Scandal (TV Series)

Heavy Is the Head (2015)

Kerry Washington: Olivia Pope

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• Olivia Pope : Be careful. This dress is couture. I need it to stay perfect.

  President Fitzgerald Grant : Then take it off.

  [big grin] 

• Abby Whelan : [chatting in the powder room]  You know whose life I need? Princess Emily's. That woman? Nothing but game. She was a human-rights lawyer. And now she gets to wear diamonds on her head. On her head, Liv.

  Olivia Pope : I think I'll stick with being me.

  Abby Whelan : [pressing on]  I wonder what that life is like. You know, one day, you're a regular person. And the next day, you're the most famous woman on the planet, and only because of who you're in love with. Suddenly, that's all you are, is somebody's...

  Princess Emily : [suddenly emerges from a stall]  I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to eavesdrop. It's just, people get weird when they see me, so I just... I was going to try and stay in there until you left, but then you started talking about me and I thought you'd want to know I-I was in...

  Abby Whelan : [jumping to her feet]  I am so sorry, Your Royal Highness.

  Olivia Pope : Why don't we give you some privacy?

  Princess Emily : Oh, wait a minute. You're Olivia Pope! You handled the press for my engagement. I-I watched you on TV.

  Olivia Pope : My friend didn't really mean anything by what she said.

  Princess Emily : Oh, oh, I've I've gotten used to it. For most of the world, I'm not a real person anymore. I stopped being a real person for people the moment the world found out I was marrying Richard. To them, I'm... I'm not human. I'm just... a spectacle. And I don't think they would say half the things they say if they knew they were hurting an actual person - do you?

  Olivia Pope : No, I don't think they would.

• Olivia Pope : [in her apartment]  Have you been waiting for me to come home? I'm your plan?

  Huck : You always fix me. I don't know what happened or how it happened or when or... But you need to do what you do... Because I want to see Kim and Javi, and I can't. I can't go home not like this. Not while I want to... My guy is out, Liv. My guy is out. He's running around, and I can't go home until you fix me.

  Olivia Pope : What do you mean, your guy?

  Huck : Please.

  Olivia Pope : Huck, I want to help you. I do. But I can't fix you. I don't fix people. Not like that, not on the inside. If I could fix people on the inside, I'd be running a bake sale in Ohio right now. I wouldn't be... I don't know how to fix you. I wish I did. I wish I had some I-I don't know anything. I'm sorry. But you you need a new plan, a better plan, a *much* better plan than me.

• David Rosen : I'm not here.

  Olivia Pope : You're not?

  David Rosen : I'm a figment of your imagination. So is this autopsy report. They're burying this, Liv. Putting her body on a plane tonight. And tomorrow morning, I tell the world the accident was entirely due to driver error. I don't know if this had anything to do with why she died, but I do know those royal goons don't want it coming out.

  Olivia Pope : If it's dangerous for you to leak this to me...

  David Rosen : Come on, you know me. Truth, justice, the American way. Also, I put you in CIA jail.

• Queen Isabel : She could have given birth to a child who looked exactly like that bodyguard of hers, and my son still wouldn't have seen it. She had one job to give us an heir and a spare. And at that single job, she failed.

  Olivia Pope : You had her killed because it wasn't your grandchild?

  Queen Isabel : A tragic loss of life. But far less tragic than handing the crown to one who is not its rightful heir.

  Olivia Pope : And that is where we disagree.

  Queen Isabel : I haven't dismissed you. Where are you going?

  Olivia Pope : To get justice.

  Queen Isabel : I *am* justice.

• Prince Richard : When we get home, you're going to abdicate because of health reasons, because of age, 'cause you are no longer fit to rule. You will allow your son to accede to the throne and live out the rest of your days at the winter palace, alone. Because the next time I see you, the next time I will be able to even tolerate the sight of you, will be at your funeral.

  Queen Isabel : Richard...

  Prince Richard : If you oppose me, if you speak out in any way - Olivia Pope may not be able to tell the world what you've done, but I won't hesitate.

  Olivia Pope : [into her ear]  You were right. Not all fairy tales have happy endings. But evil queens? They tend to go down.

  [walks away]