Mellie is wearing the White Hat.
So, guys, what if we killed Cyrus Beene?
Its an idea, right?
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Is it because Cyrus is a speedy dude who can dodge bullets?
Will Mellie be the ultimately sacrificial lamb or the center of a hurricane that is finally calming down.
I cant kill people!
and all I can think is there is a metal chair out there that says otherwise.
Meanwhile, Cyrus is taking his silly spiky hair and planning to take Mellie down with Jakes assistance.
But Jake has a point because hes working one-on-one with Cyrus, whoseemsto be in control.
Of course, that is until hes summoned to meet with Lonnie.
As this is happening, Mellie is essentially being put on trial in front of the American people.
At QPA, Quinn and Abby go full tech gurus and start to hack into Cyrus phone.Yes, Abby.
Girl is ready to step into the hacking skill set she desperately needs.
Marcus confides in Fitz to help defend their girl, and God knows she could use it.
Shes in the Oval getting a little messy as she discusses Karens love life.
Shes got two bottles of her favorite and one thats not.
Its a convenient way to remember which one she poisoned when she serves Cyrus his glass.
Of course, Huck calls her out because he just gothisOlivia back.
Im with you, Huck.
Girl hasGOT TOstop killing people.
So she goes back into the room and starts chatting with Cyrus about his daughter Ella.
Cyrus shuts it down and brings up Fitz instead.
He asks Olivia what she thinks would have happened if shed never met him.
Cyrus, through laughter, says that he would be the exact same, but Olivia?
Well, its up for debate… does Fitz make Olivia a better or a worse person?
He does nothing because Cyrus will always be Cyrus.
Its enough to convince her not to poison Cy.
Yall, you cant make this up.
But turns out that the hacker, aka LilPymp69, is dead.
Cyrus had him killed to help cover up that hijacking.
So Olivia turns back to her darkness: The idea is to kill Cyrus with the cyanide wine.
All clues will point to Lonnie, and hell go down for killing Cyrus.
Huck is devastated, but Olivia is insistent.
Back in the Oval, Mellie calls Fitz because even with all the bluffs shes calling, shes lonely.
She needs the advice and support, and Fitz is there to give it.
She tells Mellie that she has to find another way around this mess.
She cant lose her soul, and Fitz affirms it: Shes better than him.
Shes better than everyone.
What if Olivia killed herself!?
But before she passes the glass over, she tells Cyrus that not being able to change is insulting.
Right at that moment, Jake bursts in and stops Olivia and bails Cyrus out.
He then puts the barrel in his mouth and tells Olivia to pull the trigger, but she cant.
Thats not a bad thing!
Vanessa is amood, yall.
So Olivia says that shes with Mellie, always.
And Mellie says the same.
Mellie is wearing the White Hat in the White House, yall.
The night ends with Olivia paying a quick visit to Fitz.
She delivers a bottle of whiskey to him, to cheers to the old days.
As he tries to flirt with him, she goes in for a TV kiss.
But while the kissing happens, Cyrus makes a visit himself.
When he shows up to Jakes house, Jake is out of breath, but its okay.
Jake has everything handled (oh God, maybe Vanessa, too?).
Hes implicated Olivia in both the hijacking and the assassination of President Rashad.
And then he tells Cyrus that theyre a partnership, like he and Vanessa was (oh God).
But he handled Vanessa, and he dissolved their partnership.
Hed hate to dissolve theirs.
Can you handle it?
