I turned on the TV at 9:15 and realized my DVR had failed me so I missed the first quarter of this show.
I'm also feeling a little crispy this week after writing so much in recent weeks. So I didn't write notes. Result: This will be quick and dirty - kind of like when Quinn and Huck go at it. Just hopefully less cringe-worthy.
Anyway, newly semi-freed Jake is now in the "safe" room, safe (for now) from Command, with Fitz and Liv. Jake wants to just kill Rowan, B613 style. Fitz and Liv want to put him on trial because, as Liv says, "we stand in the sun." Ultimately, they go with Fitz while Jake remains in the safe room, as not to tip off Rowan. They conjure up some plan to entrap Rowan. They have all that evidence, too, against him. Right?
While the boys argue over tactics and wonder what would draw him in, Liv thinks it's her. She is the light that makes everyone around her bow before her.
She calls Daddy Dearest and tells him she feels like the guys are not really there to support her and wants to meet him for dinner to talk. He supposedly falls for her crocodile tears.
But come on now. Who can outsmart Rowan? Certainly not his own daughter!
He sits her down for dinner and gives her a long-winded defense of his defense of her, that he protected her and he did all he could to make sure she is where she is today. As Jake and Fitz's troops close in, they all get shot. Why? Of course, Command knew the jig was up and he made sure the jib wasn't really up. He is disappointed his daughter betrayed him yet again and he is now her enemy. She will no longer be protected by Command.
I guess those weekly dinners are over for now, eh?
The Waiting is the hardest part: Quinn is watching Kubiak, the dude who was taking photos of Liv. But he spends much of the time eating donuts. She's bored. Huck isn't entertaining her. He's focused on helping Liz and secretly hanging with his son Javi, who apparently has a mom who doesn't seem concerned he's not at home for long hours and doesn't seem to be keeping track of him. Liv is disapproving but she isn't going to stop him.
Sharper than your average Lizzie Bear: Cyrus' nemesis Lizzie of the Republican National Party didn't just pay off the gigolo to glean info from Cyrus but she has other ways to penetrate the White House. For instance, she has paid off that dude Quinn is watching to gain intel on Liv. She has also hired Liv as a client. And she has involved Mellie's former squeeze Andrew, the V.P. in her shenanigans, as Huck and Quinn discover after Huck (in his usual miraculous way) figures out she has a love nest. Andrew is using Mellie to gain info from Lizzie and he is also sleeping with her to boot. Plus, Lizzie already has a good relationship with Mellie. Bottom line: Nobody is to be trusted in "Scandal" land. Nobody! And Lizzie is clearly setting up Fitz to take him down.
Getting played, part 1: Cyrus is still peeved his boy toy is spying on him. But ultimately, Liv finds out Boy Toy cares about Cyrus and thinks he's a nice guy so he's not giving Lizzie all the goods. For now, Cyrus continues the charade. So Boy Toy isn't to be trusted but he's not the worst. And better yet: he's getting paid!
Getting played, part 2: Mellie is back in gear, no longer in Smelly Mellie mode. She's ready to play. And that means her loins are back in business! So she brings Andrew back into her fold. (He hasn't been around in awhile but gets caught in a near death experience over a bombing.) I presume she won't figure out Andrew's deception immediately. For now, we should enjoy her (temporary) happiness.
Traumatized much? Inexplicably, Huck allows his son to hang with him during a stakeout. As soon as Kubiak and Lizzie enters the love nest they're tracking, Huck kicks Javi out to get ice cream to keep him from seeing something he shouldn't see. Quinn comes by moments later. They watch Andrew and Lizzie hit the hay. Lizzie had kicked out Kubiak, who sees the tracking truck and tries to kill them. He almost chokes Huck to death, but Quinn helps Huck kill him. Unfortunately, Javi watches all this and runs away. This is no video game!
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