When it comes to secrets in "How to Get Away With Murder," it seems like only Asher (Matt McGorry) has been kept out of the loop.
Asher did not seem to mind very much in the first season, but things are different in season two. McGorry said that Asher is beginning to suspect that something is up, but because of all the distractions in his life, he might not yet put the puzzle pieces together.
"In some ways, he's very sort of dull, and in other ways, a little more perceptive than we give him credit for," McGorry shared during an interview with Entertainment Weekly. "It's clear that he knows he's on the outside of the group in many ways. I don't think he pieces together that it's related to a murder, but it's something that he senses. I think he's pretty distracted. There's a lot of stuff going on right now."
As evidenced in the previous episode, Asher has been "absent" from a lot of the events involving the rest of the students and Annalise because he is facing problems of his own.
On one hand, he knows he needs to turn in Bonnie (Liza Weil) for killing Sam (Tom Verica), especially since he is being blackmailed by Ada Sinclair (Sarah Burns) to do so.
But deep down inside, Asher does not want to do so, especially after learning about Bonnie's past of abuse.
"He feels terrible. He feels really horrible for her. He really cares about her. He loves Bonnie," McGorry said about Asher's discovery. "It's really difficult to see someone you care about when they've been treated this way, especially as it relates to his understanding of how the murder of Sam came about. The fact that she was in the midst of being sexually assaulted when she killed Sam, at least as far as Asher understands, that makes it a lot more understandable for him in terms of the complications and how difficult it is. It's not very black and white. It's almost self-defense, really. It escalated beyond that, but it makes it more justifiable."
In the end, Asher turns to Annalise for help but there are still several factors that come into play in Asher's life.
"He has faith that she can make Sinclair go away and deal with that issue. He places faith in her and in the group. His father reminded him accidentally of what kind of father he is, that he's someone who looks out for himself. It's a very complicated story line," he said.
