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How to Get Away with Murder
| This article is about the series, How to Get Away with Murder. For the Middleton University class with the same name, see Criminal Law 100. |
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How to Get Away with Murder, often abbreviated to HTGAWM, is an American serial legal drama series created by Peter Nowalk. The first episode garnered high acclaim by critics and audiences alike, and topped the week of its release with 14 million viewers.
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Season 1 (2014-2015)
Each year, Annalise selects a group of the smartest, most promising students to come work at her law firm. The students vying for this coveted position include Wes Gibbins, a wide-eyed, likable boy-next-door recently accepted off the waitlist; Michaela Pratt, a confident, ambitious overachiever born knowing how to «lean in»; Connor Walsh, a sly, sophisticated heartbreaker used to getting any prize he lays his eyes on; Laurel Castillo, a quiet, sensitive idealist who’s easy to underestimate; and Asher Millstone, an entitled know-it-all born into a world of Ivy League educations and country club memberships. The students all work under two of Annalise’s dedicated associates: Frank Delfino, a local Philly boy done good; and Bonnie Winterbottom, a sweet, observant team-player with a hidden edge.
Season 2 (2015-2016)
Annalise and her students must move on with their lives as though nothing has happened, but the students are still reeling over Rebecca’s disappearance. Only Annalise and Frank know that Rebecca was murdered and the two are determined to find out who killed her. Meanwhile, Annalise decides she wants to take on a new client, a brother and sister who are accused of killing their parents. And an old friend surprises Annalise at home and teaches her a valuable lesson. [3]
Season 3 (2016-2017)
Murder, deception, fear and guilt are the ties that bind Middleton University Professor Annalise Keating to her long-time associates Frank Delfino, Bonnie Winterbottom and her students, the “Keating 5.” But as the group struggles to move on with their lives and focus on their clients, their past continues to haunt them. With Wallace Mahoney’s murder unsolved and Frank’s whereabouts still unknown, Annalise and her inner circle struggle to keep their secrets from getting exposed. Relationships will be fractured, lies will spin out of control. But when one of the Keating 5 is found dead in Annalise’s house all hell will break loose.
Season 4 (2017-2018)
After Wes’ death, Annalise (Viola Davis), Michaela (Aja Naomi King), Connor (Jack Falahee), Asher (Matt McGorry) and Laurel (Karla Souza) all struggle to move on with their lives, but when a new mystery involving one of their own unfolds throughout the season, relationships are fractured, secrets are exposed and yet another terrifying truth is revealed. [4] This season will uncover all the events leading up to Wes’s death which happened here Fire at the Keating House.
Season 5 (2018-2019)
Season 5 picks up after Annalise’s (Viola Davis) class action victory in the Supreme Court, with Michaela (Aja Naomi King), Connor (Jack Falahee), Asher (Matt McGorry) and Laurel (Karla Souza) moving on with the next chapter of their lives. Per ABC’s logline: a new mystery involving one of their own will unfold, as relationships are fractured and new secrets are exposed. [5]
Season 6 (2019-2020)
The show’s final season follows Professor Annalise Keating’s (Viola Davis) class through their final semester in law school – while the deception, fear and guilt binding Professor Keating to her students prove deadlier than ever. [6]
How to Get Away with Murder features a large ensemble of cast members, listed below are the fourteen actors of the series who have, at some point, been credited under «Starring«, indicating that they are main cast members. They are ordered alphabetically, with the exception of Viola Davis and Timothy Hutton.
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How to Get Away with Murder airs on Thursdays at 10pm, Eastern Time. The series debuted as part of a new line-up for ABC entitled «TGIT» («Thank God It’s Thursday»), along with fellow Shonda Rhimes-produced series, Grey’s Anatomy (8pm) and Scandal (9pm).
In Canada, the series airs with sim-subbing of advertising in same timeslot on CTV, though it airs three hours earlier before the original ABC timeslot in the Atlantic Time Zone on CTV Atlantic in the Maritime Provinces.
