Written by Joe Fazzio
Directed by Stephen Cragg
Laurel: "Annalise, you’ve done so much to protect me, so I just wanna say thank you."
And with that ending, I guess the full focus on the Castillos really will be even more prominent than it was in the fourth season. On the other hand, while Xavier is a nasty piece of work, he is rather nice to look at, so he's got that going for him as well as being someone both Miller and Annalise in flashbacks and the present day chose to underestimate.
I did like that Miller was proved to be a good man who tried to save Nate's father even if Frank forced the guard to tell Bonnie that her boyfriend was in fact involved in Nate Sr being killed after all. There's no way that's not going to come back to bite Frank in the backside next season, even if he was trying to help both Bonnie and Nate live with the fact that they killed an innocent man.
Speaking of Nate - he's now in prison too for assault. Why do I get the feeling the show is trying to tell us that he might have similar mental health problems to his father and why do I get the feeling that he's a potential casualty next season? Then again, maybe he should as I'm not sure what else the show can really do with the character these days.
Getting back to Xavier though - I think he was telling the truth to Laurel about not being involved in Sandrine's disappearance, which hopefully is not something that will be dragged out next season but at the same time, he's definitely working with the Governor and their Plan B also coincided with Emmett being under fire and subsequently poisoned in this episode, even after Tegan had thrown him a brief life line of sorts. Although I don't really want Emmett to die, his death would also not be a big loss to the show either.
As for Laurel's disappearance though with Christopher - it seems to me that she's doing something misguided in order to protect everyone else rather than being another victim of her family yet again. Then again with the twists and turns of this show, perhaps Xavier feeling slighted from his encounter with Annalise and clear daddy issues maybe did do something to her after all. Hopefully next season won't drag that one out.
As for Gabriel - I was kind of hoping this episode would write him out but due to Telesco's insistence on dragging his mother into things and the show's desire to explore a Gabriel/Michaela pairing, it looks like Rome Flynn will be sticking around for another year. Character wise, I don't really think Gabriel has added a lot to the show but maybe next season can improve on him a little, writing wise.
- I think it's obvious they're going to explore a baby/adoption storyline with Connor and Oliver next season. Story wise, I'd rather not but it felt like it was being set up here.
- Michaela's biological father, Dwight is someone that Annalise used to know. I assume we'll be seeing both Dwight and Gabriel's mother next season.
- Asher to say the episode title this week when he didn't play a role in Telesco getting fired from the FBI. He does need some better material next season.
- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off.
Please Say No One Else Is Dead is probably the weakest finale we've had and while there were some decent twists here and there, it didn't quite have the punch that previous finales have had. I do personally think that the sixth season probably should be the show's last one, and it's quite possible that it will be.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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