Olivia isnt the only one driven by power this season.
Heres our review of last nights Scandal.
Scandal: Season 6, Episode 8
Election night, again.
So just how involved was Abby in Frankie Vargas assassination?
Guilt from the turmoil she has left behind from the power she strived to achieve.
Abby has always had a rather confident and proud way about her.
Those attributes made her the perfect chief of staff for President Grant.
She knows how to take over and lead and do it with efficiency and guts.
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Are you blackmailing me?
Abby too was put under their spell.
However, they fed her with exactly what she wanted to hear.
Shes too good for chief of staff.
She could be the president.
Abby fed off this praise and thought, maybe they were right?
Abby was continuously blackmailed by this mysterious duo throughout the episode.
There was no winning for Abby.
This pair have pulled out all the stops and have protected themselves in every way.
You said it yourself, Cyrus.
Because of Abbys guilt, she is determined to set Cyrus free.
Even if that meant the cost of someone elses life just to clear her own conscience.
But it was too late.
She is in too deep now.
She finally had one-upped the malicious duo and maybe it worked?
But at what cost?
Abby, like Rowan, is driven by the idea of being on top.
By being the best.
By being the leader that no one else can deny.
But, those strengths are also their weaknesses.
Power can be threatened and taken away, as Shonda Rhimes so clearly points out here.
But when will it stop?
Is Abby aware that after Maggie killed Jennifer Fields, she shot Huck?
Was that a part of Abbys plan too?
Did her horrific and cruel plan work for Cyrus?
But how will they all be answered?
