How to Get Away with Murder
It's Called the Octopus
TV Flash files “It's Called the Octopus” as hour 18 of 90 in the TV Flash guide — How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020) on ABC, season 2, episode 3, aired 2015-10-08, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E03: listed hour 18 of 90 in the How to Get Away with Murder guide, hour 3 of 15 in season 2. It aired 2015-10-08 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “She's Dying” (S02E02). Next is “Skanks Get Shanked” (S02E04).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A high-end sex club is investigated by the team when Annalise takes on a new client. Meanwhile, a new motive surfaces in the case against two wealthy siblings accused of killing their parents; and Wes finds an unexpected ally.
Viewer FAQ
Where does It's Called the Octopus sit in the How to Get Away with Murder guide?
S02E03 is listed hour 18 of 90 — hour 3 of 15 in season 2, season 2 episode 3.
When did How to Get Away with Murder S02E03 air?
It's Called the Octopus aired 2015-10-08 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…