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* TookALevelInJerkass: While Maureen was a remorseless SerialKiller in ''Psychoville'', she was [[AffablyEvil generally pleasant about it]] and only killed people if she thought they were a threat to David. Dying and going to Hell seems to have made her a lot crueler, as she casually tries to force David into murdering his own innocent son.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: While Maureen was a remorseless SerialKiller murderer in ''Psychoville'', she was [[AffablyEvil generally pleasant about it]] and only killed people if because she genuinely thought they were a threat to David. Dying and going to Hell seems to have made her a lot crueler, as she casually tries to force David into murdering his own innocent son.
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* AdultFear: Having to watch David hold a toddler over boiling water.
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* FormulaBreakingEpisode: By the standards of ''Series/InsideNo9'', even considering that it's a series where the hook is that there are no rules. This is the first episode that actually brought back characters, but from ''Series/{{Psychoville}}'' rather than from other episodes of the series.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: By the standards of ''Series/InsideNo9'', even considering that it's a series where the hook is that there are no rules. This is the first episode that actually brought back characters, but from ''Series/{{Psychoville}}'' rather than from other episodes of the series.
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* AbortedArc: ''Psychoville'' ended with the implication that David kept his mother's corpse because he planned to resurrect her with the technology used to bring Dr. Ehrlichmann back from the dead. This episode reveals that he never went through with that.
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* FamousLastWords: [[OneLinerNameOneLiner It's "John did", David. It's "John did".]]
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* TookALevelInJerkass: While Maureen was a remorseless SerialKiller in ''Psychoville'', she was [[AffablyEvil generally pleasant about it]] and was only interested in killing killed people if she thought they were a threat to herself and David. Dying and going to Hell seems to have made her a lot crueler, as she casually tries to force David into murdering his own innocent son.
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* MonsterClown: David and Emily hire Mr Jelly to celebrate the birth of their child. He turns out to be quite creepy.
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* MonsterClown: David and Emily hire Mr Jelly to celebrate the birth of their child. He turns out to be quite creepy.creepy, although ''Psychoville'' fans will know that [[DarkIsNotEvil he isn't actually a bad guy]].
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* TookALevelInJerkass: While Maureen was a remorseless SerialKiller in ''Psychoville'', she was [[AffablyEvil generally pleasant about it]] and was only interested in killing people if she thought they were a threat to herself and David. Dying and going to Hell seems to have made her a lot crueler, as she casually tries to force David into murdering his own innocent son.
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* HappyEndingOverride: While ''Psychoville'' [[AnyoneCanDie didn't exactly have a happy ending]], David was one of the few characters to emerge alive, and while his mother was dead there was an implication that his life at least had a chance to improve through his newfound relationship with Emily. Almost a decade later, this episode reveals that his life ''did'' improve for a while... until [[DiabolusExMachina his mother's ghost shows up]] and proceeds to destroy it so they can be TogetherInDeath.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Maureen Sowerbutts is completely nonchalant about ordering her own baby grandson ''boiled alive''.
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* VillainousMotherSonDuo: Played with, as befitting an episode that plays a lot of homage to ''Film/{{Psycho}]''.
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* VillainousMotherSonDuo: Played with, as befitting an episode that plays a lot of homage to ''Film/{{Psycho}]''.''Film/{{Psycho}}''.
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* BackForTheDead: Maureen has already died (although she's back in another form) and it's constantly teased as happening to Emily or Emily's old boss (all of them characters from ''Series/{{Psychoville}}'', but they all actually survive. The only victim of Maureen's wrath is David.
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* DecoyProtagonist: Beattie. The first five minutes sets the episode up to be her story and then David arrives to take up the narrative.
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* BackForTheDead: Maureen has already died (although she's back in another form) and it's constantly teased as happening to Emily, but she actually survives. The only victim of Maureen's wrath is David.
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* BackForTheDead: Maureen has already died (although she's back in another form) and it's constantly teased as happening to Emily, Emily or Emily's old boss (all of them characters from ''Series/{{Psychoville}}'', but she they all actually survives.survive. The only victim of Maureen's wrath is David.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: By the standards of ''Series/InsideNo9'', even considering that it's a series where the hook is that there are no rules. This is the first episode that actually brought back characters, but from ''Series/{{Psychoville}}'' rather than from other episodes of the series.
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* VillainousMotherSonDuo: Played with, as befitting an episode that plays a lot of homage to ''Film/{{Psycho}]''.
* VillainOfAnotherStory: Or perhaps [[HeroOfAnotherStory hero]] or TragicVillain. Beattie kills Sam at the end, but she is acting under Maureen's influence, so it's not actually clear what she knows she's doing.
* VillainOfAnotherStory: Or perhaps [[HeroOfAnotherStory hero]] or TragicVillain. Beattie kills Sam at the end, but she is acting under Maureen's influence, so it's not actually clear what she knows she's doing.
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* InstantDeathStab: David dies instantly from a knife in the back.
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Beattie (Creator/JennaLouiseColeman) (Creator/JennaColeman) and Sam (Kadiff Kirwan) are a young couple who move into a new flat at a bargain price. Beattie, however, comes to fear that the new flat is haunted by the ghost of a serial killer who dismembered a body in the bath.
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* MonsterClown: David and Emily hire a clown to celebrate the birth of their child. He turns out to be quite creepy.
