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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** In 1.04, the client is a take-no-prisoners female executive who is completely unapologetic about her sexuality or anything else. She mentions being involved in several sexual harassment cases, because [[AManIsAlwaysEager even with the sexist double standards around the matter]], ''that's what happens when you're an executive who frequently talks about sex in front of your subordinates''.
** In "It's All Her Fault", Annalise's boyfriend does ''not'' react well to her blackmailing him on the stand and getting him put on probation (by accident). To be more precise, he tells her to stay away from him and threatens to tell her husband all the details of their relationship if she doesn't. [[spoiler: It's implied he also sends Rebecca to the Keatings' to collect evidence that Sam killed Lila (which then ends up in Sam's murder) because of this]].
** The judge in "He Deserved To Die" sees right through the prosecution and two defense teams' schemes to get a leg up on the others and shuts it down immediately. She orders another autopsy done by a coroner of her choosing and sternly warns them that setting a toe out of line will result in disciplinary action. It's hard to play backroom politics when the judge suspects that you're up to something less than fully legal.
** What happens when you threaten to ruin your fiancee's life if he keeps secrets or leaves you? [[spoiler: He tells his family and they slap you with a prenup]].
** In Season 3, the new President of Middleton offers Annalise a [[KickedUpstairs research position]] to let another professor teach her classes. Why? [[spoiler: Because the Keating Five are in the ''bottom'' ten percent in terms of class performance, which is understandable given the traumatic year they've had]].
** Also from Season 3, Annalise has an awesome moment where she convinces a belligerent client responsible for killing two women to take the plea deal of just three years in prison, using a slap and a summed-up ReasonYouSuckSpeech. Come next episode, her license has been suspended because someone leaked security footage of her physically assaulting a client.
** In 1.04, the client is a take-no-prisoners female executive who is completely unapologetic about her sexuality or anything else. She mentions being involved in several sexual harassment cases, because [[AManIsAlwaysEager even with the sexist double standards around the matter]], ''that's what happens when you're an executive who frequently talks about sex in front of your subordinates''.
** In "It's All Her Fault", Annalise's boyfriend does ''not'' react well to her blackmailing him on the stand and getting him put on probation (by accident). To be more precise, he tells her to stay away from him and threatens to tell her husband all the details of their relationship if she doesn't. [[spoiler: It's implied he also sends Rebecca to the Keatings' to collect evidence that Sam killed Lila (which then ends up in Sam's murder) because of this]].
** The judge in "He Deserved To Die" sees right through the prosecution and two defense teams' schemes to get a leg up on the others and shuts it down immediately. She orders another autopsy done by a coroner of her choosing and sternly warns them that setting a toe out of line will result in disciplinary action. It's hard to play backroom politics when the judge suspects that you're up to something less than fully legal.
** What happens when you threaten to ruin your fiancee's life if he keeps secrets or leaves you? [[spoiler: He tells his family and they slap you with a prenup]].
** In Season 3, the new President of Middleton offers Annalise a [[KickedUpstairs research position]] to let another professor teach her classes. Why? [[spoiler: Because the Keating Five are in the ''bottom'' ten percent in terms of class performance, which is understandable given the traumatic year they've had]].
** Also from Season 3, Annalise has an awesome moment where she convinces a belligerent client responsible for killing two women to take the plea deal of just three years in prison, using a slap and a summed-up ReasonYouSuckSpeech. Come next episode, her license has been suspended because someone leaked security footage of her physically assaulting a client.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** In 1.04, the client is a take-no-prisoners female executive who is completely unapologetic about her sexuality or anything else. She mentions being involved in several sexual harassment cases, because [[AManIsAlwaysEager even with the sexist double standards around the matter]], ''that's what happens when you're an executive who frequently talks about sex in front of your subordinates''.
** In "It's All Her Fault", Annalise's boyfriend does ''not'' react well to her blackmailing him on the stand and getting him put on probation (by accident). To be more precise, he tells her to stay away from him and threatens to tell her husband all the details of their relationship if she doesn't. [[spoiler: It's implied he also sends Rebecca to the Keatings' to collect evidence that Sam killed Lila (which then ends up in Sam's murder) because of this]].
** The judge in "He Deserved To Die" sees right through the prosecution and two defense teams' schemes to get a leg up on the others and shuts it down immediately. She orders another autopsy done by a coroner of her choosing and sternly warns them that setting a toe out of line will result in disciplinary action. It's hard to play backroom politics when the judge suspects that you're up to something less than fully legal.
** What happens when you threaten to ruin your fiancee's life if he keeps secrets or leaves you? [[spoiler: He tells his family and they slap you with a prenup]].
** In Season 3, the new President of Middleton offers Annalise a [[KickedUpstairs research position]] to let another professor teach her classes. Why? [[spoiler: Because the Keating Five are in the ''bottom'' ten percent in terms of class performance, which is understandable given the traumatic year they've had]].
**SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Also from Season 3, Annalise has an awesome moment where she convinces a belligerent client responsible for killing two women to take the plea deal of just three years in prison, using a slap and a summed-up ReasonYouSuckSpeech. Come next episode, her license has been suspended because someone leaked security footage of her physically assaulting a client.
** In 1.04, the client is a take-no-prisoners female executive who is completely unapologetic about her sexuality or anything else. She mentions being involved in several sexual harassment cases, because [[AManIsAlwaysEager even with the sexist double standards around the matter]], ''that's what happens when you're an executive who frequently talks about sex in front of your subordinates''.
** In "It's All Her Fault", Annalise's boyfriend does ''not'' react well to her blackmailing him on the stand and getting him put on probation (by accident). To be more precise, he tells her to stay away from him and threatens to tell her husband all the details of their relationship if she doesn't. [[spoiler: It's implied he also sends Rebecca to the Keatings' to collect evidence that Sam killed Lila (which then ends up in Sam's murder) because of this]].
** The judge in "He Deserved To Die" sees right through the prosecution and two defense teams' schemes to get a leg up on the others and shuts it down immediately. She orders another autopsy done by a coroner of her choosing and sternly warns them that setting a toe out of line will result in disciplinary action. It's hard to play backroom politics when the judge suspects that you're up to something less than fully legal.
** What happens when you threaten to ruin your fiancee's life if he keeps secrets or leaves you? [[spoiler: He tells his family and they slap you with a prenup]].
** In Season 3, the new President of Middleton offers Annalise a [[KickedUpstairs research position]] to let another professor teach her classes. Why? [[spoiler: Because the Keating Five are in the ''bottom'' ten percent in terms of class performance, which is understandable given the traumatic year they've had]].
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* FourTempreramentEnsemble: The Keating Five mostly in the earlier seasons. Goofy Asher is sanguine, bossy Michaela is choleric, brooding Connor is melancholic, grounded Laurel is phelgmatic and Wes is eclectic as the outsider of the group.
* FourPhilosophyEnsemeble: After Sam's murder in Season , the Murder four (Connor, Michaela, Laurel and Wes) became this:
** Connor is the Pessimistic one as he grew utterly paranoid and imagines ZanySchemes involving Annalise against them
* FourPhilosophyEnsemeble: After Sam's murder in Season , the Murder four (Connor, Michaela, Laurel and Wes) became this:
** Connor is the Pessimistic one as he grew utterly paranoid and imagines ZanySchemes involving Annalise against them
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* FourTempreramentEnsemble: FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Keating Five mostly in the earlier seasons. Goofy Asher is sanguine, bossy Michaela is choleric, brooding Connor is melancholic, grounded Laurel is phelgmatic and Wes is eclectic as the outsider of the group.
*FourPhilosophyEnsemeble: FourPhilosophyEnsemble: After Sam's murder in Season , the Murder four (Connor, Michaela, Laurel and Wes) became this:
** Connor is the Pessimistic one as he grew utterly paranoid and imaginesZanySchemes ZanyScheme involving Annalise against them
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** Connor is the Pessimistic one as he grew utterly paranoid and imagines
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* FourTempreramentEnsemble: The Keating Five mostly in the earlier seasons. Goofy Asher is sanguine, bossy Michaela is choleric, brooding Connor is melancholic, grounded Laurel is phelgmatic and Wes is eclectic as the outsider of the group.
* FourPhilosophyEnsemeble: After Sam's murder in Season , the Murder four (Connor, Michaela, Laurel and Wes) became this:
** Connor is the Pessimistic one as he grew utterly paranoid and imagines ZanySchemes involving Annalise against them
** Michaela is the Cynic one prioritizing in mind her future and her wedding to outcome the trauma
** Laurel is the Realist staying down-to-earth and acting more normally than the other three
** Wes is the Conflicted one tormented between his actions and his beliefs and his sense of justice.
* FourPhilosophyEnsemeble: After Sam's murder in Season , the Murder four (Connor, Michaela, Laurel and Wes) became this:
** Connor is the Pessimistic one as he grew utterly paranoid and imagines ZanySchemes involving Annalise against them
** Michaela is the Cynic one prioritizing in mind her future and her wedding to outcome the trauma
** Laurel is the Realist staying down-to-earth and acting more normally than the other three
** Wes is the Conflicted one tormented between his actions and his beliefs and his sense of justice.
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* FiveManBand: Although their characters are much more complex than the roles of a FiveManBand, Wes, Laurel, Connor, Michaela and Asher, who make up the Keating Five, are effectively one of these, where Wes is TheHero (his point of view is more significant than the others as well as his bond with Annalise), Connor is TheLancer (the typical snarky antihero) , Michaela is TheSmartGirl (study-oriented, book-smart), Asher is TheBigGuy (impulsive, hot-headed), and Laurel is TheChick (good-natured and [[spoiler: eventual LoveInterest of Wes]]). Following [[spoiler:his death, Wes]] is replaced by Oliver, though Oliver acts more as TheHeart of the team, and [[spoiler:Laurel acts as the new leader]].
