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* BatkanGambit: The entire murder plan would have failed had Jesse not proscribed tersenadine to the victim.

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* BatkanGambit: BatmanGambit: The entire murder plan would have failed had Jesse not proscribed tersenadine to the victim.
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* BatkanGambit: The entire murder plan would have failed had Jesse not proscribed tersenadine to the victim.

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* BreakThemByTalking: When Mark gets Dwayne on the stand, he talks about how much better of a player Desmond Conway was than him even before Dwayne was injured, Dwayne eventually snaps in anger and drops his act of being more disabled than he is.



-->'''Mark:''' He was-\\
'''Dwayne:''' (''Speaking much more clearly'') No better than ''me''! The only reason he got to where he was ''instead'' of me was because he ''took me out''! '''''He ASSASSINATED ME'''''!

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-->'''Mark:''' As a matter of fact, Dwayne, even without that "accident", you'd have never made pro. I mean.. you were ''OK'', but you weren't great. You didn't have the talent and the skill that Conway had. I mean, even back then he was extraordinary! You were just, er, playing. Conway lived that game. I mean those moves came to him as naturally as breathing. He was-\\
'''Dwayne:''' (''Speaking much more clearly'') No better than ''me''! The only reason he got to where he was ''instead'' of me was because 'cause he ''took me out''! '''''He ASSASSINATED ME'''''!

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* WeaponizedAllergy: Dwayne intentionally put cat fur, which Desmond was allergic to, on Desmond's team uniform. As Dwayne knew, Jesse would perscribe Desmond a medication called tersenadine, which would interact with a
antibiotic called clarithromycin, which Dwayne had laced Desmond's health formula with, to kill Desmond.

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* WeaponizedAllergy: Dwayne intentionally put cat fur, which Desmond was allergic to, on Desmond's team uniform. As Dwayne knew, Jesse would perscribe Desmond a medication called tersenadine, which would interact with a
an antibiotic called clarithromycin, which Dwayne had laced Desmond's health formula with, to kill Desmond.

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* MedicationTampering: The clarithromycin was administered to Desmond in this manner.



* WeaponizedAllergy: Dwayne intentionally put cat fur, which Desmond was allergic to, on Desmond's team uniform. As Dwayne knew, Jesse would perscribe Desmond a medication called tersenadine, which would interact with clarithromycin, which Dwayne had laced Desmond's health formula with, to kill Desmond.

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* WeaponizedAllergy: Dwayne intentionally put cat fur, which Desmond was allergic to, on Desmond's team uniform. As Dwayne knew, Jesse would perscribe Desmond a medication called tersenadine, which would interact with a
antibiotic called
clarithromycin, which Dwayne had laced Desmond's health formula with, to kill Desmond.
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'''Dwayne:''' (''Speaking much more clearly'') No better than ''me''! The only reason he got to where he was ''instead'' of me was because he ''took me out''! '''''He ASSASSINATED ME'''''!

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'''Dwayne:''' (''Speaking much more clearly'') No better than ''me''! The only reason he got to where he was ''instead'' of me was because he ''took me out''! '''''He ASSASSINATED ME'''''!ME'''''!
* WeaponizedAllergy: Dwayne intentionally put cat fur, which Desmond was allergic to, on Desmond's team uniform. As Dwayne knew, Jesse would perscribe Desmond a medication called tersenadine, which would interact with clarithromycin, which Dwayne had laced Desmond's health formula with, to kill Desmond.
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* AsHimself: Brent Barry, Charles and Ed O'Bannon, Pooh Richardson and Malik Sealy, all of whom were rookies at the time, play themselves.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Dwayne has this reaction and cries when Mark points out that in his quest to get back and Desmond for ruing his life, he almost destroyed Jesse's life as well.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Dwayne has this reaction and cries when Mark points out that in his quest to get back and Desmond for ruing ruining his life, he almost destroyed Jesse's life as well.

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!!This episode contains examples of the following tropes:

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\n!!This episode contains examples Jesse secures himself a position on a basketball team as a medic. But when a player dies due to a supposed record mix-up Jesse made, it's up to the team to save him.

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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Something that really gets under Dwayne's skin about Desmond is that he worked the locker room for the team for two years, and Desmond never recognized him as a player who's career he ruined.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Dwayne has this reaction and cries when Mark points out that in his quest to get back and Desmond for ruing his life, he almost destroyed Jesse's life as well.
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* ObfuscatingDisability: Dwayne the towel guy is said to have cerebral palsy. He doesn't and his condition is actually based in Desmond slamming his head into a backboard, killing his basketball career.

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* ObfuscatingDisability: Dwayne the towel guy is said to have cerebral palsy. He doesn't doesn't, and his condition is actually based in Desmond slamming his head into a backboard, backboard during a game, killing his basketball career.
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'''Dwayne:''' (''Speaking much more clearly'') No better than ''me''! The only reason he got to where he was instead of me was because he ''took me out''! '''''He ASSASSINATED ME'''''!

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'''Dwayne:''' (''Speaking much more clearly'') No better than ''me''! The only reason he got to where he was instead ''instead'' of me was because he ''took me out''! '''''He ASSASSINATED ME'''''!
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[[caption-width-right:350: Swish.]]


!!This episode contains examples of the following tropes:

* AssholeVictim: Desmond Conway was an egomaniacal douche who brutalized other players for no good reason.
* ObfuscatingDisability: Dwayne the towel guy is said to have cerebral palsy. He doesn't and his condition is actually based in Desmond slamming his head into a backboard, killing his basketball career.
* VillainousBreakdown: Mark talks up how great Desmond was at basketball to get Dwayne to break.
-->'''Mark:''' He was-\\
'''Dwayne:''' (''Speaking much more clearly'') No better than ''me''! The only reason he got to where he was instead of me was because he ''took me out''! '''''He ASSASSINATED ME'''''!

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