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** And of course, there's the killer, Marcus Boswell, who was Denton's personal lawyer, an worked with Trish to kill Denton before arranging her death.
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** And of course, there's the killer, Marcus Boswell, who was Denton's personal lawyer, an and worked with Trish to kill Denton before arranging her death.
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* ReallyGetsAround: In his will, Denton calls Abby out for collecting men like she used to collect dolls, and says it'll get her in trouble. It's not clear if she was in a relationship with Marcus Boswell, but they *did* hook up to kill her dad, and he *did* end up killing her, too.
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* ReallyGetsAround: In his will, Denton calls Abby Trish out for collecting men like she used to collect dolls, and says it'll get her in trouble. It's not clear if she was in a relationship with Marcus Boswell, but they *did* hook up to kill her dad, and he *did* end up killing her, too.
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* WhiteSheep: For all her faults, Morgana and Echo are the only members of Denton's family who haven't done anything criminal or morally wrong.
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* WhiteSheep: For all her their faults, Morgana and Echo are the only members of Denton's family who haven't done anything criminal or morally wrong.
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* DrunkDriver: Trish apparently drove home drunk often enough for Barnes to be unfazed by seeing her pass out in the driveway. This time, though, it wasn't her.
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* DrunkDriver: Trish apparently drove home drunk often enough for security guard Barnes to be unfazed by seeing her pass out in the driveway. This time, though, it wasn't her.
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* WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath: Morgana says that she was looking out her window and saw her sister's soul departing from her body, letting out a cry like a mourning dove as she went. It's that last part which gets Jess thinking about a whistle being used to trigger Teddy. As it turns out, someone was wearing Trish's coat, and Morgana saw Trish's killer from a distance leaving Trish's unconscious body to be crushed by the gates, with the with a birdcall being the trigger to get Teddy to push the button.
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* WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath: Morgana says that she was looking out her window and saw her sister's soul departing from her body, letting out a cry like a mourning dove as she went. It's that last part which gets Jess thinking about a whistle being used to trigger Teddy. As it turns out, someone was wearing Trish's coat, and Morgana saw Trish's killer from a distance leaving Trish's unconscious body to be crushed by the gates, with the with a birdcall being the trigger to get Teddy to push the button.
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* AgeGapRomance: Apparently one-sided on Abby's part, but she saw the real Denton and came to have feelings for him.
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* AgeGapRomance: Apparently one-sided on Abby's part, but she saw the real Denton behind the facade and came to have feelings for him.
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* DirtyOldMan: Downplayed. Denton (sixty-something) makes a few suggestive remarks and an "If I was 30 years younger comment..." but is clearly regarded by Jessica and Abby as a harmless kidder.
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* DirtyOldMan: Downplayed. Denton (sixty-something) (eighty) makes a few suggestive remarks and an "If I was 30 years younger comment..." but is clearly regarded by Jessica and Abby as a harmless kidder.
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* WhiteSheep: For all her faults Morgana and Echo are the only members of Denton's family who have done anything criminal or morally wrong.
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* WhiteSheep: For all her faults faults, Morgana and Echo are the only members of Denton's family who have haven't done anything criminal or morally wrong.
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** Morgana hires a lawyer to break her father's will, but considering Denton left his money ''to a dog'', [[AvertedTrope that's not entire unjustified]].
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** Morgana hires a lawyer to break her father's will, but considering Denton left his money ''to a dog'', [[AvertedTrope that's not entire entirely unjustified]].
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** In his will, Denton describes Spencer as lobbying for dictators and sarcastically mentions what a shame it is that his clients keep getting blown up.
** And of course, there's the killer, Marcus Boswell, who was Denton's personal lawyer, an worked with Trish to kill Denton before killing her.
** And of course, there's the killer, Marcus Boswell, who was Denton's personal lawyer, an worked with Trish to kill Denton before killing her.
