*Spoilers ahead*

This past week, I started watching a little show called “How to Get Away with Murder.” You may or may not have heard of it. The second season just came out, but I’m currently on the first one… and I’m absolutely hooked. Granted, I have a penchant for crime shows and murder mysteries (as evidenced by my love of shows like "Castle", "NCIS", and "Arrow"), but here are my ten reasons as to why you should watch “How to Get Away with Murder”:

1. Annalise Keating is a total BA.

She’s smart, she’s the best defense lawyer/prof ever, she’s a little bit devious, and she doesn’t have time for your crap. So get back to work or get out.

2. It’s easy to have favorite (and least favorite) characters.

You can’t dislike Keating, but the other characters? Feel free to form your own opinions. There's the quiet Wes Gibbons that could be either a really good guy or someone who’s too nosy. There’s the ambitious Michaela Pratt who could be very motivated and knows what she wants, or annoying and a teacher’s pet. There’s the mischievous Connor Walsh, who can be charming or manipulative. Each character allows you to form a positive or negative opinion about them. Some characters are distinctly set out as good or bad, but the rest? That’s either up to your or time to tell.

3. The law cases are on point.

Many crime shows have a new case each week. "Murder" does much of the same thing, however the special twist is obviously instead of catching criminals, Keating and her team are defending criminals (or sometime the wrongly accused).

4. You can actually learn something.

Each case reveals a little bit about our justice system and the laws in it. Since the show revolves around Keating and five of her students. there’s some major schooling that goes on both in and out of the classroom.

5. The show starts at the end.

The first scene starts at the end of the major storyline of the first season and then flashes back to the beginning. Each episode starts to slowly fill in the blanks as to how the characters got to where they eventually do. Normally I hate it when shows do the whole timeline jump thing, but "Murder" does it really well.

6. There is plenty of “grab the popcorn” drama.

First off there’s Keating’s husband, Sam, who it is implied had an affair with Keating during his first marriage and then has had several affairs since marrying Keating, and is also shown having been murdered in the first few episodes. Secondly, there’s Wes’ crazy neighbor who is the drug dealer who may or may not have been friends with the sorority girl she’s accused of having murdered. Also add in the fact that there’s five law students forced into a high stress job environment (on top of law school) where they have to solve cases for the BEST and compete against each other for a trophy that they can use to get out of the final exam.

7. You never know the full story.

The season starts out with the five law students murdering Sam. Why did they kill Sam? How did they reach that point? Why are they all involved except Asher? Why is Wes’ drug dealing neighbor involved in all of this? Who killed Lila? Why was Lila killed?What is Bonnie’s problem? Keep watching, some of the answer will eventually be revealed.

8. You’re forced into deep moral questioning.

If you were the jury, how would you decide the fate of the kid who killed his abusive father? How far would you go to protect those you love? Would you lie, ruin someone’s else life, ruin your own? Be prepared to ask yourself these questions.

9. The tension is too real.

Annalise might just hate everyone. Sam is most definitely a grade A jerk. The “Keating 5” can’t seem to go five minutes without completely ripping into each other. Bonnie is very cranky. I can’t really quite figure out what’s up with Frank. Oh and add in the fact that Rebecca is a complete wildcard that might be a hero or a murder or maybe even both.

10. Everything is finally starting to go smoothly…. until PLOT TWIST.

Every show has at least three or four plot twists in it. You never get comfortable in the storyline. It never gets predictable. You’re constantly paying attention, replaying things, pausing to vent/freak out, and mentally screaming “WHAT. JUST. HAPPENED.”

It is adequate to say that I am most definitely hooked on this show. Every episode feels like five episodes of another, more normal show. You’re so kept on your toes that you can’t decide whether even the good guys are decent human beings. Will the characters be able to get away with murder? You might just have to watch and see.