How to Get Away With Murder, episode fifteen

Flashback to Nate Sr. getting a visit from Xavier Castillo. Laurel sees the video and Annalise starts pushing her. She wants answers that Laurel doesn’t have. Annalise blames her though, even after Frank steps in. Annalise yells and it upsets Christopher. At the house, the others are trying to figure out what to do with Laurel’s mother’s hair when she comes back. She tells them all that Annalise hates her. Gabriel gets another visit from Telesco. He said no the first time. Now she has an ultimatum. He can be loyal to his mother or Annalise.

Annalise meets with the governor. She’s lying but she is willing to stick with her story and frame Emmett. Sure enough, Tegan calls to let Annalise know the feds are taking Emmett in. Annalise wants her to intervene and explains that it’s the Castillos. Tegan checks out at that. Frank is still theorizing but Nate tells him to stop. They haven’t found evidence Ron was involved. They killed a good guy. Flashback to Ron getting approached by Xavier. He’s willing to donate big bucks to his campaign. He wants to take down Annalise too.

Laurel asks Connor and Oliver to be Christopher’s legal guardians if anything happens to her. They try and argue with her but eventually agree. Asher and Michaela are talking about the FBI operation to take them down when the latter gets a call from Gabriel. He wants her to come over and says it’s urgent. Annalise goes to see Emmett. She tells him that she’ll be his lawyer cause this is the Castillos. Frank is still looking for Ron to be the bad guy. Bonnie doesn’t believe it. She doesn’t think he could be doing it while he was comforting her about her sister.

Nate confronts the warden, finds out that Ron pushed for the night transfer and ends up in jail. Bonnie will help him and Frank sees that as proof. Annalise tries to help Emmett but since the feds have a recording of her talking about his guilt it doesn’t work. So Gabriel was involved in a murder that Telesco is trying to pin on his mother. He explains it to Michaela and also apparently tells her that Laurel had an immunity offer because she goes back to the house guns blazing and starts yelling. Laurel tries to defend herself and then spins it that this was Telesco’s plan, to divide them. The others aren’t happy.

Annalise calls Tegan for help with Emmett and gives her a pep talk about dealing with the Castillos. Then she goes and tells Nate that they are working to get him out but he needs to start thinking. Frank roughs up a guard to get answers about Nate Sr. She tells him Xavier paid them off. Tegan presents a hard drive with more Castillo evidence to the feds and it helps make Emmett’s story more plausible. Annalise and Frank talk about what the guard said. Laurel starts to make amends when Asher comes in with a court case that they can use to get Telesco fired. It would also get Laurel and Christopher killed so back to square one.

Laurel gets a call from Annalise. It’s time to make things right. That includes a road trip to New York so that the two of them can confront Xavier. Back at home, Asher brings the scalp to the feds and gets Telesco fired. Annalise shouts at Xavier and explains her theory. She tells him to turn himself in. Once they leave, he calls the governor. They are going with plan B. Asher gets home in a great mood. Oliver and Connor are there and they are not happy. Michaela’s request for her biological parent information came through. Her father’s name was Dwight… and Annalise knew him.

Michaela brings the good news to Gabriel and then they kiss. Meanwhile, Telesco is packing up her shit and she calls his mom. Emmett and Tegan get back to the office. They are going to have a drink. She goes to get some gin from her office. The governor makes a statement and calls the FBI investigation fake news. Bonnie gets a call from the guard. She wants a deal and says that Ron paid her off. That statement was manufactured by Frank. The governor blames Emmett. Tegan calls Annalise to tell her while Emmett has a heart attack upstairs. When Annalise turns around, Laurel is gone. Frank runs into the house and goes looking for Christopher. He’s gone. The Castillos got both of them.

This show. Like really. It’s such a soap. I love it. Laurel can be a shit a lot of the time but she’s my favorite so I’m bummed she’ll probably never be found. Connor is my other favorite. I’m glad he’s okay. He’s good with the baby.

How to Get Away With Murder, episode fourteen

So the governor got to Annalise. Now she’s second-guessing herself about Emmett. She brings Tegan in for another opinion. The latter defends Emmett but Annalise really pushes, until she admits that she almost kissed him. Now it’s in her head. Tegan tells her to use the obvious attraction to find out what’s what. Annalise does. She goes in and hits on him. He seems interested but shuts her down because he has run into problems at work already.

Bonnie shows up at the house. She’s got a project for the kids. She wants them to get to work filing a motion to get Oliver’s laptop back. Laurel isn’t there though. They think she’s taking the baby for a check-up. She’s not. She’s meeting Telesco about the anonymous calls she’s been getting. Telesco will help, for a price. Information on the Miller case. Annalise goes to see Nate and tells her the new theory. He buys it though. His father mentioned a slick guy lawyer stopped by to try and get him to fire Annalise.

Gabriel stops by the firm. He’s got a problem with his mom and wants her help. Annalise recruits Michaela to handle that while Laurel and Frank talk about the feds and finding her mom. He tells her to talk to Bonnie. It’ll help with everything. Laurel goes home and finds Bonnie giving orders. She wants Oliver to represent himself. Connor says that this is more than a fender bender. He’ll file as co-plantiff so that he can represent them.

