But it's good that a few characters on the show haven't murdered someone, right? At my count: Olivia, Mellie, David, Abby…

Why would it be more appropriate or satisfying for Mellie to handle Rowan and not for Olivia to do it? I like Mellie, but firmly believe this was Olivia's battle to have and her history of pain and emotional abuse with her father that needed to be confronted.

Abssassin, ha! And I agree about hearing them imitate Rowan, the only problem is that they continued to take the dreaded Scandal Monologue Intonation seriously. Jake—both in that scene and in his other monologue—went right into that whole staccato You. Don't. TAKE. Command. Because. You. Can't. TAKE. Command. I mean…