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OLIVIA FINDS HERSELF DEFENDING A CONVICTED ASSASSIN AND MELLIE BONDS WITH A FORMER FIRST LADY, ON ABC’S “SCANDAL”

Guest Starring Portia de Rossi (“Arrested Development”), Joe Morton, and Brian Benben (“Private Practice”)

“An Innocent Man” – Olivia is summoned by a convicted assassin who claims he was wrongly accused, and Mellie becomes intrigued by a former first lady whose stories seem to be strikingly similar to her own. Meanwhile, Elizabeth inches closer to corrupting the White House and Fitz makes a shocking move, on “Scandal,” THURSDAY OCTOBER 30 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

“An Innocent Man” was written by Zahir McGhee and directed by Jeannot Szwarc.