Annalise and Sam get into a huge fight. She wants to throw him out but he won't leave. Annalise admits to having an affair of her own and Sam tries to leverage this  The argument escalates until Sam says some truly horrendous, unforgivable things and even puts a hand around her throat but doesn't kill her. After Annalise leaves, Michaela arrives with the trophy wanting to turn it in to Annalise to be exempt from the exam. Rebecca arrives shortly after and Sam becomes suspicious about their arriving so close to one another. Rebecca tells Michaela to call Wes before running up to the master bedroom and locking herself in while Sam runs up after her.

Michaela calls Wes who is on his way over with Connor and Laurel, and tells him to hurry over. When they arrive, Sam has crashed into the bedroom while Rebecca has locked herself into the bathroom and is downloading the content of Sam's laptop onto the jump drive. Wes gets Rebecca to come out and she returns the laptop. As they prepare to leave, Sam attacks them to try to get the hard drive back and in the ensuing chaos, Laurel grabs it. When Sam tries to lunge for her out in the hallway, Michaela pushes him and he accidentally falls over the railing onto the floor below.

The group contemplates what to do with Sam's body, believing him to be dead. Wes proposes that the leave and people will think it was just an accident but then Sam, who wasn't dead (really? No one bothered to check him for a pulse?) attacks Rebecca (why? He didn't think that the other FOUR people in the room would stop him?) and begins to choke her. Wes uses the trophy to hit Sam in the head and just like that he's dead (for real, this time).

At this point, things transition into much of what we've seen already. Wes cleans the blood off Rebecca, the group prepares to leave the house when Asher shows up, Bonnie goes to a bar looking for some tail to numb her pain but instead of being with a bar sleaze ball, she calls up Asher instead. Rebecca tries to say she'll take the blame but Wes tells her not to and then goes back to Sam's place and apologises to his corpse before taking the trophy and going to meet with the others in the woods.

Annalise goes to Nate's place to tell her about the fight she had with Sam and how she told the DNA to get DNA samples. Nate reassures her and the two end up having sex. The group prepares to dispose of the body and nearly run into Asher when he's called by Bonnie. Post hook-up, Annalise calls Sam to and leaves a voicemail to ask for them to give their relationship another chance. The group disposes of the body, Michaela loses her ring, and Wes destroys the jump drive when he returns to Rebecca, saying that it can no longer be used because it will tie them to the murder.

Michaela goes home and looks at her wedding dress, contemplating how to proceed. She later goes to meet with her mother-in-law-to-be and apologises, saying that her reaction was stress-induced. She has also brought along the prenuptial agreement which she has signed. A hysterical Connor goes to see Oliver, who lets him in to make sure he's okay. After taking a shower, Connor tells Oliver that his hysterics were from being high and claims to have a drug problem. Laurel goes to Frank's and says that she stole the trophy from Asher and needs it put back. We also learn that both Laurel and Frank are now single. Annalise calls Bonnie to tell her about her fight with Sam and asks her to come back as she is very worried about him. On her way out, Bonnie shuts down Asher's offer to come along or to have breakfast together.

Bonnie texts the Keating Five to summon them back to the office. When they arrive, Asher expresses his anger at the group for not inviting him to come along to the bonfire. Asher wants the trophy back but Frank says that the trophy was on the porch and is now up for grabs. Annalise tells the group that the police are here and will be asking them a lot of questions about Sam. She admits that Sam was having an affair with Lila and they had a terrible fight the night before. She tearfully adds that he's not answering his phone and that he might have fled. She asks them all to be as honest as possible and exchanges a knowing look with Wes. We then see in a flashback that when Wes came back to retrieve the murder weapon, he ran into Annalise who was sitting at the desk looking at Sam's dead body. When Wes apologised to Sam's corpse, Annalise replied, "Don't be."

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In a 6-months prior flashback, we see Lila spending time with Rebecca. She's met a new guy, one who isn't so set on a virginity pack. She's calling him "Mr. Darcy," so we know this is about Sam. She knows that her new beau has a wife but enjoys herself nonetheless.

Annalise questions Sam about whether he knew that Lila was pregnant. Annalise insists that Bonnie stay, hoping that a witness will make sure he doesn't lie again. Annalise recalls all the other times Sam has lied and wants the truth as to whether he knew about the pregnancy. He says he didn't know about it and doesn't even know if it is his baby. She also chides him for not having worn a condom.

The case this week is that of Gretchen Thomas, a successful real-estate agent and wife and mother, is accused of murdering her nanny. She regularly takes sleeping pills and while under, she sleep-walks. There is video of her cleaning the dead nanny's body while under the effect of the pills but not of the actual murder. Gretchen changes her mind about going on the stand, but Annalise tells her that they need to do it to establish that she was close with the nanny. Gretchen feels she should pay for the sin if the jury believes this to be best, believing that she committed the murder while under the influence of the pills.

Annalise tells Wes about Lila's pregnancy and asks him not to tell Rebecca, believing it will cause her to act out. Wes says he won't tell her but goes ahead and does so anyway. He tells Rebecca not to do anything, adding that he needs to keep an eye on Annalise until he determines her next step. In secret, Rebecca meets with Nate, who wants to take Sam down in revenge for losing his job due to this case. She tells Nate about the pregnancy and he tasks Rebecca with getting some of Sam's hair to match to the baby.

