Fitz tries to make Andrew resign as Vice President, but he refuses – leading Cyrus to take matters into his own hands.

Jake, Quinn and Huck ask Maya Lewis for help to get an invitation to the auction as they need an international terrorist to which she agrees after they accept her demands – much to David's dismay.

She tells Jake and Huck to meet a drug trafficker named Gustavo Paneida, whom she believes can help them get access.

Abby gets suspicious about Liv's absence after Olivia's not returning her phone calls, and after checking her apartment she confronts Huck and Quinn but they refuse to inform her.

After promising Olivia to choose for herself who she will be bought by, one of the kidnappers named Gus kills Ian just before the auction begins.

He begins to talk about what the buyer is going to do to Olivia to control Fitz and the United States, which angers Quinn into attacking him after realizing how damaged Huck has become.

[4] The episode was formerly named "Full Circle" but was changed to "Gladiators Don't Run" for unknown reasons.

[6] "Gladiators Don't Run" was originally broadcast on Thursday, February 12, 2015 in the United States on ABC.