Scandal (TV Series)
Baby Made a Mess (2014)
Kerry Washington: Olivia Pope
Quotes
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[first lines]
Olivia Pope : [answering the phone] Really?
President Fitzgerald Grant : Really. Don't be mean.
Olivia Pope : I'm not being mean. It's just... So I say there's hope, and this means you call me every night?
President Fitzgerald Grant : Unless you want me to come over there and tuck you in.
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Olivia Pope : If Fitz knew...
Abby Whelan : Not Fitz. Fitz is a man to you. The rest of us, we only know the President. The President is not a man. He's an idea.
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Olivia Pope : I need you to get me into super-max.
David Rosen : Liv, it's a super-max prison. They added the word "super" to the already quite clear "maximum security." Dahmer was in super-max. That place holds people who eat people. And you want to what, just waltz in there wearing all your white stuff, have a seat in one of the cells, and drink tea with Jake? This isn't jailhousemingle.com. You can't just visit Jake. Hell no. There are clearances, protocols, rules.
David Rosen : You already have a plan, don't you? I've been Poped and I don't know it.
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Tom Larsen : I've had so many questions for so long that I've been wanting to ask. I mean, what is it that is so special about you? You have so much power over him. He revolves around you. So, I don't understand. Why did you leave him?
Olivia Pope : I'm not answering these...
Tom Larsen : Was it an order from Command?
Olivia Pope : My father? My father doesn't give me orders.
Tom Larsen : You think you... Oh, you think you have a father. I am so sorry, but you don't have a father. You have Command. You were raised by Command. Command doesn't have a family, Command has soldiers. You take orders like any other soldier. You've been taking orders from Command since the day you were born.
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Tom Larsen : I could protect him from everyone. Except you. I could never protect him from you, Ms. Pope. You are beautiful. But really, it's what's behind your eyes. I can see it. And you know they all love you. My president, Jake, Command they all love you. And I can see it. I can see why. Helen of Troy. The face that launched a thousand ships. She didn't have a father, either. Her father was a god.
Olivia Pope : You listen to me. My father is not a god. He's a man. A very efficient man who does not like loose ends. You are a loose end. He doesn't need you anymore, so he will have you killed. I will protect you, I will save your life, if you tell me the truth.
[getting right up in his face]
Olivia Pope : Who ordered you to kill the president's son?
Tom Larsen : Jake Ballard.
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Rowan Pope : I have spent a lifetime keeping you safe from harm, a lifetime worrying about your fate, a lifetime making sure that the path in front of you was clear of debris, a lifetime shining their shoes so that you might always see your reflection at every turn. You do not see this. You do not believe this. You think I am some relic, some misguided, vicious dinosaur from my museum who attacks without thinking. Let me assure you, I am not. When I strike, it is precise and it is for a reason. You do not interfere. You do not get in the way. You never, ever choose one of them over me again. I won't have it. Is that clear?
Olivia Pope : What's clear is that you seem to have wasted a lifetime doing all the wrong things.
Rowan Pope : [calmly cradling her face] Olivia. Against me, you will lose.
