The BEST episodes of How to Get Away with Murder

Every episode of How to Get Away with Murder ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of How to Get Away with Murder!

Brilliant criminal defense attorney and law professor Annalise Keating, plus five of her students, become involved in a twisted murder case.

Last Updated: 9/4/2026Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
What If Sam Wasn't the Bad Guy This Whole Time?
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16.00
3 votes

#1 - What If Sam Wasn't the Bad Guy This Whole Time?

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/30/2020

Annalise learns unexpected and shocking details about Sam's past. Connor and Michaela feel the pressure when the FBI learns there is new evidence in the case. Frank and Bonnie's history is explored, revealing what originally fractured their relationship.

Directors: Dawn Wilkinson
Writer: Ricardo Lira
The Reckoning
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15.33
3 votes

#2 - The Reckoning

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/9/2020

Annalise’s disappearance leads to panic and paranoia as Michaela and Connor consider taking a deal in their cases. All the while anxious, everyone mourns Asher’s death as Gabriel holds on to key details about his murder.

Directors: DeMane Davis
Annalise Keating Is Dead
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13.33
3 votes

#3 - Annalise Keating Is Dead

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/7/2020

Annalise's murder trial has arrived, but Tegan's history complicates her role as counsel. While Nate visits Jorge Castillo in prison with a proposition, news breaks about Xavier. Bonnie works to help Annalise use Hannah Keating's past as blackmail.

Directors: John Terlesky
Are You the Mole?
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12.00
5 votes

#4 - Are You the Mole?

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/2019

On the eve of graduation, Oliver gifts Connor, Michaela and Asher something unexpected. At the Dean’s cocktail party, Annalise learns disturbing news. Michaela receives a surprise phone call. The FBI informant is finally revealed.

Directors: Stephen Cragg
Stay
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12.00
4 votes

#5 - Stay

Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/14/2020

Annalise discovers there's a surprise witness that threatens her case. Meanwhile, Connor tries to persuade the K3 to go along with a new plan. Elsewhere, a lie between Frank and Bonnie threatens their relationship as Annalise's killer is finally revealed.

Directors: Stephen Cragg
Writer: Peter Nowalk
Please Say No One Else Is Dead
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11.60
5 votes

#6 - Please Say No One Else Is Dead

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/28/2019

Annalise and her team need to get to the truth before the truth gets them.

Directors: Stephen Cragg
Say Goodbye
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11.33
3 votes

#7 - Say Goodbye

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2019

Annalise struggles with the personal toll that Laurel and Christopher’s disappearance has taken on everyone. Meanwhile, the remaining Keating 4, Oliver, Frank and Bonnie disagree on the possible reasons behind Laurel’s disappearance. Tegan handles the aftermath of Emmett’s apparent poisoning, and Gabriel wants to take his budding relationship with Michaela to the next level.

Directors: Stephen Cragg
I Hate the World
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11.33
3 votes

#8 - I Hate the World

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/2019

The FBI continues to interrogate Connor which leads him to panic under the pressure. Annalise, Tegan and the students defend a woman accused of violating a disabled man’s civil rights for developing a dating app that discriminates against him. Bonnie helps Nate get more intel on Tegan. Michaela and Gabriel travel to New York to track down her father.

Directors: Scott Printz
Writer: Matthew Cruz
I'm the Murderer
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11.33
3 votes

#9 - I'm the Murderer

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2019

Gabriel is first chair on a case defending a teacher involved in a school shooting, and this case hits particularly close to home for both Gabriel and Annalise. Annalise attempts to discourage Tegan from her new quest to right a wrong. Oliver makes a shocking confession.

Directors: Lily Mariye
Make Me the Enemy
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11.20
5 votes

#10 - Make Me the Enemy

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/21/2019

Annalise is determined to get to the truth about Nate Sr.’s murder and will stop at nothing until she does.

Directors: Mike Smith
Let's Hurt Him
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10.00
1 votes

#11 - Let's Hurt Him

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/16/2020

Annalise is forced to fight for her life. Gabriel approaches Michaela, Connor and Oliver with a theory about Sam’s murder. Frank and Bonnie have a heart-to-heart.

Directors: Janice Cooke
We're Not Getting Away With It
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10.00
1 votes

#12 - We're Not Getting Away With It

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/2/2020

Annalise’s disappearance is uncovered, and the fallout affects everyone. Following Asher’s death, Michaela and Connor are booked on murder charges and forced to make the most difficult decision of their lives. Bonnie reveals a secret about Tegan, and Gabriel becomes a potential murder suspect.

