Look out, Gladiators. Mellie is on the offensive.

On Scandal Season 3 Episode 7, the First Lady will formulate a plan to recover from the public backlash of the past year - and it will involve sitting for a hard-hitting interview.

We can only imagine what she'll tell the world in this Q&A.

But we need not imagine what she'll look like while doing it. ABC has released a handful of photos from "Everything’s Coming Up Mellie" and you should check them out below in anticipation of the outing: