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Jessica's visit to a Universal studios set for a new movie in pre-production based on one of her books takes a dark turn when a real murder takes place in the iconic Bates House and [[HellHotel Bates motel]] from Film/{{Psycho}}
''Film/{{Psycho}}''.
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* IDidntMeanToKillHim: The killer, Heyward's agent Willy Montego, tells Jessica he didn't intend to murder him. He just went to the Bates set to try to convince him to reconsider firing him and struck out in anger when Heyward refused. As he tells her, he'd stuck with Heyward for the long time it took for his career to take off, and then Heyward wanted to dump him the instant he wasn't necessary.
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* IDidntMeanToKillHim: The killer, Heyward's agent Willy Montego, tells Jessica he didn't intend to murder him. He just went to the Bates set to try to convince him Heyward to reconsider firing him and struck out in anger when Heyward refused. As he Willy tells her, he'd stuck with Heyward for the long time it took for his career to take off, and then Heyward wanted to dump him the instant he wasn't necessary.
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** At one point Jessica watches a scene from ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' where Detective Arbogast enters the Bate's house, slowly ascends the stairs, and is then stabbed as he reaches the top. Later, when Jessica enters the house, the angle of the shots, from her entry to her ascent of the stairs, is nearly identical. Good thing she went down the stairs halfway through...
** There's also a recreation of a shot from ''Psycho'', with Jessica pulling away a shower curtain, and a [[POVCam POV shot]] of the infamous shower, also from ''Psycho''.
* ShoutOut: In the opening credits there is a burst of the theme tune from Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents and a man that looks like Creator/AlfredHitchcock crosses the street. This is a nod to the [[CreatorCameo cameos]] that Hitchcock made in most of his films.
** There's also a recreation of a shot from ''Psycho'', with Jessica pulling away a shower curtain, and a [[POVCam POV shot]] of the infamous shower, also from ''Psycho''.
* ShoutOut: In the opening credits there is a burst of the theme tune from Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents and a man that looks like Creator/AlfredHitchcock crosses the street. This is a nod to the [[CreatorCameo cameos]] that Hitchcock made in most of his films.
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** At one point point, Jessica watches a scene from ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' where Detective Arbogast enters the Bate's house, slowly ascends the stairs, and is then stabbed as he reaches the top. Later, when Jessica enters the house, the angle of the shots, from her entry to her ascent of the stairs, is nearly identical. Good thing she went down the stairs halfway through...
** There'salso a another recreation of a shot from ''Psycho'', ''Psycho'' with Jessica pulling away a shower curtain, and a [[POVCam POV shot]] of the infamous shower, also from ''Psycho''.
shower murder.
* ShoutOut: In the openingcredits credits, there is a burst of the theme tune from Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents and a man that looks like Creator/AlfredHitchcock crosses the street. This is a nod to the [[CreatorCameo cameos]] that Hitchcock made in most of his films.
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* ShoutOut: In the opening
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* WrenchWhack:Willy kills Daryl by striking him in the back of the head with a wrench.
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* WrenchWhack:Willy WrenchWhack: Willy kills Daryl by striking him in the back of the head with a wrench.
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* LoonyFan: Oliver Thissle sneaks into the Universal studios lot and appears to stalk Jessica. Then he breaks into Darryl Heyward office and points a gun at Jessica and the actress that will be playing her, Leonora Holt. [[RedHerring Turns out]], it's a fake gun from one of Leonora's old works and he's just returning it to her]].
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* LoonyFan: Oliver Thissle sneaks into the Universal studios lot and appears to stalk Jessica. Then he breaks into Darryl Heyward office and points a gun at Jessica and the actress that will be playing her, Leonora Holt. [[RedHerring Turns out]], it's a fake gun from one of Leonora's old works and he's just returning it to her]].her.
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* LoonyFan: Oliver Thissle sneaks into the Universal studios lot and appears to stalk Jessica. Then he breaks into Darryl Heyward office and points a gun at Jessica and the actress that will be playing her, Leonora Holt. [[RedHerring Turns out]], it's a [[spoiler: fake gun from one of Leonora's old works and he's just returning it to her]].
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* LoonyFan: Oliver Thissle sneaks into the Universal studios lot and appears to stalk Jessica. Then he breaks into Darryl Heyward office and points a gun at Jessica and the actress that will be playing her, Leonora Holt. [[RedHerring Turns out]], it's a [[spoiler: fake gun from one of Leonora's old works and he's just returning it to her]].
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* WrenchWhack: [[spoiler: Willy]] kills Daryl by striking him in the back of the head with a wrench.
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* WrenchWhack: [[spoiler: Willy]] WrenchWhack:Willy kills Daryl by striking him in the back of the head with a wrench.
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* ContinuityNod: The [[ShowWithinAShow movie in pre-production]] is based on Jessica's novel "Messengers of Midnight", which Jessica repeatedly states is based on a "true story", that is, that it happened to her only a [[Recap/MurderSheWroteS8E9TheCommittee few episodes ago]]. Incidentally, both episodes have [[Creator/JMichaelStraczynski the same writer]].
