Written by Sarah L. Thompson
Directed by Stephen Cragg
Annalise (to Sally): "My name's Annalise Keating. People think I murdered my husband. I didn't but I helped cover it up."
When it was announced a few months ago that the sixth season was going to be it's last, it felt right. The show has been a fun, madcap ride since it's debut in 2014 but the time has come for the show to end and if this opening episode is anything to go by, this is going to be a messy last season.
Is it a shock that perhaps Annalise wouldn't survive this season? Maybe not in some ways, considering the messes she's been cleaning up and getting into since the beginning but the opening and last scenes certainly were a little bit surprising in a way.
This episode alone Michaela made a veiled threat to kill Annalise after it was revealed that the latter knew the former's birth father but I can't see Michaela being the one to actually kill Annalise. Assuming of course that Annalise actually dies and there isn't some twist along the way, undoubtedly. It can't be that simple really.
Annalise did spend a good portion of this episode in a fancy rehab, working on her demons after spiraling from the news of Emmett's death and Laurel's disappearance. The rehab scenes are done reasonably well enough with Annalise contending with a rather annoying roommate in Sally, though the latter did get a little more interesting when she confessed to hating her children. Other than that, I'm glad that she was a one off character, well at least I hope she was.
As for Annalise - rehab was a good way to get her to exorcise some demons and she even turned it around by getting Connor, Oliver, Asher and Michaela to effectively do the same thing and essentially forget about Laurel. I was hoping this episode would give us something on Laurel's whereabouts but it didn't and even Annalise herself seems to have given up on Laurel for the time being.
As for the rest of the episode - we got some sexy times with Connor and Oliver as well as Michaela and Gabriel, Asher doled out some decent love advice, Frank and Bonnie were trying to keep things together in Annalise's absence and Nate turned his attentions on to Tegan and the fact that Emmett's body was taken away to London and his results came back with no foul play. Nate versus Tegan might be interesting to watch for a while.
- It seems that Gabriel's mother is going to be another problem for Annalise to deal with as she's spying on her son.
- Aside from removing Emmett, there aren't any major regular cast additions this season.
- Laurel's voice was heard but she wasn't physically in the episode. I hope they don't drag her disappearance out for too long.
- Chronology: Not long since the events of the previous season finale.
Say Goodbye certainly seems like it's preparing us for the end but I can't help but shake the feeling that we've got an obvious twist awaiting us. I'm not convinced that Annalise is actually dead but I am intrigued enough to see what will lead to that funeral sequence though. I'm also hoping the Laurel bit isn't dragged out as well but other than that, a great start to the season.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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