In a continuation of the flashback, Lila tells Rebecca that she lost her virginity to "Mr. Darcy" and their conversation is interrupted a sext from him (the one that led Annalise to have her falling out with Sam). Back to present day, Rebecca comes to Annalise's place where Sam is alone, claiming that she left her gloves there. She asks to use the bathroom and Sam asks her to leave, saying she is welcome when Annalise is there.

The Keating Five question Gretchen's family members to better form their case. While on the stand, Gretchen's son reveals that he was having an affair with Elka, the murdered nanny. Annalise berates her team for not finding this information out before she was blind sighted in court.

Connor is pushing to form a study group and everyone becomes eager to join up when he reveals he has a copy of the exam she gave last year. He excludes Michaela after they get into another round of bickering. Laurel gets a call from Frank and is nearly exposed, due to his having snuck a topless photo of himself onto her phone while she was in the shower. He propositions her and she comes out to meet him in his car, where they have sex.

Asher tells Bonnie that she didn't deserve to get chewed out by Annalise and invites her to come to his place before the bonfire. Bonnie leaves him to ask Sam about his alibi, which she now knows is a lie. They are interrupted by Annalise and Bonnie leaves Sam to talk to Annalise alone. He tells her about Rebecca stopping by looking for her gloves and asks if she's sure that she doesn't know about the pregnancy. He begs her to not give up on him and she says she's going to lose her case because he is a distraction. She gets emotional, feeling that she is facing karmic retribution for screwing someone else's husband. She was unable to conceive with Sam, while he was able to knock Lila up after only six or seven round of intercourse. He insists that he is the one that broke their marriage but will do whatever it takes to make it right again.

In the flashback, an emotional Lila tells Rebecca that "Darcy" wants to end their relationship and that bad things happen when you have sex. It's implied to the audience that she knows she's pregnant but she doesn't tell Rebecca. She admits she wants to go over to his house and show his wife all the sext photos he sent her. Rebecca advises her against doing so.

Rebecca calls Nate to tell him about the sexts and says that perhaps there's still evidence on his phone.

Connor meets with Gretchen's son, who insists that he loved Elka but admits that he got an STD from Elka. When Connor passes this information on to the rest of the Keating Five, Michaela uses her premed undergraduate studies to crack the case. She passes the information on to Bonnie and Annalise. Annalise calls Gretchen's husband on to the stand and reveals to the court that he gave his wife a glass of wine on the night of the murder. This, when combined with the sleeping pills, would make her even more difficult to wake. Annalise shows the court that Mr. Thomas was prescribed a set of antibiotics for that same STD. He was engaged in an affair with Elka, and determined that she was involved with his son when his son expressed having the same symptoms as he had. Mr. Thomas apologises to his wife but Annalise tells him it's too late. It is clear that he set his wife up to take the fall for the murder of Elka, and he is taken away. Gretchen is angry at Annalise for apparently destroying her family, but Annalise assures her that the source of hurt is her husband and says that one day she will Annalise.

Michaela wants the trophy for the work she did and Annalise says she thought she already had it. Annalise adds that it doesn't matter, and she doesn't care who has it. Before Michaela can argue the matter further, she is interrupted by her mother-in-law-to-be, Mrs. Walker. Mrs. Walker takes Michaela out to dinner and demands that Michaela sign the prenup and Michaela says that her reason for not signing it is because she plans to spend forever with Aidan. The argument grows heated, as Mrs. Walker doesn't want her and her husband's hard work to be leeched on. She looks down on Michaela and where she comes from, calls her names, and Michaela attempts but fails to slap Mrs. Walker.

Laurel and Frank go back to his place, preparing to have sex once again but they are interrupted by a woman named Sasha, claiming to be Frank's girlfriend. Frank's guilty expression says it all, while Sasha calls Laurel his "student of the month."

Bonnie tells Sam that she met Lila the night she was killed. She had come looking for Annalise but Bonnie ran her off instead. Looking back on it, Bonnie now believes that Lila had wanted to tell Annalise about the pregnancy, saying "He can't keep it secret anymore." Sam is forced to admit that he knew about the pregnancy and kisses Bonnie, imploring her to keep it secret for Annalise's sake. Bonnie instead goes to Annalise and tells her everything about Sam, his lies, the pregnancy, and her belief that Sam may have indeed killed Lila. She said that Sam kissed her to try to hush her up, and tells Annalise that Sam is not a good man. Annalise is shaken but firmly tells Bonnie that she is fired. Bonnie is devastated and Annalise tells her to leave and not come back.

Nate gives Rebecca a device to get the information off of Sam's phone. He gives her the opportunity to back out but she says that she will get it done. Wes spies Rebecca getting out of Nate's car and the two get into an argument. Wes thinks that Nate is in cahoots with Annalise and that she is setting them up. Connor interrupts their argument, it's time to study, and Rebecca leaves them.

Asher is dancing at his place when Michael comes in, claiming to want to hang out and go to the bonfire. While he goes into the kitchen to get Michaela a drink, she steals the trophy and leaves. Wes figures out that Rebecca has gone after Sam with the device. Laurel has arrived and Wes determines that they, plus Connor, need to go after her.

