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* VillainProtagonist: While Basil Garvey is the primary viewpoint protagonist, the story of the season truly belongs to the Widow. [[spoiler:It's all about her quest for revenge against everyone who wronged her mother and participated in her murder and/or the coverup afterwards.]]
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* KickTheDog: While the deplorable nature of most of the Widow's victims make it much too difficult to feel sympathy for them much of the time, one of the Widow's victims comes off more as this. [[spoiler:This is Melanda Israel, who chooses to save Andrew May Jr.'s life instead of trying to save her own, shows genuine shame and remorse for her part in Margaret Mehar's murder, and was ready to testify against Basil Garvey to set things right. However, the Widow still kills her, and she dies pleading for her life and the chance to testify against Basil.]]
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* NeverHurtAnInnocent: [[spoiler:All of her victims were involved with either the victimization, murder, and/or coverup of her mother Margaret Mehar, or were involved in framing Andrew May Sr. for it. She doesn't kill anyone who wasn't part of that.]]
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* NeverHurtAnInnocent: [[spoiler:All of her the Widow's victims were involved with either the victimization, murder, and/or coverup thereof of her mother Margaret Mehar, or were involved in framing Andrew May Sr. for it. She Though some of the victims were more sympathetic, the Widow doesn't kill anyone who wasn't part of that.]]
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* EvilIsPetty: He makes Margaret Mehar's life complete and utter hell [[spoiler:and is the one to actually kill her]], because she tried to blackmail him into giving her some money. He also regularly abuses his maid Gladys for small transgressions that aren't her own fault.
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* DesecratingTheDead: [[spoiler:Her role in Margaret Mehar's murder was to eviscerate her body and leave her where she would be found under Basil's orders. She also used her body as a chance to explore a fresh, young body to learn things she didn't have the chance to learn in medical school.]]
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: She prescribes '''cocaine''' as an energy supplement to help the chief of police stay alert and awake and claims to use it herself when performing surgeries.
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** She prescribes '''cocaine''' as an energy supplement to help the chief of police stay alert and awake and claims to use it herself when performingsurgeries. surgeries.
** Her medical practices are also very behind what they would be in the modern age. For instance, she never uses gloves when cutting open either living people for surgeries or autopsies on cadavers.
** She prescribes '''cocaine''' as an energy supplement to help the chief of police stay alert and awake and claims to use it herself when performing
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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Her title of Dr. Isreal is justified because she ''is'' a medical doctor. There's also her association with the corrupt wealthy elite class, and her apparent but unspecified role in Margaret Mehar's death, making it unclear if she is this trope. [[spoiler:It's revealed that she wasn't the one who killed Margaret, she was given the task of desecrating her body to make her death seem more violent than it was. She also took this as an opportunity to explore a fresh, young, healthy human body to improve her skills as a doctor. As she is not proud of and wishes to atone for it, she's a subversion.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: She's ultimately regretful and unhappy with the part she played in Margaret Mehar's death. Specifically, [[spoiler:that she disrespected Margaret's body both for her own personal reasons and under Basil's order, and didn't speak up when she could have saved an innocent man's life.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: She's ultimately regretful and unhappy with the part she played in Margaret Mehar's death. Specifically, [[spoiler:that she disrespected Margaret's body both for her own personal reasons and under Basil's order, and didn't speak up when she could have saved an innocent man's life.]]
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* ColdHam: After the identity reveal, the Widow, unlike previous killers, never speaks loudly or bombastically, but they still carry a lot in their voice either way. It makes sense because [[spoiler:Regina Simcoe is both well-educated and still carries herself with a wealthy person's formality while exuding her contempt for her victims.]]
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* ColdHam: After the identity reveal, the Widow, unlike previous killers, never speaks loudly or bombastically, but they still carry a lot in their voice either way. It makes sense because [[spoiler:Regina Simcoe is both well-educated and still carries herself with a wealthy person's formality while exuding her contempt for her victims. The one time she raises her voice is when she's finally killing Basil, and screams at him for his injustices against her mother.]]
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Widow's true identity shows that they in fact truly love a few select people. [[spoiler:She most notably loved her late mother, Margaret Mehar, and additionally fell in love with Kenneth Rijkers. She spares him numerous times and wishes no harm to come to him.]]
