This episode opens hot and heavy – as in, Laurel’s post-coital snooping among Frank‘s stuff after discovering he has a suitcase full of cash in a storage unit.
This episode’s case of the week concerns a trans woman who kills her abusive husband and exaggerates the crime scene to support her claim of self-defense. The case ends with Annalise wheeling and dealing got both of them off hook from the D. A. Through this case, we see some of Annalise’s hidden feelings about her husband, Sam, who may have also been abusive but she has also “let him win” too often.
Nate assisted his wife’s death but he still resents Annalise for the time he was in jail while his wife was at the hospital, leaving Annalise crying at his door.
The plot twists and hidden sides of the various characters keep on coming in How to Get Away with Murder.