Scandal (season 4) | |
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Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 22 |
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Original network | ABC |
Original release | September 25, 2014 – May 14, 2015 |
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Next → Season 5 | |
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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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48 | 1 | 'Randy, Red, Superfreak and Julia' | Tom Verica | Shonda Rhimes | September 25, 2014 | 401 | 11.96[43] |
After two months of living on an island off the coast of Zanzibar with Jake, Olivia comes back to Washington D.C. after learning about Harrison's death. She quickly learns that her former employees have scattered. Quinn still works at OPA, Huck works for an electronics store and Abby is the White House Press Secretary. Olivia tries to make amends while at the same time, helping a Senator with a possible murder. Back at the White House, Fitz and Mellie are still struggling with the loss of their son, Jerry; Fitz at some point tried to commit suicide. As a result, Fitz tries to make a change in his second term by working on an Equal Pay bill which results in him firing most of his cabinet members. Mellie, not coming to terms with her loss, struggles in her everyday life. David Rosen has tried to find a case that can take down political leaders and B613, but has second thoughts when Fitz nominates him for Attorney General. Everyone from Olivia Pope & Associates attends Harrison's funeral, leading both Huck and Quinn back to the company with Olivia. | |||||||
49 | 2 | 'The State of the Union' | Allison Liddi-Brown | Heather Mitchell | October 2, 2014 | 402 | 10.34[44] |
Cyrus blackmails Olivia into helping him bring back a couple, James and Lisa Elliot, who are considered military heroes, and are supposed to attend Fitz's State of the Union speech about gun control, but they have missed their last two flights from New Mexico. Problems arise when Olivia learns that the couple are having marriage problems, and refuse to attend the speech. Meanwhile, Fitz and Cyrus must deal with a situation when the media begins to be concerned about Mellie's state of mind, and her refusal to go to the event. Abby manages to convince her to attend, but after the speech, where Fitz talks about the loss of his son, she breaks down crying. Meanwhile, Elizabeth, still concerned about Fitz's new direction, hires a man to flirt with Cyrus. David blackmails a senator to keep his nomination for Attorney General and Olivia and Jake's relationship evolves. | |||||||
50 | 3 | 'Inside the Bubble' | Randy Zisk | Matt Byrne | October 9, 2014 | 403 | 9.52[45] |
Olivia handles a case for a former friend from law school, Catherine, when her daughter goes missing and is later found dead, leaving Olivia suspicious about Catherine. Fitz struggles with his work towards gun control when Elizabeth works against him. Elizabeth tries to stop the process by bribing a judge and having Michael sleep with Cyrus. Meanwhile, Mellie becomes overly invested in a national case in which a man is allegedly pushed by his wife off the cliff of Yosemite National Park, and tries with no success to get the FBI to believe the wife is innocent. Abby tries to handle the situation about Mellie, but Fitz gets in her way. Jake continues his investigation into who killed Harrison and Adnan, involving Quinn to talk to Charlie. He figures out that Rowan was responsible for the deaths. David blackmails the swing judge in the gun control case to win, but feels terrible when the judge commits suicide. | |||||||
51 | 4 | 'Like Father, Like Daughter' | Paul McCrane | Mark Fish | October 16, 2014 | 404A | 9.90[46] |
