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12 Things Shonda Rhimes Taught Us to Get Away with (Besides Murder)

How to Get Away with Murder's Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) is such an effective teacher that after only a few months in her class, Annie's students actually believe they know how to get away with murder. And you know what? We don't blame them.

Joyce Eng, Sadie Gennis, Liz Raftery

How to Get Away with Murder's Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) is such an effective teacher that after only a few months in her class, Annie's students actually believe they know how to get away with murder. And you know what? We don't blame them.

Shonda Rhimes' shows are basically just how-to's for getting away with all sorts of things. Murder, election-rigging, ghost sex — she's covered it all!

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Check out the 12 best things Scandal and Grey's Anatomy has taught us to get away with (besides) murder.
1. Being homeless (but fabulous)

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2. Saying "YOLO"

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3. Abandoning your daughter and going on to become a successful surgeon
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4. Having sex at a baptism
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5. Live-tweeting a surgery
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6. Rigging a presidency

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7. Adopting a baby so you won't get exposed for rigging a presidency

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8. Literally breaking your boyfriend's heart

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9. Making saliva sexy
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10. Having sex with a ghost
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11. Almost ruining your husband's career
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12. Attempting chew-icide
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