Scandal (TV Series)

Baby Made a Mess (2014)

Brian Letscher: Tom Larsen

Quotes 

• Tom Larsen : [to Olivia visiting him in prison]  I'm... I'm sorry. I don't... I don't mean to stare. It's just I don't get to look at you very often. Just look. I'm usually working, scanning the perimeter, protecting my president the way I do. I'm in the room, but I'm never in the room. You're usually in the corner of my eye. I've never seen you. And you are beautiful. The face that launched a thousand ships.

• Tom Larsen : I've had so many questions for so long that I've been wanting to ask. I mean, what is it that is so special about you? You have so much power over him. He revolves around you. So, I don't understand. Why did you leave him?

  Olivia Pope : I'm not answering these...

  Tom Larsen : Was it an order from Command?

  Olivia Pope : My father? My father doesn't give me orders.

  Tom Larsen : You think you... Oh, you think you have a father. I am so sorry, but you don't have a father. You have Command. You were raised by Command. Command doesn't have a family, Command has soldiers. You take orders like any other soldier. You've been taking orders from Command since the day you were born.

• Tom Larsen : I could protect him from everyone. Except you. I could never protect him from you, Ms. Pope. You are beautiful. But really, it's what's behind your eyes. I can see it. And you know they all love you. My president, Jake, Command they all love you. And I can see it. I can see why. Helen of Troy. The face that launched a thousand ships. She didn't have a father, either. Her father was a god.

  Olivia Pope : You listen to me. My father is not a god. He's a man. A very efficient man who does not like loose ends. You are a loose end. He doesn't need you anymore, so he will have you killed. I will protect you, I will save your life, if you tell me the truth.

  [getting right up in his face] 

  Olivia Pope : Who ordered you to kill the president's son?

  Tom Larsen : Jake Ballard.