Fitz asks Olivia to shut down a situation that arises when his daughter Karen becomes part of an involuntary sex tape, which could destroy the Grant family's reputation. Olivia does her best to find the video before it is released, but faces trouble when the parents of the boy who made the sex tape demand money in exchange for giving up the video. Meanwhile, Mellie struggles with the situation and with Olivia's presence at the White House, but starts to feel better after a talk with Karen. Fitz finds out from Olivia that she left town with Jake. Jake finds himself in trouble when Rowan sends Tom Larsen to assassinate him after his discovery of how the President's son, Jerry, really died. He is about to reveal the truth to Olivia and the President when he is arrested for the murder of Jerry as Tom was forced by Rowan to falsely accuse Jake of giving him the orders to kill the president's son. | |||||||
52 | 5 | 'The Key' | Paul McCrane | Chris Van Dusen | October 23, 2014 | 404B | 9.98[47] |
Olivia and the team continue to investigate Catherine's case, but she is distracted when Jake stops returning her calls. After discovering Jake's last known location was at the White House, Olivia calls Fitz, who indirectly confirms the captivity of Jake at The Pentagon. Fitz tries to make him sign the confession for Jerry's death, but when Jake refuses, Fitz ends up beating him. Rowan manages to convince both Olivia and Cyrus that Jake is the killer, which devastates Olivia. Huck continues to spy on his family, but his estranged wife Kim refuses to let him see his son, Javi. David realizes what it's like to finally be a winner in D.C. and Mellie finds out from Fitz that Jerry was murdered, which helps her to come to terms with her grief. | |||||||
53 | 6 | 'An Innocent Man' | Jeannot Szwarc | Zahir McGhee | October 30, 2014 | 405 | 9.32[48] |
When a former Republican president dies, Olivia must represent the alleged assassin, Leonard Carnihan, who claims to be innocent and can prove it by matching the bullet to his gun. Olivia manages to make the court allow an autopsy where the bullet is confirmed to be shot from Carnihan's gun, which he wanted everyone to know. Mellie bonds with the former First Lady and widower Bitsy Cooper, after she learns how similar Bitsy's life was to hers. Abby confronts Fitz about Jake, which leads him to transfer Jake to another facility after realizing Olivia still has feelings for him. Elizabeth leaks to the press that Fitz wants to remove military bases in hope of making him seem insecure. Huck finds a way to connect with his son through a video game, and Quinn finds the locker that the key fits, which contains photos of Olivia that Katelyn was murdered for. | |||||||
54 | 7 | 'Baby Made a Mess' | Oliver Bokelberg | Jenna Bans | November 6, 2014 | 406 | 9.82[49] |
Abby's ex-husband, Charles 'Chip' Putney, is nominated for Virginia's U.S. Senator. Olivia tries her best to prevent Chip getting elected and takes over the campaign for Susan Ross, the other Senate nominee, after seeing how devastated Abby is by Chip's nomination. Abby confronts her ex-husband and tells the truth to Leo Bergen about her marriage. Leo ruins Chip's campaign. Olivia visits Tom Larsen in jail, in hope of getting the truth about Jerry's murder. However, due to Tom's obsession with her looks, Olivia goes to extreme measures to get the truth, leading Fitz to release Jake. Cyrus tests Michael to see if he leaks information Cy tells him. Huck continues to play with Javi, which ends with Javi tracking down Huck at the office. Quinn faces problems when Catherine's husband kills himself after she confronts him. | |||||||
55 | 8 | 'The Last Supper' | Julie Anne Robinson | Allan Heinberg | November 13, 2014 | 407 | 10.05[50] |
Jake, Fitz and Olivia make a plan to take down Rowan, which is to gather enough evidence to prosecute Command and Jake has the secret B613 files. They ask David for help to build a case against Rowan while they try to arrest him. However, the plan fails after Rowan figures out the plan and kills the SWAT-team who were supposed to arrest him, in addition to destroying the B613 files. Meanwhile, an assassination attempt is made on Andrew, making Mellie admit her feelings for him. Elizabeth asks Olivia to find out who is hacking her phone and discovers it is Cyrus. After talking with him about Elizabeth, Olivia decides to spy on her to find out what her plan is. At the stake-out, Huck brings Javi, but they are interrupted when Quinn shows up after following Kobiak to the apartment, where they discover that Kobiak is working with Elizabeth and Vice-President Andrew Nichols. | |||||||