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* RunningGag: We learn Mr Jelly was hired for John's birthday party because Emily confused him with another clown. This continues the recurring gag from ''Series/{{Psychoville}}'' where he would be confused for another clown named Mr Jolly.
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Beattie (Creator/JennaLouiseColeman) and Sam (Kardiff (Kadiff Kirwan) are a young couple who move into a new flat at a bargain price. Beattie, however, comes to fear that the new flat is haunted by the ghost of a serial killer who dismembered a body in the bath.
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* FullyAbsorbedFinale: Effectively this to ''[[Series/Psychoville]]''.
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* AdultFear: Having to watch David hold a toddler over boiling water.
* BirdsOfAFeather: David and Emily.
* CompartmentShot: Three.
** A shot from inside a microwave as David tries to heat a potato.
** A shot from inside a garbage bag as Emily disposes of the tennis balls.
** A shot from inside Emily's purse where she finds Maureen's brooch.
* CompartmentShot: Three.
** A shot from inside a microwave as David tries to heat a potato.
** A shot from inside a garbage bag as Emily disposes of the tennis balls.
** A shot from inside Emily's purse where she finds Maureen's brooch.
* DisposingOfABody: David chopped up his mother's body and turned the pieces in for recycling.
* FamousLastWords: [[OneLinerNameOneLiner It's "John did", David. It's "John did".]]
* FamousLastWords: [[OneLinerNameOneLiner It's "John did", David. It's "John did".]]
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* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Although Maureen is a completely remorseless murderer and David appears to be taken over by her, he hesitates ''just'' long enough before dropping John into the boiling water for Emily to come home and save him.
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* HauntedTechnology: The blender turns on by itself and the Bontempi plays even when unplugged.
* HomeEarlySurprise: Invoked by Maureen who tells David to come home early to discover Emily's secret.
* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Although Maureen is a completely remorseless murderer and David appears to be taken over by her, he hesitates''just'' [[JustInTime just long enough enough]] before dropping John into the boiling water for Emily to come home and save him. him.
* InTheBack: David gets it in the back.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The episode is named after the poem "Death Be Not Proud" by Creator/JohnDonne.
* MonochromeApparition: The ghost of David's mother appears in a bluish tint.
* MonsterClown: David and Emily hire a clown to celebrate the birth of their child. He turns out to be quite creepy.
* ParentalIncest: Implied with the "close" relationship David had with his mother.
* HomeEarlySurprise: Invoked by Maureen who tells David to come home early to discover Emily's secret.
* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Although Maureen is a completely remorseless murderer and David appears to be taken over by her, he hesitates
* InTheBack: David gets it in the back.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The episode is named after the poem "Death Be Not Proud" by Creator/JohnDonne.
* MonochromeApparition: The ghost of David's mother appears in a bluish tint.
* MonsterClown: David and Emily hire a clown to celebrate the birth of their child. He turns out to be quite creepy.
* ParentalIncest: Implied with the "close" relationship David had with his mother.
* ShoutOut: [[Film/{{Psycho}} Keeping the skeleton of your mother around.]]
* StaggeredZoom: The shot on the skeleton in the bathtub.
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* WhamShot: The whole episode changes ''totally'' with the shot of David Sowerbutts in Sam and Beattie's doorway.
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* WhamShot: The whole episode changes ''totally'' with the shot of David Sowerbutts in Sam and Beattie's doorway.doorway.
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* BackForTheDead: Maureen has already died (although she's back in another form) and it's constantly teased as happening to Emily, but she actually survives. The only victim of Maureen's wrath is David.
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* AmbiguousSituation: How much is Beattie aware of what she's doing when she kills David and then Sam?
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The story starts off being about a flat haunted by an amputee. Then [[Series/{{Psychoville}} David Sowerbutts]]appears.
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* SignificantCostumeShift: Beattie goes from wearing dowdy florals to wearing a red jacket and black trousers after killing Sam.
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* AdvertisedExtra: The story is advertised as being about Sam and Beattie. Beattie mostly just listens to David tell his story, while Sam appears for two very short scenes.
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* RedIsViolent: Beattie's red jacket after she kills Sam.
* SignificantCostumeSwitch: Beattie goes from wearing dowdy florals to wearing a red jacket and black trousers after killing Sam.
* WhamLine: "I wasn't talking to you."
* RedIsViolent: Beattie's red jacket after she kills Sam.
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* WhamLine: "I wasn't talking to you."
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* WhamShot: The whole episode changes ''totally'' with the shot of David Sowerbutts in Sam and Beattie's doorway.
* WhamShot: The whole episode changes ''totally'' with the shot of David Sowerbutts in Sam and Beattie's doorway.
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* AdvertisedExtra: The story is advertised as being about Sam and Beattie. Beattie mostly just listens to David tell his story, while Sam appears for two very short scenes.
* {{Crossover}}: Between ''Series/{{Psychoville}}'' and ''Series/InsideNo9''.
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The story starts off being about a flat haunted by an amputee. Then [[Series/{{Psychoville}} David Sowerbutts appears.
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* AdvertisedExtra: The story is advertised as being about Sam and Beattie. Beattie mostly just listens to David tell his story, while Sam appears for two very short scenes.
* {{Crossover}}: Between ''Series/{{Psychoville}}'' and ''Series/InsideNo9''.
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The story starts off being about a flat haunted by an amputee. Then [[Series/{{Psychoville}} David Sowerbutts appears.
