The human head weighs 9 to 11 pounds.
Luna, Luna, Luna.
Such an innocent soul to set off the biggest powder keg yet.
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Even worse, Olivia cant stop the madness.
Well, lets just say that in a way, Rowan takes a bite out of crime.
Or maybe it was a dinosaur.
How about we recap, and you decide?
Lets assess the new situation.
And if Olivia isnt ready to turn Mellie over, hell start deploying nine bombs over nine American cities.
Olivia calls his bluff, so he fires one off because this group theyre bonkers.
Meanwhile, Rowan asks Olivia to have a drink with him since this is all falling apart.
Olivia isnt ready to give up though, and shes adamant that her father know it.
Jake follows the cue, pushes her head down, and digs out her tracker.
But at least hes courteous by saying, Ill send someone in with a Band-Aid.
But as the team works to solve the Peus problem, the drones start to move again.
Peus calls Olivia and demands Mellie and Sarah before detonating another bomb in Philadelphia.
When you attack the city of cheesesteaks, youve gone too far.
Of course, that just launches Rowan into the same speech that it seems like hes givingeveryepisode these days.
Fitz grabs Rowan by the collar, and Olivia nearly breaks.
The President argues that they have to save the republic, but Rowan screams, THERE IS NO REPUBLIC!
A little dramatic, friend, but I get where youre coming from.
Olivia asks what they did to Rowan, but he simply tells her to leave.
Thats an even bigger disaster.
The pressing issue is what to do with Samantha.
Shell revealeverything.Oh, Samantha!
As he opens each box, hes disgusted and horrified every time.
Each box gets worse, and finally, he throws the box, revealing a brick.
After Huck investigates, he reveals that every box weighed the same: 11 pounds.
In that security room, Sarah/Samantha reveals her name is actually Grace.
After the immunity paperwork is provided, Grace suggests that maybe she and David start over.
America collectively screams in joy.
Meanwhile, Fitz goes to visit Rowan about that 11-pound brick box.
He tries to level with Rowan, admitting that he knows whats it like not to be in control.
His presidency, his campaigns, his time with Olivia.
Rowan makes sure to point out that its not the same.
The day he stopped cooperating, that brick would be placed with Olivias head.
Yeah,Se7en-style, guys.
In the end, this all comes back to Olivia.
How can Rowan protect Olivia?
How can Fitz protect her?
We have to protect the White Hat!
Returning to the control room, it appears Peus has moved his drones closer to buildings.
If the White House takes them out, theyll still be causing casualties, so Fitz holds off.
They cant afford to make mistakes with 63 already dead, 19 of them children.
Its a bleak day at the White House.
But Olivia insists that he cant just turn over Mellie.
He has to hold out.
Thats when theyre interrupted by Rowan, who wants a private moment with the president.
You read that right.
And he came to apologize and help… you readthatright, too.
How will he help?
Oh, hes going to go see Grace.
He apologizes to Olivia for what hes about to do.
He grabs a gun and has Grace uncuffed.
She says she doesnt have the authority, but she can get it.
To be honest, it all feels a bit too loosely thrown together to be an airtight plot point.
Im all about holding on for the crazy.
If you arent, youve likely already given up onScandalthis season.
But this show relies on us staying along for the ride… going off the cliff together.
So hang in there, guys.
Abby connects with Cyrus, but hes not interested in her excuses and complaints about being left out.
Hes here to be in the Oval, and if she wants it, shell find a way in.
Meanwhile, Mellie comes to Olivia because she cant deal with the loss.
In the dinosaur room, Rowan delivers Grace to Peus.
You see, Rowan put together a genius plan to finally take this duo out.
Jake takes out Peus when he doesnt see it coming.
And Samantha Grace Sarah Annoying Face?
Rowan literally jams a dinosaur tooth into her side.
HE KILLS HER WITH A DINOSAUR TOOTH.
