During Mellie's campaign for presidency, Walker helps her through tough moments. He was Olivia Pope's mentor and is her good friend. Desiring to devote more time to taking care of her, he resigns, and Selina becomes President. Then, in season four, Mellie is elected US Senator for Virginia. Abby Whelan, portrayed by Darby Stanchfield, is an ambitious woman who worked as an investigator in Olivia's firm and currently serves as the White House Press Secretary. Meanwhile David is still investigating the Cytron case and gets help from a very surprising source; and in the White House, Fitz feels the pressure as Mellie proves once … When he spots Olivia and asks what she did, she just smiles and walks away. Olivia Carolyn Pope, portrayed by Kerry Washington, is a former White House Communications Director who is widely regarded as the best "fixer" in Washington. She left him when he beat her in a drunken rage. Some nations (e.g., Mexico) require a specific amount of military service from every citizen, except for special cases, such as physical or mental disorders or religious belief. He hates Olivia and her team for ruining his life, but turns to them for help when he is framed for murder. He is Scottish-born and became a U.S. citizen in 1995 shortly after graduating first in his class from Yale Law School. A mysterious package, which turns out to be a bomb, shows up at his workplace, killing him and six other people. Most countries that use conscription systems … Cyrus is gay and married to James Novak, a political journalist. The following list does not include vegetarians who are identified as vegan—those who do not consume produce that utilise animal derivatives such as eggs and dairy—who are listed … Prior to knowing Olivia, and after serving in the Marines, Huck was blackmailed into joining a top secret CIA subdivision called B613, where he was trained to torture and murder American "traitors". She is acquitted of all charges after Olivia makes a phone call. However, President-Elect Vargas was assassinated at his election night victory speech. Harrison had a brotherly relationship with Quinn and he looked out for her. With Kerry Washington, Darby Stanchfield, Katie Lowes, Guillermo Díaz. In the season two premiere, he is working on Quinn's case and although he knows it will be hard to win, he believes in her innocence. He becomes closer to Quinn and the two become good friends, having drinks together in the office. The near-death experience left him a changed man, with some minor brain damage which causes him to lose his fear of doing what he wants for himself. He proves that Billy is the mole and gets him arrested. In season two, Huck tutored Quinn in espionage and technology, but much to his chagrin he awakened something dark within her. The show features an ensemble cast of regular characters, with eight main characters in its first season. However, when James is brought to the witness stand and lies about finding anything, David loses his chance to go forward with his prosecution. Nov 5 2020. He often says that he wears "the white hat". Ten months later, Fitz has developed a drinking problem and has become more forceful and rash in his decisions, believing that he does not have anyone he can trust, except for Jake Ballard, whom he increasingly turns to more and more for advice and help handling very sensitive and problem-fraught situations for him. 883 posts. 745 posts. Stephen Finch, portrayed by Henry Ian Cusick, is a litigator who worked with Olivia and is one of her good friends. Since the first season, two characters have left the show or have been written out, and several new main characters have been written in or upgraded in the series. Jake was recruited by Eli during his time in the Navy. Once they get back together he eventually asks Quinn to marry him, which she accepts and later finds out she's pregnant with his baby. He is shown to be a womanizer, even though he gets engaged to his girlfriend, Georgia, in the first season. Although she still had feelings for him, Olivia knew that it would be best to resign from her position and as a result she started "Pope & Associates", a crisis management company. Mellie Grant posted Jan 31, 2021 at 10:48 PM. ... Madame Vice President Kamala Harris's FIGHT FOR BLACK WOMEN'S HEALTH. Moss and Chandler's bodies were buried in a forested unmarked grave; Novak's was left on the street and staged to look like the result of a carjacking. Olivia found the homeless Huck while she was working on the Grant campaign. In season two, Quinn accepts Huck as her espionage and technology mentor, ultimately leading her down the path of embracing her dark side. In season 6, they grow closer and eventually hook up. When Salif went down for insider trading, Harrison received only a sentence of six months in jail