Scandal - S4E15 - The Testimony of Diego Muñoz

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Previously on Scandal, ‘The Lawn Chair’

In this episode, Vice President nominee, Senator Susan Ross, snorts like a pig and Huck (a.k.a Diego Muñoz) squeals like one.

First Impressions

In Susan Ross’ first appearance in front of the national press, she flubs her cute anecdote about her daughter and then busts out in a giggle and pig snort.

Cyrus immediately calls Olivia, who is sitting on the floor of her apartment in the dark, drinking and holding a gun. He needs her help with Susan, but Olivia isn’t back. The lawn chair guy with the gun was different. She’s not back.

Lois’ friend, Rose (Marla Gibbs) is still looking for Lois. Of course, Olivia can’t tell Rose what really happened to Lois: she died when Olivia was kidnapped, but Olivia does get OPA on the case of finding Lois’ body so Rose can have closure.

David takes a meeting with a woman he first assumes is a crackpot, until his assistant says the woman is there to talk about B613. Now she has David’s attention. She also has some of his highly organized, color-coded B613 files. It’s Huck’s wife, but David doesn’t know this.

Damage Control

The White House brings in Leo to help fix Gigglegate, and polish Susan Ross so she can be confirmed. He trains her to say what people want to hear, and not what she really feels. Leo is so brash and mean. It’s hard to watch.

Cyrus gives Abby a bit of shit for dating Leo, and the up and down “I see you, girl” look he gives her is everything. Abby snaps at Leo to take it easy on Susan, and he claps back on that ass and tells her to stop micro-managing him. They’re both turned on.

David meets with Huck and Jake at OPA and he’s freaking the fuck out. Jake wants to know who Diego Muñoz is so he can kill him because Jake is bae. Huck comes clean that he’s Diego and swears he’ll take care of it. David still looks like he shat his pants. Quinn walks in and everyone clams up cause Quinn is the worst. Oddly enough, though, she’s not really concerned with whatever they were discussing because she knows Huck will tell her when he’s ready. She’d rather focus on the fact she’s located the abandoned ambulance that transported Lois’ body.

After Leo’s relentless pushing, Susan quits. She no longer wants to be VP.

Huck visits Kim and tells her she needs to back off B613 because it’s dangerous. She doesn’t care. When he relays this news to Jake and David, Jake advises Huck to testify, but claim B613 doesn’t exist. Huck’s not down for that because Kim will never speak to him again. David’s answer is basically: “That’s better than being dead. Then she really can’t speak to you or anyone else.”

Abby and Leo have a lover’s spat over his treatment of Susan, so Abby fires him. She visits Olivia and asks her to help them get Susan back on board before the Senate committee hearing in 3 hours. Olivia agrees. After she works her magic, Susan does well before the committee, but she still won’t have enough votes.

Olivia reluctantly meets with Fitz, Cyrus, and Abby to discuss it in the Oval Office. She tells Fitz: Susan isn’t the problem. His wishy-washy way of going to war is. When he gets up in Olivia’s personal space, Abby and Cyrus look as if they wish a hole would open up in the floor and swallow them all to hell.

When Rose visits Olivia with an idea on how to track Lois, we learn the two were lesbians. Using the serial number on Lois’ fake hip, Huck and Quinn are able to track her body to a morgue in Maryland where she’s been listed as a Jane Doe.

White Hats

Kim pressures Huck to testify. Huck tells Quinn to tell Charlie to burn all of his B613 files and finally tells her what’s going on. She warns him this can blow back on Olivia, and he says he’s already chosen Liv. David questions Huck with Kim sitting there - which is ridiculous - and at first, Huck goes along and says he doesn’t know anything about B613. Kim pushes, David threatens to have her disbarred, and then Huck finally tells all. His details of what it was like in the hole are heartbreaking.

Fitz falls on his sword and meets with the Democratic leaders, then boom! Susan is confirmed. Abby makes up with Leo. He likes it when she’s feisty and firing his ass. And Kim gives Huck a deep kiss when he drops her off at home.

Olivia tells Rose that Lois died while sitting on a park bench. She had an aneurysm and didn’t suffer. As Olivia describes how peaceful it must have been, she flashes back to her time on the beach. Then kissing Jake. Then kissing Fitz.

Olivia goes home and tosses the damaged pillow, then settles in for some wine and popcorn. How the hell is she going to replace just one cushion?

Jake tells David they need to shut down Huck going forward with this B613 stuff. David refuses. This is their chance to bring down the bad guys. Jake reminds him they are the bad guys. “Not anymore,” says David.

Huck and David ’bout to get so many people killed. And Jake better not be one of them!