Top of the Hour is the sixteenth episode of the second season of Scandal. It premiered on March 21, 2013 on ABC. Plot Before Olivia can go on her second date with Jake she is interrupted by a phone call from work. Before she goes she gives Jake the information found in Wendy's files pertaining to the Kashfar hostages. She then goes to her new client Sarah Stanner (Lisa Edelstein). Stanner's home is surrounded by news outlets due to the discovery of an affair between Stanner and her former law professor who is now President Grant's nominee for Supreme Court Justice. At the top of the hour when the news outlets begin reporting Olivia and her team sneak into Stanner's home where she admits that the accusations are all true. Huck and Quinn follow Osbourne to see if he's truly the mole. Convinced that the drops happen in plain sight they track him to a dry cleaners. Quinn picks up Osbourne's suits and finds an envelope filled with cash in the front pocket and then returns it so that he doesn't realize that anyone is following him. Outside of the Oval Office where Jake and Fitz are meeting Cyrus and Mellie fight for access to the president with Cyrus ultimately winning and Mellie continuing to be shut out. Olivia urges Stanner to come clean about her affair and release a statement to the media. With her husband's support she does so. Cyrus and the White House hit back claiming that Stanner was a deranged stalker and leaking lewd photos of her jeopardizing her career while ensuring that Fitz's nominee will go through. Desperate to get back in Fitz's good graces Mellie delves into his schedule and discovers a series of late night private meetings. She believes that the meetings signify a renewed relationship with Olivia. Jake goes to see Olivia at the Stanner house in order to ascertain more information on the files she leaked to him. She assures him that they are real but in the middle of their conversation they have their picture taken by a paparazzo. Olivia and Harrison attempt to protect Stanner's career and find evidence that the affair was mutual. Unfortunately further evidence reveals that the affair went on much longer than was initially revealed causing Sarah's husband to withdraw his support and even question the paternity of their children. The further allegations also torpedo