How to Get Away with Murder
Cast & Key People
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Our Review
Cast & Key People
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Our Review
How to Get Away with Murder (2014) is a drama and thriller series from ABC. It has built a run of 90 episodes at roughly 60 minutes each. It premiered on September 25, 2014. Viewers rate it 7.6 out of 10. It is currently ended. It runs 6 seasons.
What How to Get Away with Murder Is About
The brilliant, charismatic and seductive Professor Annalise Keating gets entangled with four law students from her class, How to Get Away with Murder. Little do they know that they will have to apply what they learned to real life, in this masterful, sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller.
What to Expect When You Watch
Episodes run about 60 minutes, which keeps the pace tight, the full run covers 90 episodes, spread across 6 seasons and it leans into its drama/thriller roots while leaving room for the quieter character beats.
Performance-wise the series leans on Viola Davis, Billy Brown and Jack Falahee to carry the emotional weight, with the rest of the ensemble filling out the world around them.
Cast and Creative Team
Viola Davis, Billy Brown, Jack Falahee, Aja Naomi King, Charlie Weber and Liza Weil lead the cast.
Key roles include Viola Davis as Annalise Keating; Billy Brown as Nate Lahey; Jack Falahee as Connor Walsh; Aja Naomi King as Michaela Pratt; Charlie Weber as Frank Delfino.
Why It Stands Out
Fans of drama, thriller and legal have a clear reason to give this one a shot. It sits comfortably alongside ABC’s other originals, a 7.6/10 audience score puts it in steady company and it commits to its premise instead of hedging between tones.
Released in 2014 and carried by ABC with the series still ended, it lands hardest with drama and thriller viewers.
How How to Get Away with Murder Compares
If How to Get Away with Murder lands for you, the next stops are Breaking Bad, Firefly and The Wire, which share its drama/thriller lean.
Each of those sits at a different point on the same spectrum, so they make a natural follow-up once you finish the run here.
Where to Stream
How to Get Away with Murder comes from ABC. Check your preferred platform for current availability, since regional rights move around.
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On the whole How to Get Away with Murder is the kind of series that rewards a patient watch, with Viola Davis and Billy Brown doing the heaviest lifting, a tone that stays true to its drama/thriller roots, It has held up since 2014 and so if the premise sounds like your lane, the execution holds up.
The Bottom Line
How to Get Away with Murder is a safe bet for anyone already inside the drama and thriller lane, at 90 episodes it is an easy run to work through, the audience score holds around 7.6/10 and so there is little risk in starting it tonight.
Verdict: 7.6/10. Watch it if you want drama/thriller you can settle into.
