How to Get Away with Murder
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | How To Get Away With Murder |
 | |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2014-2020 |
| Production company |
ABC Studios ShondaLand |
| length | 43-44 minutes |
| Episodes | 90 in 6 seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Crime , drama , mystery , thriller |
| idea | Peter Nowalk |
| production | Betsy Beers Peter Nowalk Shonda Rhimes |
| First broadcast | September 25, 2014 (USA) on ABC |
| German-language first broadcast |
April 15, 2015 on RTL Crime |
| occupation | |
How to Get Away with Murder ( English for How to escape with murder ) is an American crime - series by Peter Nowalk, produced by Shonda Rhimes that since May 2014 the ABC Studios for the US broadcaster ABC is produced. It premiered in the United States on September 25, 2014 following Scandal . The German-language premiere began on April 15, 2015 to the Pay TV transmitter RTL Crime . Leading actress Viola Davis won for her role as a shrewd lawyer who has to fight against her discrimination as a black and as a woman but also against personal trauma and alcohol addiction, among other things. a. an Emmy .
In July 2019, ABC announced that the series would end after season six.
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The focus of the series is the mysterious and cunning professor at Middleton Law School, Annalize Keating, who also works as a successful criminal defense attorney. At the university she teaches the course “Introduction to Criminal Law” or, as Annalize calls it: “How to get away with murder” (in the original: “How to get away with murder”). The extremely charismatic and manipulative Keating uses her talents mercilessly in the auditorium and courtroom . From the students in her class, she selects five who she considers highly ambitious to help her defend her clients. The chosen are Wes Gibbins, Michaela Pratt, Laurel Castillo, Connor Walsh, and Asher Millstone - highly intelligent students ready to do anything to impress Keating and win their famous trophy, presented to whoever does the Annalize most impresses and provides critical information that has a positive impact on legal proceedings. In the course of the series, she and her five chosen ones are involved in several murder cases.
main characters
- Annalize Keating
- Annalize is a professor at the prestigious Middleton Law School and is also a renowned lawyer and criminal defense attorney. She is famous for the fact that she almost never loses a case. She gives everything for this and sometimes overlooks the fact that she is saving clients who she knows are guilty of from punishment. She does not shy away from manipulating and blackmailing witnesses or defendants into lying in the courtroom. Your ambition to always want to win seems like an addiction at times. In the course of the series, however, it also becomes clear how much she stands up for others, which creates a more balanced picture of her personality. Annalize, who is actually called Anna Mae, comes from a poor background herself and has made it to the top with a lot of work and a strong will. She lives with her husband Sam, whom she doesn't trust and whom she cheats with Police Detective Nate. Annalize's relationship with her husband also began as an affair while Sam was still married. Sam also has several affairs during his relationship with Annalize. Outwardly, she is tough, self-confident and serene, as someone who always has the perfect solution ready, but some people like Sam and her mother also experience her from her vulnerable, secretly desperate side.
- Wes Gibbins
- Wes was admitted to the course at the last moment through the waiting list and is therefore taken less seriously by his fellow students. His ingenuity, however, quickly attracts Professor Keating's attention. So he becomes one of the five selected Keating students who are allowed to work closely with the lawyer. Since only four places were actually planned, the others like to call him “the successor”. He's also the only one who doesn't come from a privileged family. Wes found out beforehand by accident that Keating is having an affair with a detective and believes that Keating took him in for fear that he might betray her. He later finds out that Keating stood up for him out of guilt as she felt responsible for his mother's death. He later enters into a relationship with his neighbor, Rebecca, who has been a suspect in a homicide case for several weeks.
- Connor Walsh
- Connor is very self-confident and is used to getting everything he wants. He is homosexual and often uses his good looks and sexual acts to get the information necessary for Keating's cases. He would do anything to convince Professor Keating of himself. He had a sexual relationship with Michaela's fiancé in high school and isn't afraid to tell her about it. Some scenes suggest that behind the confident facade there is a vulnerable person.