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* FiveManBand: Although their characters are much more complex than the roles of a FiveManBand, Wes, Laurel, Connor, Michaela and Asher, who make up the Keating Five, are effectively one of these, where Wes is TheHero (his point of view is more significant than the others as well as his bond with Annalise), Connor is TheLancer (the typical snarky antihero) , Michaela is TheSmartGirl (study-oriented, book-smart), Asher is TheBigGuy (impulsive, hot-headed), and Laurel is TheChick TheHeart (good-natured and [[spoiler: eventual LoveInterest of Wes]]). Following [[spoiler:his death, Wes]] is replaced by Oliver, though Oliver acts more as TheHeart of the team, and [[spoiler:Laurel acts as the new leader]].
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* VaryingCompetencyAlibi: In an early episode, the Keating Five defend a wealthy hunter accused of murdering his wife. The victim was stabbed multiple times and the crime scene was a mess, so the team uses the defense that, being an experienced hunter, their client would've never been so sloppy. [[spoiler:Case in point, he was much neater when he killed his ''[[NotMeThisTime first]]'' wife!]]
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* AcademicAlphaBitch: Michaela is probably the closest example of this trope being a mix between a CompetitionFreak and a ControlFreak with a tendency to show how smart she is.
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* AcademicAlphaBitch: AcademicAlphaBitch:
** Michaela is probably the closest example of this trope being a mix between a CompetitionFreak and a ControlFreak with a tendency to show how smart she is.
** Michaela is probably the closest example of this trope being a mix between a CompetitionFreak and a ControlFreak with a tendency to show how smart she is.
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* AmicableExes:
** Connor and Aiden, Michaela's ex fiance.
** Asher and Bonnie.
** Connor and Aiden, Michaela's ex fiance.
** Asher and Bonnie.
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%%** Asher and
* {{Anorgasmia}}: In "It's Called the Octopus", it's revealed during a Keating 5 scene about sex that Michaela never had an orgasm (even during her relationship with [[LousyLoversAreLosers Aiden]]), and the others see it as an explanation on [[AcademicAlphaBitch why she's so high-strung]].
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** There is a lot of things, for example, change of lawyer in the middle of the trial as in season 5, only for "drama effect".
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** There is are a lot of things, for example, change of lawyer in the middle of the trial as in season 5, only for "drama effect".
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* AntiHero: Annalise, by all counts.
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* BeardnessProtectionProgram: Frank shaves his iconic beard to go on the lam after being implicated in a murder.
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* BigBad: As of the end of season three, [[spoiler:Laurel's dad.]]
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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Wes opens up to Rebecca using this.
-->'''Wes:''' I'm allergic to peanuts, I have a really bad sense of direction, my mom killed herself when I was twelve...
-->'''Wes:''' I'm allergic to peanuts, I have a really bad sense of direction, my mom killed herself when I was twelve...
* ComicSutra: The episode "It's Called the Octopus" is about a woman killing a man during sex while they were in the "Octopus" position. We never get many details on how it works, other than it was very rough and involved the man getting slapped in the face during it.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Wallace Mahoney.
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* CrimeAfterCrime: The show pretty much runs on this. Every character is sooner rather than later a murderer, a murder accomplice, committing crimes to cover up the murder, framing somebody else for murder, framing ''themselves'' for murder, committing crimes to get out of said framing or otherwise doing very bad things to hide a very bad thing they did in the past. And since the web of lies is ever expanding in severity and number of people involved, every time there's more people willing to do worse things to get out of trouble.
* {{Crossover}}: The show crossed over with ''Series/{{Scandal}}'' for a storyline in early 2018, which hadn't been established as existing within the same fictional universe until that point. They did share a programming block on Thursday nights, however.
* CrossoverCouple: Michaela and Marcus from ''Series/{{Scandal}}'' work together on a case and ultimately [[AutoErotica hook up in Marcus's car]].
* {{Crossover}}: The show crossed over with ''Series/{{Scandal}}'' for a storyline in early 2018, which hadn't been established as existing within the same fictional universe until that point. They did share a programming block on Thursday nights, however.
* CrossoverCouple: Michaela and Marcus from ''Series/{{Scandal}}'' work together on a case and ultimately [[AutoErotica hook up in Marcus's car]].
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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler:Frank, Lila's killer]].
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* DramaticIrony: In the third season finale Laurel holds a gun starts chasing aftersomeon she is convinced is a murderer (with only circumstantial evidence of it). She is forced to give up the chase when she unexpecedly runs into a childhood friend, who the audience can recognize as the actual murderer.
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* DramaticIrony: In the third season finale SeasonFinale Laurel holds a gun starts chasing aftersomeon she is convinced is a murderer (with only circumstantial evidence of it). She is forced to give up the chase when she unexpecedly unexpectedly runs into a childhood friend, ChildhoodFriend, who the audience can recognize as the actual murderer.
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** In the fifth season,
[[spoiler: The Governor and Xavier Castillo. She makes nice with Annalise after the Supreme Court win, only to have Nate's father killed by Xavier's henchmen.]]