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: [[spoiler:Regina's revenge spree is motivated by her mother's murder at the hands of the city's elite and wealthy. Even just talking about what happened to her mother is enough to bring her to tears.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Widow's true identity shows that they in fact truly love a few select people. [[spoiler:Shemost notably loved her late mother, Margaret Mehar, and additionally fell in love with Kenneth Rijkers. She spares him numerous times and wishes no harm to come to him.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Widow's true identity shows that they in fact truly love a few select people. [[spoiler:She
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* DarkActionGirl: Their true gender is unknown, but because they wear WidowsWeeds, they're often referred to as female by default. Though several characters don't believe this and refer to them as male. [[spoiler: [[DoubleSubvertedTrope They're eventually revealed to be a woman all along]].]]
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* DarkActionGirl: Their true gender is unknown, but because they wear WidowsWeeds, they're often referred to as female by default. Though several characters don't believe this and refer to them as male. Either way, they beat Rijkers on two separate occasions, and none of the victims can fight back effectively. [[spoiler: [[DoubleSubvertedTrope They're eventually revealed to be a woman all along]].]]
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* BrokenBird: She seems completely and utterly resigned to being Basil Garvey's punching bag, to the point where her only advice to Verdi when she tries to escape him is that he will find her and won't be happy afterwards. She even refuses Rijkers' attempts to help her after witnessing her getting beaten. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed that she was in on the Widow's plan for him, and was actually just trying to keep the plan going.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: She's heavily abused by Basil Garvey. [[spoiler:She joins the Widow in killing in the finale, and does so with a sinister smile on her face.]]
* RevengeIsSweet: [[spoiler:She's got a huge vicious grin on her face as she helps tear apart Basil's face, seeming to enjoy herself a bit ''too'' much.]]
* SlasherSmile: She's got a frightening one when she's [[spoiler:tearing into Basil's face]], made all the more creepy by the cuts and bruises she has all over her at the time.
* TheDogBitesBack: She's heavily abused by Basil Garvey. [[spoiler:She joins the Widow in killing in the finale, and does so with a sinister smile on her face.]]
* RevengeIsSweet: [[spoiler:She's got a huge vicious grin on her face as she helps tear apart Basil's face, seeming to enjoy herself a bit ''too'' much.]]
* SlasherSmile: She's got a frightening one when she's [[spoiler:tearing into Basil's face]], made all the more creepy by the cuts and bruises she has all over her at the time.
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* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:After being found out, Regina/The Widow claims to Rijkers that Basil will never face justice because he owns the whole city. She's proven right when Viviana is too afraid to testify against him, and when he finds ''himself'' arrested because Basil has commanded the police force to do so. He's forced to acknowledge the validity of this afterwards.]]
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Averted. Despite being Alistair Simcoe's wife, she's not happy when she learns of her late husband's violent history and habits of carving up working girls' faces. Gains an extra layer [[spoiler:when it's revealed she's the Widow, and only married Alistair to infiltrate the wealthy class and learn the truth of her mother's murder.]]
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She naively believed that her husband was a good man and is appalled at discovering his darker side. [[spoiler:She later falls for the NiceGuy Detective Rijkers.]]
* StatuesqueStunner: Her actress Clare [=McConnell=] is six feet tall, plus the height of whatever shoes she's wearing at any given time. And as Detective Rijkers says, she's quite an attractive young woman and won't have any problem finding another man willing to marry her.
* StatuesqueStunner: Her actress Clare [=McConnell=] is six feet tall, plus the height of whatever shoes she's wearing at any given time. And as Detective Rijkers says, she's quite an attractive young woman and won't have any problem finding another man willing to marry her.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Even Venetia comes to the end of her rope with Viviana. She outright calls Viviana a selfish child and lampshades her sister's narcissism, even declaring that she'd gladly get rid of her.
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* AntiVillain: The Widow's explicitly shown going after people who are ''immensely'' horrible for unknown reasons. Some people have outright said that the Widow is fulfilling a lower class fantasy of eating the rich. [[spoiler:The Widow, Regina Simcoe, of the Woobie variety, as she was victimized by the city's wealthy elite, and lost her mother because of them. Witnessing how they framed an innocent man for her murder, and seeing that justice would never be fulfilled, she took matters into her own hands.]]
