# List of How to Get Away with Murder episodes

How to Get Away with Murder is an American legal drama television series that premiered on ABC on September 25, 2014. The series follows Annalise Keating, a law professor and criminal defense attorney at Middleton University, who selects five interns to work in her law firm: Wes Gibbins, Connor Walsh, Michaela Pratt, Asher Millstone, and Laurel Castillo – alongside Annalise's employees Frank Delfino and Bonnie Winterbottom, an associate lawyer. With the exception of the pilot, every episode's title is a phrase said by one of the characters in that episode.
The first season initially had an order of thirteen episodes, but ABC ordered a full season for the series with an additional two episodes after the first episode aired and was the top series debut of the season. On May 7, 2015, the show was renewed for a second season, which consisted of fifteen episodes like the previous season. March 3, 2016, ABC announced that the show was renewed for a third season. On February 10, 2017, ABC renewed the show for a fourth season. On May 11, 2018, ABC announced the show was officially renewed for a fifth season. On May 10, 2019, the series was renewed for a sixth season. On July 11, 2019, it was announced the sixth season would be the last.
During the course of the series, 90 episodes of How to Get Away with Murder aired, between September 25, 2014, and May 14, 2020.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | Rank | Viewers (in millions) |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | Rank | Viewers (in millions) |
| 1 | 15 | 15 | September 25, 2014 (2014-09-25) | February 26, 2015 (2015-02-26) | 30 | 11.40 |
| 2 | 15 | 15 | September 24, 2015 (2015-09-24) | March 17, 2016 (2016-03-17) | 32 | 10.26 |
| 3 | 15 | 15 | September 22, 2016 (2016-09-22) | February 23, 2017 (2017-02-23) | 44 | 7.91 |
| 4 | 15 | 15 | September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28) | March 15, 2018 (2018-03-15) | 64 | 6.42 |
| 5 | 15 | 15 | September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27) | February 28, 2019 (2019-02-28) | 85 | 5.15 |
| 6 | 15 | 15 | September 26, 2019 (2019-09-26) | May 14, 2020 (2020-05-14) | 84 | 4.27 |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2014–15)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Michael Offer | Peter Nowalk | September 25, 2014 (2014-09-25) | 14.12 |
| 2 | 2 | "It's All Her Fault" | Bill D'Elia | Peter Nowalk | October 2, 2014 (2014-10-02) | 11.94 |
| 3 | 3 | "Smile, or Go to Jail" | Randy Zisk | Rob Fresco | October 9, 2014 (2014-10-09) | 10.81 |
| 4 | 4 | "Let's Get to Scooping" | Laura Innes | Erika Green Swafford | October 16, 2014 (2014-10-16) | 9.79 |
| 5 | 5 | "We're Not Friends" | Mike Listo | Tracey A. Bellomo | October 23, 2014 (2014-10-23) | 9.97 |
| 6 | 6 | "Freakin' Whack-a-Mole" | Bill D'Elia | Michael Foley | October 30, 2014 (2014-10-30) | 8.68 |
| 7 | 7 | "He Deserved to Die" | Eric Stoltz | Warren Hsu Leonard | November 6, 2014 (2014-11-06) | 9.18 |
| 8 | 8 | "He Has a Wife" | Debbie Allen | Doug Stockstill | November 13, 2014 (2014-11-13) | 9.25 |
| 9 | 9 | "Kill Me, Kill Me, Kill Me" | Stephen Williams | Michael Foley & Erika Green Swafford | November 20, 2014 (2014-11-20) | 9.82 |
| 10 | 10 | "Hello Raskolnikov" | Michael Offer | Marcus Dalzine | January 29, 2015 (2015-01-29) | 9.18 |
| 11 | 11 | "Best Christmas Ever" | Michael Katleman | Tracy A. Bellomo & Warren Hsu Leonard | February 5, 2015 (2015-02-05) | 8.34 |
| 12 | 12 | "She's a Murderer" | Bill D'Elia | Erika Harrison | February 12, 2015 (2015-02-12) | 8.44 |
| 13 | 13 | "Mama's Here Now" | Mike Listo | Erika Green Swafford & Doug Stockstill | February 19, 2015 (2015-02-19) | 8.86 |
| 14 | 14 | "The Night Lila Died" | Laura Innes | Michael Foley | February 26, 2015 (2015-02-26) | 8.99 |
| 15 | 15 | "It's All My Fault" | Bill D'Elia | Peter Nowalk | February 26, 2015 (2015-02-26) | 8.99 |

### Season 2 (2015–16)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 16 | 1 | "It's Time to Move On" | Bill D'Elia | Peter Nowalk | September 24, 2015 (2015-09-24) | 8.38 |
| 17 | 2 | "She's Dying" | Rob Hardy | Erika Green Swafford | October 1, 2015 (2015-10-01) | 7.53 |
| 18 | 3 | "It's Called the Octopus" | John Terlesky | Joe Fazzio | October 8, 2015 (2015-10-08) | 7.22 |
| 19 | 4 | "Skanks Get Shanked" | Stephen Williams | Angela Robinson | October 15, 2015 (2015-10-15) | 6.81 |
| 20 | 5 | "Meet Bonnie" | Stephen Cragg | Sarah L. Thompson | October 22, 2015 (2015-10-22) | 6.95 |
| 21 | 6 | "Two Birds, One Millstone" | Mike Listo | Michael Foley | October 29, 2015 (2015-10-29) | 6.27 |
| 22 | 7 | "I Want You to Die" | Kevin Bray | Warren Hsu Leonard | November 5, 2015 (2015-11-05) | 6.49 |
| 23 | 8 | "Hi, I'm Philip" | Jennifer Getzinger | Tanya Saracho | November 12, 2015 (2015-11-12) | 6.71 |
| 24 | 9 | "What Did We Do?" | Bill D'Elia | Michael Foley & Erika Green Swafford | November 19, 2015 (2015-11-19) | 7.19 |
| 25 | 10 | "What Happened to You, Annalise?" | Laura Innes | J. C. Lee | February 11, 2016 (2016-02-11) | 5.82 |
| 26 | 11 | "She Hates Us" | Bill D'Elia | Erika Harrison | February 18, 2016 (2016-02-18) | 4.88 |
| 27 | 12 | "It's a Trap" | Mike Listo | Joe Fazzio & Tanya Saracho | February 25, 2016 (2016-02-25) | 4.86 |
| 28 | 13 | "Something Bad Happened" | Zetna Fuentes | Michael Foley & Warren Hsu Leonard | March 3, 2016 (2016-03-03) | 4.53 |
| 29 | 14 | "There's My Baby" | Stephen Williams | J.C. Lee & Erika Harrison | March 10, 2016 (2016-03-10) | 4.80 |
| 30 | 15 | "Anna Mae" | Bill D'Elia | Peter Nowalk | March 17, 2016 (2016-03-17) | 5.29 |

### Season 3 (2016–17)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 31 | 1 | "We're Good People Now" | Bill D'Elia | Peter Nowalk | September 22, 2016 (2016-09-22) | 5.11 |
| 32 | 2 | "There Are Worse Things Than Murder" | Zetna Fuentes | Angela Robinson | September 29, 2016 (2016-09-29) | 4.33 |
| 33 | 3 | "Always Bet Black" | Stephen Cragg | Joe Fazzio | October 6, 2016 (2016-10-06) | 4.40 |
| 34 | 4 | "Don't Tell Annalise" | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Erika Green Swafford | October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13) | 4.00 |
| 35 | 5 | "It's About Frank" | Jann Turner | J. C. Lee | October 20, 2016 (2016-10-20) | 4.29 |
| 36 | 6 | "Is Someone Really Dead?" | Sharat Raju | Fernanda Coppel | October 27, 2016 (2016-10-27) | 4.07 |
| 37 | 7 | "Call It Mother's Intuition" | Mike Smith | Erika Harrison | November 3, 2016 (2016-11-03) | 4.08 |
| 38 | 8 | "No More Blood" | Jet Wilkinson | Morenike Balogun | November 10, 2016 (2016-11-10) | 4.32 |
| 39 | 9 | "Who's Dead?" | Bill D'Elia | Michael Foley | November 17, 2016 (2016-11-17) | 4.95 |
| 40 | 10 | "We're Bad People" | Jennifer Getzinger | Sarah L. Thompson | January 26, 2017 (2017-01-26) | 5.41 |
| 41 | 11 | "Not Everything's About Annalise" | Nicole Rubio | Abby Ajayi | February 2, 2017 (2017-02-02) | 4.69 |
| 42 | 12 | "Go Cry Somewhere Else" | Cherie Nowlan | Daniel Robinson | February 9, 2017 (2017-02-09) | 4.92 |
| 43 | 13 | "It's War" | Hanelle Culpepper | Brendan Kelly | February 16, 2017 (2017-02-16) | 4.66 |
| 44 | 14 | "He Made a Terrible Mistake" | Jet Wilkinson | Joe Fazzio | February 23, 2017 (2017-02-23) | 4.92 |
| 45 | 15 | "Wes" | Bill D'Elia | Peter Nowalk | February 23, 2017 (2017-02-23) | 4.92 |

### Season 4 (2017–18)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 46 | 1 | "I'm Going Away" | Jet Wilkinson | Peter Nowalk | September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28) | 3.96 |
| 47 | 2 | "I'm Not Her" | Paris Barclay | Maya Goldsmith | October 5, 2017 (2017-10-05) | 3.88 |
| 48 | 3 | "It's for the Greater Good" | Nicole Rubio | Erika Harrison | October 12, 2017 (2017-10-12) | 3.88 |
| 49 | 4 | "Was She Ever Good at Her Job?" | Mike Smith | Michael Russo | October 19, 2017 (2017-10-19) | 3.56 |
| 50 | 5 | "I Love Her" | Lexi Alexander | Sarah L. Thompson | October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26) | 3.56 |
| 51 | 6 | "Stay Strong, Mama" | Cherie Nowlan | Morenike Balogun | November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02) | 3.56 |
| 52 | 7 | "Nobody Roots for Goliath" | Nzingha Stewart | Daniel Robinson | November 9, 2017 (2017-11-09) | 3.71 |
| 53 | 8 | "Live. Live. Live." | Rob Hardy | Joe Fazzio | November 16, 2017 (2017-11-16) | 3.72 |
| 54 | 9 | "He's Dead" | Jet Wilkinson | Abby Ajayi | January 18, 2018 (2018-01-18) | 3.80 |
| 55 | 10 | "Everything We Did Was for Nothing" | Jonathan Brown | Matthew Cruz | January 25, 2018 (2018-01-25) | 3.54 |
| 56 | 11 | "He's a Bad Father" | Marta Cunningham | Maya Goldsmith | February 1, 2018 (2018-02-01) | 3.68 |
| 57 | 12 | "Ask Him About Stella" | Stephen Cragg | Tess Leibowitz | February 8, 2018 (2018-02-08) | 3.26 |
| 58 | 13 | "Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" | Zetna Fuentes | Morenike Balogun & Sarah L. Thompson | March 1, 2018 (2018-03-01) | 4.14 |
| 59 | 14 | "The Day Before He Died" | Scott Printz | Joe Fazzio | March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08) | 3.36 |
| 60 | 15 | "Nobody Else Is Dying" | Jet Wilkinson | Peter Nowalk | March 15, 2018 (2018-03-15) | 3.83 |

### Season 5 (2018–19)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 61 | 1 | "Your Funeral" | Stephen Cragg | Peter Nowalk | September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27) | 2.93 |
| 62 | 2 | "Whose Blood Is That?" | Mike Smith | Sarah L. Thompson | October 4, 2018 (2018-10-04) | 3.02 |
| 63 | 3 | "The Baby Was Never Dead" | Valerie Weiss | Erika Harrison | October 11, 2018 (2018-10-11) | 3.22 |
| 64 | 4 | "It's Her Kid" | Cherie Nowlan | Maisha Closson | October 18, 2018 (2018-10-18) | 2.74 |
| 65 | 5 | "It Was the Worst Day of My Life" | Laura Innes | Michael Russo | October 25, 2018 (2018-10-25) | 2.93 |
| 66 | 6 | "We Can Find Him" | Jonathan Brown | Tess Leibowitz | November 1, 2018 (2018-11-01) | 2.86 |
| 67 | 7 | "I Got Played" | Eric Laneuville | Maya Goldsmith | November 8, 2018 (2018-11-08) | 3.02 |
| 68 | 8 | "I Want to Love You Until the Day I Die" | Stephen Cragg | Joe Fazzio | November 15, 2018 (2018-11-15) | 3.13 |
| 69 | 9 | "He Betrayed Us Both" | John Terlesky | Daniel Robinson | January 17, 2019 (2019-01-17) | 2.84 |
| 70 | 10 | "Don't Go Dark on Me" | Cherie Nowlan | Sara Rose Feinberg | January 24, 2019 (2019-01-24) | 2.74 |
| 71 | 11 | "Be the Martyr" | Alrick Riley | Matthew Cruz | January 31, 2019 (2019-01-31) | 2.58 |
| 72 | 12 | "We Know Everything" | Jennifer Getzinger | Michael Russo & Sarah L. Thompson | February 7, 2019 (2019-02-07) | 2.74 |
| 73 | 13 | "Where Are Your Parents?" | DeMane Davis | Maya Goldsmith & Daniel Robinson | February 14, 2019 (2019-02-14) | 2.57 |
| 74 | 14 | "Make Me the Enemy" | Mike Smith | Erika Harrison & Matthew Cruz | February 21, 2019 (2019-02-21) | 2.56 |
| 75 | 15 | "Please Say No One Else Is Dead" | Stephen Cragg | Joe Fazzio | February 28, 2019 (2019-02-28) | 2.76 |