56 | 9 | 'Where the Sun Don't Shine' | Tony Goldwyn | Mark Wilding | November 20, 2014 | 408 | 10.14[51] |
As a result of almost getting captured, Rowan shuts down B613 and orders the other agents to be killed. Jake teams up with Huck to try to find Command. Rowan confronts Olivia at her apartment, where she points a gun to him and presses the trigger, but the gun isn't loaded; leaving Rowan furious and disappointed that his own daughter would try to shoot him. Meanwhile, after Elizabeth finds out that Olivia covered for Cyrus about hacking her phone, she leaks pictures of Michael and Cyrus together, leading Cyrus to quit as Chief of Staff. Olivia handles the situation by proposing a marriage for Cyrus and Michael and Cyrus agrees. Quinn investigates the connection between Elizabeth, Andrew and Kobiak, where she discovers that they have been planning to start a war between West Angola and the U.S., by setting up the bombing, and kidnapping Olivia to force Fitz to declare a war. | |||||||
57 | 10 | 'Run' | Tom Verica | Shonda Rhimes | January 29, 2015 | 409 | 10.48[52] |
Olivia is kidnapped by masked men from her apartment and is taken to a demolished building where she is held hostage. She befriends the other man in her chamber, a writer named Ian. As time goes by, Olivia realizes that she might be able to break through the bathroom window, but she is caught in the act by the kidnappers, and as a result, they shoot Ian to punish her. She begins to hallucinate and starts dreaming of Jake and Fitz rescuing her. After a while, Olivia finally manages to attack and kill her kidnappers and unlock the front door. However, she discovers that the building was actually inside a warehouse and that Ian is really behind her kidnapping, and he wants to use her to force Fitz into declaring war against West Angola. | |||||||
58 | 11 | 'Where's the Black Lady?' | Debbie Allen | Raamla Mohamed | February 5, 2015 | 410 | 9.58[53] |
Fitz discovers that his government has become corrupted by Andrew Nichols, which makes him question who he can trust. Andrew blackmails Fitz into declaring war against West Angola after threatening to kill Olivia. Fitz is sent a video of Olivia talking, which he gives to Jake. After watching the video, Huck discovers a reflection showing Ian's face and realizes that Olivia is leaving them clues to find her. Fitz tells Mellie about the kidnapping, which leads him to declare war – leaving Cyrus and Abby worried about his decision. When a woman comes to OPA searching for Olivia regarding her neighbor, Quinn realizes that the kidnappers hid at Olivia's neighbor's house when they took her. Meanwhile, Olivia convinces Ian to sell her on the open market instead of following orders from Andrew. Mellie gets a hold of Andrew's cellphones, which leads Quinn to find Olivia's destination. However, when they get there, Ian and Olivia have already left on a plane. | |||||||
59 | 12 | 'Gladiators Don't Run' | Randy Zisk | Paul Willam Davies | February 12, 2015 | 411A | 9.32[54] |
The auction of Olivia begins on the free market. Fitz and the White House in addition to Jake, Huck and Quinn try to find the auction, but struggle to get access. Jake asks Maya Pope for help by pretending to be Marie Wallace in order to bid on Olivia. Maya asks Huck to kill a handler, which makes Huck begin to unravel, much to Jake's horror. Fitz tries to make Andrew resign as Vice President, but he refuses leading Cyrus to take the situation into his own hands. After Andrew threatens Mellie, by saying that he will reveal their affair together if he gets arrested, she asks Fitz to let Andrew resign as she wants to become the next president. Olivia loses control over her situation when Ian is killed by one of the kidnappers, Gus. He sells her to an outside buyer for more than $1billion, much to Olivia's dismay. Abby finds out that Olivia has been kidnapped and confronts David about it, revealing her anger towards him for not informing her about it. | |||||||
60 | 13 | 'No More Blood' | Randy Zisk | Heather Mitchell | February 19, 2015 | 411B | 9.62[55] |
