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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Jo's former FBI colleague enlists a prostitute to set up a serial rapist for another assault. When that doesn't work, the original victim's father murders the woman and tries to set the culprit up for that, too.

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* AloneWithThePsycho: Jo, with Curtis at the end of the episode. Leads to KillingInSelfDefense (see below).

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* AloneWithThePsycho: Jo, with Jo confronts serial rapist/killer Curtis at in the end apartment of a previous victim of his, whom he'd come back to kill after she finally got the episode. Leads nerve to KillingInSelfDefense (see below).testify against him.


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* KillingInSelfDefense: Jo kills Curtis after he knocks out both her and a previous victim of his, and is still threatening Jo after she regains consciousness.
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* OhCrap: The look on Curtis' face when he realizes that he left a bullet in the chamber of Jo's gun when he allows her to pick it back up after he empties it.

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* OhCrap: The look on Curtis' face when he realizes that Jo tells him he left a bullet in the chamber of Jo's her gun when he allows her to pick it back up after he empties it.
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* StreetWalker: The victim is a hooker whom Agent Waters had recruited to help frame Curtis because he'd been let off on a technicality.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Frank Waters, a former FBI agent who also worked on the case in D.C., has this reaction when he realizes his latest attempt to bring Curtis to justice has resulted in the death of another person.
* OhCrap: The look on Curtis' face when he realizes that he left a bullet in the chamber of Jo's gun when he allows her to pick it back up after he emptied it.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Frank Waters, a former FBI agent who also worked on the case in D.C., has this reaction is so devastated when he realizes his latest attempt to bring Curtis to justice has resulted in the death of another person.
person that he commits suicide.
* OhCrap: The look on Curtis' face when he realizes that he left a bullet in the chamber of Jo's gun when he allows her to pick it back up after he emptied empties it.
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* OhCrap: The look on Curtis' face when he realizes that he left a bullet in the chamber of Jo's gun when he allows her to pick it back up after he emptied it.

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* OhCrap: The look on Curtis' face when he realizes that he left a bullet in the chamber of Jo's gun when he allows her to pick it back up after he emptied it.it.
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An important witness in the case against John Curtis is murdered. Jo confronts him at last.

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An important witness in the case against John Curtis is murdered. Jo confronts him at last.
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* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: Subverted. After beating Jo, Curtis makes a show of pushing each bullet out of the magazine of her gun before allowing her to pick it up. She then says, "They always forget the one in the chamber," and shoots him. He gets back up, and she picks a second bullet up off the floor, chambers it, and puts him down for good.
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* OhCrap: The look on Curtis' face when he realizes that he left a bullet in the chamber of Jo's gun when he tosses it back to her after emptying it.

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* OhCrap: The look on Curtis' face when he realizes that he left a bullet in the chamber of Jo's gun when he tosses allows her to pick it back to her up after emptying he emptied it.
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* DisposableSexWorker: When a call girl is murdered, Adam makes a joke about a possibly dissatisfied customer. Lindsay calls him out on it.

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"'''Means to an End'''" is the 9th episode of Season 8 and the 171st overall. It originally aired December 2, 2011.
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Directed by Creator/MarshallAdams

Written by Creator/AnthonyEZuiker, Creator/AnnDonahue, Creator/CarolMendelsohn, Creator/ChristopherSilber & Creator/ZacharyReiter

An important witness in the case against John Curtis is murdered. Jo confronts him at last.

!Tropes for the episode:
* AloneWithThePsycho: Jo, with Curtis at the end of the episode. Leads to KillingInSelfDefense (see below).
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Frank Waters, a former FBI agent who also worked on the case in D.C., has this reaction when he realizes his latest attempt to bring Curtis to justice has resulted in the death of another person.
* OhCrap: The look on Curtis' face when he realizes that he left a bullet in the chamber of Jo's gun when he tosses it back to her after emptying it.

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