Another female black lead, Michaela Pratt (played by Aja Naomi King) is a smart law student of Annalise Keating. She is structured as trendy and an over-achiever, but is also shown to have mental and emotional breakdowns. Like Viola Davis, Aja Naomi King also receives a fair amount of screen time for her role. In addition, another black protagonist with a fair amount of screen time is Wes Gibbins, played by Alfred Enoch. He is depicted outside “Black TV” Gibbins is somewhat of a deviant to the typical black masculine figure. In episode 7, he said that he was the only black kid in town, and confessed “everyone wanted me to be good at basketball but i sucked.” In any of the nine episodes, Gibbins was neither seen wearing “gangster blings” nor listening to rap or rock music, or has it been implied that he does. …show more content…
He is a smart law student with valued principles and morality. In episode 3, he stood up against his boss, Annalise, demanding her to defend a suspect in the murder of Lila Stangard which he deemed innocent and in need of a chance of a fair trial in court. The episode ends with Annalise awarding the trophy (a lady justice statue) to Wes because he has shown “dedication, hard work and the audacity to speak up for the pawns in this world.” In episode 6, it was implied that Wes has purposely returned the trophy back to Annalise after he came to the conclusion that Annalise was secretly protecting the real murderer of the girl, Lila Stangard, Annalise’s husband. His character is also shown to commit mistakes commit mistakes, the biggest of which is killing Annalise’s husband with the