How to Get Away with Murder is an American legal drama television series that premiered on ABC on September 25, 2014. The series follows Annalise Keating, a law professor and criminal defense attorney at Middleton University, who selects five interns to work in her law firm: Wes Gibbins, Connor Walsh, Michaela Pratt, Asher Millstone, and Laurel Castillo – alongside Annalise's employees Frank Delfino and Bonnie Winterbottom, an associate lawyer. With the exception of the pilot, every episode's title is a phrase said by one of the characters in that episode.
The first season initially had an order of thirteen episodes,[1] but ABC ordered a full season for the series with an additional two episodes after the first episode aired and was the top series debut of the season.[2] On May 7, 2015, the show was renewed for a second season, which consisted of fifteen episodes like the previous season.[3] March 3, 2016, ABC announced that the show was renewed for a third season.[4] On February 10, 2017, ABC renewed the show for a fourth season.[5] On May 11, 2018, ABC announced the show was officially renewed for a fifth season.[6] On May 10, 2019, the series was renewed for a sixth season.[7] On July 11, 2019, it was announced the sixth season would be the last.[8]
During the course of the series, 90 episodes of How to Get Away with Murder aired, between September 25, 2014, and May 14, 2020.
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Viewers (in millions) | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||||
1 | 15 | September 25, 2014 | February 26, 2015 | 30 | 11.40[9] | |
2 | 15 | September 24, 2015 | March 17, 2016 | 32 | 10.26[10] | |
3 | 15 | September 22, 2016 | February 23, 2017 | 44 | 7.91[11] | |
4 | 15 | September 28, 2017 | March 15, 2018 | 64 | 6.42[12] | |
5 | 15 | September 27, 2018 | February 28, 2019 | 85 | 5.15[13] | |
6 | 15 | September 26, 2019 | May 14, 2020 | 84 | 4.27[14] |
Main article: How to Get Away with Murder (season 1) |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Michael Offer | Peter Nowalk | September 25, 2014 | 14.12[15] |
2 | 2 | "It's All Her Fault" | Bill D'Elia | Peter Nowalk | October 2, 2014 | 11.94[16] |
3 | 3 | "Smile, or Go to Jail" | Randy Zisk | Rob Fresco | October 9, 2014 | 10.81[17] |
4 | 4 | "Let's Get to Scooping" | Laura Innes | Erika Green Swafford | October 16, 2014 | 9.79[18] |
5 | 5 | "We're Not Friends" | Mike Listo | Tracey A. Bellomo | October 23, 2014 | 9.97[19] |
6 | 6 | "Freakin' Whack-a-Mole" | Bill D'Elia | Michael Foley | October 30, 2014 | 8.68[20] |
7 | 7 | "He Deserved to Die" | Eric Stoltz | Warren Hsu Leonard | November 6, 2014 | 9.18[21] |
8 | 8 | "He Has a Wife" | Debbie Allen | Doug Stockstill | November 13, 2014 | 9.25[22] |
9 | 9 | "Kill Me, Kill Me, Kill Me" | Stephen Williams | Michael Foley & Erika Green Swafford | November 20, 2014 | 9.82[23] |
10 | 10 | "Hello Raskolnikov" | Michael Offer | Marcus Dalzine | January 29, 2015 | 9.18[24] |
11 | 11 | "Best Christmas Ever" | Michael Katleman | Tracy A. Bellomo & Warren Hsu Leonard | February 5, 2015 | 8.34[25] |
