Scandal: Everything We Know About This Season

Season five is set to premiere on Sept. 24 at 9 p.m. on ABC.

"That season finale pulled the rug out from under everyone," Bellamy Young told TVLine. "I think everybody was pretty happy that we were starting back immediately after and getting to go into those moments." Sounds like the season premiere won't begin with a time jump!

Not only is a new gladiator coming to the team, but it's someone we've already met! Unfortunately, that's all we know about the new addition. Thankfully, the show will have a renewed focus on Olivia's team, à la the first season.

Portia de Rossi and Cornelius Smith Jr., who plays activist Marcus Walker, have both been promoted from recurring characters to series regulars. While you may be tempted to put two and two together, it hasn't been confirmed that either character will be the new gladiator. (Though we can hope!)

While season four ends with Mellie getting her Senate seat, she also gets ousted from the White House by Fitz. Actress Bellamy Young said that Mellie "starts out in a world of hurt" this season, but that she will be "less self-indulgent" about processing her new grief than she was when Jerry Jr. died.

According to Katie Lowes, Quinn's romance with Huck will finally get more screen time. "She's in a really huge pickle," Lowes told TVLine this Summer. "It's really a conflicting emotion of 'Do you kill your best friend/mentor/sexual lover/all the different various relationships we've been to each other [and] the man you lick every once in awhile for kicks?' The truth is, he killed a busload of innocent American people and chopped a lot of their heads off for fun, so Huck's crossed a major line. Quinn has crossed lines but not that bad."