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* AccidentalTruth: While the lawsuit against Jessica was a farce cooked up by Cosmo, Jessica ultimately discovers that Stone ''was'' actually innocent.

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* AccidentalTruth: While the lawsuit against Jessica was a farce cooked up by Cosmo, Jessica ultimately discovers that Stone ''was'' actually innocent.
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* AccidentalTruth: While the lawsuit against Jessica was a farce cooked up by Cosmo, Jessica ultimately discovers that Geraldine Stone ''was'' actually innocent.

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* AccidentalTruth: While the lawsuit against Jessica was a farce cooked up by Cosmo, Jessica ultimately discovers that Geraldine Stone ''was'' actually innocent.
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* AccidentalTruth: While the lawsuit against Jessica was a farce cooked up by Cosmo, Jessica ultimately discovers that Geraldine Stone ''was'' actually innocent.
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Directed By: Vincent McEveety

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Directed By: Vincent McEveety
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** Justin Fields pressured Geraldine into suing Jessica to make easy money for himself. After Geraldine recants her case, he breaks up with her and is left with no money, MealTicket, or job, since he got himself unceremoniously fired due to hedging his bets on the lawsuit.

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** Justin Fields pressured Geraldine into suing Jessica to make easy money for himself. After Geraldine recants her case, he breaks up with her and is but will be left with no money, MealTicket, or job, since he got himself unceremoniously fired due to hedging his bets on the lawsuit.

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Bastard Boyfriend has been rehauled into Fetishized Abuser (for then the narrative portrays an abuser as sexually desirable). Otherwise, it's an example of Domestic Abuser. If both people display toxic behaviors, it's Romanticized Abuse. If the romantic partner is an unpleasant person but not outright abusive, then they are just a Jerk Ass.


* BastardBoyfriend: Justin apparently browbeat Geraldine into having the lawsuit brought against Jessica so he could use the money to open his own pastry shop. When Geraldine eventually decides she can't go through with the scam, Justin walks out on her.


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* DomesticAbuser: Justin apparently browbeat Geraldine into having the lawsuit brought against Jessica so he could use the money to open his own pastry shop. When Geraldine eventually decides she can't go through with the scam, Justin walks out on her.

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After a recently escaped convict dies in a car accident, Jessica is sued by his daughter because Jessica helped piece together the case against his father.

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After a recently escaped convict dies in a car accident, Jessica is sued by his daughter because Jessica helped for helping piece together the case against his father.
her father, who she claims was wrongfully imprisoned.



* AmoralAttorney: Charles Emmett Cosmo is an AmbulanceChaser who attempts to sue Jessica in a wrongful death suit, figuring that her insurance company will settle out-of-court rather than face the hassle of a trial. At the end of the episode, he is disbarred after it is revealed that he paid a key witness to the original case $25,000 to change his testimony so they'd have ammo to sue Jessica.

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* AmoralAttorney: Charles Emmett Cosmo is an AmbulanceChaser who attempts to sue Jessica in a wrongful death suit, figuring that her insurance company will settle out-of-court rather than face the hassle of a trial. At the end of the episode, he is disbarred after it is revealed that he paid bribed a key witness to the original case $25,000 to change his testimony so they'd have ammo to sue Jessica.



* OffscreenKarma: The ending states that Charles Emmett Cosmo is going to get disbarred for paying off Angelo Vitello to falsify his testimony.
* PaperThinDisguise: Jessica was initially suspected of murdering Angelo Vitello because a blonde woman wearing a [[TrenchcoatBrigade trench coat]] and [[SunglassesAtNight sunglasses.......at 7 in the evening]] was seen leaving the Vitello residence right before he died. Jessica lampshades the trope upon hearing it.
* PoliceLineup: Jessica is "asked" to join in one, wearing the paper thin disguise described above along with 4 other blonde women. Thankfully, she could not be pinpointed as the possible perp.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jessica delivers a subdued version when she makes Geraldine understand her actions weren't so "harmless" because of how much money Jessica would've lost alongside the damage the lawsuit would've done to Jessica's reputation.
* SuicideNotMurder: It's revealed in this episode that the VictimOfTheWeek actually committed suicide, but his wife covered it up and attempted to make it look like murder.

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The ending states that Charles Emmett Cosmo is going to get disbarred for paying off Angelo Vitello to falsify his testimony.
testimony.
** Justin Fields pressured Geraldine into suing Jessica to make easy money for himself. After Geraldine recants her case, he breaks up with her and is left with no money, MealTicket, or job, since he got himself unceremoniously fired due to hedging his bets on the lawsuit.
* PaperThinDisguise: Jessica was initially suspected of murdering Angelo Vitello because a blonde woman wearing a [[TrenchcoatBrigade trench coat]] and [[SunglassesAtNight sunglasses.......sunglasses... at 7 in the evening]] was seen leaving the Vitello residence right before he died. Jessica lampshades the trope upon hearing it.
* PoliceLineup: Jessica is "asked" to join in one, wearing the paper thin paper-thin disguise described above along with 4 other blonde women. Thankfully, she could not be pinpointed as the possible perp.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jessica delivers a subdued version when she makes Geraldine understand her actions weren't so "harmless" because of how much money Jessica would've lost alongside the damage the lawsuit would've done to Jessica's her reputation.
* SuicideNotMurder: It's revealed in this episode that the VictimOfTheWeek actually committed suicide, but his wife covered it up and attempted to make it look like murder.

