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Season 5  "Get Out of Jail, Free"  5x6

Aired 9 years ago - Oct 29, 2015

Fitz and Olivia are presented with a shocking plan that might just make all of their troubles go away, and Mellie is put through the ringer when confronted about her troubled marriage. Meanwhile, the Gladiators continue to defend Olivia, and Susan Ross turns to David for advice.

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Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 1
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 2
I need legal counsel, but I also need a political insider,
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 3
You're his Monica, his Marilyn, his m-m-m-m-my Sharona,
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 4
How about Olivia Pope... philanthropist, humanitarian?
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 5
Go!
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 6
or any of the other dirty deviants you represent,
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 7
help you out of this mess, the mess you created?
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 8
a criminal, a whore,
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 9
I wish they knew the warm, caring woman
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 10
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 11
Briefing room. Now. Go.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 12
Patricia.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 13
This is all just a cute attempt to stall our investigation.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 14
As far as the American people are concerned,
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 15
but a ring is certainly symbolic.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 16
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 17
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 18
Mind if we steal a minute?
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 19
This is absolutely not a joke.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 20
Elise is an old friend from Paris.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 21
Okay?
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 22
for the rest of your life,
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 23
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 24
That's great to hear, Mr. Walker.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 25
Yes. He wanted me to have it.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 26
I wish I never laid eyes on him.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 27
and what they are going through right now.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 28
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 29
All this destruction, all this attention?
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 30
I had to follow my own advice and stand in my truth,
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 31
which was to make herself relatable to the American public.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 32
They might never have met if not for me.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 33
threw a couple threats at me.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 34
Is this some new genius way of putting the screws to me?
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 35
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 36
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 37
They have the tape of me from when I was taken.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 38
As long as Cyrus doesn't say otherwise.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 39
Not for long, not if you come and work for me.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 40
You never asked.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 41
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 42
I want to put that behind us for the good of the country.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 43
That's really not good, is it?
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 44
No, I have no idea. That was 16 years ago in the primary...
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 45
Why did I say no?
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 46
This is what I know... About you.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 47
and know how you slept the night before.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 48
I do not need this.
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 49
Always a mystery, usually Agatha Christie,
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 50

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Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 2
I need legal counsel, but I also need a political insider,
#2
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 3
You're his Monica, his Marilyn, his m-m-m-m-my Sharona,
#3
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 4
How about Olivia Pope... philanthropist, humanitarian?
#4
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 5
Go!
#5
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 6
or any of the other dirty deviants you represent,
#6
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 7
help you out of this mess, the mess you created?
#7
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 8
a criminal, a whore,
#8
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 9
I wish they knew the warm, caring woman
#9
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 10 #10 Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 11
Briefing room. Now. Go.
#11
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 12
Patricia.
#12
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 13
This is all just a cute attempt to stall our investigation.
#13
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 14
As far as the American people are concerned,
#14
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 15
but a ring is certainly symbolic.
#15
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Mind if we steal a minute?
#18
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This is absolutely not a joke.
#19
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 20
Elise is an old friend from Paris.
#20
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 21
Okay?
#21
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 22
for the rest of your life,
#22
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 23 #23 Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 24
That's great to hear, Mr. Walker.
#24
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 25
Yes. He wanted me to have it.
#25
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 26
I wish I never laid eyes on him.
#26
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 27
and what they are going through right now.
#27
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All this destruction, all this attention?
#29
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 30
I had to follow my own advice and stand in my truth,
#30
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 31
which was to make herself relatable to the American public.
#31
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 32
They might never have met if not for me.
#32
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 33
threw a couple threats at me.
#33
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 34
Is this some new genius way of putting the screws to me?
#34
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They have the tape of me from when I was taken.
#37
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 38
As long as Cyrus doesn't say otherwise.
#38
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 39
Not for long, not if you come and work for me.
#39
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 40
You never asked.
#40
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 41 #41 Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 42
I want to put that behind us for the good of the country.
#42
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 43
That's really not good, is it?
#43
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 44
No, I have no idea. That was 16 years ago in the primary...
#44
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 45
Why did I say no?
#45
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 46
This is what I know... About you.
#46
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 47
and know how you slept the night before.
#47
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 48
I do not need this.
#48
Recap of Scandal (2012) Season 5 Episode 6 (S05E06) - 49
Always a mystery, usually Agatha Christie,
#49
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