In an interview with Shonda Rhimes, she revealed that the fourth season would highlight Darby Stanchfield’s character, Abby Whelan. She said “Season 4 is Abby’s season. That was by design. A lot of what we know about Abby happens this season.”[5] Rhimes also confirmed the speculation about the fate of the character Harrison Wright, which she confirmed was that he was killed.She said that all the people at OPA will cope in different ways to Harrison’s death, Olivia the hardest. Rhimes said “It will be very devastating for Abby in a surprising way. You’ll see how she’s coping with it in a very different way than you would expect.”[6] Olivia will deal with her betrayal to everyone she left behind, when she hears about the fate of Harrison. The betrayals changed everyone permanently, and Olivia will have to deal with it.
Shonda Rhimes stated that the fourth season will focus more on the core characters, as opposed to the third season where more characters were introduced. Rhimes explained why: “Kerry Washington couldn’t work 14 hours a day, so we had to tell our story in a different way, and that necessitated other people both picking up the slack in beautiful ways
4 - 1Randy, Red, Superfreak and Julia Sep. 17, 2014
4 - 2The State of the Union Sep. 24, 2014
4 - 3Inside the Bubble Oct. 01, 2014
4 - 4Like Father, Like Daughter Oct. 08, 2014
4 - 5The Key Oct. 15, 2014
4 - 6An Innocent Man Oct. 22, 2014
4 - 7Baby Made a Mess Oct. 29, 2014
4 - 8The Last Supper Nov. 05, 2014
4 - 9Where the Sun Don't Shine Nov. 10, 2014
4 - 10Run Jan. 21, 2015
4 - 11Where's the Black Lady? Jan. 28, 2015
4 - 12Gladiator's Don't Run Feb. 04, 2015
4 - 13No More Blood Feb. 11, 2015
4 - 14The Lawn Chair Feb. 25, 2015
4 - 15The Testimony of Diego Muñoz Mar. 04, 2015
4 - 16It’s Good to Be Kink Mar. 11, 2015
4 - 17Put a Ring on It Mar. 18, 2015
4 - 18Honor Thy Father Mar. 25, 2015
4 - 19I'm Just a Bill Apr. 08, 2015
4 - 20First Lady Sings the Blues Apr. 15, 2015
4 - 21A Few Good Women Apr. 29, 2015
4 - 22You Can't Take Command May. 06, 2015