{"id":23658,"date":"2014-03-28T02:24:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T06:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=23658"},"modified":"2014-03-28T02:24:36","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T06:24:36","slug":"first-look-scandal-marches-towards-finale-fluffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2014\/03\/28\/first-look-scandal-marches-towards-finale-fluffer\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look: &#8220;Scandal&#8221; Marches Towards Finale with &#8220;The Fluffer&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;And let me say this&#8230; Next week is NUTS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That is how star Kerry Washington describes &#8220;The Fluffer,&#8221; the April 3 edition of ABC&#8217;s hit drama series &#8220;Scandal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Occurring in the aftermath of this week&#8217;s developments and amid the continued march towards the next presidential election, &#8220;The Fluffer&#8221; finds Abby serving as Olivia Pope&#8217;s proxy within the White House.  Pope &#038; Associates continue their investigation into B613, while &#8220;someone throws a wrench in Reston\u2019s presidential campaign.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The antepenultimate episode of the show&#8217;s shortened third season, &#8220;The Fluffer&#8221; is sure to rev the engines for an explosive finish.<\/p>\n<p>In support of the upcoming episode, ABC shared a set of production stills.  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