Yet another bomb was dropped on Scandal this week. A major bomb. A figurative hydrogren bomb:

Mama Pope is alive!

How can this be? Who is Olivia's mother, exactly? Why has she been in prison for 20 years? Once again, Scandal Season 3 Episode 7 has left us with questions galore.

And that's before we even get to Mellie and a flashback from when Fitz was governor and a revelation about the First Lady that explains a great deal about her character.

Seriously, stop what you are doing and click on this picture to view the installment from start to finish: