Fitz's nominee causing him to call Olivia and the two argue some more. Olivia then goes to Sarah and the two drink together while Sarah reveals that she does not know who the father of her child is. Jake goes to see Fitz and gives him the information that Olivia gave him of the Kashfari hostages. Fitz is able to deploy a team to rescue them creating a wave of public support with the American people and re-establishing his pick for Supreme Court Justice as a viable one. Mellie, who saw Jake leave Fitz's office after the meetings, digs up information on him and gives it to Cyrus. Meanwhile, Jake assaults the photographer who took the pictures of him with Olivia and steals the memory card with the pictures from his camera. Harrison and Abby are unable to find any loopholes in the morality clause in order to protect Sarah's career. However Abby decides to bluff with corporation, crashing the meeting where they plan to fire Sarah and informing the members of the board that she has dirt on every single one of them. When she threatens to read it they fall for the ruse ensuring Sarah's job is safe. Olivia has a paternity test done on Stanner's daughter Annie played by Mandalynn Carlson though Stanner's husband ultimately decides not to see the results. Jake goes to Olivia's apartment to inform her that the Kashfar hostages are free. Olivia is shocked by the bruise on his face and lets him in after he tells her he was mugged. Osbourne receives a call from the man who does his dry cleaning who sends him pictures of Quinn picking up his suits. Production News of Lisa Edelstein's casting was released in February 2013. Reception Critical reception After a multi-episode hiatus The A.V. Club began reviewing the series again after having stopped early in season two. Writer Ryan McGee admitted that he had been wrong in his "hesitation about the arc that would ultimately lift Scandal from "promising" to legitimately great television." He gave the episode a B letter grade. References Scandal (TV series) episodes 2013 American television episodes