Just in time for Mother’s Day, someone special makes a return to Washington…

Hey!

A press secretary answering questions the press asks thismustbe fiction.

Why yes, yes it is.

KATIE LOWES

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Yes, Abby messed up likewhoa, but who hasnt accidentally almost turned the country over to terrorists?

Thanks for the memories, girl.

Sorry you couldnt take over the country.

Of course, it came from Rowan, who passed it on to David as a gift.

Thats a strong might, by the way.

Looks like OPA could be on its last leg.

Its a crazy notion, but we live in the crazy these days.

Again, crazy isnt something we should be shocked about.

He set up Bobby for the murders and then set up Shawn after that.

Fitz and Olivia are messing about.

Rowan is exiting the picture, and now David and Abby are back in the same bed.

Shes waiting in Olivias office to let her know that Shawn is innocent.

Granted, thats after a bar brawl founded in no tangible evidence, but still!

Olivia isnt interested though, because she has acabinet to plan.

Quinn calls her out for it because Olivia isnt who she used to be.

A lot of things have switched back, but Olivia?

Well, she isnt one of them.

Even she is a little choked up when she gets there to explain Shawns case to Fitz.

So Quinn is there in her place; she has to fight for the White Hat these days.

Fitz agrees because angry, impassioned Quinn knows how to get stuff done.

He says it best: Im not Olivia Pope.

In that moment, he wishes Mellie the best and goes his own way.

And she and Peus were getting texts fromanothersource; this wasnt their operation at all.

Shes ready to battle because shes confident she made the right decision.

And so is Olivia, which is why she turns over OPA to Quinn.

She shows her the high-level files shell use against the White House.

She wants to know Quinn will be prepared, because shell be going up against Olivia.

To repeat… Olivia has turned over OPA to Quinn for good now.

So there we have it.

The finale is quickly approaching, the final season is on the horizon, and Maya is back.

Its a family affair, and who knows who will survive it.