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Olivia quit and flew away! Remind yourself what else happened before the fourth season premiere on Sept. 25.

There's a bomb in the church where Sen. Hightower's funeral is about to take place.

If you don't remember who Sen. Hightower was, or why there is a bomb at his funeral, I didn't either — and had to go back and watch the episode before this one. Basically, they know that Mama Pope (Khandi Alexander) is trying to kill the president, Fitz (Tony Goldwyn), with a bomb. They thought it was somewhere else in the previous episode, but now they know it's here. The three-way election is days away, and this episode is called "The Price of a Free and Fair Election." Scandal's third season was cut short — to 18 episodes — because of Kerry Washington's pregnancy. There are only so many folders Olivia Pope can carry, people, and only so many coats she can wear indoors! Considering that the ABC drama is such a high-wire act racing at a WTF pace, cutting the season short by four episodes doesn't seem like a bad thing. Scandal will work until it doesn't!

The show's creator, Shonda Rhimes, co-wrote this finale with Mark Wilding; Tom Verica directed it.

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