BWW Recap: HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER Turns Up Heat on Murder, Intrigue

Are you ready for Annalise Keating's "last nine words" that closed tonight's episode of HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER? Those words, plus more murder clues and a case of insider trading filled up the screen with more intrigue and mystery. We continue to piece together clues about the Sam Keating's murder husband, and how the savvy young law students figure in to the homicide and cover-up.

We open, as usual, on the night of Mr. Keating's murder and the attempted cover-up. This time we see that Rebecca was with the law students in Keating home. Asher Millstone comes knocking for his trophy, not realizing the rest of his classmates are involved in the murder cover-up. A flash back finds Connor stopping by his boyfriend Oliver's apartment for a booty call, then rushing into court already in session for Rebecca Sutter's bail hearing. The bail amount set at $1 million, and, back at the office, Keating and her staff tries to get Rebecca to explain what lead to her confession and how they can help her. "I didn't do it," she says, saying the police coerced her and tricked her. Apparently, when Wesley thought he was helping her case, he damaged it when he arrived to at the police station to talk to her. Annalise forbids him from speaking with Rebecca. The law team continues to be snarky to each other and they begin to study for their TORTS exams. Keating says they need to do what they can to get a copy of Rebecca's coerced confession. They also quickly shift to their new, high priced client, Marin Trudeau (guest star Elizabeth Perkins). Trudeau is the head of financial firm who is being charged with insider trading involving a pharmaceutical company. What is the proof of her insider information? A sex tape!

Bonnie goes into action but can't convince the prosecutor to give up the tape. Annalise interviews Marin the evidence pointing to her guilt which she denies vehemently. Trudeau claims she has enemies who would like to see her firm close. Since everyone hates their boss, according to Annalise, she tells her staff to look for a traitor in Trudeau's company. Interviews begin as the law students question staffers and find time to flirt. Marin finds out about the staff witch-hunt and maintains the betrayal was an outside job. Later, Sam prepares to go out claiming he is forced to attend dinners for the university. As he heads to his car, Sam finds Lahey hanging around the vehicle and the two men share a tense moment. Close by, Annalise's chief of staff Bonnie is also keeping an eye out. But who is she spying on, we wonder?

Flashing forward, Connor and the gang are in a car and he is railing about all the loose ends they have left behind that can point to them about Sam's murder. Back at Keating's while they work on their cases, Michaela, still stressing out about the TORT exams, tries to cheat a bit. Connor, on the other hand, will be relieving stress. At Trudeau's office, Connor bonds with Marin's assistant, the handsome and like-minded Paxton. Lucky for sex-monkey Connor, they share some heated chemistry, unzip and make like bunnies in Paxton's office. (HBO, eat your heart out!) Post-coitus, Paxton gets on the phone to talk about the naughty things he did with Connor and talks to this accomplice in getting Marin in trouble. How do we know? Clever Connor planted his cell phone in the office to record anything damning Paxton might say. Back at Keating's house, Laurel and Wesley are working on Rebecca's bail with Laurel's boyfriend.

Connor and computer-savvy boy-toy Oliver work on the recording of the assistant and track down where the call came from. At the police station, Bonnie questions the police about Rebecca's case and demands the tape of the confession. She also drops the information that Det. Lahey has been investigating Sam.

Marin confronts Paxton after learning about his betrayal, while he explains he was tired of serving her. Things escalate quickly when the distraught Paxton takes a back dive out the of office window, committing suicide. With a key figure dead, Marin is worried the proof of her innocence went out the window and Annalise consoles her. The staff works on tracking down clues while Keating turns up the heat grilling Trudeau's office staff. She uses every trick in the book to trip them up and the ploy works. The traitor traders are weeded out and Keating has another success.

Still working on Rebecca Sutter's case, Bonnie brings in the police video for the staff to view at Keating office. The tape reveals how the police interrogator pushed Rebecca into saying she helped Griffin O'Reilly murder Lila Stangard. Keating jumps on the idea that Rebecca was coerced and the judge agrees. Rebecca's bail is reduced and she gets to go home.

In flash forward time, Connor visits Oliver's apartment after all the heinous activities and he breaks down. Flashing forward, Connor and Oliver are preparing for bed. Connor finds Oliver listening to the recording of Paxton's phone call, which also alludes to their inter-office sex session. The very upset Oliver kicks Connor out.

Rebecca heads home and is met by Wesley at the door. He insists she tell him what is on the cell phone she hid in his bathroom. The final scene reveals Wesley at Annalise's house, having shared with her the phone's contents. Instead of an audio or video, the phone has some incendiary photos. After Wesley leaves, Annalise slowly sits at her vanity and - in a stunning scene - takes off her wedding ring and other jewelry, her false eyelashes and even her luxurious wig, revealing a halo of short hair underneath.

As she stares in the mirror, taking off her make-up, Sam enters the bedroom returning from his dinner. Just as promised in the promo, Annalise turns and drops nine words on her shocked husband: "Why is your penis on a dead girl's phone?"

With those "nine words," the episode wraps up and we're left with a preview hinting at even more wild revelations next Thursday night at 10 pm (Eastern).

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