
Scripted series · ABC
How to Get Away with Murder
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
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TV DNA
How How to Get Away with Murder actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
How to Get Away with Murder reads strongest on Tension, Character Depth and Cliffhanger Intensity.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.
The run
Seasons
6 seasons · 90 episodes.

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201415 episodes
8.3IMDbA law professor chooses five students to intern at her firm, while shifts in time foretell of the team's involvement in a shocking murder.
Best episode · S01E15 It's All My Fault

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201515 episodes
8.3IMDbThey say the first year of law school is the hardest. After taking Professor Annalise Keating's class at Middleton University, the Keating 5 were pushed to their limits as their values, convictions, dreams and even truths about themselves were revealed to be as dark as the law and justice system they're trying to learn. Following the aftermath of the murder mystery cover up that Wes Gibbins, Connor Walsh, Michaela Pratt and Laurel Castillo were involved in, they each fear the worst when Rebecca Sutter escapes from under their watch. Unbeknownst to them, she is found dead by Annalise and her trusted associate Frank Delfino, creating an entirely new murder and undoubtedly, a new web of lies and suspects.
Best episode · S02E09 What Did We Do?

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201615 episodes
7.9IMDbProfessor Annalise Keating and her class of bright law students push the limits of legality in the courtroom and beyond in order to keep their clients out of jail and each other out of hot water.
Best episode · S03E09 Who's Dead?

Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201715 episodes
7.9IMDbMurder, 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. But as the group struggles to move on with their lives following Wes' death, their past continues to haunt them. Relationships will be fractured, lies will spin out of control, and a shocking, new mystery will upend their entire lives.
Best episode · S04E08 Live. Live. Live.

Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
201815 episodes
8.3IMDbMichaela, Connor, Asher, and Laurel move on with the next chapter of their lives. A new mystery involving one of their own will unfold, as relationships are fractured, and new secrets are exposed.
Best episode · S05E08 I Want to Love You Until the Day I Die

Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
201915 episodes
7.7IMDbProfessor Annalise Keating's class is in their final semester of law school – while the deception, fear and guilt binding Professor Keating to her students prove deadlier then ever.
Best episode · S06E09 Are You the Mole?
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S02E09
What Did We Do?
ADA Sinclair discovers a break in her favor in the Hapstall case, but her actions result in a deadly outcome as details are revealed about the night Annalise was shot, including the person responsible for pulling the trigger.
- Directed by Bill D'Elia
- Written by Erika Green Swafford, Michael Foley

S01E15
It's All My Fault
Wes, Connor, Michaela and Laurel may have dug themselves in too deep a hole for Annalise to save them, and the shocking truth about Lila's murder is finally revealed.
- Directed by Bill D'Elia
- Written by Peter Nowalk

S03E09
Who's Dead?
Annalise receives a tip about A.D.A. Atwood that leads to a heated confrontation with Nate. Meanwhile, the deadly events leading up to Annalise's house fire reveal who's under the sheet.
- Directed by Bill D'Elia
- Written by Michael Foley

S01E09
Kill Me, Kill Me, Kill Me
It's the evening of the bonfire and we finally see what exactly happened on the night of Sam's death.
- Directed by Stephen Williams
- Written by Erika Green Swafford, Michael Foley

S06E09
Are You the Mole?
On the eve of graduation, Oliver gifts Connor, Michaela and Asher something unexpected. At the dean's cocktail party, Annalise learns disturbing news. Later, Michaela receives a surprise phone call, and the FBI informant is finally revealed.
- Directed by Stephen Cragg
- Written by Maisha Closson

S04E08
Live. Live. Live.
Annalise is confronted with disturbing news involving one of Isaac's patients. The investigation into Wes' murder comes to a head and details of the whereabouts of Laurel's baby are revealed.
- Directed by Rob Hardy
- Written by Joe Fazzio
Recently aired
Latest Episodes


S06E14
Annalise Keating Is Dead
- Directed by John Terlesky
- Written by Sarah L. Thompson, Tess Leibowitz

S06E13
What If Sam Wasn't the Bad Guy This Whole Time?
- Directed by Dawn Wilkinson
- Written by Ricardo C. Lira

S06E12
Let's Hurt Him
- Directed by Janice Cooke
- Written by Daniel Robinson, Matthew Cruz

S06E11
The Reckoning
- Directed by DeMane Davis
- Written by Inda Craig-Galván

S06E10
We're Not Getting Away With It
- Directed by Sheelin Choksey
- Written by Tess Leibowitz
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Peter Nowalk
Showrunner

Betsy Beers
Executive producer
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Stephen Cragg
Executive producer

Shonda Rhimes
Executive producer
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Hadi Nicholas Deeb
Writer
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Warren Hsu Leonard
Writer
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Morenike Balogun
Writer
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Marcus Dalzine
Writer

Tanya Saracho
Writer

Angela Robinson
Writer
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Daniel Robinson
Writer
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Maisha Closson
Writer

Erika Green Swafford
Writer
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Tracy Bellomo
Writer
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Laurence Andries
Writer
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Fernanda Coppel
Writer
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Michael Russo
Writer

Rob Fresco
Writer
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Matthew Cruz
Writer

Maya Goldsmith
Writer
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J.C. Lee
Writer
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Brendan Kelly
Writer
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Michael Foley
Writer
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Sara Rose Feinberg
Writer
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Abby Ajayi
Writer
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Erika Harrison
Writer
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Joe Fazzio
Writer
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Sarah L. Thompson
Writer
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Doug Stockstill
Writer
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Ricardo C. Lira
Writer
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Vanessa James Benton
Writer

Inda Craig-Galván
Writer
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Tess Leibowitz
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Betsy BeersExecutive Producer
- Scott CollinsProducer
- Stephen CraggExecutive Producer
- Scott PrintzProducer
- Shonda RhimesExecutive Producer
- Peter NowalkExecutive Producer
Writing
- Hadi Nicholas DeebWriter
- Warren Hsu LeonardWriter
- Morenike BalogunWriter
- Marcus DalzineWriter
- Tanya SarachoWriter
- Angela RobinsonWriter
Direction
- Nicole Cummins-RubioDirector
- John TerleskyDirector
- Rob HardyDirector
- Catriona McKenzieDirector
- DeMane DavisDirector
- Dawn WilkinsonDirector
Cinematography
- Christian SebaldtDirector of Photography
- Spencer CombsDirector of Photography
- Paul SanchezDirector of Photography
- Joe BroderickDirector of Photography
- Jeffrey JurDirector of Photography
- Michael A. PriceDirector of Photography
Music
- PhotekOriginal Music Composer
Recognition
Awards
1 win
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Drama Series
1 win · latest 2015
- WinnerNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Drama Series2015
How to Get Away with Murder · How to Get Away with Murder
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