In the new season of “How to Get Away With Murder” on ABC, the star character, Annalise Keating, played by Viola Davis, is revealed to be bisexual and the gorgeous Famke Janssen (a former model) as lawyer Eve Rothlow, is her love interest. In the season opener, it is clear there was some kind of rift between the two characters and they haven’t spoken for years. But Annalise needs someone she can trust to defend her former lover, detective Nate Lahey (Billy Brown) from the charge of murdering her husband. So she begs Eve for help. At the end of the season premiere, Annalise and Eve unexpectedly break out in a passionate kiss.
The backstory that unfolds over
the first two episodes of season two is that Annalise and Eve were Harvard law school friends. Then we find out they used to be in a relationship. That Annalise ended because she was unable to reconcile herself to a long-term same-sex relationship. Eventually we learn it was also because she had a habit of pushing people away who got close to her. Annalise is a witness for the prosecution, so in this situation, they are not supposed to even speak outside of the courtroom, let alone carry on a relationship, so they meet in secret to discuss the case and begin an on-again off-again secret affair. Before Eve returns to New York she asks Annalise to move to New York City so they can be together, saying she can help her get a teaching job at Columbia.
Eve prevents the trial from going forward against Nate by pointing the finger at Annalise. But the prosecutor will bring this case to court again. We just don’t know whether she will come after Nate, Annalise, or both.
This is the first network show where the lead character is bisexual, although there have been bisexual characters in ensemble shows before, such as Callie Torres on "Grey’s Anatomy", which interestingly, is also a Shonda Rhimes production.
The backstory that unfolds over
the first two episodes of season two is that Annalise and Eve were Harvard law school friends. Then we find out they used to be in a relationship. That Annalise ended because she was unable to reconcile herself to a long-term same-sex relationship. Eventually we learn it was also because she had a habit of pushing people away who got close to her. Annalise is a witness for the prosecution, so in this situation, they are not supposed to even speak outside of the courtroom, let alone carry on a relationship, so they meet in secret to discuss the case and begin an on-again off-again secret affair. Before Eve returns to New York she asks Annalise to move to New York City so they can be together, saying she can help her get a teaching job at Columbia.
Eve prevents the trial from going forward against Nate by pointing the finger at Annalise. But the prosecutor will bring this case to court again. We just don’t know whether she will come after Nate, Annalise, or both.
This is the first network show where the lead character is bisexual, although there have been bisexual characters in ensemble shows before, such as Callie Torres on "Grey’s Anatomy", which interestingly, is also a Shonda Rhimes production.