Written by Matthew Cruz
Directed by Alrick Riley
Annalise (to the Keating 5): "The governor killed Miller."
After two rather enjoyable episodes, this one left me a little cold. It's strange because while the episode actually did advance some plotlines, it also felt rather filler-ish to watch nonetheless but let's break it down into a few parts.
First of all, it looks like Nate's instincts about Miller were right enough as it found out that the latter messed about with evidence in relation to Nate Sr's case and while the FBI looked like they were about to actually arrest Nate at the end of this one, it seems they've got someone else in custody and that Nate might be able to work with them after all.
The person could either be Gabe or Bonnie. The former, due to his association with Miller now being known to the FBI while the latter's guilt in her role in her boyfriend's death was damaging her mental health. There was even one scene in the episode where Frank had to save Bonnie from ending it all in her car. No wait, it can only be Gabe given that this episode ended with Bonnie lying in Frank's bed.
Then there was Laurel, who was on the warpath over whether or not Christopher actually witnessed Ron's death. Laurel more or less spent this episode in serious mother hen with Michaela forced to be the one to calm her down while Connor only heightened Laurel's paranoia at one point here. Not that Laurel doesn't have a right to be concerned about her child witnessing a murder but even still, the scenes just dragged a little bit.
Speaking of the Keating lot - Michaela once again managed to get herself on Tegan's shitlist over the handling of Nate and Asher spent a lot of the episode trying to defend Bonnie from everyone else with only Oliver offering him any kind of supporting. Then there was the sniping at Gabriel, which even now is starting to wear a little thin.
As for Annalise, when she wasn't trying to be there for both Nate and Bonnie and keeping the kids in line, she was also getting around to sorting out Emmett's own lawsuit as well. Subplot wise, it was okay enough and Emmett's ex-lover didn't seem that horrible either but other than that, it wasn't the most exciting of storylines either.
- It seems that Tegan is working for the FBI as we saw her contact that agent after reading up about Miller's disappearance.
- Emmett made a suggestive comment that makes me wonder if he's going to try it on with Annalise in a later episode this season.
- Are Connor and Oliver ever get going to go on their honeymoon before the season ends?
- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off.
Be The Martyr had it's moments but just wasn't quite as dynamic for me as I wished it could've been. I did like the reveal about Tegan and I guess the Annalise/Emmett subplot broke up the Miller bits reasonably well but other than that, it did feel a bit too filler at times.
Rating: 6 out of 10
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