Scandal recap: 'There's nothing wrong with a little self-preservation'

Note: This recap contains spoilers from 'Scandal's season three premiere. We've been waiting for months, but by the time we're reunited with Olivia Pope she's just 22 minutes into a really awkward car ride with her father. She looks less like a gladiator and more like a sullen teenager, forced to go home after cheerleading practice, rather than being allowed to go to the diner with her friends.