- Rebecca Sutter
- Rebecca, a drug dealer, lives in the apartment next to Wes. She has built a protective layer around her emotions and initially rejects Wes too, until Wes finally wins her trust. Their protective reaction is to scare off people with their harsh, gruff and disinterested manner. The truth is, she is very vulnerable. In an interview with Sam she mentions that she has already been psychologically evaluated in the youth prison and assessed as a person "with an above-average IQ and a strong tendency to paranoia".
- Michaela Pratt
- Michaela, a delicate, pretty student from a good family, sees Professor Keating as a role model and wants to be just as successful as she, also because she thinks she is better than the other students. She wants to prove herself; this often makes it too ambitious, almost desperate. You can tell that up to now she has lived like in a soap bubble, because at the beginning she disrupts everything that does not go according to her ideas. She distinguishes herself through her fiancé Aiden. When she learns from Connor that Aiden had a homosexual relationship with him in the past, she is deeply shocked. Still, she doesn't end the engagement so as not to endanger her perfect future. At the end of the first season, Aiden and Michaela split up.
- Asher Millstone
- Asher comes from a very privileged family background (his father is a federal judge) and is accordingly self-confident. To others he appears arrogant and childish, even though he has a good heart. He is seen by the others in the group as a know-it-all. Sometimes he enjoys mocking other people (especially his competitors) in order to make them insecure.
- Laurel Castillo
- Laurel, also from a good family, is rather quiet and idealistic. Through her studies, she wants to help people in need. Her competitors and fellow students underestimate her at the beginning. She feels sexually attracted to Frank, but also has a friend (Kan) who works for Legal Aids.
- Frank Delfino
- Frank works for Professor Keating, but is not a lawyer, but rather "the man for the rough". He often does jobs for her that are particularly confidential or illegal, and helps her through his many contacts. He likes to get involved with pretty students, but Laurel is particularly fond of him. His loyalty to Annalize is as great as their trust in him; in a conversation between Bonnie and Laurel, Bonnie describes Frank as part of Annalise's family.
- Bonnie Winterbottom
- Bonnie is a support lawyer for Keating, helping her work on current cases and with administrative tasks. During Keating's absence, she keeps a close eye on the students. Keating's methods don't always get her full approval, but she's loyal to Keating. You can tell that Bonnie is dependent on Keating, just like Keating on her, although she does not want to admit that and therefore often defames her. Bonnie endures this without contradiction, in large part because of her deep respect for this woman, to whom she arguably owes a lot, and partly because of their shared past, in which they have always been in the subordinate position. However, she also developed her love for Sam, which is what made Annalize not trust Bonnie completely.
Cast and dubbing
The German synchronization of the series takes place at Scalamedia GmbH, Munich / Berlin based on the dialogue book by Marina Köhler and under the dialogue direction by Köhler and Rainer Martens.
