| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Suspense |
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Olivia Pope, the former head of media relations to the President of the United States, leaves the White House to open her own firm.
She and her team use their legal smarts and connections to manage crises, save reputations, and diffuse what could be considerable scandals in Washington, D.C.
Though they handle controversy professionally, this crew has a few scandals among them as well. Olivia has had an affair with the President, and though they still long to be together, their careers come first and make romance all but impossible.
When a young lawyer starts a new job at a crisis management firm, she must deal with an accusation against the nation's president on her first day.
Olivia must protect a new client who is under investigation; Quinn runs into trouble.
The team tries to help a millionaire's son who has been accused of rape; when Olivia takes on Amanda Tanner as a client, her first request is a meeting with the president.
Olivia and Cyrus get into a heated argument about the Amanda Tanner case; the team helps a dictator who claims his wife and children were kidnapped.
Olivia and her team help defend the pilot of a commercial plane that crashed, killing all onboard; when Amanda Turner goes missing, Huck must call upon his past to help find her; Fitz asks the vice president for help.
As Gideon looks into Amanda's past, Olivia and Fitz's start on the campaign trail is revisited.
