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Firth of Clyde
Map of the Firth of Clyde.
Firth of Clyde
Location
Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates
Coordinates: 55°40′N 5°00′W / 55.667°N 5.000°W / 55.667; -5.000
grid reference NS1525265213
Basin countries
Scotland, United Kingdom
Surface elevation
Sea level
Islands
Isle of Arran, Isle of Bute, Isle of Cumbrae
The Seamill beach looks south down the outer firth towards southern Arran and Ailsa Craig
The Firth of Clyde is an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean off the southwest coast of Scotland, named for the River Clyde which empties into it. It encloses the largest and deepest coastal waters in the British Isles, sheltered from the Atlantic Ocean by the Kintyre peninsula which encloses the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire. The Kilbrannan Sound is a large arm of the Firth of Clyde, separating the Kintyre Peninsula from the Isle of Arran. Within the Firth of Clyde is another major island – the Isle of Bute. Given its strategic location, at the entrance to the middle/upper Clyde, Bute played a vitally important military (naval) role during World War II.
The Firth's climate enjoys the benefit of the Gulf Stream from America.
At its entrance the firth is some 26 miles (42 km) wide. Its upper reaches include an area where it is joined by Loch Long and the Gare Loch. This includes the large anchorage off Greenock known as the Tail of the Bank in reference to the sandbar which separates the firth from the estuary of the River Clyde. The Clyde is still almost 2 miles (3.2 km) wide at the sandbar, and its upper tidal limit is at the tidal weir adjacent to Glasgow Green.
The cultural and geographical distinction between the firth and the River Clyde is vague, and people will sometimes refer to Dumbarton as being on the Firth of Clyde, while the population of Port Glasgow and Greenock frequently refer to the firth to their north as "the river". In Scottish Gaelic the landward end is called Linne Chluaidh (pronounced [ʎiɲəˈxlˠ̪uəj]) (meaning the same as the English), while the area around the south of Arran, Kintyre and Ayrshire/Galloway is An Linne Ghlas [ə ʎiɲə ɣlˠ̪as̪].
Contents
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1 Geography
1.1 Cowal Peninsula
1.1.1 Ferries
1.2 Towns and villages along the shoreline
1.3 Islands in the Clyde
1.4 Sea lochs off the Clyde
2 History
3 Marine wildlife
4 Shipping in the Firth
5 Lighthouses and navigation beacons
6 See also
7 References
8 Sources
9 External links
Geography[edit]
The Firth encompasses many islands and peninsulas and has twelve ferry routes connecting them to the mainland and each other. Sometimes called the Clyde Waters, this water body is customarily considered an element of the Irish Sea.[1] The ferry services are run by Caledonian MacBrayne and by Western Ferries and many of the routes are lifeline services for communities living in remote areas. A great number of sea lochs adjoin the Firth, the largest being Loch Fyne.
The Holy Loch seen across the upper Firth of Clyde from Gourock, with Hunter's Quay to the left and Strone to the right, with the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry MV Saturn arriving from Dunoon.
Cowal Peninsula[edit]
The Cowal peninsula extends into the Firth of Clyde and forms the main upper firth west shoreline.[2] The main town on the Cowal peninsula is Dunoon.
Ferries[edit]
These routes across the Firth of Clyde save time, rather than traveling "round by road", via Loch Eck side (A815 road), the Rest and be thankful (A83 road) and Loch Lomond side (A82 road).
The service between Dunoon and Gourock in Inverclyde, operated by the Caledonian MacBrayne subsidiary Argyll Ferries is a foot passenger only service. This service connects directly with the Abellio ScotRail service to Glasgow.[3][4]
Western Ferries operate the service between Hunters Quay and McInroy's Point near Gourock and carry all types of vehicular transport and foot passengers.[5]
Towns and villages along the shoreline[edit]
Firth of Clyde, from Dunoon
This lists the major towns and some of the numerous villages along the firth (not the River Clyde or connecting lochs).
Ardrossan, Ayr
Barassie, Brodick
Campbeltown, Cardross, Carradale
Dumbarton, Dunoon
Fairlie
Gourock, Greenock, Girvan
Helensburgh, Hunter's Quay
Innellan, Inverkip, Irvine
Kilcreggan, Kilmun, Kirn
Lamlash, Largs, Lochranza
Millport
Port Bannatyne, Portencross, Port Glasgow, Prestwick
Rothesay
Saltcoats, Seamill, Skelmorlie, Stevenston, Strone
Toward, Troon
Wemyss Bay, West Kilbride
Islands in the Clyde[edit]
Main article: Islands of the Clyde
There are many islands in the firth. The largest all have thriving communities and regular ferry services connecting them to the mainland. They are:
PS Waverley off Arran.
The Largs "Pencil" looking south towards the Hunterston terminal, with Cumbrae and the Isle of Arran to the west.
Arran
Bute
Cumbrae
Sea lochs off the Clyde[edit]
Yachts off Inverkip - geograph.org.uk - 663046
Gare Loch
Loch Long, and Loch Goil
The Holy Loch at Sandbank, Argyll on the Cowal Peninsula.
Loch Striven
Loch Riddon off the Kyles of Bute
Loch Fyne, Loch Gilp and Loch Shira
Loch Ranza
Campbeltown Loch,
Loch Ryan
East Loch Tarbert
Loch Gair.
