How to Get Away with Murder (season 5)


The fifth season of the ABC American television drama series How to Get Away with Murder was ordered on May 11, 2018, by ABC. It began airing on September 27, 2018, with 15 episodes like the previous seasons and concluded on February 28, 2019. This was made in a deal with Viola Davis that the series would be a limited series with only 15 or 16 episodes per season.

Plot

Season 5 picks up after Annalise's class action victory in the Supreme Court, with Michaela, Connor, Asher and Laurel moving on with the next chapter of their lives.

Cast and characters

Main

Production

Development

How to Get Away with Murder was renewed for a fifth season on May 11, 2018, by ABC. In July 2018, series creator and showrunner Peter Nowalk told Deadline Hollywood his plans for the fifth season, confirming that the wedding between Jack Falahee and Conrad Ricamora's characters would take place, as well as a flashback episode further exploring the marriage between Viola Davis and Tom Verica's characters Annalise and Sam Keating, respectively. Additionally, he stated that the season's flashforwards were expected to be "twisty, and more fun", and tonally different. The first table read occurred on July 13, 2018.

Casting

In June 2018, Rome Flynn was promoted to the series' main cast after appearing in a guest capacity in the fourth-season finale. In July 2018, Amirah Vann was promoted to the series' main cast after recurring in the fourth season. Later that month, Timothy Hutton joined the main cast.

Filming

Filming for the season started on July 19, 2018.

Reception

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the fifth season has a rating of 83%, based on six reviews, with an average rating of 7.67/10. Writing for The A.V. Club, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya criticized the messing storytelling of the season and the series as a whole.

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