Sam gets home and says that she has just told the DA's office that they should get DNA from all the men in Lila's life, including her teachers.

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Rebecca tells Annalise and the rest of the team that she got high with Griffin, hooked up, and killed Lila before laughing and telling the team they're gullible. Because we didn't dislike her enough already. Annalise warns her to take it seriously. Unfortunately for Rebecca, a story is leaked to the press that she and Griffin had hooked up so Annalise calls for a hearing to get a gag order that will prevent anyone involved in the case from talking to the press. Griffin's lawyer files a motion to have Lila's body exhumed, believing that the marks on Lila's neck were from fingernails belonging to Rebecca.

Connor has an awkward run-in with someone he hooked up with after falling out with Oliver, while Rebecca nearly gets into a fight with Griffin who antagonises her into an argument. Annalise is stressed out by the way things are going with the case. She mentions to Sam that Rebecca's behaviour makes her grateful for all the miscarriages. Frank coaches the team on how to proceed next. They must find a way to discredit the forensic expert used by Griffin's lawyer to get the order for the exhumation of the body, and also find alternative theories as to the source of the marks on Lila's neck. Michaela asks for a few hours off on Wednesday, as she has gotten a call to go in for what she believes to be an interview at Sterling & White.

The prosecution lawyer on the case brings evidence in for Annalise to use that will discredit the forensic examiner. He is discredited, Annalise's team gets a different examiner to form the theory that the marks were bug bites, and Laurel gets a job offer from Khan to work in legal aid. Wes and Rebecca  spend some time together going over Rebecca's case. Wes almost kisses her but Rebecca leaves.

Michaela goes to Sterling & White and learns that they didn't actually call her in for an interview but because her fiancé Aiden's parents drew up a pre-nup for her. Laurel convinces Lila's mother to give a statement expressing her wish to not have Lila's body exhumed. Connor runs into Julian again (the bloke he hooked up with) and ends up hooking up with again even though Julian has a boyfriend. DA Parks goes behind Annalise's back to try to have the body exhumed anyway.

Rebecca snoops on Laurel and Michaela, discovering that Laura's considering leaving and that Michaela's fiancé wants her to sign a pre-nup. She offers to keep their secrets if they will stop gossiping about her and Wes. Annalise learns that Griffin is set to take a plea deal that will get him off and allow the DA to get a conviction (Rebecca) so she decides to have Rebecca violate the gag order and accuse Griffin of rape. The plea deal is taken off the table. However the judge grants the motion to have Lila's body exhumed. A new medical examiner will perform the second autopsy.

Wes is disappointed in Rebecca and her morally questionable actions (this whole plot makes no sense, but okay), and after a flat argument, the two hook up. Post-hookup, Wes reveals some snippets of information about himself, including the fact that he is Haitian and his mother killed herself when he was twelve.

Connor stops by Oliver's place to try to apologise, bringing flowers, but meets Oliver's new beau at the door instead, who politely advises him to not ever come back if he truly cares about Oliver. Frank talks to Laurel about her intentions to possibly go work at legal aid. He tells her to not throw away a great opportunity with Annalise just because of their kiss. He admits he thinks about her all the time but that he'll get over it. Laurel says she doesn't want him to get over it and the two hook up on Annalise's porch.

Rebecca is approached by Nate in the grocery store, who tells her he knows she didn't kill Lila. He offers her the opportunity to help him catch Lila's real killer (presumably, he's referring to Sam Keating). Sam is at home in bed with Annalise and it seems as if they're about to reconnect before Bonnie comes knocking at the door with news about Lila's autopsy. The marks on Lila's neck were nat bites, this is good news, but there's bad news: Lila was 6 weeks pregnant.

Flashforward (2 weeks): Rebecca is covered with blood and Wes helps clean her up in the bathroom. Wes then brings her to the motel room and she offers to take the fall for the murder but Wes refuses to let her. Rebecca becomes stressed after Wes leaves and in a panic, calls 911, but claims to be just a prank caller before hanging up.

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Annalise is distracted during her lesson, which Wes is not present for after his and Annalise's falling out over Sam's photo and the wallpaper. Bonnie comes with news that causes Annalise to dismiss the class, minus the Keating Five. A client of Annalise's, David Allen, in on death row for supposedly murdering his girlfriend. They have been granted a hearing at which they can present new evidence to appeal his sentence, and have only 72 hours to gather things.

During the investigation, the Keating Five discovers that Asher's father, Judge Millstone, was the judge on the original case. Annalise pays a visit to Wes, who blackmails her into getting Rebecca back by whatever means necessary. If she doesn't, he will go to the police with what he knows. Frank and Laurel are still dancing around one another, which hasn't gone unnoticed by Bonnie. Annalise asks Frank to track down Rebecca but not make contact with her. The Keating Five, including Wes, all head out to question people and keep at it with the research.

Connor and Michaela learn that there were suspicions about perjury but Judge Millstone appears to have buried it. Asher doesn't believe his father could have done this at first but then he goes through his office and looks through the records he has kept and finds a missing entry. Asher later confronts his father about the David Allen case, noting how it was right after this case that he was promoted to federal judge. It's clear that his father did cover up the perjury and his father yells at him for being ungrateful, while Asher is left with the harsh reality of what his father has done.

Annalise wants to talk to a drug addict that had been David's alibi but Bonnie delivers the bad news that he overdosed fifteen months ago. Asher goes to Annalise with the information he has on his father. The only thing he wants in return is for his father to be spared and the trophy, something Annalise is more than willing to give him. The team then spend the rest of the night up going through all the files trying to find more to help their case. When everyone has fallen asleep, Laurel follows Frank to the door to try to flirt answers out of him as to whether he's looking for Rebecca. He won't share the information and leaves. Bonnie then pulls Laurel aside and warns her to stop leading Frank on. She says that Frank will be hurt when he realises he doesn't have a shot with Laurel and she shouldn't let this ruin her standing on the team.

Asher trips onto the clue that breaks the case. They determine that the key eye-witness lived in a building owned by Senator Trucco, whom David's murdered girlfriend had filed a junction against in regards to a housing project that would have displaced several lower-income people that were mostly black.

The hearing is underway and Annalise destroys the credibility of the witness who gave the false testimony. She then has them subpoena Senator Trucco to testify in the case. She lays it all out on the line and outright questions Trucco as to whether or not he had David's girlfriend murdered. Annalise delivers a powerful, impassioned speech, also making it clear that race was in play with his plans. Annalise is nearly thrown out of court but it works. Both sides of the case are found to have arguments formed on circumstantial evidence, an investigation is ordered into Senator Trucco's actions, and David is permitted to go free with the guarantee that he can never be re-tried for this crime.

Annalise has had Frank sneak Lila's phone into Griffin's car, but after having the source of the photos cleared so they can't be traced. This in turn makes Griffin appear to be the primary suspect. Wes seems horrified by the morality of what has happened but Annalise reminds him that he had said, "whatever it takes." She then tells him to go pick up Rebecca, as Frank has the address. Laurel outright tells Frank that she isn't interested and he needs to stop pursuing her, wanting to keep things professional.

Rebecca is also shocked by what Annalise has done but she is touched by Wes believing in her in a way she has never had before. She agrees to come back and let Annalise defend her. Sam asks Annalise why she is doing this and she breaks down, saying that even after everything he has done to her she still needs him. Wes and Rebecca arrive at Annalise's place, meeting her and Sam at the door. Nate is spying on them and gets a call from someone who sends photos of Frank planting Lila's phone into Griffin's car.

Flashforward (5 weeks):
Asher dances and celebrates having the trophy in his room while preparing to go to the bonfire. But then he notices it's missing and heads to Annalise's place where the rest of the Keating Five plus Rebecca are hiding from him with Sam's dead body. They consider letting him in and bringing him into the trouble but he leaves before they can come to a consensus, as Michaela texts him to say he's at the library. They later spot Asher crossing the street in front of him when he is on the phone with a woman, who is agreeing to come over. Finally, we see Asher in bed complaining about the group going to party at the bonfire without him after making fun of him for wanting to go, to Bonnie. They've just had sex. She gets a call from a tearful Annalise who asks if she is with Sam. She tells Bonnie that something terrible has happened, as she looks at the spot in her home with the missing rug.

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Laurel answers a question in class and stands up for herself when Annalise accuses her of showing up. Annalise appears to be impressed by Laurel's gumption. After class, Wes asks Annalise about the phone an in a flashback we see Annalise questioning Sam about it. Sam says Lila pursued him and they had sex maybe six or seven times. It's also revealed that Annalise had been Sam's mistress when he was married to his first wife. Annalise becomes enraged and yells at Sam to get out. He passes by Bonnie on his way out, as she had been listening in from downstairs.

Annalise is representing Brian, who is on trial for shooting his abusive cop of a father. Annalise coaches her team on jury selection and warns them they will be fighting against the police, who will do what they can to make themselves not look bad. Laurel is happy that they finally have a client she doesn't hate. The prosecution gets Brian's blog thrown out which is bad because it means Annalise can't use accusations of abuse in her defence.

Frank asks Laurel out for lunch but Laurel is more concerned about Brian. Annalise's team is assigned to monitor the members of the jury. Annalise needs to find a backdoor to get the blog brought back in so she has them all start reading up on it to find any opportunity. Laurel gets it back in when the prosecution brings forth a teacher as a witness who talks about a talent show in which Brian sang about wanting to kill his father.

Rebecca stops by Wes' place to take some of his pizza and they discuss the phone. Rebecca also tells Wes that she likes to make people feel uncomfortable because it makes her feel better. Annalise calls Nate to meet up with him. He's angry at her for getting fired, believing she was the one that told his boss that he was investigating Sam. He reveals that he lied to her about Sam's alibi before leaving.

Kan suggests to Laurel that she tell the jury about jury nullification, which could get Brian off but then says that she shouldn't, since she could go to jail for it. Annalise lays a verbal smack down on Bonnie for telling Nate's boss about his investigation and airing her dirty laundry. Annalise makes it clear she knows what's going on with Bonnie and Sam.

Laurel goes to Frank about jury nullification and she says she just wants to feel like they're doing good for once. Frank says he understands. Connor gets a witness discredited by catching him talking about the case through a dating app. Laurel decides to plant information about jury nullification where one of the jurors will find it to help Brian but Frank catches her. He has no choice but to tell Annalise but doesn't say specifically who it is. Annalise tells Frank to report it to the DA; this results in a mistrial, thus getting Brian off with only probation, community service, and counselling.