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* AmoralAttorney: Charles Emmett Cosmo paid a key witness to the original case $25,000 to change his testimony so they'd have ammo to sue Jessica.

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* AmoralAttorney: Charles Emmett Cosmo is an AmbulanceChaser who attempts to sue Jessica in a wrongful death suit, figuring that her insurance company will settle out-of-court rather than face the hassle of a trial. At the end of the episode, he is disbarred after it is revealed that he paid a key witness to the original case $25,000 to change his testimony so they'd have ammo to sue Jessica.



* DeadManHonking: Happens when a van crashes during an attempted prison breakout at the start of the episode.



* FrivolousLawsuit: Jessica is subjected to a $50 million wrongful death suit in this episode, with the AmoralAttorney expecting her insurance company will settle out-of-court for $1 million. He doesn't figure on Jessica's stubbornness.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jessica delivers a subdued version when she makes Geraldine understand her actions weren't so "harmless" because of how much money Jessica would've lost alongside the damage the lawsuit would've done to Jessica's reputation.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jessica delivers a subdued version when she makes Geraldine understand her actions weren't so "harmless" because of how much money Jessica would've lost alongside the damage the lawsuit would've done to Jessica's reputation.reputation.
* SuicideNotMurder: It's revealed in this episode that the VictimOfTheWeek actually committed suicide, but his wife covered it up and attempted to make it look like murder.

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* BastardBoyfriend: Justin apparently browbeat Geraldine into having the lawsuit brought against Jessica so he could use the money to open his own pastry shop. When Geraldine eventually decides she can't go through with the scam, Justin walks out on her.



* FaceDeathWithDignity: In the end, it's revealed that Angelo Vitello [[RedemptionEqualsDeath killed himself ]] out of guilt for accepting the bribe to recant his testimony.
* InsuranceFraud: Geraldine Stone & Justin Fields were trying to scam Jessica's insurance company with a frivoloous lawsuit.

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* DrivenToSuicide: Angelo Vitello killed himself out of shame from having accepted Cosmo's bribe, and left the money to his wife. Mrs. Vitello knew what her husband did and hid both the money and the note simply because Angelo was a devout Catholic, so committing suicide meant he wouldn't be buried in consecrated ground.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: In the end, it's revealed that Angelo Vitello [[RedemptionEqualsDeath killed himself ]] himself]] out of guilt for accepting the bribe to recant his testimony.
* InsuranceFraud: Geraldine Stone & and Justin Fields were trying to scam Jessica's insurance company with a frivoloous lawsuit.frivolous lawsuit.
* OffscreenKarma: The ending states that Charles Emmett Cosmo is going to get disbarred for paying off Angelo Vitello to falsify his testimony.



* PoliceLineup: Jessica is "asked" to join in one, wearing the paper thin disguise described above along with 4 other blonde women. Thankfully, she could not be pinpointed as the possible perp.

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* PoliceLineup: Jessica is "asked" to join in one, wearing the paper thin disguise described above along with 4 other blonde women. Thankfully, she could not be pinpointed as the possible perp.perp.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jessica delivers a subdued version when she makes Geraldine understand her actions weren't so "harmless" because of how much money Jessica would've lost alongside the damage the lawsuit would've done to Jessica's reputation.
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Written By: Peter S. Fischer\\
Directed By: Vincent McEveety

After a recently escaped convict dies in a car accident, Jessica is sued by his daughter because Jessica helped piece together the case against his father.

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* AmoralAttorney: Charles Emmett Cosmo paid a key witness to the original case $25,000 to change his testimony so they'd have ammo to sue Jessica.
* ClearMyName: Geraldine Stone initially seemed like she was trying to clear her father's name. Then it turns out she has an ulterior motive. It is Jessica who spends majority of the episode doing the clearing instead.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: In the end, it's revealed that Angelo Vitello [[RedemptionEqualsDeath killed himself ]] out of guilt for accepting the bribe to recant his testimony.
* InsuranceFraud: Geraldine Stone & Justin Fields were trying to scam Jessica's insurance company with a frivoloous lawsuit.
* PaperThinDisguise: Jessica was initially suspected of murdering Angelo Vitello because a blonde woman wearing a [[TrenchcoatBrigade trench coat]] and [[SunglassesAtNight sunglasses.......at 7 in the evening]] was seen leaving the Vitello residence right before he died. Jessica lampshades the trope upon hearing it.
* PoliceLineup: Jessica is "asked" to join in one, wearing the paper thin disguise described above along with 4 other blonde women. Thankfully, she could not be pinpointed as the possible perp.

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