Olivia decides on covering everything up even if this means losing the evidence that will find Gideon's killer, charming, we'll just let him walk ten. Obviously Gideon's killer was Billy (Matt Letscher) but there was something more to Amanda's killing, if Billy had killed her, why would he go to all the trouble of staging the set of it being suicide and having the DB dumped in the river. Then all of a sudden Billy becomes sloppy and leaves Gideon lying there, still alive, knowing full well he could implicate him in all sorts of "scandals." See no one thought of the 'sloppy' angle side of things. There was more going here than meets the eye. Though he does get to go free, re Gideon, as he tells Olivia she cleared him of that.
Stephen (Henry Ian Cusick) debates the legality of covering up the evidence and cleaning up, since most of them are sworn officers of the court/law and this is not what they do. Harrison (Columbus Short) doesn't want to end up in prison. Olivia calls it, protecting Quinn is more important and they reluctantly have to follow the boss gladiator. Quinn's real ID being the cliff hanger for season 2. Not sure whether to read up on this and spoil it for myself or wait until Spring to watch it. Then it'll probably end up being a total anti-climax! Harrison finds clothes for Quinn to wear, Gideon's clothes, as well as bagging the evidence of their 'one night' thang and grilled cheese too! Gideon's last meal, ha. She has to change in front of everyone. Huck (Guillermo Diaz) recalls his phone and they take that too, as well as all his story info. Finally Olivia calls and leaves an anonymous message for the police. Leaving Gideon all alone... Wonder if Brendan Hines kept a straight face through all that?!
The scissors??... gone...aghhh
Back at the office they try to figure out what happened and who was behind it. Quinn wants to help but can't. Billy gives the VP Sally (Kate Burton) a note, obviously his 'confession' about what happened, but she doesn't really seem to share it with anyone, cos it's back to business as usual . Billy hijacks the Whitehouse Press conference and admits to his affair with Amanda but also that the President had an affair too and how there's a sex tape with his voice on it, which will be revealed to them. Cyrus rushed to have him removed from the podium but it's a little too late. Sally tells the Pres she had nothing to do with Billy's outburst and was shocked when she read the letter. Then smirks as she walks away from him. She's probably peeved she didn't think of it herself.
I like the way he later manipulates her by telling her the news about her daughter's abortion, obtained with her consent in Georgia and the line about "let him who is without sin cast the first rock, stone..." She needs to be put in her place with her 'holier than thou attitude.' You know she was secretly hoping he would resign and she'd take his place. Mellie (Bellamy Young) walks out on him too. So Olivia is brought back in to help.
Olivia doesn't want him to resign as she voted for him and he needs to do the job he was elected to do. He wants to resign so he can have the woman he wants, but Cyrus (Jeff Perry) gives her a sob story about how the country needs him and she makes a deal with Mellie, who blames Olivia for Amanda and her actions. Thought she knew about Olivia and the Pres, or did she just vent to Olivia and keep that to herself. "I did my job, why didn't you do yours..." She shouts at Olivia. Being the First Lady is just all in a day's work.
Rosen (Joshua Malina) wants Quinn and he knows about the destruction of evidence they engaged in. Stephen tells her to give Harrison a dollar, that's his retainer so he's her lawyer now. Stupid Quinn, asking why? Ugh if this revelation about her is something lame, I'll scream!! She later makes another mistake when Rosen tempts her with Chinese food, putting the container and fork back on the table with her DNA all over it!! Don't tell me she doesn't know you don't touch things either. Also when Rosen was at the office he dials Gideon's number, don't tell me (number 2) no one switched his phone off!! Wonder if I'd hire them!!
Huck offers to take care of Billy but Olivia doesn't want that and makes him promise, so he does the next best thing, turns to Charlie (George Newbern) instead to do the dirty deed. He tells Huck that Billy contracted him for the Amanda job when he clearly knows who it really was.
Oh Olivia's deal with Mellie. I got side tracked before, it's not seeing Gideon again you see...Rosen saying he was only 29...oh yes, she gets Mellie to agree to give an interview with Pres at her side saying it's her on the recording and she's upset at their privacy being invaded, thought for a second she'd say it was Olivia and she 'lies' that she's pregnant, but they'll have time to work on that. Perhaps cunning Mellie agreed to that cos she can manipulate her husband all over again, as she's the one behind the presidency and being so instrumental in ensuring he stays elected. Then she can get him in her bed again! Maybe he's piked up a few pointers about manipulation from her when he makes Sally go on air.
Funny line Cyrus saying he'll be known as a slutty President. Of course Cyrus is a bit of a dark horse like Mellie, he's another one who keeps exclaiming he's worked so herd for the President and he'll be damned if he watches him throw it away, blah, blah, another master manipulator. It's partly cos of him that Olivia is determined to see her beloved remain President. She returns to the office in despondent mode and Stephen admits to her that he's been cheating on his fiancee and Olivia said he should try to go 'straight' then at least he'll have nothing to be ashamed about. Pep talk over and it's business as usual.
The VP goes on air denouncing Billy as a liar and needing help and as he takes the lift, Charlie enters, see they don't acknowledge each other. If Billy contacted him surely they would at least do that. Rosen tells Olivia he printed Quinn himself and wants to know about her, Olivia giving her the option of telling everyone herself. Let's hope it's not witness protection or some domestic or other type abuse thing. So Quinn isn't Quinn, which explains why she's rather inept at the job, forget about her being new and green behind the ears. Olivia kept referring to Quinn as "the client" in the ep, so maybe she could be a client. Oh okay stop sniggering all you who have watched it!
Charlie comes to see Cyrus asking for the rest of the Amanda money. See, Cyrus you conniving devil! One Chief of Staff is as bad as another! The team did look like they could have engaged in super clean-up tactics before, but it is immoral. Think of what else they could have gotten up to, not to mention does Olivia still wear her white hat that Harrison mentioned quite a bit, especially to Quinn. Ha, Quinn knowing all about Olivia and let's see keeping secrets from her associates, that's not on is it. I expect to see some fall out from this, especially from Abby (Darby Stanchfield) why didn't she trust them? That whole hat Olivia's probably handed over to Rosen as she tells him to use it, but he's a stickler for the law and upholding it, until he finds out about Quinn. That's something he'll keep to himself.
Olivia and the Pres getting carried away under the cameras and he doesn't care, she didn't either until that conversation with Cyrus. Though people may be shocked the Pres actually wanted to tell the truth and come clean, yes shocked, okay even if it was only cos he could finally have Liv, so he's a fundamentally flawed character. After all, he's just a man with manly urges. Sure they could have come up with something more for Gideon to do than just bite the bullet, suffer the scissors in the neck...
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