[[spoiler: The Governor and Xavier Castillo. She makes nice with Annalise after the Supreme Court win, only to have Nate's father killed by Xavier's henchmen.]]
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** In the fifth season,
season, [[spoiler: The Governor and Xavier Castillo. She makes nice with Annalise after the Supreme Court win, only to have Nate's father killed by Xavier's henchmen.]]
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* FiveManBand: Although their characters are much more complex than the roles of a FiveManBand, Wes, Laurel, Connor, Michaela and Asher, who make up the Keating Five, are effectively one of these, where Wes is TheHero (his point of view is more significant than the others as well as his bond with Annalise), Connor is TheLancer (the typical snarky antihero) , Michaela is TheSmartGirl (study-oriented, book-smart), Asher is TheBigGuy (impulsive, hot-headed), and Laurel is TheChick (good-natured and [[spoiler: eventual LoveInterest of Wes]]).
** Following [[spoiler:his death, Wes]] is replaced by Oliver, though Oliver acts more as TheHeart of the team, and [[spoiler:Laurel acts as the new leader]].
** Following [[spoiler:his death, Wes]] is replaced by Oliver, though Oliver acts more as TheHeart of the team, and [[spoiler:Laurel acts as the new leader]].
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* FiveManBand: Although their characters are much more complex than the roles of a FiveManBand, Wes, Laurel, Connor, Michaela and Asher, who make up the Keating Five, are effectively one of these, where Wes is TheHero (his point of view is more significant than the others as well as his bond with Annalise), Connor is TheLancer (the typical snarky antihero) , Michaela is TheSmartGirl (study-oriented, book-smart), Asher is TheBigGuy (impulsive, hot-headed), and Laurel is TheChick (good-natured and [[spoiler: eventual LoveInterest of Wes]]).
**Wes]]). Following [[spoiler:his death, Wes]] is replaced by Oliver, though Oliver acts more as TheHeart of the team, and [[spoiler:Laurel acts as the new leader]].
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** In 1x04, the client, Marren, is a take-no-prisoners woman with healthy sexual appetite in a male-dominated field, like Keating. She's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, also kind of like Keating. She's a lot nicer to her subordinates than Keating is, though, and while Keating is well-groomed, she's less well-polished.
*** She's also a foil to Connor. Both like sex but not so much long-term relationships. Both are charming and charismatic. Both can be jerks to people. And like Keating, he's better-groomed than she is. One major difference is that when [[spoiler:their efforts combine to drive a suspect to suicide, she doesn't lose a wink of sleep, whereas he spends the night in MyGodWhatHaveIDone mode, getting intoxicated]].
*** She's also a foil to Connor. Both like sex but not so much long-term relationships. Both are charming and charismatic. Both can be jerks to people. And like Keating, he's better-groomed than she is. One major difference is that when [[spoiler:their efforts combine to drive a suspect to suicide, she doesn't lose a wink of sleep, whereas he spends the night in MyGodWhatHaveIDone mode, getting intoxicated]].
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** In 1x04, the client, Marren, is a take-no-prisoners woman with healthy sexual appetite in a male-dominated field, like Keating. She's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, also kind of like Keating. She's a lot nicer to her subordinates than Keating is, though, and while Keating is well-groomed, she's less well-polished.
***well-polished. She's also a foil to Connor. Both like sex but not so much long-term relationships. Both are charming and charismatic. Both can be jerks to people. And like Keating, he's better-groomed than she is. One major difference is that when [[spoiler:their efforts combine to drive a suspect to suicide, she doesn't lose a wink of sleep, whereas he spends the night in MyGodWhatHaveIDone mode, getting intoxicated]].
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** {{Inverted}} in the episode "It's All My Fault". Sam Keating, who was killed in self-defense by the student protagonists, is definitely The Murderer. The Killer, [[spoiler: Frank Delfino]], remains at large as only The Killer, The Murderer and the audience are aware that there was anyone else involved.
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** {{Inverted}} {{Inverted|Trope}} in the episode "It's All My Fault". Sam Keating, who was killed in self-defense by the student protagonists, is definitely The Murderer. The Killer, [[spoiler: Frank Delfino]], remains at large as only The Killer, The Murderer and the audience are aware that there was anyone else involved.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Rebecca]] gets this treatment.
* HelloAttorney: The show has a very attractive cast.
* HelloAttorney: The show has a very attractive cast.
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-->'''Annalise''': And now you're just as bad as him.
-->'''Bonnie''': I'm not.
-->'''Annalise''': You are! Now that you've done this, you're a monster... just like him!
-->'''Bonnie''': I'm not.
-->'''Annalise''': You are! Now that you've done this, you're a monster... just like him!
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-->'''Annalise''': And now you're just as bad as him.
-->'''Bonnie''':him.\\
'''Bonnie''': I'mnot.
-->'''Annalise''':not.\\
'''Annalise''': You are! Now that you've done this, you're a monster... just like him!
-->'''Bonnie''':
'''Bonnie''': I'm
-->'''Annalise''':
'''Annalise''': You are! Now that you've done this, you're a monster... just like him!