because Olivia defended him pro bono. When Cyrus believes Hollis was responsible for Fitz's attempted assassination, he hires his own assassin to "end the problem", showing that he is willing to go to great lengths to protect everything Defiance worked for. Logan's vice-president is involuntarily confined to a hospital in a coup by the senate at the beginning of the first sequel. She now wants to be included in security meetings and is threatening Cyrus to get what she wants, but he's not buying it. When the news breaks about what Billy did, Fitz is happy because he views this as a chance to get out of his marriage and be a normal man with the woman he loves, but Olivia stops this and helps him get back with his wife, upsetting and confusing him. While Fitz does care for his wife Mellie, he is not in love with her, and has remained in his marriage at the urging of his chief of staff Cyrus Beene to maintain his approval ratings and to help his chances for a second term. She blames Olivia for the Amanda Tanner situation (reasoning that if Olivia had "played her part" as Fitz's mistress, Tanner would never have gotten involved at all). After Fitz became President, and named Olivia Director of Communications, they continue the affair. She was killed by Samantha Ruland. Jake Ballard, formerly Pete Harris, was the White House Chief of Staff, and Command of B613. She was dating reporter Gideon Wallace who was murdered by Billy Chambers. When the judge rules in favor of the defense, David is shocked, because he has a solid case against her. It is revealed that Quinn ran away to a hotel room, frightened by what happened and that someone broke in and injected her with a sedative; she woke up in Washington, D.C. with a new identity. Following the vote, defense attorney Michael van der Veen joined Fox News to give his accounting: Eli originally tasked Jake to wedge himself between the President and Olivia by becoming a new love instrest, until he defied orders, resulting in his dismissal and imprisonment in “the hole” at a B613 dark site until being freed when Olivia convinced her father to do so. He started his affair with Olivia on the campaign trail and has been seeing her ever since, even though their relationship is hard to manage. Also in Season 2, Billy Chambers again tries to manipulate the presidential succession. Several novels, films, and television series have examined the presidential line of succession and speculated on how it might be implemented in unusual circumstances. Some fans of "Scandal" will argue that Grant's wife, the passionate and eager to succeed Mellie, actually fit the role of President of the United States better. When Olivia won't talk to him, he goes to her house and they sit together on the couch holding each other. That’s the truth. Fitz finally tells Olivia that he is ending their relationship when he invites her to a restaurant, saying that he is not being responsible to Mellie, Olivia and America and that he needs to be a better man. STANDS4 It was impossible for me to navigate. Jay had a serendipitous experience that led to his career. Le taux de mortalité est de 2,22%, le taux de guérison est de 56,45% et le taux de personnes encore malade est de 41,33% Ten months later, David loses his position as Assistant U.S. Attorney and is reduced to teaching an intro course at a D.C. school. Cyrus Rutherford Beene, portrayed by Jeff Perry, is the White House Chief of Staff. He is of Mexican descent. When she asked him to find Amanda Tanner's body, to return to her father, Huck tortured the man who originally trained him, until he revealed the whereabouts of the body. ... if that doesn’t tell you the election was a fraud I don’t know what does. Cyrus and Olivia are on good terms toward the end of season one, working together to save Fitz's presidency, although Olivia makes it clear that she knows what Cyrus is capable of when the president "lets him off his leash". He also works for the Smithsonian Institution. As a result of their service and many missions together, Ballard is the only man whom President Grant unconditionally trusts. As a parting gift, David sends Olivia a pure white stetson, reminding her that she must continue wearing the metaphorical and now the literal white hat. Throughout season two, Cyrus is struggling with keeping Defiance (a vote manipulation scheme which bent the presidential election towards Fitz based on tampering of the voting machines in Defiance County, Ohio) from coming to light, helping Fitz with his decision-making and keeping his husband James from finding out the truth. The Senate voted Saturday to acquit former President Donald Trump on a ridiculous charge of inciting a January 6th insurrection at the DC Capitol. The rightwing media should not get to decide- of course they’ll scream witch-hunt! At