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12. Mercy

Peus' iron grip seems inescapable to Olivia and everyone she holds dear, but then a shocking threat to the White House turns everything on its head.

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Olivia visits Rowan, who is in custody but doesn't feel safe. Thus, he wants to flee to another country—which Fitz declines. Peus visits Olivia and tries to make her force Jake to resign as vice president, otherwise he will leak photos of Jake cleaning up Elizabeth's body. Jake does step down. Huck flies a drone (potentially carrying a bomb) onto the White House in order to get the secret service to take Mellie and Fitz away from Ms. Ruland. Abby and Ms. Ruland are put in a bunker together while Mellie and Fitz are taken into a room where Marcus, Cyrus, David, Olivia, and Jake are waiting. Olivia explains that the drone gives them time to figure out how to defeat Peus and Ms. Ruland. Cyrus suggests a Grant-Beene ticket, which Mellie shoots down. They ask Rowan for help but he refuses. Mellie and Marcus talk, leading to her offering the vice-presidency to Cyrus, who declines. While in the bunker with Abby, Ms. Ruland watches Mellie's press conference where she announces that Luna Vargas is her new vice president.

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