History Recap / ColdCaseS4E6Static

* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: Dottie]] is willing to resort to [[MurderIsTheBestSolution murder]] to stop [[spoiler: her ex-husband from giving their daughter a shot at a singing career, [[PsychologicalProjection largely due to her own childhood trauma]].]]

A computer wiz looks into the record that was being played while famous radio DJ John "The Hawk" Hawkins supposedly committed suicide in 1958 by shooting himself, and finds footsteps playing in the background of the music, meaning someone else was in the booth when he died. The detectives then look further into his death and whether or not it was really suicide.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Dottie grew up poor and unhappy because her father could not make it big as a musician. And since he refused to pursue anything else, he could not make a decent living for his daughter.

* TheCynic: Deconstructed with Dottie. Since her father's suicide, she firmly believes that "passion is for fools" and dreams only lead to heartbreak. [[spoiler: This motivated her to kill Hawk when he decided to help Jenny pursue a singing career despite her protests.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: Zigzagged. [[spoiler: While Dottie is arrested for killing Hawk, she already got what she wanted in keeping Jenny away from the music industry and her biological father. However, it ultimately didn't make her feel any better as she remained emotionally scarred by her past; Dottie's shown to be distraught after shooting Hawk and troubled when she confesses, suggesting she regretted her actions deep down.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: Dottie]] is willing to resort to murder to stop [[spoiler: her ex-husband from giving their daughter a shot at a singing career, [[PsychologicalProjection largely due to her own childhood trauma]].]]

* TheBadGuyWins: Zigzagged. [[spoiler: While Dottie is arrested for killing Hawk, she already got what she wanted by keeping Jenny away from the music industry and her biological father. However, it ultimately didn't make her feel any better as she remained emotionally scarred by her past. She's shown to be distraught after shooting Hawk and troubled when she confesses, suggesting she regretted her actions deep down.]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Dottie’s father was a musician trying to make it big instead of getting a steady job to provide for her, so she grew up in poverty. Then one day, Dottie found her father hanging from a noose in his hotel room.

** Music/LittleRichard is featured in one of Hawk's rock-and-roll dances. However Little Richard quit rock music in 1957 to become a gospel singer.
** Creator/WolfmanJack is mentioned to be a popular DJ. However he did not start his DJ career until 1960.
* BittersweetEnding: Jenny, who lost her chance at a music career and a relationship with her father due to Hawk's murder, and will lose her mother too, is seen playing the piano with her father's ghost in the ending.

* DaddysGirl: Hawk wrote "Scarlet Rose" for his daughter [[spoiler:Jenny]] when she was little. He left because Dottie told him that his dreams of music stardom would only hurt her. [[spoiler:Upon reuniting, Hawk plans to take her on the road with him and help her launch a singing career]].

* DisproportionateRetribution: Dottie is willing to resort to murder to stop her ex-husband from giving their daughter a shot at a singing career, largely due to her own childhood trauma.

* HighHopesZeroTalent: "Bones" has big hopes of becoming a huge rock star with Hawk having to break it to him he's just not that good. In the present, Bones, now a successful music producer, is happy Hawk made him realize how bad he was and not wasting so many years on a futile quest for fame.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Hawk is heavily opposed to record companies paying him to play certain songs. Bones however accepted the bribes.

* BittersweetEnding: Jenny, who lost her chance at a music career due to Hawk's murder, is seen playing the piano with her father's ghost in the ending.

A computer wiz looks into the record that was being played while famous radio DJ John “The Hawk” Hawkins supposedly committed suicide in 1958 by shooting himself, and finds footsteps playing in the background of the music, meaning someone else was in the booth when he died. The detectives then look further into his death and whether or not it was really suicide.

