The Most Ridiculous Scandal Plot Twists of All Time

Finding out the identity of Olivia Pope's father was the O.G. Scandal plot twist. Shondaland fans everywhere gasped when Olivia finally met the man behind the murderous secret government organization B613 and responded with one word: "Dad?"

Nope, Fitz didn't deserve to win the presidency. Instead, he was elected because his mistress and his wife teamed up with some high-powered government officials and businessmen to rig polling stations in Defiance, Ohio. In 2017, this may seem more believable, but back in the first season, the Defiance storyline was quite the twist.

Rowan Pope isn't the only murderer in the family. Olivia's mom, Maya, was not in fact killed in a plane crash. In fact, she was never on the plane. This terrorist mastermind had more than one trick up her sleeve.

Just when you thought President Fitzgerald Grant wasn't winning re-election, his son Jerry died on stage, giving him the sympathy vote. The murder was actually the brainchild of Rowan Pope, who had Secret Service (and B613) agent Tom do his dirty work. Don't worry about Jerry, though: The actor who played him, Dylan Minnette, went on to be the breakout star of Netflix's hit 13 Reasons Why.

In Season 4 Episode 10, Olivia Pope finds herself kidnapped in a barren prison cell. Judging by the noises and the view outside her window, she determines herself to be in a third-world country and far from her D.C. reality. She finds a way to escape, shooting a guard in the process, but when she makes her way outside the prison doors, she finds that she's actually in a warehouse in rural Pennsylvania. Her prison was created by soundtracks and projections, and she's far from free. Yup, she got Truman Show-ed.

This wasn't Olivia's first kill, but it was definitely her most savage one. When the former Vice President threatened to expose her secrets, she banged his head in with a metal chair. Where's your white hat now, Liv?

When Frankie Vargas was killed after winning the presidential election, Luna perfectly played the role of the mourning widow. But as we found out in the Season 6 finale, she actually orchestrated her husband's murder because she didn't want to be just a first lady. Neither did Mellie Grant, hun, but there are better ways to go about becoming president than killing your spouse.