Millions tuned in on Feb. 26 to the season finale to watch “How to Get Away With Murder” to figure out the mystery that’s been plaguing viewers all season: who killed Lila Stangard?

Thanks to flashbacks to that fateful night, audiences now know what transpired (spoiler alert): Frank killed Lila as a favor to Sam. Unfortunately, the Keating five—back in present day—are not privy to that information.

Wes, suspicious that Rebecca actually was involved in Lila’s murder after tracking down Rudy, attempts to get her to reveal more about that night. Instead, Rebecca threatens to contact the campus cop that witnessed them at the Keating residence on the night of Sam’s disappearance. In a desperate move to keep her from doing so, the gang tie her up and calls Annalise to clean up yet another one of their messes.

Flashing back to the night of Lila’s murder, audiences see Rebecca returning home wet and running into Rudy, prompting Rebecca to give him PCP mixed with another drug to drive him deranged. When he flips out shortly thereafter, Rebecca calls the police and Rudy gets carted away.

But wait a second, why was Rebecca wet? Apparently she had found Lila already dead in the water tank that night. When some of Lila’s sorority sisters came up on the roof, Rebecca panicked and got into the tank with her former friend’s dead, floating body to avoid suspicion.

Back in the present, Annalise isn’t entirely convinced that Rebecca is guilty of anything and suggests they let her go. When they go free her, though, Rebecca is nowhere to be found and no one will own up to helping her escape.
In the final moments of the finale, audiences discovered a new murder had been committed. In a shocking twist, it turns out Rebecca hadn’t simply disappeared, she had been killed. But who did it? Only Frank and Annalise know about her death as of now, but both denied to the other that they had done it.

Of course, who could believe Frank? After all, as for getting away with murder, only he has managed to reach that promised nirvana. How is everyone else going to manage it, now that there is another killer to unearth?

This plot twist may have been great for the finale, but perhaps not the longevity of the show, which could use a little bit of restructuring in its second outing. In the first season, the Sam/Lila mysteries seemed drawn out despite it only lasting 15 episodes, and we’re still going to be dealing with those cases well into season two. It would have been far more interesting to resolve them entirely and cook up entirely new crimes to get fans excited for another season. After all, greater shows than this have been cancelled because the audience got bored by the mystery.

Also, the “case of the week” aspect of the show is starting to bog it down. The subplot about the priest who killed a fellow clergyman was just distracting, hampering the first hour of the two-hour finale. The problem is that these cases always seem tacked on and not vital to the overarching action of the show, which is the reason viewers tune in. “How to Get Away With Murder” needs to find a way to balance these two types of storytelling so that they can actually amplify one another.

Viewers also learned a few more tidbits, including the fact that Laurel had Michaela’s missing engagement ring this entire time, Oliver, Connor’s boyfriend, is HIV positive, Rebecca texted “Eggs 911 lawyer’s house” to a mystery person who has yet to be revealed and the new D.A. seems suspicious of Annalise’s new story about the night of Sam’s disappearance.

While this series continues to be jaw-dropping and compelling, it has yet to be satisfying. While answering viewers’ questions with more questions sure makes for a great storm on social media, it makes for bad long-term viewing. If we’re never going to get any real resolution about what is going on, then the only thing this show is going to get away with is falling ratings.

For now, however, ratings are stellar and the popularity of this drama is rising, so Pioneers hooked on “How to Get Away With Murder” will likely not have to wait long for a second season.