Olivia is about to be handed over to the Iranians when she spoils the deal by misdirecting the kidnappers in English and the Iranians in Farsi. Gus reopens the auction, allowing Huck one more chance to bid on Olivia using Marie's credentials. Meanwhile, Fitz and Cyrus disagree on how to handle the situation, eventually leading Cyrus to plot with the CIA to kill Olivia to prevent international secrets from being leaked. Mellie explains to Fitz that Andrew's blackmail threatens her chance at becoming president herself, and Fitz agrees to let Andrew walk. However, Mellie also plots with Elizabeth to take Andrew down. Olivia is eventually sold to a group in Russia, despite Huck tying for the winning bid. Stephen Finch shows up and reveals he is the Russian that bought Olivia, then brings her back to America, shortly before Andrew has a massive stroke. Fitz goes to Olivia's apartment, but she reveals her disgust at his decision to go to war with West Angola for her, and tells him that she is on her own. | |||||||
61 | 14 | 'The Lawn Chair' | Tom Verica | Zahir McGhee | March 5, 2015 | 412 | 9.57[56] |
An African-American teenager is shot by a policeman four blocks away from the White House and the police chief calls Olivia for help in handling the situation. Jake worries about Olivia after what she has been through, and advises her to talk to someone. At the crime scene, the father of the dead teenager, Clarence Parker, arrives and stands in front of his son, demanding to talk to the policeman who shot his son Brandon. The situation starts to attract protesters, angered about police brutality. As the situation evolves, Olivia joins the protesters, and tries her best to figure what really happened at the crime scene. With help from Huck and Quinn, Olivia figures out that the policeman who shot the teenager planted a knife to make it look like self-defense, and he is arrested. Fitz tries to find a new Vice President and suggests Mellie, which Cyrus advises him against. Mellie helps Susan Ross to get nominated as VP. | |||||||
62 | 15 | 'The Testimony of Diego Muñoz' | Allison Liddi-Brown | Mark Fish | March 12, 2015 | 413 | 8.24[57] |
Kim Muñoz, Huck's estranged wife, comes to David for help regarding some B613 files, which shocks David. He discusses the case with Huck and Jake regarding what to do about the files. Huck agrees to talk to Kim. Meanwhile, Fitz hires Leo Bergen to help get Susan Ross appointed as Vice President after she embarrasses herself on TV. The pressure Leo puts on Susan leads her to quit, making Abby furious at Leo. Olivia becomes depressed after recent events, but manages to help Rose finding Olivia's neighbor, whom the kidnappers killed when they took Olivia. Huck and Quinn find the body, and Rose manages to say goodbye to her friend, who she believes died on a park bench. Kim convinces Huck to testify about B613, which he does as he talks about being trapped in the hole – leading David to decide to investigate the case, much to Jake's dismay. After Fitz apologizes to the committee, and with advice from Olivia, Susan Ross is sworn in as Vice President. | |||||||
63 | 16 | 'It's Good to Be Kink' | Paul McCrane | Matt Byrne | March 19, 2015 | 414 | 7.79[58] |
Susanne Thomas (Lena Dunham), threatens to reveal scandalous secrets about D.C.'s top politicians with a sex memoir. Abby asks Olivia to help her convince Susanne not to publish the book, but she demands $3million in exchange for not publishing. Olivia, Quinn, Huck and Abby tries to figure out who the nicknames belong to in hopes of gathering the men to help pay Susanne. The men all agree to pay, but David protests saying it would be illegal. After finding out that Susanne was fired from her job, Olivia manages to convince her not to publish the book by arranging possible other employment. When Huck and Quinn visit Susanne, Huck kills her fearing she will eventually talk and ruin his chances of a life with his wife and son. Meanwhile, Olivia goes to a bar in search of a man, but she has a flashback to her kidnapping, and leaves the bar alone. Mellie agrees to let Elizabeth become her campaign manager for her running for senator of Virginia, and Fitz and Jake discuss Olivia's condition. | |||||||
