Of Course Jake Ballard Was Alive

Last week 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 last nightt's show had Jake's bloody body on the conference table and Quinn screaming "Jake is dead!" I'm a mystery author and reviewer, so I instan...