Annalise confronts Sam about where he was on the night of Lila's murder. He was in Philadelphia but says he didn't do it. Annalise has invited Rebecca over so as to see whether or not she knows Sam was the one in the photo. She goes into the office where Sam evaluates her, while Annalise listens in through a hidden device. It doesn't appear that Rebecca knows about Sam. On her way out, she goes upstairs to use the bathroom.

Frank and Laurel get into a disagreement over Laurel's actions but the tension proves too much so they end up making out. Laurel leaves, saying she has a boyfriend, and goes to meet Kan. She all but attacks him and they have sex on top of a desk. Wes finds Rebecca's apartment empty. Her things are gone and she is nowhere to be found. He calls her and she asks if he knew that they were in on it together. She tells him he can't trust Annalise and to go look at the wallpaper. Wes goes into Annalise's place where he finds Sam sleeping on the couch and the wallpaper in Annalise's bedroom matches the background of the penis photo. Annalise asks him what he's doing there and Wes tells her he knows about Sam.

Flashforward (6 weeks): Frank calls Laurel when she's with the rest of the Murder Crew in the woods. Michaela wants to know what's going on and Laurel admits that she cheated on Kan and slept with Frank. They seem to have had a falling out but the details aren't made clear. Frank calls again and the group tells her to answer, as it will strengthen their alibi. Frank wants to explain but Laurel is angry at him for lying about something. He says he'll do anything to make it right.

When Michaela is panicking about trying to find her engagement ring, Laurel agrees to take the trophy back to Asher's. Instead, she brings the trophy to Frank's place to call in that favour he promised her.

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Connor shows up at Oliver's place demanding sex but Oliver has to head to work, so he asks if they can do something that actual couples do. Connor teases him for making a declaration of feelings so Oliver offers up sex if he'll just ignore what he just said. It's all very cute.

Annalise is asking to see the video of the confession but the prosecution are denying her access. Rebecca's bail is set at 1 million dollars. When Annalise and Bonnie speak with Rebecca in private, she says that Wes was right about Griffin trying to pin it on her. Annalise confronts Wes, demanding to know what else he said. He continues to keep the phone secret from her.

Laurel is studying using a Tillman outline given to her by Kan and Michaela asks to use it to study but Laurel turns her down. Frank and Bonnie decide to bet on who they believe is a "Shooting Star." Frank bets it will be Michaela, but they won't tell her what "Shooting Star" means.

The group goes to meet with their next client, Marren Trudeau, a successful self-made stock broker accused of insider trading. Upon getting to her office, Marren sets the search warrant on fire. The people wanting to search her place or work play a sex tape of her with Elias Edson, the CEO of the company she is said to have done the insider trading with. Marren is not even remotely embarrassed. Marren tells Annalise to look outside of her company, not believing any of the employees could have been responsible but Annalise knows better than to do that.

The interns are tasked with questioning the employees, pretending to just gather intel. Everyone seems to have great things to say about Marren, as she is excellent at what she does, but treats them well too. Connor hits it off with Marren's personal assistant, Pax. The interns reveal that they're there to search for a traitor, causing Marren to tell Annalise again that the person(s) responsible isn't anyone within her company.

Annalise tries to proposition her husband Sam when he's on his way out but he says he has to head out for a company dinner. Nate is searching through Sam's car to access his GPS and Sam catches him standing next to his car. Nate claims to have been out for a run when he saw the light on in Sam's car. Bonnie had pulled up and saw Sam going through Nate's car and it's unclear why she's there, though we'd bet it's her having an affair with Sam.

Michaela tries to get the outline from Michaela's bag and Asher calls her out. Michaela throws a tantrum over the stress of the exams and Wes' apparent favoured treatment from Annalise. Frank says that this confirms his bet that Michaela is the Shooting Star and tells Bonnie she owes him a hundred bucks. It's then that Kan arrives to see Laura, and Frank sulks jealously.

Connor goes to meet Pax, having told Annalise he's going to pursue another lead. He tries to find out if Marren did it and Pax denies that she would ever be stupid enough to make that lead. Connor and Pax end up having sex, giving Connor the opportunity to plant a recording device and catch Pax making a call after Connor leaves, admitting his involvement in the insider trading.

Kan is there to help Laurel and Wes figure out a way to come up with the funds for Rebecca's bail. Frank comes in to send Kan away and scold Wes for talking about Rebecca, something Annalise had forbidden him from doing. It's so obvious that Frank is jealous but for some reason, he and Laurel have yet to get together despite their mutual interest. It's just a matter of time, though.

Oliver is helping Connor with some more hacking. Connor tells Oliver he would never let him get arrested. Though it seems lighthearted, we sense that there's some deeper feelings brewing. Bonnie goes to the police station and muscles the tape of Rebecca's confession out of the police chief by saying Detective Lahey illegally searched through Sam Keating's car the prior night.

Marren is appalled to learn that Pax betrayed her, as he has been with her for eight years now, since she first got started. She humiliates him in front of everyone and promises he will be prosecuted to the fullest extent, even low-blowing him by saying that his family will now have an actual reason to be ashamed of him. Connor looks upset momentarily, no doubt relating to that. An emotional Pax opens a window, jumps out, and falls to his death.

