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The episode flashes back to 15 years in the past when Mellie and Fitz are newlyweds staying in Fitz's father's home. Fitz's father Big Jerry introduces them to Cyrus Beene and they begin grooming Fitz for his political career. Fitz and his father clash and Cyrus starts to leave after Fitz says he will not use his military record for political gain.
The 10.25 million people tuned into the episode marked a 27 percent viewership increase from the previous episode (8.08 million), in addition to the installment's 3.3 Nielsen rating in the target 18–49 demographic marked a 43 percent increase from 2.2 from the previous episode. [9]
In response, Olivia calls him sexist. A resting Fitz is visited by Mellie, who tells him they can do what ever he wants due to their increase of political capital. Fitz shocks Mellie by saying what he wants is a divorce. Meanwhile Edison apologizes and asks Olivia to marry him.
Princess Emily was having an affair with her bodyguard, making Prince Richard a suspect. After persuasion from Olivia, Fitz attends Mellie's swearing in. Mellie offers to stand by Fitz and pretend that he didn't cheat on her if he apologizes. He says no, and tells her he wants a divorce. Fitz tells Olivia that he asked Mellie for a divorce.
Fitz tries to warn Mellie on Cyrus' plans but she does not believe him. Cyrus makes an ally out of Jake by promising a position once he takes over the presidency. Jake manages to convince Charlie to sign the confession, putting Mellie in the center of the scandal by threatening to harm his family.
The episode begins ten months after the events of Nobody Likes Babies. Olivia flashes back to intimate moments she spent with Fitz while swimming in a pool. Meanwhile, Fitz drinks in the middle of his morning shower and is joined by Mellie. Cyrus interrupts them to inform Fitz that four American soldiers have been taken hostage in Kashfar.
After Karen catches Mellie and Andrew having oral sex, Fitz finds out about it and punches Andrew. Fitz and Mellie argue, and Fitz blames Mellie for the end of their marriage because she stopped being sexual. However, the real reason was that Mellie was raped by Fitz's father, Jerry Sr. Meanwhile, OPA tries to find out where B613 gets their ...
Jerry Grant (Dylan Minnette) is Fitz and Mellie's son who is named after Fitz's father. He was killed by Tom Larsen via a poison injection. Larsen was sent by Eli Pope. Karen Grant (Madeline Carroll and Mary Mouser) is the daughter of Fitz and Mellie. She goes to Olivia once a video of her having sex with two boys almost gets leaked.