Scandal (TV Series)

Crash and Burn (2012)

Kerry Washington: Olivia Pope

Quotes 

• David Rosen : So who do you think killed her? See, I've got this nagging feeling you've got a pretty good idea. I know I give you a long leash on a lot of things, and I like to, because despite my better judgment and all my protests to the contrary, I really do consider you a friend. But I can't look the other way here, not on this. I'm an assistant US Attorney, Liv. I prosecute crime. I get the bad guys. So at some point, even with you, I gotta draw the line. I gotta do my job. Gotta be the sheriff.

  Olivia Pope : The white hat looks good on you.

• [first lines] 

  Olivia Pope : Answers, people. We need answers, and time is of the essence.

  Quinn Perkins : Her phone's gone and her purse. She ran away. You told her she was gonna have to go on TV, she freaked out, and she ran away.

  Abby Whelan : I gotta say, as crime scenes go, it's pretty clean. No broken locks, no signs of struggle, and I'm not finding any prints aside from yours and Amanda's.

  Quinn Perkins : Because it's not a crime scene. Because she ran away.

  Huck : There's someone watching you.

  Olivia Pope : What?

  Huck : Your trash is gone, and it's not trash day, and there's a sedan parked across the street, US government plates, tinted windows.

  Olivia Pope : [looks out the window]  What about Amanda, Huck?

  Huck : Whoever it was came up through the service elevator, picked the lock on the back door, sedated her, taped her up, got her in a duffel bag. In and out, probably seven minutes, six if they were quick.

  Olivia Pope : How do you know?

  Huck : That's how *I* would do it.

• Olivia Pope : [to the president on the phone]  If you didn't kill her, we both know who did. Tell me I'm wrong. You let a pit bull off his leash, he mauls a baby. No one blames the dog. You let Cyrus off his leash. That's on you!

  [snaps cell phone shut] 

• Airline Executive : What exactly are you insinuating, Ms. Pope?

  Olivia Pope : I don't like to insinuate. I'd rather deduce likely scenarios. And in my scenario, you get a mechanic's report that says you have to ground all your MW-85s, which would cost you millions and send your customers running to your competitors. You'd worry about what your stockholders are going to say. You'd worry about your job. That's understandable. If I'm CEO, it's the last thing I'd want. So, one report goes missing no harm, no foul that is until 120 people fall out of the sky.

  Airline Executive : This is not some kind of conspiracy.

  Stephen Finch : She doesn't insinuate, she deduces...

• [last lines] 

  Olivia Pope : [answer a knock at her door and stands speechless] 

  President Fitzgerald Grant : Hi.

  Olivia Pope : Hi.