Scandal Season 4 Spoilers: Show Recasts President's Daughter

President Fitzgerald Grant (Tony Goldwyn) has already lost a son on ABC's Scandal, and now he has lost his daughter, as well...sort of.

The Shonda Rhimes series has recast the role of Karen Grant, the President's daughter. Mary Mouser, who starred on Body of Proof, will take over for Madeline Carroll, according to EW.com.

Carroll appeared on the show last season alongside Jerry Jr., who came to D.C. as part of Fitz's reelection campaign. But the actress could not return for Season 4 due to scheduling conflicts. Mouser will take over starting with an episode in October.

In related news, TVLine has posted its Fall TV spoiler spectacular, and Scandal is one of the shows on the list. The site has some information straight from series creator Shonda Rhimes herself, so let's get right to it.

"Olivia's gone AWOL. Harrison is dead. The Gladiators have disbanded. Basically, when the show returns, 'Everything is a pile of rubble,' says series creator Shonda Rhimes, 'and Rowan is standing on top of it.' Olivia eventually returns to D.C. to resume fixing and handling everyone's messes, but it won't be business as usual. 'Every season we try to tell this show in a different way, and we're doing that again this season,' says Rhimes. 'There is an organizing principle that brings us back, in a weird way, to more of where we were at the very beginning of the [series].'"

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