When you get into trouble – life-ruining, headline-making trouble – there's only one person to call ... Olivia Price. Olivia (Kerry Washington) is a professional Fixer who makes problems go away before anyone even knows they exist. For the moneyed, the powerful and even the President, Olivia is a legend in her field. Her spectacular success is mostly due to her unbreakable rule of always trust your gut.

No matter how careful you are, when you do damage control for a living, you're bound to cause some damage to your own life. She and her crew eat, sleep, live and breathe crisis. It's a major adrenaline rush, but forget relationships ... well, at least outside relationships. Each week, as the team races against the clock to defuse intriguing new problems before they become full-blown disasters, they also have to deal with their own personal issues. They may call themselves 'gladiators in suits', but little by little, Olivia and her crew begin to reveal the chinks in their armor.

Creator Shonda Rhimes delivers an insider's guide to the backrooms and bedrooms of the rich and powerful, making Scandal the most hotly anticipated drama of the year – and one that is sure to have everyone talking.