Directors: Sheelin Choksey
I Want to Be Free
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10.00
1 votes

#13 - I Want to Be Free

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/2019

After taking the stand during Nate Senior’s murder trial, Bonnie’s world is turned upside down when a mysterious accident leads her to a hard realization. The students compete for a large cash bonus during the final exam where they must come up with the best defense for a conspiracy-to-murder charge.

Directors: Alrick Riley
Family Sucks
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10.00
1 votes

#14 - Family Sucks

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2019

Annalise intervenes in Michaela’s relationship with her father and asks for his help in return. Because Nate still doesn’t trust Tegan, he attempts to get in good with someone who was once close to her. After Asher reunites and has an unpleasant conversation with his estranged mother, he shares a meaningful moment with Michaela. Connor finally learns why he was originally picked for the Keating 5.

Directors: Laura Innes
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We're All Gonna Die
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10.00
1 votes

#15 - We're All Gonna Die

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2019

During therapy, a young Annalise is forced to acknowledge a very emotional and pivotal reality that makes her admit a hard truth. A brutally beaten Frank returns home with a secret to share about Laurel’s disappearance. In an attempt to get to know her father, Michaela accepts an offer to work alongside him but quickly learns that it’s not all that it’s cracked up to be.

I Want to Love You Until the Day I Die
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9.20
5 votes

#16 - I Want to Love You Until the Day I Die

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/2018

Connor and Oliver’s big wedding day has arrived, but there’s murder in the air; and the mystery of who the unlucky victim is will be revealed.

Directors: Stephen Cragg
He Betrayed Us Both
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9.00
4 votes

#17 - He Betrayed Us Both

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/17/2019

Now that Connor and Oliver have tied the knot, the crew must deal with the consequences of the wedding night’s murder; and Annalise is forced to reckon with secrets from her past.

Directors: John Terlesky
Do You Think I'm a Bad Man?
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9.00
2 votes

#18 - Do You Think I'm a Bad Man?

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2019

After Michaela’s courtroom tactics do more harm than help, Annalise draws on memories of Sam to guide Michaela back to the winning path. Connor bites off more than he can chew in his effort to reunite a family, forcing Tegan to call in a favor and fix his mess. Frank enlists Oliver’s help to follow a lead on Laurel. Gabriel learns new information about Michaela’s birth father.

He's Dead
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8.81
32 votes

#19 - He's Dead

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/18/2018

The group deals with more obstacles as police investigate the accidental shooting of Simon. Laurel and her baby cling to life.

Directors: Jet Wilkinson
What Did We Do?
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8.78
249 votes

#20 - What Did We Do?

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2015

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.

Directors: Bill D'Elia
Watch Now:Apple TV
Anna Mae
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8.64
166 votes

#21 - Anna Mae

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/17/2016

With chaos surrounding Annalise, she just can’t stand the pressure anymore and needs to escape. Frank must come to terms with the things he has done while Wes continues to get closer to finding out about his past.

Directors: Bill D'Elia
Writer: Peter Nowalk
Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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8.52
31 votes

#22 - Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/1/2018

The events of Annalise’s class-action case hang in the balance after a meeting with Olivia proves to be crucial in getting the opportunity to argue Annalise’s case in the nation’s highest court. Bonnie discovers concerning information pertaining to Simon that threatens to expose what really happened during night he was shot. The crossover starts on Scandal S7E12 Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself (I).

Directors: Zetna Fuentes
Live. Live. Live.
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8.46
87 votes

#23 - Live. Live. Live.

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2017

Annalise is confronted with disturbing news involving one of Isaac’s patients; the investigation into Wes’ murder comes to a head. details of the whereabouts of Laurel’s baby are revealed.

Directors: Rob Hardy
Ask Him About Stella
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8.45
55 votes

#24 - Ask Him About Stella

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/8/2018

Annalise deals with an unforeseen issue after damaging details about a key witness are exposed in her case to help Laurel. The “K4” continue their efforts to help build a case for Annalise’s class action lawsuit.

Directors: Stephen Cragg
Who's Dead?
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8.45
113 votes

#25 - Who's Dead?

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/2016

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.

Directors: Bill D'Elia