Scandal

Scandal

7.8/10
ABC Ended Drama • Thriller

7 Seasons · 124 Episodes · Premiered April 5, 2012 · Ended April 19, 2018

Everyone has secrets… and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the nation's elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope's team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for their clients, but it becomes apparent that these "gladiators in suits", who specialize in fixing the lives of other people, have trouble fixing those closest at hand -- their own.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

7 episodes
E01
Sweet Baby
Fri, Apr 6 2012 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
In the series premiere, "Sweet Baby," young lawyer Quinn Perkins is offered a job with the crisis management firm Olivia Pope and Associates. Quinn is in awe. Olivia Pope is the former communications director to the President. She and her team of "gladiators in suites" will do whatever it takes to make their clients' problems go away, and newbie Quinn is initiated into the group with trial by fire on day one. Olivia's former boss, President Fitzgerald Grant and his chief of staff, Cyrus Beene are never far from her beat - and when a White House intern accuses the President of having an affair, Olivia is the only one they trust to diffuse the problem. But the news hits close to home for Olivia, and Quinn soon realizes Olivia's clients aren't the only ones with secrets.
E02
Dirty Little Secrets
Fri, Apr 13 2012 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
When Pope & Associates' newest client, DC Madam Sharon Marquette, is under investigation, the team needs to do everything possible to keep her client list under wraps. The list is literally a Who's Who of DC influentials - and while it's Olivia's job to protect her client, she finds herself protecting a lot more than just the madam. Meanwhile, Quinn runs into some trouble with the President's former intern, Amanda Tanner.
E03
Hell Hath No Fury
Fri, Apr 20 2012 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
The team reluctantly decides to help a millionaire's son accused of rape, but regardless of the facts, public perception is a hard thing to change, and this is one case that the team might not be able to win. Meanwhile, Olivia still insists on taking Amanda Tanner as a client, but is unable to put her own past with the President behind her when Amanda's first request is a meeting with the President.
E04
Enemy of the State
Fri, Apr 27 2012 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
After the Amanda Tanner case takes a shocking turn, one-time friends Olivia and Cyrus take heated, opposing viewpoints, and Cyrus tries to help in investigating the personal lives of Olivia and her associates. Meanwhile Olivia and her team help a dictator locate his wife and children who have been allegedly kidnapped, and Quinn goes out with a reporter seeking information.
E05
Crash and Burn
Fri, May 4 2012 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
After a commercial plane crashes, taking the lives of all onboard, Olivia Pope and her "gladiators-in-suits" must defend the pilot from media and airline accusations; meanwhile, when Amanda Tanner goes missing, Huck calls upon his dark past to find her whereabouts, and Fitz seeks the help of the Vice President in order to pass key legislation despite their icy relationship.
E06
The Trail
Fri, May 11 2012 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
As Gideon investigates Amanda's past in the present day, scenes from the past reveal the contentious primary race between Fitz and his now-Vice President, how Olivia and Fitz first met on the campaign trail and how each of Olivia's associates joined the team.
E07
Grant: For the People
Fri, May 18 2012 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
When Quinn finds herself in a tragic and compromising position, Olivia and the team rush to her side; all the while, a reluctant Cyrus must turn to Olivia when Billy Chambers makes an announcement that shakes Fitz's presidency to its' core.

Season 2

22 episodes

Season 3

18 episodes

Season 4

22 episodes

Season 5

21 episodes

Season 6

16 episodes

Season 7

18 episodes

Cast

Kerry Washington
Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope
Darby Stanchfield
Darby Stanchfield as Abby Whelan
Katie Lowes
Katie Lowes as Quinn Perkins
Guillermo Diaz
Guillermo Diaz as Huck
Tony Goldwyn
Tony Goldwyn as President Fitzgerald "Fitz" Grant
Jeff Perry
Jeff Perry as Cyrus Beene
Bellamy Young
Bellamy Young as Mellie Grant
Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina as David Rosen
Scott Foley
Scott Foley as Jake Ballard
Joe Morton
Joe Morton as Eli Pope
George Newbern
George Newbern as Charlie
Cornelius Smith Jr.
Cornelius Smith Jr. as Marcus Walker

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