History[edit]
Ferguson Shipbuilders, the last shipyard on the Lower Clyde, close by Newark Castle, Port Glasgow, at the upper end of the firth
The Clyde formed an important sea route from the earliest times, and the Battle of Largs in 1263 marked the turning point for the end of Norse ambitions in Britain. Progressively from the 16th century onwards the Clyde became the conduit for commerce and industry, including herring, timber, wine, sugar, tobacco, textiles, iron and steel, coal, oil, chemicals, distilling and brewing, ships, locomotives, vehicles and other manufactured products. During World War II Glasgow and the Clyde became Britain's main entry point for Allied merchant shipping, military personnel and equipment, and for the assembly, despatch and control of ocean convoys. The Clyde formed the largest base of naval ships. Among many wartime innovations to support air, maritime and territorial combat the world's first deep water test of a submarine oil pipeline was conducted in 1942 on a pipeline laid across the Firth of Clyde in Operation Pluto.
In the middle of the 19th century the sport of yachting became popular on the Clyde. The area became famous worldwide for its significant contribution to yachting and yachtbuilding with notable designers including: William Fife III; Alfred Mylne; G L Watson; David Boyd. It was also the location of many famous yacht yards. Clyde-built wooden yachts are still known for quality and style today.
With the advent of tourism in Victorian times, the area became popular with Glaswegians and residents of neighbouring towns and counties who travelled "doon the watter" on Clyde steamers to holiday in the picturesque seaside towns and villages that line the firth, with the more wealthy building substantial holiday homes along its coasts. Many towns such as Gourock, Largs, Ayr, Dunoon, Rothesay flourished during this period and became fully fledged resorts with well-appointed hotels and attractions. Golf courses increased in large number, including major championship courses. The steam-powered PS Waverley still makes cruising trips to these coastal towns, in addition to regular services. Tourism, sport and recreation, and heritage history attract visitors from across the world. The Firth is ringed by many castles and buildings of historical importance which are open to the public, including Inveraray Castle, Brodick Castle, the opulent Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute, and Culzean Castle, which is the most visited attraction owned by National Trust for Scotland. Ocean liners are frequent callers at Greenock, and Glasgow International Airport and Glasgow Prestwick Airport are nearby. Rail services to and from the coast, including links to Oban and Fort William, are frequent, with city terminals in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Daily ferry services connect with Belfast.
The inner firth seen from the Cowal peninsula near Dunoon, looking north east to the coast of Inverclyde at Cloch point south of Gourock and Greenock, and beyond that the Tail of the Bank. PS Waverley can be seen cruising south "doon the watter"
The "lower Clyde" shipyards of Greenock and Port Glasgow, most notably Scott Lithgow, played an important role in shipbuilding, with the PS Comet being the first successful steamboat in Europe, and a large proportion of the world's shipping being built there until well into the 20th century. In more recent times the natural environment of the firth has been compromised in places by a succession of industrial and military developments along the shoreline, including Hunterston and Hunterston deepwater terminal, while at the same time shipbuilding has declined. In the upper Clyde two major shipyards continue at Glasgow Govan and Scotstoun, run by BAE, whose major client is the Royal Navy. Today only one lower Clyde shipyard exists, Ferguson Shipbuilders, next to Newark Castle, Port Glasgow, The Garvel dry dock in Greenock continues in operation for ship repair, and the large Inchgreen dry dock in Greenock is in occasional use. The sites of former shipyards are being regenerated by housing, leisure facilities and commercial premises.
Marine wildlife[edit]
Common and grey seals abound in the firth. Harbour porpoises are also common and while dolphins are much less so, they have been spotted in the upper reaches of the firth in the summer of 2005. Whales do not favour the Clyde and although there have been instances of larger whales beaching themselves or becoming stranded in the upper firth, only smaller pilot or minke whales seem to visit with any kind of regularity.
In 2005 the firth was listed as having the 2nd highest incidence of basking shark sightings in Scotland (after The Minch). In particular these huge sharks seem to favour the warm, shallow waters surrounding Pladda. Although at one time heavily fished from the Firth's many fishing towns, the only catches remaining in Clyde waters today of commercial interest are prawns, lobster and herring. Mussels and crayfish remain important.
There is a Marine Biological Station run by the Universities of Glasgow and London on Great Cumbrae.
In September 2008, Scotland's first No Take Zone (NTZ) was introduced in Lamlash Bay, Isle of Arran. This was instigated by a community effort driven by the Community of Arran Seabed Trust (C.O.A.S.T). The NTZ was specifically introduced to protect delicate communities such as maerl. Maerl is a very slow-growing (1 mm per year) coral-like calcareous red algae and is an important Scottish species. Maerl beds are reservoirs of biodiversity, important both as nursery grounds for young scallops and young fish. Studies show that organic waste from fish farms significantly reduces live maerl and that scallop dredging has profound and long lasting impacts. Scallop dredging on a maerl bed has been found to kill over 70% of live maerl, with no discernible recovery over the following four years. Recovery of maerl beds would be expected to require many years without disturbance.
Shipping in the Firth[edit]
At Gourock a ship heads for the container cranes at Greenock, passing the Caledonian MacBrayne Dunoon ferry. Across the firth MV Kenilworth leaves Kilcreggan for Helensburgh.
