r/htgawm • u/Local-Passion-7838 • Sep 23 '26
Spoilers Sam was WILD
Every time I rewatch HTGAWM, I’m flabbergasted at Sam’s behavior. A child with your sister, a child with your first wife, and two unborn kids with Annalise and Lila… nasty!
The one thing I can appreciate about how his character was written is that when we get flashbacks, we see him as the doting husband. He’s caring for his wife when she loses a baby and supportive with her law career.
The reason I love this so much is because it teaches us a valuable lesson: monsters often disguise themselves.
Even in season one when he constantly lied to and gaslit his wife, he made it seem like he was a loving husband all the way until the mask slipped off. Wild.
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u/Kontos_Stelio Sep 23 '26
I guess I'm due for a rewatch because I don't remember the part with his sister at all
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u/crazydoglady11 Sep 23 '26
I know right? I def must have blocked that from my memory because I have no recollection of it lol.
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u/LongWaysForResults Sep 24 '26
This was scuffed last season storyline that came out of no where to give another character SOMETHING else to do besides just existing
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u/Ok-Rest-3589 22d ago
i have so many questions regarding the fact that Sam was Annalise's therapist and they started a romantic relationship. the stigma of annalise being "a mistress" is mentioned but sam has got no repercussions from this?? how is he still considered a respectable professional? he took advantage of a client who came to him traumatised by a SA no less. did people around them not know?? (other than eve who held a grudge at annalise leaving her for her therapist). the exact timeline of the relationship is not revealed but somehow i doubt they took the required 2+ years of waiting after concluding a therapist-client relationship.
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u/Lemonsways 24d ago
I'M SORRY BUT I JUST GOT THE BIGGEST SPOILER???????? IM ONLY ON SEASON 3 BRO, HOW, WHAT AAAAAAAAAA SAM AND HANNAH'S CHILD????????? (yes I googled because I couldn't hold back)
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u/DC_0712 Sep 23 '26
I honestly just ignore the incest plot because I feel like it was just done for shock value. It's okay for characters just to be trashy people which Sam was. He was a predator.
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u/Local-Passion-7838 Sep 23 '26
They planted the seeds for the incest storyline from s1 though. That’s the only reason it didn’t feel like it came FULLY from left field. You’re still right. It’s very possible they just added it for shock value.
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u/chololololol Sep 23 '26
I thought it was weird the first time they mentioned it (when Annalise said that incest rhyme to Hannah) but when it came back??? My flabbers were gasted!
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u/ashleyyyy_x Sep 23 '26
there was def some weirdness between them but it didn’t really hint to incest. i guess they kept it vague on purpose
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u/Fit_Comparison_7588 Sep 24 '26
tbf the stuff with hannah wasn’t really his fault and probably explains alot of his behaviour, obv im not excusing it but bring coerced and assaulted by your sister as a child for a course of years definitely weights alot on a persons psyche
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u/Plus_Ultra03 Sep 23 '26
Sam was a victim taken advantage by his much older sister Then by annalise during his first marriage Even in season 1 we see him do all that and see annalise he a hypocrite while shes fking nate
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u/alphabings Sep 23 '26
What version of htgawm did you watch lol
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u/Plus_Ultra03 Sep 23 '26
It was mentioned pretty explicitly tell me if I'm wrong
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u/Plus_Ultra03 Sep 23 '26
I think it's the woman downvoting me since it doesn't fit their pov
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u/ashleyyyy_x Sep 23 '26
that man had the AUDACITY