[1] As a result of almost capturing Rowan Pope (Joe Morton), he shuts down B613 and orders the killing of his agents.

Jake gives Olivia (Kerry Washington) a gun for protection, and goes to a safe-house where he thinks Command might be staying.

But the gun isn't loaded, it was only a loyalty test set by Rowan, but Olivia's action makes her father furious and disappointed that his own daughter would try to shoot him.

Meanwhile, after finding out that Olivia lied to her, Elizabeth North (Portia de Rossi) leaks revealing photos of Cyrus Beene (Jeff Perry) and Michael (Matthew Del Negro) in bed together, which creates a news scandal.

Quinn and Huck continue to investigate the Winslow-case after finding out that Elizabeth, Andrew (Jon Tenney) and Kobiak are working together.

[2] The episode featured the songs "Endless Love" by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross and "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" by Stevie Wonder.

"[3][4] The episode focuses on the hunt for arresting Rowan, the scandal that evolves when revealing pictures of Cyrus and Michael is leaked and Quinn and Huck figuring out what Elizabeth and Andrew are planning, in addition to try and solve the Winslow-case.

Alexander's role was initially meant for only one episode as a guest star, but was upgraded to recurring on November 14, 2014.

[7] Alexander was ultimately nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in the episode.

[10] "Where the Sun Don't Shine" was originally broadcast on Thursday, November 20, 2014 in the United States on ABC.

[12] In the key 18-49 demographic, the episode scored a 3.1 in Nielsen ratings,[11] up 7 percent over their performance at the same point last season,[12] and was the top TV show in the 9:00 p.m. slot, beating Two and a Half Men, Bad Judge, Gracepoint and Reign.

Philippe from Morning After praised the confrontation between Olivia and Rowan and the actors' performance, saying "Washington and Morton's chemistry is one of the best things about Scandal and even with a full dance-card of presidents and war heroes, her relationship with her father has been the most interesting one this season.

"[19] Danielle Henderson from Vulture commented on how the confrontation managed to get Olivia to finally be able to come into her own now that she's squared away how she really feels about her parents.