12 | 12 | "She's a Murderer" | Bill D'Elia | Erika Harrison | February 12, 2015 | 8.44[26] |
13 | 13 | "Mama's Here Now" | Mike Listo | Erika Green Swafford & Doug Stockstill | February 19, 2015 | 8.86[27] |
14 | 14 | "The Night Lila Died" | Laura Innes | Michael Foley | February 26, 2015 | 8.99[28] |
15 | 15 | "It's All My Fault" | Bill D'Elia | Peter Nowalk | February 26, 2015 | 8.99[28] |
Main article: How to Get Away with Murder (season 2) |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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16 | 1 | "It's Time to Move On" | Bill D'Elia | Peter Nowalk | September 24, 2015 | 8.38[29] |
17 | 2 | "She's Dying" | Rob Hardy | Erika Green Swafford | October 1, 2015 | 7.53[30] |
18 | 3 | "It's Called the Octopus" | John Terlesky | Joe Fazzio | October 8, 2015 | 7.22[31] |
19 | 4 | "Skanks Get Shanked" | Stephen Williams | Angela Robinson | October 15, 2015 | 6.81[32] |
20 | 5 | "Meet Bonnie" | Stephen Cragg | Sarah L. Thompson | October 22, 2015 | 6.95[33] |
21 | 6 | "Two Birds, One Millstone" | Mike Listo | Michael Foley | October 29, 2015 | 6.27[34] |
22 | 7 | "I Want You to Die" | Kevin Bray | Warren Hsu Leonard | November 5, 2015 | 6.49[35] |
23 | 8 | "Hi, I'm Philip" | Jennifer Getzinger | Tanya Saracho | November 12, 2015 | 6.71[36] |
24 | 9 | "What Did We Do?" | Bill D'Elia | Michael Foley & Erika Green Swafford | November 19, 2015 | 7.19[37] |
25 | 10 | "What Happened to You, Annalise?" | Laura Innes | J. C. Lee | February 11, 2016 | 5.82[38] |
26 | 11 | "She Hates Us" | Bill D'Elia | Erika Harrison | February 18, 2016 | 4.88[39] |
27 | 12 | "It's a Trap" | Mike Listo | Joe Fazzio & Tanya Saracho | February 25, 2016 | 4.86[40] |
28 | 13 | "Something Bad Happened" | Zetna Fuentes | Michael Foley & Warren Hsu Leonard | March 3, 2016 | 4.53[41] |
29 | 14 | "There's My Baby" | Stephen Williams | J.C. Lee & Erika Harrison | March 10, 2016 | 4.80[42] |
30 | 15 | "Anna Mae" | Bill D'Elia | Peter Nowalk | March 17, 2016 | 5.29[43] |
Main article: How to Get Away with Murder (season 3) |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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31 | 1 | "We're Good People Now" | Bill D'Elia | Peter Nowalk | September 22, 2016 | 5.11[44] |
32 | 2 | "There Are Worse Things Than Murder" | Zetna Fuentes | Angela Robinson | September 29, 2016 | 4.33[45] |
33 | 3 | "Always Bet Black" | Stephen Cragg | Joe Fazzio | October 6, 2016 | 4.40[46] |
34 | 4 | "Don't Tell Annalise" | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Erika Green Swafford | October 13, 2016 | 4.00[47] |
35 | 5 | "It's About Frank" | Jann Turner | J. C. Lee | October 20, 2016 | 4.29[48] |
36 | 6 | "Is Someone Really Dead?" | Sharat Raju | Fernanda Coppel | October 27, 2016 | 4.07[49] |
37 | 7 | "Call It Mother's Intuition" | Mike Smith | Erika Harrison | November 3, 2016 | 4.08[50] |
38 | 8 | "No More Blood" | Jet Wilkinson | Morenike Balogun | November 10, 2016 | 4.32[51] |
39 | 9 | "Who's Dead?" | Bill D'Elia | Michael Foley | November 17, 2016 | 4.95[52] |
40 | 10 | "We're Bad People" | Jennifer Getzinger | Sarah L. Thompson | January 26, 2017 | 5.41[53] |