Down on the ground, Frank tells the interns that now they know what a Shooting Star looks like. Marren expresses remorse to Annalise for what she has done, having known that Pax wasn't tough like she is. Annalise tells her that whomever Pax was talking to on the phone is the one responsible. Through further investigation, Annalise's team narrows it down to two other employees, Talia Lewis and Jimmy Werdshaw. With a bit of manoeuvring, trickery, and lying, Annalise is able to get both of them to confess to the crime, as they believe they are simply doing so to get the other arrested. In the end, they're both arrested and Marren gets the last word in.

Annalise and her team watch Rebecca's video confession and determine that she was coerced into confessing. The video is brought to court and the judge sides with Annalise and Rebecca's bail is reduced. He puts an enquiry in for the questioning of Rebecca and tells the prosecution that he isn't happy.

Oliver discovers Connor slept with Pax due to the audio recording of Pax's conversation. A hurt Oliver throws Connor out of his apartment, despite Connor's insisting it didn't mean anything and that he does have feelings for Oliver.

Rebecca returns home and Wes asks her once again what's on Lila's phone. After they talk, he goes to Annalise to turn the phone over, saying he only didn't tell her so that he could gain Rebecca's trust so that it would help the case. He asks if the phone's content will help the case and Annalise asks whether anyone else knows about the phone and says that it's important that he will be the one that Rebecca trusts. Annalise says "we'll see" about whether the contents of the phone will help the case.

Annalise goes home, strips off her jewellery, removes her wig, and begins putting some lotion on after stripping off her false eyelashes and wiping off her makeup. Her husband Sam comes in and Annalise then drops a bomb by holding up Lila's phone and asking, "Why is your penis on a dead girl's phone?"

Flashforward (7 weeks):
The group is at Keating's office trying to get going with disposing of the body when Asher shows up and begins pounding at the door, demanding to be let in so he can get the trophy which he claims belongs to him. In the car, Connor notes how much they will have to deal with, from all the physical evidence to the surveillance cameras on the road that are likely catching them. As Connor hacks Sam's body to pieces to make him easier to transport, he berates Michaela for dilly-dallying and tells her to get to scooping. Connor later goes to see Oliver, behaving erratically and becoming emotional, telling Oliver he screwed up badly.

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Michaela's fiancé Aiden Walker is in town visiting her. Wes visits the police station to try to get information on Rebecca but he's denied since he doesn't have ID as her lawyer. On his way out, he spies Griffin O'Reilly getting out. Annalise is asked by the university president to represent Griffin because his parents have donated significant money to the university and it would also look bad for the football team, of which Griffin is the quarterback. She says she will think about it. She calls Nate to tell him about the offer, saying she can't make a decision unless she knows whether Sam's alibi checks out.  Nate is at Yale to check Sam's alibi and learns that Sam never showed up for the lecture he was supposed to give, and cancelled last minute claiming he had food poisoning.

Michaela brings Aiden to work with her and finds that Connor and Aiden went to boarding school together. Connor slyly tells Michaela that they have more in common than they originally thought. Annalise goes to check out her client Paula Murphy out of jail. Paula is a soccer mom that was arrested for having sex with a man in the park but she is promptly arrested, having previously been Elena Aguilar, who was a member of a terrorist group that set off a pipe bomb that killed a man.

The trial is underway but eventually, Annalise decides the best course of action is to get Paula to go with her to prison to visit the group's leader, Gabriel Shaw. Paula and Gabriel were formally involved. Someone calls the phone Rebecca left and when Wes answers, he learns that it is Lila's phone.

Upon visiting Gabriel Shaw, Annalise and Paula/Elena are able to get him to agree to testify that the bomb was all his idea. On the car ride home, Elena admits that she forgot what it felt like to have a thrill and that she misses the feeling Gabriel gave her.

At a dinner with some friends, Sam claims that he was denied a job offer and Annalise sits quietly, rightfully wondering if he is telling the truth. Later that night, she texts Nate to ask if he has found anything. Nate investigates whether Sam's car was in the lot when it should have been on the night of Lila's murder and finds that it wasn't.

Everyone at Annalise's firm meets with Griffin to hear his story of the night of Lila's murder. He claims Rebecca is a drug dealer and that they were hooking up but Lila walked in on them and lost it, screaming and scratching at Griffin. He says that Rebecca was smiling and set him up to be caught by Lila. He looked for Lila all night but couldn't find her. He believes Rebecca is the responsible party. Wes creates a fake ID, dons a suit, and heads to the station to meet with Rebecca, posing as her lawyer. He tells Rebecca he found the phone, asking what's on it, and she then calls for the guard, saying that Wes is an imposter. Wes shouts to her that Griffin is going to pin it all on her.

Laurel asks Bonnie if she can go to a law review party and Frank tells her to go on and enjoy herself. Laurel tells them the name of the bar, inviting them to stop by. While at the party, Laurel is chatted up by a legal aid named Kan. Michaela has brought Aiden and is shocked to learn that he once had a fling with Connor while in boarding school together. Frank stops by the party and is about to approach Laurel, but leaves when he sees Kan with her. He is, however, spotted by Asher on the way out. Michaela and Aiden get into an argument, as she is angry about his lie.

