22. White Hat's Back On

While David was working with Billy Chambers he kept the Cytron card from Billy. At the White House Mellie, Fitz, Olivia, Hollis, and Cyrus discuss how to handle the Cytron card, and they plan to get the card from Billy. Fitz tells Olivia that he is going to run for president, and wants Olivia to be at his side. He tells her to find a way to make it work, and Fitz kisses her. The mystery man tells Jake he wants to meet with Olivia. OPA and David figure out that Governor Reston is working with Billy Chambers to out Defiance.

Cyrus meets the mystery man who tells him to show Fitz Olivia and Jake’s sex tape. Olivia calls Cyrus to warn him about Reston, leading to Cyrus' heart attack. David gives the Cytron card to Billy. In Cyrus' hospital room Olivia tells Fitz to pretend to put Reston on the ticket as his running mate in order to get Billy to give them the Cytron card. Later Mellie walks into Cyrus' hospital room and Fitz tells her that he will divorce her and be with Olivia, and if she tries to stop him he will publicly call her a racist.

A woman breaks into Olivia's home and tries to kill her, but Jake saves her. He tells her that he slept with her as part of a B613 mission. Cyrus comes to check on Olivia, and she tells him that she and Fitz are planning to be together. Cyrus responds that Fitz killed Verna Thornton. Huck attempts to torture Billy for the Cytron card, but when he can't bring himself to do it Quinn picks up the drill instead. Cyrus shows Fitz the sex tape of Olivia and Jake. The Cytron card David gave Billy turns out to be fake.

David goes to Cyrus' office with proof of Billy's confession, leading to Billy going down and David getting a new job as the US Attorney of DC. Olivia gets a box with the confession and white hat, which she puts on. She then goes to the oval where she and Fitz reveal to each other that they know each other's secret, and Olivia pushes Fitz to run with Mellie at his side. He goes to Mellie and puts his head in her lap, asking for forgiveness. As Olivia leaves for her morning run the press calls her the president's mistress. She is pulled into a car with the mystery man in it. She looks at him, surprised, and says "Dad?"