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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 (84,387 votes)
Seasons
7
Streaming (US)
Netflix · Hulu
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (2012)

7.90 avg 7 episodes 7.4 → 8.5 43 min avg

  • Rising
  • Slow burn
  • Big finale
Ep 1: 7.4 · 1,405 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 1,024 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 984 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 931 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 920 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 1,011 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 974 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Sweet Baby7.41,405
2Dirty Little Secrets7.61,024
3Hell Hath No Fury7.7984
4Enemy of the State7.8931
5Crash and Burn8.0920
6The Trail8.31,011
7Grant: For the People8.5974

Season 2 (2012)

8.24 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.8 43 min avg

  • Big finale
Ep 1: 8.1 · 907 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 803 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 803 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 759 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 772 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 755 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 799 votesEp 8: 8.7 · 979 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 782 votesEp 10: 8.5 · 764 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 791 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 721 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 786 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 744 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 732 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 694 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 680 votesEp 18: 8.2 · 692 votesEp 19: 8.6 · 820 votesEp 20: 8.5 · 745 votesEp 21: 8.6 · 696 votesEp 22: 8.8 · 873 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1White Hats Off8.1907
2The Other Woman7.9803
3Hunting Season8.1803
4Beltway Unbuckled7.8759
5All Roads Lead to Fitz8.0772
6Spies Like Us7.9755
7Defiance8.2799
8Happy Birthday, Mr. President8.7979
9Blown Away8.4782
10One for the Dog8.5764
11A Criminal, a Whore, an Idiot and a Liar8.2791
12Truth or Consequences8.3721
13Nobody Likes Babies8.6786
14Whiskey Tango Foxtrot8.1744
15Boom Goes the Dynamite7.9732
16Top of the Hour7.9694
17Snake in the Garden8.0680
18Molly, You in Danger, Girl8.2692
19Seven Fifty-Two8.6820
20A Woman Scorned8.5745
21Any Questions?8.6696
22White Hat's Back On8.8873

Season 3 (2013)

8.19 avg 18 episodes 8.5 → 8.8 43 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
Ep 1: 8.5 · 737 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 645 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 648 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 608 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 613 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 601 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 639 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 684 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 633 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 605 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 540 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 532 votesEp 13: 8.3 · 574 votesEp 14: 8.6 · 653 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 544 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 547 votesEp 17: 8.2 · 547 votesEp 18: 8.8 · 712 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1It's Handled8.5737
2Guess Who's Coming to Dinner8.2645
3Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington8.2648
4Say Hello to My Little Friend7.7608
5More Cattle, Less Bull8.2613
6Icarus7.9601
7Everything's Coming Up Mellie8.2639
8Vermont Is for Lovers, Too8.3684
9YOLO8.3633
10A Door Marked Exit8.1605
11Ride, Sally, Ride7.9540
12We Do Not Touch the First Ladies8.0532
13No Sun on the Horizon8.3574
14Kiss Kiss Bang Bang8.6653
15Mama Said Knock You Out7.9544
16The Fluffer8.2547
17Flesh and Blood8.2547
18The Price of Free and Fair Elections8.8712

Season 4 (2014)

7.93 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 8.2 43 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 615 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 523 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 526 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 573 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 488 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 510 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 618 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 533 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 602 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 722 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 524 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 519 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 579 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 826 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 481 votesEp 16: 7.6 · 495 votesEp 17: 7.5 · 496 votesEp 18: 7.7 · 458 votesEp 19: 7.8 · 477 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 468 votesEp 21: 8.0 · 461 votesEp 22: 8.2 · 556 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Randy, Red, Superfreak and Julia7.8615
2The State of the Union7.8523
3Inside the Bubble7.6526
4Like Father, Like Daughter8.4573
5The Key7.6488
6An Innocent Man8.0510
7Baby Made a Mess8.6618
8The Last Supper8.3533
9Where the Sun Don't Shine8.5602
10Run7.8722
11Where's the Black Lady?7.8524
12Gladiators Don't Run7.6519
13No More Blood8.1579
14The Lawn Chair8.3826
15The Testimony of Diego Muñoz7.7481
16It's Good to Be Kink7.6495
17Put a Ring on It7.5496
18Honor Thy Father7.7458
19I'm Just a Bill7.8477
20First Lady Sings the Blues7.8468
21A Few Good Women8.0461
22You Can't Take Command8.2556

Season 5 (2015)

7.66 avg 21 episodes 7.8 → 7.8 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 530 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 463 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 462 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 480 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 425 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 430 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 411 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 394 votesEp 9: 7.1 · 526 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 392 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 380 votesEp 12: 7.3 · 388 votesEp 13: 7.4 · 372 votesEp 14: 7.5 · 382 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 366 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 377 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 469 votesEp 18: 7.0 · 425 votesEp 19: 7.6 · 363 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 381 votesEp 21: 7.8 · 418 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Heavy Is the Head7.8530
2Yes7.9463
3Paris Is Burning7.6462
4Dog-Whistle Politics8.1480
5You Got Served7.9425
6Get Out of Jail, Free7.7430
7Even the Devil Deserves a Second Chance7.7411
8Rasputin7.8394
9Baby, It's Cold Outside7.1526
10It's Hard Out Here for a General7.3392
11The Candidate7.5380
12Wild Card7.3388
13The Fish Rots from the Head7.4372
14I See You7.5382
15Pencils Down7.8366
16The Miseducation of Susan Ross7.9377
17Thwack!8.4469
18Till Death Do Us Part7.0425
19Buckle Up7.6363
20Trump Card7.8381
21That's My Girl7.8418

Season 6 (2017)

7.69 avg 16 episodes 8.2 → 7.9 43 min avg

  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.2 · 499 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 384 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 399 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 418 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 379 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 422 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 487 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 416 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 512 votesEp 10: 6.2 · 530 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 401 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 414 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 386 votesEp 14: 7.6 · 326 votesEp 15: 7.3 · 339 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 426 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Survival of the Fittest8.2499
2Hardball7.5384
3Fates Worse Than Death7.5399
4The Belt7.7418
5They All Bow Down7.4379
6Extinction7.9422
7A Traitor Among Us8.4487
8A Stomach for Blood7.7416
9Dead in the Water8.4512
10The Decision6.2530
11Trojan Horse7.7401
12Mercy7.7414
13The Box8.0386
14Head Games7.6326
15Tick Tock7.3339
16Transfer of Power7.9426

Season 7 (2017)

7.48 avg 18 episodes 7.1 → 6.2 43 min avg

  • Bad finale
  • Rollercoaster
  • Mid-peak
Ep 1: 7.1 · 419 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 351 votesEp 3: 7.0 · 374 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 324 votesEp 5: 7.1 · 335 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 339 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 355 votesEp 8: 7.2 · 347 votesEp 9: 7.2 · 337 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 347 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 337 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 504 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 332 votesEp 14: 7.9 · 329 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 309 votesEp 16: 7.7 · 314 votesEp 17: 8.3 · 343 votesEp 18: 6.2 · 582 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Watch Me7.1419
2Pressing the Flesh7.3351
3Day 1017.0374
4Lost Girls7.4324
5Adventures in Babysitting7.1335
6Vampires and Bloodsuckers7.7339
7Something Borrowed7.6355
8Robin7.2347
9Good People7.2337
10The People v. Olivia Pope7.6347
11Army of One7.6337
12Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself8.4504
13Air Force Two7.7332
14The List7.9329
15The Noise7.7309
16People Like Me7.7314
17Standing in the Sun8.3343
18Over a Cliff6.2582

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