46,790 Well, Quinn technically. 700 00:25:46,790 --> 00:25:48,170 Me by proxy. 701 00:25:48,170 --> 00:25:50,620 Oh. Okay. So that's a yes. 702 00:25:50,620 --> 00:25:52,880 It wasn't personal. 703 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:54,040 She needed to be stopped 704 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:55,250 for the greater good of our nation. 705 00:25:55,250 --> 00:25:56,380 Stopped? 706 00:25:56,380 --> 00:25:57,790 She's trying to reform our justice system, 707 00:25:57,790 --> 00:25:59,040 which as Attorney General of the United Sta-- 708 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:00,420 Mellie wants the same reform. 709 00:26:00,420 --> 00:26:01,750 Just on a safer timeline. 710 00:26:01,750 --> 00:26:04,920 Sure, but maybe playing it safe is the problem. 711 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:06,960 I respect President Grant's reasoning, 712 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,250 but a "safe timeline" 713 00:26:08,250 --> 00:26:10,330 is not sending someone away for 20 years 714 00:26:10,330 --> 00:26:12,170 on a simple possession charge. 715 00:26:12,170 --> 00:26:13,580 But there was a narrative 716 00:26:13,580 --> 00:26:15,460 that is now being called into question. 717 00:26:15,460 --> 00:26:17,920 Abby... What? 718 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:19,620 It's okay to miss her. 719 00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:21,620 ...With the White House, or a calculated move... 720 00:26:21,620 --> 00:26:23,460 I don't miss her. I just don't trust her. 721 00:26:23,460 --> 00:26:24,460 Okay? 722 00:26:24,460 --> 00:26:25,540 Okay. 723 00:26:25,540 --> 00:26:31,540 ♪♪ 724 00:26:34,540 --> 00:26:40,540 ♪♪ 725 00:26:43,620 --> 00:26:49,670 ♪♪ 726 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:55,210 Olivia: What is it that you think 727 00:26:55,210 --> 00:26:55,960 you're gonna get out of this? 728 00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:00,000 Quinn: Right now, at the moment, 729 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,620 I'd be happy just to find my keys. 730 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:02,790 Oh, would you look at that. [ Keys jingle ] 731 00:27:02,790 --> 00:27:04,620 Now, move, please. 732 00:27:04,620 --> 00:27:06,250 You're on the wrong side of this fight, Quinn. 733 00:27:06,250 --> 00:27:08,080 [ Scoffs ] 734 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:09,290 I'm on the only side that matters -- 735 00:27:09,290 --> 00:27:10,460 my client's. 736 00:27:10,460 --> 00:27:11,790 Your client? The White House? 737 00:27:11,790 --> 00:27:13,750 That's who you're working with to deny the rights 738 00:27:13,750 --> 00:27:16,540 of 90 wrongfully imprisoned people, right? 739 00:27:18,420 --> 00:27:21,080 I'm not the media, Liv. 740 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,170 You're not going to spin me. 741 00:27:23,170 --> 00:27:25,170 You're not here because you care about those people. 742 00:27:25,170 --> 00:27:27,920 You got kicked out of the game and you want back in. 743 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,040 Don't pretend you have anything on your mind other than you. 744 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,620 [ Laughs ] Quinn... 745 00:27:32,620 --> 00:27:33,710 Is that funny? 746 00:27:33,710 --> 00:27:34,750 It's not funny. 747 00:27:34,750 --> 00:27:36,380 It's ironic. 748 00:27:36,380 --> 00:27:38,460 You're not here for your client. 749 00:27:38,460 --> 00:27:39,830 You're here for me. 750 00:27:39,830 --> 00:27:41,750 You're here for revenge. 751 00:27:43,250 --> 00:27:45,960 And so what if I am? 752 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,790 I'd say I'm more than a little bit due, 753 00:27:47,790 --> 00:27:49,420 wouldn't you? 754 00:27:49,420 --> 00:27:53,120 You said your QPA would be about justice. 755 00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:55,750 Don't let go of that. 756 00:27:55,750 --> 00:27:58,290 Don't compromise yourself just because you hate me. 757 00:27:58,290 --> 00:28:00,620 You're really gonna want to walk away 758 00:28:00,620 --> 00:28:02,250 before I do something I regret. 