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** In his will, Denton describes Spencer as lobbying for dictators and sarcastically mentions what a shame it is that his clients keep getting blown up.
up. That said, Spencer proves to be more decent than Trish in the end.
** And of course, there's the killer, Marcus Boswell, who was Denton's personal lawyer, an worked with Trish to kill Denton beforekilling her.arranging her death.
** Morgana hires a lawyer to break her father's will, but considering Denton left his money ''to a dog'', [[AvertedTrope that's not entire unjustified]].
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Trish hits her horse with a riding crop after failing a jump, much to Abby's annoyance. Later, she's revealed to be complicit in the murder of her father.
** And of course, there's the killer, Marcus Boswell, who was Denton's personal lawyer, an worked with Trish to kill Denton before
** Morgana hires a lawyer to break her father's will, but considering Denton left his money ''to a dog'', [[AvertedTrope that's not entire unjustified]].
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Trish hits her horse with a riding crop after failing a jump, much to Abby's annoyance. Later, she's revealed to be complicit in the murder of her father.
* DamnedByFaintPraise: Denton says Morgana isn't a bad person (unlike her siblings), she just has no sense.
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* GranolaGirl: Morgana is a basically a cleaned-up NewAgeRetroHippie, heavy on the ''New Age'', whose HippieParenting is implied to have messed up her daughter Echo in some way.
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* DrunkDriver: Trish apparently drove home drunk often enough for Barnes to be unfazed by seeing her pass out in the driveway. This time, though, it wasn't her.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Spencer may have perpetrated fraud in order to break his father's will, but he could see that killing Jessica to cover it up (like Potts wanted to do) was an absurdly stupid idea, and was very eager to find out who really killed his sister and father.
* GranolaGirl: Morgana is a basically a cleaned-up NewAgeRetroHippie, heavy on the ''New Age'', whoseHippieParenting [[HippieParents hippie parenting]] is implied to have messed up her daughter Echo in some way.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Spencer may have perpetrated fraud in order to break his father's will, but he could see that killing Jessica to cover it up (like Potts wanted to do) was an absurdly stupid idea, and was very eager to find out who really killed his sister and father.
* GranolaGirl: Morgana is a basically a cleaned-up NewAgeRetroHippie, heavy on the ''New Age'', whose
* ReallyGetsAround: In his will, Denton calls Abby out for collecting men like she used to collect dolls, and says it'll get her in trouble. It's not clear if she was in a relationship with Marcus Boswell, but they *did* hook up to kill her dad, and he *did* end up killing her, too.
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* SadClown: Although Denton presented the image of a vivacious joker, Abby could see how much he regretted how badly his family turned out.
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* SadClown: Although Denton presented the image of a vivacious joker, Abby could see how much he regretted how badly his family had turned out.
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* SimpleCountryLawyer: The lawyer for the estate has a folksy drawl, and familiar attitude with the locals, but is also a fairly shrewd man.
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* SimpleCountryLawyer: The Marcus Boswell, lawyer for the estate Denton estate, has a folksy drawl, and familiar attitude with the locals, but is also a fairly shrewd man.
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* ThisBearWasFramed: Teddy the beagle is framed ''repeatedly'' by people attempting to get to the inheritance left by his owner. This starts with drugging the dog and faking a vicious dog attack and then escalates to ''training the dog to push a button that closes an iron gate on a woman's neck and kills her.'' The latter incident leads to Jessica having work out who taught the dog to push a button in the first place.
* VideoWill: Denton's will was recorded on a video cassette, which the lawyer touts as the newest will technology.
* VideoWill: Denton's will was recorded on a video cassette, which the lawyer touts as the newest will technology.
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* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: After Abby has a confrontation with Trish, Morgana warns her to be careful of Trish, because Trish's Gemini was ascendant and Abby's Capricorn was at a low ebb, and the night previous three owls were seen in a black oak tree. Well, she's right in that Trish is dangerous, but that's not why.