Container cranes at Greenock's Ocean Terminal, with the berth occupied by the cruise liner Golden Princess.
The Firth of Clyde like the River Clyde has historically been an important centre of shipbuilding and shipping. In addition to the shipbuilding and engineering centres up river of Glasgow, Govan, Clydebank, Dumbarton and Renfrew the lower river developed major yards at Greenock, Port Glasgow and smaller ones at Irvine, Ardrossan, Troon and Campbeltown and boatyards including Hunters Quay, Port Bannatyne and Fairlie. Ferguson Shipbuilders yard, adjacent to Newark Castle, Port Glasgow, remains. Greenock is the site of one of the world's largest dry dock and ship-repair facilities at Inchgreen. The dry dock there is 305 m long and 44 m wide and is operated by Northwestern Shiprepairers Limited using the name Scott Lithgow, although unrelated to the famous Port Glasgow Scott Lithgow shipbuilding company.[citation needed]
The Firth of Clyde has one of the deepest sea entrance channels in northern Europe, which can accommodate the largest Capesize vessels afloat, and as such the Clyde is one of the UK's leading ports, handling some 7.5 million tonnes of cargo each year. Hunterston Terminal was constructed to bring in bulk ore, but now mainly deals with coal imports.[citation needed] Supertankers up to 324,000 tonnes travel up the firth to deliver crude oil to Finnart Oil Terminal in Loch Long, which is connected by pipeline to the Grangemouth Refinery on the Firth of Forth. A second pipeline brings back refined oil products for export in smaller oil tankers, mainly to Northern Ireland.[6]
Greenock's Ocean Terminal facility handles cargo from smaller container ships. More recently, regular cruise liner traffic has built up, making the port very busy in season. Clydeport, North Ayrshire Council and Scottish Enterprise propose a £200m international deep-water container terminal, also at Hunterston, which would effectively act as a worldwide gateway port, and possibly become the major container port for the northern half of Europe. Initial environmental and economic impact studies are currently being undertaken.[citation needed]
The Royal Navy has a significant presence on the Clyde, at HMNB Clyde on the Gare Loch and on Loch Long, connected to the nuclear stores in Coulport and Glen Douglas. The dockyard engineering and operations are managed by Babcock International, while one of the three main ports providing marine services support vessels is at Greenock, previously operated directly by the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.
Lighthouses and navigation beacons[edit]
The Gantocks
There are lighthouses at:
Cloch Point on the Inverclyde coast.[7]
Toward Point on the Southern tip of the Cowal Peninsula.[8]
Little Cumbrae[9]
Pladda[10]
There are navigation beacons at:
The Gantocks Rocks and Navigation Beacon, off the coast at Dunoon, Cowal Peninsula.[11]
See also[edit]
Islands of the Clyde
References[edit]
Jump up ^ C.Michael Hogan. 2011. Irish Sea. eds. P.Saundry & C.Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. National council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC Archived June 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "Home". visitcowal. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
Jump up ^ "Welcome to Argyll Ferries". Argyllferries.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
Jump up ^ "Train to and from Gourock". www.scotrail.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
Jump up ^ "Western Ferries (Clyde) Ltd". www.western-ferries.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
Jump up ^ Fullarton, Donald (29 July 2011). "Americans built oil terminal". Helensburgh Heritage. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
Jump up ^ "Inverkip, The Cloch Lighthouse". Canmore. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
Jump up ^ "Toward Point, Toward Point Lighthouse". Canmore. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
Jump up ^ "Little Cumbrae Island, New Lighthouse". Canmore. 1951-08-23. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
Jump up ^ "Pladda, Lighthouse". Canmore. 2010-07-12. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
Jump up ^ "The Gantocks, Navigation Beacon". Canmore. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
Sources[edit]
The Clyde: River and Firth, 1907 and reissued 2010, Neil Munro, with illustrations by Mary Y and Y Young Hunter
The Firth of Clyde, 1952, George Blake
Glasgow and the Clyde, 1965, Ward Lock Guide
Clyde Coast Connections, 2010, Neil Grieves
From Comet to Cal Mac : Two Centuries of Hebridean and Clyde Shipping, 2011, Donald E Meek and Bruce Peter
Firth of Clyde: Sailing Directions and Anchorages, 2012, Clyde Cruising Club
HM Naval Base: Clyde, 2012, Keith Hall
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Scandal (season 7)
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Scandal (season 7)
Promotional poster
Starring
Kerry Washington
Scott Foley
Darby Stanchfield
Katie Lowes
Guillermo Diaz
Jeff Perry
Joshua Malina
Bellamy Young
Joe Morton
George Newbern
Cornelius Smith Jr.
Tony Goldwyn
Country of origin
United States
No. of episodes
15
Release
Original network
ABC
Original release
October 5, 2017 (2017-10-05) – present
Season chronology
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Season 6
List of Scandal episodes
The seventh and final season of the American television drama series Scandal was ordered on February 10, 2017 by ABC.[1] It was later announced that the seventh season will be the final season for Scandal.[2] The season began airing on October 5, 2017,[3] and will consist of 18 episodes, adding the total episode count of the show to 124 episodes.[4] Cast member George Newbern was upgraded to a series regular after being a recurring cast member for the past six seasons.[5] The season will be produced by ABC Studios, in association with ShondaLand Production Company; the showrunner being Shonda Rhimes.
