Kelly Clarkson once said, The trouble with love is, it doesnt care how fast you fall.
Okay, thats not the actual lyrics.
Remember when a young staffer fell for the presidential nominee?
Credit: ABC/Bryon Cohen
No, not Olivia… Marcus.
And Mellies that nominee.
Lets just hop in.
After a curiously fast FBI investigation, neither Fitz nor the FBI is interested in chasing down Cyrus.
In his words, Its a less polite way of saying go have sex with yourself.
Finish the mad lib!
But the way Cyrus chooses to blow her mind is by offering her his vice president spot.
Shes not interested, because she isnotready to give up.
Cyrus takes the moment to let her know hesnotresponsible for Frankies death, but cmon yall.
Thats when we flash back again to Marcus teaching Mellie how to throw a baseball.
They get closer and closer, eventually spooning on the pitchers mound becauseits all in the hips.
Ive honestly never wanted to play baseball more in my life.
Yet as Marcus starts to leave, Mellie tells him not to go.
This leads to more baseball speak: a home run, if you will.
Marcus lifts Mellie onto a desk and, well, Im sure you get the rest.
Back at OPA, we return to that little side plot where Quinn is marrying Charlie.
She and Huck are doing a deep dive into Charlies background when theyre interrupted by Olivia and Charlie himself.
The focus turns back to Jennifer and that crazy voicemail she left before getting blown up in the woods.
Olivia uses the president as a talking point because high-ranking ladiesloveto gossip about men.
Because Abby took Jake to the assassin and convinced him to confess to shooting Frankie.
I think we all know what Jake is capable of, but making a man pee on himself?
And not even in the fun Russian-prostitute-on-the-bed way?
Thats dark, man.
Mellie talks to Olivia about her torrid affair with her young political confidant sex panther, Marcus.
And when we flash backagain, it makes sense why she might be mad.
You see, Mellie went full blown hooch-Mellie when Marcus told her about the job.
I cant tell if thats an insult or not, but Olivia is clearly broken beyond repair.
She cant find love, and with no path to the White House, she closes down the investigation.
As Frankies funeral takes place, though, a spark comes alive in Mellie.
Later, Mellie appears at OPA, where Olivia has just poured herself a heaping glass of red wine.
(LORDdo these people not understand what a private area is?)
The video reveals a big argument between Vargas and Cyrus in which Vargas threatened Cyrus with imprisonment.