* ThisBearWasFramed: Teddy the beagle is framed ''repeatedly'' by people attempting to get to the inheritance left by his owner. This starts with drugging the dog and faking a vicious dog attack and then escalates to ''training the dog to push a button that closes an iron gate on a woman's neck and kills her.'' The latter incident leads to Jessica having to work out who taught the dog to push a button in the first place.
* VideoWill: Denton's will was recorded on a video cassette, which the lawyer touts as the newest willtechnology.technology.
* WhiteSheep: For all her faults Morgana and Echo are the only members of Denton's family who have done anything criminal or morally wrong.
* WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath: Morgana says that she was looking out her window and saw her sister's soul departing from her body, letting out a cry like a mourning dove as she went. It's that last part which gets Jess thinking about a whistle being used to trigger Teddy. As it turns out, someone was wearing Trish's coat, and Morgana saw Trish's killer from a distance leaving Trish's unconscious body to be crushed by the gates, with the with a birdcall being the trigger to get Teddy to push the button.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Spencer and Potts try to get Teddy put down by claiming that Teddy went crazy and attacked them. Turns out Potts was faking his injury and Spencer had put something in Teddy's food to drive him temporarily nuts.
* ThisBearWasFramed: Teddy the beagle is framed ''repeatedly'' by people attempting to get to the inheritance left by his owner. This starts with drugging the dog and faking a vicious dog attack and then escalates to ''training the dog to push a button that closes an iron gate on a woman's neck and kills her.'' The latter incident leads to Jessica having to work out who taught the dog to push a button in the first place.
* VideoWill: Denton's will was recorded on a video cassette, which the lawyer touts as the newest will
* WhiteSheep: For all her faults Morgana and Echo are the only members of Denton's family who have done anything criminal or morally wrong.
* WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath: Morgana says that she was looking out her window and saw her sister's soul departing from her body, letting out a cry like a mourning dove as she went. It's that last part which gets Jess thinking about a whistle being used to trigger Teddy. As it turns out, someone was wearing Trish's coat, and Morgana saw Trish's killer from a distance leaving Trish's unconscious body to be crushed by the gates, with the with a birdcall being the trigger to get Teddy to push the button.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Spencer and Potts try to get Teddy put down by claiming that Teddy went crazy and attacked them. Turns out Potts was faking his injury and Spencer had put something in Teddy's food to drive him temporarily nuts.
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* AgeGapRomance: Apparently one-sided on Abby's part, but she saw the real Denton and came to have feelings for him.
* TheAlcoholic: Denton describes Trish as guzzling martinis down like root beer and even her own brother ribs her about her drinking.
* AmoralAttorney:
** In his will, Denton describes Spencer as lobbying for dictators and sarcastically mentions what a shame it is that his clients keep getting blown up.
** And of course, there's the killer, Marcus Boswell, who was Denton's personal lawyer, an worked with Trish to kill Denton before killing her.
* TheAlcoholic: Denton describes Trish as guzzling martinis down like root beer and even her own brother ribs her about her drinking.
* AmoralAttorney:
** In his will, Denton describes Spencer as lobbying for dictators and sarcastically mentions what a shame it is that his clients keep getting blown up.
** And of course, there's the killer, Marcus Boswell, who was Denton's personal lawyer, an worked with Trish to kill Denton before killing her.
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* DirtyOldMan: Downplayed. Denton (sixty-something) makes a few suggestive remarks and an "If I was 30 years younger comment..." but is clearly regarded by Jessica and Abby as a harmless kidder.
* GranolaGirl: Morgana is a basically a cleaned-up NewAgeRetroHippie, heavy on the ''New Age'', whose HippieParenting is implied to have messed up her daughter Echo in some way.
* GranolaGirl: Morgana is a basically a cleaned-up NewAgeRetroHippie, heavy on the ''New Age'', whose HippieParenting is implied to have messed up her daughter Echo in some way.
