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* OedipusComplex: Trish suggests, when insulting Kilgrave on the radio, that he has Oedipal issues. We learn in later episodes that Kilgrave does owe some of what happened to his parents.
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* AbsenteeActor: Averted. This is the ''only'' episode of Season 1 in which all eight credited main actors appear.
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** Luke also refers to "[[Film/TheIncredibleHulk The big green dude]] and [[Film/TheAvengers2012 his crew]]."

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** Luke also refers to "[[Film/TheIncredibleHulk "[[Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008 The big green dude]] and [[Film/TheAvengers2012 his crew]]."
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* ManipulativeBastard: Hogarth knows Trish will defend Hope vigorously, getting the word out there about Kilgrave's mind control without having to risk her own reputation.


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*** Doubled down when she hears Kilgrave's voice as he calls in to the show.
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* FaceYourFears: The fact that Jessica is actively hunting Kilgrave obviously sits well with her. She's not having any more panic attacks.
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** The location tracking app that Jessica has put on Trish's phone allows her to tail Simpson.

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** The **Jessica installs a location tracking app that Jessica has put on her phone and Trish's early in the episode. Later in the episode, she plants Trish's phone allows her in Simpson's pocket so she can follow him back to tail Simpson.Kilgrave.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Believing Trish to be dead, Kilgrave orders Simpson to leave by the roof.
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* AbsenteeActor: Averted. This is the ''only'' episode of season 1 in which all eight credited main actors appear.

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* AbsenteeActor: Averted. This is the ''only'' episode of season Season 1 in which all eight credited main actors appear.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Jeri Hogarth has a hard time believing in mind-control when weirder things like ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 aliens invading New York]]'' have taken place, while she knowingly works with a woman with SuperStrength. Jeri later reveals that she believes in Kilgrave's power, but wanted Trish to make the argument for her on air, so she wouldn't come off as the crazy one. The idea of superpowers is still a hard pill for many in the public to swallow.

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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Jeri Hogarth has a hard time believing in mind-control mind control when weirder things like ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 aliens invading New York]]'' have taken place, while she knowingly works with a woman with SuperStrength. Jeri later reveals that she believes in Kilgrave's power, but wanted Trish to make the argument for her on air, so she wouldn't come off as the crazy one. The idea of superpowers is still a hard pill for many in the public to swallow.
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* TitleDrop: Trish realizes that having the threat of Kilgrave trying to kill hanging over her head is causing her to become increasingly paranoid and nervous. She asks Jessica how she have been able to put up with living this on a daily basis, and Jessica snarks "It's called whiskey" in response.

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* TitleDrop: Trish realizes that having the threat of Kilgrave trying to kill her hanging over her head is causing her to become increasingly paranoid and nervous. She asks Jessica how she have been able to put up with living this on a daily basis, and Jessica snarks "It's called whiskey" in response.
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* BaitAndSwitch: After Jessica injects the sufentanil into Trish to pass her off as dead, she charges Simpson, looking like she's trying to stop him from escaping. We quickly see that she's actually doing this to plant Trish's phone on Simpson so that she can track him.

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* BaitAndSwitch: After Jessica injects the sufentanil into Trish to pass her off as dead, she charges Simpson, looking like she's trying to stop him from escaping. We quickly see that In actuality, she's actually doing this to plant just slipping Trish's phone on Simpson into Simpson's pocket so that she can track him.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: While Jessica is shopping for liquor at a deli, the clerk is listening to a radio show. One of the callers mocks Hope's claims that Kilgrave made her do it, saying, "Have you ever heard a more made-up name than Kilgrave? I mean come on. Give me a break." We learn in later episodes that Kilgrave is indeed a made-up name.

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