We go right back to that scene and we see the immediate aftermath of that moment.
Who is Christophe to her?
What happened that led up to that Annalise moment that she had with Eve that we saw?
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Very simply put, thats our mystery for the back half of the season.
Why did Wes mother die?
Did she kill herself?
Thats pretty much the main arc of our back half of the season.
I think it ends in a very surprising way.
How is Annalise dealing in the wake of being shot?
Shes got a big mess to deal with and shes really psychologically disturbed.
She feels very alone, and she feels youll see this in Violas performance extremely different.
Its a much more weak Annalise, physically and emotionally, and thats what makes the performance so riveting.
She vulnerable, shes raw, which allows for us to explore some backstory for her.
Yes, I think thats a great way to put it.
So well see Sam again.
Well see other characters from our show from 10 years ago.
I dont want to say who.
She has not healed properly.
But shes left Eve at that point and been with Sam for a while and is married to Sam.
Were going to see what their relationship was like 10 years ago when the pain was more raw.
Annalise left Eve and then took up with Sam.
I like that were telling the story a little bit out of order.
I cant really speak to it that much because the What did we do?
definitely is a shared blame.
I cant reveal much, because we catch up to the What did we do?
moment in the back half of the season, but we also go past it.
They have to put their personal problems aside because other bigger, much more serious things happen.
Christophe, as a child, seems off.
To me, its the sadness of what happens when your life gets hijacked by a tragedy.
Thats what well see.
Can you do that?
Did you know from the very beginning that they were going to be connected in this way?
I know I should say yes.
Really the actors play things in such a way that youre like, There has to be more!
Or things that you thought made sense at the beginning start to not make sense.
You have to twist and turn with your storyline.
I just think I wanted to setup chess pieces that you could move around.
WillAnnalise actually be forthcoming with Wes about his past?
Clearly, theres a reason why Annalise hasnt told him to this point.
She only told him when she thought her life was at risk.
Annalise is never just going to tell people what they want to know unless theres a reason.
Its not as simple as her sitting down and telling a new story.
How much will we actually be seeing flashbacks to what happened in the past?
And does that serve as your new Murder Night?
Yeah, I guess you could put it that way.
Its definitely the story trajectory of our season.
Will we get to meet Wes mother?
Well meet Wes mother, because thats the murder mystery were trying to solve.
We will see Wes mother, and Christophe and Wes mother together.
Her name is Rose (Kelsey Scott).
Well get to know a lot more about her.
His mother, all we know is that she was from Haiti.
Well find out more what bang out of person she was.
Is it safe to say that Annalise has some sort of connection to Rose?
Youll get your answers to that question in the first episode.
Will it actually work?
Its kind of working when we meet them because its two weeks later.
Catherine is actually being charged for shooting Annalise and for the murder of Sinclair.
Obviously, its a very complicated plan and theres a lot that can go wrong.
We cant just sweep it under the rug in one fell swoop in one episode.
So its a long-term plan basically.
Inthe wake of killing Sam and shooting Annalise, has Wes been irrevocably changed?
Like Annalise is traumatized in the first episode, well see that Wes is completely traumatized too.
Were going to see how she handles that.
Shes kind of his person.
Shes really good at that, but well see that it also weighs on her very heavily.
I dont know if she likes the person shes becoming.
Well also, in our first episode, go back to that moment and show what happened there.
He is trying to cover up his pain.
How does he cope with being a murderer?
Well see who he has to lean on.
At the same time, does that make him a loose cannon?
How does this change Asher and Bonnies relationship?
Will she consider telling him about Rebecca because then they can relate?
That was very important for us and the writers and the actors to not let that go.
So its not like everythings normal with them and theyre going to be back to normal.
Its a lot more complicated than that.
Thats why he might have to lean on someone else to get his comfort.
I dont think Bonnie is going to be that forthcoming with wanting to be his girlfriend again.
What is Connor (Jack Falahee)dealing with in the back half?
Connor is obviously still with Oliver (Conrad Ricamora), and he is in every episode.
He copes in a way thats opposite of how he would before.
Hes a cut-and-run bang out of person.
Now hes more trying to look out for the group; trying to kind of be a leader.
What about Laurel (Karla Souza)?
Laurel is in quite a complicated state.
Theres some big bomb drops for her that happen throughout the back of the season.
Does that have to do with her family?
We didnt have time to also focus on hers.
Annalise does seem to know about Laurels past.
Will that bond them in a way?
Its like this unspoken understanding that Annalise knows that as well.
I think it basically makes sense why Annalise is choosing Laurel to be her new Bonnie.
It makes sense why she picked her in the first place to be part of the Keating Five.
Its all there, its just we, the audience, dont know exactly what that means.
Its breadcrumbs that we will use the series to reveal more of.
If Laurel is becoming the new Bonnie, what does that mean for Bonnie and Annalises relationship?
Its whether the newness of the Laurel relationship can ever really transcend what Bonnie and Annalise have together.
Weve only started to understand how they are bonded.
To talk about the Keating Five as a whole, will the guilt start to weigh on them?
Thats something were playing with.
Thats always the question: Is one of them going to crack?
And thats multiple things to me; thats like, Im quitting law school, but Im quitting life.
It goes deeper and darker than just what their everyday life is going to look like.
That was always a goal and something we knew we had to answer by the end of the season.
Why did Sam have Frank kill Lila?
We will be answering that in a way that kind of links a lot of our storylines.
Well see exactly what that favor is and where it comes from by the last episode.
Whats going to surprise us about Franks past?
Weve already seen him do some pretty gruesome things.
He wasnt always this professional criminal.
What will be fun is to see him be more boyish and more innocent hes sloppier.
Can you talk about any of the new characters that are coming in?
Theres a murder case that they play a very pivotal part.
Will we find out who killed the Hapstall parents?
Yes, we will.
Dont like to keep our mysteries going too far along, but thats obviously the first.
Right now, the world thinks that Phillip did it and maybe Catherine was involved in some way.
So well reveal whether thats true.
If that is true, how does that affect that family?
How does that affect Catherine?
How does that affect Caleb?
Where the hell is Phillip?
How to Get Away with Murderreturns Thursday at 10 p.m.
