Warning: This story contains spoilers from Thursdays night episode ofHow to Get Away With Murder.
Weve heard of Vivian of course shes Gabriels mother, the wife Sam cheated on and left for Annalise.
Oh, and shes also a drug addict, and according to Gabriel, a not-so-great mom.
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So, naturally, her arrival should be met with some trepidation.
So, basically, your averageHow to Get Away With Murderguest star.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Were getting a lot of mixed signals from Vivian this episode.
Can we trust her at all?
I think someone talking to the FBI is never good.
You know what Im saying?
We know she was arrested for drug trafficking only a year ago.
They dont really tell me anything.
I always love a character who is a little bit messy, a little bit complicated.
Not good or bad, like all of us in life.
Because these writers are fantastic, I would say shes going to be as messy as everybody else.
And who knows if that means drugs or what that means exactly, but I wouldnt rule it out.
She tells Gabriel she never knew that Sam came back to see them.
Again, we cant trust anyone on this show.
Thats as much as I know.
Moms will do that and we dont know if its a version of the truth.
Is it her version of the truth?
Is it the truth?
I have no idea.
How much is she still hung up on Sam and in love with him?Its been many years.
Thats been one of the things I thought about.
I imagine she did that a lot.
Resentment, mixed with love.
Its probably all those things.
The idea that someone you cared about so much betrayed you.
And then to have no contact at all, whether through your own actions or his.
But to have that son there every day, its got to be very, very complicated.
I think she really loves Sam.
Is there a genuine want or need for answers surrounding Sams death tied to her love and betrayal?
She feels like she can never get answers from him that she needed.
Along those same lines, she seems determined to punish Annalise, based on her interaction with Tegan.
She thinks Annalise is not a good person.
Not good for her son to be around, so she goes into mama bear mode.
She will do anything to protect her son.
She did it with Sam.
I dont know that shes thinking about herself so much as shes thinking about her son.
We know this show loves red herrings.
They give us little to no information.
I think its actually beautiful that I dont actually know.
It could mean nothing.
Thats how this show is; its kind of great.
That scene was weirdly hard to shoot in that I had personalized it so much in my own life.
Im speaking for myself.
I will say that I thought it was a really resonant, eye-opening moment.
I hope it resonates with other women and women of color.
But we were present for it from take one.
Vivian almost immediately questions Gabriel about the reveal that he killed her boyfriend.
What can we expect this to do to their relationship?I worry about that.
Its already so fragile and so fractured.
Shes trying her best, but the more you try, the more youre likely to mess it up.
I love Aja [Naomi King]!
I dont like Michaela.
Everythings going to be messy.
Its the last season.
We are going to be mopping up a lot of tears and blood.
Everything is going to get messy.
Things on this show always come full circle.
But Im a huge fan of the show and was before I was on it.
What race are they?
Are they an immigrant?
All of those questions.
I love the show because its truthful.
It tries to be as truthful as possible about how the criminal justice system engages with people.