### Season 6 (2019–20)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 76 | 1 | "Say Goodbye" | Stephen Cragg | Sarah L. Thompson | September 26, 2019 (2019-09-26) | 2.43 |
| 77 | 2 | "Vivian's Here" | Mike Smith | Michael Russo | October 3, 2019 (2019-10-03) | 2.56 |
| 78 | 3 | "Do You Think I'm a Bad Man?" | Catriona McKenzie | Daniel Robinson | October 10, 2019 (2019-10-10) | 2.23 |
| 79 | 4 | "I Hate the World" | Scott Printz | Matthew Cruz | October 17, 2019 (2019-10-17) | 2.10 |
| 80 | 5 | "We're All Gonna Die" | Felix Alcala | Sara Rose Feinberg | October 24, 2019 (2019-10-24) | 2.25 |
| 81 | 6 | "Family Sucks" | Laura Innes | Vanessa James Benton | October 31, 2019 (2019-10-31) | 2.16 |
| 82 | 7 | "I'm the Murderer" | Lily Mariye | Laurence Andries | November 7, 2019 (2019-11-07) | 2.21 |
| 83 | 8 | "I Want to Be Free" | Alrick Riley | Hadi Nicholas Deeb | November 14, 2019 (2019-11-14) | 2.28 |
| 84 | 9 | "Are You the Mole?" | Stephen Cragg | Maisha Closson | November 21, 2019 (2019-11-21) | 2.16 |
| 85 | 10 | "We're Not Getting Away With It" | Sheelin Choksey | Tess Leibowitz | April 2, 2020 (2020-04-02) | 2.91 |
| 86 | 11 | "The Reckoning" | DeMane Davis | Inda Craig-Galván | April 9, 2020 (2020-04-09) | 2.78 |
| 87 | 12 | "Let's Hurt Him" | Janice Cooke | Daniel Robinson & Matthew Cruz | April 16, 2020 (2020-04-16) | 2.81 |
| 88 | 13 | "What If Sam Wasn't the Bad Guy This Whole Time?" | Dawn Wilkinson | Ricardo C. Lira | April 30, 2020 (2020-04-30) | 2.77 |
| 89 | 14 | "Annalise Keating Is Dead" | John Terlesky | Sarah L. Thompson & Tess Leibowitz | May 7, 2020 (2020-05-07) | 2.69 |
| 90 | 15 | "Stay" | Stephen Cragg | Peter Nowalk | May 14, 2020 (2020-05-14) | 3.20 |

## Ratings

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Average |
| | 1 | 14.12 | 11.94 | 10.81 | 9.79 | 9.97 | 8.68 | 9.18 | 9.25 | 9.82 | 9.18 | 8.34 | 8.44 | 8.86 | 8.99 | 8.99 | 9.76 |
| | 2 | 8.38 | 7.53 | 7.22 | 6.81 | 6.95 | 6.27 | 6.49 | 6.71 | 7.19 | 5.82 | 4.88 | 4.86 | 4.53 | 4.80 | 5.29 | 6.25 |
| | 3 | 5.11 | 4.33 | 4.40 | 4.00 | 4.29 | 4.07 | 4.08 | 4.32 | 4.95 | 5.41 | 4.69 | 4.92 | 4.66 | 4.92 | 4.92 | 4.61 |
| | 4 | 3.96 | 3.88 | 3.88 | 3.56 | 3.56 | 3.56 | 3.71 | 3.72 | 3.80 | 3.54 | 3.68 | 3.26 | 4.14 | 3.36 | 3.83 | 3.70 |
| | 5 | 2.93 | 3.02 | 3.22 | 2.74 | 2.93 | 2.86 | 3.02 | 3.13 | 2.84 | 2.74 | 2.58 | 2.74 | 2.57 | 2.56 | 2.76 | 2.84 |
| | 6 | 2.43 | 2.56 | 2.23 | 2.10 | 2.25 | 2.16 | 2.21 | 2.28 | 2.16 | 2.91 | 2.78 | 2.81 | 2.77 | 2.69 | 3.20 | 2.50 |