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* SadClown: Although Denton presented the image of a vivacious joker, Abby could see how much he regretted how badly his family turned out.
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* InformedFlaw: Echo is described as "messed up" by her grandfather in his SpitefulWill, but she doesn't do anything worse than listen to heavy metal music and make some surly remarks about relatives who do a lot to provoke her.
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* ThisBearWasFramed: Teddy the beagle is framed ''repeatedly'' by people attempting to get to the inheritance left by his owner. This starts with drugging the dog and faking a vicious dog attack and then escalates to ''training the dog to push a button that closes an iron gate on a woman's neck and kills her.'' The latter incident leads to Jessica having work out who taught the dog to push a button in the first place.
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Denton's family is one DysfunctionJunction filled with members who're either promiscuous, greedy, [[TheDitz not very bright]], or just [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} a little out of touch with reality]].
* BrokenTears: During Boswell's VillainousBreakdown when [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the training he gave the dog also gives him away as the murderer]], he breaks down in tears when Jessica exposes him.
* BrokenTears: During Boswell's VillainousBreakdown when [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the training he gave the dog also gives him away as the murderer]], he breaks down in tears when Jessica exposes him.
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Denton's family is one DysfunctionJunction filled with members who're who are either promiscuous, greedy, [[TheDitz not very bright]], or just [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} a little out of touch with reality]].
* BrokenTears: During Boswell's VillainousBreakdown when [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the training he gave the dogalso gives him away as the murderer]], he breaks down in tears when Jessica exposes him.
* BrokenTears: During Boswell's VillainousBreakdown when [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the training he gave the dog
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* PetTheDog: aside from leaving his estate to his actual pet Teddy, Denton does make bequests to his servants, with a little extra for the security guard who watched over his art collection, and leaves his best friend friend an antique shotgun he admired.
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* PetTheDog: aside Aside from leaving his estate to his actual pet Teddy, Denton does make bequests to his servants, with a little extra for the security guard who watched over his art collection, and leaves his best friend friend an antique shotgun he admired.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Jessica waltzes into Pott's workyard while the latter is doing some woodwork and snatches the bandage he's using to [[ObfuscatingDisability fake a dog bite injury]] ...while wearing bright red clothes.
** The whole plan of Trish's and Denton's murderers.
** The whole plan of Trish's and Denton's murderers.
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* RefugeInAudacity: RefugeInAudacity:
** Jessica waltzes into Pott's workyard while the latter is doing some woodwork and snatches the bandage he's using to [[ObfuscatingDisability fake a dog biteinjury]] ...injury]]... while wearing bright red clothes.
** The whole plan ofTrish's Trish and Denton's murderers.
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* VideoWill: Denton's will was recorded on a video casette, which the lawyer touts as the newest will technology.
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* VideoWill: Denton's will was recorded on a video casette, cassette, which the lawyer touts as the newest will technology.
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Denton's family is one DysfunctionJunction filled with members who's promiscuous, greedy, [[TheDitz not very bright]], or just [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} a little out of touch with reality]].
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Denton's family is one DysfunctionJunction filled with members who's who're either promiscuous, greedy, [[TheDitz not very bright]], or just [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} a little out of touch with reality]].reality]].
* BrokenTears: During Boswell's VillainousBreakdown when [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the training he gave the dog also gives him away as the murderer]], he breaks down in tears when Jessica exposes him.
* BrokenTears: During Boswell's VillainousBreakdown when [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the training he gave the dog also gives him away as the murderer]], he breaks down in tears when Jessica exposes him.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Jessica waltzes into Pott's workyard while the latter is doing some woodwork and snatches the bandage he's using to [[ObfuscatingDisability fake a dog bite injury]] ...while wearing bright red clothes.
** The whole plan of Trish's and Denton's murderers.
** The whole plan of Trish's and Denton's murderers.
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Denton's family is one DysfunctionJunction filled with members who's promiscuous, greedy, [[TheDitz not very bright]], or just [[Cloudcuckoolander a little out of touch with reality]].