Leading roles
| Role name | actor | Main role (episodes) |
Supporting role (episodes) |
Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Annalize Keating, JD | Viola Davis | 1.01–6.15 | Martina Treger | |
| Detective Nate Lahey Jr. | Billy Brown | 1.01–6.15 | Sascha Rotermund | |
| Wes Gibbins | Alfred Enoch | 1.01-3.15 | 4.14 | Max fields |
| Christopher Castillo | 6.09, 6.15 | |||
| Connor Walsh | Jack Falahee | 1.01–6.15 | Louis Friedemann Thiele | |
| Rebecca Sutter | Katie Findlay | 1.01-1.15 | 2.01 | Maren Rainer |
| Michaela Pratt | Aja Naomi King | 1.01–6.15 | Shandra Schadt | |
| Asher Millstone | Matt McGorry | 1.01-6.11 | Nils Dienemann | |
| Laurel Castillo | Karla Souza | 1.01-5.15 | 6.09, 6.14–6.15 | Caroline Combrinck |
| Frank Delfino | Charlie Weber | 1.01–6.15 | Stefan Günther | |
| Bonnie Winterbottom | Liza Weil | 1.01–6.15 | Schaukje Könning | |
| Oliver Hampton | Conrad Ricamora | 3.01-6.15 | 1.01-2.15 | Julian Manuel |
| Tegan Price | Amirah Vann | 5.01-6.15 | 4.03-4.15 | Sandra Schwittau |
| Gabriel Maddox | Rome Flynn | 5.01-6.15 | 4.15 | Mario clichés |
| Emmett Crawford | Timothy Hutton | 5.01-5.15 |
Supporting roles
| Role name | actor | Supporting role
(Episode) |
Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Keating | Tom Verica | 1.01–1.10, 1.15, 2.11–2.12, 2.14–2.15, 3.05, 4.05, 5.08–5.09, 6.03–6.05, 6.13 | Matthias Klie |
| Purple Stangard | Megan West | 1.01, 1.07, 1.08, 1.10, 1.14-1.15 | Katharina Schwarzmaier |
| Griffin O'Reilly | Lenny Platt | 1.01, 1.03, 1.07, 1.14-1.15 | Patrick Roche |
| DA Wendy Parks | Alysia Reiner | 1.03-1.04, 1.07, 1.10 | Tatiana Pokorny |
| Can | Arjun Gupta | 1.03-1.05, 1.07, 1.10 | Johannes Raspe |
| Aiden Walker | Elliot Knight | 1.03, 1.11 | Roman Wolko |
| Bill Millstone | John Posey | 1.06, 2.03-2.06, 2.09 | Karl Knaup |
| Mary Walker | Lynn Whitfield | 1.08–1.09, 1.15 | Carin Tietze |
| Detective Claire Bryce | April Parker Jones | 1.10, 1.12-1.13 | Dorothea Anzinger |
| Dr. Hannah Keating | Marcia Gay Harden | 1.10–1.12 | Madeleine proud |
| Jorge Castillo | José Zuniga | 1.11 | |
| Esai Morales | 3.03, 3.15-4.01, 4.06, 4.09-4.11, 4.14-4.15, 6.02, 6.14-6.15 | ||
| Ophelia Harkness | Cicely Tyson | 1.13, 2.14–2.15, 3.12, 4.01, 4.13, 5.13, 6.09, 6.11, 6.15 | Angelika Bender |
| ADA Emily Sinclair | Sarah Burns | 1.15–2.09 | Melanie Manstein |
| Eve Rothlo | Famke Janssen | 2.01-2.02, 2.07, 2.09, 2.13-2.14, 3.04, 5.09-5.10, 6.15 | Christin Marquitan |
| Caleb Hapstall | Kendrick Sampson | 2.01-2.06, 2.08-2.13, 2.15 | |
| Catherine Hapstall | Amy Okuda | 2.01-2.06, 2.08-2.10, 2.12, 2.15 | Gabrielle Pietermann |
| Levi Wescott | Matt Cohen | 2.02-2.05 | |
| Phillip Hapstall | Jefferson White | 2.06-2.09, 2.13-2.15 | |
| Lydia Millstone | Jennifer Parsons | 2.09, 6.05-6.06, 6.09 | |
| Todd Denver | Benito Martinez | 2.10, 2.13–2.15, 3.10–4.01, 4.04, 4.06–4.07, 4.10, 4.12, 4.14–4.15 | Peter Flechtner |
| Wallace Mahoney | Adam Arkin | 2.12-2.15 | Thomas Petruo |
