'Scandal' Season 4 News: Premiere Episode Recap, Spoilers Revealed for Upcoming Episodes
The season 4 premiere of "Scandal" featured Olivia Pope's return to Washington D.C. after spending a few months on an island with Jake. She discovers that Pope and Associates does not exist anymore. Abby is working for the White House, Quinn was just waiting for Olivia to come back, while Huck is now doing some IT repair work at the Data Stop.
Relationship-wise, everyone seems to have some issue with another as Abby is mad at David for letting his obsession with B613 ruin their relationship. Olivia is angry at Abby for blaming Harrison's death on her. In spite of all the drama, Olivia takes on a case.
Meanwhile, Mellie has started to unravel. Her son was murdered, her husband found out that she was raped, and she's buckling under the strain of living with the knowledge of her husband and Olivia's affair.
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For the second episode of the season, Cyrus, who has grieved for the love of his life, is now back and he will do everything in his power to get what he wants, and to do that he has no qualms about blackmailing Olivia. According to TVLine, he'll deposit a lot of money in her account to get the IRS after her.
"An old friend is going to return for help after her daughter goes missing, Cyrus will have a run-in during a business breakfast, and Jake will use his connections to get some answers. Meanwhile, Mellie is going to become obsessed with a national news story, and David will go to great lengths to prove himself," the official synopsis states.
The episode will feature guest stars George Newbern, Joe Morton, Portia de Rossi, and Sonya Walger.
"Scandal" Season 4 airs every Friday at 8 p.m. central on ABC.
