13. What If Sam Wasn't the Bad Guy This Whole Time?

Complete story — includes the ending

This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. ( May 2020 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) After killing Xavier, Nate tells Frank that he has a plan and not to get rid of the body. He then researches Agent Pollock, confirming that she’s dirty. Armed with this information, Nate goes to the FBI and tells Lanford that Pollock is working with the Castillos, putting Pollock in custody. Meanwhile, the FBI rescinds their deal with Connor and Michaela due to Annalise recording their conversation. Lanford offers them both new deals which would force them to give up more information on Annalise. Connor confides to Oliver that he accepted Lanford’s deal and lied to Michaela in rejecting it. Elsewhere, Vivian convinces Gabriel to leave Philadelphia and tells Annalise that she believes Hannah’s vendetta against Annalise is because Hannah and Sam had an incestuous relationship. Annalise has Tegan look into Hannah’s past and they discover that Hannah was absent for 83 days of high school because of a pregnancy. After a DNA test, Annalise informs Bonnie that Frank is Hannah and Sam's child. Flashback: In 2005, we see the start of Sam and Vivian’s affair in the wake of the car crash that cost Annalise her baby and the trauma it caused. Frank threatens Vivian and Gabriel if she doesn’t stop seeing Sam. Sam, meanwhile, forced Frank to break up with Bonnie given the pain from her abusive past.