* BrokenRecord: The song John put on repeating on the radio told listeners that something was wrong. Sure enough, when his co-workers investigated, they found him lying dead with his head on the equipment, making the record skip.
* DaddysGirl: John wrote "Scarlet Rose" for his daughter [[spoiler:Jenny]] when she was little. He left because Dottie told him that his dreams of music stardom would only hurt her. [[spoiler:Upon reuniting, John plans to take her on the road with him and help her launch a singing career]].

* FreudianExcuse: Dottie’s father was a musician who refused to give up his dreams to keep his child out of poverty, and was DrivenToSuicide when he finally gave up. This cemented Dottie’s belief that musicians and singers were bad parents and selfish people, [[spoiler:which drives her to kill John when he plans to take Jenny away from her and help her become a singer]].
* HighHopesZeroTalent: "Bones" has big hopes of becoming a huge rock star with John having to break it to him he's just not that good. In the present, Bones, now a successful music producer, is happy John made him realize how bad he was and not wasting so many years on a futile quest for fame.
* HonorableMarriageProposal: A teenage girl told her dad that John got her pregnant, and the dad tried to threaten John to take responsibility. When he’s interviewed again decades later, he reveals that John wasn’t the father, but rather “her idiot boyfriend— now [his] idiot son-in-law.”
* LoonyFan: Jenny at first appears to be this, as she is obsessed with John and always trying to get close to him. Subverted as it turns out [[spoiler:she’s GeneHunting — John is her estranged father]].
* MomentKiller: John was playing “Scarlet Rose”, his daughter’s original song, for the first time to the public on his radio station when he was shot, his head falling on the record and causing it to skip over and over until his body was found.

* DaddysGirl: John wrote “Scarlet Rose” for his daughter [[spoiler:Jenny]] when she was little. He left because Dottie told him that his dreams of music stardom would only hurt her. [[spoiler:Upon reuniting, John plans to take her on the road with him and help her launch a singing career]].

* LoonyFan: Jenny at first appears to be this, as she is obsessed with John and always trying to get close to him. Subverted as it turns out [[spoiler:she’s GeneHunting—John is her estranged father]].

A computer wiz looks into the record that was being played while famous radio DJ John “The Hawk” Hawkins supposedly committed suicide in 1958 by shooting himself, and finds footsteps playing in the background of the music, meaning someone was in the booth when he died. The detectives then look further into his death and whether or not it was really suicide.

* BrokenRecord: The song John put in repeating on the radio told listeners that something was wrong. Sure enough, when his co-workers investigated, they found him lying dead with his head on the equipment, making the record skip.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Dottie’s father was a musician trying to make it big, instead of getting a steady job to provide for her, so she grew up in poverty. Then one day, Dottie found her father hanging from a noose in his hotel room.

* MomentKiller: John was playing “Scarlet Rose”, his daughter’s original song, for the first time to the public on his radio station when he was shot, his head falling on the record and causing it to repeat the last verse over and over until his body was found.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Dottie grew up poor and unhappy because her father could not make it big as a musician. And since he refused to pursue anything else, he could not make a decent living for his daughter.

* LoonyFan: Jenny at first appears to be this, as she is obsessed with John and always trying to get close to him. Subverted as it turns out she’s GeneHunting—[[spoiler:John is her estranged father]].

* HonorableMarriageProposal: A teenage girl told her dad that John got her pregnant, and the dad tried to threaten John to take responsibility. When he’s interviewed again decades later, he reveals that John wasn’t the father, but rather “her idiot boyfriend— now [his] idiot son-in-law.”

* HonorableMarriageProposal: A teenage girl told her dad that John got her pregnant, and the dad tried to threaten John to take responsibility. When he’s interviewed again decades later, he reveals that John wasn’t the father, but rather “her idiot boyfriend— now [his] idiot son-in-law.”

A computer wiz looks into the record that was being played while famous radio DJ John “The Hawk” Hawkins supposedly committed suicide in 1953 by shooting himself, and finds footsteps playing in the background of the music, meaning someone was in the booth when he died. The detectives then look further into his death and whether or not it was really suicide.

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