Scandal: Season 1

2012 · 7 episodes · ★ 7.6

What Season 1 of Scandal

In Washington, D.C., Olivia Pope runs her own firm, specializing in crisis and scandal management. Her team protects the image and lives of the country's elite clients, including President Fitzgerald Grant. The season kicks off when an intern accuses the president of having an affair with her. Cyrus Beene, the White House's new Communications adviser, turns to Olivia to keep the news from getting out. From there, pressure from the White House and politics complicates every decision. Quinn Perkins, the young lawyer who has just joined the firm, discovers that the agency isn't free of secrets either. Meanwhile, the team takes on other sensitive cases, such as that of a madam running an escort service who is under police investigation.

7episodes

Apr 5, 2012premiered

May 17, 2012latest episode

5.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Sweet Baby
Apr 5, 2012 · 46 min · ★ 7.4
Olivia hires Quinn Perkins; On Quinn Perkins' first day, she is given the task of of dealing with a woman's accusation against the President of the United States. Meanwhile, Pope & Associates must prove a decorated war veteran innocent of murder.
Starring: Joshua Malina, Bellamy Young, Wes Brown, Bryan Rasmussen
1x02 Dirty Little Secrets
Apr 12, 2012 · 44 min · ★ 7.0
Olivia and her team must keep a DC madam's client list under wraps when she comes under investigation, leading to the firm protecting many of DC's most influential. Meanwhile, Quinn must continue to deal with the President's former intern.
Starring: Joshua Malina, Bellamy Young, Cathy Lind Hayes, Mimi Kennedy
1x03 Hell Hath No Fury
Apr 19, 2012 · 44 min · ★ 7.6
When a millionaire's son is accused of rape, Pope & Associates take the case and find it difficult to change public perception. Olivia must also deal with Amanda Tanner's first request as a client: a meeting with the President.
Writing: Matt Byrne · Starring: Joshua Malina, Bellamy Young, Curtis Armstrong, Michael Cassidy
1x04 Enemy of the State
Apr 26, 2012 · 44 min · ★ 7.6
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.
Starring: Joshua Malina, Bellamy Young, Leland Orser, José Zúñiga
1x05 Crash and Burn
May 3, 2012 · 44 min · ★ 7.6
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.
Starring: Joshua Malina, Bellamy Young, George Newbern, Graham Beckel
1x06 The Trail
May 10, 2012 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
As Gideon investigates Amanda Tanner's past, a series of events from the past reveal the contentious primary race between Fitzgerald Grant and Sally Langston, Olivia's first meeting with Grant on the campaign trail and the formation of the Pope & Associates team.
Directing: Tom Verica · Writing: Jenna Bans · Starring: Joshua Malina, Bellamy Young, Erica Shaffer, Liza Weil
1x07 Grant: For the People Season Finale
May 17, 2012 · 44 min · ★ 7.8
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.
Starring: Joshua Malina, Bellamy Young, George Newbern, Brendan Hines