the end of Season 6 and from 7 on, she is the President of the United States, being the first woman to hold that office. Feeling that he is incapable of acting impartially or in the national interest, and wishing to diminish the kidnappers' leverage, President Bartlet invokes the 25th Amendment to temporarily relinquish the powers of the office. She is the First Lady of the United States, being Fitz's wife, and later Senator of Virginia. She tells him he needed to get over Olivia's deception. Melody "Mellie" Margaret Grant, portrayed by Bellamy Young, is an empowered woman graduate of Yale (undergrad) and Harvard Law, both top of her class; comes from a wealthy, patrician family with Southern roots. Eventually, Olivia discovers that B613 was behind the deaths and confronts him, hysterically screaming, "you told me you'd be different [as Command]...but immediately you became my father!!). In season three, the President faces potential impeachment proceedings after lying under oath about the presence of a spy in a group of rescued student hostages. But the incoming president can not allow the right-wing press to set his agenda by frightening him off what needs to be done. Huck Finn (né Diego Muñoz), portrayed by Guillermo Díaz, works as a tech guy in Olivia's firm. Nov 6 2020. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. In season two, he is troubled by whether to invade East Sudan and by his wife Mellie's pregnancy. Carrying talent, the requisite good looks, and plenty of on-screen charisma, Jay Hernandez was born in Montebello, California, to Isis (Maldonado), an accountant and secretary, and Javier Hernandez, Sr., a mechanic. He is shocked when he learns about the affair between Olivia and Fitz. Since the first season, two characters have left the show or have been written out, and several new main characters have been written in or upgraded in the series. The FCC Call Sign KELG was originated by Fred Lundgren when he founded a Texas Corporation named Bastrop County Communications in 1976 and applied for the original license of the Elgin, Texas radio station. In season two, after Fitz survives an assassination attempt, they hate each other more than ever, with Fitz now insistent on getting a divorce and Mellie beginning to overstep the bounds of her position's authority. Portia de Rossi is credited as a series regular from 5x01 through 6x11. Abby is extremely loyal to Olivia because she helped her get her life back together, but she gets angry with her when she doesn't act like the Olivia who helps people. Following is a list of characters who have appeared over the various seasons since the drama's premiere. In season 6, Frankie Vargas is elected president and is planned to succeed President Grant. Everyone talks fast and the pace is beyond fast. However, Grant only pretends to agree to Reston's demand; he never has to go through with it, as Chambers is again neutralized when his accomplice David Rosen instead uses the evidence for his own gain, and exposes crimes committed by Chambers. Throughout Season one, Olivia demonstrates that she is very dedicated to her work and to the people she helps and that she's surrounded by staff who are very loyal to her due to her saving each of them a problem in their past. Olivia, knowing his history, asked him to use what he knew, but only in desperate situations. She had called her boyfriend, threatening him after she found out that he cheated on her. He feels haunted while in the presence of Jake Ballard, after the latter shoots three people right in front of his eyes, but allows Rosen to walk away, after agreeing to follow any of the directives Ballard decides to give him going forward. 732 posts. She eventually makes a deal with her father and Mellie to keep the Senate from impeaching Fitz. However, after Olivia found out about their relationship, she asked Harrison to end it. Chambers shares the evidence with the losing candidate, Maryland Governor Samuel Reston, who blackmails Grant into making him his "unity" running mate in his reelection campaign; Chambers plans to use the evidence to effect Grant's resignation or impeachment, resulting in Reston succeeding him. Cyrus was Fitz's campaign manager during his gubernatorial campaigns and his first presidential run, and brought Olivia on after they lost Iowa in the presidential primaries. If Biden does not ensure this is carried out, his presidency is over before it’s begun. This changed when Verna reveals everything about Defiance and her part in his assassination attempt, all to preserve her legacy. Abby was sleeping with AUSA David Rosen after she found his wall with pictures of Quinn and Olivia all over it when she broke into his house. He is a good guy, willing to help Olivia – within the law. He even adopts a baby girl for James, knowing that