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* In "Mrs Crabtree's Neighbourhood", Effie is involved in a RearWindowInvestigation of her neighbour, who has been acting out-of-character and buried something in the back yard, while Murdoch is trying to track down a hitman. When he deduces what the hitman's cover must be, he suddenly realises this is also the profession of Effie's neighbour.
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* ''Visualnovel/FamicomDetectiveClub: The Girl Who Stands Behind'' begins with the protagonist and Det. Utsugi investigating the murder of a schoolgirl, but Utsugi is quickly called away to assist with a case from 15 years beforehand that is about to hit the statute of limitations. Naturally, the protagonist's case turns out to be directly linked to the earlier one, and indeed the detectives do share information and compare notes as they progress.

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* ''Visualnovel/FamicomDetectiveClub: The Girl Who Stands Behind'' ''Visualnovel/FamicomDetectiveClubTheGirlWhoStandsBehind'' begins with the protagonist and Det. Utsugi investigating the murder of a schoolgirl, but Utsugi is quickly called away to assist with a case from 15 years beforehand that is about to hit the statute of limitations. Naturally, the protagonist's case turns out to be directly linked to the earlier one, and indeed the detectives do share information and compare notes as they progress.

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* ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'':
** In the episode "Purgatory", Eames gets a temporary partner to investigate the shooting of a dealer and two tourists. Meanwhile, a suspended Goren is working undercover as an enforcer for the big dealer suspected of ordering the hit.

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''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'': In the episode "Purgatory", Eames gets a temporary partner to investigate the shooting of a dealer and two tourists. Meanwhile, a suspended Goren is working undercover as an enforcer for the big dealer suspected of ordering the hit.
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** Downplayed in "Dying to be Enlightened",in which the A-plot is Dr Ogden, Effie and Watts investigating a murder at a wellness retreat, and the B-plot is Murdoch searching for the missing wife of one of the inspector's lodge brothers. Murdoch finds out the woman is at the retreat, and was in fact the victim's roommate, but she had no connection to the murder.
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The first team is investigating a man found shot dead downtown. In the B-plot, the second team is examining a woman found strangled dead in her bathroom. Turns out they both had the same hairdresser, who is revealed to be the killer. Both teams were Working The Same Case.

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The first team is investigating a man found shot dead downtown. In the B-plot, the second team is examining a woman found strangled dead in her bathroom. Turns out they both had the same hairdresser, who is revealed to be the killer. Both teams were Working The the Same Case.
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** The second case of ''Trials and Tribulations'' starts as a larceny case. Phoenix manages to get his client acquitted by proving he was elsewhere when the theft happened... except at that very same place, at the very same time as the theft, there was a murder, meaning his client is once again arrested as he has no alibi. [[spoiler:And the murderer was the detective that was supposed to protect the stolen object]].

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** The second case of ''Trials and Tribulations'' starts as a larceny case. Phoenix manages to get his client acquitted by proving he was elsewhere when the theft happened... except at that very same place, at the very same time as the theft, there was a murder, meaning his client is once again arrested as he has no alibi.the alibi Phoenix gave him for the theft now places him at the scene of the murder. [[spoiler:And the murderer was the detective that was supposed to protect the stolen object]].
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* In the two-part ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' episode "Hostage", Bayliss spends both episodes looking for a man suspected of having murdered his mother, while most of the other characters are dealing with a siege at a middle school where a SpreeKiller is holding a class of kids hostage. At the end of the second part, it's revealed that the Spree Killer is Bayliss's matricide perp.
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** The {{pilot}}, "[[Recap/MonkS1E1MrMonkAndTheCandidate Mr. Monk And The Candidate" included Monk being called in on two unrelated cases, in fact by two different jurisdictions, only to later discover that the same man committed both murders.

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** The {{pilot}}, "[[Recap/MonkS1E1MrMonkAndTheCandidate Mr. Monk And The Candidate" Candidate]]" included Monk being called in on two unrelated cases, in fact by two different jurisdictions, only to later discover that the same man committed both murders.
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* This happens a lot of times in ''Monk'', both the episodes and the books.
** The {{pilot}} for ''Series/{{Monk}}'' included Monk being called in on two unrelated cases, in fact by two different jurisdictions, only to later discover that the same man committed both murders.

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* This happens a lot of times in ''Monk'', ''Series/{{Monk}}'', both the episodes TV series and the books.
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** The {{pilot}} for ''Series/{{Monk}}'' {{pilot}}, "[[Recap/MonkS1E1MrMonkAndTheCandidate Mr. Monk And The Candidate" included Monk being called in on two unrelated cases, in fact by two different jurisdictions, only to later discover that the same man committed both murders.
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* ''ComicBook/SpiderManBlackCatTheEvilThatMenDo'': Spider-Man is investigating the death of Donald Phillips, a student who seemingly died from a drug overdose but with no evidence as to how the drugs got into his system. Spider-Man's only lead is an actor named Hunter Todd. Meanwhile, the Black Cat, Spider-Man's ally and former romantic partner, is searching for her friend Tricia Lane who was last seen with Hunter Todd, Spider-Man's only lead in his own case. When they realize the connection between their two cases, Spider-Man and the Black Cat team up to solve them together.

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* ''ComicBook/SpiderManBlackCatTheEvilThatMenDo'': Spider-Man is investigating the death of Donald Phillips, a student who seemingly died from a drug overdose but with no evidence as to how the drugs got into his system. Spider-Man's only lead is an actor named Hunter Todd. Meanwhile, the Black Cat, Spider-Man's ally and former romantic partner, is searching for her friend Tricia Lane who was last seen with Hunter Todd, Spider-Man's only lead in his own case. When they realize the connection between their two cases, Spider-Man and the Black Cat team up to solve them together.

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