'Scandal' season 5 spoilers, release date & news: are Olivia Pope and President Fitzgerald Grant going legit?

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It looks like fans have a lot to celebrate this coming season five of the hit ABC drama "Scandal," because based on the rumors and speculations coming out, the new season will begin with Olivia Pope and President Fitzgerald Grant outing their affair.

Yahoo! TV reports that Olivia and Fitz are finally together. This is in accordance with the exclusive poster debuted on the site, with Kerry Washington, who plays Olivia, looking smug and happy while Tony Goldwyn, who plays President Fitz, nuzzles her neck. It is definitely every Olitz fans dream come true.

A quick recap of last season showed the audience how Fitz threw out his First Lady Mellie, played by Bellamy Young, after he found out that she was responsible for squealing the names of the B-613 jurors to Olivia's evil dad Rowan, played by Joe Morton. After feeling betrayed, he found the perfect distraction waiting for him on the Truman balcony, his one and true love Olivia. Apparently, Olivia said goodbye to Jake, played by Scott Foley, and allowed her guards down by deciding to stick with Fitz.

Entertainment Weekly reveals that as the fifth season unfolds, the audience will either be delighted or disgusted to know that political fixer Olivia and President Grant are now together, living their dreams of going legitimate. Series creator Shonda Rhimes believes its about time to let everything change for the two star-crossed lovers. Rhimes shares Olivia has already come around, basically because she has done enough healing last season.

Washington is also excited for her character's uncharted situation because she wants to know what will happen if Olivia does her own rules and practices what she tells everybody about telling the truth. Goldwyn shares Washington's sentiments, saying that his character, Fitz, knows exactly what will happen if their secret affair goes public. So what happens now to Mellie and Cyrus, played by Jerry Perry? Rhimes teases she can change her mind any time.

With "Scandal" season 5 to premiere this coming September 24th, many fans are anticipating what episode one will be like, International Business Times writes. Besides trying to figure out what will happen to Mellie, Cyrus, and Huck, played by Guillermo Diaz, after deciding to partake in Rowan's plans, everyone will see a tragic royal visit from the Queen of Caldonia. It is up to Olivia to keep the Royal family's "private life private".