41 | 11 | "Not Everything's About Annalise" | Nicole Rubio | Abby Ajayi | February 2, 2017 | 4.69[54] |
42 | 12 | "Go Cry Somewhere Else" | Cherie Nowlan | Daniel Robinson | February 9, 2017 | 4.92[55] |
43 | 13 | "It's War" | Hanelle Culpepper | Brendan Kelly | February 16, 2017 | 4.66[56] |
44 | 14 | "He Made a Terrible Mistake" | Jet Wilkinson | Joe Fazzio | February 23, 2017 | 4.92[57] |
45 | 15 | "Wes" | Bill D'Elia | Peter Nowalk | February 23, 2017 | 4.92[57] |
Main article: How to Get Away with Murder (season 4) |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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46 | 1 | "I'm Going Away" | Jet Wilkinson | Peter Nowalk | September 28, 2017 | 3.96[58] |
47 | 2 | "I'm Not Her" | Paris Barclay | Maya Goldsmith | October 5, 2017 | 3.88[59] |
48 | 3 | "It's for the Greater Good" | Nicole Rubio | Erika Harrison | October 12, 2017 | 3.88[60] |
49 | 4 | "Was She Ever Good at Her Job?" | Mike Smith | Michael Russo | October 19, 2017 | 3.56[61] |
50 | 5 | "I Love Her" | Lexi Alexander | Sarah L. Thompson | October 26, 2017 | 3.56[62] |
51 | 6 | "Stay Strong, Mama" | Cherie Nowlan | Morenike Balogun | November 2, 2017 | 3.56[63] |
52 | 7 | "Nobody Roots for Goliath" | Nzingha Stewart | Daniel Robinson | November 9, 2017 | 3.71[64] |
53 | 8 | "Live. Live. Live." | Rob Hardy | Joe Fazzio | November 16, 2017 | 3.72[65] |
54 | 9 | "He's Dead" | Jet Wilkinson | Abby Ajayi | January 18, 2018 | 3.80[66] |
55 | 10 | "Everything We Did Was for Nothing" | Jonathan Brown | Matthew Cruz | January 25, 2018 | 3.54[67] |
56 | 11 | "He's a Bad Father" | Marta Cunningham | Maya Goldsmith | February 1, 2018 | 3.68[68] |
57 | 12 | "Ask Him About Stella" | Stephen Cragg | Tess Leibowitz | February 8, 2018 | 3.26[69] |
58 | 13 | "Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" | Zetna Fuentes | Morenike Balogun & Sarah L. Thompson | March 1, 2018 | 4.14[70] |
59 | 14 | "The Day Before He Died" | Scott Printz | Joe Fazzio | March 8, 2018 | 3.36[71] |
60 | 15 | "Nobody Else Is Dying" | Jet Wilkinson | Peter Nowalk | March 15, 2018 | 3.83[72] |
Main article: How to Get Away with Murder (season 5) |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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61 | 1 | "Your Funeral" | Stephen Cragg | Peter Nowalk | September 27, 2018 | 2.93[73] |
62 | 2 | "Whose Blood Is That?" | Mike Smith | Sarah L. Thompson | October 4, 2018 | 3.02[74] |
63 | 3 | "The Baby Was Never Dead" | Valerie Weiss | Erika Harrison | October 11, 2018 | 3.22[75] |
64 | 4 | "It's Her Kid" | Cherie Nowlan | Maisha Closson | October 18, 2018 | 2.74[76] |
65 | 5 | "It Was the Worst Day of My Life" | Laura Innes | Michael Russo | October 25, 2018 | 2.93[77] |
66 | 6 | "We Can Find Him" | Jonathan Brown | Tess Leibowitz | November 1, 2018 | 2.86[78] |
67 | 7 | "I Got Played" | Eric Laneuville | Maya Goldsmith | November 8, 2018 | 3.02[79] |
68 | 8 | "I Want to Love You Until the Day I Die" | Stephen Cragg | Joe Fazzio | November 15, 2018 | 3.13[80] |
69 | 9 | "He Betrayed Us Both" | John Terlesky | Daniel Robinson | January 17, 2019 | 2.84[81] |
