- Cyrus Beene: What is the rule when the president is out of the country?
- Mellie Grant: Oh.
- Cyrus Beene: All roads All roads lead to Fitz. All roads lead to Fitz, which means everything has to be about him, not you. You are not to make a single news story right now. Nothing. Don't start a recycling plan in the east wing. Don't comment on poverty or education or even puppies. If your water breaks, change your pants and cross your knees, because any news about you draws attention away from the leader of the free world, and his great big G8 conference. And if people aren't paying attention to the g8 conference, the president's whole trip starts to look like a massive waste of taxpayer dollars. So let's stay away from reporters. Sit on the bench for the good of the team. Okay?
- [first lines]
- Mellie Grant: I can't be here. I shouldn't be here. I am out of the White House. The press could see me. I am risking everything. Everything.
- Olivia Pope: We are all risking everything.
- Verna Thornton: Would you rather we met inside the White House? Does that feel less like a felony to you?
- Olivia Pope: Secret service is outside that door. Please do not shout the word "felony" in this room.
- David Rosen: I find when I've been called in by my boss for the sole purpose of being fired, which is, by the way, rude - it's rude to make someone come to the office so you can fire him.
- Harrison Wright: Women like nice restaurants. It's a universal truth.
- Huck: Oh. Will I need a reservation? It's tomorrow.
- Harrison Wright: That's too late for reservations. Dude, you've hacked into the NSA's mainframe, you don't think you can make yourself a dinner reservation?
- Huck: Good point.
- Verna Thornton: Oh, crap. I can't bend over to put my damned shoes on. Stuff like this, like what we did... It never really goes away, does it? It's just one big, bloody hospital gown.
- Olivia Pope: [bending down to her shoes] I prefer to think that anything can be fixed.
- Verna Thornton: Then you're a fool.
- Mellie Grant: I will not attend any more of those meetings again. If this ever comes up, I will deny, deny, deny.And if anyone ever asks me about defiance...
- Cyrus Beene: [getting right in her face] Okay, first of all, you will attend whatever meetings you need to attend. They are not optional. Not for me, not for you, not for anyone else. Two, if this ever comes up, you won't have time to deny, because it means we are already going down in flames. Three, you may be an animal, but I am a monster. And I am much more terrifying than you can ever imagine. And while I respect your position as first lady, I will do whatever is necessary to make sure things go accordingly. So, Mellie? Do not ever speak the word "defiance" in my presence again.
- [starts to walk away]
- Mellie Grant: [turns and steps back] I'll have my office call your office to schedule that dinner for the four of us in the residence. Sounds like fun...
- Olivia Pope: I don't like it when the bad guys get away.
- Cyrus Beene: Then you shouldn't have come to Washington.
- Abby Whelan: So I did a little digging, and it turns out that Cytron, they weren't just an Internet security company. They also developed software, some of which had various applications, like this one program that Quinn's boyfriend was working on. Officially it was used as slot machines.
- David Rosen: And unofficially?
- Abby Whelan: Voting machines. I know you just got your job back, David, and I wasn't gonna say anything, I swear.
- David Rosen: No, you did the right thing. Come here.
- [hugs her]
- Abby Whelan: [same conversation played-back on a computer] I know you just got your job back, David, and I wasn't gonna say anything, I swear.
- David Rosen: No, you did the right thing. Come here.
- Technician: And so on and so forth. You want me to notify the others?
- Olivia Pope: No. This one I handle alone...