Loved that Mellie got caught with her pants down, er.....dress off that is. Now she can't throw stones at Olivia anymore. Loved that Jake pretty much put Fitz in his place as to who really runs the country. The fact that it took place in the Oval Office made it priceless. The fact that Fitz didn't have any kind of comeback made it all the more sweeter. Loved that Cyrus went after Jake, calling him out as being behind the murder of James. I was amazed that shortly after this incident, he tells the President that Jake was just "doing his job", which to me sounds like he has forgiven him....somewhat. Not what I was expecting to hear. Loved that Fitz finds out that his wife is cheating on him. Loved that he punched out his running mate. Loved the scene between Quinn and Huck. This is going to be a series of come-on's between the two until they finally hook up.I love this episode. I love Scandal.

I know I just watched The Fluffer, but other than the last 5 minutes of the episode, I didn't remember much as there wasn't anything all that memorable happening. But with that said, the final 5 minutes is worth talking about. You have Mellie slapping the sh*t out of Fitz when she learns that he has effectively ended her affair with his running mate. And there is Olivia literally shutting down B613, but in the process, allowing her crazy terrorist mother to escape with a bomb intended for the President. Overall, this was an average one at best.

Quinn and Huck are the best "couple" since Joanie and Chachi!  Seriously, their sex scene in the underground parking spot was insanely hot. I want Quinn for myself! Always have. Anyway, a great episode with a great performance from Joe Morton, which led me to believe that his time was coming to an end. With him working out of Liv's office, I knew it wasn't going to end well. As see as Maya Pope walked into the office, I knew it was over. Now, he may have not died on the spot, but he is bleeding out and I think he will hang out for another episode and have some sort of deathbed scene in which he tells Olivia some secret that she needs to know. What that is, I have no idea. Can't wait to see how this all plays out.

Watching The Price of Free and Fair Election was the equivalent of watching a Heavyweight Title Fight. You'er excited to see it starts because you think it's going to go one way and suddenly the Champ is rocked and now it's anyone game and the outcome isn't so easily ascertained. This episode is the epitome of what makes Scandal what is it: Awesome! I've said all season long that the MVP award goes to Papa Pope. The character is rich with back story and is played to perfection by Joe Morgan who is simply....Awesome!  It turns out that his story goes a whole lot deeper, one that I didn't see coming at all. Turns out that he manipulated a lot of chess pieces on the board to get back what he always said he would do and that was to reclaim B613 and make the Prez pay...one way or another.

When it's revealed that he had Little Jerry (Prez' son) killed, just so that he could do a favor for the Prez by killing Maya Pope (which he doesn't), it just goes to show that Papa Pope really is the most powerful man on the planet. Not only did he play him, Olivia and Harrison...he played every fan of the show and it was....Awesome! Another big twist was revealing that he also has a man on the inside of the White House and it's the Head of Security as he was the one to actually kill the kid.

Nice twist having Huck find his old family, who have obviously thought him to be dead. It was awesome to see Jasika Nicole return as his widowed wife. I hope that she will have a recurring role on the show because I miss her since Fringe went dark. Only "disappointment" for me is that this season was only 18 episodes long. What happened to the customary 22 episodes? Now the long, long wait for the next season begins.....