One of her most well-known cases was representing Monica Lewinsky in her scandal with President Clinton.
Smith, like the character she inspired, cant do it all on her own.
She has her own gladiators as founder and president of Smith and Company.
Everything is connected; everything is related.
Huck even reverts back to his old ways, torturing Amandas murderer for more information.
This idea of a crisis management team was so new to viewers.
It was a hidden world within the destructive chaos of D.C. politics.
Each week could be a two-hour movie.
She becomes a major character in the show and a vital asset to OPA.
Huck (Guillermo Diaz).
Not to mention that Huck was also someone Olivia took in under her wing.
This episode was a gem when it came to putting the spotlight on some of these gladiators.
Each of them approaches Huck as he sits in shock as his past came back to haunt him.
They share with him stories in some extremely powerful monologues to help snap him out of it.
Olivia had a gut feeling about them, brought them in, and made them family.
A family of badass, ruthless lawyers with a lot of baggage.
These were all things Olivia chose to support and her team backed her the whole way through.
Well, except for Quinn.
Season three is when we first see OPA start to fall apart.
Both of these things leave little time to take on new clients.
While it was interesting to see the gladiators in a new routine, they also started to work apart.
He becomes wrapped up in his own mess of things, eventually leading to his death by Rowan.
However, without Olivia the group was no longer as united as before.
A new member is just what Olivias team needs to reboot and get going again this season.
A majority of season four, we were really seeing Huck and Quinn take on most of the cases.
Olivia, of course was headlining, but not in the way she used to.
The gladiators return to their suits on September 24th at 9:00 p.m. on ABC.
Until then,heres everything we know about Scandal season five thus far.