The season focuses on the new direction of Olivia Pope's crisis management firm, which is now headlined by Quinn Perkins, as well as staff at the White House in Washington, D.C. Season seven will have twelve series regulars, all returning from the previous season, out of which six are part of the original cast of eight regulars from the first season. The season continued to air in the Thursday 9:00 pm timeslot until episode 15, where it will air in its original timeslot, Thursday 10:00 pm.
Contents
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1 Overview
2 Cast and characters
2.1 Main
2.2 Recurring
2.3 Guest
2.4 Special guest stars
3 Episodes
4 Production
4.1 Development
4.1.1 Final season
4.1.2 How to Get Away with Murder crossover
4.2 Casting
5 Reception
5.1 Ratings
5.2 Critical response
6 References
7 External links
Overview[edit]
The season will focus on Olivia Pope and her new position as Chief of Staff of President Mellie Grant and the Command of B613. It also depicts Quinn Perkins as the boss of her crisis management firm Quinn Perkins & Associates, and its team, as well as staff at the White House in Washington, D.C., in their efforts to deal with and contain political scandals.
Cast and characters[edit]
Main article: List of Scandal characters
Main[edit]
Kerry Washington as Chief of Staff Olivia Pope
Scott Foley as NSA Director Jacob "Jake" Ballard
Darby Stanchfield as Abigail "Abby" Whelan
Katie Lowes as Quinn Perkins
Guillermo Diaz as Diego "Huck" Muñoz
Jeff Perry as Vice President Cyrus Beene
Joshua Malina as Attorney-General David Rosen
Bellamy Young as President Melody Margaret "Mellie" Grant
Joe Morton as Elijah "Eli"/"Rowan" Pope
George Newbern as Charlie
Cornelius Smith Jr. as Marcus Walker
Tony Goldwyn as President Fitzgerald "Fitz" Thomas Grant III
Recurring[edit]
Jay Hernandez as Curtis Pryce
Shaun Toub as Ambassador Marashi
Dean Norris as Fenton Glackland
Whitney Hice as Hannah
Guest[edit]
Bess Armstrong as Senator Diane Greenwald
Faran Tahir as President Rashad
Caroline Day as Lucy Riccio
Aja Naomi King as Michaela Pratt
Special guest stars[edit]
Viola Davis as Annalise Keating
Episodes[edit]
See also: List of Scandal episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
107
1 "Watch Me" Jann Turner Shonda Rhimes October 5, 2017 (2017-10-05) 701 5.52[6]
The episode begins with a montage depicting Luna's death and Cyrus's rise to the vice-presidency. Jake still has a cabinet position, and is still with Olivia. Olivia works with Cyrus and Mellie to get passed a bill that offers free college education to American citizens while QPA staff battle to find their first client. Olivia's and Jake's uncommitted relationship turns flamboyant when power rises to Olivia's head and she begins to treat him as an employee. Cyrus thinks about becoming the next president, but his ideas fade after Mellie declares how grateful she is for all he has done. Olivia is interviewed by Curtis Pryce and the two end up in an affair. Mellie deals with a situation where a U.S. CIA agent is being held by terrorists in Bashran. Grant can't convice Ambassador Marachi, and Olivia threatens him in exchange of the citizen's return to American soil.
108
2 "Pressing the Flesh" Tony Goldwyn Matt Byrne October 12, 2017 (2017-10-12) 702 5.00[7]
The White House prepares a dinner to welcome the President of Bashran, during which Mellie talks to him to try to reach an agreement on the possession of nuclear weapons in his country through a treaty. Olivia asks Jake to investigate President Rashad and he finds out that Rashad sent his niece to study at a university in the United States, which sounds completely different from what he advocates in his country, which is filled with people who are anti-American. Olivia threatens him with the information, but the President claims to have expected something like that, saying that his ambassador had warned him that Olivia was "the devil." Cyrus takes the millionaire Fenton Glackland on a tour of the White House; Glackland mockingly reveals he will use his money to become President, and Cyrus screams with him, defending the White House. QPA staff get an invitation to the dinner, where they try to socialize with high-profile people and hopefully gather possible scandals. Huck discovers that one of the military men at dinner is actually a killer. This man takes President Rashad to a White House room to assassinate him, but is stopped by agents, quickly advised by Olivia, Huck, and Abby. After, Rashad reveals to Mellie that radicals of his country may be responsible. They talk about the threats they receive as presidents, and Mellie eventually convinces him to accept the treaty. Curtis Pryce also attends the dinner, and he follows Olivia until she asks him to go to her loft. Arriving there, they run into Fitz, who is expecting Olivia.
109
3 "Day 101" Scott Foley Zahir McGhee October 19, 2017 (2017-10-19) 703 4.70[8]
Marcus asks Fitz how he would like to have Olivia featured in his Presidential library. Fitz cannot believe his Presidency is being reduced to him just being a man who loved a woman. After spending time with Fitz, Marcus finds him entitled and intolerable. Marcus states Fitz's accomplishments are actually Olivia's. He is close to quitting when Mellie assures him he is just going through the stages of Fitz and the best part is yet to come. Meanwhile, Fitz gets a startling visit from Rowan who needs help trying to handle Olivia.