The series began airing on TV2 in New Zealand and the Seven Network in Australia on February 10, 2015. In Australia, the show moved to 7flix from the second half of season two onwards and like in the US, airs in a programming block dedicated to Shonda Rhimes-produced dramas.
In Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and Indonesia the show airs on Sony Channel (Asia) within 12 hours of its original broadcast. In India, it airs on Star World Premiere.
DVD releases and online availability
Season 1 and Season 2 of How to Get Away with Murder have been released on DVD, while Netflix currently streams all six completed seasons where available. As per agreement with ABC Studios, each season is added a month after its finale premieres.
The latest five episodes to air are carried on Hulu the day after their premiere. Additionally, individual episodes may be purchased from most online video retailers, including Amazon and iTunes.
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How to Get Away with Murder is an American serial legal drama series created by Peter Nowalk.
«Pilot» is the 1st episode of How to Get Away with Murder. It aired on September 25, 2014.
Annalise Keating is a tough as nails Criminal Law Professor and when Wes Gibbins starts his first day at Middleton University, he has no clue what he’s walking into. In her class, Annalise challenges her students to solve some of the most difficult criminal cases that her law firm takes on, and in the end, she selects a group of the smartest, most promising students to come work for her. The competition is on and the students will stop at nothing to make sure they get to the head of her class. While Annalise seems to have it all together, we soon learn that her clients’ secrets aren’t the only ones she’s keeping. Meanwhile, in flash-forwards, we learn that the price of impressing Annalise might just be too much for some, when a group of four students, Wes, Connor Walsh, Michaela Pratt and Laurel Castillo get involved in their own murder mystery cover up.
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«Stay» is the 90th and final episode of How to Get Away with Murder. It aired on May 14, 2020.
Annalise discovers there’s a surprise witness who threatens her case. Meanwhile, Connor tries to persuade the K3 to go along with a new plan. Elsewhere, a lie between Frank and Bonnie threatens their relationship as the killer is finally revealed.
How to Get Away with Murder Season 6 Trailer (HD) Final Season
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How to Get Away with Murder
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How to Get Away with Murder is an American legal thriller television series that premiered on ABC on September 25, 2014, and concluded on May 14, 2020. [1] The series was created by Peter Nowalk, and produced by Shonda Rhimes and ABC Studios. The series aired on ABC as part of a night of programming, all under Rhimes’s Shondaland production company. [2]
Viola Davis stars as Annalise Keating, a law professor at a prestigious Philadelphia university who, with five of her students, becomes entwined in a murder plot. [3] The series featured an ensemble cast with Alfred Enoch, Jack Falahee, Aja Naomi King, Matt McGorry, and Karla Souza as Keating’s students, Charlie Weber and Liza Weil as her employees, and Billy Brown as a detective with the Philadelphia Police Department who is Annalise’s lover. From the third season onward, Conrad Ricamora was promoted to the main cast after recurring heavily in the first two seasons. [4]
Other cast members also received recognition for their performances, with Enoch and King receiving nominations from the NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the 2014 NAACP Image Awards ceremony. The series also received a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series.
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The Keating 5 work with Annalise Keating at her law office as interns in order to gain extra experience in order to make them better at whatever law career they choose when they graduate law school. Some students such as Bonnie Winterbottom have remained with Annalise even after she graduated from Middleton University and became her personal secretary/assistant. To help make the students more competitive and cause them to work harder, there is a trophy which the chosen student can use to get out of any exam and instantly pass it without actually taking it.
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In the academic year of the first season, Annalise chose five students to join her law clinic as opposed to the usual four. They were:
The first four students (Laurel Castillo, Asher Millstone, Michaela Pratt and Connor Walsh) were chosen because of their work on the trial case in class. The additional student (Wes Gibbins) was chosen because of what had happened to the his mother. Annalise felt it necessary to include him in the group for the part that she played in Wes’s mother’s death.
