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10. The Decision

With the ugly truth behind Frankie's assassination revealed, a torn Olivia wonders how different her life – and the country – would be if she, Mellie and Cyrus had never rigged Fitz's election.

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The 100th episode. Olivia is propelled to wonder what would have happened if she hadn't said yes to rigging the election. Suddenly they are on the plane where they planned to rig Defiance, and Olivia says no, leaving Governor Samuel Reston to win the election. Olivia and Fitz say goodbye in a hotel hallway and she leaves for D.C. Two months later Olivia has naturally curly hair and is working out of a run-down storefront office. As she is leaving her apartment for a date with Leo Bergen, she sees Fitz.

He flew from California to tell her he left Mellie. He asks Olivia to marry him and she says yes. Fitz and Olivia are happily married but unhappiness soon settles in. Fitz is doing a television news show called "The Grant Report." Cyrus is married to Mellie and he pushes her to run for president. Mellie finds out about Cyrus' previous relationship with James and asks for a divorce. Fitz and Olivia work out their problems and decide to buy a house together. Back in the present timeline, Olivia finds Fitz on the balcony where she tells him that she is in.

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