110
4 "Lost Girls" Nicole Rubio Ameni Rozsa & Austin Guzman October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26) 704 4.88[10]
Fitz is at Olivia's door, and he asks her to help him with a project to find missing girls. She tells him to ask Quinn. Mellie and Rashad are talking about how to solve nuclear problems when Olivia interrupts their meeting. Cyrus debates what to do with the painting from Fenton Glackland. QPA and Fitz look to find the poster girl for missing girls. Rowan tells Fitz that a missing girls case isn't enough to get Olivia back to the good side. Cyrus goes to Glackland's house to return the painting, and they play with virtual reality. Marcus goes to the White House to see Mellie but Olivia won't let him. Olivia goes to QPA and tells them that the way to get attention. On the way out Olivia runs into Fitz who suggests they get a drink sometime. At the summit, the prime minister of Dacal isn't willing to work with Mellie or Rashad. Olivia tells Mellie that she noticed her flirting with Rashad. QPA and Fitz have one of the missing girls' mother start making public statements. Mellie and Rashad have a drink together in the oval and have a romantic connection. Cyrus complains to Mellie that he deserves better than Glackland. Olivia visits Rowan and he tells her that she can't have both B613 and Fitz. Bashran is taken in coup, making Rashad not the president. Jake tells Olivia that she needs to choose whether or not she is Command. Mellie wants to send in troops to Bashran to help Rashad, but Olivia is against it. Olivia goes home and Fitz shows up. He tells her that he was a terrible president when he wasn't with her, and that they are better together. Jake gives Olivia information on what Rowan has been up to.[9]
111
5 "Adventures in Babysitting" Oliver Bokelberg Serveriano Canales & Tia Napolitano November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02) 705 4.89[11]
Olivia and Mellie pushes their power like never before, while Cyrus works on a congressional approval to declare war in Bashran as the QPA keeps a close watch on President Rashad’s niece.
112
6 "Vampires and Bloodsuckers" Jann Turner Chris Van Dusen & Tia Napolitano November 9, 2017 (2017-11-09) 706 5.00[13]
Olivia tells Mellie of Rashad's death, and she immediately wants to send troops into Bashran. Olivia and Jake worked together to kill Rashad and Yasmin. Glackland and Cyrus have brunch while Glackland pressures Cyrus for information on what's going on in the White House. Quinn gets ready for her wedding and then meets with Olivia and accuses her of being behind Rashad's death. Mellie shows up at Andrews Air Force Base to say goodbye to Rashad. Huck fusses over Quinn and Charlie's wedding as he is both best man and maid of honor. The ambassador meets with Mellie to try to negotiate peace, but she warns him that the rebels should run. Meanwhile, Quinn is missing and Olivia is worried that Quinn is going to tell that Olivia is behind Rashad's death. Charlie insists that Quinn didn't get cold feet so QPA starts looking for her. Curtis visits QPA looking for Quinn because she called him about Rashad's death. Olivia and Jake work to throw off QPA's search for Quinn by planning to blame it on Glackland. Mellie asks Jake if he could do her a favor, but he says no so she calls Marcus for advice. Charlie, convinced that Glackland has Quinn, captures and tortures him, but Huck stops him before he can cut off Glackland's arm. Mellie calls the new regime in Bashran and tells them that America will work with them for peace, under Mellie's terms. Quinn is still missing, David and Abby reunite. Jake and Olivia look at footage of Quinn arriving to her wedding, meaning that she didn't bail to build a case against Olivia, but that she was kidnapped.[12]
113
7 "Something Borrowed" Sharat Raju Mark Fish November 16, 2017 (2017-11-16) 707 4.97[14]
At dinner Rowan reveals to Olivia that he has Quinn, and wants to exchange Quinn's life for his freedom and dinosaur bones. Marcus tries to convince Mellie to work with Fitz's foundation on mass incarceration. During a dispute with his daughter, Rowan leaves his living room and gun shots are heard, leaving Olivia to believe Quinn is dead.
114
8 "Robin" Daryn Okada Juan Carlos Fernandez January 18, 2018 (2018-01-18) 709 5.17[15]
Rowan has a body in a car which he burns. He calls the police to report a fire. QPA and Olivia gets word of Quinn's death. Her DNA was found in a tooth from the car fire, along with a burned piece of her wedding dress. Mellie comes to QPA to offer her condolences. Charlie wants to have Quinn cremated and packed into bullet cases. Huck reads through the coroner's report and finds out about the hairpin from the Smithsonian Olivia gave Quinn. Fitz comes to Olivia's apartment to offer his condolences, but Olivia pushes him off, telling him that they aren't friends. Fenton Glackland breaks up with Cyrus because he knows that Charlie was Cyrus' hitman. Huck goes to Fitz to ask for help in fixing Olivia. Huck then goes to an AA meeting. Abby and David talk at the crematory. Drunk and trying to write Quinn's eulogy, Olivia goes to Quinn's office and tries on the white hat. Meanwhile, Rowan is enjoying putting his bones back together. The gladiators say goodbye to Quinn as each of them says something about Quinn and then fires one of her bullets into the ground. Abby, Huck, Charlie, and Marcus get drunk and tell stories about Quinn. Emotional and still drunk, Olivia goes to Fitz's apartment and they have sex. David and Abby rid Charlie's apartment of baby stuff where they find a hidden flashdrive. Charlie arrives at Rowan's door to ask to be reinstated as a B613 agent when he hears a baby crying. He runs up to the second floor of Rowan's house to find a baby girl, he then starts choking Rowan.