In «Who’s Dead?» Wes Gibbins was murdered, and the group was renamed the Keating 4. Not long after, the group disbanded after they were essentially fired by Annalise as they weren’t good people while they were together. To tell them the news, she invited them to a dinner where she handed each one of them letters which contained letters of recommendations. The remaining 4 then went on to get other internships at other law firms. Michaela got a job working for Caplan & Gold and Laurel got a job working for the D.A.’s office with Bonnie. Connor decided to drop out of law school after deciding that it wasn’t the right fit for him. («I’m Going Away», «I’m Not Her», «It’s for the Greater Good»)
In the series finale, the Keating 3 have lost touch with one another. Two of them, Laurel and Connor (who is still with Oliver), see each other again at Annalise’s funeral. Michaela, who was largely shunned after her actions at Annalise’s trial, is cut off by Laurel, written off by Oliver (and by extension Connor) and does not attend the funeral.
The show does not depict Annalise having chosen another set of law students after this academic year, which suggests that another Keating 4 was never created after this group was disbanded in season four.
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The only Keating 4 we know of in addition to the current ones are the Keating 4 of 2005. Annalise chose Bonnie, Kennedy, Xavier, and Noah from her Criminal Law class to work with her in her personal cases. Bonnie Winterbottom had therapy with the husband of Annalise, Sam to help her deal with her problems in childhood. Of the 4 bright students who helped her in cases, Annalize decided to stay with Bonnie as her right hand. In addition to this, Sam helped Frank Delfino by managing to convince Annalise that he will hire him as an assistant. When Frank was hired, he had a tendency to flirt with the other students and even sleep with them from time to time. It was later revealed that Bonnie was chosen to be part of the Keating 4 because of her complicated history with Annalise. Bonnie’s becoming part of the «Keating 4» was one of the ways that Annalise tried to make up to what she did to her in court. It was also because of Annalise that Bonnie made it into law school in the first place. («She Hates Us», «I Love Her»)
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Annalise Keating is a tough as nails Criminal Law Professor and when Wes Gibbins starts his first day at Middleton University, he has no clue what he’s walking into. In her class, Annalise challenges her students to solve some of the most difficult criminal cases that her law firm takes on, and in the end, she selects a group of the smartest, most promising students to come work for her. The competition is on and the students will stop at nothing to make sure they get to the head of her class. While Annalise seems to have it all together, we soon learn that her clients’ secrets aren’t the only ones she’s keeping. Meanwhile, in flash-forwards, we learn that the price of impressing Annalise might just be too much for some, when a group of four students, Wes, Connor Walsh, Michaela Pratt and Laurel Castillo get involved in their own murder mystery cover up. [2]
There’s a football bonfire and pep rally. They light a giant pyre and effigy of the opposing team. Four students are in the woods (Wes, Connor, Michaela and Laurel) and they discuss burying a body and the murder weapon. One says they need a trophy but they argue about carrying the body across campus in the middle of the night. They debate over what will get them caught and what will keep them out of jail. One decides they should flip a coin to decide what to do. They flip to decide to get the body or leave it where it is.
Three months earlier, a guy rides his bike on campus. He locks his bike up and heads into the law school building. There are fliers up for a missing girl named Lila. He heads into a large classroom. Some students discuss how nervous they are about the class. Wes, plops into the first row but Michaela says seats are assigned.
The professor, Annalise Keating, comes in and welcomes them to criminal law 100 or how to get away with murder. She says she doesn’t teach how to study the law but how to practice it like a real lawyer. The first case to study is the aspirin assassin. She calls on Connor Walsh. He rattles off case facts. Another students says the guy’s mistress replaced his meds with aspirin. Michaela says this caused anaphylactic shock. She calls on Wes and he asks what the mens rea is. She says she emailed the assignment two days ago and he says he didn’t get it.
She tells him she spends all day around professional liars and tells him to do better. He says he was wait listed until two days ago. She tells him men rea means guilty mind. Laurel speaks up and says the intent was to kill. Annalise tells her to never take a learning opportunity from another student just because you want everyone to think you’re smart. Connor asks if she did it and she says to ask herself. She brings them to see her client.
