Welcome back to class its time for your final exam.
Whoever mounts the best defense gets a 64k bonus check from Caplan & Gold.
Our other primary thread continues Nates wrongful death suit.
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Governor Birkhead holds a press conference calling the suit fake news.
Annalise confronts Bonnie on her way to work, congratulating her on making herself a target for the governor.
Annalise is afraid theyre going to do to Bonnie what theyve done to Emmett or Frank.
But Bonnie cant understand why Annalise has come back from rehab afraid, running scared behind restraining orders.
Annalise was always demanding that she stand up and fight so why cant she just be proud?
Petition to rename this showWhy Not to Take Private Meetings in a Parking Garage.
Annalise and Frank debate whether they should just let things play out and hope the truth doesnt emerge.
He accuses Annalise of still having skin in the game because of her past relationship with Nate.
She calls Bonnie sick and begs to know why shes doing this.
After her epic emotional breakdown, the judge finds Bonnies conflict of interest too great.
Luckily, Tegan is sitting in the courtroom ready to take over the case.
Bonnie and Tegan discuss game plans, and Bonnie wants to put the governor on the stand first.
Just for this extremely convenient plot loophole, I hope Cora bites it.
But honestly, how could this ever work?
Its just a reminder of how far theyve fallen from the people they once hoped to be.
Its a downer for the audience to see what all this mayhem has cost them.
During a heart-to-heart with Annalise, we finally get a smidge more of Tegans backstory.
She admits shes not afraid of the heavy price this case could bring.
She wants to be free, so shes going to put the governor on the stand.
Annalise has to put aside her flirting/girl talk with Tegan to go flirt with Robert on a real date.
Annalise brushes it off as believing the case unwinnable.
But Robert pushes further, saying its because Nate is her ex.
He makes a joke about Nate being 90 percent muscle and hoping she doesnt expect that from him.
Shes learned when to stay away and stop fighting.
This is truly Annalise running scared at last.
She cant explain why the car is there.
The Keating Four swirl around personal drama with Asher watching Michaela watch Gabriel.
Michaela does not take kindly to the suggestion she has daddy issues, but Gabriel calls her a hypocrite.
Annalise comes to Tegan with advice, convinced the governor will sell out everyone below her to protect herself.
So, instead, they need to take down Miller.
Bonnie has to take the stand and confess she was aware of his involvement in Nate Sr.s murder.
She says she was in love, but she was fooled.
She tried to give her source immunity but was fired before she could.
Now the state has no chance to grant immunity and call the prison guard to the stand.
She tells him to do whatever he has to do.
While trying to study, Michaela is obsessing over photos of Gabriel with his new squeeze, Payton.
Asher comes in and listens to Michaelas fears that Gabriel is right and shes afraid of being alone.
She feels guilty over what they did to Sam and what thats cost Gabriel.
Asher completely misreads the room and tries to kiss her.
Ugh, Asher, why?!
Pick up social cues for once, c’mon.
Bonnie is on the phone with Annalise while driving, wanting Annalise to ignore what Frank told her.
She screams for help to Annalise on the other end of the line, frantically pumping the pedal.
But Frank wants to catch whoever hurt Bonnie first.
Luckily, Bonnie is mostly okay.
Connor and Oliver finally have a much-needed heart-to-heart.
Connor went for a run without telling Oliver, and it freaked Oliver out not knowing where he was.
Hes just here to remind him he has good parts too.
None of which he is now, leaving them to sit with that depressing realization.
All of which makes Tegan raise her eyebrows.
But Frank and Annalise realize they only have one path forward now.
Who ordered the hit?
But she doesnt say Ron Miller - she says, gasp, Xavier Castillo.
Because it turns out the only way forward Annalise could envision was to tell the truth for once.
Thats what Frank threatened the guard into doing.
But Xavier found out and ensured the deed was done.
The guard admits, I helped killed an innocent man.
There are no words to say how sorry I am.
What I did, its evil.
But he doesnt care about the money, hes still obsessed with the governor.
Tegan is gently telling Nate what she suspects, but he wont listen to reason.
He wants to bury Governor Birkhead.
The news of the trial makes it way to the others via a television broadcast.
She dismisses Frank from her room in despair and breaks down.
She points to Crawford and C&Gs ties to the family as her evidence.
But she accepts todays events as a total exoneration.
Lady, no one said that.
Finally, were back to the purpose of the extended Snow White metaphor.
Throughout the episode, various students have used defenses that dovetail with the episodes plot.
But theyve failed until Asher realizes what theyve all been missing.
There is no body.
The Evil Queen faked her death to frame Snow White, and thats the defense theyll use.
Asher wins the 64k and Annalise ominously stands next to the words Faked Death on the blackboard.
For Annalises sake, we hope its Aruba.
