Plot summary
Susanne Thomas ( Lena Dunham ), threatens to reveal scandalous secrets about D.C.'s top politicians with a sex memoir. Abby asks Olivia to help her convince Susanne not to publish the book, but she demands $3million in exchange for not publishing. Olivia, Quinn, Huck and Abby tries to figure out who the nicknames belong to in hopes of gathering the men to help pay Susanne. The men all agree to pay, but David protests saying it would be illegal. After finding out that Susanne was fired from her job, Olivia manages to convince her not to publish the book by arranging possible other employment.
When Huck and Quinn visit Susanne, Huck kills her fearing she will eventually talk and ruin his chances of a life with his wife and son. Meanwhile, Olivia goes to a bar in search of a man, but she has a flashback to her kidnapping, and leaves the bar alone. Mellie agrees to let Elizabeth become her campaign manager for her running for senator of Virginia, and Fitz and Jake discuss Olivia's condition.
Credits
Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, Scandal season 4. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.