History Recap / MurderSheWroteS2E14KeepTheHomeFriesBurning

* BlameTheParamour: After discovering her husband was having an affair with her best friend, Wilhelmina decided to poison her friend rather than blame her husband. It doesn't end well for anyone.

* ChekhovsGun: More like Chekov's Purse. At the start of the episode, Jessica points out how Betty and Wilhemina have gorgeous Italian suede purses. Jessica, when confronting Wilhemina in the hospital, points out that the purse Wilhemina had been using that morning is missing, and Wilhemina is now using Betty's shoulder bag. This is the evidence she uses to deduce that Wilhemina stuck the lidless poisoned jam jar in her purse.

* ADeadlyAffair: Betty Fiddler's affair with Harrison Fraser led to her own death and the sickening of several others. Wilhelmina hadn't intended to make anyone else sick, but she hadn't been able to recover the jar of preserves fast enough to keep others from putting it on their toast.

-->'''Jessica:''' Floyd, do you have any enemies?
-->'''Floyd:''' (''frankly'') Just my chef, who doesn't want to cook.
-->'''Jessica:''' No, I mean someone who is capable of doing something like this...(''indicates empty restaurant'') ...to destroy you.
-->'''Floyd:''' (''wryly'') [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Only my chef, who doesn't want to cook]].
* GoneHorriblyRight: Wilhemina's plan was to poison Betty, eat a little herself, then dispose of the evidence, making it look they had been served some bad food that had a fatal reaction in Betty's case. Instead, the preservatives got taken away from the table while she stepped away, leading to four other people being exposed and nearly killed and the case getting national attention. It also meant Jessica could zero in on the common factor that each victim ate and making it impossible to hide the existence of the poison, but that just made her look like the victim of a near-spree killing until Jessica puts the pieces together. After being caught, Wilhelmina insists she never meant anyone else to be hurt, but the damage was already done.

--> '''Cornelia''': (deadpan) I did say ''sometimes''.

* MuggleBornOfMages: Henry Dupree, the chef at the Joshua Peabody Inn is the latest in a long line of chefs! His grandfather ran the Vin Rouge in Cannes! His father practically invented nouvelle cuisine! He...flunked out of cooking school and got fired from his father and grandfather's restaurants, only agreeing to work at the Inn so Floyd would pay to get him out of France and back to the States.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Cornelia Montique was ridiculed by Dr. Hazlitt for her [[FanServiceWithASmile attire]]. Jessica points out that Seth's fashion sense isn't any better.
* RedHerring: Bo Dixon, the owner of a diner that is losing customers, falls under suspicion. He wasn't guilty.

* SerialKillingsSpecificTarget: Only averted thanks to Seth figuring out what the poison was. In order to make her friend's Betty's poisoning seem like a case of food poisoning, Wilhemina snuck atropine (which causes symptoms similar to botulism) into the jar of strawberry preserves making rounds about the inn. It was somewhat accidental, in that Wilhemina only intended to poison Betty then get rid of the evidence, but the preservatives got taken away while she was away from the table (see GoneHorriblyRight). Luckily no one ate as much as Betty did or Willie would've been charged a serial killer.

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink

* TerseTalker: Margo Perry isn't one for chit-chat...or politeness. Wastes time.

When Sheriff Tupper takes her and Dr. Hazlitt to a new restaurant, the Joshua Peabody Inn, Jessica finds herself in the middle of another hot pot of intrigue. Several people take sick from some kind of bad food, with one afflicted lady dying on the spot. An inspector thinks it's an open-and-shut case of food poisoning, but Jessica smells a murder cooking.

* SerialKillingsSpecificTarget: Only averted thanks to Seth figuring out what the poison was. In order to make her friend's Betty's poisoning seem like a case of food poisoning, Wilhemina snuck atropine (which causes symptoms similar to botulism) into the jar of strawberry preserves being passed around the inn. Luckily no one ate as much as Betty did or Willie would be a serial killer.

* ChekovsGun: More like Chekov's Purse. At the start of the episode, Jessica points out how Betty and Wilhemina have gorgeous Italian suede purses. Jessica, when confronting Wilhemina in the hospital, points out that the purse Wilhemina had been using that morning is missing, and Wilhemina is now using Betty's shoulder bag. This is the evidence she uses to deduce that Wilhemina stuck the lidless poisoned jam jar in her purse.

* BlameTheParamour: After discovering her husband was having an affair with her best friend, Wilhelmina decided to poison her friend.

--> '''Cornelia''': (deadpans) I did say ''sometimes''.

* SweetTooth: Wilhemina was counting on Betty's.

** A possibly less murderous example. After being wrongfully arrested, Bo Dixon darkly warns the Sheriff that he'd better be careful next time he gets a burger at Dixon's diner.

* WouldHurtAChild: [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal An adolescent accidentally ate abhorrent adulterated aspic (that is, preserves) ardently and ailed. Alas, atropine! Aimless attack against all arranged, animus adultery. Alright? Antidote administered, atropine absolutely ameliorated.]] [[note]] I'll admit, that was impressive [[/note]]

* WouldHurtAChild: An adolescent accidentally ate abhorrent adulterated aspic (that is, preserves) ardently and ailed. Alas, atropine! Aimless attack against all arranged, animus adultery. Alright? Antidote administered, atropine absolutely ameliorated.