Annalise comes to pick up Wes at the station and he tells her she can't defend Griffin because Rebecca has nothing and will become a pawn just because she's poor. They head to court where Connor is still gloating to Michaela just to throw her off her game. Asher tells Laurel about Frank stopping by the party, and she appears intrigued. Gabriel Shaw is called in as a witness for the prosecution and flips his story, claiming that Elena was the mastermind of the bombing. Annalise calls him out for his lie and asks what plea deal he has made in return for this testimony. He has to admit that he has been offered early release but also claims that he has loved Elena for all these years. Unfortunately for Annalise, Elena goes on the run with Gabriel and the case if put on hold until she can be found and arrested. Annalise warns Michaela to choose her husband carefully, as she'll only have herself to blame if he chooses badly.

Annalise meets with Nate, who lies to her and claims that Sam's alibi checks out. They also appear to have mended their relationship, and perhaps eventually they will resume it, though Nate tells her to go home and be with her husband.

Michaela makes up with her husband. She wants to know if there are other men he has had sex with. She doesn't care if he's gay but she's not about to be someone's beard for political gain. She has a plan for her life and is not about to have him embarrass her.

Annalise tells the president of the university that she will not be representing Griffin O'Reilly. She awards the trophy to Wes, for speaking up for the pawns of this world. She then announces to the class that she will be representing Rebecca Sutter. When Annalise goes to meet with Rebecca, she learns that Rebecca has just confessed to the crime on tape.

Flashforward (2 months):
Connor, Wes, Michaela, and Laurel are struggling to get rid of the body. Michael is particularly emotional over the night's event. They realise they need alibis for the night so Laurel proposes they head to the bonfire where they party and engage in merriment, snapping photos as proof. As the group prepares to leave the woods, Michaela panics upon realising that her engagement ring is missing.

How To Get Away With Murder airs on Thursdays on ABC at 10PM.

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Annalise takes on the case of Max St. Vincent, a millionaire accused of brutally murdering his (second) wife, Majorie St. Vincent. Annalise sends Wes to obtain the supplemental arrest report. When he is looking over it in his apartment, Rebecca comes knocking at his door asking to use his shower. He agrees and briefly sneaks a peek at Rebecca before she closes the bathroom door.

Lila Stangard's death is officially ruled a homicide. Wes recognises Griffin when his face is flashed on the news (as being Lila's boyfriend), as the same person he had seen arguing with Rebecca. When he gets the supplemental report to Annalise, she is able to discredit the police officer that was on the stand claiming to be the one who found the murder weapon when it was another officer that is under investigation for drinking on the job.

Connor continues to use Oliver and his hacking skills to help with the trial, promising to go out for dinner with him as a reward. Annalise has a falling out with her boyfriend Nate, after she made him and his department look bad. He threatens to tell her husband Sam about everything they did together if she calls him again. When Annalise gets home, she snoops through Sam's phone for Lila Stangard's name and finds several teacher-student e-mails, but she signs her e-mails just using "L."

Wes mentions Lila to Rebecca and advises her to not talk to anyone without a lawyer, in case she is ever questioned. Rebecca denies any involvement.

Laurel talks to Bonnie and all but confirms her suspicions that Frank was the one who chose her to be an intern. Bonnie advises her to stop talking about personal drama and instead focus on getting Annalise to actually learn her name.

Max's daughter Ellie is brought in as a character witness but things go awry when she learns on the stand that her mother was murdered in a highly similar manner as her now-murdered step-mother. Annalise is mad at Max for keeping a secret from her and Oliver is mad at Connor for skipping out on dinner. Annalise outright asks Sam if he was sleeping with Lila. He denies it but he has a bad track record when it comes to being faithful.

Laurel determines that Max cannot be the murderer because as a hunter, he knows how to kill efficiently and the murder of his wife was too sloppy to match his abilities. At Annalise's orders, he even admits to murdering his first wife on the stand. Since it happened in Switzerland, he won't be tried for it. Through further investigation, they determine that Max's daughter was the true murderer. Max is found 'Not Guilty' by the jury. Max is made aware of the fact that his daughter was the murderer and says he'll find a way to punish her. He tells Annalise he won't kill her, but… it's unclear whether or not we believe him.

Frank tells Bonnie that he won't do anything with Laurel but that she's the one who needs to be more careful, a thinly veiled reference to the fact that she appears to be sleeping with Sam Keating.

Connor goes to Oliver's place with take-out to apologise and Oliver eventually accepts the apology, saying, "Tonight, I do you."

Annalise checks Sam's phone again and finds that all of the e-mails to/from Lila Stangard have been deleted and the trash has been emptied. She goes to meet with Nate and begs him to investigate Sam, believing it to be a strong possibility that Sam was involved in Lila's murder. He dismisses her theory and tells her to go home but she implores him to check out his alibi, which is that he was at Yale on the night of her murder. He eventually agrees upon seeing how distraught Annalise is, warning her to be careful. Annalise then returns home and has sex with her husband.

Wes is heading back to his apartment and watches as Rebecca is arrested and taken away by police. He shouts out at her as a reminder to not say anything. Wes then goes to check his bathroom, and finds a phone that Rebecca had hidden, which he cannot get into because it requires a code.