Tegan goes to have a chat with Emmett. He wants to know if she was the “Jane Doe” that brought down Laurel’s dad. Then he dangles a promotion in front of her. He tells her he’s leaving and when she asks where he’s heading he tells her that he’s going to run for DA. Tegan reports back to Annalise about it. This seems to be his protection plan. Michaela and Gabriel are studying. He calls her on her shit and then goes to make food.

Bonnie and Laurel have a heart to heart about protecting Christopher. Bonnie is upset she could have hurt him. Connor and Oliver go to court. It doesn’t work out as planned. Motion denied. Annalise and Nate paid a guy for footage of the visitors at the jail. They only get some stills but it seems like Emmett. The call is interrupted when the man himself walks in Annalise’s office. He wants to go out to dinner and she suggests they go that night.

Frank’s guy came through and found the number of the person that’s been spamming Laurel. She tries it but it’s been disconnected. Frank suggests she leave well enough alone on this. Annalise is headed out for her date. She tells Tegan who tries to stop her. She’s got proof that he ordered the hit. Annalise wants to make him sweat. They go to dinner and Annalise makes sure that he’s got a drink. Michaela and Gabriel talk. He is staying at this school because he thinks there is more to Sam’s death. She tells him there isn’t and then about her own parents.

They were awful, both sets, but he thinks she is lying. She storms out in tears and he tries to stop her but they run into Asher in the hall. At the dinner, Annalise talks to Emmett for a while before they both go into attack mode. She walks out. Nate goes to see Bonnie. He tells her Ron was probably innocent and now they need help. She’s goes to see the warden for the footage. Oliver has an idea of his own. He hacks the judge and finds out she was at a wine bar the night the warrant was signed. The perceived impropriety is enough to vacate the warrant.

Back at the house, Oliver has to check that his firewall held up. Asher and Michaela talk. She admits that Gabriel got in her head about finding her birth parents but Asher talks to her. He tells her that it’s just because she wants parental comfort since their lives suck. Oliver calls them in. His laptop takes a picture when someone accesses the encrypted files. It was Telesco but the background is more interesting. The board with the whole operation is there.

They call Annalise and she tells them to calm down. Then there’s a knock on her door. It’s Emmett. Tegan’s office is bugged and he knows she was after him. He’s adamant he didn’t kill Nate Sr. Gabriel gets a visit from Telesco who will tell him about Sam for some help. At the house, they are debating fleeing the country. Bonnie, Frank and Nate watch the video. Emmett and Annalise scream at each other. Neither is backing down. Laurel gets a package. Frank identifies the guy in the video. Laurel opens the box to find her mother’s head. Frank calls Annalise. It’s not Emmett. It’s Laurel’s brother.

THIS SHOW IS SO INSANE! Also, poor Tegan, she’s been bugged all this time. I am rooting for her and I’m glad she seems to be on Annalise’s team for now. I also feel bad for Laurel. I’m glad Frank has her back.

How to Get Away With Murder, episode thirteen

It’s Christmastime. Everyone in the house is getting in the spirit. Laurel gets a call from an unknown number. There is no one there. She assumes it’s her mom. Annalise has her mom in town. She gets a call from Claire about coming in. The feds are willing to offer immunity. Annalise tells her after the holiday. Gabriel gets a visitor. It’s Frank. They talk about the former’s mother deserving better than Sam.

Bonnie and Asher go to Ron’s funeral. Afterward she talks to his mom about the governor and catching who did this. His body was unrecognizable, she says. Turns out the bleach mix was the same as a murder tied to a crime family that donates to the governor. Michaela is impressed. Laurel is still nervous. Connor just wants everyone on their best behavior while his mom is in town.

Nate stops by to see Annalise’s mother. She asks after his father and he doesn’t tell her what happened. When she goes to bed, Annalise tells him about the deal. It would tear them apart. Annalise’s mother heard it. She tells her daughter not to get Nate in trouble. The next morning, everyone is doing Christmas things. Frank stops by to tell them that Asher is bringing Gabriel. Tegan gets stopped by Claire.

She wants to know about Annalise. Tegan’s got nothing. She is going to Annalise’s Christmas dinner though. Frank gets there first and compliments Nate on the technique of disposing the body. Bonnie hears it and goes to the bathroom. Asher and Gabriel get to the house for the holiday. Emmett and Tegan get to Annalise’s too. They sit down to dinner and after a few toasts, dig in.

Afterward, Nate knows what’s up. He figured out that Annalise’s mother wants her to help him. Tegan offers condolences to Bonnie who ducks out early. Connor’s mother is annoyed at the kids because none of them went to see their parents. Their chat gets interrupted by a knock on the door. Claire has a warrant for their wedding photos. Connor calls Annalise but she doesn’t answer. She’s talking to Emmett about the life she keeps secret. He starts making a move.

