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NERVOUS GIRL: I threw up four times this morning worried she's gonna call on me. ASHER: She's a ballbuster, sure, but I spent my summer interning for Justice Roberts. I know how to handle a big personality... NERDY INTELLECTUAL: Dershowitz has the upper hand in the academic world but Keating's clearly the better defense attorney... Wes reaches the front row, taking a seat next to a person yet to be revealed on screen. He takes a deep breath. WES: Here we go. I'm not usually a first row kinda guy but I promised myself I wouldn't hide in the back of the cla** on the first day-- MICHAELA: (unperturbed) I'm engaged. MICHAELA is revealed and she wears a tasteful sweater set and a large diamond ring, which she now holds out for Wes to see. He experiences a little epiphany about what she means. WES: Oh. Oh no. I wasn't hitting on... MICHAELA: Seats are a**igned. There's a chart over there. Michaela goes back to meticulously high-lighting her already tabbed textbook. Wes, now mortified, quickly hurries off. CONNOR: Nice try, player. WES: No, I wasn't... CONNOR: You should go find your seat. You don't wanna be a sitting duck when the Shooter gets here. WES: Who? CONNOR: (amused) Oh my god. You have no idea what you just walked into. But before Wes can ask what he means, the room suddenly plunges into a shocked silence as Professor Annalise Keating enters, the only sound Professor Keating's shoes slapping against the tile. Without a word or wasted motion, a shark through water, she moves to the front of the room. ANNALISE: Good morning. I don't know what terrible things you've all done up to this point in your lives but clearly your karma's out of balance to get a**igned to my cla**. That said, here we all are. I'm Professor Annalise Keating and this is Criminal Law 100. Or, as I prefer to call it -- She picks up a piece of white chalk and writes on the board, the students all watching apprehensively, twisting their necks to see the words. Finally she finishes, turning to them dramatically as she reads the words aloud... ANNALISE: How to Get Away with Murder.