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"The Price of Free and Fair Elections" is the 18th episode and season finale of the third season of the American political thriller television series ''Scandal'', and is the 47th overall episode. It aired on April 17, 2014 on ABC in the United States. The episode was written by showrunner Shonda Rhimes and executive producer Mark Wilding and directed by executive producer Tom Verica. The season finale was originally suppose to be the 22nd episode, but because of the show's lead Kerry Washington's pregnancy, the episode count was trimmed by ABC by four episodes, leading the season finale to be the 18th episode. The episode focuses on the election day between President Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III and Sally Langston, with everyone else trying their best to help Fitz get elected – leading Olivia Pope and Cyrus Beene desperately trying to help. ==Plot== Fitzgerald (Tony Goldwyn) has yet to arrive to the funeral with only 14 minutes left before a bomb goes off, as Cyrus Beene (Jeff Perry) keeps stalling him. Rowan (Joe Morton) is rushed into the hospital after the stabbing by Maya Pope (Khandi Alexander) and Adnan Salif (Nazanin Boniadi) is worried about the President's absence from the church. After calling Cyrus multiple times, Jake (Scott Foley) warns Fitz about the bomb and starts to evacuate just in time before the bomb goes off. Olivia (Kerry Washington) comes to the White House and convinces Fitz to talk to the nation, but faces trouble when the networks use a split screen showing both Fitz and Sally Langston (Kate Burton) as she helps victims outside the church after Leo Bergen (Paul Adelstein) convinced her it will help her chances of winning the election. After the incident, Sally's poll numbers go up, convincing both Olivia and Cyrus that Fitz is going to lose the election. Fitz is desperate to try to win, but Olivia tells him its over. Harrison Wright (Columbus Short) convinces Adnan to help her get away from Maya in exchange for letting him go. Harrison and Abby (Darby Stanchfield) discovers Huck (Guillermo Diaz) and Quinn's (Katie Lowes) relationship. Charlie (George Newbern) breaks up with Quinn and gives her an envelope containing information for Huck. After reading the information, Quinn takes Huck to the house where his estranged family lives, leading Huck to become furious. At the White House, Olivia reveals that secret about Mellie being raped by Big Jerry to Fitz, after feeling guilty when Fitz talks about Vermont. Fitz goes to Mellie and reconciles with her. With 24 hours left until election day, people are speculating that Sally Langston will win the election. Leo Bergen receives advice from Cyrus about being Chief of Staff. Fitz calls Olivia while waiting to give a last speech with his family, explaining that he can't leave Mellie for her and Vermont, not after learning about the rape. Maya shows up at the hospital to threaten Olivia and explains why she tried to kill Fitz. At the same time, as Fitz gives a speech, his son Jerry (Dylan Minnette) suffers a seizure and later dies. At the hospital, Olivia informs the press about Jerry's death due to Bacterial Meningitis. With America rallying behind Fitz after his family's loss, Cyrus and Olivia realize that they are going to win the election. Tom Larsen (Brian Letscher) tells Fitz that a substring of the bacteria that killed Jerry had been stolen from a lab just a few days earlier, and that Jerry was murdered. Rowan talks to Fitz about Jerry, with Rowan convincing Fitz to let him kill the suspect Maya Pope. On election day, Fitz has a sudden surge in the polls after the loss of his child. Huck tells Olivia that Quinn found his family, and he explains why he can't involve himself in their lives. Olivia accepts Rowan's offer for a new life, which angers Abby. Harrison tells Rowan where Maya will collect her money after Rowan tells him that Adnan was killed. Jake confronts Olivia about her leaving, and Olivia blames everything that has happened on her. Jake asks to come along with her, in which she accepts. When Harrison learns about Olivia leaving, he asks Rowan to stop her. Harrison figures out that it is Rowan who was responsible for Jerry and Adnan's death, and Harrison is killed by Tom. Fitz wins the election, but breaks down in the Oval Office with grief. David receives a bunch of B6-13 files from Jake, along with a note that says, "Go get the bad guys." Huck knocks on the door of his family's new home, and his former wife opens the door. Rowan puts Maya in the hole at B6-13, and Olivia boards the plane with Jake, which takes them into the horizon. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Price of Free and Fair Elections」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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