70 | 10 | "Don't Go Dark on Me" | Cherie Nowlan | Sara Rose Feinberg | January 24, 2019 | 2.74[82] |
71 | 11 | "Be the Martyr" | Alrick Riley | Matthew Cruz | January 31, 2019 | 2.58[83] |
72 | 12 | "We Know Everything" | Jennifer Getzinger | Michael Russo & Sarah L. Thompson | February 7, 2019 | 2.74[84] |
73 | 13 | "Where Are Your Parents?" | DeMane Davis | Maya Goldsmith & Daniel Robinson | February 14, 2019 | 2.57[85] |
74 | 14 | "Make Me the Enemy" | Mike Smith | Erika Harrison & Matthew Cruz | February 21, 2019 | 2.56[86] |
75 | 15 | "Please Say No One Else Is Dead" | Stephen Cragg | Joe Fazzio | February 28, 2019 | 2.76[87] |
Main article: How to Get Away with Murder (season 6) |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [88] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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76 | 1 | "Say Goodbye" | Stephen Cragg | Sarah L. Thompson | September 26, 2019 | 2.43[89] |
77 | 2 | "Vivian's Here" | Mike Smith | Michael Russo | October 3, 2019 | 2.56[90] |
78 | 3 | "Do You Think I'm a Bad Man?" | Catriona McKenzie | Daniel Robinson | October 10, 2019 | 2.23[91] |
79 | 4 | "I Hate the World" | Scott Printz | Matthew Cruz | October 17, 2019 | 2.10[92] |
80 | 5 | "We're All Gonna Die" | Felix Alcala | Sara Rose Feinberg | October 24, 2019 | 2.25[93] |
81 | 6 | "Family Sucks" | Laura Innes | Vanessa James Benton | October 31, 2019 | 2.16[94] |
82 | 7 | "I'm the Murderer" | Lily Mariye | Laurence Andries | November 7, 2019 | 2.21[95] |
83 | 8 | "I Want to Be Free" | Alrick Riley | Hadi Nicholas Deeb | November 14, 2019 | 2.28[96] |
84 | 9 | "Are You the Mole?" | Stephen Cragg | Maisha Closson | November 21, 2019 | 2.16[97] |
85 | 10 | "We're Not Getting Away With It" | Sheelin Choksey | Tess Leibowitz | April 2, 2020 | 2.91[98] |
86 | 11 | "The Reckoning" | DeMane Davis | Inda Craig-Galván | April 9, 2020 | 2.78[99] |
87 | 12 | "Let's Hurt Him" | Janice Cooke | Daniel Robinson & Matthew Cruz | April 16, 2020 | 2.81[100] |
88 | 13 | "What If Sam Wasn't the Bad Guy This Whole Time?" | Dawn Wilkinson | Ricardo C. Lira | April 30, 2020 | 2.77[101] |
89 | 14 | "Annalise Keating Is Dead" | John Terlesky | Sarah L. Thompson & Tess Leibowitz | May 7, 2020 | 2.69[102] |
90 | 15 | "Stay" | Stephen Cragg | Peter Nowalk | May 14, 2020 | 3.20[103] |
Season | Episode number | Average | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |||
1 | 14.12 | 11.94 | 10.81 | 9.79 | 9.97 | 8.68 | 9.18 | 9.25 | 9.82 | 9.18 | 8.34 | 8.44 | 8.86 | 8.99 | 8.99 | 9.76 | |
2 | 8.38 | 7.53 | 7.22 | 6.81 | 6.95 | 6.27 | 6.49 | 6.71 | 7.19 | 5.82 | 4.88 | 4.86 | 4.53 | 4.80 | 5.29 | 6.25 | |
3 | 5.11 | 4.33 | 4.40 | 4.00 | 4.29 | 4.07 | 4.08 | 4.32 | 4.95 | 5.41 | 4.69 | 4.92 | 4.66 | 4.92 | 4.92 | 4.61 | |
4 | 3.96 | 3.88 | 3.88 | 3.56 | 3.56 | 3.56 | 3.71 | 3.72 | 3.80 | 3.54 | 3.68 | 3.26 | 4.14 | 3.36 | 3.83 | 3.70 | |
5 | 2.93 | 3.02 | 3.22 | 2.74 | 2.93 | 2.86 | 3.02 | 3.13 | 2.84 | 2.74 | 2.58 | 2.74 | 2.57 | 2.56 | 2.76 | 2.84 | |
6 | 2.43 | 2.56 | 2.23 | 2.10 | 2.25 | 2.16 | 2.21 | 2.28 | 2.16 | 2.91 | 2.78 | 2.81 | 2.77 | 2.69 | 3.20 | 2.50 |