Plot summary
It is revealed that Daniel Douglas was about to leave Sally when she stabbed him in rage, and Cyrus helps to clean up the murder. The next day when the doctor comes over, Cyrus manages to cover up the crime by having Sally to not be willing to let go of her husband. James suspects that Daniel was murdered and tells David Rosen, who also gets evidence by his assistant. Rowan, on the looking for Maya, gets captured by Fitz, and is taken to the Pentagon until Maya is free.
Jake and Huck discover where he is, and Olivia goes to Rowan to get answers to why he ordered the shooting of the plane that killed 329 people. Olivia figures it out - her mother tricked Rowan to think there was a bomb on the plane. Meanwhile, Quinn tries to go back to OPA, but discovers that Huck is not sorry for his actions and she decides to leave. Jake is made the new command by Fitz, and Maya is revealed to be in Washington, D.C., after escaping from the plane which should have taken her to Hong Kong. James tells Cyrus that if he’s named the White House Press Secretary, he’ll stay with Cyrus.
Credits
Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, Scandal season 3. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.