Annalise shuts him down. At the house, feds are going through the photos. Connor’s mom is freaking out but Asher diffuses that situation. Michael tries to give Gabriel a peace offering but then he talks and she takes it back. After the photo search, Claire is going to take Oliver’s laptop. It’s fair game in the warrant. Laurel walks out and tries to throw blame at her father. Claire doesn’t take the bait. Evidence points to the kids. Frank goes home and tells Bonnie. She tells him that she feels off and he mentions a pregnancy test.

The next day, the kids go to see Annalise. They are all fretting and she does nothing to set them at ease when she tells them that she’s meeting with Claire. Nate sits with Annalise’s mother. He finds out she was pen pals with his father. She also mentions that she thinks he and Annalise should have married for spousal privilege. Connor tells his mom that the governor is after Annalise. Speaking of, her mom is going home. She tells Annalise that she has to help others to help herself.

Later that night, Annalise falls off the wagon again. Then she reaches out to Claire to set up a meet. She’ll have the immunity paperwork on hand, unless Tegan can give her something to negate that. Annalise goes and the feds keep her waiting. Gabriel talks to his mom about Michaela. Bonnie takes a pregnancy test. Nate reads his father’s letters to Annalise’s mother. Frank finds out that Bonnie is not pregnant. Laurel is nervous. She calls Claire and leaves a message. She seems like she wants to talk.

Annalise is done waiting. She gets up. Someone walks into an interrogation room. It’s not hers though. Tegan is waiting. She wants to talk about Claire. The night before, after finding out about the immunity deal, Claire and Tegan slept together. Now Tegan feels like she is in danger. Claire gets kicked off of Operation Bon Fire. Tegan tells Annalise that she just bought her time. Annalise gets a call. She meets with the governor who claims that Emmett killed Nate Sr.

This show is just getting crazier. Also the governor was on something else and she must have been an alien. That’s all I keep thinking about. I feel the worst from Connor.

How to Get Away With Murder, episode twelve

Annalise is going to the police station. She’s going to agree to represent Gabriel to get more information. The others are not on board with this but she doesn’t care. She walks in and confronts him. He admits that he was helping Miller investigate her. That’s enough for Annalise. Bonnie and Nate are not on board with it but are willing to go along because they figure they can plant information for the feds. Tegan meets with the fed Claire. She asks about Jorge Castillo but Claire asks about Annalise. She agrees to be on the lookout.

Before Gabriel’s first appearance the others are spitballing about what the government is up to. They figure the plan is to drum up charges to force him to talk. Once in the courtroom though, things take a turn. He’s being charged with domestic terrorism for attacking cops at a protest in Ferguson. Bail is set at a $1 million. Now that Annalise is on board, Frank starts sorting out things to help. He’s got a log from Miller’s burner phone. He gives it to Nate to go through while he talks to Bonnie.

Gabriel and Annalise talk. He gives her all of his accounts and passwords to look for the evidence the prosecutor talked about. She passes it along to Oliver. Michaela goes to make nice with Tegan to keep her away from Annalise. The story is that Nate is a person of interest in the Ron case. Tegan buys it and then asks if there is anything else. Michaela says no just as Emmett comes in and asks about the Gabriel case. At the house, everyone is finding tons of shady Gabriel information.

There is even a string of texts to his mom about Annalise. Laurel and Annalise go to the jail to confront him. He says that it’s not about Annalise. He talks to his mom about Michaela. They make him prove it. He does. Bonnie talks to Ron’s assistant about his contact at the governor’s office. She doesn’t know a name and then they get interrupted by his mom calling again. Frank tries to talk to Nate about the guilt. He tells him they aren’t animals. Nate doesn’t want to hear it. Bonnie goes to visit Ron’s mom. She’s still looking for the name at the governor’s office.

She comes up empty and has to sit there feeling guilty. Gabriel gets some face time with Claire. She offers him immunity to be an informant. Tegan gets a call from Claire. Annalise goes to see Emmett. He wants to blow this up. Big press conference and all. She tells him no. Then she goes back to the house and hears Michaela’s plan. Scare Tegan into silence. They send her an anonymous email calling her Jane Doe. Frank talks to Bonnie. He’s there for her. After looking through all of Gabriel’s social media, Laurel has an idea.

The footage of Gabriel’s apartment shows that the evidence was planted. They get the charges withdrawn. Gabriel is pissed but Annalise tells him to knock it off and go back to the house. Tegan goes to see Emmett and finds him obsessing over Annalise. After she leaves, he gets a call from IT. Annalise goes to Nate’s place. The only way to link Ron to the governor is through Annalise. The adoption agent. Annalise freaks out. Gabriel tries to explain himself but the others aren’t interested. He gets a call from Annalise.

Bonnie gets a call from Ron’s mom. Frank tells her to ignore it but she doesn’t listen to him. Annalise tells Gabriel some information and he calls from a meeting with Claire. He feeds her Annalise’s story. She takes it but she doesn’t trust any of them. Annalise goes to see Emmett. He asks if she trusts Tegan. One of her emails got flagged. Afterward, Emmett calls IT to get access to Annalise’s emails. Michaela goes over and takes the camera out of Gabriel’s place. Annalise tells Tegan to watch her back. Nate tips off the cops about where the body is. Everyone is relieved for half a minute, until Connor’s mom posts a picture of herself with Asher at the wedding. Nate and Ron are in the background.