759 00:28:02,250 --> 00:28:03,920 You already have. 760 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:05,460 You took the case. 761 00:28:05,460 --> 00:28:07,670 I guarantee one way or the other, 762 00:28:07,670 --> 00:28:09,290 you will come to regret it. 763 00:28:09,290 --> 00:28:15,290 ♪♪ 764 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:27,880 You need anything? 765 00:28:29,250 --> 00:28:30,540 What? 766 00:28:30,540 --> 00:28:34,880 Do you need anything for your interview tomorrow? 767 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:36,210 No. 768 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:40,830 You're not gonna win this thing. 769 00:28:44,380 --> 00:28:46,250 I'll do what I can with the interview. 770 00:28:46,250 --> 00:28:47,920 But I can only spin so much. 771 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:48,670 It won't be enough. 772 00:28:50,580 --> 00:28:53,880 She has problems. 773 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:55,500 Big problems 774 00:28:55,500 --> 00:28:57,000 that she needs to return to Philadelphia with 775 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:57,920 as soon as humanly possible. 776 00:28:57,920 --> 00:28:59,580 That woman -- 777 00:28:59,580 --> 00:29:02,040 I think the only one with big problems here is you. 778 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,580 [ Scoffs ] Fitz, I'm in no mood. 779 00:29:04,580 --> 00:29:05,750 Neither am I. 780 00:29:10,210 --> 00:29:12,960 You know how important this is. 781 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:16,540 You know how long it's taken for us to get here. 782 00:29:16,540 --> 00:29:19,120 And I am very sorry, but Annalise Keating -- Oh, for the love -- 783 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,080 This is not about Annalise Keating. 784 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:24,040 This is about Olivia Pope. 785 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,210 Where the hell is she? 786 00:29:27,540 --> 00:29:29,540 You saw the news. 787 00:29:29,540 --> 00:29:31,290 It's over. 788 00:29:31,290 --> 00:29:33,000 I don't accept that. 789 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,460 You don't accept that. 790 00:29:34,460 --> 00:29:36,500 A couple of reporters going on TV 791 00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:38,290 saying mean things about you? 792 00:29:38,290 --> 00:29:39,920 How unique. How different. 793 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:41,830 Rare air you're breathing right now. 794 00:29:41,830 --> 00:29:43,710 Olivia Pope versus the White House? 795 00:29:43,710 --> 00:29:45,670 That's new. 796 00:29:45,670 --> 00:29:47,790 You forced to work with someone you can't stand, 797 00:29:47,790 --> 00:29:49,080 someone you disagree with, 798 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:50,790 someone who calls you on your crap? 799 00:29:50,790 --> 00:29:54,040 Done it before, Liv, sailed through it before, 800 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:55,540 and you never folded. 801 00:29:55,540 --> 00:29:57,540 Not once. 802 00:29:57,540 --> 00:30:00,250 So why now are you sitting there, 803 00:30:00,250 --> 00:30:02,040 acting like -- Because I'm not that person anymore. 804 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:03,620 I'm no longer the woman you... 805 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,500 Things are different now, Fitz. 806 00:30:10,500 --> 00:30:11,540 Why did you take this case? 807 00:30:11,540 --> 00:30:12,790 [ Scoffs ] 808 00:30:13,710 --> 00:30:15,540 Olivia. 809 00:30:15,540 --> 00:30:16,790 Answer the question. 810 00:30:16,790 --> 00:30:17,960 Because it matters. 811 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,170 I took this case because it matters. 812 00:30:20,170 --> 00:30:21,380 Because you want to change the world. 813 00:30:21,380 --> 00:30:22,540 Because I want to change the world. 814 00:30:22,540 --> 00:30:24,710 "Okay"? 