How to Get Away with Murder
Pilot
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 2014-09-25
Synopsis
Annalise Keating is a tough as nails Criminal Law Professor and when Wes Gibbins starts his first day at Middleton University, he has no clue what he's walking into. In her class, "How to Get Away with Murder," Annalise challenges her students to solve some of the most difficult criminal cases that her law firm takes on, and in the end, she selects a group of the smartest, most promising students to come work for her. The competition is on and the students will stop at nothing to make sure they get to the head of her class. While Annalise seems to have it all together, we soon learn that her clients' secrets aren't the only ones she's keeping. Meanwhile, in flash-forwards, we learn that the price of impressing Annalise might just be too much for some, when a group of four students, Wes, Connor Walsh, Michaela Pratt and Laurel Castillo get involved in their own murder mystery cover up.
In the series
This episode is part of How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020) on ABC.
Annalise Keating’s class of killers — twist factory with Viola Davis gravity.
Key cast
- Viola Davis as Annalise Keating
- Billy Brown as Nate Lahey
- Alfred Enoch as Wes Gibbins
- Aja Naomi King as Michaela Pratt
- Jack Falahee as Connor Walsh
- Karla Souza as Laurel Castillo