it is what he wants for their relationship. Jan 6 2021. It was expected that Vice President-Elect Cyrus Beene would be elected president by the, In the first episode of the second season, entitled ", In the closing episodes of the fourth season, the President's daughter is kidnapped. [2] He is a stickler for the law, believing that it is his job to uphold it. Created by Shonda Rhimes. In a fourth-season episode, when the President's behavior has become erratic, his cabinet members give him a choice: he can voluntarily remove himself through Article 3 of the 25th Amendment and submit to a medical examination, or they will invoke Article 4 to force him to do so. However, she leaves Fitz by the end of the fall finale and moves on. He sleeps with Amanda Tanner when he becomes upset that Olivia won't see him. Jake Ballard lives to serve his country, first as a U.S. Navy captain and now as the head of the NSA, though not always at the pleasure of the President. Rosen is a typically arrogant character, he claims to be "the law" just because he is a senior legal official in the show. GREATER ECHO PARK ELYSIAN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL PRESIDENT KWAZI NKRUMAH VICE PRESIDENT MANICITO “FENDER” SANTOS TREASURER EVA MEJIA CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER PAUL BOWERS AT LARGE Jill ‘Rio’ Contreras SPECIAL BOARD OF GOVERNOR’S MEETING Thursday, December 18th, 2014 7:00 P.M. MEETING LOCATION: Cisneros Learning … The license was granted in 1979. At the end of season one, she is planning to leave her husband after he tells her that he doesn't care about the presidency anymore and just wants to live a normal life. She is revealed in the season two premiere to be Lindsay, on trial for murdering her ex-boyfriend and six other people. Mellie does love her husband; she was a lawyer and gave up her career to support him. 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In the season two premiere, it is revealed that it was Huck and Olivia who left the new identity for Quinn. She took a shine to him and brought him coffee every day. The following are some examples of fictional portrayals of United States presidential succession: In "Justice Battalion" from The Truth podcast, a leftist superhero kills off the entire presidential line of succession in order to overthrow the right-wing presidential regime. Mystery over the unusual nature of the resignation of the NAEA President, announced last weekend, has deepened in the past 24 hours. Olivia is shocked to learn that Mellie not only knew about Fitz's affair with her, but said nothing about it. Olivia Pope is … There is further controversy as Acting President Walken threatens to select a new Vice President himself, when it is not clear if he has the authority to do so. A Rhodes Scholar, Harvard law graduate, and decorated former US Navy fighter pilot. Fitz was attached to a carrier-based attack fighter squadron flying air support missions in tandem with US Navy special operations during the Gulf War in 1991, which is how he met Jake Ballard, the only man whom President Grant always unconditionally trusts. NSA Director Jacob "Jake" Hamilton Ballard (né Pete Harris), portrayed by Scott Foley, is a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer attached to the Joint Chiefs of Staff who spies on Olivia Pope at the personal request of President Grant, with whom he served in the Navy during the first Gulf War. Marcus Walker, portrayed by Cornelius Smith Jr., is a civil rights activist, a former client of Olivia's firm and White House Press Secretary for President Fitzgerald. Huck is known to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings; though he is not an alcoholic, he discusses "drinking whiskey" as a euphemism for his past as a torturer. Eli used Jake’s guilt of not protecting his sister from his father’s nightly visits and death of his brother/nephew after the suicide of his to manipulate Jake into accepting Rowan as his “Father.” Scandal is an American television political drama series created by Shonda Rhimes, broadcast by ABC. Cyrus did not become president though; Mellie Grant, the ex-wife of President Grant and the Republican Party nominee for president, was elected by the Electoral College as the first female president of the United States and Luna Vargas was elected vice president. Olivia and Huck have something to do with her past, because Huck is shown in front of Quinn's hotel, then getting into Olivia's car and driving away. In season four, Selina narrowly wins her party's nomination for the Presidency, but Vice President Doyle later withdraws himself from the ticket. He was a top litigator for a firm called Chase and Howard, but suffered a nervous breakdown in the middle of defending a client in a class action lawsuit against Bromquest, a