She’s done, and none of the Gladiators can stop her. She feels responsible for the death of little Jerry, for Fitz losing the election. She’s going to get on a plane and get the hell out of dodge. Olivia decides to take her Dad’s offer from the first episode of Season Two. The twist at the end is so delicious, it makes all of the overly dramatic, overdone moments of the season worth it. His son’s death is the price he pays.Įveryone assumes Mama Pope is behind all of this, and Fitz enlists Papa Pope for help. Because now we know Fitz will win the election.

Now he’s got to stand by Mellie, and-for added drama-little Jerry gets poisoned and dies mid-episode! What the what?! Classic Scandal. Of course, there had been more banal talk of Vermont and jam when Fitz thought he was going to lose the election.

Little Jerry becomes the focus as we learn that many of us read last week’s episode incorrectly-Fitz is, in fact, Jerry’s father, but Olivia tells him about Mellie’s rape, and it changes everything. The “Seven Fifty-Two” episode comes full circle, and we watch as Quinn gives Huck a new family to watch-his own. Cat’s outta the bag now! But when Charlie finds out he leaves Quinn with a parting gift that promises to shut down whatever’s going on between Huckleberry Quinn. Fitz wanted a fair election and he got it-but he’s not going to win.īack at OPA, Abby and Harrison get the shock of their lives when they walk in on Huck and Quinn in the throws of passion … maybe five feet away from the dried pool of blood left over from the attempt on Papa Pope’s life. Olivia and Cyrus have a tender moment together as they both realize it’s over. An entire election, the fate of the republic all boils down to a split screen. The portrayal of the two candidates on the news-this is what the American public is voting for or against. The way they choose to split the screen and show Sally during Fitz’s speech, and then the way they completely block him out-they show how Sally puts in work when Fitz is all talk. This is a great scene because we see Olivia frantic on the phone with the media as they cover Fitz’s speech and Sally’s work at the scene of the detonation-it’s the media that’s winning the election for Sally. Fitz starts losing the election after the bomb goes off in the church because Vice President Sally Langston does what any good politician would do and capitalizes on the catastrophe. “The Price of Free and Fair Elections” moved very quickly through a few key things. As we watched Liv’s plane take off, we felt sure that a chapter was closing, but the look on her face also told us that it ain’t all the way over yet. The end of a season has arrived, and it feels like the end of an era is over for Olivia Pope and Associates.

Scandal’s third season finale did just about everything right.

Scandal mid season finale 2014