64 | 17 | 'Put a Ring on It' | Regina King | Chris Van Dusen | March 26, 2015 | 415 | 8.06[59] |
Michael is photographed at a strip club with another guy, which creates a news scandal - leading Olivia to push Michael and Cyrus's wedding forward. She asks Mellie for help by suggesting a White House Wedding and Mellie agrees. But after Sally Langston goes on TV saying that the wedding is a cover up, Olivia tries to handle her. Through flashbacks, it is learned that Cyrus married his wife Janet because of his fear of Aids. After she learned about Cyrus being gay, she asked for a divorce. When Cyrus married James, he promised James to not trick him, but soon after broke the promise. Meanwhile, Olivia is still suffering from PTSD after being kidnapped, leading to her dreaming a flashback of Fitz giving her the ring. Her dream leads her to search for the ring. She helps Cyrus get through the wedding and blackmails Sally into keeping quiet saying that her dead husband Daniel Douglas was one of Michael's hooking clients. Olivia wears the ring to Cyrus' wedding which Fitz sees, letting him know she still has feelings for him. | |||||||
65 | 18 | 'Honor Thy Father' | Jeannot Szwarc | Severiano Canales | April 2, 2015 | 416 | 7.27[60] |
David tries to recruit former B613 agents to strengthen his case, but faces trouble when Jake tries his best to stop him. David gets help from Huck, Quinn and Charlie to help find former B613 agents, but they are later killed. Charlie convinces the others to plot to kill Jake. When David is about to enter the car with his assistant, Jake shows up killing the assistant as she was the one who killed the other B613 agents. Jake reveals he was on board with the case along with Olivia. Mellie's half-sister Harmony visits the White House by request from Elizabeth, but tension starts to rise between the sisters. Fitz manages to talk to Harmony and making sure she won't talk about Mellie's past during Mellie's campaign. Olivia tries to save a Congressman's father from execution for killing his daughter's teacher (who molested her), but Olivia figures out that the Congressman was the real killer. Olivia's one-night stand, Russell, shows up at her door with Rowan Pope. | |||||||
66 | 19 | 'I'm Just a Bill' | Debbie Allen | Raamla Mohamed | April 16, 2015 | 417 | 7.86[61] |
Rowan threatens Olivia to drop the case against B613, and giving her 48 hours to do so. David refuses to stop the case, to which Olivia agrees, making her more determined to shut down B613. At the same time, Marcus Walker request help from Olivia after being framed for murder of the Mayor's wife, with whom he was sleeping. Olivia finds out that the Mayor was the who killed his wife, which Marcus leaks to the media despite the risk of ruining his career. Meanwhile, Fitz struggles to get the Brandon Bill, created after the recent shooting, to get accepted through Congress, but faces trouble when his Vice President refuses to vote before reading properly through the bill - which angers Cyrus and Mellie. After discussing the bill with Susan, Fitz decides to improve the Brandon Bill. As a result of ignoring Rowan's threat, Jake is mortally stabbed by Russell at OPA. | |||||||
67 | 20 | 'First Lady Sings the Blues' | David Rodriguez | Paul William Davies | April 23, 2015 | 418 | 7.79[62] |
After finding Jake nearly dead, Huck and Quinn manage to revive him. Olivia decides to secure him in a safe house and hires a Russian doctor to help Jake. However, the doctor refuses to help unless Olivia helps his former KGB friend, to which she agrees. Rowan sends Russell to search for Jake, but when he can't find him, he shoots Russell in the arm which makes Olivia visit him at the hospital. They bring Russell to the safe house, where he tries to kill Jake again, but fails. Olivia tries to help the former KGB agent by offering the KGB Rowan Pope. But Rowan kills him and the former KGB and her family. At her apartment, Olivia seduces Russell, only to pull a gun at him revealing she knows that he's B613. Meanwhile, Mellie faces problems when Sally Langston announces her concern about Mellie running for Senator while being the First Lady. Cyrus appears on the talk show, defending Mellie, but Mellie manages to win over voters by exploiting her closeness with Fitz. | |||||||
