Olivia sits alone in her apartment on Scandal Season 5 Episode 4. Now that the world knows she's the President's mistress her life will be a three ring circus.
Quinn Perkins looks pretty curious in this still from Scandal Season 5 Episode 4. Does she know about Jake's visit with Rowan Pope and the code phrase "Paris is burning"?
Mellie Grant handles the media's barrage of questions following the reveal that her husband has, in fact, been having an affair with Olivia Pope. Will she artfully manage their intrusive interrogations? Most likely. This is Mellie we're talking about, and she has Cyrus on her side.
Cyrus helps Mellie navigate a media circus following her decision not to take Fitz back. Together they plan to make her the next President Grant without the help of her estranged husband.
Olivia takes a case which takes her away from Fitz and the White House just as the story of their affair breaks in the media. Fitz will no doubt take this as a sign of rejection while Olivia will see it as an act of self-preservation.
Fitz knows that someone close to him is disloyal and he's on a mission to find out the identity of his betrayer on Scandal Season 5 Episode 2. If he and Olivia are ever to have a chance to be together, he has to find a way to weather this political and personal storm.
Huck is a broken man. Can he handle getting back to work so soon after his encounter with Quinn? Has he silenced his inner demons? Could there BE any more questions about Huck? (Yes. Yes, there could be. He's an enigma.)
Huck gets back to work with help from Jake and Quinn on Scandal Season 5 Episode 2. Olivia's in the middle of a crisis and she needs her team. Is it any wonder he would return to the office to help?
Harrison: I'm not a baby lawyer. I'm a gladiator in a suit. Because that's what you are when you work for Olivia. You're a gladitor in a suit. You want to be a gladiator in a suit. You gotta say it. Quinn: I want to be a gladiator in a suit.
Quinn, this is not a blind date. On blind dates I like to buy a woman dinner because it makes her more likely to sleep with me or give me a second date. When I buy you dinner, you'll know I'm interested.
