Fitz's has another conversation and continues to get his power back...
Mellie
"So after all of those disgusting declarations of love, you and your mistress just fizzled... I was right you are pathetic... You have always been a simpering moronic love lorn fool."
Fitz
"Mellie I asked you here to re-examine the terms of the divorce settlement and the custody of Teddy... not to discuss my personal life which is no longer any concern of yours... For your sake you should tread lightly and watch how you speak to me."
Mellie
"Have you lost your mind Fitzgerald... I am not and will not re-examine anything with you the papers have been signed and you are not getting Teddy or the Santa Barbra Ranch back I would rather watch it burn to the ground."
Fitz
"That is where you are wrong... I will have everything... I will have Teddy, I will have the ranch and I will have whatever I want from you as long as you want to remain the Junior Senator of Virginia... I say jump and you will say how high... because you helped released my son's killer, you let him out... because as usual you ran your mouth out of anger without thinking of the damage and decided to vote for my impeachment...But you forgot that my downfall is also yours... and so you went behind my back and let that monster out and you forged my signature on federal documents to do it."
Mellie
"You can't threaten me, I am the mother of your children ...the things I gave up for you the stuff I endured... your father violating me... being stuck in this prison as your first lady... you can't do this to me."
Fitz
"I am sick and tired of this same song that you keep play about your sacrifices... that nobody asked you to make... You told me that without me you could have had a life a real life... but the thing is Mel... you chose that life... you had the choice to tell me about my father and I would have done everything in my power to see him punished even if I had to pull the trigger myself... but you kept that secret from me and instead used it as political gain... and you shut me out, you shunned me but still expected me to be your husband when you never would give me the chance... and when I tried to love again you shamed me for it... we could have been divorced a long time ago and been healthy and happy... we might have even had Gerry still... I am no longer going to let you blame me for your supposed lifetime of misery... you are a big girl and you are the architect of your own unhappiness and a source for your own problems... I will admit that I was culpable in end result of our marriage, but I will no longer shoulder that burden by myself.
Mellie
" You wouldn't do this... you don't have the follow through... I know you Fitzgerald and you don't have the stones to pull this off not without your precious Olivia."
Fitz
" Try me Mellie... I am a person with nothing to lose and everything to gain, I am almost to the end of my term and despite my affair and our divorce my approval rating is higher than ever... I just signed an historic peace treaty between a country that we have been at odds with for decades... So I if you want to try me on this, I promise you are going to lose, I am done playing the submissive tolerant role in all my relationships I am taking a page out of you, Cyrus and Olivia's books... I am in this for me, I am going to use you to get what I want... and I will scorch the earth to get it... I will take the little bit of happiness you have found and I will end it without any qualms or feelings about it... So call my bluff Mellie I want you to."
Mellie
"Fitz please... I can't go to prison I can't..."
Fitz
" That is up to you Mellie I want the divorce papers re-signed on my desk by the end of the week and Teddy in the residence tomorrow... And if you cross me Mellie, I will blow you away... I will make your life into a living and breathing nightmare, do you understand me... are we clear?"
Mellie
"Yes... we are clear Teddy will be at here in the morning and I will have my lawyer redraw the divorce papers."
Fitz
"I am glad that we can agree on this Mel... you are going to have a bright future in politics and make a hell of a Senator...
Mellie
"Thank you Fitz"
Fitz
"Your welcome"
