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How to Get Away with Murder
Season 6
Promotional poster
Starring
No. of episodes15
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseSeptember 26, 2019 (2019-09-26) –
May 14, 2020 (2020-05-14)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The sixth and final season of the American television drama series How to Get Away with Murder premiered on September 26, 2019, and concluded on May 14, 2020.[1] Ordered in May 2019 by ABC,[2][3] the season consisted of fifteen episodes, like its predecessors, due to a deal made with Viola Davis that the series would be limited to only 15 or 16 episodes per season.[4]

Cast and characters

Main article: List of How to Get Away with Murder characters

Main

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

See also: List of How to Get Away with Murder episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date [5]U.S. viewers
(millions)
761"Say Goodbye"Stephen CraggSarah L. ThompsonSeptember 26, 2019 (2019-09-26)2.43[6]
772"Vivian's Here"Mike SmithMichael RussoOctober 3, 2019 (2019-10-03)2.56[7]
783"Do You Think I'm a Bad Man?"Catriona McKenzieDaniel RobinsonOctober 10, 2019 (2019-10-10)2.23[8]
794"I Hate the World"Scott PrintzMatthew CruzOctober 17, 2019 (2019-10-17)2.10[9]
805"We're All Gonna Die"Felix AlcalaSara Rose FeinbergOctober 24, 2019 (2019-10-24)2.25[10]
816"Family Sucks"Laura InnesVanessa James BentonOctober 31, 2019 (2019-10-31)2.16[11]
827"I'm the Murderer"Lily MariyeLaurence AndriesNovember 7, 2019 (2019-11-07)2.21[12]
838"I Want to Be Free"Alrick RileyHadi Nicholas DeebNovember 14, 2019 (2019-11-14)2.28[13]
849"Are You the Mole?"Stephen CraggMaisha ClossonNovember 21, 2019 (2019-11-21)2.16[14]
8510"We're Not Getting Away With It"Sheelin ChokseyTess LeibowitzApril 2, 2020 (2020-04-02)2.91[15]
8611"The Reckoning"DeMane DavisInda Craig-GalvánApril 9, 2020 (2020-04-09)2.78[16]
8712"Let's Hurt Him"Janice CookeDaniel Robinson & Matthew CruzApril 16, 2020 (2020-04-16)2.81[17]
8813"What If Sam Wasn't the Bad Guy This Whole Time?"Dawn WilkinsonRicardo C. LiraApril 30, 2020 (2020-04-30)2.77[18]
8914"Annalise Keating Is Dead"John TerleskySarah L. Thompson & Tess LeibowitzMay 7, 2020 (2020-05-07)2.69[19]
9015"Stay"Stephen CraggPeter NowalkMay 14, 2020 (2020-05-14)3.20[20]

Production

Development

ABC renewed How to Get Away with Murder for a sixth season on May 10, 2019.[2] After initial rumoring, it was announced on July 11, 2019, that the series would end with the upcoming season.[3]

Writing

Besides the plans of following up with the previous season's cliffhanger on the whereabouts of Laurel Castillo and her son, other storylines are intended to be depicted in the sixth season, including Tegan Price's past, Michaela's father and his relationship to Annalise, and Vivian Maddox's life and background.[21] According to series creator Peter Nowalk, "Every crime [that's been committed] will come up for grabs, be answered for, and will have to be paid for" and "each character will have to decide what they're willing to do and to see if they're willing to sell other people out."[22]

According to TVLine, a different mystery will be introduced by the end of the season premiere. "There will still be a flash forward in the first episode," Nowalk shared. "It's a mystery that's really big, the biggest one we've done. It makes us get on a high-speed train [headed] toward the end of the show." In the meantime, Annalise is "in bad shape" following Laurel's disappearance, and Nowalk says "we're going to see what Annalise's version of falling apart is". Plus, the FBI's ongoing investigation into Annalise and company "is front and center". Nowalk teases, "They know a lot, clearly. The question is, do they have the evidence to finally charge them? And who are they going to charge?" Additionally, one of Michaela's birth parents will come into the picture in a storyline that Nowalk describes as "very twisty, but also very emotional and surprising. I don't think the parent is going to be anyone you would expect."[23]

