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Olivia Carolyn Pope is a fictional character created by Shonda Rhimes for the political drama television series Scandal. [1] This character also played a small role in the series How to Get Away with Murder on its 4th season produced by Shonda Rhimes where she plays a crisis manager who helped Annalise get her class-action case heard by the Supreme Court. [2]
The episode was well received by television critics, with many praising show creator Shonda Rhimes for the way in which she integrated Olivia Pope's decision to have an abortion into the episode. Ben Philippe at The A.V. Club wrote an essay about the abortion, praising it for making the show "actually political". [3]
In the key 18-49 demographic, the episode scored a 3.6 in Nielsen ratings, [15] up 6 percent from last year, [16] scoring the best ratings since the fourth season premiere and is equaled the series's 2nd-highest-ever rating in Adults 18-49. [17] It was the top TV show in the 9:00 p.m. slot, beating Two and a Half Men, Backstrom and Reign. [15]
Olivia returns home where Quinn shows herself and holds her at gunpoint. Olivia warns Quinn of snipers and continuing to not believe the threat, Olivia is shot in the arm attempting to protect Quinn. Olivia gives her speech at a press conference, initially planning to use the files from Cyrus but instead giving her resignation.
Ashley Ray-Harris of The A.V. Club rated the episode with a C+ grade, calling it "successful" since it "presents a tangible ending for [the show's] last season." [9] Paul Dailly of TV Fanatic gave the season finale a 5 out of 5 stars rating. [10] Lauren Busser of Tell-Tale TV gave the episode a 4.2 out of 5 stars rating. [11]
This man happened, the lead kidnapper that - at least for now - has bested Olivia Pope. Now Rhimes did warn us before the episode aired. She told the Hollywood Reporter , "Olivia Pope is never ...
The season continues the story of Olivia Pope's crisis management firm, Olivia Pope & Associates, and its staff, as well as staff at the White House in Washington, D.C. Season five has eleven series regulars, all returning from the previous season, out of which six are part of the original cast of eight regulars from the first season and three ...
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