115
9 "Good People" Nzingha Stewart Shonda Rhimes, Jess Brownell & Nicholas Nardini January 25, 2018 (2018-01-25) 708 5.19[16]
This episode is a flashback to the events that occurred from Quinn's point of view from her abduction to the end of episode 8 where Charlie discovers the baby girl in Rowan's home. Rowan goes to a store to buy a suitcase and makes a friend in one of the employees, Marvin. He kidnaps Quinn from the QPA elevator and puts her in his basement. He goes to dinner with Olivia and says he will trade Quinn for his dinosaur bones, but she declines. Rowan heads to the store and buys a crib, again making conversation with Marvin. They meet in a pub where they have dinner, and Marvin offers Rowan his employee discount. Meanwhile, down in the basement Quinn hallucinates that her colleagues are talking to her. Rowan uses Marvin's employee discount to buy a gun, making it registered in Marvin's name. Olivia arrives at Rowan's home and he barters Quinn for his bones again; overhearing the dispute, Quinn also hears Olivia choose her power over saving Quinn.
116
10 "The People v. Olivia Pope" Kerry Washington Ameni Rozsa February 1, 2018 (2018-02-01) 710 5.62[17]
A distraught Olivia spends the night with Fitz and leads to her agreeing to go with him to Vermont. Once there, she discovers her closest friends are there as well. Olivia is confronted on her role in Quinn and Rashad's deaths. She locks herself in a bedroom as her friends each provide evidence and reasoning why she should step down from her role, offering her an out if she agrees to give up B613. Olivia provides a single-paged statement of resignation from her Chief of Staff role in the White House and alludes to Jake being placed in control of shutting down B613. The crew fly back to Washington and watch the evening's televised press brief for Olivia's formal resignation statement.
117
11 "Army of One" Allison Liddi-Brown Austin Guzman February 8, 2018 (2018-02-08) 711 4.63[18]
Olivia confronts Mellie on her decision to name Jake as her new Chief of Staff; Mellie tells Olivia that she must step down and resign, or be publicly terminated. QPA gains a new client, a government employee being accused of treason with Russian entities. The crew discovers he is in an affair with Jake's wife upon Olivia leaking the news to the media. With rumors of the resignation in the media, Quinn encourages Rowan to see this as their time to step in and get revenge. However, Rowan disagrees and refuses to harm his own child. Cyrus gives Mellie and Jake a way to frame Olivia and spin her media story, but backstabs them when he provides Olivia with the documents proving the President's media coverup. Cyrus offers Olivia to use the papers to bring down the Mellie presidency when she is scheduled to announce her resignation, but instead brings this information to light with Mellie as she is preparing for the first Presidential Mammogram. Quinn bargains with Rowan for her freedom in exchange for not going after Olivia. Olivia returns home and hears Robin's cries; Quinn shows herself and holds Olivia at gunpoint. Olivia warns Quinn of snipers and continuing to not believe the threat, Olivia is shot in the arm attempting to protect Quinn. Olivia gives her speech at a press conference, initially planning to use the files from Cyrus but instead giving her resignation. Charlie, Quinn, and Robin greet Huck and Abby at QPA.
118
12 "Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself" Tony Goldwyn Raamla Mohamed March 1, 2018 (2018-03-01) 712 4.95[19]
After her dismissal from the White House, Olivia serves as a guest lecturer in a local university. Annalise Keating, a defense attorney asks for her help in her class action. At first, Olivia turns down the offer due to the questionable reputation of Annalise but softens up shortly after. The duo get in touch with Fitz in order to gain mileage. Meanwhile, Mellie and Jake are trying their best to postpone if not sabotage the case through QPA; leaking the reason Olivia lost her post as Chief of Staff. With everything seeming to hit a dead end, Olivia and Annalise decide to work by themselves without any help from the White House. After watching a televised interview of Olivia and Annalise, Quinn has a change of heart, offering the "dirt" she has on Justice Spivey—prompting her to persuade—possibly blackmailing the judge in question to change his vote. Therefore, the class action suit is added to the court docket to Mellie's dismay.
This episode begins a crossover event that concludes on How to Get Away with Murder season 4 episode 13.
119
13 "Air Force Two" Valerie Weiss Severiano Canales March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08) 713 4.67[20]
David and Cyrus are on a plane to the Summit when it gets hacked. One of the White House staffers admits that her laptop was stolen and that she accidentally brought the malware onto the plane. Finding a way to get wifi on the plane, David sends a message to QPA asking for help. Olivia visits Maya, and attempts to celebrate her birthday. Mellie is faced with the decision of whether or not to shoot down the plane per protocol. She is worried that Jake is acting based on his hate of Cyrus. Much to Olivia's dismay, her visit with Maya doesn't bring her any closer to her. As a birthday present, Olivia gets Maya out of jail and givers her a trench coat and a plane ticket to France, as well as enough money to live off of. QPA figures out a way to save the plane. After getting off the plane David goes to Abby, who thought he was going to propose to her. He then tells her he isn't because he knows her and he knows that marriage would make her unhappy.
