Scandal (TV Series)

Boom Goes the Dynamite (2013)

Scott Foley: Jake Ballard

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Olivia Pope : [arriving at the restaurant]  I'm so sorry. This is not... I'm not a late person, and I don't want you to think our meeting isn't a priority.

  Jake Ballard : It's a date.

  Olivia Pope : What?

  Jake Ballard : You said meeting. I'm not a client. I don't have a problem. I don't need fixing. I asked you out. You said yes. We dressed up. At the end of the evening if all goes well there will be kissing. This is not a meeting, this is a date. And I don't want to insult you. You chose this restaurant. I'm sure the food is very good, but this is not a date restaurant. You can't have a date here. This is where dates go to die.

  [picks up the wine glasses and stands up] 

  Jake Ballard : You look extraordinary, by the way. So let's go.

• Jake Ballard : [late night at the Jefferson Memorial]  Tell me this is not a fantastic spot for a date.

  Olivia Pope : It's not bad.

  Jake Ballard : You're hard to please. I like that. I like a challenge.

  Olivia Pope : What's "albatross?"

  Jake Ballard : I'm sorry. What?

  Olivia Pope : Wendy was working on something called albatross, and I'm guessing that since she reached out to you, that you know what it is.

  Jake Ballard : Wow, you really suck at dating.

• [last lines] 

  President Fitzgerald Grant : Who's the guy?

  Jake Ballard : What?

  President Fitzgerald Grant : There's a guy, isn't there? She's seeing someone, someone new.

  Jake Ballard : Look...

  President Fitzgerald Grant : Who's the guy?

  Jake Ballard : So this is personal. Look, Fitz...

  President Fitzgerald Grant : I'm your Commander-in-Chief. It's "Mr. President," and I need an answer.

  Jake Ballard : Mr. President, there is no guy. She's not seeing anyone.