Content & Trigger Warnings for How to Get Away with Murder (2014)

Gay characters face judgment and coming-out struggles

LGBTQ characters navigate prejudice and discrimination

LGBTQ characters face increasing discrimination and prejudice

Discrimination against LGBTQ characters factors into legal and personal storylines

LGBTQ characters face final challenges in their arcs

Racial dynamics in the legal system and personal relationships explored

Systemic racism in the justice system features in case storylines

Racial injustice in the legal system explored through case work

Race and the justice system become more central thematic concerns

Class action lawsuit against systemic racism becomes the central case

Systemic racism in the justice system is confronted head-on in the trial

The loss of a child and stillbirth are explored in Annalise's backstory with intense emotional impact.

Parental death affects multiple characters and drives key emotional arcs.

Characters deal with guilt and grief from the murders they've been involved in

Characters grapple with cumulative loss and guilt from years of violence

Series finale deals with death, loss, and the weight of years of trauma

Characters process devastating grief from the many deaths that occur throughout the series.

Pregnancy loss is a significant element of a main character's traumatic history.

A character contemplates suicide as guilt becomes overwhelming

Characters experience suicidal thoughts under extreme pressure

Suicidal despair among characters facing life imprisonment

Characters experience suicidal thoughts and one character's suicide is a major plot point.

Annalise manipulates students and colleagues as a core character trait

Manipulation intensifies as cover-ups require more deception

Web of lies becomes increasingly complex with multiple characters manipulating each other

Institutional and personal manipulation reaches new heights

Massive institutional conspiracy involves gaslighting at every level

The FBI conspiracy and cover-up drive the final season's manipulation

Multiple affairs drive plot conflicts throughout the season

Affairs and sexual betrayals continue as recurring themes

Continued affairs and sexual deception among characters

Relationship betrayals continue as a recurring theme

Betrayals of trust in romantic relationships

Multiple affairs and betrayals among the main cast are ongoing throughout all seasons.

Characters are abducted and held in several storylines across the series.

Wrongful conviction and framing innocent people is a recurring theme in the legal cases.

Blood is prominent in murder scenes and their aftermath

Blood featured in crime scenes and violent confrontations

Blood in crime scene depictions and violent moments

Bloody crime scenes and violence throughout

Blood in crime scenes and violent confrontations

Blood in the final season's violent scenes

Significant blood at crime scenes and during violent acts is shown throughout the series.

A professor-student sexual relationship involves significant power and age imbalances.

Multiple sex scenes with nudity between various character pairings

Continued sexual content across multiple character relationships

Sexual content continues with various character pairings

Sexual content continues across character relationships

Explicit sex scenes with partial nudity are frequent throughout the series.

Incestuous abuse is revealed as part of a main character's childhood trauma.

Power imbalances and coercive sexual dynamics occur between characters in unequal positions.

Annalise drinks heavily as a coping mechanism throughout

Annalise's alcoholism becomes more severe and destructive

Alcoholism reaches a crisis point with visible physical and emotional deterioration

Recovery and relapse storyline for Annalise features prominently

Alcoholism remains a struggle though Annalise works toward sobriety

Sobriety struggles continue in the final chapter

A main character's severe alcoholism is a major ongoing storyline across multiple seasons.

Recreational drug use among the student characters

Drug use escalates as characters cope with psychological pressure

Drug use among characters as coping mechanism

Drug use including prescription pill abuse and cocaine use is depicted among main characters.

Drug overdose scenes occur and are shown with their physical consequences.

Childhood abuse in Annalise's past is revealed in detail during testimony

Child sexual abuse in a main character's backstory is revealed and depicted in flashbacks.

Abusive relationship dynamics shown between key characters

Past and present abusive relationships are explored in depth

Abusive relationship patterns continue and escalate

Toxic relationship dynamics and emotional abuse depicted

Abusive dynamics continue in character relationships

Past domestic violence is examined in the final trial

Intimate partner violence occurs in several character relationships throughout the series.

Murder scenes with graphic bloody aftermath shown in detail

More graphic murder sequences and body disposal scenes

Continued graphic violence with new murders driving the plot

Graphic murder and violence continue as central plot elements

Graphic violence continues with the season's central murder mystery

Final season murders and violence provide graphic content

Graphic crime scene depictions and violent murders are shown in detail throughout every season.

Multiple shooting deaths are central plot points, including the murder that drives the main storyline.

Police overreach and racial profiling depicted in legal cases

Law enforcement abuse of power features in the final conspiracy

Corrupt law enforcement and police misconduct are depicted in multiple case storylines.

A character's suicide by hanging is depicted on screen in a deeply disturbing scene.

Sexual assault in a character's backstory is revealed and discussed

Sexual assault storyline becomes more prominent with on-screen depiction

Past sexual assault trauma continues to affect character arcs

Past sexual assault is revisited as part of Annalise's testimony

Sexual assault is a significant plot element in multiple seasons, depicted with varying degrees of explicitness.

Psychological torture and physical intimidation are used as interrogation tactics.