'Scandal' Returns: What to Expect From the Season Premiere
Get ready, Gladiators: You're in for a wild ride.
— -- Gladiators, get ready, because "Scandal" is back tonight!
The last time we saw Olivia Pope, played by Kerry Washington, she was just kidnapped from her Washington, D.C., apartment.
Guillermo Diaz, who portrays Huck on the hit ABC series, tells ABC News that viewers will quickly learn why.
"You're gonna find out what happened to Olivia in that first episode pretty much right away and who was involved," he said.
Meanwhile, Scott Foley, who plays Olivia's love interest, Jake Ballard, echoed Diaz's hint: "We're gonna find out who took her, why they took her, if we get her back, how they get her back...[and] what the ramifications of her being gone are."
Olivia was snatched when she was dancing and laughing in her living room with Jake, the former head of the secret spy agency B613. Many thought the rendezvous meant the love triangle between Olivia, Jake and President Fitzgerald Grant, played by Tony Goldwyn, had finally ended.
Still, Foley said an unlikely alliance may be coming. "Are Jake and Fitz going to team up [to rescue Olivia]?" he asked. "[It] would be a big deal if they did!"
Katie Lowes, who portrays Quinn on "Scandal," added to the hype of the series' return.
Hinting at what viewers can expect in week two, she said, "There is a massive moment coming; like a massive-OMG-Twitter breakdown-every curse word you could imagine-moment that none of the fans are ready for."
But when it comes to her own character, Lowes has her own ideas of how Quinn should evolve. "The transition she's taken from season one, I think she's so grounded and strong and kind of running [Olivia Pope & Associates]. And I'm really happy about that," she said. "I'd like to see her take the reins even more."
Diaz would like to see his character's personal life improve.
"I would love to see Huck have a really strong relationship with his son. I'd like to see him interacting with his son a lot more and possibly having joint custody with his wife, with his son," he said.
The last time we saw Huck with his son, he was running away terrified after watching Huck kill a man.
"Scandal" returns Thursday on ABC at 9 p.m. Eastern time.
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