How to Get Away with Murder 逍遙法外
《逍遙法外》(How to Get Away with Murder)是美國廣播公司電視臺于2014年推出的一部新劇,由珊達·萊梅斯(Shonda Rhimes)擔任制作人。該劇講述了一群雄心勃勃的法學院學生與神秘的法學教授Annalise Keating共同卷入一場謀殺陰謀的故事,具有強烈的懸疑色彩,被稱為“律政驚悚劇”。
Wes Gibbins是Middleton大學的法學新生,在第一堂課上,他認識了法學教授Annalise Keating,隨后與其他四名學生一起被Annalise選為得意門生,來到她的律師事務所實習。Annalise不僅是一位教授,也是一位知名的辯護律師,幾位學生用盡渾身解數,協助Annalise打贏了一場場看似不可能贏的官司。然而,有一個案件卻始終沒有答案并貫穿劇集始終—一個名叫Lila Stangard的女孩在校園內被人謀殺。隨著劇情的推進,嫌犯一一擺脫罪名,真相卻始終撲朔迷離。
Lila Stangard的謀殺案是本劇第一季的主線,由此又牽出劇中人物的各種糾葛:Annalise的丈夫、心理學教授Sam曾與Lila偷情;Wes與Lila生前的好友Rebecca成為情侶;當Rebecca懷疑Sam是殺人兇手并與之發生爭執時,混亂中Wes等人一起殺死了Sam;Annalise因對丈夫失望至極,決定幫助Wes等人逃脫法網;而當Rebecca威脅要告發Wes等人時,她又被神秘人謀殺……在第一季末尾,殺害Lila的兇手終于浮出水面,但劇情反而留下了更多疑點:Lila被害的幕后黑手是誰?又是誰殺死了Rebecca?Wes等人能否洗脫殺死Sam的罪名?劇中人物生活在一個充滿懸疑、恐懼和猜忌的世界中,但對觀眾而言,這意味著一出出驚心動魄的好戲。下面就通過劇中的
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1 Quotes from Season 1 Episode 2
Annalise: Look around you, at the quiet girl you share notes with, the cute guy you have a crush on, the gunner who talks too much in class, and ask yourselves, do you know who anyone really is? Your instincts better be good, or you’ll find yourself choosing the wrong people to make a study group with, to sleep with or even marry.
背景鏈接:作為一名經驗豐富的辯護律師,Annalise在講課時告誡學生們,客戶會說謊,甚至任何人都是不可完全相信的。而在實際生活中,Annalise的丈夫Sam對她隱瞞出軌的事實,被發現之后還一再說謊,這也使原本試圖保護丈夫的她慢慢失去對婚姻的信心。
3 Quotes from Season 1 Episode 9
Sam: If you think I killed her (指Lila), why not just go to the police? Why get them to run a DNA test instead? It’s so you can cover your own ass, because that’s who you are, some scared little girl who pretends to be strong but is really just weak and selfish.
Annalise: I did everything I could to protect you!
Sam: You’ve done nothing but make my life miserable!
背景鏈接:Annalise通過Lila手機中的照片得知Sam與她有染,進而懷疑Sam是殺害Lila的兇手。然而,Sam先是否認出軌,之后又否認知道Lila懷有身孕。這一系列謊言讓Annalise對他徹底失去信任,夫妻關系最終破裂。
2 Quotes from Season 1 Episode 5
Annalise: There are cases that speak to evidence, and then there are cases that speak to our humanity, begging our hearts to decide. What is right is what you feel and what you know in your bones. Discovering what’s happening behind closed doors of a marriage or a family is shocking…. Don’t send this young man to prison for doing the same thing you would have done for someone you loved.
背景鏈接:在Annalise所接的一個案件中,一位名叫Ryan的少年因為父親對母親實施家暴而殺死了父親。雖然Ryan弒父已經是確定無疑的事實,但Annalise在為其辯護時另辟蹊徑,在陪審團的選擇上下足了功夫,并罕見地打起了感情牌,最終幫助Ryan獲得了緩刑。如果說Annalise所做的多數辯護都是出于工作職責,這個案件則顯示了她內心正義和善良的一面。
4 Quotes from Season 1 Episode 15
Rebecca: I told you everything about me, every awful thing anyone has ever done to me. But you know what? You’re the worst one, ’cause I didn’t know I had to be afraid of you.
Wes: You don’t. You just need to tell me what happened that night.
Rebecca: I have told you. I have told you again and again. You don’t believe me.
背景鏈接:Rebecca是Lila生前的好友,雖然也曾成為殺害Lila的嫌犯,但在Annalise的幫助下擺脫了嫌疑,并與Wes相戀。然而,Wes對Rebecca始終沒有完全信任,仍然覺得她是殺害Lila的兇手,這導致Rebecca采取極端方式報復Wes,最終葬送了自己的性命。