Scandal (TV Series)

The State of the Union (2014)

Kerry Washington: Olivia Pope

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• [first lines] 

  Jake Ballard : [jogging]  I booked a hotel suite.

  Olivia Pope : You did what?

  Jake Ballard : It's pretty close to your apartment. Easy, scenic. You could run there, run back.

  Olivia Pope : Why, am I running there?

  Jake Ballard : Booty calls.

  Olivia Pope : Booty calls? You booked a hotel suite and I'm running there for booty calls? What... what is happening?

  Jake Ballard : We're back in DC, we're not standing in the sun anymore. I'm not gonna live in your apartment, waiting to service you? I have things to do. I'm busy. But, I did book a nice hotel suite for booty calls.

  Olivia Pope : Okay, no. See, we have to have a conversation about... I don't do booty calls, Jake.

• Olivia Pope : Cyrus, you know I'm not afraid of the IRS I'll tell him You call every day.

  Cyrus Beene : I'll tell him you call, asking about him every day, that you're pining for him. Sorry to be such a bastard, Liv. Craving meat really brings out the worst in me.

• Olivia Pope : Huck, what's going on with you and Quinn?

  Huck : Nothing.

  Olivia Pope : Not "nothing." Do you want to tell me, or am I gonna have to tell *you*?