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Widow's true identity shows that they in fact truly love a few select people. [[spoiler:She most notably loved her late mother, Margaret Mehar, and additionally fell in love with Kenneth Rijkers. She spares him numerous times and wishes no harm to come to him.]]
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* EvilIsBigger: The Widow stands taller than most of the cast members. However, as Regina points out, the person's build is also quite slim and slender.
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* RevengeIsNotJustice: The Widow admits that [[spoiler:justice negates the need for vengeance. However, the Widow, Regina Simcoe, cannot let her mother's murder go unpunished, and knowing the corruption caused by Basil Garvey, decides that vengeance is the only justice she has left.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: It becomes clear as the season progresses the the Widow is trying to avenge the murder of Margaret Mehar, but the exact details aren't clear until the finale. [[spoiler:The Widow is Margaret Mehar's forgotten daughter, who turns out to be Regina Simcoe, and she's avenging her mother's murder and desecration.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: It becomes clear as the season progresses the the Widow is trying to avenge the murder of Margaret Mehar, but the exact details aren't clear until the finale. [[spoiler:The Widow is Margaret Mehar's forgotten daughter, who turns out to be Regina Simcoe, and she's avenging her mother's murder and desecration.]]
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* LineOfSightNickname: The Widow is named because of the outfit they wear, widow's weeds.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: He's even more drawn to Verdi after he twigs onto her [[spoiler:being the one who actually set up Venetia's death and Viviana to be framed for it.]]
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* NiceToTheWaiter: In contrast to her fellow elites, she's kind to her workers. [[spoiler:Because she herself was once of that same class, as her mother was Margaret Mehar, and she endured that same kind of abuse.]]
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* NiceToTheWaiter: She's kind even to those who are responsible for serving her needs. Most notably is her treatment of Basil Garvey's maid Gladys. He's abusive to her while she outright defends her from his brutality whenever she can. [[spoiler:Though, that's partly because she's already joined her and the Widow's crusade against him.]]
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* TheNicknamer: She's the one who gives the Widow their name.
* TheNicknamer: She was the one who identified Alistair Simcoe's killer as wearing widow's weeds, leading to the nickname of the season's slasher killer.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: She prescribes '''cocaine''' as an energy supplement to help the chief of police stay alert and awake and claims to use it herself for surgeries.
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* TheMedic: She's the town's mortician and doctor, treating characters for their wounds. She's also the town's medical examiner, and she's ''very'' good at it.
* AintTooProudToBeg: She begs multiple people to help her, and even begs for forgiveness from Basil Garvey. It doesn't save her life.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: To say it's a bad idea to try to extort a corrupt tycoon is a huge understatement, as it costs her life. Despite being warned against it, she was just ''that desperate''.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: To say it's a bad idea to try to extort a corrupt tycoon is a huge understatement, as it costs her life. Despite being warned against it, she was just ''that desperate''.
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* TooDumbToLive: To say it's a bad idea to try to extort a corrupt tycoon is a huge understatement, as it costs her life.
* LineOfSightNickname: The Widow is named because of the outfit they wear, widow's weeds.
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* NeverHurtAnInnocent: [[spoiler:All of her victims were involved with either the victimization, murder, and/or coverup of her mother Margaret Mehar, or were involved in framing Andrew May Sr. for it.]]
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* NeverHurtAnInnocent: [[spoiler:All of her victims were involved with either the victimization, murder, and/or coverup of her mother Margaret Mehar, or were involved in framing Andrew May Sr. for it. She doesn't kill anyone who wasn't part of that.]]
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* EtTuBrute: She is a friend of the inspector and [[TheCoroner helps him find clues regarding how the victims died]], but she is one of the targets of the RoaringRampageOfRevenge he is investigating after helping cover up a murder, something which upsets him.
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* CassandraTruth: He warned Margaret that it would be dangerous to blackmail Basil Garvey, but she was desperate enough to try it anyway, getting both her and Andrew killed.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: While treating a wounded Andrew May Jr., Israel is confronted by the Widow. Rather than flee, she begs the Widow to let her first save Andrew since he is an innocent.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Basil easily figures out that Verdi herself set up Venetia's death and framed Viviana for it. However, given that she's working with the Widow, it's unclear how much was genuine.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Basil easily figures out that Verdi herself set up Venetia's death and framed Viviana for it. She reacts to this by expressing how horrifying it was when the kill was actually happening. However, given that she's working with the Widow, it's unclear how much was genuine.]]
