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* BehindTheBlack: The episode Opens with a couple happily frolicking and stripping on the beach until the man trips over a dead shark (with a dead woman next to it). This is on a flat stretch of sand with absolutely nothing obstructing the couple's view.
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* TheInspectorIsComing: Quinn, who is revealed to have applied for Mac's job at the same time he did, arrives to evaluate the team for their five-year accreditation.

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* TheInspectorIsComing: Quinn, Inspector Sullivan, who is revealed to have applied for Mac's job at the same time he did, arrives to evaluate the team for their five-year accreditation.
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* ArcVillain: The "Cabbie Killer" is the antagonist for the next 4 episodes.

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* ArcVillain: The "Cabbie Killer" is the antagonist for the next 4 episodes.four consecutive episodes beginning, of course, with this one.



* HeroOfAnotherStory: Quinn Sullivan, the head of the New Jersey Crime Lab (see next entry also) moonlights as an accreditation inspector. While performing that duty in the NYC Lab, she notices similarities between the first victim and one she and her team had recently dealt with in NJ. She'll be back for the wrap-up of the arc in episode 4.20, "Taxi."

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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Quinn Sullivan, the head of the New Jersey Crime Lab (see next entry also) moonlights as an accreditation inspector. While performing that duty in the NYC Lab, she notices similarities between the first victim and one she and her team had recently dealt with in NJ. She'll be back for the wrap-up of the arc in episode 4.20, "Taxi."
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* FashionShow: A fashion designer uses expensive chocolate and damiana flowers in his designs, which are presented by models on a runway. Det. Flack comments to Stella how cold it is in the venue. She tells him it's necessary because chocolate melts at body temperature.
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* CarvedMark: The Cabbie Killer uses a piece of gravestone to carve "L2729" on the back of his victims' necks. The meaning will be revealed in episode 4.20, 'Taxi.'

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%%* HeroOfAnotherStory: Quinn Sullivan, the head of the New Jersey Crime Lab (see next entry also). She'll be back in episode 4.20, "Taxi."

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%%* * HeroOfAnotherStory: Quinn Sullivan, the head of the New Jersey Crime Lab (see next entry also). also) moonlights as an accreditation inspector. While performing that duty in the NYC Lab, she notices similarities between the first victim and one she and her team had recently dealt with in NJ. She'll be back for the wrap-up of the arc in episode 4.20, "Taxi."




* ShoutOut: The first victim's name, "Chrissy Watson," is a nod to ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. The eponymous shark's first victim was "Chrissy Watkins." Mac also tells Don to start with that the case sounds like one "for Chief Brody."

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\n* ShoutOut: The first victim's name, "Chrissy Watson," is a nod to ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. The eponymous shark's first victim was "Chrissy Watkins." Mac also tells Don to start with that the case sounds "sounds like one "for for Chief Brody."



* StrictlyProfessionalRelationship: Quinn flirts with Mac, reminds him of the one kiss they shared in the past, tells him that she still has a thing for him, and asks if he ever wonders what might have been. He point-blank tells her that he had always loved Claire, that nothing would've ever happened between the two of them, and that "some memories need to be forgotten."

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* StrictlyProfessionalRelationship: Quinn flirts with Mac, reminds him of the one kiss they shared in the past, tells him that she still has a thing for him, and asks if he ever wonders what might have been. He point-blank tells her that he had always loved Claire, that nothing would've ever happened between the two of them, and that "some memories need to be forgotten."" She replies, "I get it" and never brings the subject up again.

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* ArcVillain: The "Cabbie Killer."
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Quinn Sullivan, the head of the New Jersey Crime Lab (see next entry also). She'll be back in episode 4.20, "Taxi."

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* ArcVillain: The "Cabbie Killer."
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Killer" is the antagonist for the next 4 episodes.
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HeroOfAnotherStory: Quinn Sullivan, the head of the New Jersey Crime Lab (see next entry also). She'll be back in episode 4.20, "Taxi."



* NotMyDriver: The killer's MO.
* SequelEpisode / StoryArc: This begins the four-episode "Cabbie Killer" arc.

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* NotMyDriver: The killer's MO.
* SequelEpisode / StoryArc: This begins the four-episode "Cabbie Killer" arc.
killer poses as a taxi driver.



* SinisterCar: The killer turns his cab into a mobile GasChamber.
* StoryArc: This begins the four-episode "Cabbie Killer" arc.



* TheTaxi / SinisterCar: The killer turns his cab into a mobile GasChamber.
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* TheTaxi / SinisterCar: The killer turns his cab into a mobile GasChamber.

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* TheTaxi / SinisterCar: The killer turns his cab into a mobile GasChamber.GasChamber.
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* TheInspectorIsComing: Quinn, who had applied for Mac's job at the same time he did, arrives to evaluate the team for their five-year accreditation.