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* TheMistress:
** Annalise to Nate.
** Lila to Sam.
** Annalise to Nate.
** Lila to Sam.
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* ModestyTowel: "It's All Her Fault" has Rebecca showing up at Wes's door at 4 in the morning asking to use his shower (hers is broken) while wearing just a towel. She even drops it when the door is still open, causing him to get [[DistractedByTheSexy distracted]] by her ToplessnessFromTheBack before she closes the door. [[spoiler:The visit turns out to be important as she hid a cellphone under his sink before she got arrested.]]
* OutWithABang: In "It's Called the Octopus", the case of the week involves a woman killing a man mid-coitus at a sex party, due to him mixing Nitroglycerin with viagra. Most of the Keating 5 find it hard to take it seriously.
-->'''Laurel:''' The only reason why they're charging her is because she owns her sexuality.\\
'''Wes:''' Or because she killed the guy.\\
'''Laurel:''' He had a heart attack during sex.\\
'''Michaela:''' Yeah, rough sex. She screwed him too hard. That's involuntary manslaughter.\\
'''Asher:''' That's how I want to go out. Laying underneath a hot woman, my johnson all snug as a bug in a rug.\\
''[Frank gives Asher a "shut up" look]''
-->'''Laurel:''' The only reason why they're charging her is because she owns her sexuality.\\
'''Wes:''' Or because she killed the guy.\\
'''Laurel:''' He had a heart attack during sex.\\
'''Michaela:''' Yeah, rough sex. She screwed him too hard. That's involuntary manslaughter.\\
'''Asher:''' That's how I want to go out. Laying underneath a hot woman, my johnson all snug as a bug in a rug.\\
''[Frank gives Asher a "shut up" look]''
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* PlotTriggeringDeath: [[spoiler:Sam]] and Lila's murder.
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* PowerHair: Annalise and Bonnie.
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* RomanticFalseLead:
** Khan to Laurel.
** Meggy to Wes.
** Khan to Laurel.
** Meggy to Wes.
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* SexGoddess: In "It's Called the Octopus", the client of the week, Tanya Randolph, [[OutWithABang killed a man mid-sex]] and the Keating 5 quickly find out while doing interviews with other people she slept that it's very possible she did kill the man by just being too good at sex (we later find out it's actually because of the drugs he took).
-->'''Interviewee:''' Do I wish that I were strong enough to take the stand and talk about the eight-hour orgasm I once had at Tanya's house?\\
'''Laurel:''' ''Eight'' hours?
-->'''Interviewee:''' Do I wish that I were strong enough to take the stand and talk about the eight-hour orgasm I once had at Tanya's house?\\
'''Laurel:''' ''Eight'' hours?
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** Rebecca is slutshamed slut-shamed during the Lila Stangard trial.
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* ViolenceIsDisturbing: The show constantly depicts all violence as completely unglamorous and as utterly grotesque, painful and visceral as possible. Witnessing violence always has a serious effect on those present, regardless of who they are or how much violence they have encountered by this point. Michaela is reduced to a hapless wreck while watching Asher deliver a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown [[spoiler:to Connor]] and [[BadassTeacher Annalise]] is clearly severely shaken by witnessing [[spoiler:Rose’s suicide]]. [[spoiler:Even [[ProfessionalKiller Frank]] breaks down in tears after being forced to strangle a hitman.]]
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* ViolenceIsDisturbing: The show constantly depicts all violence as completely unglamorous and as utterly grotesque, painful and visceral as possible. Witnessing violence always has a serious effect on those present, regardless of who they are or how much violence they have encountered by this point. Michaela is reduced to a hapless wreck while watching Asher deliver a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown [[spoiler:to Connor]] and [[BadassTeacher Annalise]] is clearly severely shaken by witnessing [[spoiler:Rose’s [[spoiler:Rose's suicide]]. [[spoiler:Even [[ProfessionalKiller Frank]] breaks down in tears after being forced to strangle a hitman.]]
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* AdultFear:
** Amidst all the murder and conspiracies and general drama of the show, [[spoiler: Annalise's mother having dementia]] is a real and relatable fear for many adults her age, especially with the rest of her family not taking it seriously enough to get her help right away.
** In Season Five, Laurel is terrified that her son may have witnessed [[spoiler: Bonnie kill Miller]].
** In the Season Five finale, not only does [[spoiler: Laurel]] disappear from Annalise's side on a crowded street after having been threatened by her brother, but [[spoiler: Christopher]] does as well, from the K5's house, while most of them were home.
** Amidst all the murder and conspiracies and general drama of the show, [[spoiler: Annalise's mother having dementia]] is a real and relatable fear for many adults her age, especially with the rest of her family not taking it seriously enough to get her help right away.
** In Season Five, Laurel is terrified that her son may have witnessed [[spoiler: Bonnie kill Miller]].
** In the Season Five finale, not only does [[spoiler: Laurel]] disappear from Annalise's side on a crowded street after having been threatened by her brother, but [[spoiler: Christopher]] does as well, from the K5's house, while most of them were home.