| Soraya Hargrove | Lauren Velez | 3.01-3.08, 3.11, 3.13, 4.04 | |
| Meggy Travers | Corbin Reid | 3.01-3.12, 3.14 | Janina Dietz |
| Simon Drake | Behzad Dabu | 3.01-3.09, 3.12, 4.02-4.03, 4.05, 4.07-4.10, 4.13-4.15 | Leonard Hohm |
| Renee Atwood | Milauna Jemai Jackson | 3.03-3.06, 3.09-3.14 | Angela Wiederhut |
| Trishelle Pratt | Brett Butler | 3.05-3.06, 3.09 | |
| Jasmine | L. Scott Caldwell | 3.10-3.12, 4.02-4.03 | |
| Dominick | Nicholas Gonzalez | 3.14-3.15, 4.08-4.09 | |
| Isaac Roa | Jimmy Smits | 4.01-4.12, 4.14 | Leon Boden |
| DA Ronald Miller | John Hensley | 4.02, 4.12-5.08, 5.10, 5.15 | |
| Ted | Jim Abele | 4.03-4.04, 5.08 | |
| Jacqueline | Kathryn Erbe | 4.06-4.08, 4.13 | |
| Sandrine Castillo | Lolita Davidovich | 4.11-4.12, 4.14 | Sabine Jaeger |
| Nate Lahey Sr. | Glynn Turman | 4.11-4.13, 5.04-5.06, 5.14-5.15 | |
| Olivia Pope | Kerry Washington | 4.12-4.13 | Victoria Storm |
| Marcus Walker | Cornelius Smith, Jr. | 4.13 | Björn Schalla |
| Special Agent Telesco | Melinda Page Hamilton | 4.15, 5.10-5.15 | |
| Theresa Hoff | Tamberla Perry | 5.01-5.04 | |
| Julie Winterbottom | Elizabeth Morton | 5.04-5.06 | |
| Pam Walsh | Cynthia Stevenson | 5.05-5.06, 5.08, 5.13, 6.10 | |
| Governor Lynne Birkhead | Laura Innes | 5.05-5.07, 5.13, 5.15, 6.07-6.08, 6.15 | |
| Special Agent Lanford | William R. Moses | 5.11, 5.13, 5.15-6.04, 6.09-6.15 | |
| Xavier Castillo | Gerardo Celasco | 5.14-5.15, 6.03, 6.05, 6.07, 6.12, 6.15 | |
| Vivian Maddox | Marsha Stephanie Blake | 6.01-6.03, 6.12-6.13 | |
| Solomon Vick | Ray Campbell | 6.04-6.06, 6.10, 6.12, 6.14 | |
| Chloe Millstone | Kelen Coleman | 6.04–6.06, 6.09–6.11 | |
| Cora | Mercedes Mason | 6.05–6.07 |
production
In August 2013, ABC bought the concept for the series from Shondaland Productions. Peter Nowalk wrote the script for the pilot episode. In December 2013, the station ordered a pilot episode. In February 2014, producer Shonda Rhimes announced that Golden Globe nominee Viola Davis would play the lead role. Filming took place in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , Bryn Mawr College and Collegeville, Pennsylvania at Ursinus College.
In May 2014, ABC gave the series the green light for the production of a first season. Following the first season finale on February 26, 2015, a second season for autumn 2015 was announced by means of a preview. A third season was ordered in March 2016 and aired between September 22, 2016 and February 23, 2017. On February 10, 2017, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which aired between September 28, 2017 and March 15, 2018. On May 11, 2018, a fifth season was ordered, the 15 episodes of which were broadcast between September 27, 2018 and February 28, 2019. In May 2019, the series was extended for a sixth season.
Charisma
The pilot episode aired in the United States on September 25, 2014 following Grey's Anatomy and Scandal , which were also developed by Shonda Rhimes. With over 14 million viewers, the pilot episode is one of the most successful in ABC history.