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* ColdHam: After the identity reveal, the Widow, unlike previous killers, never speaks loudly or bombastically, but they still carry a lot in their voice either way. It makes since because [[spoiler:Regina Simcoe is both well-educated and still carries herself with a wealthy person's formality while exuding her contempt for her victims.]]
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* ColdHam: After the identity reveal, the Widow, unlike previous killers, never speaks loudly or bombastically, but they still carry a lot in their voice either way. It makes since sense because [[spoiler:Regina Simcoe is both well-educated and still carries herself with a wealthy person's formality while exuding her contempt for her victims.]]
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* PlotTriggeringDeath: Margaret's murder twelve years prior to the story is central to the season, and the reason for the Widow's killing spree. The targets all share a connection to a party where Margaret died, and to the subsequent framing of an innocent man for her death.
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* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:She never once faces the Widow. Her story revolves entirely around Verdi.]]
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* AmbiguousGender: Salomé is referred to by male pronouns and is biologically male, but they present as a woman even when they're off stage.
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* OnlySaneMan: Is the most level-headed and normal of the main cast.
* RomancingTheWidow: With Regina.
* BenevolentBoss: Cares about his employee's and even gives Salomé a home.
* FinalGirl: She's the most prominent female character who is shown to be kind, resourceful and witty. [[spoiler: Ultimately subverted however as Regina is the one committing the murders.]]
* TheWatson: To Detective Rijkers. Though she is also very proactive in the investigation.
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* IrrationalHatred: Towards Verdi for supposedly trying to steal Basil from here. First, Basil was clearly never interested in Viviana. Second, Verdi initially had no idea about Viviana's interest in Basil. Third, Verdi outwardly respects her sister's highly abusive wishes and doesn't pursue Basil, which Viviana herself witnesses but still takes out her anger on Verdi.
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* IrrationalHatred: Towards Verdi for supposedly trying to steal Basil from here.her. First, Basil was clearly never interested in Viviana. Second, Verdi initially had no idea about Viviana's interest in Basil. Third, Verdi outwardly respects her sister's highly abusive wishes and doesn't pursue Basil, which Viviana herself witnesses but still takes out her anger on Verdi.
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* AtLeastIAdmitIt: They agree that [[spoiler:doing vengeance for Margaret's murder makes them no better than their {{Asshole Victim}}s, but since those victims refuse to take responsibility for said murder, they're considered to have higher ground]].
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* AtLeastIAdmitIt: They agree that [[spoiler:doing vengeance for Margaret's murder makes them no better than their {{Asshole Victim}}s, but since those victims refuse to take responsibility for said murder, they're the Widow is considered to have higher ground]].
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* VillainProtagonist: He's a charismatic and ruthless tycoon and the main protagonist of the season, clashing with the equally ruthless Widow.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:After spending most of the season being abused by her sisters, she finally snaps and locks the escape door in Georges Rondeau's saw trick causing Venetia to be sawed in half in front of a large crowd. She then plants the key on her other sister Viviana, sending her to prison for the rest of her life. Not to mention her involvement in Basil's murder.]]
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:After spending most of the season being abused by her sisters, she finally snaps and locks the escape door in Georges saw trick causing Venetia to be sawed in half in front of a large crowd. She then plants the key on her other sister Viviana, sending her to prison for the rest of her life. Not to mention her involvement in Basil's murder.]]
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* FallGuy: He is framed and executed for Margaret Mehar's murder twelve years ago and was never acquitted as [[spoiler: Basil used his connections to avoid the consequences]].
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* TooDumbToLive: To say it's a bad idea to try to extort a corrupt tycoon is a huge understatement, as it costs her life.
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* DirtyOldMan: He yearns for a relationship with Verdi Botticelli, the youngest of the sisters. Enough that he decides to heed Venetia's proposition to him about paying them in exchange for her. Neither of their ages are specified, but Sadie Laflamme-Snow (Verdi's actress) is 36 years younger than Creator/EricMcCormack (Basil's actor) in real life.
* DisproportionateRetribution: While it's understandable since Margaret tried to blackmail him even if it ''is'' for desperate reasons, abusing his power to make her life hell [[spoiler:and straight up murdering her]] was just too far, especially when she begged for his forgiveness.
