Scandal, Episode 2

Scandal

Season 2, Episode 2 (The Other Woman)

Fitz and Olivia are carrying on a strange affair. While they aren’t actually sleeping together he stays in the Oval Office late every night so that they can talk on the phone. Cyrus seems to have no idea what is going on and neither does Mellie, the First Lady.

Olivia, after a conversation with Fitz, picks up her ringing phone again. She jumps out of bed and rushes to the office. There she speaks to her people and they are on the run to find a missing minister.

They find him in a hotel room, dead, on top of a young woman handcuffed beneath him. It turns out that the woman is his mistress and has been such for fifteen years. They even have a child together. Olivia and company try to get her to sign a non disclosure agreement but she refuses. Olivia goes to see her and get her to sign. The minute she sees the Minister’s son she goes to his wife and tells her the mistress’s demands. 6 million dollars or she goes public with not only the affair, but the fact that she has a son.

They argue over the terms and finally agree. That is until the morning of the funeral when the mistress still hasn’t signed the non disclosure agreement.

Olivia knows what she wants. They go to the church where, at first, his wife refuses her. Olivia convinces her and there is a semi sweet moment at the end of the funeral where the Minister’s wife, his mistress, and his son walk out behind the casket.

Cyrus’s husband is furious with him, because he had to quit his job so that he could raise their child. The problem is they don’t have one. Cyrus promised they could adopt, but then reneged. Before the episode fades to black, Cyrus tells his husband that while he would love to have child with him, he just doesn’t have the energy. He already has a child and he’s the President of the United States. He needs to feed him and keep a watchful eye on him. He just doesn’t have the energy. Then he gets into bed and turns his back on his husband. In his rebuttal (see what I did there?) to what Cyrus has to say, his husband crawls onto the bed and tells him that while the conversation isn’t over he is incredibly turned on and wants to fool around. Cyrus breaks into a smile and says that he does too.

While on the way back from the funeral of the minister, Fitz and Mellie, have a moment. She tells him that it’s his turn to forgive her because she’s forgiven him. Mellie admits that she may have changed, but deep inside she’s still the woman he fell in love with so many years ago. He takes her in his arms and tells her that he forgives her.

Quinn? Well whatever she knows, if revealed, could bring down the entire government! Olivia is playing a dangerous game and who knows who she’ll lose in the process.

Questions? Where did Quinn work that puts her with that much power? Does Fitz know about Quinn? Does Cyrus know?

The episode was okay, but not the best. I think the show is still trying to find its footing. I did like the back and forth between Olivia, the mistress, and the wife. It was definitely entertaining and I’ll be tuning in next week to see what else we can learn about Quinn and the rest of the crew.