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The episode starts with them taking Liv to the meet. The lady asks them to take off the hood and takes a picture to verify that it is her. Liv tells them that it is an ambush but Gus doesn’t believe her because she is speaking Farsi.

Liv can speak Farsi. Surprise. Liv is way smarter than you think. She tells them that the people who kidnapped her have brought backup and will kill them after they get the money. They decide to both go their own ways.

Abby is waiting outside the oval and confronts Cyrus but he won’t tell her anything. Quinn is drinking and is replaying Huck telling them that Liv is dead. So when Jake comes to the office and says that Liv is alive she starts crying and Jake tries to comfort her.

Mellie goes to deliver Andrew an amnesty agreement but he decides that he will take his chances. “This is as high as you fly, Andrew. Go any higher, and you get shot down.” -Mellie

Andrew says that he can go to a reporter and tell them that he slept with her so that she can never be president either. Fitz is in the sit room and they are talking about the extraction plan but the director tells them that the extraction only has a 30% chance. Fitz still decides on the extraction which leaves everyone in the room floored.

Back in the oval Cyrus imagines having a meltdown and quitting but he instead agrees with Fitz. Mellie invites Liz to talk and tells her that she has to do something about Andrew.

Huck and Jake have a heart to heart about B613 and their beasts that they don’t let out. Jake tells Huck that he needs to learn to keep the beast locked up in case Liv won’t be there. Quinn hears this so when Huck comes in to tell her the auction is back on she says that he might be Liv’s puppy but she is kind of his puppy and that she needs him. Quinn makes Huck promise not to kill anyone if they lose Liv.

Liz comes to the office and wants to talk to Huck. Abby is talking to David, telling him that she is out of the loop. David however thinks that they might neutralize the asset, which Abby doesn’t believe that Fitz would ever allow. Liz wants Andrew to get what he deserves and not get away with it but Huck says that he doesn’t do that anymore and goes back into the office where we see that the auction has started again.

Cyrus has a secret meeting with the director and some other guy about neutralizing the asset, which Abby see’s. Abby threatens to tell the president but Cyrus says that it will be a last resort.

The auction ties at 2 billion between Marie Wallace and a Russian group. Gus asks Liv who they should pick and she says Marie but Gus decides since that is where she wants to go she will go to the Russians instead.

Abby goes to OPA and asks them if they won. They tell her that they lost. Abby then tells them that the CIA is going to kill her and if anybody has a plan B then they need to do it now. Abby tries to tell Fitz about the CIA’s plan but Cyrus comes in and stops her.

Huck knocks Andrew out by injecting him in the back with something. Abby asks David if he has any contacts with Interpol and Jake goes back to talk to Mama Pope. She tells him Prescott Lake, Canada. Jake goes there and talks to Rowan but he is fishing. Jake tells him that Liv was kidnapped to control the president. Jake wants him to help his daughter but he says, “I don’t have a daughter.”

They are packing for the meet when Liv decides to take the keys. She tries to escape but Gus catches her and slaps her. We then see Abby go to the CIA building because she needs to speak to the director but is stopped by a guard. She tries to call Cyrus but he ignores the call. Abby calls him again but he ignores it.

They are watching the meet take place and are about to fire a missile but Cyrus recognizes someone. They take the hood of Liv and hand her over. We then see that Stephen is there. Stephen has a gun but Liv takes it and shoots Gus in the leg. She then runs up to him and starts kicking him but Stephen pulls her off.

Back at the White House, Abby is talking to Cyrus. We learn that Abby got Stephen to help.

“Once a gladiator, always a gladiator.” -Abby

Stephen and Liv are talking on a rooftop where a helicopter is waiting. We learn that Georgia and Stephen didn’t work out? He says normal is overrated so I’m assuming? Stephen says that Liv saved him and he’s glad that he gets to return the favor.

We learn that Andrew had a stroke that they are blaming on the attempted bombing. Liv is being questioned about the kidnappers and if she gave away any secrets. Liv finally returns home and Huck puts deadbolts on her door. Finally. All it took was a kidnapping. Huck gives Liv a hug and gives her back her ring.

As soon as they leave Fitz comes by. However, it’s not all I love you Fitz and I missed you. Liv starts yelling at him for going to war over her and sending soldiers to their deaths. She says that everything that she has done has been to keep him in office, everything that they have sacrificed. She throws the ring at Fitz and then says that she’s on her own. He leaves and then Liv locks her door and we end the episode by seeing the ring lying on the ground.

So the only problem that I have is if Fitz didn’t declare war then Liv would have died right? I don’t think they would have given her back. So she wanted to die or accepted that she would die? Does this make sense to anyone? I know that Liv is a white hat but it seems kind of naive for Liv to be mad at him. Thoughts?