Annalise brings them to see the mistress that allegedly aspirin poisoned Arthur. She says she loved him and would never want to hurt him. She tells them the trial starts in two days and tells them each to present a defence the next day to see if they can beat the ones she has. She offers them the discovery files, access to her associates, Frank, Bonnie and her library. She tells them that this assignment will help decide who comes to work for her. It’s a statue of the scales of justice she says will get you out of a test.
Wes goes over the case fact in his room which is largely unfurnished. A neighbor starts loud rap music and he groans and bangs on the wall. He goes over and introduces himself and asks the girl to turn it down. She says no and tells him to deal with it and slams the door. He lies on the bed and looks at claw marks on the wall. We see the coin toss from the beginning of the show and then the kids rolling up a body in the carpet. Michaela says she never agreed to it.
They washed the statue off with blood and put it back. They wrestle the body up – looks like Annalise’s law office on campus – and stagger out of the office. Outside a campus cop asks them if the car is their’s. They try to conceal the body they’re carrying in the rug. One of the guys says it’s his and he’ll move it and the campus cop asks if it’s the law professor’s office. Michaela offers to call the professor but then he backs off as a crowd from the football game break loose.
Michaela says they should offer up Arthur’s wife Agnes as an alternate suspect. Wes crosses that one off his list. Some suggest jury strategies and some forensic errors. Wes crosses item after item off his list. He has to go last so he’s in a tough spot since his has to be original. Diminished capacity and many others are suggested. Finally, Annalise calls on Wes. He stands and says they should say it was self-defense because Gina had Stockholm Syndrome and says the affair was just one example of his brain washing.
Wes says in this manner the poisoning could be self-defence. He goes to move to the wall of shame but Annalise moves him to the finals. Then she shows them her approach – discredit witnesses, introduce new suspect – his business partner Lionel – then bury the evidence so the jury can’t comprehend anything but doubt. She says that’s how you get away with murder. She tells them to come to the courthouse tomorrow at 11. Michaela says she has Torts at 11 and Annalise says come or drop out of the finals.
Arthur’s assistant is on the stand and Annalise is crossing her when Michaela comes running in. She goes to speak to her. Connor asks what that was. Annalise asks about the pill she saw on the desk and asks if it was yellow. She tells her the shirt is blue and asks if she’s color blind. She says yes, but she knew what she saw. Annalise says her client takes anxiety medicine is blue. She asks if she saw a blue or yellow pill. The woman doesn’t know.
Michaela explains how she chased down the vision issue. Annalise is impressed and tells the others to step up their game. There is news on about Lila who was last seen leaving a fraternity party. Wes rifles through piles of papers looking for evidence. He finds something and grabs his bike and goes. He knocks on the door at Annalise’s and then sticks his head inside and calls out for her. He follows the sound of voices to the back and finds her with a man. He tells him to get the hell out.
He apologizes and she asks why he’s here. She calls Frank and yells at him about not locking up. She asks what he wants and he recommends going for an immediate dismissal – she says it’s called a directed verdict and is too big a risk. She kicks him out.
The kids are at a gas station and Connor is singing a Christmas carol along with the radio. Michaela tells him to stop. He changes the lyrics to be about killing someone and ending up in jail. At a bar, Connor flirts with a guy from Arthur’s office and gets some evidence from him. He also sexes him up something fierce. He tells her that he didn’t get it through the most legal of means.
The business partner is on the stand and is being asked about moving the mistress to another department. He reads an email about asking Arthur to step down because he was sleeping with employees. Annalise makes a shady move and gets it accepted into evidence. She asks if he swapped his medicine to kill him and get sole control of the company.
Asher asks how he got the email and Connor tells them he doesn’t kiss and tell. The wife parks Arthur in the hall and goes into the bathroom. Laurel also heads in and hides ina stall. We see the wife touch Gina and they pat hands briefly. Gina walks out. Wes carries his bike upstairs and hears shouting from his neighbor’s place and a guy stomps out. He asks if she needs help and she tells him to go away.