68 | 21 | 'A Few Good Women' | Oliver Bokelberg | Severiano Canales & Jess Brownell | May 7, 2015 | 419 | 7.44[63] |
Vice President Ross continues to defy the Grant administration when she hires Olivia Pope to defend a woman, Amy Martin, in the navy who has been raped, and Fitz refuses to get involved with the navy's policy. Amy informs her that she is pregnant and wants an abortion, but the navy refuses to let her leave. Olivia and Quinn manage to get Amy an abortion, and with security footage provided by Abby, Olivia proves that the Admiral raped Amy. The navy story gives Mellie an opportunity as she rallies against the military’s mishandling of sexual assaults instead of talking about Jerry, as Elizabeth suggested. Meanwhile, Huck and Quinn torture Russell for information about a B613 code name 'Foxtail', but Russell refuses to talk. The lawyer for the navy, in reality a B613 agent, shows up at the apartment and helps Russell escape. Mellie meets Rowan, unaware that she is 'Foxtail', Rowan's escape plan from the case against B613. | |||||||
69 | 22 | 'You Can't Take Command' | Tom Verica | Shonda Rhimes & Mark Wilding | May 14, 2015 | 420 | 8.08[64] |
The Grand Jury is gathered by David, where Jake and others confess about their roles in B613 and Operation Remington. However, after the initial hearing, every juror is murdered, which Mellie was responsible for after being blackmailed by Rowan, who disguised himself as a billionaire named Damascus in order to get the names of the jurors from Mellie. As she desperately tries to cover it up, she seeks the help of Cyrus. Determined to take down her father, Olivia asks her mother for advice, which leads Olivia to reveal the existence of B613 to the Head of the CIA. Unfortunately, the plan backfires when Olivia and Jake are arrested, only to be released after signing a document denying the existence of B613. Mellie confides in Elizabeth about her actions, which Elizabeth tells Fitz of at Mellie's victory speech. Fitz demands that Mellie move out of the White House residence and fires Cyrus - leaving Elizabeth to take over as the new Chief of Staff. Quinn figures out that Huck killed the Grand Jurors. When she confronts Huck about it, he admits to the killings because his family was threatened by Rowan and asks her to kill him. Olivia has her father arrested for embezzlement from the Smithsonian after Rowan removed Command's identity. Jake says goodbye to Olivia, and Olivia and Fitz reunite on the White House residence's balcony. |
No. in series | No. in season | Episode | Air date | Time slot (EST) | Rating/Share (18–49) | Viewers (m) | 18–49 Rank | Viewership rank | Drama rank |
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48 | 1 | 'Randy, Red, Superfreak and Julia' | September 25, 2014 | Thursdays 9:00 p.m. | 3.8/11[43] | 11.96[43] | 10[82] | 15[82] | 2[82] |
49 | 2 | 'The State of the Union' | October 2, 2014 | 3.3/10[44] | 10.34[44] | 8[83] | 20[83] | 1[83] | |
50 | 3 | 'Inside the Bubble' | October 9, 2014 | 3.0/9[45] | 9.52[45] | 10[84] | 23[84] | 2[84] | |
51 | 4 | 'Like Father, Like Daughter' | October 16, 2014 | 2.9/9[46] | 9.90[46] | 11[85] | 19[85] | 1[85] | |
52 | 5 | 'The Key' | October 23, 2014 | 3.0/9[47] | 9.98[47] | 12[86] | 20[86] | 1[86] | |
53 | 6 | 'An Innocent Man' | October 30, 2014 | 3.1/9[48] | 9.32[48] | 9[87] | 23[87] | 1[87] | |
54 | 7 | 'Baby Made a Mess' | November 6, 2014 | 2.9/8[49] | 9.82[49] | 8[88] | 16[88] | 1[88] | |
55 | 8 | 'The Last Supper' | November 13, 2014 | 3.2/10[50] | 10.05[50] | 7[89] | 17[89] | 1[89] | |
56 | 9 | 'Where the Sun Don't Shine' | November 20, 2014 | 3.1/9[51] | 10.14[51] | 8[90] | 18[90] | 1[90] | |
57 | 10 | 'Run' | January 29, 2015 | 3.6/11[52] | 10.48[52] | 6[91] | 14[91] | 3[91] | |
58 | 11 | 'Where's the Black Lady?' | February 5, 2015 | 3.2/10[53] | 9.58[53] | 5[92] | 17[92] | 2[92] | |
59 | 12 | 'Gladiators Don't Run' | February 12, 2015 | 3.1/10[54] | 9.32[54] | 4[93] | 19[93] | 2[93] | |
60 | 13 | 'No More Blood' | February 19, 2015 | 3.3/10[55] | 9.62[55] | 6[94] | 15[94] | 2[94] | |