That board though. It’s everyone. I feel like every season they set the finale up to be the last one just in case and it’s shaping up like this is no different. I respect that though. I want Tegan on the team. I want them to take down Emmett.

How to Get Away With Murder, episode eleven

Nate is in custody. He gives a DNA sample. His phone rings. It’s Annalise. She wants to represent him but he tells her to steer clear. Two agents come in and ask him about where he was and his relationship with Annalise. He talks about Ron and it makes him look like a suspect but he tells them that he shouldn’t be the suspect. The governor should. 24 hours earlier, Bonnie and Annalise played the wiretap audio to him. Nate says that that is a cover. He didn’t kill an innocent man.

He leaves and Bonnie is on her way out to for work. Annalise tries to get her to stay and then asks her to come back after work. Bonnie heads out and Annalise calls Asher to keep an eye on her. He tells her that he’s not the only one that knows. She calls Oliver, Connor and Michaela into her office and tells them not to talk about anything. Tegan comes in to move forward on the civil suit but Michaela tells her that Nate isn’t on board. Tegan tells her to get him on board.

Michaela is more interested in tracking down Laurel though. As luck would have it, she’s confronting Bonnie in the parking garage. Asher separates them but Bonnie isn’t thankful. She’s annoyed he told the others. Nate goes to see one of the jurors from the inquest and finds out there was a secondary evidence packet. Annalise tries to help Emmett with his meeting about settling. He knuckles under though. Laurel gets to the office and finds out that Asher told Annalise that they all know. She’s annoyed. Gabriel is answering questions for the FBI.

He admits that he was helping with an investigation into Annalise but not that he is Sam’s son. Asher tries to make amends with Bonnie but she is more interested in telling him that he was right. Ron was innocent and she’s the one that killed him. Nate reaches out to a contact about the evidence packet. Annalise is on her way out when Gabriel gets there. He wants to talk to her but she isn’t interested. Tegan starts yelling at the group about the civil suit. They are dragging their feet and Gabriel butts in with a way to win. Tegan likes it and they get mad.

Emmett and Annalise are talking strategy. He’s willing to take the hit. She tells him to think of himself. Then her phone rings. It’s Nate. He’s got the evidence packet. He thinks it’s evidence but she tells him it’s not. It’s just his gut and she needs more. He kicks her out. Annalise calls Bonnie but she ignores it. She’s in her car in the garage with it running. Nate thinks about his father while Bonnie thinks about Ron. He starts to cry. Frank comes out and turns Bonnie’s car off. He carries her inside. Nate calls Bonnie. He’s looking for the chain of command on the gun.

Frank answers though and tells him to stop digging. He’s worrying even Frank now. Asher and Laurel fight about the way she treated Bonnie. Laurel tells him that she will stop at nothing to protect her son. When she goes to check on him, Oliver tries to comfort Asher. Laurel is second-guessing herself but Michaela tells her that she knows Christopher will be okay because she was in the room when her birth mother was shot and she turned out fine. They hug it out. Emmett meets privately with the British woman. He wants to take the fall.

She tells him no. She loves him more than the company. He says no. He’s going to take the hit. She kisses him. That’s how Annalise finds them. She rips him for falling for the reverse psychology ploy but he doesn’t care. Nate goes another route to get the chain of command report and that’s how he ends up in federal custody. Annalise gets taken to see Emmett. On her way up she runs into Tegan and talks about Nate. Annalise tells her that Nate is still looking for criminal options. Tegan confronts the others and calls them liars.

Annalise has a new strategy. Get the British head of their firm to take the fall. Emmett is on board with that and so is the British woman. They move forward with it. Nate is willing to go through all sorts of testing until the feds let him go. Gabriel goes running home and cuts up his license before someone starts knocking on his door. Frank gets home and starts looking all over for Bonnie. He can’t find her. Annalise goes by the frat house to get everyone else in line. They tell her Tegan is snooping around.

Speaking of Tegan, she is looking into the Ron case online. She calls one of the feds involved. She leaves a voicemail. The fed listens as Nate comes in. His theory was right. The evidence was cooked. They have someone else in custody now. Annalise makes sure everyone is on the same page. The governor killed Ron. Frank leaves a message for Bonnie and then finds her in his bed. She didn’t want to sleep alone. Annalise gets a call from a police station. Someone in custody is claiming she is their lawyer. It’s Gabriel.

I like Tegan. I want her to join the team. I also feel really bad for Michaela. She’s trying so hard but she’s in over her head.

How to Get Away With Murder, episode ten

Connor is running. He goes by Asher’s place and asks about Gabriel. He goes inside and starts trying to listen through the wall. Michaela wants to distract herself by working on a wrongful death suit for Nate Sr. Laurel is concerned about her son. She calls Bonnie, who doesn’t answer. She’s busy mediating an argument between Nate and Frank about when to tell Annalise. Frank lets it go but wants to deal with the Gabriel thing. He calls her but Annalise answers. She tells him to come on over.