Later, he heads to the cocktail party Annalise told them to be at. Asher tells a psych professor that the law school is a dog fight. It’s Annalise’s husband, but not the guy that Wes saw her with. Wes is surprised. Annalise walks up, kisses her husband and glares at Wes to threaten him into silence. We see the kids hiding from a couple of kids that are making out in the woods when they’re out trying to hide the body.
One of them gets a call from Frank and the ringing sound scares them away. Michaela asks Laurel why Frank is calling her. We see Laurel telling Frank what she saw go down between Gina and the wife in the bathroom. He doesn’t like it because it makes their client look guilty. She asks if he already knew and he says he didn’t say that. She’s annoyed that he might knowingly be representing a guilty client. He says he guesses she went to Brown – she did – and he talks about her faux idealism. He says she’ll quit the law as soon as she gets pregnant. She calls him a misogynist. Bonnie comes out and tells him to stop screwing students.
Wes tries to apologize to Annalise in private at the party about bursting in on her at her office. She tells him she owes him an apology. She cries and tells him she and her husband have been trying to have a baby and they’re doing all these measures that are making it worse. She touches him and thanks him for keeping this between them. She runs her hands up and down him and then steps closer. He steps away then walks back. After he leaves, she dries her tears and looks at herself thoughtfully in the mirror.
Griffin, Lila’s boyfriend, holds a news conference about his missing girlfriend. Bonnie comes in and finds Sam, Annalise’s husband watching the news. He heads up to bed so she can work with Annalise. Wes looks at bite marks on his bed. He finds a bottle of wine outside his door from his neighbor Becca and he asks if she wants to open it with him but she says she can’t tonight.
Detective Gill is on the stand discussing surveillance footage. The prosecutor plays it. It shows Gina buying soloxacore – a brand of aspirin – at the store. Later, Annalise screams at Gina for not warning them. She says her one job was to warn them of things like that. Annalise says she’s going to go to jail and she’ll be the crappy lawyer that sent her there. She’s furious at her team. She calls Detective Leahy to the team. No one knows who it is. He comes in – it’s the guy she was screwing when Wes burst in!
Wes is stunned. Annalise asks where he was two nights ago. He says he was supposed to be there but was not. She asks where he was – at home with his wife who’s been diagnosed with cancer. He says he was at a friend’s. She says there is something strange about the chain of custody. She says Gill said he got it at 8 pm from the store but didn’t log it until 2 am. He says sometimes it takes a while to log things. She asks if they ever alter footage to help the prosecution.
They call for an objection. She asks if he’s personally aware of any instances of doctored surveillance footage. He takes a breath and says yes. Bonnie smiles. Wes is even more stunned. Gina gets her acquittal and Annalise makes a speech about Gina’s innocence and that she hopes the police find the real killer. She tells the students it’s time to find out who will be joining the firm. She calls out Connor for the prize. Then also names Asher, Michaela, Laurel and says she decided to hire one more and announces that it’s Wes. Wow.
He chases her down after class. She says the detective is her boyfriend. He says he doesn’t want the job if she’s buying his silence. He asks if she got the guy to lie. She tells him to think carefully because his next action will determine his life and career. She tells him he can work in corporate law and flirt with chubby paralegals or come to work at her firm and make a difference.
A guy knocks on the door of a sorority house to check on the low water pressure. He goes to check the water tank and finds Lila’s body. Sam, Annalise’s husband, tells her that she was his student and her body has been found. She says she’s sorry. He says he just feels bad for her parents. She says she bets the boyfriend did it and he says he guesses they’ll see.
We see the kids unroll the body out in the woods. They have lighter fluid and they douse the body. Wes says it’s the last chance. They tell him to do it now before the bonfire ends. Michaela says it’s the only way to destroy the DNA. They light the fire. We see in the light that it’s Sam, their professor’s hubby!