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* TheInspectorIsComing: Quinn, who had is revealed to have applied for Mac's job at the same time he did, arrives to evaluate the team for their five-year accreditation.

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* TheInspectorIsComing: Quinn Sullivan, who had applied for Mac's job at the same time he did, arrives to evaluate the team for their five-year accreditation.

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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Quinn Sullivan, the head of the New Jersey Crime Lab (see next entry also). She'll be back in episode 4.20, "Taxi."
* TheInspectorIsComing: Quinn Sullivan, Quinn, who had applied for Mac's job at the same time he did, arrives to evaluate the team for their five-year accreditation.
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* ShoutOut: The first victim's name, "Chrissy Watson," is a nod to ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. The eponymous shark's first victim was "Chrissy Watkins."

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* ShoutOut: The first victim's name, "Chrissy Watson," is a nod to ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. The eponymous shark's first victim was "Chrissy Watkins." Mac also tells Don to start with that the case sounds like one "for Chief Brody."



* TheTaxi / SinisterCar: The killer turns his cab into a GasChamber.

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* TheTaxi / SinisterCar: The killer turns his cab into a mobile GasChamber.
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* ArcVillain: The "Cabbie Killer."

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"'''Like Water for Murder'''" is the 17th episode of Season 4 and the 88th overall. It originally aired April 16, 2008.
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* StrictlyProfessionalRelationship: Quinn flirts with Mac, reminds him of the one kiss they shared in the past, and tells him that she still has a thing for him, and asks if he ever wonders what might have been. He point-blank tells her that he had always loved Claire, that nothing would've ever happened between the two of them, and that "some memories need to be forgotten."

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* StrictlyProfessionalRelationship: Quinn flirts with Mac, reminds him of the one kiss they shared in the past, and tells him that she still has a thing for him, and asks if he ever wonders what might have been. He point-blank tells her that he had always loved Claire, that nothing would've ever happened between the two of them, and that "some memories need to be forgotten."
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* ShoutOut: The first victim's name, "Chrissy Watson," is a nod to ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. The eponymous shark's first victim was "Chrissy Watkins."
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The body of a real estate agent washes up on shore along with a dead shark. A second woman washes up shortly thereafter. The cases have a similar MO to that of one in NY, but that victim was a male. The team is up for review while pursuing the investigation.

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The body of a real estate agent washes up on shore along with a dead shark. A second woman washes up shortly thereafter. The cases have a similar MO to that of one in NY, NJ, but that victim was a male. The team is up for review while pursuing the investigation.
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* SequelEpisode: This begins the four-episode "Cabbie Killer" arc.

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* SequelEpisode: SequelEpisode / StoryArc: This begins the four-episode "Cabbie Killer" arc.

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* SequelEpisode: This begins the four-episode "Cabbie Killer" arc.



* StrictlyProfessionalRelationship: Quinn flirts with Mac, reminds him of the one kiss they shared in the past, and tells him that she still has a thing for him, and asks if he ever wonders what might have been. He point-blank tells her that he had always loved Claire, that nothing would've ever happened between the two of them, and that "some memories need to be forgotten."

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* NotMyDriver: The killer's MO.
* SequelEpisode: This begins the four-episode "Cabbie Killer" arc.
* StrictlyProfessionalRelationship: Quinn flirts with Mac, reminds him of the one kiss they shared in the past, and tells him that she still has a thing for him, and asks if he ever wonders what might have been. He point-blank tells her that he had always loved Claire, that nothing would've ever happened between the two of them, and that "some memories need to be forgotten.""
* TheTaxi / SinisterCar: The killer turns his cab into a GasChamber.
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* TheInspectorIsComing: Quinn Sullivan, who had applied for Mac's job at the same time he did, arrives to evaluate the team for their five-year accreditation.

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* TheInspectorIsComing: Quinn Sullivan, who had applied for Mac's job at the same time he did, arrives to evaluate the team for their five-year accreditation.accreditation.
* StrictlyProfessionalRelationship: Quinn flirts with Mac, reminds him of the one kiss they shared in the past, and tells him that she still has a thing for him, and asks if he ever wonders what might have been. He point-blank tells her that he had always loved Claire, that nothing would've ever happened between the two of them, and that "some memories need to be forgotten."
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Directed by Creator/AnthonyHemingway

Written by Creator/AnthonyEZuiker, Creator/AnnDonahue, Creator/CarolMendelsohn & Creator/SamHumphrey

The body of a real estate agent washes up on shore along with a dead shark. A second woman washes up shortly thereafter. The cases have a similar MO to that of one in NY, but that victim was a male. The team is up for review while pursuing the investigation.

!Tropes for the episode:
* SequelEpisode: This begins the four-episode "Cabbie Killer" arc.
* TheInspectorIsComing: Quinn Sullivan, who had applied for Mac's job at the same time he did, arrives to evaluate the team for their five-year accreditation.

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