How To Get Away With Murder: Discussion Thread

[Graham]

WOW at those ratings!

[Mr. Vixen]

I'm equally impressed that Grey's, in it's millionth season, still does that well. Love that show. Considering getting into Scandal as well.

[Mr. Vixen]

Wow so Shonda night did even better than originally reported! The final numbers are in and:

Grey's Anatomy: 10.14 million/3.1

Scandal: 12.16/3.9

How to Get Away With Murder: 14.34/3.9

Bigger success than I ever could have guessed! Impressed by all three shows. At this point, I really think Grey's may match or beat ER in number of seasons.

[DramatistDreamer]

Judging from the contrast in ratings numbers, it appears Viola Davis brought some of her personal fanbase over to watch the premiere. She's a great actress so it's not surprising that she'd bring other viewers who may not necessarily watch Scandal or Grey's.

[Faulkner]

Looking did a rimming scene, but that's on HBO, which sorta speaks to your point. The British QAF did one years ago, I think. I forget if the American version repeated it.

The guy playing the gay law student is all kinds of hot.

[Soapsuds]

Yes he is...yumm

[slick jones]

I did not expect to see a rimming scene on network television. Surprised the hell out of me!

[AllMyDaysatGH]

Ok now what exactly are y'all talking about. LOL. I didn't even realize it was a rimming scene (or if that's what the show was implying). ETA: took a look again and I guess that's how it could've been percieved too! Wow.

I found the actor really smug looking/acting but he did good. Definitely the most interesting of the bunch!

Edited September 28, 2014 by AllMyDaysatGH

[Soapsuds]

The two guys...it was rimming and a blow job...hehehe

[slick jones]

This actor, Jack Fallahee played a creeper on Twisted. I can't wait to see what kind of hot mess he'll be on this show! [besides these hot scenes, that is!]

[SouthOfSoap]

Finally got around to watching it and for broadcast television, it was really good. Viola clearly stole the show but everything kept my interest.

The danger of such a show is that it collapses under its heavy mythology into a massive plot hole (there were quite a few minor ones in the pilot, but no deal breakers), but I'm more than happy to go for the ride for now.

I'm also not surprised this show got more eyeballs than Shonda's other shows - I gave up on Gray's 65 seasons ago and Scandal seemed too ABC (i.e. the romance couplings swamp out a decent story) for me to check out.

[ThePrinceOfSunspear]

I wonder how much of a drop it will have next week? And while the gay character is interesting I'm not watching for just him. All the characters were quite interesting and hate her or love her but Shonda Rhimes has definitely perfected the art of the "plot twist". So many left turns occurred in just that one episode. I don't want to spoil anything since people may still be debating whether to watch.

But I def appreciated seeing the trial unfold and the various ups and downs they used. Hopefully she continues that with the next episode. The one thing I'm worried about is the murder plot like I mentioned before...

[Money]

When the kid walked in on V's character getting oral I was like, damn, then it was revealed the white guy was her husband. Double damn. When she confronted the kid in the bathroom it was hella creepy. I thought she was coming on to him but I guess she wasn't. She seemed sincere. I really like the show. Her character is a bitch and make no apologies but I'll need her to do something about her wig. In the promos it looked great but in Thursday's ep the back kept sticking out. She needs an upgrade pronto.

[ChitHappens]

I'm super curious if Wes is her son.

[Vee]

That kid is not her son. Or if he is, she doesn't know it. She was coming on to him.

I'd forgotten how tryhard most of broadcast television is now - the editing was so forced, trying to look like a music video. There's certain things network TV is just not good at, especially network TV that is being produced as a middle of the road potboiler. I enjoy frenetic editing in its right context, but when it's poorly done it's hard to watch.