Plot summary
While Olivia is with her father trying to figure out how to take down B613, Abby is serving as Olivia's proxy at the White House. Olivia realizes that she's the "maid" when her mother tells her that she's the one who cleans up everything. The presidential re-election campaign is hit with a problem when Jeannine Locke comes out with a book about her fake affair with the president. Governor Reston gains points in his campaign by visiting his wife in jail. But Cyrus and Leo team up to take down Reston, publishing that Reston killed his wife's lover on purpose.
Elsewhere, Olivia has to get to Jake's phone for a password, and she manages to do so by sleeping with him. Huck gains access to all the servers of B613 and Olivia gives him the order to shut the agency down. Just when Quinn and Charlie are about to find out what Maya and Adnan's plans are with a bomb they are presented, B613 gets shut down and Quinn tries to take care of business herself by running into the hotel, followed by Charlie. Back at OPA, Olivia and the others are celebrating their victory when Jake comes in and starts choking Olivia. He says that she just killed the president.
Credits
Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, Scandal season 3. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.