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*DisproportionateRetribution: The victims were stabbed to death in either their houses or their working places. Most of them had minor verbal arguments with the [=UnSub=]', and one of them was a boss who thought that the [=UnSub=] was underperforming in her job. Not what you would expect to be reasons for hatred or murder.
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-> Directed by Creator/RobBailey\\
Written by Creator/JanineShermanBarrois
Written by Creator/JanineShermanBarrois
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--> '''Rossi:''' ''"Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past or the present or the present are certain to miss the future." John F. Kennedy.''
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* ItsAllMyFault: The [=UnSub=]'s daughter has this reaction after her mother is arrested, believing that if she'd told someone about [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness her mother's erratic behaviour]] after the accident, the deaths could have been avoided. JJ assures her otherwise.
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* ItsAllMyFault: The [=UnSub=]'s daughter has this reaction after her mother is arrested, believing that if she'd told someone about [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness her mother's erratic behaviour]] behavior]] after the accident, the deaths could have been avoided. JJ assures her otherwise.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Due to her inability to control her rage and the homicidal behaviour that follows, the [=UnSub=] is constantly left with this after her kills, none more so than when she panics and accidentally kills her own husband.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Due to her inability to control her rage and the homicidal behaviour behavior that follows, the [=UnSub=] is constantly left with this after her kills, none more so than when she panics and accidentally kills her own husband.
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--> '''Rossi:''' ''"When it comes to life, we spin our own yarn, and where we end up is really, in fact, where we always intended to be." Julia Glass.''
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* ReadyForLovemaking: Ellen's boss Sarah lies on her bed in a nightgown, calling out that she's ready for her boyfriend to come in, then asks if he wants to do it in the kitchen when there's no reply. What happens next combines this with DeathBySex.
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* ReadyForLovemaking: Ellen's boss Sarah lies on her bed in a nightgown, calling out that she's ready for her boyfriend to come in, then asks if he wants to do it in the kitchen when there's no reply. What happens next combines this with DeathBySex.
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Trope Misuse. Neither situation is treated as ambiguous. Sarah admits that she stole Ellen's idea, both in the bathroom and as Ellen had her at knifepoint. And it's made clear Ellen was the cause of the accident since she was driving on the wet roads, it's just her frontal lobe damage made her unable to accept it was her fault.
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* AmbiguousSituation:
** Ellen and her boss have different ideas about who has the creative ideas at her job.
** The car accident that ruined the [=UnSub=]'s life also put a young woman in a wheelchair and killed said woman's friend. They can't seem to agree on whose fault the accident was.
** Ellen and her boss have different ideas about who has the creative ideas at her job.
** The car accident that ruined the [=UnSub=]'s life also put a young woman in a wheelchair and killed said woman's friend. They can't seem to agree on whose fault the accident was.
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No spoilers on a recap page.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Due to her inability to control her rage and the homicidal behaviour that follows, the [=UnSub=] is constantly left with this after her kills, [[spoiler: none more so than when she panics and accidentally kills her own husband]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Due to her inability to control her rage and the homicidal behaviour that follows, the [=UnSub=] is constantly left with this after her kills, [[spoiler: none more so than when she panics and accidentally kills her own husband]].husband.
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** The car accident that ruined the Unsub's life also put a young woman in a wheelchair and killed said woman's friend. They can't seem to agree on whose fault the accident was.
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** The car accident that ruined the Unsub's [=UnSub=]'s life also put a young woman in a wheelchair and killed said woman's friend. They can't seem to agree on whose fault the accident was.
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* ItsAllMyFault: The Unsub's daughter has this reaction after her mother is arrested, believing that if she'd told someone about [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness her mother's erratic behaviour]] after the accident, the deaths could have been avoided. JJ assures her otherwise.
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* ItsAllMyFault: The Unsub's [=UnSub=]'s daughter has this reaction after her mother is arrested, believing that if she'd told someone about [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness her mother's erratic behaviour]] after the accident, the deaths could have been avoided. JJ assures her otherwise.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Due to her inability to control her rage and the homicidal behaviour that follows, the Unsub is constantly left with this after her kills, [[spoiler: none more so than when she panics and accidentally kills her own husband]].
* PrematurelyBald: The Unsub is tearing out chunks of her own hair due to stress and horror at what she's doing, to the point of having to wear a wig to hide the bleeding bald spots she's torn in her scalp.
* PrematurelyBald: The Unsub is tearing out chunks of her own hair due to stress and horror at what she's doing, to the point of having to wear a wig to hide the bleeding bald spots she's torn in her scalp.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Due to her inability to control her rage and the homicidal behaviour that follows, the Unsub [=UnSub=] is constantly left with this after her kills, [[spoiler: none more so than when she panics and accidentally kills her own husband]].
* PrematurelyBald: TheUnsub [=UnSub=] is tearing out chunks of her own hair due to stress and horror at what she's doing, to the point of having to wear a wig to hide the bleeding bald spots she's torn in her scalp.