815 00:30:24,710 --> 00:30:27,290 Okay. 816 00:30:27,290 --> 00:30:28,710 There you are. 817 00:30:28,710 --> 00:30:34,670 ♪♪ 818 00:30:34,670 --> 00:30:37,710 You're still you. 819 00:30:37,710 --> 00:30:42,120 They just don't see it. 820 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:43,380 You just don't see it. 821 00:30:43,380 --> 00:30:49,380 ♪♪ 822 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:59,170 ♪♪ 823 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,290 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 824 00:31:09,460 --> 00:31:10,880 What is that? 825 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,250 Just a little something that might make you feel better. 826 00:31:17,380 --> 00:31:19,290 Abby! Abby: What? 827 00:31:19,290 --> 00:31:20,790 Charlie found dirt on Spivey. 828 00:31:20,790 --> 00:31:23,000 Oh-ho. 829 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,620 Oh, this is good. 830 00:31:24,620 --> 00:31:26,330 There's a reason this guy kept his secrets buried deep. 831 00:31:26,330 --> 00:31:27,750 The White House will control Spivey 832 00:31:27,750 --> 00:31:28,880 with that information. 833 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:30,120 Liv is never gonna know what hit her. 834 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:31,170 She is done. 835 00:31:31,170 --> 00:31:33,750 [ Exhales sharply ] 836 00:31:37,290 --> 00:31:38,710 What? 837 00:31:38,710 --> 00:31:39,960 Abby: I don't know. It's just -- 838 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:41,120 I'm all for playing dirty. 839 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:42,580 But we're gladiators, right? 840 00:31:42,580 --> 00:31:44,500 When we play dirty, it's for a good reason. 841 00:31:44,500 --> 00:31:46,170 This is a good reason. 842 00:31:46,170 --> 00:31:47,620 Of course it is. 843 00:31:51,620 --> 00:31:52,580 Right. 844 00:31:57,620 --> 00:31:58,580 [ Door closes ] 845 00:31:58,580 --> 00:32:01,000 ♪♪ 846 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,170 Quinn: I think you'll be happy 847 00:32:02,170 --> 00:32:03,170 with what we found on Justice Spivey. 848 00:32:03,170 --> 00:32:05,500 Pretty much speaks for itself. 849 00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:07,080 This is good stuff, Perkins. 850 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:08,830 I knew you'd come through. Hey. 851 00:32:08,830 --> 00:32:10,330 You never told me -- 852 00:32:10,330 --> 00:32:12,170 why's the President so against a case like this 853 00:32:12,170 --> 00:32:13,670 getting to the Supreme Court? 854 00:32:13,670 --> 00:32:15,580 You thought this was about the case? 855 00:32:15,580 --> 00:32:18,420 No, I... 856 00:32:18,420 --> 00:32:20,580 We got the chance to finally check Olivia Pope. 857 00:32:20,580 --> 00:32:22,120 It's what we all wanted, isn't it? 858 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:23,710 Yeah. 859 00:32:23,710 --> 00:32:25,080 Of course. 860 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,580 You have a good day, Perkins. 861 00:32:27,580 --> 00:32:32,710 ♪♪ 862 00:32:32,710 --> 00:32:38,710 [ Indistinct conversations ] 863 00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:45,500 [ Indistinct conversations ] 864 00:32:46,500 --> 00:32:48,380 [ Whispering ] You sure this is a good idea? 865 00:32:48,380 --> 00:32:50,460 [ Whispering ] Not really. 866 00:32:50,460 --> 00:32:53,040 Ms. Pope and Ms. Keating, thank you for joining us. 867 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,460 Now, before we get into this case, 868 00:32:55,460 --> 00:32:57,710 there's a new story we can't ignore 869 00:32:57,710 --> 00:32:59,580 and we'd very much like to get your response to, 870 00:32:59,580 --> 00:33:00,620 Ms. Pope. 871 00:33:00,620 --> 00:33:02,460 Were you fired by President Grant? 872 00:33:03,500 --> 00:33:05,000 Yes. I was. 873 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,380 Why were you fired? 874 00:33:08,380 --> 00:33:11,120 Difficult challenges mean difficult decisions, 875 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,580 having to choose between the bad or the worse. 876 00:33:13,580 --> 00:33:15,710 Stakes are high. Inevitably someone gets hurt. 877 00:33:15,710 --> 00:33:17,750 That time it was me. 878 00:33:17,750 --> 00:33:19,920 Do you regret how you handled anything, 879 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:22,250 specifically while you were in the White House? 