How To Get Away With Murder Round Up: A Lesson on Sacrifice

How To Get Away With Murder // ABC In this month’s recap of Damn Gina, Somebody Died Again? How to Get Away With Murder. The FBI is officially on the case to lock up Annalise Keating. I was already mad 30 minutes into the first episode to be quite frank (no pun intended); because we all knew how this was going to end before it even started. I don’t know if any of you expected Annalise to have a wonderful escape, and live her best black girl life, but I sat there in front of the television with my non-alcoholic mimosa and watched her get carried away. I waited for this big escape since last year and I knew it wasn’t going to last that long because they got two of the most vulnerable members (Connor and Michaela) caught up with the feds. Inevitable Honestly, I feel like it is important to note the complicated relationship viewers might have with Annalise throughout the series. Internally we’ve always rooted for this black woman to win. Whether it was when she was reclaiming her time, transforming after grief or protecting others from their own cultivated demons: the overarching metaphor of being (or perceiving someone as) a black mother comes full circle the moment Annalise got caught by the FBI. We wanted her to feel happiness and knew, with all of this chaos, it almost felt like this pain was inevitable. It was complicated because when death surrounds you, and even though you’re not the one who committed the murder directly, there is an indirect responsibility to trying to “s…