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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: After Briscoe discovers Ned Burks, who killed Chesley Purcell, [[DrivenToSuicide has hung himself in prison after Dell refuses to deal with him because he won't give him dirt that will help his investigation into the White House]], Briscoe calls Van Buren from prison and says, "I specifically asked the shift commander to put him on suicide watch. [[SarcasmMode Unfortunately, at Rikers Island that seems to mean they stand around and watch you commit suicide]].

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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: After Briscoe discovers Ned Burks, who killed Chesley Purcell, [[DrivenToSuicide has hung himself in prison after Dell refuses to deal with him because he won't give him dirt that will help his investigation into the White House]], Briscoe calls Van Buren from prison and says, "I specifically asked the shift commander to put him on suicide watch. [[SarcasmMode Unfortunately, at Rikers Island that seems to mean they stand around and watch you commit suicide]]."
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Part two of the {{Crossover}} with ''Series/LawAndOrder''.

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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: After Briscoe discovers Ned Burks, who killed Chesley Purcell, [[DrivenToSuicide has hung himself in prison after Dell refuses to deal with him because he won't give him dirt that will help his investigation into the White House]], Briscoe calls Curtis from prison and says, "I specifically asked the shift commander to put him on suicide watch. [[SarcasmMode Unfortunately, at Rikers Island that seems to mean they stand around and watch you commit suicide]].

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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: After Briscoe discovers Ned Burks, who killed Chesley Purcell, [[DrivenToSuicide has hung himself in prison after Dell refuses to deal with him because he won't give him dirt that will help his investigation into the White House]], Briscoe calls Curtis Van Buren from prison and says, "I specifically asked the shift commander to put him on suicide watch. [[SarcasmMode Unfortunately, at Rikers Island that seems to mean they stand around and watch you commit suicide]].


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* PrecisionFStrike: Sheppard tells Stivers when Lewis through his hat on her desk, it was his way of saying, "Bitch, you almost got me shot."
* SmugSnake: Bernard Abrams, Dell's chief associate, is like this, especially when he warns Danvers he's going to expose his past (see HateCrimesAreASpecialKindOfEvil above) if Danvers continues with indicting Little Walter.
* TearsOfRemorse: Bernardi admits she may be responsible for Janine [=McBride=]'s murder when both of them were involved with Katherine Rainer, who was also working at the White House, and Bernardi, through Dawkins, tried to keep [=McBride=] from telling Dell about the whole thing. After Bernardi admits the whole thing to Danvers and [=McCoy=], she starts crying and begs Danvers and [=McCoy=] to tell Rainer she never meant to hurt Rainer.

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* CallBack: After Munch tells the rest of the squad about the investigation so far at the beginning of the episode, Lewis cracks that it sounds like one of [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS7E4TheTwentyPercentSolution L.P. Everett's novels]].

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After Munch tells the rest of the squad about the investigation so far at the beginning of the episode, Lewis cracks that it sounds like one of [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS7E4TheTwentyPercentSolution L.P. Everett's novels]].

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* LetMeGetThisStraight: After Little Walter reveals the terms of his agreement with Chelsey Purcell:

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Barnfather and the other African-Americans involved in the Homicide unit are okay with showing support to Danvers after his past indiscretion is revealed (see HateCrimesAreASpecialKindOfEvil below), but Barnfather tells Giardello there's no way they can support Danvers being nominated for a judge position, and he should withdraw from consideration. Giardello tells him Danvers is aware of this and will withdraw his name.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: After Briscoe discovers Ned Burks, who killed Chesley Purcell, [[DrivenToSuicide has hung himself in prison after Dell refuses to deal with him because he won't give him dirt that will help his investigation into the White House]], Briscoe calls Curtis from prison and says, "I specifically asked the shift commander to put him on suicide watch. [[SarcasmMode Unfortunately, at Rikers Island that seems to mean they stand around and watch you commit suicide]].
* HateCrimesAreASpecialKindOfEvil: Turns out when Danvers was a teenager, he was part of a gang that badly beat an African-American man. Giardello tells the other African-Americans in the unit when he tracked the man down, the man remembered how Danvers was the only one of the gang who apologized for what happened and who tried to make amends.
* LetMeGetThisStraight: After Little Walter reveals the terms of his agreement with Chelsey Chesley Purcell:



'''Little Walter''': Third row, orchestra.

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'''Little Walter''': Third row, orchestra.orchestra.
* WhatTheHellHero: Giardello gets extremely angry at Mike when he finds out Mike had given details of Jeanine [=McBride=]'s [[Recap/LawAndOrderS9E14Sideshow murder investigation to]] an FBI supervisor, who in turn leaked the details to William Dell.
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!Sideshow
->Directed By: Ed Sherin
->Written By: Creator/DavidSimon

[[Recap/LawAndOrderS9E14Sideshow Even though Chesley Purcell, the murder suspect, has herself been murdered]], Briscoe and Curtis in New York, and Munch and Sheppard in Baltimore, continue their investigation into the murder of Jeanine [=McBride=], and they discover it goes all the way to the White House. William Dell, the independent counsel, continues to thwart their investigation, as well as Danvers and [=McCoy=]'s attempted prosecution, at every turn. Speaking of Danvers, he's in line for a nomination to the bench until a past indiscretion comes to light.

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* CallBack: After Munch tells the rest of the squad about the investigation so far at the beginning of the episode, Lewis cracks that it sounds like one of [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS7E4TheTwentyPercentSolution L.P. Everett's novels]].
** Falsone and Lewis, and Ballard and Stivers, continue to talk about [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS7E10ShadesOfGray the beating Sheppard received]], and Stivers admits first to Ballard and then to Sheppard she wasn't telling the truth [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS7E11BonesOfContention she would have pulled her gun as Sheppard did]].
** Falsone brings up to Lewis how he didn't act this freaked out after [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS6E1BloodTiesPartOne Junior Bunk Mahoney shot at him]].
* LetMeGetThisStraight: After Little Walter reveals the terms of his agreement with Chelsey Purcell:
-->'''Munch''': You paid a hitter with tickets to ''Theatre/TheLionKing''?\\
'''Little Walter''': Third row, orchestra.

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