chemical manufacturer that poisoned children in West Virginia. When David finally gathered enough information, he realized that the bombing in Cytron was a cover for the fact that the presidential campaign was rigged. BREAKING: Pelosi Gives Pence 24hrs To Activate 25th Amendment - Breaking911 WASHINGTON — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Sunday called on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment. Olivia worked on the presidential campaign of then-Governor Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III, with whom she began an affair. Olivia is shown to have a contentious relationship with Mellie, the First Lady; the two women cannot stand each other, but tolerate each other for the sake of the presidency. The Vice Presidency is vacant due to a recent scandal, so powers are transferred to the Speaker of the House, a conservative Republican and the ideological polar opposite of the President. She selects former Senator Tom James as her running mate, but is faced with further difficulty when the general election results in a historic Electoral College tie. At the end of season three, Rowan is brought in by the President to assist with finding his ex-wife's terrorist handler and they chafe against each other's authority. He and Olivia have a friendly rivalry going on when she gets involved in the cases he prosecutes. At the end of season 7, Mellie signs a bill into law in the Oval Office and is seen standing with Marcus, suggesting that he might be the first First Gentleman of the United States. He demanded a divorce from Mellie to be with Olivia, not caring if he loses his position as president and is loathed by the American people. She's currently running Mellie's bid for president. Season one focuses on the lives of the team members, the relationship between Olivia and the president (her former employer). Eventually he begins to regain the President's trust, and by the early-middle part of season three the president has stopped shutting him out, and they are more or less back on decent terms with each other, but he is no longer trusted by the President unconditionally, and all of his advice is scrutinized closely. Why and how Biden has been allowed to become the president (not my president) is based on how crooked and rotten the deep state is. Henry Roarke succeeded by the Speaker of the House, In Season 1, Billy Chambers, chief of staff to Vice President Sally Langston, engineers an affair between President Fitzgerald Grant and a, In Season 2, President Grant is placed in a. Finally, at the end of season five, Grant won the 2016 Republican Presidential Primaries, and become the GOP Presidential Nominee, along with their running mate, Jacob "Jake" Ballard. At the beginning of Season two, it is revealed that Olivia had something to do with Quinn Perkins's past and that she made a call that eventually got Quinn's case thrown out of court, saving her from the death penalty. Ballard insists that he is different, because when the dirtiest parts of his job become necessary, he does them himself, instead of delegating it to one of his many, highly capable subordinates to do so. Dr. Kemble served as president of Lamar University from 1977-1984 and then went on to become Chancellor of the Lamar University System in 1984 where he served for two years. He is in love with Olivia Pope and wants to divorce his wife to be with her. Beene runs the presidential campaign for Francisco Vargas, later becomes his running mate, and is a suspect when Vargas is assassinated. He was bright and loyal to her. The Constitutional crisis is averted when Bartlet resumes the powers of the Presidency by notifying the Congressional leaders as provided in the 25th Amendment. However, it is then revealed that the card he gave Billy was fake and that David was just pretending to help him. He is shocked when the judge rules in their favor and the case is dismissed. After being nearly assassinated on his birthday, Fitz was left in a coma for a short period of time before returning to office. Olivia Carolyn Pope worked at the White House as a communications director. He started to lie about it to Olivia at first, but then revealed the truth. ... Africa to Become Testing Ground for “Trust Stamp” Vaccine Record and Payment System TwoAndTwo posted Jan 31, 2021 at 8:52 PM. Scandal is an American television political drama series created by Shonda Rhimes, broadcast by ABC.. Olivia stops Mellie and brings her back to Washington, D.C. to help Olivia save Fitz's presidency and his marriage. Nov 4 2020. Eli offers Jake a choice to change his life and leave behind the life he knew as Pete Harris. After Fitz finds out about Defiance and stays with Mellie, she tries to side with him and keep him from overworking, even putting all the blame on Cyrus for the rigging.