880 00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:25,040 I regret 881 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:26,790 that my relationship with President Grant 882 00:33:26,790 --> 00:33:29,170 dissolved to the point of my dismissal, 883 00:33:29,170 --> 00:33:31,830 that ties were severed 884 00:33:31,830 --> 00:33:33,710 between the people I am closest with. 885 00:33:33,710 --> 00:33:36,920 People I have served. People I have mentored. 886 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,460 People I still love. 887 00:33:39,460 --> 00:33:41,460 But I am a fighter. 888 00:33:41,460 --> 00:33:43,120 So I don't regret the fight. 889 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,000 I can't. It's who I am. 890 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:46,380 It's what I do. 891 00:33:46,380 --> 00:33:50,580 And luckily, I am not alone. 892 00:33:50,580 --> 00:33:53,880 Next to me is one of the most courageous fighters 893 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:54,920 I have ever met. 894 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:56,500 I am just as proud to be in the service 895 00:33:56,500 --> 00:33:58,120 of her fight to get this case heard 896 00:33:58,120 --> 00:33:59,880 by the highest court of the land 897 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:02,040 as anything I have ever done. 898 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,750 And while I understand the interest in me, 899 00:34:04,750 --> 00:34:06,040 I have lost very little 900 00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:07,080 compared to the men and women -- 901 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:08,250 many of them innocent -- 902 00:34:08,250 --> 00:34:10,420 stuck in prison for decades 903 00:34:10,420 --> 00:34:12,920 because of an inadequate defense 904 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:14,580 provided by our legal system. 905 00:34:14,580 --> 00:34:16,170 So I respectfully ask the public, 906 00:34:16,170 --> 00:34:17,580 including you, Francesca, 907 00:34:17,580 --> 00:34:19,290 to shift focus to what matters -- 908 00:34:19,290 --> 00:34:21,250 the fight to reform our criminal-justice system. 909 00:34:21,250 --> 00:34:23,330 And the woman who is leading that charge, 910 00:34:23,330 --> 00:34:24,920 fighting that fight for all of us. 911 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:26,330 Annalise Keating. 912 00:34:26,330 --> 00:34:29,920 ♪♪ 913 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:31,380 All right then. 914 00:34:31,380 --> 00:34:33,460 Annalise? 915 00:34:33,460 --> 00:34:35,790 Now is the time. 916 00:34:35,790 --> 00:34:38,250 We can't wait another political season, 917 00:34:38,250 --> 00:34:39,460 another month, another day. 918 00:34:39,460 --> 00:34:42,000 There are people rotting in prison 919 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,880 because of a judicial system that's messed up. 920 00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:46,290 All we're asking 921 00:34:46,290 --> 00:34:48,080 is for an hour of the court's time 922 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:50,670 to hear our case, make a decision. 923 00:34:50,670 --> 00:34:53,670 Help us do that. Please. 924 00:34:53,670 --> 00:34:58,330 ♪♪ 925 00:34:58,330 --> 00:35:00,170 Carol: I think what Ms. Pope and Ms. Keating 926 00:35:00,170 --> 00:35:01,790 said about the current state of our justice system 927 00:35:01,790 --> 00:35:03,420 was exactly right, Mike. 928 00:35:03,420 --> 00:35:05,080 It is a travesty -- plain and simple. 929 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,580 And if the Supreme Court doesn't hear this case, 930 00:35:07,580 --> 00:35:08,920 it'd be a damn shame. 931 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,080 Damn right. Hopefully Justice Spivey agrees. 932 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:12,710 Mm-hmm. Oh, no thank you. 933 00:35:12,710 --> 00:35:14,040 Oh, I-I... 934 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:15,880 Right. 