How to Get Away with Murder

Original characters created for the series; no established or source characters to swap.

Annalise Keating is a brilliant, dominant female lead, but she is deeply flawed and the men are not framed as inferior as a message.

• Annalise Keating is a commanding, brilliant defense attorney
• Her flaws, addiction, and vulnerabilities are explored, not idealized

Prominent LGBTQ+ content with central gay and bisexual characters and explicit same-sex relationships throughout.

• Connor Walsh is an openly gay main character with on-screen relationships
• Explicit same-sex sex scenes shown regularly
• Annalise is revealed to be bisexual with a past female relationship

A diverse contemporary ensemble that fits a present-day university setting; diversity is natural rather than forced against lore.

• Racially diverse cast of law students
• Black female lead in Annalise Keating

Touches on racism, the justice system, and identity through courtroom cases but generally serves the drama rather than sermonizing.

• Cases sometimes engage themes of racial injustice
• Annalise's monologues about race in the legal system

Some male characters are weak or villainous, but masculinity is not framed as inherently toxic as a thesis.

Original series with no source material.