Casting

For the sixth season, Timothy Hutton left the starring cast after his character's death.[24] Karla Souza, who had portrayed Laurel Castillo since the series' inception, also exited the main cast, coinciding with Laurel and her son's disappearances in the previous season's finale.[25]

In an interview with TV Insider, Nowalk revealed that Marsha Stephanie Blake would guest star in the season in a "great mystery role",[22] later revealed to be that of Sam's ex-lover and Gabriel's mother, Vivian Maddox.[26] In October 2019, Cas Anvar joined the supporting cast as Robert Hsieh, "an in-house lawyer of a popular dating app".[27] In January 2020, it was announced that Lauren Bowles had been cast as Assistant U.S. Attorney Montes.[28] In March 2020, Anne-Marie Johnson was cast as Kendra Strauss, a "chic, high-powered defense attorney", and Cicely Tyson's return was announced.[29]

Reception

Critical response

Reviewing the first episode, Maureen Lee Lenker of Entertainment Weekly complimented Viola Davis's performance, writing, "We will never get tired of watching her deliver week after week. To be honest, it’s probably what we’ll miss most about the show."[30] The A.V. Club's Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya gave the first episode a "B+" rating, stating "It would make sense for [the series] to go fully off the rails one last time in its final season, especially as it attempts to weave together every story that's still open. But maybe this will finally be the season that the show doesn't lose itself in its own madness."[31]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of How to Get Away with Murder season 6
No. Title Air date Rating/share
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 DVR
(18–49)		 DVR viewers
(millions)		 Total
(18–49)		 Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Say Goodbye" September 26, 2019 0.6/3 2.43[6] 0.6 1.98 1.2 4.41[32]
2 "Vivian's Here" October 3, 2019 0.5/3 2.56[7] 0.6 1.85 1.1 4.41[33]
3 "Do You Think I'm a Bad Man?" October 10, 2019 0.5/3 2.23[8] 0.6 1.79 1.1 4.02[34]
4 "I Hate the World" October 17, 2019 0.4/2 2.10[9] 0.6 1.76 1.0 3.86[35]
5 "We're All Gonna Die" October 24, 2019 0.5/3 2.25[10] 0.5 1.76 1.0 4.01[36]
6 "Family Sucks" October 31, 2019 0.4/2 2.16[11] 0.5 1.71 0.9 3.86[37]
7 "I'm the Murderer" November 7, 2019 0.4/2 2.21[12] 0.6 1.92 1.0 4.13[38]
8 "I Want to Be Free" November 14, 2019 0.5/2 2.28[13] 0.5 1.73 1.0 4.01[39]
9 "Are You the Mole?" November 21, 2019 0.4/2 2.16[14] 0.6 1.72 1.0 3.88[40]
10 "We're Not Getting Away With It" April 2, 2020 0.6/3 2.91[15] 0.6 1.78 1.2 4.70[41]
11 "The Reckoning" April 9, 2020 0.6/3 2.78[16] 0.5 1.75 1.1 4.53[42]
12 "Let's Hurt Him" April 16, 2020 0.6/3 2.81[17] 0.5 1.57 1.1 4.38[43]
13 "What If Sam Wasn't the Bad Guy This Whole Time?" April 30, 2020 0.6/4 2.77[18] 0.6 1.78 1.2 4.54[44]
14 "Annalise Keating Is Dead" May 7, 2020 0.5/3 2.69[19] 0.6 1.70 1.1 4.39[45]
15 "Stay" May 14, 2020 0.7/4 3.20[20] 0.5 1.71 1.2 4.91[46]

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