* DisproportionateRetribution: While it's understandable since Margaret tried to blackmail him even if it ''is'' for desperate reasons, abusing his power to make her life hell [[spoiler:and straight up murdering her]] was just too far, especially when she begged for his forgiveness.
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* MayDecemberRomance: He yearns for one with Verdi Botticelli, the youngest of the sisters. Enough that he decides to heed Venetia's proposition to him about paying them in exchange for her. Neither of their ages are specified, but Sadie Laflamme-Snow (Verdi's actress) is 36 years younger than Creator/EricMcCormack (Basil's actor) in real life.
* VillainProtagonist: He's a charismatic and ruthless tycoon and the main protagonist of the season, clashing with the Widow.
* OnlySaneMan: He's the only one of the Widow's targets who recognizes them as a legitimate threat and demands that Basil to do something about it, only to be dismissed.
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* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:She's the only survivor of the Widow's rampage. The murder of her sister is enough to implicate her in the Widow, Regina, murders. While that won't stick, the charge of Venetia's murder is likely to stick.]]
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* LaserGuidedKarma: After years of treating her younger sister as TheScapegoat, [[spoiler:she ends up being scapegoated for her older sister's murder [[TheDogBitesBack by the abused little sister]]]].
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:She's the only survivor of the Widow'srampage. The rampage, but the murder of her sister is enough to implicate her in the Widow, Regina, Widow's murders. While that won't stick, the charge of Venetia's murder is likely to stick.to.]]
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* FinalGirl: She has all the trademarks. She's a virginal girl who is nothing but cordial and kind, but still suffers from severe abuse by her sisters. So you might be surprised when [[spoiler:she ends up indirectly killing Venetia and setting up Viviana to take the fall, followed up by participating in Basil's killing.murder.]]
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* MayDecemberRomance: The "May" to Basil Garvey's "December". From the outset, she's attracted to him and it's reciprocated, though she backs off when her sister...tells her not to. However, he eventually buys her freedom from them in the hopes that this will happen. Neither of their ages are specified, but Sadie Laflamme-Snow (Verdi's actress) is 36 years younger than Eric [=McCormack=] (Basil's actor) in real life.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Basil easily figures out that Verdi herself set up Venetia's death and framed Viviana for it. However, given that she's with the Widow, it's unclear how much was genuine.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Basil easily figures out that Verdi herself set up Venetia's death and framed Viviana for it. However, given that she's with the Widow, it's unclear how much was genuine.]]
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* MayDecemberRomance: The "May" to Basil Garvey's "December". From the outset, she's attracted to him and it's reciprocated, though she backs off when her sister... tells her not to. However, he eventually buys her freedom from them in the hopes that this will happen. Neither of their ages are specified, but Sadie Laflamme-Snow (Verdi's actress) is 36 years younger than Eric [=McCormack=] (Basil's actor) in real life.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Basil easily figures out that Verdi herself set up Venetia's death and framed Viviana for it. However, given that she's working with the Widow, it's unclear how much was genuine.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Basil easily figures out that Verdi herself set up Venetia's death and framed Viviana for it. However, given that she's working with the Widow, it's unclear how much was genuine.]]
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* AtLeastIAdmitIt: They agree that [[spoiler:doing vengeance for Margaret's murder makes them no better than their {{Asshole Victim}}s, but since those victims refuse to take responsibility for said murder, they're considered to have higher ground]].
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* ColdHam: After the identity reveal, the Widow, unlike previous killers, never speaks loudly or bombastically, but they still carry a lot in their voice either way. It makes since because [[spoiler:Regina Simcoe is both well-educated and still carries herself with a wealthy person's formality while exuding her contempt for her victims.]]
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Exploited. [[spoiler:She's really Regina Simcoe, who in truth is Margaret Mehar's daughter, and thus is from low-class roots. However, she hides this well as an adult enough to marry Alistair Simcoe, and pretends to be old money to see what they really are and what they think about victimizing her mother. As they had no idea who she is, she heard everything.]]
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:After spending most of the season being abused by her sisters, she finally snaps and locks the escape door in Georges saw trick causing Venetia to be sawed in half in front of a large crowd. She then plants the key on her other sister Viviana, sending her to prison for the rest of her life. Not to mention her involvement in Basil's murder.]]
