Scandal (2012)

Drama · Thriller

Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her 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.

IMDb rating: 7.7 (84,820 votes)
Seasons: 7
Streaming (US): Netflix · Hulu
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2012)

7.90 avg 7 episodes 7.4 → 8.5 43 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sweet Baby	7.4	1,410
2	Dirty Little Secrets	7.6	1,017
3	Hell Hath No Fury	7.7	971
4	Enemy of the State	7.8	916
5	Crash and Burn	8.0	904
6	The Trail	8.3	992
7	Grant: For the People	8.5	951

Season 2 (2012)

8.24 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.8 43 min avg

Big finale

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	White Hats Off	8.1	891
2	The Other Woman	7.9	789
3	Hunting Season	8.1	788
4	Beltway Unbuckled	7.8	748
5	All Roads Lead to Fitz	8.0	756
6	Spies Like Us	7.9	747
7	Defiance	8.2	784
8	Happy Birthday, Mr. President	8.7	960
9	Blown Away	8.4	767
10	One for the Dog	8.5	749
11	A Criminal, a Whore, an Idiot and a Liar	8.2	774
12	Truth or Consequences	8.3	707
13	Nobody Likes Babies	8.6	769
14	Whiskey Tango Foxtrot	8.1	733
15	Boom Goes the Dynamite	7.9	721
16	Top of the Hour	7.9	685
17	Snake in the Garden	8.0	671
18	Molly, You in Danger, Girl	8.2	680
19	Seven Fifty-Two	8.6	806
20	A Woman Scorned	8.5	730
21	Any Questions?	8.6	682
22	White Hat's Back On	8.8	856

Season 3 (2013)

8.19 avg 18 episodes 8.5 → 8.8 43 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	It's Handled	8.5	727
2	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	8.2	637
3	Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington	8.2	640
4	Say Hello to My Little Friend	7.7	600
5	More Cattle, Less Bull	8.2	598
6	Icarus	7.9	585
7	Everything's Coming Up Mellie	8.2	632
8	Vermont Is for Lovers, Too	8.3	679
9	YOLO	8.3	635
10	A Door Marked Exit	8.1	605
11	Ride, Sally, Ride	7.9	552
12	We Do Not Touch the First Ladies	8.0	544
13	No Sun on the Horizon	8.3	586
14	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	8.6	667
15	Mama Said Knock You Out	7.9	557
16	The Fluffer	8.2	556
17	Flesh and Blood	8.2	558
18	The Price of Free and Fair Elections	8.8	726

Season 4 (2014)

7.93 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 8.2 43 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Randy, Red, Superfreak and Julia	7.8	625
2	The State of the Union	7.8	532
3	Inside the Bubble	7.6	535
4	Like Father, Like Daughter	8.4	583
5	The Key	7.6	497
6	An Innocent Man	8.0	519
7	Baby Made a Mess	8.6	627
8	The Last Supper	8.3	542
9	Where the Sun Don't Shine	8.5	611
10	Run	7.8	733
11	Where's the Black Lady?	7.8	533
12	Gladiators Don't Run	7.6	528
13	No More Blood	8.1	588
14	The Lawn Chair	8.3	839
15	The Testimony of Diego Muñoz	7.7	490
16	It's Good to Be Kink	7.6	504
17	Put a Ring on It	7.5	505
18	Honor Thy Father	7.7	467
19	I'm Just a Bill	7.8	485
20	First Lady Sings the Blues	7.8	475
21	A Few Good Women	8.0	470
22	You Can't Take Command	8.2	562

Season 5 (2015)

7.68 avg 21 episodes 7.8 → 7.8 45 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Heavy Is the Head	7.8	539
2	Yes	7.9	471
3	Paris Is Burning	7.6	469
4	Dog-Whistle Politics	8.1	486
5	You Got Served	7.9	430
6	Get Out of Jail, Free	7.8	436
7	Even the Devil Deserves a Second Chance	7.8	417
8	Rasputin	7.8	401
9	Baby, It's Cold Outside	7.1	534
10	It's Hard Out Here for a General	7.3	399
11	The Candidate	7.5	387
12	Wild Card	7.3	395
13	The Fish Rots from the Head	7.4	379
14	I See You	7.6	388
15	Pencils Down	7.8	372
16	The Miseducation of Susan Ross	7.9	384
17	Thwack!	8.4	477
18	Till Death Do Us Part	7.0	432
19	Buckle Up	7.7	369
20	Trump Card	7.8	386
21	That's My Girl	7.8	423

Season 6 (2017)

7.69 avg 16 episodes 8.2 → 7.9 43 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Survival of the Fittest	8.2	505
2	Hardball	7.5	390
3	Fates Worse Than Death	7.5	407
4	The Belt	7.7	423
5	They All Bow Down	7.4	384
6	Extinction	7.9	428
7	A Traitor Among Us	8.4	495
8	A Stomach for Blood	7.8	423
9	Dead in the Water	8.4	519
10	The Decision	6.1	541
11	Trojan Horse	7.7	409
12	Mercy	7.7	420
13	The Box	8.0	392
14	Head Games	7.6	332
15	Tick Tock	7.3	345
16	Transfer of Power	7.9	433

Season 7 (2017)

7.49 avg 18 episodes 7.1 → 6.2 43 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Watch Me	7.1	428
2	Pressing the Flesh	7.4	359
3	Day 101	7.0	382
4	Lost Girls	7.4	332
5	Adventures in Babysitting	7.1	343
6	Vampires and Bloodsuckers	7.7	346
7	Something Borrowed	7.6	364
8	Robin	7.2	355
9	Good People	7.2	345
10	The People v. Olivia Pope	7.6	355
11	Army of One	7.6	345
12	Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself	8.4	511
13	Air Force Two	7.7	339
14	The List	7.9	335
15	The Noise	7.7	315
16	People Like Me	7.7	320
17	Standing in the Sun	8.3	350
18	Over a Cliff	6.2	588