OK, coherent comments, (that will be all over the place because I’m trying to make sense of the notes I scribbled all over this piece of paper as I was watching)…
You all know how I thought it was Annalise who killed Lila. As the episode went on, and it became more apparent that other people HADN’T killed her, plus they had her say to that priest about how she’s done far too many horrible things, (interesting how they drew the comparison between lawyers and priests and the things people tell them and the things they can and can’t say in public), I was almost about to warm up the victory dance, because there really weren’t many candidates left. And then BOOM, SAM CALLED FRANK. And it was one of the perfect fakeouts in this ep, because earlier Frank had been all, “What kinda person do you think I am?” like, “No dude, I’m a lot of things, but I’m not a killer.” But OH YES HE TOTALLY IS.
And Sam said that Frank owed him, so I can’t wait to see what that’s all about, which will hopefully be explored in S2. And for how close Frank is to Annalise, it looks like he still has some secrets from her, like how he was a hitman employed by her husband, which I’m pretty sure Annalise did not know about.
“Eggs 911”, what even? Does that mean that Rebecca’s codename is Eggs? Is the other person Bacon, (first thing I think of that would go with eggs)? Bacon – pig – cop – did she send the message to Nate? He’d have known his way around Annalise’s house to be able to get in and out whilst killing Rebecca. Would he have a motive though? Maybe he figured he’s already on trial for murder, so may as well kill someone? I dunno, I just don’t think Frank killed Rebecca, and Nate’s the other person who knew Rebecca but wasn’t already at the house, I haven’t really thought through if he’d have motive to kill her or not.
BTW, another nice fakeout there because earlier I was half expecting Rebecca to have locked herself in Wes’ bathroom and killed herself, but then oh nope, it’s cool, she’s still alive. NOPE!!
OMG when Annalise arranged to have Nate beaten!! Like, OK she was desperate to get him out on bail, and HER FACE when Bonnie told her he’d just been sent to solitary instead, but DANG.
What’s Asher gonna say in that interview that’s gonna blow everything up? You know he’s gonna say SOMETHING that will be the only actual 100% true account of that night, and it won’t jive with the stories the others have given. There’s gonna be just one little thing that doesn’t match up.
Lila really was pretty horrible to Rebecca. Rebecca’s no saint either, but in her messed up way she was trying to help a friend by proving that Griffin was no good. But dang, Lila really was a selfish little homewrecker, huh.
Rebecca implying that maybe Wes’ mother really didn’t kill herself was COLD and unnecessary. I get that she was mad, but seriously, it’s not like you haven’t been lying to him, honey, so glass houses and all that. The lies and secrets and paranoia were STRONG in this ep ALL OVER THE PLACE.
Poor Rudy, he was such a sweet, normal guy until Rebecca messed him up. Glad we finally saw where the scratches came from.
Southern Michaela creeps me out a bit. Like, that facade drops, and her real accent creeps in, and you realise how proficient she is as being fake all the time. I enjoyed her laying into Rebecca.
Laurel had the ring all along! Laurel is so crafty.
One of my fave scenes was when Annalise went to talk to Rebecca in the basement…
I was worried when I first found out you and Wes were involved. Because of you. I saw you for who you were. I recognised you. You’re angry, you lash out, use people, but only because you don’t know better. Been alone so long you don’t know what it means to love someone. And here’s a boy who so clearly loved you. Still does, even if he doesn’t know who you are any more. And he hates himself right now for doing this to you. He came to us so innocent and he believed you when you said you didn’t do it. But now he’s grown up, you and I have made him grow up.
Annalise saw herself in both Rebecca and Wes. She can relate to both sides, and it shows how messed up she really is inside, despite her hard exterior, and I love the scenes that show that about Annalise.
This was the first time when I saw Annalise and Wes interact and I thought I miiiiight be able to buy it if they go in the mother/son direction. I think it came down to how we saw Wes breaking down like we haven’t before, while Annalise kept it together, so they seemed less like equals. On the flipside though, I could still buy it if next season Annalise wants to get Wes’ mind off trying to track down missing Rebecca, so she seduces him. So I’m really not THAT convinced of the mother/son dynamic still.
One of my fave lines of the ep was probably Connor saying, “Sure he shouldn’t take the trophy?” when Wes was going to see Rebecca. OH SNAP.
Which brings me to Connor…and Oliver…OMG POOR SWEET OLIVER, (who was ADORABLE doing that backwards roll off the sofa, he’s so seriously lovely and precious). Another of the great fakeouts they pulled off in this ep, having him be the one to suggest getting tested, and he’s the good one who hasn’t slept around with 40 guys, and then he told Connor he tested negative, and having Connor be concerned about his own results. Then NOPE. It musta been that one guy who was there the night that Connor came to see him. One guy, vs Connor’s 40. It’s a hard hitting message that they’re addressing, and I think it’s a good direction for them to go story wise, even though it BREAKS MY HEART. It’s kind of a responsible thing for them to do, after having showed Connor sleeping with so many people, and we all still love him despite the fact he’s a (am I allowed to say?) “slut”. But now he’s been brought to this screeching halt because CONSEQUENCES, and it’s a thing that Connor’s gonna have to face, even though he personally got away with it against the odds. I guess maybe it’s a bit PSA-ish, but I think it’ll be really interesting to see how this affects their relationship, and how it makes Connor grow as a person.
Is it time for S2 yet? How about now? NOW?!?!
PS. I hope the editors for this show get awards, because they do all the fast cuts and stuff so well, it really adds to the frantic nature of the characters.