Is Jake Ballard Really Dead?

Last night Scandal fans saw one of Poppa Pope's assassins stab Jake Ballard in the gut a handful of times and leave him bleeding out on the floor of Olivia's empty office. The moment had deep irony, because Olivia's father is very good at fixing her up with bad boys; she's currently sleeping with the guy who killed Jake -- maybe.

The teaser for next week showed Jake's bloody body on their conference table and the cry "Jake is dead!"

On Twitter and Facebook, Scandal fans went wild with sho...