Huck is not playing around when it comes to Quinn. He wants to know what she has been up to and he feels that the best way to get her to talk is to torture her, by pulling her teeth out. He tells her that she is lucky because they're friends so instead of pulling her toes off her foot, he'll settle for her teeth.
Olivia is still in shock about her mother being alive and she is sitting in the corner while the rest of her team is trying to figure out what to do. They're in a secret location and Huck, Jake and the rest of the gladiators are slightly panicking. When Jake and Huck find out that Olivia's mom actually escaped, they know that she's being tracked. They proceed to cut out a tracker that was surgically inserted in her back. Meanwhile, Rowan's crew are just outside their location, but the team gets out in time. They are now at a hotel and they're trying to fly Olivia's mom to Hong Kong where they think she'll be safe, but Jake and Huck have doubts. They realize that they have to kill Rowan. Olivia and her team realize that her mother is on a No Fly list, so they work to get her name removed.
James and Cyrus's relationship is headed for disaster. Cyrus finds out that Jake did indeed cheat on him with Sally Langston's husband but he doesn't know that James did it out of revenge to hurt Cyrus. James tells Cyrus that he knew that he was using him to seduce Sally Langston's husband so they can ruin her chances of running for president. He tells him that he wants a divorce, but Cyrus tells him that he has photos of the two having sex.
Jake attempts to kill Rowan but he fails.
Cyrus shows VP Langston the photos of their husbands having sex but Sally doesn't seem worried because she knows that Cyrus will not use the pictures because his husband is involved.
Olivia asked president Fitz for some help and he comes through. They were able to get Mama Pope on a military plane to Hong Kong but Olivia realizes too late that her mother is a terrorist.
Meanwhile, Sally Langston calls Cyrus to confess and we see her dead husband laying on the floor.
"YOLO" was so intense and it was filled with epic quotes that it was hard to pick out the best ones.
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10. "There doesn't seem to be laughter in your life."
Mama knows! Olivia's mom can tell that her daughter is not happy. She tells her that she imagined her with a husband and some kids by now. Olivia hasn't told her mother about her relationship with the president, but somehow her mother can sense that her romantic life is in shambles.
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9." You didn't have my back on that mission.You still don't have it because for you, there is only two people that matter, Olivia and yourself. The rest of us are on our own."
Jake and president Fitz are in a battle for Olivia's heart. Fitz is definitely jealous of their relationship.
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8."You have made the biggest mistake of your life crossing me. And I will spend the rest of my life working tirelessly to remind you of that. You will regret this day forever."
Fitz is outraged that VP Sally Langston is attempting to run against him. He threatens her but she is not even bothered in the slightest.
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7."It hurts until it doesn't. You think what he did will break you, but it won't. You may not sleep as well at night, but you'll be fine. Numb, but fine."
Mellie has been cheated on so many times by President Fitz so she knows what it's like to deal with infidelity. She tries to console Cyrus because Cyrus is now living with guilt and disappointment after he finds out that James did cheat on him with Sally Langston's husband.
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6. "You don't want to be a hero. You want to be her hero. Word to the wise, she doesn't need one."
During Fitz conversation with Jake, he sees that Jake is trying to be there for Olivia.
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5."We'll find another way. This is what I do, this is what I'm good at."
Olivia explains to her mother that they'll find another way. They are trying to get Mama Pope's name off the No Fly list and this is when Olivia decides to call the president to explain her situation.
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4."See, I think next time we should make a game plan about what kind of rent boy I'm supposed to play, because this whole production you're putting on is actually quite confusing for your leading man. Now obviously this is about the vice president, some back room political crap, but what I can't figure out is why you didn't just hire a hooker? Why would you pimp out your own husband. You used me as a cheap whore. You made me think you were doing me a favor while I was doing it. You have ruined us, Cy! Not to mention the fact that you're a gay man going out of his way to shame another gay man for being in the closet."
James has had enough with Cyrus. After he finds out that Cyrus used him to seduce the Langston's husband, he tells him that he wants a divorce.
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3."If you think I enjoy killing,you don't know me very well. Condone at times except as a necessary evil but I get no enjoyment out of ending a life."
Rowan Pope has just escaped from Jake and his boys and two other men were killed instead. We're starting to see the human side of Rowan because all this season, we thought he was the devil.
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2."My father was trying to protect me this whole time. He didn't want me to know what she did, who she is. He's not the monster, she is."
Olivia figures it all out but she realizes too late. Her mother is a terrorist and her father wanted to keep that information away from Olivia. This most likely explains why he locked her up for twenty two years.
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1."What's that stupid thing the kids are saying these days? YOLO? YOLO Quinn!"
Huck is about to torture Quinn by pulling her teeth out. He doesn't want to do it because she's his friend, however he wants to do it because he loves killing and torturing people.
The second part of the Scandal winter season finale will air next Thursday at 10 on ABC.
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