61 | 14 | 'The Lawn Chair' | March 5, 2015 | 3.0/9[56] | 9.57[56] | 7[95] | 17[95] | 2[95] | |
62 | 15 | 'The Testimony of Diego Muñoz' | March 12, 2015 | 2.7/8[57] | 8.24[57] | 7[96] | 28[97] | 2[96] | |
63 | 16 | 'It's Good to Be Kink' | March 19, 2015 | 2.4/7[58] | 7.79[58] | 5[98] | 18[98] | 2[98] | |
64 | 17 | 'Put a Ring on It' | March 26, 2015 | 2.3/7[59] | 8.06[59] | 8[99] | 19[99] | 1[99] | |
65 | 18 | 'Honor Thy Father' | April 2, 2015 | 2.1/7[60] | 7.27[60] | 9[100] | 27[101] | 3[100] | |
66 | 19 | 'I'm Just a Bill' | April 16, 2015 | 2.4/7[61] | 7.86[61] | 5[102] | 18[102] | 1[102] | |
67 | 20 | 'First Lady Sings the Blues' | April 23, 2015 | 2.3/7[62] | 7.79[62] | 8[103] | 28[104] | 2[103] | |
68 | 21 | 'A Few Good Women' | May 7, 2015 | 2.2/7[63] | 7.44[63] | 4[105] | 21[105] | 1[105] | |
69 | 22 | 'You Can't Take Command' | May 14, 2015 | 2.3/8[64] | 8.08[64] | 5[106] | 17[106] | 1[106] |
No. in series | No. in season | Episode | Air date | Time slot (EST) | 18–49 rating increase | Viewers (millions) increase | Total 18-49 | Total viewers (millions) | Ref |
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48 | 1 | 'Randy, Red, Superfreak and Julia' | September 25, 2014 | Thursdays 9:00 p.m. | 1.7 | 4.02 | 5.5 | 15.97 | [43] |
49 | 2 | 'The State of the Union' | October 2, 2014 | 1.5 | 3.68 | 4.8 | 14.02 | [44] | |
50 | 3 | 'Inside the Bubble' | October 9, 2014 | 1.7 | 3.72 | 4.7 | 13.24 | [107] | |
51 | 4 | 'Like Father, Like Daughter' | October 16, 2014 | 1.6 | 3.72 | 4.5 | 13.62 | [108] | |
52 | 5 | 'The Key' | October 23, 2014 | 1.6 | 3.84 | 4.6 | 13.81 | [109] | |
53 | 6 | 'An Innocent Man' | October 30, 2014 | 1.4 | 3.59 | 4.5 | 12.91 | [110] | |
54 | 7 | 'Baby Made a Mess' | November 6, 2014 | 1.8 | 4.04 | 4.7 | 13.86 | [111] | |
55 | 8 | 'The Last Supper' | November 13, 2014 | 1.7 | 3.85 | 4.9 | 13.91 | [112] | |
56 | 9 | 'Where the Sun Don't Shine' | November 20, 2014 | 1.6 | 3.75 | 4.7 | 13.90 | [113] | |
57 | 10 | 'Run' | January 29, 2015 | 1.5 | 3.56 | 5.1 | 14.03 | [114] | |
58 | 11 | 'Where's the Black Lady?' | February 5, 2015 | 1.7 | 3.97 | 4.9 | 13.55 | [115] | |
59 | 12 | 'Gladiators Don't Run' | February 12, 2015 | 1.6 | 3.91 | 4.7 | 13.24 | [116] | |
60 | 13 | 'No More Blood' | February 19, 2015 | 1.6 | 4.26 | 4.9 | 13.89 | [117] | |
61 | 14 | 'The Lawn Chair' | March 5, 2015 | 1.5 | 3.74 | 4.5 | 13.32 | [118] | |
62 | 15 | 'The Testimony of Diego Muñoz' | March 12, 2015 | 1.5 | 3.78 | 4.2 | 12.02 | [119] | |
63 | 16 | 'It's Good to Be Kink' | March 19, 2015 | 1.6 | 3.92 | 4.0 | 11.72 | [120] | |
64 | 17 | 'Put a Ring on It' | March 26, 2015 | 1.6 | 3.66 | 3.9 | 11.72 | [121] | |
65 | 18 | 'Honor Thy Father' | April 2, 2015 | 1.6 | 3.86 | 3.7 | 11.12 | [122] | |
66 | 19 | 'I'm Just a Bill' | April 16, 2015 | 1.5 | 3.96 | 3.9 | 11.78 | [123] | |
67 | 20 | 'First Lady Sings the Blues' | April 23, 2015 | 1.5 | 3.71 | 3.8 | 11.49 | [124] | |
68 | 21 | 'A Few Good Women' | May 7, 2015 | 1.3 | 3.37 | 3.5 | 10.80 | [125] | |
69 | 22 | 'You Can't Take Command' | May 14, 2015 | 1.6 | 3.92 | 3.9 | 12.00 | [126] |
Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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BET Award | Best Actress | Kerry Washington | Nominated |
NAACP Image Award | Outstanding Drama Series | Scandal | Nominated |
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Kerry Washington | Nominated | |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Joe Morton | Won | |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Guillermo Díaz | Nominated | |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Khandi Alexander | Won | |
OFTA Television Award | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Kerry Washington | Nominated |
Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Khandi Alexander | Nominated | |
People's Choice Award | Favorite Network TV Drama | Scandal | Nominated |
Favorite Dramatic TV Actress | Kerry Washington | Nominated | |
Creative Arts Emmy Award | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Khandi Alexander | Nominated |
Teen Choice Award | Choice TV Actress – Drama | Kerry Washington | Nominated |
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