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* AcademicAlphaBitch: Michaela is probably the closest example of this trope being a mix between a CompetionFreak and a ControlFreak with a tendency to show how smart she is.
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* AcademicAlphaBitch: Michaela is probably the closest example of this trope being a mix between a CompetionFreak CompetitionFreak and a ControlFreak with a tendency to show how smart she is.
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Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''How To Get Away With Murder'' is was a legal drama starring Creator/ViolaDavis.
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Season 2 began on September 25th, 2015, followed by Season 3 on September 22nd, 2016 and season four on September 28th, 2017. In June 2019, it was announced that the show will end with season six in September 2019.
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replaced original season 1 poster with better quality season 2 promo that features the whole (season 1 at least) cast
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* RealityEnsues:
** In 1.04, the client is a take-no-prisoners female executive who is completely unapologetic about her sexuality or anything else. She mentions being involved in several sexual harassment cases, because [[AManIsAlwaysEager even with the sexist double standards around the matter]], ''that's what happens when you're an executive who frequently talks about sex in front of your subordinates''.
** In "It's All Her Fault", Annalise's boyfriend does ''not'' react well to her blackmailing him on the stand and getting him put on probation (by accident). To be more precise, he tells her to stay away from him and threatens to tell her husband all the details of their relationship if she doesn't. [[spoiler: It's implied he also sends Rebecca to the Keatings' to collect evidence that Sam killed Lila (which then ends up in Sam's murder) because of this]].
** The judge in "He Deserved To Die" sees right through the prosecution and two defense teams' schemes to get a leg up on the others and shuts it down immediately. She orders another autopsy done by a coroner of her choosing and sternly warns them that setting a toe out of line will result in disciplinary action. It's hard to play backroom politics when the judge suspects that you're up to something less than fully legal.
** What happens when you threaten to ruin your fiancee's life if he keeps secrets or leaves you? [[spoiler: He tells his family and they slap you with a prenup]].
** In Season 3, the new President of Middleton offers Annalise a [[KickedUpstairs research position]] to let another professor teach her classes. Why? [[spoiler: Because the Keating Five are in the ''bottom'' ten percent in terms of class performance, which is understandable given the traumatic year they've had]].
** Also from Season 3, Annalise has an awesome moment where she convinces a belligerent client responsible for killing two women to take the plea deal of just three years in prison, using a slap and a summed-up ReasonYouSuckSpeech. Come next episode, her license has been suspended because someone leaked security footage of her physically assaulting a client.
** Connor tries to resuscitate an (unfortunately already dead) individual by using CPR, but panics when he feels a bone crack during chest compressions and is horrified to think he may have accidentally killed the individual. Breaking bones is actually a very common result of CPR performed normally.
** In 1.04, the client is a take-no-prisoners female executive who is completely unapologetic about her sexuality or anything else. She mentions being involved in several sexual harassment cases, because [[AManIsAlwaysEager even with the sexist double standards around the matter]], ''that's what happens when you're an executive who frequently talks about sex in front of your subordinates''.
** In "It's All Her Fault", Annalise's boyfriend does ''not'' react well to her blackmailing him on the stand and getting him put on probation (by accident). To be more precise, he tells her to stay away from him and threatens to tell her husband all the details of their relationship if she doesn't. [[spoiler: It's implied he also sends Rebecca to the Keatings' to collect evidence that Sam killed Lila (which then ends up in Sam's murder) because of this]].
** The judge in "He Deserved To Die" sees right through the prosecution and two defense teams' schemes to get a leg up on the others and shuts it down immediately. She orders another autopsy done by a coroner of her choosing and sternly warns them that setting a toe out of line will result in disciplinary action. It's hard to play backroom politics when the judge suspects that you're up to something less than fully legal.
** What happens when you threaten to ruin your fiancee's life if he keeps secrets or leaves you? [[spoiler: He tells his family and they slap you with a prenup]].
** In Season 3, the new President of Middleton offers Annalise a [[KickedUpstairs research position]] to let another professor teach her classes. Why? [[spoiler: Because the Keating Five are in the ''bottom'' ten percent in terms of class performance, which is understandable given the traumatic year they've had]].
** Also from Season 3, Annalise has an awesome moment where she convinces a belligerent client responsible for killing two women to take the plea deal of just three years in prison, using a slap and a summed-up ReasonYouSuckSpeech. Come next episode, her license has been suspended because someone leaked security footage of her physically assaulting a client.
** Connor tries to resuscitate an (unfortunately already dead) individual by using CPR, but panics when he feels a bone crack during chest compressions and is horrified to think he may have accidentally killed the individual. Breaking bones is actually a very common result of CPR performed normally.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** In 1.04, the client is a take-no-prisoners female executive who is completely unapologetic about her sexuality or anything else. She mentions being involved in several sexual harassment cases, because [[AManIsAlwaysEager even with the sexist double standards around the matter]], ''that's what happens when you're an executive who frequently talks about sex in front of your subordinates''.
