In a recent interview with TVLine, How to Get Away With Murder's showrunner Pete Nowalk dished about Annalise Keating's (Viola Davis) character arc going forward.

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Nowalk spoke about how although Annalise will be back on her feet it's not like her physical wounds from the shooting would have completely healed, and Davis was committed to portraying that weakness through the season.

"Annalise has been through surgery, and what I love about Viola is she encourages me to stick to the real physical harm of that. And honestly, even though she is in bed and in pain for a little bit, she's fascinating to watch - no matter what shape she's in. She's one actor I could watch laying in bed for six episodes," Nowalk said. "The first episode back, I find her performance extremely compelling and different. It can't be the same thing every time. It can't just always be 42 minutes of Annalise kicking ass and saying one-liners. And there are different ways we explore her bad-assness - even when she's sick."

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Additionally, Nowalk also said that fans will get to engage with the complexity of Annalise's character and her "big life" too.

"Annalise is a woman who's lived a big life, and we're meeting her in the middle of that life. We know tiny bits about what has happened to her, but we're seeing her now 24 hours a day - the public face, the private face, the ups and the downs," Nowalk said. "What I'm excited for in the back six episodes - and revealing more about her backstory with Wes - is that it answers a really big question about her. It doesn't paint the whole picture, because if the character is understandable completely, why is that interesting to watch? With Annalise, I'm always discovering new things about her, and Viola is, too. Which is why I think this is a show that could go for many seasons."

The midseason premiere episode titled 'What Happened to You, Annalise?' will air on Feb. 11.

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