How to Get Away with Murder (2014)

Name: How to Get Away with Murder
Released: 2014
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Viola Davis, Billy Brown, Jack Falahee, Rome Flynn, Aja Naomi King

TV-14 43m 7.8/10 IMDb

Crime Drama Mystery

A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.

Creator: Peter Nowalk

Cast: Viola Davis, Billy Brown, Jack Falahee, Rome Flynn, Aja Naomi King

Content Warnings

Identity & Discrimination

Homophobia / transphobia (depicted) Racial slurs / racism (depicted)

Mental Health & Emotional

Death of a child Death of a parent Grief / bereavement (major focus) Miscarriage / pregnancy loss / stillbirth Suicide (discussed or ideation)

Other

Gaslighting / emotional manipulation Infidelity Kidnapping / abduction Wrongful imprisonment

Phobias & Sensory

Blood / medical gore

Sexual Content

Age-gap relationships (predatory) Explicit sexual content / nudity Incest (referenced)Sexual coercion / non-consensual situations

Substance Use

Alcohol abuse (depicted) Drug use (depicted) Overdose scenes

Violence & Physical Harm

Child abuse / harm to children Domestic violence / intimate partner abuse Gore / graphic violence Gun violence Police brutality Self-harm / suicide (depicted) Sexual assault / rape Torture

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Does It Get Worse?

Stays Consistent Content intensity remains similar across seasons.

24 series-wide warnings apply across all seasons.

Season 1 10 warnings

Avg severity:(2.9)

Homophobia / transphobia (depicted)Racial slurs / racism (depicted)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationInfidelityBlood / medical goreExplicit sexual content / nudityAlcohol abuse (depicted)Drug use (depicted)Domestic violence / intimate partner abuseGore / graphic violence

Season 2 11 warnings

Avg severity:(3.2)

Homophobia / transphobia (depicted)Racial slurs / racism (depicted)Grief / bereavement (major focus)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationInfidelityBlood / medical goreExplicit sexual content / nudityAlcohol abuse (depicted)Domestic violence / intimate partner abuseGore / graphic violenceSexual assault / rape

Season 3 11 warnings

Avg severity:(3.3)

Racial slurs / racism (depicted)Suicide (discussed or ideation)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationInfidelityBlood / medical goreExplicit sexual content / nudityAlcohol abuse (depicted)Drug use (depicted)Domestic violence / intimate partner abuseGore / graphic violenceSexual assault / rape

Season 4 11 warnings

Avg severity:(3.3)

Homophobia / transphobia (depicted)Racial slurs / racism (depicted)Suicide (discussed or ideation)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationInfidelityBlood / medical goreExplicit sexual content / nudityAlcohol abuse (depicted)Domestic violence / intimate partner abuseGore / graphic violenceSexual assault / rape

Season 5 11 warnings

Avg severity:(3.4)

Homophobia / transphobia (depicted)Racial slurs / racism (depicted)Grief / bereavement (major focus)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationInfidelityBlood / medical goreAlcohol abuse (depicted)Drug use (depicted)Domestic violence / intimate partner abuseGore / graphic violencePolice brutality

Season 6 12 warnings

Avg severity:(3.3)

Homophobia / transphobia (depicted)Racial slurs / racism (depicted)Grief / bereavement (major focus)Suicide (discussed or ideation)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationBlood / medical goreAlcohol abuse (depicted)Child abuse / harm to childrenDomestic violence / intimate partner abuseGore / graphic violencePolice brutalitySexual assault / rape