In Germany, the pay TV broadcaster RTL Crime broadcast the first season from April 15 to July 24, 2015. The second season aired on the same channel from April 4 to July 11, 2016. The free TV first broadcast of the first season was broadcast by VOX from September 2 to October 14, 2015. The second season was broadcast on VOX from November 16 to December 28, 2016. From July 5, 2017, VOX broadcast the third season on Wednesdays at 11:05 p.m. On March 1, 2018, the fourth season was broadcast on RTL Crime. The 5th season has been broadcast on the same channel since July 1, 2019. At the start of the sixth season in the USA, it was announced that actress Karla Souza would no longer play a leading role in the series.
Episode list
reception
The serial junkies critic Felix Böhme awarded 3.5 out of 5 stars for the pilot episode. In his review he wrote the following:
“The pilot episode marks a very decent start to the new ABC series, in which a well-tempered Viola Davis clearly takes the reins and with her acting performance can hide rather inconspicuous performances from individual members of the cast. The prerequisites for entertaining and captivating television entertainment are in any case given and make 'How to Get Away with Murder' a positive new release. "
“Mercilessness is a stylistic device in How to Get Away with Murder - and it is not always properly dosed: Some characters seem extremely overdrawn. […] But above all the character of Annalize Keating makes the series worth seeing. Seldom has a serial lawyer been so mercilessly ambitious, unscrupulous and at the same time vulnerable. And an African American as the protagonist of a lawyer series was long overdue anyway. "
Awards (selection)
Lead actress Viola Davis won an Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Award for her role in 2015 . She was also nominated twice for a Golden Globe Award .
Web links
- How to Get Away with Murder in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Website at ABC
- How to get Away with Murder at Serienjunkies.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ How to get away with murder in the IMDb (English)
- ^ Series Premiere Date Announced . In: abc.go.com (English)
- ^ Adam Arndt: How to Get Away with Murder: From April on RTL Crime . In: Serienjunkies.de . February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- ↑ Bjarne Bock: How to Get Away with Murder: ABC doesn't want a 7th season anymore . In: Serienjunkies.de . July 11, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
- ↑ https://www.synchronkartei.de/?action=show&type=serie&id=30463
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: 'Sea Of Fire' & Shondaland's 'How To Get Away With Murder' Get ABC Pilot Orders . In: Deadline.com . December 19, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ↑ Lesley Goldberg: Viola Davis to Star in ABC Drama 'How to Get Away With Murder' . In: TheHollywoodReporter.com . February 25, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: ABC Picks Up 'Selfie', 'Forever', Jeff Lowell Comedy, 'Galavant', 'The Whispers', 'How To Get Away With Murder', 'American Crime', 'Black-ish' To Series . In: Deadline.com . May 8, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ↑ Kimberly Roots: How to Get Away With Murder Renewed for Season 2 'of Insanity,' Promo Touts . In: TVLine.com . February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
- ^ Matt Webb Mitovich: Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, SHIELD and 8 Other Shows Renewed at ABC . In: TVLine.com . March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: ABC's Shondaland TGIT Dramas 'Grey's Anatomy', 'Scandal' & 'HTGAWM' Renewed . In: Deadline Hollywood . February 10, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: 'How To Get Away With Murder' Renewed For Season 5 By ABC . In: Deadline Hollywood . May 11, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
- ↑ Arthur Awanesjan: "How to Get Away with Murder": Season 6 is confirmed. In: Filmfutter. May 27, 2019, accessed May 28, 2019 .
- ↑ How to Get Away with Murder: Season One Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
- ↑ How to Get Away with Murder: Broadcast Date Chronicle . In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved April 13, 2016.
- ↑ Broadcast season 4 & 5. Accessed on July 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Michael Ausiello: How to Get Away With Murder Final Season Twist: Original Cast Member Quietly Exits as Series Regular. In: TVLine. September 27, 2019, accessed on September 30, 2019 .
- ^ Felix Böhme: How to Get Away with Murder: Review of the pilot episode . In: Serienjunkies.de . September 26, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
- ^ Johanna Bruckner: Winning is more important than justice. In: süddeutsche.de , September 2, 2015