Plot summary
A mother who refuses to accept the government’s claim that her dead son was a terrorist hires Pope & Associates. Later, the mother takes Olivia and a congressman hostage at the Capitol with a bomb in order to get the file on her son declassified. Olivia’s team and David try to uncover the truth while racing against time. They manage to force the government to secretly admit that he is a deep cover CIA operative sent to infiltrate Al-Qaeda and his death is a mistake, but his true identity cannot be revealed for national security reasons as 57 other agents are still undercover.
Olivia is forced to lie, causing the mother to commit suicide. Meanwhile, Huck attempts to kill Rowan after having learned from Olivia that he is B613 command, but Rowan instead makes Huck kill Pete Foster, who earlier attempted to break in the Oval Office to talk to the President about Remington. Olivia and Jake discuss about how her father still owns them.
Credits
Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, Scandal season 3. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.