Thursday's Scandal season finale, aptly titled "The Price of Free and Fair Election," found Fitz (Tony Goldwyn) getting elected to president for his second term on his own - and with a little (OK, a lot of) help from the death of his son Jerry (Dylan Minnette), who was killed with a strain of bacterial meningitis. [...] Fitz assumed Maya Pope (Khandi Alexander) was behind the dastardly deed after her attempt to blow him up at the church failed. Who didn't survive the season finale? [...] it was Rowan (Joe Morton) who orchestrated everything for two very selfish reasons: With Fitz remaining in office and repairing his relationship with Mellie (Bellamy Young), whom he finally learned was raped by his father, Olivia (Kerry Washington) decided to quit OPA and fly off into the sunset with Jake (Scott Foley). [...] what does this all mean for his relationship with Mellie? The man has a lot to deal with: the loss of his son, his relationship with his wife now being so complex and changed because he found out about that his father raped Mellie and he's going to have to take care of her, and they have to grieve together as a family and survive this, and he has to take on a second term as president. Fitz was finally elected president in an untampered election, but partially because of his son's death. Was him breaking down in the final scene the realization that the price was way too high to get everything he wanted? [Executive producer] Shonda Rhimes said something to me in the episode where James dies, "After James' death, Fitz realizes that he's the devil." By holding the ring of power, Fitz is this magnet of darkness and it's all on his shoulders from Operation Remington all the way through his father's rape of his wife and through all the destruction of his marriage, Defiance, the murder of Verna and James, and now the death of his son. In some sense, Fitz bears the weight of all of it. Mellie says to Fitz in that moment that he has to get up and give an acceptance speech, and Fitz says, "Where's Olivia?" And they both acknowledge that Olivia is the person they need to galvanize them. The fact that his father did what he did to Mellie, and that was the root cause of the destruction of their marriage, he's got to be there for Mellie as her family and protect her in that way. How would Fitz feel if he ever learned that Rowan killed his son? Setting aside the fact that Rowan killed Jerry, why would Fitz reinstate Rowan after everything they've been through? Sadly, I have very close friends who have lost children. Once they manage to recover from the devastating grief of that loss, they have a perspective on life and what's important in life that makes them stronger and wiser as people in the way they deal with the world. The loss of his son will make Fitz a more mature, more compassionate, stronger leader. Related Articles on TVGuide.com 20 ridiculous ways Scandal has hidden Kerry Washington's pregnancyScandal: Who didn't survive the season finale?
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