Warning: This story contains major spoilers from the series finale ofScandal.

Read at your own risk.

That’s right, the white-hat-wearing attorney general of the United States did not survive the series finale.

GUILLERMO DIAZ, KATIE LOWES, DARBY STANCHFIELD, KERRY WASHINGTON

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“We had a great conversation,” Rhimes said.

“He was actually kind of excited and honored, which for Josh was amazing.

It was a slightly emotional phone conversation for us, and it was lovely.”

Once I had a moment to process it and think about it, I was delighted.

I feel like in the universe ofScandal, it makes all kinds of sense.

When I ultimately saw the script, I was delighted about what Shonda had written for me."

I knew I still had scenes to film after it that would take place earlier in the episode."

The rest of the cast found out the shocking news at the table read.

So that wasn’t going to be a thing we were going to do."

“I thought it was really special,” Washington said.

“I love that she left us wondering.

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