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]
For her performance, Davis has received critical acclaim; she became the first black woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, also winning two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, and the Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series. Davis has also received nominations from the Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Television Series, the Critics' Choice Awards for Best Actress in a Drama Series, and the Television Critics Association at the TCA Awards for Individual Achievement in Drama.
Other cast members have 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.
The sixth and final season of the ABC American television drama series How to Get Away with Murder was ordered in May 2019 by ABC.[13] Later that year, in July, it was announced the sixth season would be the last.[14] Season 6 premiered on September 26, 2019.
Following Laurel and Christopher's disappearances and the death
of Emmett Crawford at the previous season's end, Annalise goes on a
bender and disappears into rehab out of guilt. After coming to terms
with her past misdeeds, she returns just in time to help her remaining
star students push through their final semester of law school and try
and find Laurel and Christopher. Meanwhile, Michaela, Connor, and Asher
continue to search for their friend and her son while preparing for
graduation and the real world. However, everyone comes on high alert
when the FBI, at behest of Governor Birkhead, open an investigation into
Annalise, her students, and her associates, and every murder and
misdeed over the last six seasons is put out in the open, forcing them
to make drastic choices for survival that will change their lives,
relationships, and futures forever.
Cast and characters
- Viola Davis as Annalise Keating, a high-profile criminal defense attorney and law professor at Middleton University, whose life has been filled with trauma.
- Billy Brown as Nate Lahey, a Philadelphia police detective who at the start of the series is having an affair with Annalise.
- Alfred Enoch as Wes Gibbins (seasons 1–3; guest season 4), a law student and a member of Annalise's group of favored students – the so-called Keating 5 – and about whom she feels especially protective. Alfred Enoch portrayed Christopher Castillo, Laurel's son with Wes, in the series finale
- Jack Falahee as Connor Walsh, a cunning and hard-working member of the Keating 5 whose confident and seductive "alpha gay" exterior obscures his insecurities.
- Katie Findlay as Rebecca Sutter (season 1; guest season 2), Wes' neighbor.
- Aja Naomi King as Michaela Pratt, a high-flying overachiever and a member of the Keating 5 who is determined to make a success of her life.
- Matt McGorry as Asher Millstone, a member of the Keating 5 from a privileged WASP background who feels left out of the group.
- Karla Souza as Laurel Castillo (seasons 1–5; recurring season 6), a resourceful Keating 5 member whose distant, wealthy father is the kingpin of an organized crime empire.
- Charlie Weber as Frank Delfino, Annalise's fixer and private detective.
- Liza Weil as Bonnie Winterbottom, Annalise's associate and right-hand woman, whose childhood and early adulthood were filled with horrifying events.
- Conrad Ricamora as Oliver Hampton (seasons 3–6; recurring seasons 1–2), a talented computer hacker who Connor seduces and later married.
- Rome Flynn as Gabriel Maddox (seasons 5–6; guest season 4), a mysterious young man and aspiring civil rights lawyer who arrives at Middleton University eager to investigate Annalise and the Keating 5.
- Amirah Vann as Tegan Price (seasons 5–6; recurring season 4), a powerful attorney at Caplan & Gold, the firm representing Laurel's father.
- Timothy Hutton as Emmett Crawford (season 5), a managing partner at Caplan & Gold who develops an attraction towards Annalise.
On August 19, 2013, ABC bought from Shondaland Productions the original concept, produced by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers. The script for the pilot episode was written by Grey's Anatomy supervising producer Peter Nowalk.[15] ABC ordered the pilot on December 19, 2013.[16] On May 8, 2014, ABC picked up the pilot to series[17] for the 2014–15 television season.[18] At the Television Critics Association Press Tour in July 2014, it was announced that How to Get Away with Murder would be a limited series with only 15 or 16 episodes per season.[19] The smaller size of episode count stems from the deal for the series star Viola Davis.[20] On October 9, 2014, ABC picked up the series for a full season of 15 episodes.[21]
The series was renewed for a second season on May 7, 2015, by ABC.[22]
The series was effectively confirmed as earning a second-season renewal
for the 2015–16 season via a promo succeeding the first-season finale
and an earlier statement by Viola Davis also confirming the renewal at
the close of shooting for the first season.[23][24] It would contain 15 episodes, like the previous season.[25] Production began on May 21, 2015, with Shonda Rhimes announcing on Twitter that Peter Nowalk and his writers were in full swing mapping the second season.[26] The table read for the premiere occurred on July 14, 2015,[27] with the title of the episode being revealed at the same time.[28] Entertainment Weekly reported on July 23, 2015, that the identity of Rebecca's killer would be revealed in the season premiere.[29] A promotional poster was released over a month before the season premiere, on August 17, 2015.
The series was renewed for a third season on March 3, 2016, along with several other series by ABC.[30] It was announced that the third season would premiere on September 22, 2016.[31] Production began on May 27, 2016, when showrunner Peter Nowalk announced on Twitter that the writer staff were in full swing mapping and writing the third season.[32] The table read for the premiere happened on July 6, 2016,[33] with filming starting a week later.[34] A promotional poster showcasing Viola Davis as Annalise Keating, was released on August 9, 2016.[35] ABC released a promo for the third season on August 29, 2016.[36]
The series was renewed for a fourth season on February 10, 2017, by ABC.[37]
The series was renewed for a fifth season on May 11, 2018, by ABC,[12] which premiered on September 27, 2018.[38]
On May 10, 2019, the series was renewed for a sixth season which premiered on September 26, 2019.[39][40] On July 11, 2019, it was reported that the sixth season would be the final season.[14]
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