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The Widow turns out to be [[spoiler: Regina Simcoe, the daughter of Margaret. After the brutal murder of she was kicked out onto the streets by the Botticelli sisters. This led to her taking on a much darker outlook on life and murdering everyone involved in the death of her mother]].
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* {{Jerkass}}: He is ''very'' unpleasant, being very abusive to his underlings, and openly cruel about his power in town. He was also the person who most terrorized Margaret Mehar.
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* EtTuBrute: He has this reaction when he believes that [[spoiler:Verdi might be the Widow]].
* {{Jerkass}}: He is ''very'' unpleasant, being very abusive to his underlings, and openly cruel about his power in town. He was also the person who most terrorized MargaretMehar.Mehar, [[spoiler:and actually killed her.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He is ''very'' unpleasant, being very abusive to his underlings, and openly cruel about his power in town. He was also the person who most terrorized Margaret
* HumiliationConga: The two-hour season finale is not kind to her. [[spoiler:She loses Basil to Verdi, gets into a fight with Venetia, ends up losing Venetia later that day when she's literally sawed in half, and is arrested for the death wrongfully (Verdi was the one who did it). She ends up being stripped, washed, and all of her hair is chopped off very aggressively.]]
* TraumaticHaircut: [[spoiler:She's arrested and charged with her sister's murder, which was actually set up by Verdi. Either way, part of the treatment of becoming a prisoner is having all of her hair viciously cut off.]]
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:She never once faces the Widow. Her story revolves entirely around Verdi.]]
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:She never once faces the Widow. Her story revolves entirely around Verdi.]]
* HalfTheWomanSheUsedToBe: [[spoiler:She's sawed in half by Georges during his magic act. He didn't realize that he was doing this, as she was supposed to fall through the trap door, but Verdi had locked it beforehand, causing Venetia to actually suffer this fate.]]
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:The Widow never confronts her. Her downfall is entirely because of Verdi.]]
* FinalGirl: She has all the trademarks. She's a virginal girl who is nothing but cordial and kind, but still suffers from severe abuse by her sisters. So you might be surprised when [[spoiler:she ends up indirectly killing Venetia and setting up Viviana to take the fall, followed up by participating in Basil's killing.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Basil easily figures out that Verdi herself set up Venetia's death and framed Viviana for it. However, given that she's with the Widow, it's unclear how much was genuine.]]
* NotSoSimilar: Basil sees Verdi as something like his perfect match when he clocks her as being [[spoiler:Venetia's true killer and setting up Viviana to take the fall. He sees her as being like him, with how devious he can be with his power. However, Verdi's motive for doing so was out of a sense of payback to get them out of her life while Basil is just a cruel person outright, and she shows that she has no relatability to him.]]
* NotSoSimilar: Basil sees Verdi as something like his perfect match when he clocks her as being [[spoiler:Venetia's true killer and setting up Viviana to take the fall. He sees her as being like him, with how devious he can be with his power. However, Verdi's motive for doing so was out of a sense of payback to get them out of her life while Basil is just a cruel person outright, and she shows that she has no relatability to him.]]
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* WhiteSheep: In contrast to her incredibly abusive sisters, she's a genuinely sweet girl.
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* WhiteSheep: In contrast to her incredibly abusive sisters, she's a genuinely sweet girl. [[spoiler:Though when pushed far enough, she can be just as devious as her sisters, as they find out ''painfully''.]]
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: {{Implied|Trope}}. [[spoiler:Basil praises her for her deviousness in setting up Venetia's death and Viviana's downfall. However, she's not exactly happy with the praise, and given that she was already against him, likely didn't ever like the comparison.]]
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: {{Implied|Trope}}. [[spoiler:Basil praises her for her deviousness in setting up Venetia's death and Viviana's downfall. However, she's not exactly happy with the praise, and given that she was already against him, likely didn't ever like the comparison.]]
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* TheAtoner: She's ultimately not happy with the role she had in Margaret Mehar's death, and after witnessing the Widow's murders, she decides to come clean. [[spoiler:Basil Garvey had her desecrate Margaret's body to make her death more violent than it seemed, but she also used it as an opportunity to explore the anatomy of a fresh human body.]]
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* NeverHurtAnInnocent: [[spoiler:All of her victims were involved with either the victimization, murder, and/or coverup of her mother Margaret Mehar, or were involved in framing Andrew May Sr. for it.]]