** In "It's All Her Fault", Annalise's boyfriend does ''not'' react well to her blackmailing him on the stand and getting him put on probation (by accident). To be more precise, he tells her to stay away from him and threatens to tell her husband all the details of their relationship if she doesn't. [[spoiler: It's implied he also sends Rebecca to the Keatings' to collect evidence that Sam killed Lila (which then ends up in Sam's murder) because of this]].
** The judge in "He Deserved To Die" sees right through the prosecution and two defense teams' schemes to get a leg up on the others and shuts it down immediately. She orders another autopsy done by a coroner of her choosing and sternly warns them that setting a toe out of line will result in disciplinary action. It's hard to play backroom politics when the judge suspects that you're up to something less than fully legal.
** What happens when you threaten to ruin your fiancee's life if he keeps secrets or leaves you? [[spoiler: He tells his family and they slap you with a prenup]].
** In Season 3, the new President of Middleton offers Annalise a [[KickedUpstairs research position]] to let another professor teach her classes. Why? [[spoiler: Because the Keating Five are in the ''bottom'' ten percent in terms of class performance, which is understandable given the traumatic year they've had]].
** Also from Season 3, Annalise has an awesome moment where she convinces a belligerent client responsible for killing two women to take the plea deal of just three years in prison, using a slap and a summed-up ReasonYouSuckSpeech. Come next episode, her license has been suspended because someone leaked security footage of her physically assaulting a client.
* TruthInTelevision: Connor tries to resuscitate an (unfortunately already dead) individual by using CPR, but panics when he feels a bone crack during chest compressions and is horrified to think he may have accidentally killed the individual. Breaking bones is actually a very common result of CPR performed normally.
** In 1.04, the client is a take-no-prisoners female executive who is completely unapologetic about her sexuality or anything else. She mentions being involved in several sexual harassment cases, because [[AManIsAlwaysEager even with the sexist double standards around the matter]], ''that's what happens when you're an executive who frequently talks about sex in front of your subordinates''.
** In "It's All Her Fault", Annalise's boyfriend does ''not'' react well to her blackmailing him on the stand and getting him put on probation (by accident). To be more precise, he tells her to stay away from him and threatens to tell her husband all the details of their relationship if she doesn't. [[spoiler: It's implied he also sends Rebecca to the Keatings' to collect evidence that Sam killed Lila (which then ends up in Sam's murder) because of this]].
** The judge in "He Deserved To Die" sees right through the prosecution and two defense teams' schemes to get a leg up on the others and shuts it down immediately. She orders another autopsy done by a coroner of her choosing and sternly warns them that setting a toe out of line will result in disciplinary action. It's hard to play backroom politics when the judge suspects that you're up to something less than fully legal.
** What happens when you threaten to ruin your fiancee's life if he keeps secrets or leaves you? [[spoiler: He tells his family and they slap you with a prenup]].
** In Season 3, the new President of Middleton offers Annalise a [[KickedUpstairs research position]] to let another professor teach her classes. Why? [[spoiler: Because the Keating Five are in the ''bottom'' ten percent in terms of class performance, which is understandable given the traumatic year they've had]].
** Also from Season 3, Annalise has an awesome moment where she convinces a belligerent client responsible for killing two women to take the plea deal of just three years in prison, using a slap and a summed-up ReasonYouSuckSpeech. Come next episode, her license has been suspended because someone leaked security footage of her physically assaulting a client.
* TruthInTelevision: Connor tries to resuscitate an (unfortunately already dead) individual by using CPR, but panics when he feels a bone crack during chest compressions and is horrified to think he may have accidentally killed the individual. Breaking bones is actually a very common result of CPR performed normally.
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* TherapistInTherapy: Isaac Roa, a psychiatrist Annalise sees in season 4, also sees his ex-wife Jacqueline for his own therapy. And yes, the fact that that's a conflict of interest is brought up.
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* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Annalise cheating on Sam is "good adultery", because her husband Sam is bad adultery because he was cheating on her first, and because [[spoiler:he hired Frank to kill his mistress.]]
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* ViewersAreGoldfish: At the end of the pilot, with the WhamShot that [[spoiler:the Keating Five are burning Sam's body]], it then flashes back to show him talking to Annalise again, in case the viewers might have forgotten who he was since he was shown in the previous scene.
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* FiveTokenBand: Wes and Michaela are both Black. Wes is also orphaned, having grown up in poverty. Laurel is white-passing and Mexican. Connor is gay, and Asher is the [[TokenWhite lone]] white, straight guy.
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* AcademicAlphaBitch: Michaela is probably the closest example of this trope being a mix between a CompetionFreak and a ControlFreak with a tendency to show how smart she is.
** Next to her, Connor as a male example. As Laurel said, he's at the top of the class and often mocks of Wes calling him "Waitlist" and of Asher for his foolish nature calling "Doucheface" (alongside with Frank).
** Next to her, Connor as a male example. As Laurel said, he's at the top of the class and often mocks of Wes calling him "Waitlist" and of Asher for his foolish nature calling "Doucheface" (alongside with Frank).