Annalise and Eve argue about how to handle Gabriel. The latter wants to threaten him with conspiracy for his internet activity. Annalise tells her it’s not an option because the governor knows she tried to adopt Wes. Nate tries to come up with a cleaner story but Bonnie tells him it won’t work. Asher saw him at the wedding. Bonnie texts him to come over right away. He’s about to when someone shows up at the house. Gabriel. He admits Sam was his father and wants information.

He doesn’t buy the whole Wes killed Sam story. Everyone gets really indignant and Laurel cries. Then Connor kicks him out. Frank gives Annalise and Eve the little he has on Gabriel. Annalise tells him to go dig more and he heads to the house to tell the others. Eve tells Annalise that her wife is pregnant. Asher gets to Bonnie’s and finds out the role he needs to play. Bonnie tells him that Ron was responsible for what happened to Sr. Now it’s time for Asher to pay Nate back.

They go over what will happen. The feds will be involved so they have to be airtight. Asher plays his part. Annalise tells Eve she can go home. Eve suggests Annalise go away but before the conversation can get any further, there’s a knock on the door. It’s Emmett. Corporate wants him to admit fault so Annalise is going to help him sort it out. He goes back to the office and asks Tegan what she knows about Eve.

Not much but it probably means Annalise is up to something. Michaela wants a favor from Ron so she goes to Asher. He’s cagey but doesn’t tell her anything. Laurel and Connor talk about not trusting Gabriel and Wes being a good friend. Nate goes and beats up one of the prison guards before he ends up in questioning himself. He spins a pretty good tale on the guards being responsible because Ron was looking into Sr.

Eve and Annalise talk about privilege and not needing a partner. Michaela is still working on the civil suit when Gabriel tries to chat with her again. She shuts him down and leaves a message for Nate. Asher chats with Ron’s assistant. His phone batter wasn’t great. Nate checks his messages and then tells Bonnie they will talk later. Then Asher corners Bonnie. He thinks Nate was wrong. She tells him that he wasn’t.

Michaela tries to get Tegan on board for the civil suit for Sr. She seems interested and then asks about Eve. Michaela mentions they went to Harvard together and Tegan asks if they were together and they both note that bisexuality is real. Bonnie looks through notes that Ron left her and then goes to see another lawyer about a wiretap on the prison phone. She wants to hear one call.

Frank, Eve and Annalise brainstorm what to do. Their best bet at keeping Gabriel from digging anymore into Sam’s death is to make him think that laying off will keep his mother safe. Annalise goes to his apartment and talks about protecting his mother from her drug using past. The others all see it on the hidden camera. Tegan brings the civil suit to Emmett and then they both joke about the other still having a chance with Annalise.

Annalise gets home to find Eve all packed. They say their goodbyes, including a kiss. Gabriel checks his voicemail and finds a message from the FBI agent looking into Ron’s disappearance. That’s who Gabriel called after his chat with Annalise. Bonnie gets the wiretap audio. Asher gets to the house with food just as the news breaks that Ron is missing. Nate goes to see Annalise. Bonnie starts listening to phone calls. Michaela puts the pieces together and starts grilling Asher. He admits it was Nate. He is laying out the plan to Annalise but she is skeptical. Bonnie finds the audio. Ron didn’t order a hit on Sr. He was thanking the warden for the transfer.

So they killed the wrong guy. Did anyone hear the message Gabriel got from the feds? Also why would Asher not just tell them? It’s an all for one and one for all thing isn’t it? Also, I’m rooting for Tegan and Michaela to get together.

How to Get Away With Murder, episode nine

Bonnie goes home from the wedding and scrubs the blood off her feet. She’s crying. Frank barges in and tells her that Annalise knows Gabriel is Frank’s kid. She tells him to shut up because she has something to tell him. Annalise is freaking out. Her phone rings. It’s Frank. She lets Gabriel know that it’s Frank and he can be there in five minutes. Gabriel tells her that he just wants answers. She answers the phone and he says that he wants to come over and talk to her. She doesn’t let him.

Instead she pops open the vodka and invites him to sit down. Connor and Oliver are home. The former is a little annoyed with Asher but overall they are ready to celebrate their wedding. That is until Michaela calls and summons them. Laurel breaks the news that Gabriel is Sam’s kid and that Frank and Bonnie were going to kill him, maybe. They figure nothing is going on yet. Except Michaela can’t get through to Gabriel and Bonnie had blood on her leg.

Annalise and Gabriel talk about how he was raised. He didn’t know anything about anything until he found out his birth certificate the year before. Flashback to Annalise immediately after the accident when she lost her baby. She wants to take in Christoph but Sam puts it off. That night Sam called his ex, Gabriel’s mom. He wants to meet his son.

Bonnie orders a pizza to create an alibi. She brings it in and Frank gets a call. Laurel, and the others because she puts it on speaker, want to know where Bonnie is and if they killed Gabriel. He says no and then tells them all to settle in until morning. He’ll call when he knows more. Annalise and Gabriel are going toe to toe. She’s not responsible for him not having a father. They argue about the truth. Who killed Sam?