120
14 "The List" Greg Evans Jess Brownell & Juan Carlos Fernandez March 15, 2018 (2018-03-15) 714 4.74[21]
A man shows up asking Olivia to help him find his missing daughter Alisha, who idolizes Olivia. Alisha is a congressional intern, who found herself on a list of interns that won't sleep with congressman. Because of her placement on the list she wouldn't be able to get a job. Her father blames Olivia for inspiring her to work in D.C. He accuses her of sleeping her way to the top. Olivia finds Alisha's friend, who did sleep with a congressman, and got a job because of it. Olivia convinces her to give a press conference exposing the congressman responsible. In light of Olivia's case, Mellie plans to introduce legislation addressing sexual harassment. Jake expresses a romantic interest in Mellie, but she turns him down. Fitz asks Olivia if she thinks that he crossed the line when they first got together, and she responds that they both crossed the line together. QPA looks into who hijacked the plane, trying to find evidence that Cyrus is responsible. But when Quinn finds out that Olivia was the one who asked Abby to look into Cyrus she orders QPA to stop investigating. The FBI arrest Charlie for the hijacking, leading QPA to believe that he is being framed.
121
15 "The Noise" Darby Stanchfield Raamla Mohamed & Jeremy Gordon March 29, 2018 (2018-03-29) 715 3.71[22]
122
16 "People Like Me"[23] Joe Morton Chris Van Dusen April 5, 2018 (2018-04-05) 716 TBD
123
17 "Standing in the Sun"[24] TBA TBA April 12, 2018 (2018-04-12) 717 TBD
124
18 "Over a Cliff"[24] Tom Verica[25] Shonda Rhimes[25] April 19, 2018 (2018-04-19) 718 TBD
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Scandal was renewed for a seventh season on February 10, 2017, alongside with the rest of ShondaLand-shows.[1] The series continued to air at Thursdays in the timeslot 9 p.m. E.T. like the previous seasons. It will premiere in the fall of 2017, not airing in January like the previous season.[26] ABC announced on June 26, 2017, that the seventh season will consist of 18 episodes.
Long-time director Tom Verica shared on Twitter that he will only direct the series finale this season[27] as well as the fact that Kerry Washington is set to direct her first episode.[28] Actress Darby Stanchfield is also set to direct her first episode.[29]
Sharat Raju revealed on Twitter that he is set to direct an episode in October.[30]
Final season[edit]
Speculations about the seventh season being the final season had started as the sixth season began airing. ABC entertainment president Channing Dungey commented in January 2017 that it had not been much discussion about the show's future after the seventh season, but she would happily keep the show on as long as Rhimes "feels that she has creative runway to write the show."[31] Andy Swift from TVLine said that the show needed to end after the seventh season as he felt "this once-great drama is simply spinning its wheels, serving us the same old flavors with only slightly different toppings."[32] Before the sixth season finale, multiple sources reported that Scandal would be ending next season.[33] ABC confirmed on May 16, 2017, that the seventh season would be the final season for the show. Shonda Rhimes released a statement about the ending of the show calling the seventh season "Olivia's Swan Song" as she said:
“ Deciding how to end a show is easy. Deciding when to finish is quite simple when the end date is years away. But actually going through with it? Actually standing up to say: ‘This is it?’ Not so much. So, next year we are going all out. Leaving nothing on the table. Creating this world in celebration. We are going to handle the end the way we like to handle the important things in our Scandal family: all together, white hats on, gladiators running full speed over a cliff.[34] ”
How to Get Away with Murder crossover[edit]
On January 3, 2018, Kerry Washington tweeted out a photo to Viola Davis of herself in a "familiar" setting, that being a courthouse used for the set of How to Get Away with Murder.[35] Fans began to speculate a possible crossover episode being in the works, which was only heightened when Davis tweeted out a photo in response, that being her on the set of Mellie Grant's (Bellamy Young) Oval Office.[36] Later that day, the crossover was officially confirmed through a tweet by Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes.[37]
How to Get Away with Murder creator Peter Nowalk later went on to share in an interview with Deadline:
“ At the beginning of the season, my writers and I were planning out Viola's entire arc and something in her story organically came up that was very appropriate for Scandal. When I went to Shonda, she heard it. I said, we don't have to do it, Viola's arc doesn't need this, but it's possible that their stories could cross really organically. She actually pulled up a clip of something from Scandal and their side of the story coalesced perfectly. So it was one of those serendipitous things where we both realized it was good for both characters, and it almost felt like we had been planning it since last season.[38] ”
Casting[edit]
In May 2017, actor George Newbern, who has had recurring appearances since the show's beginning as Charlie, was promoted to the regular cast.[39] In August, Jay Hernandez and Shaun Toub were cast in unspecified, recurring roles.[40]
Reception[edit]
Ratings[edit]
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Watch Me" October 5, 2017 1.4/5 5.52[6] 1.1 3.09 2.5 8.61[41]
