Scandal Season 3 Spoilers: Details on President Fitz's children

Scandal will return with the final eight episodes of Season 3 on Thursday, Feb. 27. One of the subplots of the truncated back half of the season (ABC reduced the order from 22 episodes to 18, likely because of star Kerry Washington's pregnancy) is the arrival of President Fitzgerald Grant's oft-mentioned but never-seen children, Jerry and Karen.

Fitz and Mellie have talked about and even argued about their children on the show, but Scandal had never shown us their faces. That is about to change, though, and TVLine has some scoop on their characters via the "Ask Ausiello" column:

"Maybe something on Revenge about Victoria's love life? Or something scandalous about Scandal?  -Kokoniasta

Scandal it is! Know how we told you that First Kids Jerry (Jr? The III? IV?) and Karen are being cast? Well, the teens reading for those roles best be ready to Shut. It. Down. Jerry shows up with a chip on his shoulder that makes him less than receptive to talking the talk that's being fed to him by a media consultant. Karen, meanwhile, initially comes off as very much her mother's daughter  - she might even wonder aloud why Mellie puts up with that man - but said simpatico tune quickly changes when she finds out about [spoiler]."

Any guesses as to what [spoiler] means? We'd take a guess ourselves, but our track record with trying to predict Scandal's plot is about on par with Jim Abbott's career batting average. Leave your thoughts and guesses in the comments below and tell us what you expect overall when Scandal returns later this month!