Back to the past. Bonnie shows up. She’s got paperwork for Annalise. Frank’s around too. He feels guilty because the accident was his fault and he wants to confess. Sam tells him he can never do that. Annalise plays Wes’ confession for Gabriel. The paperwork was to adopt Christoph. Sam is not on board. They fight and Sam walks out. The kids are freaking out because now Gabriel can get the DA to reopen the case. Asher tells them that Bonnie is dating Miller so she won’t let them get busted.

Frank and Bonnie are sitting together. She wants to believe Miller was bad. That’s how she’ll get through this. Gabriel wants to know more about Sam and Annalise points out that the real victim was his mother. Bonnie and Frank talked in the past too. She wanted to know about the fight he had with Sam. He didn’t tell her. When Sam left, Annalise thought he went to his sister’s house. Instead he tried to meet Gabriel but his ex-mother-in-law wouldn’t let that happen.

Bonnie finally falls asleep and Frank puts a blanket on her. Then her phone rings and she startles awake. It’s Nate on Miller’s phone. They are setting it up that this is his last call to her. Bonnie asks where he is. Frank will come pick him up. Annalise lets Gabriel know that there are no answers for him to find. Sam is dead. In the past, Annalise considers calling her mother. She gets a call from Child Services. Bonnie is trying to get through to her. She’s not answering. Bonnie talks to Frank about them.

According to Frank, Bonnie is obsessed with Sam. He’s more concerned about Annalise. They end up having sex. Annalise leaves a crying voicemail for Sam. Overnight, Bonnie checks her phone and then heads to the Keating house. She finds Annalise passed out on the bathroom floor. She took a lot of pills. Bonnie calls 911 and the next day brings her home. Annalise tells Bonnie the adoption isn’t happening. She didn’t expect it to. She never thought she would have kids.

Sam was the one that convinced her they could have kids. While they waited for paramedics, Annalise thought she had to feed her baby and Bonnie had to tell her there was no baby. She feels guilty and cries about it. Frank wakes up and calls Bonnie. She tells him he doesn’t need to come by. He wants them to have sex again. Then he finds out about what Sam is up to and confronts him. He should be there for his wife. Make sure she knows she’s not alone.

Connor and Oliver are in bed together talking. They need to be there for one another. Michaela tries to snuggle up to Asher but he isn’t having it. She doesn’t want to be alone but he tells her that they are alone. She can sleep the opposite way though. Annalise tosses and turns. She slept easier in the past but Sam couldn’t. He got up and emailed his ex. Laurel hears her son crying and gets up. She finds blood on his blanket. Frank and Nate get back to Bonnie’s place.

Nate tells her that Miller was going to die either way. She saved him suffering. Gabriel goes home and thinks. Then he calls someone and tells whoever it is that everyone knows who he is. Annalise gets woken up by a knock on the door. It’s Eve. She’s back and she has the email Sam sent to his ex.

I don’t know how Nate and Bonnie are going to get away with this. I mean once the investigators start piecing it together it’ll be obvious. Was Gabriel raised by his grandmother? Who did he call? I really didn’t care about that backstory stuff.

How to Get Away With Murder, episode eight

It’s the day before the wedding. Gabriel is ironing his clothes. Frank, Bonnie and Laurel are fighting about what to do. Frank will do what is necessary and no one else can know because that will keep them safe. Meanwhile Oliver and Connor are being toasted by their parents. Laurel gets home and tries to talk to Michaela about Gabriel. It’s no use. Across the room Asher and Connor’s mom have a chat. Connor’s dad on the other hand wants to talk to Oliver which is not happening. Connor won’t let it. Bonnie and Annalise fight about Nate. Then she tells Nate about Annalise’s drinking.

Wedding day. Connor and Oliver are still in bed when Michaela crashes. She wants Oliver to hack the warden. Connor checks his phone. Annalise is bailing on the wedding so he goes to see her. She’s not big on weddings period but he talks her into it. Michaela brings the information Oliver found to Nate. He gets annoyed but runs with it to an old contact he had. Annalise calls Nate to be his plus one. Bonnie is getting ready and talking to Frank. He plans to snoop again while Gabriel is at the wedding. She tells him to lay low.

Ron and Bonnie argue about Annalise before they leave. She ends up pissed at him. At the church, Connor is sweating but Michaela calms him down. Then she heads out and has an adult conversation with Asher about Gabriel. The wedding starts. Everyone is all smiles. Bonnie is late and sans Ron. Annalise ducks out during the vows to chug from a flask in the bathroom. At the reception, Annalise meets Connor’s parents and Laurel plots Gabriel’s demise.

She wants Frank to take him out in the bathroom. Bonnie starts to cry and has to walk away. Frank snoops through Gabriel’s place and finds a paper that seems to be what he was looking for. Annalise is drinking from her flask alone in the church. Gabriel finds her there and confronts her about the drinking. It’s a tense moment but Annalise walks away. Inside Bonnie points out the behavior to Nate. Michaela interrupts to talk about the warden.

Bonnie didn’t know about that and Nate tells both of them to keep their mouths shut while he takes a phone call. His source found something and sent him an email. Connor’s dad finally corners Oliver which just makes him uncomfortable. He ducks away to take a call from his own father. Laurel leaves the baby with Oliver’s mom while she runs to the bathroom. Bonnie sits down next to her and is still upset. She says she’s fine though. Things take a turn.