935 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:17,620 I didn't mean to -- It's fine. Don't let me stop you. 936 00:35:17,620 --> 00:35:19,620 [ Chuckles ] 937 00:35:19,620 --> 00:35:21,500 Popcorn and wine together? 938 00:35:21,500 --> 00:35:23,250 Yeah, it's kind of my thing. 939 00:35:23,250 --> 00:35:25,920 Looks like a Megabus special if you ask me. 940 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,420 Mm. More like a siddity snack. 941 00:35:28,420 --> 00:35:31,620 [ Both laugh ] 942 00:35:31,620 --> 00:35:33,620 [ Phone ringing ] 943 00:35:33,620 --> 00:35:34,960 Marcus. 944 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,750 [ Phone rings ] 945 00:35:37,750 --> 00:35:40,080 Any update on Spivey? 946 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:41,290 Yeah, he saw the interview. 947 00:35:41,290 --> 00:35:42,670 It didn't change his mind. 948 00:35:42,670 --> 00:35:43,670 He won't hear the case. 949 00:35:43,670 --> 00:35:45,080 [ Exhales ] 950 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:46,120 Thanks. 951 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:54,790 I'm sorry. 952 00:35:54,790 --> 00:35:56,420 We have a very conservative bench right now... 953 00:35:56,420 --> 00:35:59,580 After all of that, to be so close and still... 954 00:36:04,580 --> 00:36:06,290 I'm sorry. 955 00:36:06,290 --> 00:36:07,420 Mike: They only need four justices 956 00:36:07,420 --> 00:36:08,620 to get the case heard. Right. 957 00:36:08,620 --> 00:36:09,960 It's the rule of four. 958 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:11,170 So Bass and Gutierrez -- 959 00:36:11,170 --> 00:36:11,830 they'll vote for this in a heartbeat. 960 00:36:16,210 --> 00:36:17,380 Michaela: I wanted to be President. 961 00:36:17,380 --> 00:36:18,580 Growing up, it's all I thought about. 962 00:36:18,580 --> 00:36:20,000 Or at least a senator. 963 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:21,750 I had this vision of D.C. 964 00:36:21,750 --> 00:36:23,920 as a place full of attractive young people, 965 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:25,000 going to fancy galas, 966 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:26,750 and trying to do good in the world. 967 00:36:26,750 --> 00:36:29,250 Instead, it's like an uglier Philly 968 00:36:29,250 --> 00:36:32,330 with a bunch of narcissistic, power-hungry cowards. 969 00:36:32,330 --> 00:36:34,290 Hey now -- who you calling ugly? 970 00:36:34,290 --> 00:36:36,080 [ Both laugh ] 971 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:38,080 Well, I didn't say everyone. 972 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:44,080 [ Mid-tempo music plays over radio ] 973 00:36:47,330 --> 00:36:48,500 Damn. 974 00:36:48,500 --> 00:36:50,250 Strong? [ Chuckles ] 975 00:36:50,250 --> 00:36:52,210 That's why I've been coming here since I was 16. 976 00:36:52,210 --> 00:36:54,250 You're from here? 977 00:36:54,250 --> 00:36:56,170 This is the neighborhood. 978 00:36:56,170 --> 00:36:57,750 Good for you for getting out. 979 00:36:57,750 --> 00:37:00,960 [ Music continues ] 980 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,830 You know, I may live and work in the other D.C. now. 981 00:37:03,830 --> 00:37:06,170 But everything I've done, everything I've worked for, 982 00:37:06,170 --> 00:37:07,960 I've done because of this place -- 983 00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:09,960 Because I grew up around 984 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:11,670 the hardest-working people in America, 985 00:37:11,670 --> 00:37:12,920 who got the worst treatment, 986 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,000 and I want to do something to change that. 987 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:16,750 I'll never stop working for them. 988 00:37:16,750 --> 00:37:19,580 Just like you'll never stop fighting for your case 989 00:37:19,580 --> 00:37:20,500 in whatever way you can. 990 00:37:21,620 --> 00:37:23,880 This place has my heart. 991 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:26,670 Unless it takes my liver. 