The Breakdown
Mellie has a guest in the White House. it’s a reporter that is doing a story on her. In a Flashback sequence (in California) we see Mellie and Fitz meeting Cyrus for the first time. Fitz is being prepped to run for governor and someday running for the White House. Olivia is about to leave her apartment when her phone rings. On the other end is Fitz. He wants to know if she is safe. He also tells her to stay away from Jake because Jake has a price on his head. Fitz tells her to stop digging on Remington because it’s dangerous, Olivia hangs up. At the office Olivia is with Huck and Jake. The rest of the team walks in. Olivia tells them about her new client, her mother. There are pictures of her mom and the plane crash on the wall.
Quinn is talking to Huck alone and Quinn says that she knew something was up with Olivia and her dad but didn’t think it led to B6-13. Quinn says she wants to help for all the right reasons. While going over more evidence, Abby finds the flight manifest from the plane crash and noticed a passenger is missing and thinks maybe it’s a mistake. Jake says that all plane crashes are looked into my a senate oversight committee. Fitz’ dad was head of the committee that investigated the crash in which Olivia’s mom died in.
Mellie has Teddy in tow and sees Sally walking down the hall. She tells Sally that she heard Daniel was playing grab ass with an aide. Sally instantly dismisses her claim as a lie. Mellie is walking to the oval office (with the camera crew) and claims that Fitz always plays with Teddy no matter who is in there (the oval office). When she walks in she finds Fitz is not there. Flashback to Cyrus Jerry’s house. Cyrus says he doesn’t deal with family problems. Cyrus also tells her that she needs to take care of him. Fitz is going to have to be her job (not being a partner in a law firm) if she wants him in the White House. Mellie says come back tomorrow and Fitz will be ready.
Flashback Jerry Grant (Fitz’ dad) is talking to Mellie about Fitz being ungrateful. Jerry tells Mellie that Fitz shot down the flight from Global world 522 because there was a dirty bomb on board. He tells her that everyone on the plane would have died anyway and took out half the city of London. They had to say it was a mechanical failure or the lawsuit and press would not have been good for the United States. Jerry then proceeds to rape Mellie.
Charlie is on his operation and is waiting for the security guard to leave. He is planning to drug him so he can proceed with his plan. Quinn is with him and she volunteers to do the dirty work. Charlie kisses her. Quinn walks into the building while on the phone with Charlie. He is coaching her. Quinn walks up and gives an excuse to why she is there. While signing in she asks the guard for another pen. When the guard gives it to her she pulls out the needle and drugs him. She tells Charlie her work is done and everything is clear. Charlie is not on the phone anymore. The guard starts foaming at the mouth then blood comes up. Quinn goes and touches the guard like a dumb ass and she sees he is dead. Quinn then runs out of the building.
Fitz has a detail team looking after Olivia and the secret service agent says Olivia doesn’t seem as if she’s in danger. Eli is walking into a building flashing a badge that says Rowan Pope asking to speak with Omar Drestin. Jake is going to the building that the security guard was murdered in. He is talking to Olivia at the same time. Quinn is crying in an alley trying to call Huck and he is not answering. Charlie finds her, shows her video footage of the buildings security tapes and tells her B6-13 owns her and”Welcome to Wonderland.
In the White House the secret service agent is speaking to Fitz about Olivia’s mother. Jake tells Olivia the guard is dead and that someone is way ahead of them. Olivia thinks it’s her father. The secret service agent tells Fitz about Eli’s background and found an old picture of him. (Fitz didn’t know who Eli was beforehand.) Eli goes into the facility which is a jail and says “our daughter has been asking about you”. A woman comes from under the covers, the woman is Olivia’s mom. Flashback of a dinner were Mellie tells Fitz she is pregnant but its early. Fitz says he gonna name the child Jerry if it’s a boy.
The Analyst
Mindfuck, Olivia’s mother is still alive and in jail? Damn where do we begin. This is why Eli was so nonchalant about his wife dying. But even worst she’s in the slammer, wdf? As far as Quinn goes this is exactly what she gets. Huck tried to tell her to stop chasing danger and now she’s posed to be in the middle of a murder investigation. I figure Charlie’s not gonna expose her until she doesn’t do what he says. Anyway some people never learn until it’s too late and for Quinn, it’s too late.
Now with Fitz, ok so he’s been sleeping with Olivia for about 4 years. (This is an estimate being he’s up for re-election) but he doesn’t know who her father is? I understand Olivia and her dad didn’t speak until recently but he’s the president of the United States. He couldn’t have pulled this information when he wanted to throw away his career for her? So back to Olivia’s mom being alive. I understand this is a TV show but it seems like Eli should have wrapped up these loose ends during the 20 year span that he was purporting this cover up. Not minutes before Olivia’s team is about to talk to key people involved.