After a last-second curve ball that seemed to come out of left field (see what I did there?), I wasn’t confident that HTGAWM would be able to pull off a coherent season finale that didn’t leave us with more questions than answers. HTGAWM has a bad habit of piling up surprise twist after surprise twist…
If you’re a fan of HTGAWM, you know that surprise plot twists are to be expected. You never take anything at face value, and you can’t believe much of anything that anyone says. That’s always been part of the show’s appeal. So we can’t really pretend to be shocked by the fact that Emmett Crawford…
Just in case you didn’t get enough of the holidays last December, HTGAWM gives us a Christmas episode in February. I’ll admit I had lost track of the in-universe time, so I was a little confused when I saw the decorations and assumed this was another flashback or flash-forward the show makes such great use…
Remember the one about being able to tell when a lawyer’s lying because his lips are moving? Yeah, it’s an old joke based on an unfair stereotype—we’re not all compulsive liars. But if you knew nothing about the legal profession, “We Know Everything” (along with just about every other episode of HTGAWM) would have you…
At the risk of overstating the obvious, HTGAWM is all about how to cover your tracks when you’ve committed a crime. It’s right there in the title. Almost everyone on the show has done one or more horrible things over the years, but between Annalise’s epic legal skills, incompetent law enforcement, blatant dishonesty, and sheer…
We all make mistakes. Most of them aren’t really a big deal. Wearing shoes that don’t match your suit? Slightly embarrassing, but you’ll live. Wearing shoes that don’t match each other? Worse, but not the end of the world. But killing the wrong person? That one’s kind of bad. I don’t think Hallmark makes a…
It’s been a few weeks since we last checked in on the HTGAWM gang, and there was a lot happening then—a wedding, a homicide, and the reveal of a long-lost stepson. Of the two big mysteries that were solved last episode, “He Betrayed Us Both” chooses to downplay the untimely death of Ronald Miller in…
How to Get Away with Murder Season 5, Episode 8: “I Want to Love You Until the Day I Die” So now we know who died at the wedding. And, as far as big reveals go, this was a pretty satisfying one. HTGAWM has always used flashbacks and flash-forwards in a very creative way, and…
How to Get Away with Murder Season 5, Episode 7: “I Got Played” Annalise Keating may be the most fascinating character on television right now. I’m not sure there’s another character (or another actor) who can evoke such strong feelings of admiration, anger, frustration, and pity—all in the space of a single episode. Voila Davis…
How to Get Away with Murder Season 5, Episode 6: “We Can Find Him” I should have seen this one coming. The writers weren’t even subtle about it, but I got caught up in the plot and forgot the second basic rule of television and movie watching. The first rule, of course, is that, until…
How to Get Away with Murder Season 5, Episode 5: “It Was the Worst Day of My Life” Being open and authentic with others can be difficult. It can be downright scary at times. In fact, most of us spend a great deal of time and energy making sure that people don’t see who we…
How to Get Away with Murder Season 5, Episode 3: “The Baby Was Never Dead” asks some difficult questions – is it okay to break the rules to help someone else? What about just to help yourself? Tonight’s episode is about ethics. Contrary to public opinion, lawyers are, in general, a pretty ethical bunch. We have to…
How to Get Away with Murder Season 5, Episode 2: “Whose Blood Is That?” Annalise Keating is an incredibly talented attorney. I know if I were in fictional legal jeopardy, she’d be the first person I’d pretend to call (okay, second person—this guy would be my first choice). Granted, she doesn’t always play by the…
How to Get Away with Murder Season 5, Episode 1: “Your Funeral” Annalise Keating is one of the most fascinating characters on television, and not just because Viola Davis is a tour de force (although that’s a huge part of it). Over the last four seasons, we’ve seen her at her best, her worst, and…