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, and consisted of 15 episodes, concluding on February 28, 2019.

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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

Recurring

John Hensley as Ronald Miller
Tamberla Perry as Theresa Hoff
Jessica Marie Garcia as Rhonda Navarro
Glynn Turman as Nate Lahey Sr.
Elizabeth Morton as Julie Winterbottom
Laura Innes as Lynne Birkhead
Cynthia Stevenson as Pam Walsh
Melinda Page Hamilton as Claire Telesco
Terrell Clayton as Jeffrey Sykes
William R. Moses as Special Agent Lanford

Guest

Mia Katigbak as Joanna Hampton
Heidi Sulzman as Molly Keener
Teya Patt as Paula Gladden
Tom Verica as Sam Keating
D.W. Moffett as Jeff Walsh
Jim Abele as Ted Walsh
Dante Verica as young Gabriel Maddox
Famke Janssen as Eve Rothlo
Tess Harper as Sheila Miller
Cicely Tyson as Ophelia Harkness
Gerardo Celasco as Xavier Castillo

Episodes

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 "messy" storytelling of the season and the series as a whole.