The time has come to say goodbye to another member of the original Keating Five.
until a brief FaceTime from an unknown number confirmed she was alive on Thursdays fall finale.
But the latest to fall is our favorite frat boy: entitled-bro-turned-compassionate lawyer Asher Millstone (Matt McGorry).
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But Asher recovered, long enough to run to Bonnie (Liza Weil).
The moment leaves more questions than answers.
Who killed him, and why?
How do Xavier Castillo (Gerardo Celasco) and Governor Birkhead (Laura Innes) factor into this?
And will we see any more of Asher in the final six episodes of the series?
But other than that, the people are really wonderful, and the actors are great as well.
[Series creator] Pete Nowalk and I had talked about this idea towards the end of last season.
In the beginning of the season, Pete let me know that indeed this would be the case.
So it didnt come as a shock in that way.
But of course theres different levels of processing and realizing what that means.
I was partly thinking about how the audience would respond.
Knowing that Asher is the mole as well.
And I will be in more episodes as well for flashbacks.
Also, just making my peace with the end of the show.
Theres a swirl of mixed emotions.
From the facts at hand, fans will probably have several theories.
It could be that Asher collapsed and bled out from the blow Oliver dealt earlier.
Theres also some suggestion that Gabriel (Rome Flynn) attacked him in the hall.
Which is the more plausible?
I know well enough now than to try and actually spend too much mental energy predicting.
Even as I play that scene, I do not know who killed Asher either.
Petesaid from the beginning of the seasonnot everyone was going to get out alive.
Do you feel like maybe he deserves this fate the least of all of them?
[Laughs] Id like to think that no one deserves it.
Thats my original operating standpoint.
It really is a nice blend.
How early on this season did you know that you were the informant?
I dont think I knew initially going into it.
Its not particularly essential for how I play it.
Because I dont want to be tipping the audience off, even unconsciously early on…
But once I knew I was, I told people, including the death thing, actually.
To be honest, it was kind of funny.
It became a funny running joke at times too.
It was a nice way of breaking the tension and including some laughs too.
We got a sense of how it went down that he became the mole.
It seems like he was essentially blackmailed into it.
Id be interested in seeing that, though.
Ive really liked doing scenes with Ashers family.
I feel like it adds a really nice dynamic.
In his most desperate hour, Asher goes to Bonnie.
Are there maybe some latent romantic feelings there?
Another secret were unaware of?
Asher has felt a romantic connection since the end of their relationship.
I think weve seen that.
That proposal to Michaela really came out of nowhere.
Did it surprise you?
But he definitely has really strong feelings still for Michaela romantically.
Asher may be dead, but he will also be present.
