WATCH: Oliva Pope and President Fitzgerald finally together in <em>Scandal</em> season 5!

Cape Town – The scandalous political drama Scandal aka The Fixer returns for a fifth season.

Despite lukewarm ratings and an Emmy snub the Shonda Rimes drama starring Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn show no signs of slowing down.

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SPOILER ALERT

If you haven’t watched season 4 stop reading right now.

Season 4 ended on a bang: Cyrus got fired, Millie was banished and Fitz and Olivia are finally together.
But will their happily ever after last?

In the first promo for season 5, which is set to air in the US in September, we see the pair getting used to being together.

Further on in the clip it looks like the honeymoon phase is over.

We can only wait to see how the drama unfolds.

Watch the promo here: