Scandal (2012)
Dirty little secrets always come out.
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.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 5 April 2012 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 19 April 2018 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Shonda Rhimes |
| Starring | Kerry Washington, Darby Stanchfield and Katie Lowes |
| Seasons | 7 seasons, 124 episodes |
| Episode length | about 44 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 91 hours |
| Rated | TV-14 |
| Scores | TMDB users 7.2/10 |
Where to watch Scandal
Scandal is streaming on Netflix ($19.99 a month) in the US. It is also on Hulu ($21.49 a month). At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 3 months of Netflix, or $59.97 at list price.
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What kind of watch this is
Shonda Rhimes built a drama where the people who fix other people’s reputations cannot stop their own from crumbling. Olivia Pope, played by Kerry Washington, runs a crisis management firm that specializes in keeping powerful secrets buried. The hook is simple: the team is undefeated in the boardroom but disastrous at home. That contrast drives the tension across 7 seasons and 124 episodes. The total runtime is roughly 91 hours. It is a show about how much damage a single unspoken truth can do when you are too busy saving strangers to notice the rot in your own foundation.
What the critics said
Metacritic places it at 66 out of 100, a score that suggests general favorability with a few reservations. Alan Sepinwall of HitFix admitted he was not entirely sure what the show was, though he suspected it didn’t matter. The premise, he argued, was less important than the execution. IndieWire compared it to Damages, noting that Scandal could be just as good if it took more risks. Verne Gay of Newsday called it "fun" but noted the familiar Shondaland tropes. The reception improved as the series progressed.
How it did with audiences
Scandal earned a 7.2 TMDB user score, a mark that suggests the audience found more to complain about than to praise, or perhaps just liked to argue. Without box office data, the story is told in viewer growth. The third season averaged 11.5 million total viewers, up 39% from the second. That surge qualified it as TV’s fastest-growing returning series. The fourth season started strong with 11.96 million total viewers, though the key 18–49 demographic dipped. Growth is a crowded field; Scandal ran the race.
What came next for the cast
Kerry Washington went from the action crowds of Fantastic Four and Mr. & Mrs. Smith to a steady stream of distinct roles, including The Six Triple Eight and a Knives Out mystery. Guillermo Díaz swapped Cop Out for Law & Order: Organized Crime, trading one procedural for another. Katie Lowes moved from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen to Inventing Anna. The credits suggest momentum. They do not prove the cause.
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Sources
- Scandal on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q1525645 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Scandal (TV series)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Where to watch and prices: Binge Boss, from TMDB watch-provider data (powered by JustWatch) and our own provider list
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