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** Annalise as well as she's considered as one of the best lawyers at Philadelphia.
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* SameRaceMeansRelated: Lampshaded. In the second episode, Asher (who is white) wonders if Wes (who is black) is only part of their exclusive "Keating Five" group because he's the secret lovechild of their African-American professor Annalise Keating. Michaela (who is also black) scoffs at the insinuation that all black people must be related.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw
** There is a lot of things, for example, change of lawyer in the middle of the trial as in season 5, only for "drama effect".
** There is a lot of things, for example, change of lawyer in the middle of the trial as in season 5, only for "drama effect".
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* MoralDilemma: Annalise offers Wes a job in the pilot after giving him a speech which can be summed up as follows: side with morality and turn down the job, which will probably end with Wes in a career path he hates and living a life he also hates; or shed his morals and accept the job, which ''will'' involve condoning, turning a blind eye to and possibly getting involved with some very illegal/amoral things, but, as Annalise puts it, he can 'become someone you actually like'. [[ForegoneConclusion Wes takes the job.]]
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* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Largely averted (like Oliver said, the Keating Five break the law more often than they practice it), except in one case: in Skanks Get Shanked, Annalise doesn't care that their client is guilty, but Connor does, despite orders to drop it. So he sends the prosecution an anonymous tape of their client confessing to the murder.
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* ToBeLawfulOrGood: ToBeLawfulOrGood:
** Annalise offers Wes a job in the pilot after giving him a speech which can be summed up as follows: side with morality and turn down the job, which will probably end with Wes in a career path he hates and living a life he also hates; or shed his morals and accept the job, which ''will'' involve condoning, turning a blind eye to and possibly getting involved with some very illegal/amoral things, but, as Annalise puts it, he can 'become someone you actually like'. [[ForegoneConclusion Wes takes the job.]]
** Largely averted (like Oliver said, the Keating Five break the law more often than they practice it), except in one case: in Skanks Get Shanked, Annalise doesn't care that their client is guilty, but Connor does, despite orders to drop it. So he sends the prosecution an anonymous tape of their client confessing to the murder.
** Annalise offers Wes a job in the pilot after giving him a speech which can be summed up as follows: side with morality and turn down the job, which will probably end with Wes in a career path he hates and living a life he also hates; or shed his morals and accept the job, which ''will'' involve condoning, turning a blind eye to and possibly getting involved with some very illegal/amoral things, but, as Annalise puts it, he can 'become someone you actually like'. [[ForegoneConclusion Wes takes the job.]]
** Largely averted (like Oliver said, the Keating Five break the law more often than they practice it), except in one case: in Skanks Get Shanked, Annalise doesn't care that their client is guilty, but Connor does, despite orders to drop it. So he sends the prosecution an anonymous tape of their client confessing to the murder.
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* FriendsInDenial: The Keating Five in the earlier seasons. In the 1.13, when Connor affirms the other K5 (here only Wes, Laurel and Michaela as the four stay more together after [[spoiler: Sam's murder]]) are not his friends, Oliver says "Every minute you're not with me, you're with them. They're your friends."
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* FriendsInDenial: FriendshipDenial: The Keating Five in the earlier seasons. In the 1.13, when Connor affirms the other K5 (here only Wes, Laurel and Michaela as the four stay more together after [[spoiler: Sam's murder]]) are not his friends, Oliver says "Every minute you're not with me, you're with them. They're your friends."
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* FriendsInDenial: The Keating Five in the earlier seasons. In the 1.13, when Connor affirms the other K5 (here only Wes, Laurel and Michaela as the four stay more together after [[spoiler: Sam's murder]]) are not his friends, Oliver says "Every minute you're not with me, you're with them. They're your friends."
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* TheAce: Both Connor and Michaela have this status in their promotion (in the first season at least) as Laurel lampshaded the fact they were chosen by Annalise to join the Keating 5 it's because they're at the top of their class.Thoug they become eventually BrokenAce as the dramas continue and they fall in the rankings.
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* FiveManBand: Although their characters are much more complex than the roles of a FiveManBand, Wes, Laurel, Connor, Michaela and Asher, who make up the Keating Five, are effectively one of these, where Wes is TheHero (his point of view is more significant than the others as well as his bond with Annalise), Connor is TheLancer (the typical snarky antihero , Michaela is TheSmartGirl (study-oriented, book-smart), Asher is TheBigGuy (impulsive, hot-headed), and Laurel is TheChick (good-natured and [[spoiler: eventual LoveInterest of Wes]]).
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* FiveManBand: Although their characters are much more complex than the roles of a FiveManBand, Wes, Laurel, Connor, Michaela and Asher, who make up the Keating Five, are effectively one of these, where Wes is TheHero (his point of view is more significant than the others as well as his bond with Annalise), Connor is TheLancer (the typical snarky antihero antihero) , Michaela is TheSmartGirl (study-oriented, book-smart), Asher is TheBigGuy (impulsive, hot-headed), and Laurel is TheChick (good-natured and [[spoiler: eventual LoveInterest of Wes]]).
