Scandal

After President Fitz picks a Supreme Court judge, he's caught up in an affair with Olivia's new client (guest star Lisa Edelstein). Olivia and Jake (recurring star Scott Foley) continue to see each other.

Huck is held under guard via the Patriot Act while Olivia and the team get assistance from an old friend in trying to free him. Mellie is faced with a compromising situation that could impact the president's future.

Olivia tries to help the vice president while the rest of the associates deal with an unexpected act of betrayal. Cyrus uncovers the truth about James' investigation and is shocked at the findings.

Harrison leads the group as they assist a billionaire whose mental state is questionable. Meanwhile, Olivia helps plan Fitz's 50th birthday party; and James stumbles onto something big as he looks into Cytron

Someone threatens to expose Huck's past, targeting Olivia via coded messages. Meanwhile, Harrison is ordered to take care of a secret that has been exposed. And Fitz and Cyrus are left to deal with James' latest front-page cover story.

After a governor takes the law into his own hands, the team is prepared to help him. James decides to return to his job as a journalist covering the White House, which piques Cyrus and the President's interest.

The parents of a missing college student seek help from Pope & Associates. David gets help on the Cytron case from an unexpected source. Meanwhile, Mellie proves her political prowess in some tense moments with President Fitzgerald.

Olivia is shocked to hear about a scandal from a government employee. Meanwhile, one of Olivia's old partners returns. Quinn's personal background begins to become a question for the team. Cyrus must reign in the president.

Olivia and her team must help a public figure in a compromising position. However, the team picks up the slack as Olivia deals with the ramifications of a jaw-dropping verdict. Cyrus and President Fitzgerald are left to deal with a foreign policy emergency.

Gideon intensifies his investigation into the Amanda Tanner case and in doing so finds a connection between Olivia Pope and the Grant when he was running for office. Olivia's background with Grant are seen through retrospect.

A commercial plane crashes and the only survivor is the pilot. Pope and Associates must defend the pilot from accusations at every corner. Huck uses his past connections to find a client that has gone missing. Fitz and the Vice President meet to talk about a new piece of legislation.

The Amanda Tanner case takes a shocking turn that leaves Cyrus looking into Olivia's personal life along with some of her fellow associates. Olivia and the rest of the team deal with a kidnapping while Quinn has dinner with a reporter.

The team tries their best to keep a new client (Sharon Marquette) and her high profile clientele list under wraps. Olivia finds herself protecting a lot more than just the madam. Quinn runs into some trouble with the President's former intern, Amanda Tanner.

A young lawyer, Quinn Perkins, is offered a job in a crisis management firm that serves to make clients' problems go away. As Quinn finds out, the firm has several high profile clients and her first assignment involves an accusation that the President had an affair with an intern.