History Recap / ColdCaseS1E11Hubris

* RevealingCoverUp: Roy would have likely gotten away with Holly's murder, [[ConvictedByPublicOpinion at least in the eye of the law]], if he didn't hire Jesus to kill another girl in the same manner in an attempt to create an alibi to himself and to throw suspicion on Barry. However the second murder was arranged so sloppily that it very quickly led the detectives right back to him, and since he made sure the murders were so similar it became obvious he was guilty of the first one as well.

* RevealingCoverUp: Roy would have likely gotten away with Holly's murder, [[ConvictedByPublicOpinion at least in the eye of the law]], if he didn't hire Jesus kill another girl in the same manner in an attempt to create an alibi to himself and to throw suspicion on Barry. However the second murder was arranged so sloppily that it very quickly led the detectives right back to him, and since he made sure the murders were so similar it became obvious he was guilty of the first one as well.

* RevealingCoverUp: Roy would have likely gotten away with Holly's murder, [[ConvictedByPublicOpinion at least in the eye of the law]], if he didn't have Jesus kill another girl in the same manner in an attempt to create an alibi to himself and to throw suspicion on Barry. However the second murder was arranged so sloppily that it very quickly led the detectives right back to him, and since he made sure the murders were so similar it was obvious he was guilty of the first one as well.

** His attempt to trick the general public by hiring someone to kill a second victim in a similar fashion while he got himself an alibi backfires as the detectives find the second killer.
* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: One of Minard's former side pieces is convinced that he's guilty because he hired a lawyer immediately. Lily points out that this trope is a fallacy and hiring a lawyer is the smart thing for a suspect to do whether they're guilty or not. [[BrokenAesop But then it turns out that Roy really is guilty]].

* WantedPoster: Roy Minard is looking at some of those during his first non-flashback scene.

* StudentTeacherRomance: Holly was in a relationship with her professor, Roy Minard.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Monique believes Roy Minard to be guilty because he hired a lawyer. Innocents hire lawyers as well but Roy turns out to be really guilty.
* ShoutOut: Roy describes the second victim's killer as his ''[[Series/TheFugitive "one-armed man"]]'' and Lily compares Roy to Richard Kimble.
* SpottingTheThread: When the detectives talk with Roy in the English language class, there is a phrase on the blackboard saying "Chickens lay, people lie". Later, Jesus, who was busted for murdering a sex worker, makes a grammatical mistake about "laying" which he quickly corrects, allowing the detectives to deduce that he attended Roy's ESL class.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Roy approaches the cops about reinvestigating Holly's murder, he declares that "I played the unfortunate role of the suspect." Lilly very pointedly asks, "And who played the even ''more'' unfortunate role of the ''victim''?" This is a significant hint at Roy's self-centered nature, all of which is confirmed throughout the flashbacks and the present day scenes that reveal he ''is'' the killer after all.

* ItsAllAboutMe: During his first conversation with Lily and her crew, Roy makes it a point to frame himself as a victim who "played the unfortunate role of the suspect". It's Lily who has to point out that whether he's innocent or not, Holly had it worse for (to paraphrase) "play the even ''more'' unfortunate role of the victim".

* LaserGuidedKarma: Even though the police never proved Roy was the killer back in 1995, the general public and the media all still thought he was guilty, and smeared him in every newspaper possible. And since the affair was discovered during the investigation, Roy lost his job at the university, and his wife left him and took their son with her. So even though he technically got away with killing Holly, he still suffered for her death.

* DetectivePatsy: Roy sets Barry up as the FallGuy and asked the detectives to solve the murder, thinking Barry would get convicted. He didn't count on the detectives being so good at their jobs.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Holly was the latest in a string of affairs Roy had. At the time of the reinvestigation, he seems genuinely remorseful for cheating on his wife and how it led to Holly's death, and wants his name cleared once and for all. [[spoiler:But in the end, it turns out everyone was right–Roy ''was'' the killer. And it was because he wouldn't let Holly dump him instead of the other way around]].

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Roy sets up Barry for Holly's murder so he can finally get everyone off his case, and get his life and family back. However, he didn't pay the murderer the promised money, so the latter took a piece of jewellery from the victim's body which traced back to him. The detectives prove it was him all along, and he finally gets convicted and imprisoned after all these years.

* TheFallGuy: When Roy saw the chance to set up Barry for Holly's murder and make himself look innocent, he took it.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Professor Roy Minard. He insists on his innocence in Holly’s murder, and wants justice for being unfairly accused of and persecuted for her death. But then it turns out he really did kill her, and even set up another guy to take the fall so he could get his reputation back.

* DetectivePatsy: Roy set Barry up as the FallGuy and asked the detectives to solve the murder, thinking Barry would get convicted. He didn’t count on the detectives being so good at their jobs.

* TheFallGuy: When Roy saw the chance to set up Barry for Holly’s murder and make himself look innocent, he took it.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Roy sets up Barry for Holly’s murder so he can finally get everyone off his case, and get his life and family back. However, he didn’t bank on the detectives being so good at their jobs. They prove it was him all along, and he finally gets convicted and imprisoned after all these years.
* IfICantHaveYou: Holly finally realized that her affair with Roy was wrong and wanted to end it. But Roy the ControlFreak wouldn’t accept getting dumped. The affair’s only over when he says it’s over.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Holly was the latest in a string of affairs Roy had. At the time of the reinvestigation, he seems genuinely remorseful for cheating on his wife and how it led to Holly’s death, and wants his name cleared once and for all. But in the end, it turns out everyone was right–Roy ''was'' the killer. And it was because he wouldn’t let Holly dump him instead of the other way around.

* StudentTeacherRomance: Holly was in a relationship with her professor, Roy Minard.
* TheUntwist: Roy ''is'' Holly's killer, despite spending the entire episode proclaiming his innocence.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Roy approaches the cops about reinvestigating Holly's murder, he declares that "I played the unfortunate role of the suspect." Scotty very pointedly asks "And who played the even ''more'' unfortunate role of the ''victim''?" This is a significant hint at Roy's self-centered nature, all of which is confirmed throughout the flashbacks and the present day scenes that confirm that he ''is'' the killer after all.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Even though they never proved he was the killer back in 1995, the general public and the media all still thought he was guilty, and smeared him in every newspaper possible. And since the affair was discovered during the investigation, Roy lost his job at the university, and his wife left him and took their son with her. So even though he technically got away with killing Holly, he still suffered for her death.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Professor Roy Minard. He insists on his innocence in Holly’s murder, unfairly accused and persecuted for her death, who just wants justice for both of them. But then it turns out he really did kill her, and even set up another guy to take the fall so he could get his reputation back.
* DetectivePatsy: Roy set Barry up as the FallGuy and asked the detectives to solve the murder, thinking Barry would get convicted. He didn’t count on the detectives being so good at their job.

* TheFallGuy: When Roy saw the chance set up Barry for Holly’s murder and make himself look innocent, he took it.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Roy sets up Barry for Holly’s murder so he can finally get everyone off his case, and get his life and family back. However, [[DetectivePatsy he didn’t bank on the detectives being so good at their jobs]], and they manage to finally prove it was him all along, and he finally gets convicted and imprisoned after all these years.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Roy sets up Barry for Holly’s murder so he can finally get everyone off his case, and get his life and family back. However, he didn’t bank on the detectives being so good at their jobs, and they manage to finally prove it was him all along, and he finally gets convicted and imprisoned after all these years.

* StudentTeacherRomance: Holly was in a relationship with her professor, Roy Minard.