Kerry Washington stars as female lead Olivia Pope, who convinces her colleagues to confess every crime they committed, including the existence of the top secret organization B613.
Quinn Perkins (Katie Lowes) is helped by her friends to make an improvised marriage with Charlie (George Newbern), while various other story lines begin to settle down.
[2] Joshua Alston of Vulture gave the episode a 4 out of 5 stars rating, stating that it is "pretty darn successful, moving briskly and offering a satisfying mix of resolutions, comeuppances, surprises, and pure fan service.
"[3] USA Today's Anika Reed praised the series in its entirety, not just the final episode, commenting the show "put a black woman as the lead of a primetime drama for the first time since 1974, with [Kerry] Washington as D.C. fixer Olivia Pope.
He also commented on the series as a whole, affirming that Scandal "was less about politics (a lot of those flourishes were exaggerated to the point of not making much sense) than the corrupting influence of power, using Washington's corridors as the glamorous backdrop for a primetime soap, mixing its steamy relationships with wild deep-state conspiracies.