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"Freakin' Whack-a-Mole" is the sixth episode of the first season of How to Get Away with Murder.

Summary[]

A case gets personal for Annalise and the team when their client is a man from the projects who was sentenced to death by Asher's father several years ago. Meanwhile, Wes is still angry at Annalise for hiding information about Lila’s case, so Annalise must convince him to get back in line. In flash-forwards, we find out exactly where Asher was on the night of the murder.[2]

Plot[]

Asher is getting ready to go to bonfire when he gets a call from Alicia.While taking to her he mentions his trophy but finds it missing from the shelf. Asher goes to Keating's office. Laurel,Michaela,Wes,Connor are in their with the dead Sam. They stay silent and hide as Asher yells from outside. They deliberate amongst themselves if they should let him in. Asher leaves as Michaela texted him that she is at the library.

Annalise gives a class on HABEAS CORPUS. Wes isn't attending the class and everyone notices the trophy placed on his seat. When Annalise looks at the trophy she remembers when Wes confronted Annalise about her husband being Mr. Darcy. Annalise tries to have a conversation but Wes leaves being disgusted with her. Bonnie comes into the class in hury and whispers in Annalise's ear. Annalise dismisses the class except for Keating 5.

The team speculate to as why Wes is not there as Annalise is on the phone. Annalise tells them about a new case when she was a law student a local man David Allen was put on trial for the murder of his girlfriend, Trisha Stanley. The prosecution argued that David had gone into Trisha's apartment and shot her because he thought that she'd fallen in love with her boss. Despite there being nothing but circumstantial evidence to support this theory, David was convicted of murder. The Pennsylvania supreme court has granted her petition to develop new facts of David Allen's conviction. The emergency hearing is in 3 days. It is a death row case and if they fail then David will die by lethal injection in 3 weeks. Annalise visits David Allen in prison and inform him about the hearing.

While reading the transcripts of the case, they find the judge residing over the conviction was Asher's father William Millstone. Sam is freaking over Wes and argues with Annalise. Wes answers his door to find Annalise and she has brought the trophy back. Wes threatens her that he will go to police and tell them everything unless she brings Rebecca back.

Laurel is awkward around Frank and Annalise has brought Wes back and asks the team to bring him up to speed. Annalise asks Frank to find Rebecca.

Wes and Laurel are sent to the original attorney George Gabler to find out if there was any ineffective counsel. They find that David had an alibi, a guy named J-Wat who was a heroin user. Gabler didn't use it because he didn't want to associate David with a drug addict.

Connor and Michaela are sent to find why the original prosecutor Vince travers left mid-trial. Travers tells them he left because he was tipped to there being perjured testimony in the case. He sent word to judge Millstone to look into it and judge Millstone did nothing about it. Travers was reassigned to a different case by DA and he thought there was pressure to convict motivated by race.

Bonnie and Asher are sent to the eye witness, Linda Morelli, to know if there's anyone else she saw that day that could be a suspect. Asher notes that Linda is wearing prescription glasses.

Notes and Trivia[]

Notes[]

  • This episode scored 8.68 million viewers.
  • The episode reportedly takes place around November 7, 2014 according to a news story. This fits the timeline as around 5 weeks later, the Night of the Bonfire occurs.[3]

Important Events[]

  • Asher and Bonnie are seen in bed together after having sex, though no foreplay or kissing is shown. The lead up to this moment happens in a later episode.)

Title[]

  • Connor is driving his car with Laurel, Michaela and Wes (along with Sam's body) when out of nowhere, Asher comes walking across the road, nearly knocking him down. The gang are incredibly nervous that he’d see them but thankfully didn’t, as Asher is paying more attention to his phone (and who is on the other side). After the road becomes clear, Connor began to speak, hinting at the nights activities. “This is freakin’ Whack-a-Mole.”

Music[]

Song Artist Scene
"Evil Voices" The Faint Annalise & Bonnie tells the group what info they need to find; Montage of the group is going over the case files, calling people involved in the case, talking, making & drinking coffee, and sleep.
"Tumbling Lights" The Acid Annalise tells Sam she's taken care of everything, he asks her why she did what she did; Wes & Rebecca come to the Keatings home; Nate gets photos of Frank; Asher places the trophy on his shelf.
"Briar Path (Instrumental version)" Eraas Annalise tells her student the back story of their next case - a death row case; Annalise does to the prison to visit her client, she tells him they've been granted an appeal for his case.
"Dress Walker" Liars Annalise tells the group they have 64 hours to win the case; Wes & Laurel visit the client's former attorney; Michaela & Connor visit the original prosecutor; Bonnie & Asher visit the eyewitness.
"Burn It (feat. Di'Alo)" Skee-Ball During a fashforward, Asher dances around his apartment when he receives a phone call, he talks for a bit then he notices that the trophy is missing from his shelf, he ends the call.

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