* PrematurelyBald: The
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* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Well, Rossi didn't know Joy existed, so that definitively counts.
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* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Well, Rossi didn't know Joy existed, existed since her mother never informed him of her pregnancy, so that definitively counts.counts.
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Three people are murdered in Reston, Virginia by an Unsub with a brain injury. Meanwhile, a young woman is following Rossi.
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* TragicVillain: The [=UnSub=] turns out to be a woman who had been in an accident that permanently altered her brain, making her unable to control her rage. The team is largely sympathetic to her, and wondering whether the jury will be, too.
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* TragicVillain: The [=UnSub=] turns out to be a woman who had been in an a car accident that permanently altered her brain, making her unable to control her rage. The team is largely sympathetic to her, and wondering whether the jury will be, too.
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* ItsAllMyFault: The Unsub's daughter has this reaction after her mother is arrested, believing that if she'd told someone about [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness her mother's erratic behaviour]] after the accident, the deaths could have been avoided. JJ assures her otherwise.
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** There's another one at the end of the episode when Rossi asks Joy to stay a little longer so he can get to know her better.
-->'''Joy''': I have to go back. Your grandson is running a fever.
-->'''Rossi''': ''(stunned)'' I have a ''grandson''?
-->'''Joy''': I have to go back. Your grandson is running a fever.
-->'''Rossi''': ''(stunned)'' I have a ''grandson''?
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* ReadyForLovemaking: Ellen's boss Sarah lies on her bed in a nightgown, calling out that she's ready for her boyfriend to come in, then asks if he wants to do it in the kitchen when there's no reply. What happens next combines this with DeathBySex.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Due to her inability to control her rage and the homicidal behaviour that follows, the Unsub is constantly left with this after her kills, [[spoiler: none more so than when she panics and accidentally kills her own husband]].
* PrematurelyBald: The Unsub is tearing out chunks of her own hair due to stress and horror at what she's doing, to the point of having to wear a wig to hide the bleeding bald spots she's torn in her scalp.
* PrematurelyBald: The Unsub is tearing out chunks of her own hair due to stress and horror at what she's doing, to the point of having to wear a wig to hide the bleeding bald spots she's torn in her scalp.
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* WhamLine: Courtesy of the young woman following Rossi.
-->'''Joy Struthers''': I'm your daughter!
-->'''Joy Struthers''': I'm your daughter!
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Three people are murdered in Reston, Virginia. Meanwhile, a young woman is following Rossi.
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!Fate
Three people are murdered in Reston,Virginia.Virginia by an Unsub with a brain injury. Meanwhile, a young woman is following Rossi.
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* AmbiguousSituation:
** Ellen and her boss have different ideas about who has the creative ideas at her job.
** The car accident that ruined the Unsub's life also put a young woman in a wheelchair and killed said woman's friend. They can't seem to agree on whose fault the accident was.
* AsYouKnow: Joy explains to Rossi who Hayden is, for the benefit of the viewer. As Rossi points out, he knows who his second wife is.
Three people are murdered in Reston,
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* AmbiguousSituation:
** Ellen and her boss have different ideas about who has the creative ideas at her job.
** The car accident that ruined the Unsub's life also put a young woman in a wheelchair and killed said woman's friend. They can't seem to agree on whose fault the accident was.
* AsYouKnow: Joy explains to Rossi who Hayden is, for the benefit of the viewer. As Rossi points out, he knows who his second wife is.
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* WrongAssumption: Rossi assumes Joy is a crazy fan or wants him to be her crime writing mentor. Or both.
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* WrongAssumption: Rossi assumes Joy is a crazy fan or wants him to be her crime writing mentor. Or both.both.
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Three people are murdered in Reston, Virginia. Meanwhile, a young woman is following Rossi.
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* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Well, Rossi didn't know Joy existed, so that definitively counts.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Joy Struthers, the woman following Rossi, turns out to be his previously unknown daughter. She was following him to find out more about him.
* TragicVillain: The [=UnSub=] turns out to be a woman who had been in an accident that permanently altered her brain, making her unable to control her rage. The team is largely sympathetic to her, and wondering whether the jury will be, too.
* WrongAssumption: Rossi assumes Joy is a crazy fan or wants him to be her crime writing mentor. Or both.
!Tropes in this episode
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Well, Rossi didn't know Joy existed, so that definitively counts.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Joy Struthers, the woman following Rossi, turns out to be his previously unknown daughter. She was following him to find out more about him.
* TragicVillain: The [=UnSub=] turns out to be a woman who had been in an accident that permanently altered her brain, making her unable to control her rage. The team is largely sympathetic to her, and wondering whether the jury will be, too.
* WrongAssumption: Rossi assumes Joy is a crazy fan or wants him to be her crime writing mentor. Or both.