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* ContinuityNod: The [[ShowWithinAShow movie in pre-production]] is based on Jessica's novel "Messengers of Midnight", which Jessica repeatedly states is based on a "true story", that is, that it happened to her only a [[Recap/MurderSheWroteS8E9TheCommittee few episodes ago]]. Incidentally, both episodes have [[Creator/JMichaelStraczynski the same writer]]. The novel had also previously featured in "[[Recap/MurderSheWroteS8E10TheListOfYuriLermentov The List of Yuri Lermentov]]".
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* ChekhovsGun:
** Jessica insists on investigating the Bates House after hearing a witness say it moaned at him, and she spends a fair amount of time checking the faucets. She figured out that the "moaning" was the sound of unused pipes and that the killer must have been trying to wash something off.
** When Willy goes to lie down after hearing the news of Darryl's murder, the camera shows that the sole of one of his leather shoes is lighter than the other, indicating one of them is wet. He slipped in Darryl's blood while leaving the scene and had to wash it off before going anywhere.
** Jessica insists on investigating the Bates House after hearing a witness say it moaned at him, and she spends a fair amount of time checking the faucets. She figured out that the "moaning" was the sound of unused pipes and that the killer must have been trying to wash something off.
** When Willy goes to lie down after hearing the news of Darryl's murder, the camera shows that the sole of one of his leather shoes is lighter than the other, indicating one of them is wet. He slipped in Darryl's blood while leaving the scene and had to wash it off before going anywhere.
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* EvilTaintedThePlace: Ben Miller and many of the studio lot employees believe that the Bates House, despite just being a set, has [[GeniusLoci become]] [[HauntedHouse evil by itself]] because of the stories associated with it.
* HorribleHollywood: Jessica encounters all of the horrible aspects of Hollywood when one of her books is being adapted into a movie in this episode.
* HorribleHollywood: Jessica encounters all of the horrible aspects of Hollywood when one of her books is being adapted into a movie in this episode.
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* TheEndOrIsIt: Played as an ending joke. After Jessica finishes her speech about how the Bates set isn't evil, one of the curtains moves, even though no one is supposed to be in the house.
* EvilTaintedThePlace: Ben Miller and many of the studio lot employees believe that the Bates House, despite just being a set, has [[GeniusLoci become]] [[HauntedHouse evil by itself]] because all the years and billions of dollars that the studio has spent making people associate it with evil. One of thestories associated with it.
suspects even claims the house moaned at him. Jessica doesn't believe it, considering the incident just another chapter in the pain and violence that plague mankind.
* HorribleHollywood: Jessica encounters all of the horrible aspects of Hollywood when one of her books is being adapted into a movie in this episode. The scriptwriter, John Cavershaw, plans to alter her book to include car chases, racy romance, and a different killer. The producer, Darryl Heyward, is an adulterous opportunist with no sense of loyalty to the people who helped him during his rise to fame.
* IDidntMeanToKillHim: The killer, Heyward's agent Willy Montego, tells Jessica he didn't intend to murder him. He just went to the Bates set to try to convince him to reconsider firing him and struck out in anger when Heyward refused. As he tells her, he'd stuck with Heyward for the long time it took for his career to take off, and then Heyward wanted to dump him the instant he wasn't necessary.
* EvilTaintedThePlace: Ben Miller and many of the studio lot employees believe that the Bates House, despite just being a set, has [[GeniusLoci become]] [[HauntedHouse evil by itself]] because all the years and billions of dollars that the studio has spent making people associate it with evil. One of the
* HorribleHollywood: Jessica encounters all of the horrible aspects of Hollywood when one of her books is being adapted into a movie in this episode. The scriptwriter, John Cavershaw, plans to alter her book to include car chases, racy romance, and a different killer. The producer, Darryl Heyward, is an adulterous opportunist with no sense of loyalty to the people who helped him during his rise to fame.
* IDidntMeanToKillHim: The killer, Heyward's agent Willy Montego, tells Jessica he didn't intend to murder him. He just went to the Bates set to try to convince him to reconsider firing him and struck out in anger when Heyward refused. As he tells her, he'd stuck with Heyward for the long time it took for his career to take off, and then Heyward wanted to dump him the instant he wasn't necessary.
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* ShotForShotRemake: At one point Jessica watches a scene from ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' where Detective Arbogast enters the Bate's house, slowly ascends the stairs, and is then stabbed as he reaches the top. Later, when Jessica enters the house, the angle of the shots, from her entry to her ascent of the stairs, is nearly identical. Good thing she went down the stairs halfway through...
** There's also a recreation of a shot from Psycho, with Jessica pulling away a shower curtain, and a [[POVCam POV shot]] of the infamous shower, also from Psycho.
** There's also a recreation of a shot from Psycho, with Jessica pulling away a shower curtain, and a [[POVCam POV shot]] of the infamous shower, also from Psycho.
