Mellie gets Cyrus to agree to come back the next day and promise to get Fitz and his father working together.
They decide to embroil her husband in an affair but after their attempts to use a woman to seduce him fail they realize he is gay when he shows interest in James.
Quinn starts spending more time with Charlie, who says he now works as a private investigator, and she accompanies him on a mission to steal some files.
He tells her that he is planning to drug the night guard, injecting him with a sleeping agent and teasingly suggests Quinn do it, then pulls the case away.
Having discovered that Olivia is close to finding out the truth, Rowan visits a restricted jail cell where he informs a still-alive Maya that her daughter is asking questions about her.
Club giving it a B+ grade calling Mellie's arc within the episode "nearly flawless” and praising Bellamy Young's work.
Cicely K. Dyson in her review for The Wall Street Journal states, "Bellamy Young has been an amazing scene stealer for two-and-a-half seasons, and this time she finally got her chance to shine.
"[7] Robert Rorke writing for The New York Post starts his review saying, "“Scandal” was Kerry Washington's show.
Until last Thursday night, when supporting player Bellamy Young, who plays First Lady Mellie Grant, hijacked the series away from her."