Scandal

"I'm gonna kill you!" "not if I kill you first!"

Woman: That's not what I'm saying.

Man: No? Then what are you saying?

'cause it sounds like you're accusing me of something.

Are you accusing me of something?

- No, I just... - Spit it out, woman!

If you have a problem with

The way I'm raising my children...

I just wish you wouldn't go in there.

She's my daughter, lanie!

Am I not supposed to say goodnight to my daughter?

Don't walk away from me when I'm talking to you.

Hey!

Aah! Jimmy, don't! Aah!

You do not make the rules in this house.

I make the rules.

And if I want to go into my daughter's room at night

And ask her how her day was, then that's what I'm gonna do.

Have I made myself clear?

have I?!

yes.

Now get me another beer, and clean this mess up!

I've decided you are going to eat something today.

You're gonna want to do something with your hair.

Have you looked in the mirror recently?

It's not pretty.

All right. Here we go.

You got to stop beating yourself up over this.

What you did to andrew?

After everything he did to you?

The only thing you should feel bad about

Is that you didn't do it sooner.

He's right. And it appears you're in the clear.

No one's investigating andrew's death.

Jake and the president took care of that.

How you doing?

Great.

She promised to do something with her hair,

So we're making progress.

It's almost 10:00, son.

Right.

You should have some of that toast.

You know, we should take a walk today.

Adams morgan. You love adams morgan.

I got us some new puzzles.

Redwood forest.

Mount rushmore.

I'd love to do one with you.

Hmm?

Something I thought you should know.

We've moved up jake and vanessa's wedding.

They're getting married on Saturday.

I wanted to tell you,

But with everything that's happened, um...

I know he'd love for you to be there.

If you're feeling up to it.

You got a visitor.

who the hell are you?

Have a seat.

I've been reading about you.

For a screw-up, you are very bright.

Is that supposed to be a compliment?

You like being a soldier, son?

If I actually got to see some real action,

Yeah, I think it'd be pretty fun.

What's this?

A contract. To serve in a unit we're putting together.

Something a little less official

Than what you're presently accustomed to.

You want to be more specific?

At the moment? No.

What I can tell you is you'll be seeing

A lot more action than you're seeing now,

And a lot more money.

Something wrong?

This says "jake ballard" on it.

So?

My name's pete harris.

Like I said, we do things differently.

Mm.

Pass.

Pass?

Pass.

I signed up to be a navy man,

Not play make-believe with a bunch of black-ops psychopaths.

You'd rather go to prison, then.

Who said anything about prison?

I got two more weeks in the brig.

Three tops. Once that's over...

You're being discharged.

Excuse me?

The lad whose face you broke that hand on,

His father's a congressman.

They're throwing you out of the navy.

You'll be remanded to a civilian court,

Where you'll be charged with aggravated assault,

A charge which, if you're convicted,

Carries a maximum sentence of 10 years.

That's ridiculous.

Is it?

According to your file, you have been cited 13 times

With drunken and disorderly conduct.

You've had seven fights with your fellow officers...

- So what? - The most recent of which

Had to have his jaw reconstructed.

It was a couple of stitches, man.

And, despite repeat attempts at discipline,

Commanding officers note a persisting

And seemingly unchangeable disrespect for authority.

It's because they're horrible people.

Is that what they are, ballard?

Or are you just a loser with an anger problem?

The name's not ballard.

"the name's not ballard, sir."

Listen, you weirdo... Aaah!

let go of me.

Your choice is very simple.

Either you leave this room as pete harris

And spend the next 10 years of your life in prison,

Or you leave here as jake ballard,

And spend the next 10 years in my employ.

Option "a" makes you the bitch

Of the federal board of corrections.

Option "b" makes you my bitch.

- - but here's the good news.

I can turn you into somebody.

A real soldier with a real future.

And there's no one else on this planet

Who can promise you that without either being a fool or a liar.

So what's it gonna be?

Pete harris or jake ballard?

Their bitch or mine?

Olivia. You're up.

Yeah, I thought I'd take some of your advice.

Get some fresh air?

Just a little bit.

Well, that's wonderful.

A nice jog will do you a world of good.

Just go easy.

Yeah, I promise not to run any marathons till next week.

I told you.

Just a few weeks of peace and quiet is all she needed.

Were you followed?

No. They're buying the entire act.

They've moved up the wedding, and it's not because

Jake's dying to marry that woman. She was pretty basic.

Okay, fine, but I'm right.

We need to find out everything we can about the wedding.

My dad and jake are using vanessa moss for something,

And it's not just laundering money

Through her bank accounts.

Liv. You doing okay?

Get on it. Now.

She seems like she's doing okay.

Jacob hamilton ballard and vanessa rose moss.

Or as the internet calls them, "j.Mo."

The times is calling it

"the most culturally significant wedding

Since john john and caroline."

Have you tracked down the guest list?

I found it on the catering company's hard drive.

Great. Okay, what are we talking? Two, three...

600 people.

600?

I-I don't even know 600 people.

90 friends and family,

And the rest are high-profile movers and shakers.

Uh, politicians, big-time democratic donors,

Royalty, celebrities.

Why does vanessa want such a big wedding?

It's not vanessa. It's rowan.

Rowan?

He's the one who moved up the wedding date with the church.

He's the one who updated the guest list with the caterer.

And he's the one who hired two separate powerful publicists.

Paid for through edison's super pac.

Well, he's getting his money's worth.

Vogue is doing an 18-page spread in the September issue.

The September issue!

It's a big deal. Trust me.

So, my dad and jake want a big, high-profile wedding

As soon as possible.

I don't understand.

It's not like it's gonna help edison become president.

So, what do we do?

Jake has a weakness.

If I can exploit it, maybe I can get some information out of him.

What's his weakness?

Me.

What's my uncle's name?

Ed.

Is it not ed? Mm.

You need to get going, don't you?

Where's olivia?

why aren't you coming to the party?

It's the white house.

Well, technically I wasn't invited.

But I've been to the white house before.