<P> The first season of the ABC American television drama series How to Get Away with Murder premiered on September 25, 2014 and concluded on February 26, 2015, with a total of 15 episodes . At the Television Critics Association Press Tour in July 2014, it was announced that How to Get Away with Murder would be a limited series with only 15 or 16 episodes per season . The smaller size of episode count stems from the deal for the series star Davis . On May 7, 2015, the show was renewed by ABC for a second season . </P> <P> For its first season, the series received numerous accolades . The show was honored as a Television Program of the Year by the American Film Institute . It was also named Outstanding Drama Series at the Image Awards and the GLAAD Awards . For her performance, Viola Davis won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance in a Drama Series, and the Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series . Davis received nominations from the Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Television Series, the Critics' Choice Awards for Best Actress in a Drama Series, and the Television Critics Association for Individual Achievement in Drama . </P> <P> Annalise Keating, law professor and criminal defense attorney at Middleton University, selects five students to intern at her firm: Wes Gibbins, Connor Walsh, Michaela Pratt, Asher Millstone, and Laurel Castillo--along with Annalise's employees Frank Delfino and Bonnie Winterbottom, an associate lawyer . Season one explores two murders through flashbacks: Lila Stangard, mistress of Annalise's husband Sam Keating and a student at Middleton; and then Sam Keating at the hands of Annalise's interns . </P> <P> The first nine episodes alternate through flashbacks and the present day to show the progression of events leading to Sam's murder who Annalise believes murdered Lila, and disposal of his body at the hands of the Keating Four: Wes, Connor, Michaela, and Laurel . The final six episodes explore Annalise's attempt to help her interns cover - up Sam's murder and legally show Sam's responsibility for Lila's death; and the events leading to Lila's death . </P>

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