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How to Get Away with Murder: Season 5

15 episodes Premiered Sep 27, 2018 Updated Sep 25, 2026

Michaela, Connor, Asher, and Laurel move on with the next chapter of their lives. A new mystery involving one of their own will unfold, as relationships are fractured, and new secrets are exposed.

Previously on How to Get Away with Murder

Season 5 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of How to Get Away with Murder Season 4.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.

Season overview

Michaela, Connor, Asher, and Laurel move on with the next chapter of their lives. A new mystery involving one of their own will unfold, as relationships are fractured, and new secrets are exposed.

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Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S5·E1 Mytharc

Your Funeral

Sep 27, 2018 · 44 min

Annalise selects students for her new legal clinic at Middleton and juggles job offers from competing firms, all while the Keating 4 attempt to move on from last semester's turmoil

S5·E2 Core

Whose Blood Is That?

Oct 4, 2018 · 44 min

Annalise preps to defend her first class action plaintiff and adjusts to the politics of the new job. Meanwhile, Frank is suspicious of Gabriel and does some investigating of his o

S5·E3 Core

The Baby Was Never Dead

Oct 11, 2018 · 44 min

Annalise and Emmett defend a wealthy CEO accused of killing his business partner, while the governor goes after Annalise and puts her new caseload and legal clinic in jeopardy. Bon

S5·E4 Core

It's Her Kid

Oct 18, 2018 · 44 min

Annalise and Nate look to get Nate's dad a psych evaluation so that they can have his murder case retried under an insanity plea. Meanwhile, Michaela works overtime to convince Teg

S5·E5 Core

It Was the Worst Day of My Life

Oct 25, 2018 · 44 min

After Annalise chooses Gabriel as her second chair, the unexpected duo puts all of their efforts into Nate Sr.'s murder re-trial as they try to convince a jury to grant an insanity

S5·E6 Core

We Can Find Him

Nov 1, 2018 · 44 min

Annalise receives a call from Governor Birkhead, and she's forced to weigh an interesting offer, while Bonnie reunites with her sister looking for answers from what happened years

S5·E7 Core

I Got Played

Nov 8, 2018 · 43 min

Connor and Oliver attempt to secure a church for their wedding to appease their moms; Annalise and Nate continue their quest for justice in the face of endless obstacles; Annalise

S5·E8 Core

I Want to Love You Until the Day I Die

Nov 15, 2018 · 44 min

From the warden's phone records, Nate identifies the person responsible for his dad's death. Frank tells Annalise about Gabriel at the wedding.

S5·E9 Core

He Betrayed Us Both

Jan 17, 2019 · 44 min

Now that Connor and Oliver have tied the knot, the crew must deal with the consequences of the wedding night's murder; and Annalise is forced to reckon with secrets from her past.

S5·E10 Core

Don't Go Dark on Me

Jan 24, 2019 · 44 min

As the investigation into Miller's murder intensifies, Bonnie and Nate formulate their alibis while Annalise devises a plan to ensure Gabriel never learns the truth about his fathe

S5·E11 Core

Be the Martyr

Jan 31, 2019 · 42 min

Nate is on a mission to prove he was right about the culprit in his father's murder, while Bonnie begins to doubt herself; and Annalise turns the tables in the courtroom.

S5·E12 Core

We Know Everything

Feb 7, 2019 · 44 min

Nate and Annalise both need to keep Gabriel close to ensure their secrets stay hidden.

S5·E13 Core

Where Are Your Parents?

Feb 14, 2019 · 44 min

Annalise gathers everyone together for the holidays while she wrestles over a difficult decision about her future, and the investigation into Miller's murder starts to widen.

S5·E14 Mytharc

Make Me the Enemy

Feb 21, 2019 · 44 min

Annalise is determined to get to the truth about Nate Sr.'s murder and will stop at nothing until she does.

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