White hats, character deaths, papa pope monologues and a boatload of hootch, abcs. Do not read if you have not yet watched over a cliff, the series finale of scandal. Scandal series finale photos launch gallery just like the halfdozen finales that preceded it, thursdays series ender promised all the trappings of. Scandal is an american political thriller television series starring kerry washington. In exactly 37 hours, scandal fans will finally know how olivia popes story ends even if that ending managed to elude the series creator on a. Its hard to believe that scandal has never done a twohour finale, given the shows history of hyperbolic promos and shonda rhimess affinity for event episodes. The fates of many characters were left unknown, and olivia finally made her choice between jake and fitz once and for all. With kerry washington, darby stanchfield, katie lowes, guillermo diaz. Catch up on the episodes leading up to the finale and relive some truly unforgettable gladiator moments. The series is about olivia pope, who devoted her entire life to protecting the secrets of the white house and the united states. Everything comes to a head in the shocking season finale when olivia and the team finally make some big moves to take down command, and mellies fate is sealed as the election results are announced. It started as an exciting caseoftheweek soap opera. It also went up in adults 1849 with 43% with an average of 4. Bush administration press aide judy smith, who serves as a coexecutive producer.
Kerry washington on the scandal series finale and the shows legacy washington, who plays the shows main character olivia pope, talked to abc news. Final scene of the series when olivia walks away from the wh for good and she goes to fitz. At quinn and associates, david rosen explains to the gladiators that talking about b6 to the committee will expose jake and cyrus, but also will likely incriminate them. On december 7, 20, abc studios, announced that due to kerry washingtons pregnancy, the overall episode order would be trimmed from 22 to 18, which led the season finale to air four weeks earlier on april 17, 2014. A former white house communications director starts her own crisis management firm only to realize her clients are not the only ones with secrets. You cant take command the b6 trial meets an unexpected end, and the white house gets some shakeups. As a consultant to the president of the united states in the media, she decided to quit her job and open her own company dealing with muting scandals and crisis management. The fourth season of the american television drama series scandal began airing on september 25, 2014, in the united states on abc and consists of 22 episodes. A series finale is never the best representation of what a television show was actually like, and over a cliff, the frantic and mostly satisfying scandal finale, is no different. Weve learned the date of the series finale for abcs scandal. The meaning behind the final scene by jennifer drysdale. Cut series finale scene reveals cyrus ultimate fate eric mccandlessabc natalie abrams april 20, 2018 at 01. Scandal series finale ends more happily than we thought.
Scandal series finale knows its gladiators did a lot of bad things, but asks us to forgive them anyway the groundbreaking abc drama seemed like. Tonight on abc scandal starring kerry washington continues with another exciting episode in an all new thursday, april 19, 2018, season 7 episode 18 called, over a cliff, and we have the scandal recap for you below. The series finale, over a cliff, has all the makings of the shonda rhimes shows weve come to know and love. Scandal series finale ending explained shonda rhimes. Kerry washingtons character, olivia pope, is partially based on former george h.
The season 4 finale of scandal was riveting from beginning to end. Celebrating the series finale of scandal video abc news. Get exclusive videos, blogs, photos, cast bios, free episodes. Scandal star scott foley on why series finale will have fans asking did that happen. Now playing the scandal cast says goodbye after 7 seasons. Scandal was never entirely sure of what it wanted to be. Michael oneill greys anatomy to guest on the final season february 21, 2018. Scandal series finale 7x18 over a cliff 41918 page. This article contains spoilers from the series finale of abcs scandal. The series is the alphabet networks top drama and is abcs only scripted series thats up yeartoyear in the ratings.
Scandal cements its murky legacy in a quiet series finale. On thursday, may 14, the scandal season 4 finale included mass killings, the destruction of command, and one happy ending read us weeklys recap. Scandal, returning for its final season on thursday, march 29, will be moved back to 109c to accommodate the greys spinoff and will air its series finale on april 19. The season was produced by abc studios, in association with shondaland production company and the mark gordon company. This story contains spoilers from the series finale of abcs scandal, over a cliff.
Scandal sure packed the drama in its season 4 winter finale. The shonda rhimescreated political drama will wrap its seventh and final. Meanwhile, mellies personal struggle gets national attention. An old friend returns for help after her daughter goes missing. Following the episode, rhimes, washington and the rest of the cast sat down on jimmy kimmel. Kerry washington on what to expect from the scandal series finale and the shows legacy related. On thursday, abc and shonda rhimes closed up olivia pope and. Last shocks, loose ends and lots of lust after seven seasons, shonda rhimes rollercoaster of a drama screeches to a final halt as olivia and the team try to get out of one. It perfectly captures everything viewers loved about the show and the infuriating moments that left fans disappointed and unsure of what was even going on. This story contains major spoilers from the series finale of scandal. Most of scandals fearless gladiators ultimately got. It was announced on may 9, 2014 by abc that scandal would return in the fall of 2014 for season 4.
The 2018 series finale of scandal has aired and with the underground spy group b6 out in the open, all bets are off. You cant take command scandal season 4 finale recap. Created by shonda rhimes, it aired on abc from april 5, 2012, until april 19, 2018, for 124 episodes over seven seasons. With the existence of b6 exposed to the world, the gladiators make the. Season 7 comes to a close with scandals final episode thursday april 19 109c. In order for fitz to make the biggest impact with his state of the union address on gun control, cyrus sets out to recruit a power couple who are influential on the issue. Olivia, fitz, cyrus, abby, mellie, jake, quinn, huck, david, marcus and more.
The series finale of scandal airs tonight at 109 c on abc. On may 7, 2015, abc announced that scandal had been renewed for a fifth season. All 57 songs featured in scandal season 4 soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. On tonights scandal season 7 episode 18 as per the abc synopsis, the series finale. The series finale of scandal on abc was up significantly weektoweek in the thursday overnight ratings but failed to top previous season 7 highs. See who will wear the white hat and who gets poped. Abcs political drama, scandal, ended its sevenseason run last night in a. Thought cyrus got away with murder in the scandal series finale. In the end, the guy with the biggest white hat on abcs scandal was the one who paid the price for the vice.
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