Scandal’s Oct. 10 Episode “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” Images & Details

Guess who’s coming to dinner in Scandal’s October 10 episode?

No, really, it’s more than just the episode title. Give up? Ok, we’re not entirely sure either, but we can tell you that “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” is set to see Olivia’s past coming back to haunt her – and us – via a series of flashbacks that will give us some more details on her relationship with her estranged father. That’s according to the latest from ABC for the episode.

Meanwhile, we are told, both the White House and Pope & Associates are still in the middle of cleaning up the very big and very public mess they created.

Scandal stars Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope, Columbus Short as Harrison Wright, Guillermo Diaz as Huck, Darby Stanchfield as Abby Whelan, Katie Lowes as Quinn Perkins, Tony Goldwyn as President Fitzgerald Grant, Jeff Perry as Cyrus Beene, Bellamy Young as Mellie Grant, Joshua Malina as David Rosen and Scott Foley as Captain Jacob “Jake” Ballard.

Guest starring Kate Burton as Vice President Sally Langston, Norm Lewis as Senator Edison Davis, Brian Letscher as Tom, Steven W. Bailey as Coroner Noah Elliot, Samantha Sloyan as Jeanine Locke, Sharmila Devar as Lauren and Joe Morton as Rowan.

“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” was written by Heather Mitchell and directed by Allison Liddi-Brown, and airs Thursday October 10 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.