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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 (85,161 votes)
Episode average
7.9 ↑ +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons
7
Streaming (US)
Hulu · Netflix
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 7 seasons indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2012)

7.90 avg 7 episodes 7.4 → 8.5 43 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 1,428 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 1,030 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 982 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 926 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 914 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 1,004 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 960 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Sweet Baby7.41,428
2Dirty Little Secrets7.61,030
3Hell Hath No Fury7.7982
4Enemy of the State7.8926
5Crash and Burn8.0914
6The Trail8.31,004
7Grant: For the People8.5960

Season 2 (2012)

8.24 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.8 43 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 903 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 799 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 797 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 755 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 763 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 754 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 790 votesEp 8: 8.7 · 966 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 773 votesEp 10: 8.5 · 754 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 780 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 712 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 773 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 738 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 726 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 690 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 675 votesEp 18: 8.2 · 684 votesEp 19: 8.6 · 810 votesEp 20: 8.5 · 736 votesEp 21: 8.6 · 688 votesEp 22: 8.8 · 860 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1White Hats Off8.1903
2The Other Woman7.9799
3Hunting Season8.1797
4Beltway Unbuckled7.8755
5All Roads Lead to Fitz8.0763
6Spies Like Us7.9754
7Defiance8.2790
8Happy Birthday, Mr. President8.7966
9Blown Away8.4773
10One for the Dog8.5754
11A Criminal, a Whore, an Idiot and a Liar8.2780
12Truth or Consequences8.3712
13Nobody Likes Babies8.6773
14Whiskey Tango Foxtrot8.1738
15Boom Goes the Dynamite7.9726
16Top of the Hour7.9690
17Snake in the Garden8.0675
18Molly, You in Danger, Girl8.2684
19Seven Fifty-Two8.6810
20A Woman Scorned8.5736
21Any Questions?8.6688
22White Hat's Back On8.8860

Season 3 (2013)

8.19 avg 18 episodes 8.5 → 8.8 43 min avg

Ep 1: 8.5 · 733 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 640 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 643 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 603 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 603 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 588 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 635 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 682 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 639 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 607 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 555 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 547 votesEp 13: 8.3 · 588 votesEp 14: 8.6 · 670 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 559 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 559 votesEp 17: 8.2 · 562 votesEp 18: 8.8 · 730 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1It's Handled8.5733
2Guess Who's Coming to Dinner8.2640
3Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington8.2643
4Say Hello to My Little Friend7.7603
5More Cattle, Less Bull8.2603
6Icarus7.9588
7Everything's Coming Up Mellie8.2635
8Vermont Is for Lovers, Too8.3682
9YOLO8.3639
10A Door Marked Exit8.1607
11Ride, Sally, Ride7.9555
12We Do Not Touch the First Ladies8.0547
13No Sun on the Horizon8.3588
14Kiss Kiss Bang Bang8.6670
15Mama Said Knock You Out7.9559
16The Fluffer8.2559
17Flesh and Blood8.2562
18The Price of Free and Fair Elections8.8730

Season 4 (2014)

7.94 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 8.2 43 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 632 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 538 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 541 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 589 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 503 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 525 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 634 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 550 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 618 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 741 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 544 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 537 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 597 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 848 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 499 votesEp 16: 7.6 · 513 votesEp 17: 7.5 · 514 votesEp 18: 7.7 · 475 votesEp 19: 7.8 · 491 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 483 votesEp 21: 8.1 · 478 votesEp 22: 8.2 · 568 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Randy, Red, Superfreak and Julia7.8632
2The State of the Union7.8538
3Inside the Bubble7.6541
4Like Father, Like Daughter8.4589
5The Key7.6503
6An Innocent Man8.0525
7Baby Made a Mess8.6634
8The Last Supper8.3550
9Where the Sun Don't Shine8.5618
10Run7.9741
11Where's the Black Lady?7.8544
12Gladiators Don't Run7.6537
13No More Blood8.1597
14The Lawn Chair8.3848
15The Testimony of Diego Muñoz7.7499
16It's Good to Be Kink7.6513
17Put a Ring on It7.5514
18Honor Thy Father7.7475
19I'm Just a Bill7.8491
20First Lady Sings the Blues7.8483
21A Few Good Women8.1478
22You Can't Take Command8.2568

Season 5 (2015)

7.67 avg 21 episodes 7.8 → 7.8 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 547 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 479 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 476 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 493 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 437 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 443 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 424 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 409 votesEp 9: 7.1 · 542 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 406 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 392 votesEp 12: 7.3 · 400 votesEp 13: 7.4 · 384 votesEp 14: 7.5 · 393 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 377 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 389 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 483 votesEp 18: 7.0 · 439 votesEp 19: 7.7 · 375 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 392 votesEp 21: 7.8 · 428 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Heavy Is the Head7.8547
2Yes7.9479
3Paris Is Burning7.6476
4Dog-Whistle Politics8.1493
5You Got Served7.9437
6Get Out of Jail, Free7.7443
7Even the Devil Deserves a Second Chance7.8424
8Rasputin7.8409
9Baby, It's Cold Outside7.1542
10It's Hard Out Here for a General7.3406
11The Candidate7.5392
12Wild Card7.3400
13The Fish Rots from the Head7.4384
14I See You7.5393
15Pencils Down7.8377
16The Miseducation of Susan Ross7.9389
17Thwack!8.4483
18Till Death Do Us Part7.0439
19Buckle Up7.7375
20Trump Card7.8392
21That's My Girl7.8428

Season 6 (2017)

7.69 avg 16 episodes 8.2 → 7.9 43 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 509 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 393 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 410 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 426 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 387 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 432 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 498 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 426 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 523 votesEp 10: 6.1 · 547 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 412 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 424 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 396 votesEp 14: 7.6 · 336 votesEp 15: 7.3 · 351 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 437 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Survival of the Fittest8.2509
2Hardball7.5393
3Fates Worse Than Death7.5410
4The Belt7.7426
5They All Bow Down7.4387
6Extinction7.9432
7A Traitor Among Us8.4498
8A Stomach for Blood7.8426
9Dead in the Water8.4523
10The Decision6.1547
11Trojan Horse7.7412
12Mercy7.7424
13The Box8.0396
14Head Games7.6336
15Tick Tock7.3351
16Transfer of Power7.9437

Season 7 (2017)

7.48 avg 18 episodes 7.1 → 6.1 43 min avg

Ep 1: 7.1 · 433 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 364 votesEp 3: 7.0 · 386 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 335 votesEp 5: 7.1 · 347 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 350 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 367 votesEp 8: 7.2 · 359 votesEp 9: 7.2 · 348 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 358 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 348 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 518 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 342 votesEp 14: 7.9 · 339 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 318 votesEp 16: 7.7 · 323 votesEp 17: 8.3 · 353 votesEp 18: 6.1 · 593 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Watch Me7.1433
2Pressing the Flesh7.3364
3Day 1017.0386
4Lost Girls7.4335
5Adventures in Babysitting7.1347
6Vampires and Bloodsuckers7.7350
7Something Borrowed7.6367
8Robin7.2359
9Good People7.2348
10The People v. Olivia Pope7.6358
11Army of One7.6348
12Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself8.4518
13Air Force Two7.7342
14The List7.9339
15The Noise7.7318
16People Like Me7.7323
17Standing in the Sun8.3353
18Over a Cliff6.1593

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