Scandal Season 5 episode 13 airs 9 p.m. EDT Thursday, Feb. 11 at on ABC. Though the easiest way to watch the episode, called “The Fish Rots From The Head” is on television, you can also watch the episode live online through ABC Live .
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Episode 10 ended with Olivia tasking her team at Pope and Associates to find out everything there is to know about Jake’s new girlfriend, Vanessa Moss. While Jake and Olivia are still sleeping together, her father Eli recently told her that Jake is seeing someone. Olivia believes Jake is in trouble somehow and that is why her father told her about the girlfriend. However, when she questions Jake on it, he keeps mum.
Cyrus is vetting Gov. Francisco Vargas as a possible presidential candidate on the democratic ticket. The governor is largely unknown, but Cyrus and Tom Larsen (former Secret Service Agent, member of B613) have a plan to thrust him into the spotlight. Tom recruits an obscure man, Wayne Turner, to storm Vargas’ office with a gun, so that Vargas will look like a hero on the news. Tom recruits Turner by threatening to harm his son. However, the child is safe, in the care of Charlie and Quinn.
Tasked with shooting Gov. Vargas, Turner chokes. Then, Tom steps in, shooting Vargas in a way that makes it seem like Turner shot him. Despite being injured, Vargas overpowers Tuner. The footage is caught on surveillance and played on the news, and Gov. Vargas becomes a household name.
Meanwhile, Vice President Susan Ross announces that she is running for president after being persuaded by David Rosen. Elizabeth North urged David to use Susan’s crush on him to get her to run for president. Susan has no idea that David is sleeping with Elizabeth while pretending to be dating her.
Now that he’s no longer with Olivia, Fitz is dating a journalist, Lillian Forrester, but is not following the appropriate protocol for a president with a girlfriend. Abby urges him to follow the rules, but he resists until images of him and Lillian are taken and Abby gives him a stern talking to. At this point, it seems like Fitz is willing to fall in line.
In episode 13, a group of Secret Service agents sought help from Pope and Associates. Olivia, Huck, Quinn and Marcus entered a hotel room to find a woman dead in a pool of her own blood. Her friend panics, it’s unclear who the victim is, and the Secret Service agents can only say that “things got out of control.”
Meanwhile, Olivia is still sleeping with Jake, but we will likely find out more information about his girlfriend, Vanessa Moss. Olivia finds out about Fitz’s reckless relationship with Lillian. Abby likely contacts Olivia for assistance with Fitz, who is not happy to be scolded by his former fling about his sexual relations in the White House.
The rest of the story unfolds Thursday when Scandal Season 5 episode 13 airs at 9 p.m. EDT on ABC.
