On tonight's new episode of Scandal Season 2, Olivia receives a threatening visit, a severed ear and a passionate speech from someone who - by his own admission - may be the best person in the world... or the worst.

Let's start from the beginning, shall we? Watch the following clip from "Snake in the Garden" to see who stops by Olivia's home:

And then go inside Pope & Associates as the team looks into a case. And then gets taken aback by a package:

And, finally, can we trust Scott Foley's Jake? Who knows. But we can definitely trust him to say all the right things to our heroine in this emotional sneak peek:

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