Scandal Recap, S4 E12, 'Gladiators Don't Run': Will Olivia Pope Be Saved?

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On an all new episode of ABC's Scandal, Olivia Pope is being auctioned off to the highest bidder, while Andrew and Fitz go head-to-head. Stuffs getting crazy up in here.

Last week, Olivia's kidnappers forced her to make a video saying President Fitz had to declare war on West Angola or else she dies, so Fitz complies.

While Olivia's disappearance kept everyone on edge, she was able to make brief contact with Fitz, and by association, alerting the Gladiators that she's still alive.

But her captor, Ian, is dead set on selling her on Dark Net to the highest bidding country.

The episode opens with Abby waiting for Olivia--but obviously, she failed to show up. She goes to Olivia's apartment and finds the spilled wine, then heads immediately to see Huck, Luke and Quinn, but they won't spill the beans.

"We can't trust the White House," Huck says. "Abby is the White House."

Meanwhile, the Vice President is being forced to resign, and Fitz is doing everything in his power to get Olivia back, though Olivia is now working with Ian and her captors to save herself.

Ian gets a call from the big boss, Andrew, yet informs him that their original deal is off. While Olivia was originally supposed to be returned to the president, Ian's plans changed to favor the auction.

The auction was being conducted on the Dark Net, which requires special invitations in order to join. Luckily, the White House has their connections, but Huck, Jake and Quinn are worried.

Huck isn't so positive, thinking Olivia is going to die, and they think perhaps they can make a bid on her themselves.

As it turns out, Huck as a little over 2 billion dollars to his name, left over as back pay from his time being tortured by the government. Not a bad consolation prize.

As the bidding commences, Olivia believes she'll go for not a dollar under a billion.

Ian suggests when it gets down to the last few bidders, Olivia can choose who gets her. "At least you'll be able to steer clear of the more sadistic apples of the bunch," he says.

But the second the auction goes live, BAM--Ian gets shot and killed by Gus, leaving Olivia shocked.

Cyrus goes to Andrew, and requests he signs his resignation, but Andrew refuses. Cyrus assures him he will go to jail, but Andrew says Fitz might come with him for going to war in order to meet kidnappers demands.

Meanwhile, Huck is having a lot of trouble finding the auction on the Dark Net. "It's a very private party, and we need an invitation." Turns out Jake knows an all-star international terrorist who can get them in: Olivia's mother.

Quinn and Jake go to her to see if she'll give some information about her own friends, but only if she gets something too.

They won't let her out, they won't move her to medium security. So they settled for a flat screen television, and she spilled the beans.

Turns out--as we should have known--Mama Pope's contact needed some men killed in payment for the information. So Huck has some business to take care of.

He was taking a little bit longer than usual, so Jake went in to look for him, and found a massive bloodbath.

Huck didn't just kill them, he slaughtered them, and said they needed they're heads for proof. Jake sent him out to cool off, and decided to take the heads themselves.

Back during the auction, Olivia tries to get herself out of trouble. She looks to a cell phone--but it gets taken away.

And she tries to reason with her kidnappers, attempting to convince them that Gus wants to kill them too. She says that she will protect them if they help her escape. But she didn't get through to them.

Meanwhile, in order to get Andrew to resign, Cyrus goes to Elizabeth North and basically blackmails her into helping him.