2 "Pressing the Flesh" October 12, 2017 1.2/4 5.00[7] 1.1 TBD 2.3[42] TBD
3 "Day 101" October 19, 2017 1.1/4 4.70[8] 1.0 2.55 2.1 7.25[43]
4 "Lost Girls" October 26, 2017 1.1/4 4.88[10] 0.9 2.54 2.0 7.42[44]
5 "Adventures in Babysitting" November 2, 2017 1.1/4 4.89[11] 1.0 2.61 2.1 7.50[45]
6 "Vampires and Bloodsuckers" November 9, 2017 1.1/4 5.00[13] 0.9 2.43 2.0 7.43[46]
7 "Something Borrowed" November 16, 2017 1.1/4 4.97[14] 0.9 2.49 2.0 7.46[47]
8 "Robin" January 18, 2018 1.2/5 5.17[15] 0.8 [48] 2.43 2.1 7.60[49]
9 "Good People" January 25, 2018 1.3/5 5.19[16] 0.8 2.33 2.1 7.52[50]
10 "The People vs. Olivia Pope" February 1, 2018 1.4/5 5.62[17] 0.9 2.40 2.3 8.02[51]
11 "Army of One" February 8, 2018 1.1/4 4.64[18] 0.9 2.50 2.0 7.14[52]
12 "Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself" March 1, 2018 1.2/5 4.95[19] 0.9 2.73 2.1 7.70[53]
13 "Air Force Two" March 8, 2018 1.1/4 4.67[20] 0.8 TBD 1.9[54] TBD
14 "The List" March 15, 2018 1.1/4 4.74[21] 0.9 2.43 2.0 7.17[55]
15 "The Noise" March 29, 2018 0.8/3 3.71[22] TBD TBD TBD TBD
Critical response[edit]
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported a 91% approval rating with an average rating of 7.72/10, based on 11 reviews.[56]
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Jump up ^ Swift, Andy (May 10, 2017). "Scandal to End With Season 7". TVLine. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
Jump up ^ Ausiello, Michael (May 16, 2017). "Scandal Officially Ending, Season 7 Is Olivia's Swan Song: 'We Are Leaving Nothing on the Table,' Says Shonda". TVLine. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
Jump up ^ Washington, Kerry (January 3, 2018). "Hey Ms @violadavis ❤ check it out. This spot look familiar?! Where are you?". Twitter. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
Jump up ^ Davis, Viola (January 3, 2018). "Hey @KerryWashington, guess where I am?!". Twitter. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
Jump up ^ Rhimes, Shonda (January 3, 2018). "People. It's happening. @petenowalk, you ready for this? #TGITCrossover #HowtoGetAwaywithScandal". Twitter. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie (January 3, 2018). "'Scandal'/'How To Get Away With Murder' Crossover: Get Details On Big Shondaland Event From 'HTGAWM' Creator – Q&A". Deadline. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
Jump up ^ Ausiello, Michael; Ausiello, Michael (May 16, 2017). "Scandal Promotes George Newbern to Series Regular for Final Season". TVLine. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
Jump up ^ Swift, Andy (August 1, 2017). "Scandal Adds Homeland, Nashville Actors in Season 7 Mystery Roles". TVLine. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (October 18, 2017). "'The Orville,' 'Once Upon a Time,' 5 more shows double in week 2 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (October 25, 2017). "'The Good Doctor' is the most-watched show on TV in week 3 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (November 2, 2017). "'Chicago PD,' 10 more shows double in week 4 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (November 9, 2017). "'Grey's Anatomy' keeps rolling along in week 5 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (November 17, 2017). "'This Is Us' and 12 more shows double in week 6 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (November 27, 2017). "'This Is Us' rides high in week 7 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (December 5, 2017). ""This Is Us" and "The Good Doctor" both doubled their adults 18-49 ratings in the Live +7 rankings for Jan. 15-21". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
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Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (February 8, 2018). "'This Is Us' sets NBC records in week 18 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (February 16, 2018). "Closing the book on the Super Bowl 'This Is Us': Week 19 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (February 22, 2018). "'The Good Doctor' and 'This Is Us' on top again: Week 20 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (March 15, 2018). "'Agents of SHIELD,' 16 other shows double in week 23 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (March 22, 2018). "'This Is Us' leads the week 24 broadcast Live +7 ratings – by quite a bit". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (March 29, 2018). "This Is Us' goes out on top: Week 25 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
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Episodes
Season 1
"Sweet Baby"
Season 2
"Nobody Likes Babies"
"Whiskey Tango Foxtrot"
"Boom Goes the Dynamite"
"Top of the Hour"
"Snake in the Garden"
"Molly, You in Danger, Girl"
"Seven Fifty-Two"
Season 3
"It's Handled"
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
"Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington"
"Say Hello to My Little Friend"
"More Cattle, Less Bull"
"Icarus"
"Everything's Coming Up Mellie"
"Vermont is for Lovers, Too"
"YOLO"
"A Door Marked Exit"
"The Price of Free and Fair Elections"
Season 4
"Randy, Red, Superfreak and Julia"
"Where the Sun Don't Shine"
"Run"
"Where's the Black Lady?"
"Gladiators Don't Run"
"No More Blood"
Season 5
"Heavy is the Head"
"Dog-Whistle Politics"
"Baby, It's Cold Outside"
Season 6
"Transfer of Power"
Season 7
"Watch Me"
"Day 101"
Characters
Olivia Pope
Abby Whelan
Quinn Perkins
See also
Judy Smith
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