The Apr. 16 episode of Scandal, "I'm Just a Bill," ended with a dramatic twist. (Seriously, don't keep reading if you don't want to be spoiled.)

After spending years risking his life for Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington), Jake Ballard (Scott Foley) finally met a threat he couldn't overcome. He had been working with Olivia, Huck (Guillermo Díaz), Quinn (Katie Lowes), and David (Joshua Malina) to bring down B613 and Rowan (Joe Morton). But at the end of this week's episode, Rowan seemed to finally remove Jake from the equation, at the hand of his loyal B613 righthand man Russell (Brian White) — who was presumed to just be a nice guy dating Olivia until he pulled a knife on Jake. The episode ended with Russell stabbing Jake over and over.

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