Flashforward (2.5 months):
Wes has gone back for the murder weapon, the immunity idol, with blood still on it. It's revealed that when he flipped the coin, he lied about the outcome to ensure that the group would dispose of the body instead of leaving it where it was. While Wes is in the convenient store to buy the lighter fluid, he places a call to someone, using a prepaid phone, saying that they're taking care of it and that this person will be protected. Later, Wes heads to a motel room where Rebecca is inside waiting for him, having been the person he called earlier. They are now romantically involved and he promises that he's not going anywhere and that she is safe.

How To Get Away With Murder airs on Thursdays on ABC at 10PM.

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Law student Wes Gibbins enters his first day of class at Middleton Law School. There are posters up for a missing student, Lila Stangard. His professor in Criminal Law, Annalise Keating, is also a defence attorney. She is tough as nails and informs everyone that her colloquial title for her class is, "How To Get Away With Murder." She quizzes them on a case study, which Wes hasn't read about. When Wes is questioned, he has to admit that he didn't get Keating's e-mail because he was admitted later than everyone else off the wait list.

The case in question, of the Aspirin Killer, is an ongoing case on which Keating is working. A woman is accused of attempting to murder her husband with aspirin, to which he is allergic. Everyone in class must bring forward a strategy for Keating to use for her client. Wes must go last, and no student is allowed to use a strategy already used. The top 4 students will be selected to come work at Keating's firm and the best will receive a trophy, which can be used as an immunity idol to be exempt from an exam. While studying, Wes meets his neighbour, Rebecca, who is playing her music loudly.

At class, Wes must sit back and watch as each of his brainstormed ideas is used by one of the other students in class. Wes proposes a self-defence/Stockholm Syndrome theory but Keating accepts the idea and tells him to stay seated. The seated students have moved on to the next round.

The next day at court, student Michaela Pratt brings forth a theory she has found after doing extensive research that one of the witnesses is colour-blind. This is a small victory for the defence, thus improving Keating's odds of winning the case on behalf of her client. Wes goes to visit Keating to try to bring a lead and discovers Keating sexually involved with a man. Student Connor Walsh hits on an IT worker, Oliver, who worked at the same place as Keating's client and gets him to illegally access some e-mails which further help Keating in court, after which Connor has sex with Oliver.

Wes gets home and finds Rebecca in a shouting match with another student, Griffin O'Reilly. At a fancy dinner, Wes discovers that Keating is married, but not to the man that he caught her having sex with. Laurel spies the almost-murdered man's wife and mistress having a moment in the restroom and poses to Frank Delfino, one of Annalise's workers, that they teamed up together but he appears to have already known. Laurel and Frank butt heads and after Laurel leaves, Bonnie Winterbottom (another of Annalise's associates) tells Frank to stop screwing the students.

Annalise tells Wes in private that she and her husband Sam have been trying to have a baby and it put on a strain on their marriage. She thanks him for keeping her secret and Wes, feeling uncomfortable, politely leaves. When he returns home, he finds Rebecca has left him a bottle of booze to apologise for all the noise. He proposes they share a drink but she says she can't tonight.

In court, Keating's client is made to look guilty in court due to surveillance footage surfacing of her purchasing aspirin. This forces Keating to call in Detective Nate Lahey, whom Wes recognises as the man Annalise is having an affair with. Through the line of questioning, we learn that Nate's wife was recently diagnosed with cancer. It's found that there is a strange time gap between when the detective Nate is in charge of obtained the video and logged it in. Nate is forced to admit that his department has had issues with people doctoring videos. Keating's client gets off, though it would seem that she did do it.

In class, Keating announces that Connor Walsh, Asher Millstone, Michaela Pratt, Laurel Castillo, and an additional student, Wes Gibbins, have all been selected to come work at Keating's firm. Wes later tells Keating that he doesn't want the position if it's just to keep him quiet and Keating berates him for assuming the worst, insisting that he was picked for his strengths and that he should go after his future.

Lila Stangard's body is discovered in the water tank of her sorority house and the news is watched by many, including her boyfriend Griffin O'Reilly, who comes to tell the news to Rebecca. As Annalise's husband Sam watches the story, he tells Annalise that Lila was his student. She tells him, "I bet you the boyfriend did it." He replies, "I guess we'll see."

Flashforward (3 months):
Wes, Connor, Laurel, and Michaela argue about how to dispose of a body. They also have to deal with the murder weapon, a trophy which Wes has grabbed. They could bury the body but the ground is frozen. They do however, have all night to dig. They're split on how to proceed so Wes proposes he flip a coin. Heads, they get the body, tails, they leave it where it is.

The murder weapon is the immunity idol belonging to Keating. The students all go back to Keating's office and roll up a body in the carpet. While about to carry the rug outside, they encounter a campus police officer. Michaela offers to call Keating to confirm their cover story, that she had asked them to bring her rug to a bonfire, but the cop accepts their story before they have to.

Wes goes into a convenience store to get some lighter fluid. They head to the woods to dispose of the body, and are nearly caught when Laurel's phone goes off. It's Frank calling, and the photo of him on the phone is of him shirtless.

As the students prepare to set the body on fire, it is revealed that they are disposing of Annalise's husband Sam.

How To Get Away With Murder airs on Thursdays on ABC at 10PM.

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