992 00:37:26,670 --> 00:37:32,120 [ Music continues ] 993 00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:33,920 Anyway, we had a crap day. 994 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:35,540 Sorry for making you come to a place like this. 995 00:37:35,540 --> 00:37:39,710 No. I'm liking this bar. 996 00:37:44,750 --> 00:37:46,750 [ Phone ringing ] 997 00:37:46,750 --> 00:37:48,380 Asher. 998 00:37:48,380 --> 00:37:50,790 Cool name. 999 00:37:50,790 --> 00:37:53,170 I...I should get going. 1000 00:37:53,170 --> 00:37:55,750 Uh, we're -- we're probably heading home tomorrow, 1001 00:37:55,750 --> 00:37:58,670 and, so, I need to pack. 1002 00:37:58,670 --> 00:38:01,790 Um... 1003 00:38:01,790 --> 00:38:03,330 Thank you for the drink. 1004 00:38:03,330 --> 00:38:09,290 [ Music continues ] 1005 00:38:15,710 --> 00:38:16,960 [ Knock on door ] 1006 00:38:29,420 --> 00:38:30,830 [ Sighs ] 1007 00:38:30,830 --> 00:38:32,120 Spivey's decision wasn't based 1008 00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:33,250 on the merits of the case. 1009 00:38:36,170 --> 00:38:38,620 Charlie found it. 1010 00:38:38,620 --> 00:38:39,830 I gave it to Jake. I'm sure he used it. 1011 00:38:39,830 --> 00:38:41,500 He must have. 1012 00:38:41,500 --> 00:38:43,120 There's no way Spivey saw that interview last night 1013 00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:44,380 without being affected by it. 1014 00:38:44,380 --> 00:38:45,540 If you could find a way 1015 00:38:45,540 --> 00:38:47,170 to make that story disappear, 1016 00:38:47,170 --> 00:38:49,170 maybe you'd get a different result. 1017 00:38:49,170 --> 00:38:53,710 To be clear, I did not do this for you. 1018 00:38:53,710 --> 00:38:56,330 You were right. 1019 00:38:56,330 --> 00:38:59,830 I did say my QPA would be about justice. 1020 00:38:59,830 --> 00:39:01,120 Now, it still is. 1021 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:09,040 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 1022 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,040 [ Knock on door ] 1023 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:11,960 Olivia: Justice Spivey? 1024 00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:13,500 Ms. Pope. 1025 00:39:13,500 --> 00:39:14,920 Now, should I tell you up front 1026 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:16,500 that your visit is futile, 1027 00:39:16,500 --> 00:39:18,580 or would you like me to pretend for a while? 1028 00:39:18,580 --> 00:39:20,210 I don't want you to pretend. 1029 00:39:20,210 --> 00:39:22,170 I do want you to change your vote. 1030 00:39:22,170 --> 00:39:23,290 I can't do that. 1031 00:39:25,830 --> 00:39:27,210 Actually, you can now. 1032 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:34,330 Six years ago, 1033 00:39:34,330 --> 00:39:35,920 your son killed a woman in a hit and run. 1034 00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:37,250 You paid off the only witness. 1035 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:40,920 How did you get this? 1036 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:42,460 I got it from the same people 1037 00:39:42,460 --> 00:39:44,380 who gave it to the White House yesterday. 1038 00:39:44,380 --> 00:39:46,380 Mere hours before you made up your mind. 1039 00:39:46,380 --> 00:39:48,170 I am guessing that is not a coincidence. 1040 00:39:50,710 --> 00:39:52,000 It was an accident. 1041 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:53,620 He -- he wasn't drinking, he wasn't texting, 1042 00:39:53,620 --> 00:39:55,500 he wasn't... 1043 00:39:55,500 --> 00:39:58,210 He was 16. 1044 00:39:58,210 --> 00:39:59,960 It was an accident. 1045 00:39:59,960 --> 00:40:02,540 You people are using this to blackmail me? 1046 00:40:02,540 --> 00:40:04,620 I'm not trying to blackmail you, Justice Spivey. 1047 00:40:04,620 --> 00:40:06,420 In fact, I want to tell you something 1048 00:40:06,420 --> 00:40:07,880 the White House forgot to mention. 1049 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:11,960 The witness you paid off died two years ago. 1050 00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:14,920 The payment you made could still take you down. 1051 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:18,040 But without him around to talk, it's easy to bury. 1052 00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:19,330 I'm good at that kind of thing. 