Annalise is getting down on the dance floor when she sees Frank. She goes to see what’s wrong and he shows her Gabriel’s birth certificate. She grabs her coat and heads back. Laurel comes back and Oliver’s mom has given the baby to the nice blonde lady. Bonnie is outside. The baby is crying as she smothers Ron. Flashback to hours earlier when Ron told her that he loved her and didn’t trust Annalise. She kicked him out and told him she didn’t want to go with him. At the wedding Ron texts Bonnie to come outside.

She does and they fight. She accuses him of having Senior killed and then goes back inside. Ron lets her walk away and goes back to his car. Then he changes his mind and starts to walk toward the reception. Nate intercepts him and confronts him about calling the warden to put a hit on Senior. Inside, Bonnie takes the baby and then hears from Asher that Ron is outside with Nate. She goes to investigate and finds that Nate beat the shit out of Ron.

Nate shows her the picture and she goes over to Ron and smothers him. Laurel and Michaela find Bonnie in the bathroom. Connor is looking for Oliver and sees Asher with his mother. He gets called back inside so that Oliver can serenade him. Bonnie thinks about killing Ron. She told Nate to take the body and get rid of it. Nate found the engagement ring Ron had in his pocket while stowing the body in his trunk. Michaela asks Bonnie if something is wrong. Bonnie says that nothing is.

Annalise goes home and screams. Laurel notices that something is amiss. She asks where Gabriel is. Annalise is on the floor when she hears a noise. She frantically looks around and out steps Gabriel. He tells her he was worried about her. Annalise tells him that she knows who he is. Flashback to Frank telling Annalise that Gabriel is Sam’s kid.

I should have seen that coming. They kept talking about Sam and Annalise’s relationship with him. It’s obvious now. Who will notice and go save the day? Frank? It can’t be Nate and Bonnie is a bit preoccupied. I’m glad that Connor and Oliver actually got married. I didn’t think they would make it there.

How to Get Away With Murder, episode seven

Annalise wakes up to her phone ringing. She overslept and arrives let to the press conference about the death of Nate Sr. There was a struggle during the transfer and Nate attacked a guard. Ron asks Bonnie if she’s okay because Nate is coming back to work. Connor is annoyed and calls it a coverup. Michaela agrees but Oliver is more concerned about their meeting with the minister. They are going for a church wedding after all. Emmett knows its rigged too.

Nate is done but Annalise wants to keep fighting. Laurel is with Frank watching the feed of Gabriel. She’s paranoid. He tells her to go to class. Michaela and Connor are in the classroom arguing about what Annalise is up to. Laurel gets there and chimes in just as they all get a message. Class is canceled. Annalise is at the governor’s office demanding an inquest but Birkhead says it sounds like a conspiracy theory. Birkhead tells Annalise she’s trying to protect them.

Oliver and Connor go to their minister meeting and Connor admits that he has reservations but he’s willing to do it because he loves Oliver. That convinces the minister. She’s game. Tegan and Annalise meet. The latter figures she was played by Birkhead but Tegan tells her she’s grieving and needs rest. Nate goes to see Ron about an inquest. If he doesn’t do this, Senior’s blood is on his hands too. It works. Ron tells Bonnie he’s going for it which bothers her but he doesn’t back down.

Word trickles back to the class and they are all convened to go over transcripts to help Annalise. Oliver isn’t into it though. He wants one night away from the doom and gloom. Gabriel is in because he’s around now. He’s buddies with Asher and Michaela likes him. This worries Laurel. She tells Frank she wants to go to Annalise about it but Frank tells her Annalise has too much going on to do that.

Tegan is at work and sees that someone is up for Annalise’s job that she doesn’t want working there. She goes to Emmett about it and he tells her she’s still being punished for Laurel’s dad. The inquest starts with Ron questioning the guards. They have proof she is violent but not enough to substantiate it. Annalise wants to go on the stand but Ron says no. Insult to injury, Annalise goes to see Birkhead and the program is officially shut down. Annalise starts making threats but Birkhead has a blackmail file of her own.

Bonnie goes to see Annalise because she’s worried the latter is drinking again. Bonnie starts looking through the trash and finds the empty bottles. She was right. Annalise tells her it’s because Birkhead knows about the adoption. Gabriel is stalking Michaela’s social media. Frank sees and finally calls Annalise. Bonnie answers and tells him that she’s drinking and now she’s asleep. The next morning Ron calls. He’s going to put her on the stand. Naturally she delivers an impassioned plea but in the end the jury agrees with the medical examiner.

Tegan comes to see Annalise. She has the blackmail information that Annalise wanted about Emmett and London. They can take the governor down. Oliver gets his night out and Michaela is all in. She also finds out from Asher that Birkhead pulled the clinic offer. Annalise goes to Emmett for her job back with this new information. She can clear his name with her old job. Oliver and Connor are leaving the bar. They kiss and a guy yells at them. Connor ends up fighting the guy. Oliver takes him home and cleans him up.

