How to Get Away with Murder
He Deserved to Die
TV Flash files “He Deserved to Die” as hour 7 of 90 in the TV Flash guide — How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020) on ABC, season 1, episode 7, aired 2014-11-06, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E07: listed hour 7 of 90 in the How to Get Away with Murder guide, hour 7 of 15 in season 1. It aired 2014-11-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Freakin' Whack-a-Mole” (S01E06). Next is “He Has a Wife” (S01E08).

Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Annalise and the team are focused on Rebecca's case, but when the judge enforces a gag order, Rebecca takes things into her own hands. Meanwhile, Michaela is surprised by a pre-nup, sparks fly between Laurel and Frank, and in flash-forwards, we find out more about Wes and Rebecca's relationship.
Viewer FAQ
Where does He Deserved to Die sit in the How to Get Away with Murder guide?
S01E07 is listed hour 7 of 90 — hour 7 of 15 in season 1, season 1 episode 7.
When did How to Get Away with Murder S01E07 air?
He Deserved to Die aired 2014-11-06 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
The 2014 premiere. Nonlinear murder mystery is the grammar from hour one; skipping ahead dumps you into a conspiracy already in progress.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Annalise Keating's class buries a body, then improvises a life of cover-ups. Peter Nowalk's Shondaland thriller made Viola Davis a network gravity well and the first Black woman to win the Drama Lead Actress Emmy. Six seasons of flash-forward murder boards and Keating 5 loyalty tests. Pulp academia with awards heat — twists first, tastefulness never.
Somebody already buried the body; the group chat is on the board. Peter Nowalk's Shondaland thriller premiered on ABC September 25, 2014: brilliant defense professor Annalise Keating and her students improvise a life of cover-ups, flash-forward murder board as house style. Viola Davis as a network gravity well — the first Black woman to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The Keating 5 — Wes, Michaela, Connor, Laurel, and company — learn law and loyalty the hard way. (From here: mild. The…
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- Viola Davis as Annalise Keating
Viola Davis’s Annalise Keating made How to Get Away with Murder a network gravity well — a class that buries a body, then improvises a life of cover-ups. Peter Nowalk’s Shondaland thriller, flash-forward murder boards, Keating 5 loyalty…
- Billy Brown as Nate Lahey
Billy Brown’s Nate Lahey stood in How to Get Away with Murder’s blast radius — Annalise Keating’s class burying a body, Peter Nowalk’s Shondaland thriller, Viola Davis as a network gravity well, six seasons of flash-forward murder boards…
- Alfred Enoch as Wes Gibbins
Alfred Enoch’s Wes Gibbins entered How to Get Away with Murder as Keating 5 conscience — Annalise’s class burying a body, flash-forward murder boards, Peter Nowalk’s Shondaland thriller, Viola Davis as network gravity. Six seasons of…
- Aja Naomi King as Michaela Pratt
Aja Naomi King’s Michaela Pratt hustled through How to Get Away with Murder’s Keating 5 — Annalise’s class burying a body, flash-forward murder boards, Peter Nowalk’s Shondaland thriller, Viola Davis as a network gravity well. Six seasons…
- Jack Falahee as Connor Walsh
Jack Falahee’s Connor Walsh made How to Get Away with Murder feel like a cover-up with cheekbones — Keating 5 loyalty, flash-forward boards, Shondaland thriller as a 2010s network gravity well. Ambition in a tailored risk. TV Flash files…
- Karla Souza as Laurel Castillo
Karla Souza’s Laurel Castillo survived How to Get Away with Murder’s Keating 5 — Annalise’s class burying a body, then improvising a life of cover-ups, Peter Nowalk’s Shondaland thriller, Viola Davis as a network gravity well. Six seasons…