1053 00:40:19,330 --> 00:40:21,620 The best, actually. 1054 00:40:21,620 --> 00:40:23,420 I can fix it for you, make it all go away, 1055 00:40:23,420 --> 00:40:25,120 get you out from under the White House. 1056 00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:27,460 I only ask one thing in return. 1057 00:40:27,460 --> 00:40:29,290 That I hear the case, that I side with you. 1058 00:40:29,290 --> 00:40:30,670 No. 1059 00:40:30,670 --> 00:40:32,710 That you listen to your conscience. 1060 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:36,250 Like I said, 1061 00:40:36,250 --> 00:40:39,040 I didn't come here to blackmail you. 1062 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,500 I'm done trying to influence people 1063 00:40:41,500 --> 00:40:43,080 with anything but the truth. 1064 00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:45,120 And the truth is, 1065 00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,920 if your son had stood trial for his crime, 1066 00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:50,330 I know that you would have wanted him 1067 00:40:50,330 --> 00:40:54,120 to have the best representation possible. 1068 00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:56,000 The families of our plaintiffs 1069 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:57,880 want the same thing for them, too. 1070 00:40:57,880 --> 00:40:59,960 Don't they at least deserve the chance 1071 00:40:59,960 --> 00:41:01,710 to have this case heard? 1072 00:41:01,710 --> 00:41:04,120 ♪♪ 1073 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:05,380 Julia: Reports this afternoon 1074 00:41:05,380 --> 00:41:07,170 coming out of the Supreme Court... 1075 00:41:07,170 --> 00:41:09,210 The class-action lawsuit spearheaded 1076 00:41:09,210 --> 00:41:11,880 by former White House Chief of Staff Olivia Pope, 1077 00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:14,290 along with Philadelphia attorney Annalise Keating, 1078 00:41:14,290 --> 00:41:16,540 has just been added to the court's docket. 1079 00:41:16,540 --> 00:41:18,880 Justice Spivey apparently making 1080 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,460 an impassioned plea to his fellow justices, 1081 00:41:21,460 --> 00:41:23,790 asking that they not only consider the case, 1082 00:41:23,790 --> 00:41:25,210 but fast-track it as well. 1083 00:41:25,210 --> 00:41:26,620 The stunning decision 1084 00:41:26,620 --> 00:41:28,250 is not only a victory for Pope and Keating, 1085 00:41:28,250 --> 00:41:29,790 but is also being hailed 1086 00:41:29,790 --> 00:41:31,830 as a significant step forward in the effort 1087 00:41:31,830 --> 00:41:34,670 to reform America's criminal-justice system. 1088 00:41:34,670 --> 00:41:37,170 ♪♪ 1089 00:41:37,170 --> 00:41:38,500 Olivia. 1090 00:41:38,500 --> 00:41:39,790 Annalise. 1091 00:41:39,790 --> 00:41:42,960 I guess this makes you exactly what I thought. 1092 00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:44,000 What would that be? 1093 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:45,330 A miracle worker. 1094 00:41:45,330 --> 00:41:47,210 [ Laughs ] 1095 00:41:47,210 --> 00:41:49,080 [ Sighs ] 1096 00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:51,170 So what now? 1097 00:41:51,170 --> 00:41:52,750 You go on to your teaching gig? 1098 00:41:52,750 --> 00:41:54,250 I go on to the Supreme Court? 1099 00:41:54,250 --> 00:41:56,380 Is that what you would like to happen? 1100 00:41:56,380 --> 00:41:58,500 Not exactly. 1101 00:41:58,500 --> 00:42:01,170 You? Nope. 1102 00:42:01,170 --> 00:42:03,080 ♪♪ 1103 00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:05,000 Is this your way of saying you'll join me? 1104 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,460 ♪♪ 1105 00:42:07,460 --> 00:42:09,670 Is this your way of asking? 1106 00:42:09,670 --> 00:42:12,790 ♪♪ 1107 00:42:12,790 --> 00:42:14,290 Let's go. 1108 00:42:14,290 --> 00:42:20,290 ♪♪ 1109 00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:25,960 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 1110 00:42:29,170 --> 00:42:35,170 ♪♪ 1111 00:42:38,540 --> 00:42:44,540 ♪♪ 1112 00:42:48,170 --> 00:42:54,170 ♪♪