The case Olivia Pope & Associates tackled on last week’s Scandal season 4 episode appears to be carrying into this week’s storyline, but promos don’t exactly hint at that.
It’s not too often that a case OP&A takes crosses multiple episodes, but on episode 4 we should be learning about what was in the mystery envelope Kathryn’s daughter Katelyn was carrying in an elevator when a man attacked her.
The Scandal season 4, episode 4 synopsis also offers these teases: “Fitz asks Olivia to shut down a situation that could destroy the Grant family’s reputation. Meanwhile, Rowan calls on an old friend to do his dirty work.”
As the teaser trailer for this Thursday’s episode alludes to, Olivia will be returning to the White House to handle the aforementioned situation. Is this an entirely new issue? Does it have something to do with Mellie or the death of Jerry Jr.?
Presumably Rowan’s “dirty work” will have to do with the recent words exchanged between he and Jake. Surely Rowan won’t be heading out of town to never see Olivia again without a good fight!
Photos from the episode depict Fitz and Cyrus working with a character played by Steven Flynn, while in another scene we see Fitz and Jake working together. Is Jake filling him in on what happened between him and Rowan?
And — gulp — Tom is back in the picture. He looks like he’s up to something sneaky. Is this who’s working with Rowan to do the “dirty work”?
We’re going to spend the next few days worrying about what Tom and Rowan are up to. Whatever it is, it won’t be of benefit to Jake.
What happened in last week’s episode? Glad you asked — check out our recap of episode 3!
Scandal season 4, episode 4 airs Thursday, October 16 at 9 p.m. eastern/pacific on ABC.
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