It premiered on December 12, 2013 in the U.S.[1] Following on from the revelation that Sally Langston had murdered her husband, Daniel Douglas, a flashback reveals what led up to this turn of events.
In a fit of rage, Sally stabs him in the back and, after a brief pause, calls Cyrus Beene to tell him.
Quinn manages to remove the tracking device from her mouth, making Huck loses her signal after she flushes it down the toilet.
Rowan is on the move to track down Maya until his team is boxed in by agents working for the President.
He relays his concerns to David Rosen, who isn't interested in helping the man who almost destroyed his career.
Olivia uses the Fitz Phone when she realizes the president is holding her father in the basement of the Pentagon.
Rowan/Eli/Command made a judgment call to shoot it down to kill 329 people instead of the thousands that would have perished if it detonated over London.
She returns to the Pope & Associates offices to talk to Huck, and is shocked to hear that he is unrepentant about torturing her.
Cyrus tells James that he's the love of his life, hoping that he won't leave him.
Sally tries to tell Leo Bergen that she's not going to run for president, but ends up spilling the news that she killed Daniel.
The episode was written by Zahir McGhee and directed by executive producer Tom Verica.
[4] "A Door Marked Exit" was originally broadcast on Thursday, December 12, 2013 in the United States on ABC.
[7] Seven days of time-shifted viewing added on an additional 1.4 rating points in the 18–49 demographic and 3.67 million viewers, bringing the total viewership for the episode to 13.04 million viewers with a 4.6 Nielsen rating in the 18–49 demographic.
"[10] Many critics praised Joe Morton's character Rowan Pope and his speech in the episode.
"[11] Miranda Wicker from TV Fanatic commented, "Rowan's 'you're a boy' speech to Fitz was amazingly written and delivered.
She continued saying that the speech was one of the two best moments of the episode and it delivered a very accurate feeling a lot of the audience already had thought about the topic saying "Rowan's belief that Olivia is Fitz' way out, his "door marked exit," was spot on.