Scandal

- Previously on "Scandal"... - This next lady says her husband worked

for a super-secret spy agency operating outside the Command

of the United States Government.

Called B613.

You need to shut this down, Rosen... now.

- I'm not gonna shut it down. - What?

You gave me those files. You said, "go get the bad guys."

I'm going to get the bad guys.

Jake: What's this?

David: An immunity agreement.

You agree to testify against Command,

and the government will never prosecute you.

You think I'm gonna testify against Command

and help bring down B613?

I also have Huck and Quinn, even Charlie,

but I need you.

You are the big fish.

You worked for Rowan. You stood in his shoes.

You know where the bodies are buried.

Be a witness, and we can make our case now.

- We won't need any other agents. - I can't.

This is my death warrant, you understand?

I sign this, I die. We're all gonna die, Rosen.

No. I'm out.

I'm done.

White hats, Jake. We are the good guys.

We get justice no matter what.

Goodbye, Rosen.

If you don't testify, I can't protect you, Jake.

Is that a threat?

We are taking down Command, and you were once Command, too.

Hey!

I don't need protection from you, Rosen.

You need protection from me.

Drop this case or I'll drop it for you.

Hey. Change of plans.

Charlie?

Max.

Long time, no see.

Max Butler.

Retired B613.

Worked with Jake Ballard in Syria in the late '90s.

Max and Jake killed six Lebanese agents together,

butchered them in a bath house in Damascus.

Good gig Damascus.

- Sure, the weather's dry, but the girls... - Charlie.

Sorry. Women.

We need Max.

Hello, Margot.

Margot Ross worked closely with Jake

during several missions in Southeast Asia after 9/11.

We need her, and we need Simon.

Simon?

Who the hell are you?

I'm Quinn. Can we talk?

Jake worked under Simon in Europe from 2003-2007.

They're credited with 37 assassinations

- from Hamburg to Grenada. - Yeah, but some of those were bombings.

- So? - So, that's cheating.

- Murder is murder. - Back me up here, big guy.

- No, bombings are cheating. - Listen, here's the plan...

we pull in these three agents, gain their trust.

What's your offer?

We offer them full immunity from prosecution.

Immunity from every mission? Domestic and international?

All of it.

Put them in a safe house

until I can convene a secret grand jury,

and we have ourselves an airtight case.

That's how we bring in Jake Ballard.

He's on the hook.

So, we offer him immunity, get him to testify.

Once he's in, other agents will step forward,

and that's how we take down B613 for good.

Russell: You shout... in your sleep.

About a red door and a ring in other languages.

You have to go.

French, Russian, Farsi, mandarin,

and I want to say... Swahili?

Zulu?

Both.

Listen, Russell...

my name's not really Russell.

I mean, it is, but it's Franklin...

Franklin Russell.

You gave me a fake name.

- You have a problem with that, Alex? -

Are we sticking with Alex, or can I start calling you Olivia?

Um, well, you don't need

to call me anything because this is it.

Well, here's the thing, Alex...

I don't think it is.

Hello?

Yes.

I'll be right there.

It's not too late.

Congressman, I'd like to believe that's true. However...

but you don't, and you think my father's guilty.

This isn't about what I believe.

I don't know what you think I could do at this point.

If you'd heard him...

You can't imagine.

I was in my room when he found her,

found Jamie...

Hanging from a rod in her closet.

15 years old.

The screams, the sobbing.

I thought it was a neighbor's kid

or some kind of animal.

The look on his face.

The sounds coming from him as he cut her down

and tried over and over

to beat the life back into her lungs.

When the police found Jamie's diary

and told him why she killed herself...

because that piece of crap broke her heart.

Her math teacher.

She was 14 when things started between them...

14.

He was 29. Can you imagine?

My father had every reason in the world to do him harm,

but he didn't. I know it.

What do you think happened

when your father went to confront him?

Last night, around 9:00,

I grabbed the gun I keep hidden behind my bedside table,

a box of bullets from the drawer there.

Drove to the home of Dan Hoffman and rang the bell.

When that bastard came to the door,

I pointed the gun at his chest and shot him twice.

Maybe three times.

Should have been more.

Should have emptied the entire gun in that son of a bitch.

But I didn't.

Went home. End of story.

Tanner: That chilling confession by George Reed was recorded

in the Selbyville, Delaware, police station

15 years ago, almost to the day.

President Grant rejected pleas from George Reed's son,

Congressman Nicholas Reed,

to pressure the governor of Delaware

to issue a stay in the execution,

which is set for next month.

Sure, the president sympathizes with Congressman Reed.

He also sympathizes with the victim in this case

and the right of the state of Delaware

to handle their own justice system independently.

Next question.

Tanner: Congressman Reed has fought tirelessly

over the last 15 years to reverse his father's conviction.

But tonight, that long struggle

to spare his father from execution

has clearly come to an end.

I have no idea why he confessed,

why he still, to this day, stands by that confession.

Maybe he wishes he killed the guy.

I just... I-I don't know.

Again, Congressman, I'm sorry,

but I don't know what I can help with.

Just, please, Olivia, meet with him.

I promise you'll see.

I'm not just a son with a serious case of denial.

My father is innocent. He did not shoot Dan Hoffman.

You're my last hope for proving that.

So, I just have a few more questions, and then we're done.

You own your own... you make soap?

Yeah, I got a little soap company.

Little.

It's not Wal-Mart or anything, but it does okay.

And the books are clean.

Soap books are clean.

I just thought of that.

Get it?

Uh-huh.

Okay. What else do you want to ask me?

Do you agree with her politics?

I love her politics.

I'm also crazy about her husband's.

He used to be a Republican, but that's not her fault.

What else?

Uh, when was the last time you went to church?

You are down South, honey. You are in church right now.

I think that's everything I need.

Harmony, it has been a pleasure chatting with you.

I know Mellie appreciates you taking the time.

How is she?

Mellie?

I haven't talked to that girl in a long time.

Folks always ask, "why are you still so loyal to her?"

You know, after everything, and I understand that. I do.

But you know why?

'Cause she's family.

And I always got her back.

You tell her that for me, okay? You tell her I got her back.

And that her little sister says hey.