It Was the Worst Day of My Life

"It Was the Worst Day of My Life"

Season	Episode
5	05

Airdate

October 25, 2018

Viewers

2.93^[1] million

Written by

Michael Russo

Directed by

Laura Innes

Starring
Viola Davis - Annalise Keating Billy Brown - Nate Lahey Jack Falahee - Connor Walsh Rome Flynn - Gabriel Maddox Aja Naomi King - Michaela Pratt Matt McGorry - Asher Millstone Conrad Ricamora - Oliver Hampton Karla Souza - Laurel Castillo Amirah Vann - Tegan Price* Charlie Weber - Frank Delfino Liza Weil - A.D.A. Bonnie Winterbottom and Timothy Hutton - Emmett Crawford* *Absent from the episode.

Guest Starring
John Hensley - Interim D.A. Ronald Miller Cynthia Stevenson - Pam Walsh Teddy Sears - Dr. Abe Charmagne Elizabeth Morton - Julie Winterbottom Joseph C. Phillips - Prosecutor Alvin Cox with Laura Innes - Governor Lynne Birkhead and Glynn Turman - Nate Lahey, Sr.

Co-Starring
Jessica Marie Garcia - Rhonda Navarro B.K. Cannon - Sophie Dolan Albert Malafronte - Judge Erwin Coughlin Zehra Fazal - Reporter 1 Tyee Tilghman - Reporter 2 Julienne Irons - Paige Roberta Bassin - Jury Foreperson Chauncey Jenkins - Male Student Jasmyne Jones - Baby Christopher Adrianna Jones - Baby Christopher

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"It Was the Worst Day of My Life" is the 65th episode of How to Get Away with Murder.

Summary[]

After Annalise chooses Gabriel as her second chair, the unexpected duo puts all of their efforts into Nate Sr.’s murder re-trial as they try to convince a jury to grant an insanity plea. Meanwhile, Bonnie struggles to rebound after a dark part of her past resurfaces.^[2]

Plot[]

Notes and Trivia[]

Notes[]

Although credited, Amirah Vann (Tegan Price) and Timothy Hutton (Emmett Crawford) are absent from this episode.
- This marks the first episode in which a series regular is credited but does not appear.
The director of the episode, Laura Innes also portrays Governor Lynne Birkhead in the episode.
Annalise Keating's number in Gabriel Maddox's phone is saved under "Her".
Glynn Turman (Nathaniel Lahey, Sr.) was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in this episode.^[3]

Important Events[]

Annalise Keating wins the second case of her class-action. Nate Lahey, Sr. is found not guilty and therefore remanded to a psychiatric facility.
- Governor Lynne Birkhead takes another hit with Annalise's victory in court and asks her assistant to bring her in for a meeting.
Bonnie Winterbottom deals with the truth about her son, forcing everyone away.
- She told Ronald Miller about her troubled childhood and he accompanied her while she went to see her sister, Julie Winterbottom.
Michaela Pratt and Asher Millstone are on speaking terms and are planning Oliver Hampton and Connor Walsh's bachelor and bachelor parties.
Laurel Castillo grows closer to Gabriel Maddox and puts two and two together that Frank Delfino is somehow involved with Gabriel and confronts him about it.
At the Coliver Wedding, Connor is still looking for Oliver and finds his mother, Pam Walsh engaged in sexual activities with Asher in the parking lot.

Title[]

During Nate Lahey, Sr.'s retrial at the Philadelphia Courthouse, Prosecutor Alvin Cox crossed Nate's testimony of his version of events the murder after he got out of the SHU (solitary confinement). Nate said "I remember. It was the worst day of my life." The prosecutor then said "So, you knew? In the moment you knew that that was the worst day of your life? Well, that sounds like you regret what you did.". He used his 'regret' emotion as something to suggest that he was mentally competent during the murder.
- "It Was the Worst Day of My Life" - Nate Lahey, Sr.

Music[]

Song	Artist	Scene
"Timing"	YK Osiris	Michaela arrives at Asher's apartment to asks for his help on the case.
"The War"	SYML	Laurel tells Gabriel that Wes, Christopher's father, is dead, then asks him about his father; Bonnie gets out of bed and looks over the file on her.