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Denton's family is one DysfunctionJunction filled with members who's promiscuous, greedy, [[TheDitz not very bright]], or just [[Cloudcuckoolander [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} a little out of touch with reality]].
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Denton's family is one DysfunctionJunction filled with members who're promiscuous, greedy, [[WhatAnIdiot an idiot]], or just [[TalkativeLoon a completely loon]].
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Denton's family is one DysfunctionJunction filled with members who're who's promiscuous, greedy, [[WhatAnIdiot an idiot]], [[TheDitz not very bright]], or just [[TalkativeLoon [[Cloudcuckoolander a completely loon]].little out of touch with reality]].
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Denton's family is one DysfunctionJunction filled with members who're promiscuous, greedy, [[WhatAnIdiot an idiot]], or just [[TalkativeLoon a completely loon]].
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* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: When the guard goes to check on the passed out Trish, we hear a bird sound that seems innocuous at first but becomes significant later.
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* PetTheDog: aside from leaving his estate to his actual pet Teddy, Denton does make bequests to his servants, with a little extra for the security guard who watched over his art collection, and leaves his best friend friend an antique shotgun he admired.
* RedHerring: Impressively, every time a clue is brought up that incriminates the killer, there's something attached to it that makes it seem to incriminate someone else, or provide another clue, like that the killer couldn't have come from outside.
* RedHerring: Impressively, every time a clue is brought up that incriminates the killer, there's something attached to it that makes it seem to incriminate someone else, or provide another clue, like that the killer couldn't have come from outside.
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While on a visit to her cousin Abby, Jessica once again finds herself on the scent of trouble. Abby's employer dies in a suspiciously convenient riding accident, and when his lawyer presents the will, it turns out that he left most of what he owned to his hunting dog Teddy. The already uneasy situation comes to a head when Teddy apparently kills one of the family using an automatic gate, and Abby, as an animal handler, falls under suspicion of having trained him.
!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* BehavioralConditioning: Abby points out that Teddy wouldn't know how to work the button by himself and someone would have had to train him to press it, which casts suspicion on her. Jessica turns the tables during a court proceeding by showing that Abby's whistle was not the trigger and then playing the bird call that was the signal for Teddy to press the button, causing him to go to the actual killer for reinforcement.
* PetHeir: The victim leaves his entire estate to his hunting dog, Teddy. He closes the obvious loophole by adding a clause that if Teddy dies anything but a natural death, the ASPCA will get the estate instead.
* ShoutOut: When chastising one of the relatives for his hysteria about Teddy, Denton's lawyer blames his paranoia on [[Film/{{Cujo}} his having seen too many Stephen King films.]]
* SpitefulWill: Denton takes the opportunity to criticize every one of his relatives while recording his will.
* VideoWill: Denton's will was recorded on a video casette, which the lawyer touts as the newest will technology.
!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* BehavioralConditioning: Abby points out that Teddy wouldn't know how to work the button by himself and someone would have had to train him to press it, which casts suspicion on her. Jessica turns the tables during a court proceeding by showing that Abby's whistle was not the trigger and then playing the bird call that was the signal for Teddy to press the button, causing him to go to the actual killer for reinforcement.
* PetHeir: The victim leaves his entire estate to his hunting dog, Teddy. He closes the obvious loophole by adding a clause that if Teddy dies anything but a natural death, the ASPCA will get the estate instead.
* ShoutOut: When chastising one of the relatives for his hysteria about Teddy, Denton's lawyer blames his paranoia on [[Film/{{Cujo}} his having seen too many Stephen King films.]]
* SpitefulWill: Denton takes the opportunity to criticize every one of his relatives while recording his will.
* VideoWill: Denton's will was recorded on a video casette, which the lawyer touts as the newest will technology.