Michaela puts a drunk Asher to bed and then stops off to see if Gabriel will check on him in the morning. Gabriel pushes again to be her plus one at the wedding and she agrees. Then they kiss. Annalise goes to see Nate. She tells him what Birkhead did and how she got her job back at the firm. He’s all in to help. Laurel and Frank see Michaela and argue. She wants to go to Annalise. Bonnie hears and walks over. She sees the laptop. Flash forward to the wedding. Bonnie smothers someone and then walks over and tells someone else to take the body and go.

So Michaela said that she had too much to drink right? Like we all heard that? So why was Gabriel game to have sex with her. He shouldn’t have done that.

How to Get Away With Murder, episode six

The night of the wedding. Ron is in his car. He’s got a ring in a box. He texts Bonnie. A month earlier she is at her sister’s place. She meets her niece for the first time. Annalise and Frank argue about whether or not Ron can handle this. Frank says yes but Annalise says no. She’s right of course. Ron seems willing to let Bonnie decide. She’s staying with her sister. Connor and Oliver show their mothers the wedding venue they picked. Connor’s mom is caught up in the magic of weddings.

Oliver’s mom doesn’t seem thrilled about any of it. At the firm, Laurel is staring at Gabriel. She gets a call from Frank. He’s headed out of town and wants her to keep an eye on things. She agrees. The clinic gets a new case. It’s grunt work so Tegan puts Laurel in charge as payback. Annalise gets a chance to meet the governor. She wants Annalise to partner with her to clean up the prison system. She’s got two days to decide.

Bonnie confronts her sister about when her baby was kidnapped from the hospital all those years ago. Her sister admits she did it because their father beat her. Then he sold the baby. She never brought it up to protect Bonnie. After their chat, Bonnie calls Annalise who tries to get her to come home. It doesn’t work though. Her sister, Julie, needs to go to AA so she heads out. Nate visits his father. He’s still in prison because there is no room at the mental hospital. Nate Sr. wants to make amends and write a letter to the family of the man he killed.

He asks his son to find someone. Annalise is in her office reading the paperwork from the governor. Emmett comes in and reads her the riot act about leaving. She doesn’t back down. At the house, Asher is getting along great with Connor’s mom while Connor tries to bridge the gap with Oliver’s mom. It doesn’t seem to work. Bonnie is talking to Ron on the phone while she snoops. She doesn’t want him get involved until she finds a gun. Then she changes her tune.

Laurel’s idea is quickly shot down at the firm and it’s Michaela that makes her look bad. She’s going to have to pull an all nighter and Gabriel offers to help but she’s not interested. Julie talks about Bonnie’s visit at her group meeting. Frank is there spying. Oliver’s mom loves Christopher. Everyone is enjoying the meal she made while they talk. Connor’s mom tells her that Oliver’s mom is looking to pay for a more expensive venue. She can’t afford it though. Connor needs Oliver to talk to his mom about his HIV statue. She gave up a lot for him but she needs to know this.

Bonnie confronts her sister about the gun. Julie offers to find Bonnie’s baby. Frank recorded the AA meeting. He plays it for Annalise. She’s too busy to help and tells him to deal with it on his own. Annalise goes to the firm and Emmett points out an issue with the contract. A fluctuating budget. She calls the governor and demands a set budget and a pardon for Nate Sr. Oliver talks to his mom. He tells her that he is HIV positive but on medication that is working. Tegan is ready to hear Laurel’s next idea. She nails it. Tegan brings the information to Emmett who is distracted. She tells him to beg Annalise to stay. That’s what they need.

Ron did Nate a solid and got Sr. a placement. Nate asks after Bonnie on his way out and Ron tells him she’s got the flu. Frank plays the recording for Bonnie and then tells her what else he found. Julie has a trespassing charge. It’s the family that bought Bonnie’s son. She knows where he is. She always has. Connor and Oliver’s mom talk. She just wants her son to be happy and get what he deserves. They agree on that. Emmett makes his pitch to Annalise. He explains that his trouble with the firm is because he fell in love with a client.

He wants to help her and is willing to go to bat for her. She goes to see the governor and turn down the job. The governor throws a wrench in it though. Nate Sr. will be pardoned if she takes the job. Bonnie confronts her sister and gets the story of how she helped protect her son by burying him in the woods. The bachelor party is in full swing. Connor takes a moment to call his dad and ask for money. Meanwhile Laurel is heading up to check on the baby when Gabriel stops her to tell her he’s not interested in her. He brings up Wes and sounds a bit like a stalker. She calls him on it and tells him not to talk to her. Nate goes to tell his father that he’s getting out of prison. He also has an address for the apology letter. Back in his cell, Sr. writes the letter. Annalise tells Emmett she took the governor’s job. Bonnie is heading home with Frank. Annalise goes to tell Nate about the pardon. He gets excited and calls his father. The prison tells him that “there’s been an incident.” Nate Sr. is dead.

I knew this was coming. It was so obvious it wasn’t going to work out. I feel bad for Nate. He was so excited for those few minutes. I have no idea what is going on with the rest of them