Plot summary
After Olivia’s identity as President Grant’s mistress is leaked to the media in last season’s finale, her firm faces tremendous pressure as all her clients drop her in light of the scandal. Her father Rowan Eli Pope, who turns out to be the leader of B613, sends her into hiding, but Cyrus convinces Olivia to stay. Olivia then uses the emergency code the President gave her to force a secret meeting with Mellie and Fitz, in which they come up with an explanation about the affair. Meanwhile, Olivia’s team and Cyrus join forces to save Olivia and Fitz.
They leak a video, which accuses White House employee Jeannine Locke of being Fitz’s potential mistress. The news shocks Olivia as she takes on Locke as her client. Mellie correctly deduces that Fitz was the one who leaked Liv’s identity, so that she would lose her leverage. Rowan shows Cyrus the real report about an operation called Remington Fitz and Jake were on, which shocks Cyrus when he reads it.
Credits
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