Great episode. The day-to-day court cases are contrived to show the characters' sense of morality and ethics. Which is what the Mama story seems to be- some people deserve to be murdered- we do what we have to do to survive this crazy world. Only it seems Sam's only crime might have been trying to strangle Rebecca…

So sacrifice one group of people when you might save at least some of them stealthily without exposing your mole by having them disperse into the woods- to save your 30 friends and a small group of grounders? Why would the "sky people" allow Clarke and her teenage friends lead the remnants of humanity? The premise is…

Except, we had the flashback of Lila in tears trying to approach Annalise at home and being blocked by Bonnie. There's reason to believe either Bonnie told Annalise- or maybe Bonnie herself took care of "the problem" for Annalise with or without her knowledge?

The Rudy thing has been there all along. I wondered why they showed us the claw and bite marks on the headboard numerous times, and why Rebecca who claims not to have known Rudy (and his crazy sex life) knew about the hidden compartment under Rudy's/Wes' bathroom cabinet where she hid Lila's phone- and we never got a…

What I want to be the case is that Annalise killed Lila and set Sam up. He never said he killed Lila- and it doesn't seem he was violent with Annalise until she accused him of murder. Granted, he was not a good person, but if he was trying to kill Rebecca- it was only after she and a bunch of his wife's students broke…

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Saw the film today. While I see the author's points, I still really enjoyed the story as it was- even if a bit light on the functional reveals regarding historic facts.

I thought NPR's Matt Thompson had a good prediction for the ending and the nature of the show.

One plot hole in the Lila murder story that's bugging me… how does Rebecca really end up with Lila’s phone? Lila could have dropped it in the violent kerfuffle in Griffin's room, but Rebecca says Lila gave it to her the day before she went missing because Lila didn’t want to sell drugs anymore. But we see that Lila…

I find it hard to believe that Sam only showed his true evil after years of marriage, and why did he stay in the marriage? The review pretty much hits all of my problems with the plot. Big nothing that Wes was the wielder of the trophy, but there are so many witnesses as to the self-defense of Michaela and the act of…

That seems practical, but toilet paper weighs so little and gives so much. ;)

Or why they grab a book, but no toilet paper.

OK, saw the preview… in this episode, there's blood splatter on Rebecca, but not on Wes, Connor, Laurel, or Michaela- but she seems to be offering to lie about having killed Sam so as to protect Wes… because he was there because of her? "Now you might be going to jail because of me… Let me help you for once."

Yes, Rebecca killed Sam. I thought that was almost clear in episode 2 when we first saw Wes call her in room 203 to say they would protect her. Now it's totally clear.

Actually, it would be a very big deal if a drone strike in Pakistan killed the ex-CIA chief- a f-up with enormous political repercussions. The whole thing is so far from reality anyway, but that would certainly be a no-go.

The emotional bonds of the Keating marriage are all the more puzzling given they were BOTH having affairs, and it goes beyond her finding out about his infidelity now- there's evidence Sam was AWOL during the murder of his student-lover. The fact that he had a student lover is unethical and creepy, and while we see…

Last episode, when Allison delivered the fish cooler from fisherman Will to Caleb at the taxi place, and he said "nice looking' fish," and then she made him lock the door because her husband Cole wanted it kept locked, I thought, why would they keep fish there.? My next thought. Drugs under the fish? Now, pretty sure…

The use they have now for Aayan is short term. Where is his uncle? What's he up to? What else could he give them that they would invest in his future? If he were smart, he'd hold off telling them until after they get him out of the country, but he's meant to be naive and gullible- a virgin to top off that impression-…

True, good point.