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** At one point Jessica watches a scene from ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' where Detective Arbogast enters the Bate's house, slowly ascends the stairs, and is then stabbed as he reaches the top. Later, when Jessica enters the house, the angle of the shots, from her entry to her ascent of the stairs, is nearly identical. Good thing she went down the stairs halfway through...
** There's also a recreation of a shot from ''Psycho'', with Jessica pulling away a shower curtain, and a [[POVCam POV shot]] of the infamous shower, also from ''Psycho''.
** At one point Jessica watches a scene from ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' where Detective Arbogast enters the Bate's house, slowly ascends the stairs, and is then stabbed as he reaches the top. Later, when Jessica enters the house, the angle of the shots, from her entry to her ascent of the stairs, is nearly identical. Good thing she went down the stairs halfway through...
** There's also a recreation of a shot from ''Psycho'', with Jessica pulling away a shower curtain, and a [[POVCam POV shot]] of the infamous shower, also from ''Psycho''.
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* WomanScorned: After Heyward breaks off their romance, considering it an unnecessary complication, Monica Chase confronts him, threatening to tell his wife what he's been doing. When he retorts, "over my dead body", she says that she wouldn't mind that at all. However, she isn't the killer of the week.
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* ShoutOut: In the opening credits there is a burst of the theme tune from Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents and a man that looks like Creator/AlfredHitchcock crosses the street. This is a nod to the [[CreatorCameo cameos]] that Hitchcock made in most of his films.
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* ShoutOut: In the opening credits there is a burst of the theme tune from Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents and a man that looks like Creator/AlfredHitchcock crosses the street. This is a nod to the [[CreatorCameo cameos]] that Hitchcock made in most of his films.films.
* WrenchWhack: [[spoiler: Willy]] kills Daryl by striking him in the back of the head with a wrench.
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* ShotForShotRemake: At one point Jessica watches a scene from Film/{{Psycho}} where Detective Arbogast enters the Bate's house, slowly ascends the stairs, and is then stabbed as he reaches the top. Later, when Jessica enters the house, the angle of the shots, from her entry to her ascent of the stairs, is nearly identical. Good thing she went down the stairs halfway through...
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* HorribleHollywood: Jessica encounters all of the horrible aspects of Hollywood when one of her books is being adapted into a movie in this episode.
* NewspaperThinDisguise: In this episode, a suspect eavesdropping on Jessica's conversation in the studio canteen hides behind a menu.
* ShotForShotRemake: At one point Jessica watches a scene fromFilm/{{Psycho}} ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' where Detective Arbogast enters the Bate's house, slowly ascends the stairs, and is then stabbed as he reaches the top. Later, when Jessica enters the house, the angle of the shots, from her entry to her ascent of the stairs, is nearly identical. Good thing she went down the stairs halfway through...
* NewspaperThinDisguise: In this episode, a suspect eavesdropping on Jessica's conversation in the studio canteen hides behind a menu.
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* ContinuityNod: The [[ShowWithinAShow movie in pre-production]] is based on Jessica's novel "Messengers of Midnight", which Jessica repeatedly states is based on a "true story", that is, that it happened to her only a [[Recap/MurderSheWroteS8E9TheCommittee few episodes ago]]. Incidentally, both episodes have [[Creator/JMichaelStraczynski the same writer]].
* EvilTaintedThePlace: Ben Miller and many of the studio lot employees believe that the Bates House, despite just being a set, has [[GeniusLoci become]] [[HauntedHouse evil by itself]] because of the stories associated with it.
* ShotForShotRemake: At one point Jessica watches a scene from Film/{{Psycho}} where Detective Arbogast enters the Bate's house, slowly ascends the stairs, and is then stabbed as he reaches the top. Later, when Jessica enters the house, the angle of the shots, from her entry to her ascent of the stairs, is nearly identical. Good thing she went down the stairs halfway through...
** There's also a recreation of a shot from Psycho, with Jessica pulling away a shower curtain, and a [[POVCam POV shot]] of the infamous shower, also from Psycho.
* LoonyFan: Oliver Thissle sneaks into the Universal studios lot and appears to stalk Jessica. Then he breaks into Darryl Heyward office and points a gun at Jessica and the actress that will be playing her, Leonora Holt. [[RedHerring Turns out]], it's a [[spoiler: fake gun from one of Leonora's old works and he's just returning it to her]].
* ShoutOut: In the opening credits there is a burst of the theme tune from Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents and a man that looks like Creator/AlfredHitchcock crosses the street. This is a nod to the [[CreatorCameo cameos]] that Hitchcock made in most of his films.
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* ContinuityNod: The [[ShowWithinAShow movie in pre-production]] is based on Jessica's novel "Messengers of Midnight", which Jessica repeatedly states is based on a "true story", that is, that it happened to her only a [[Recap/MurderSheWroteS8E9TheCommittee few episodes ago]]. Incidentally, both episodes have [[Creator/JMichaelStraczynski the same writer]].
* EvilTaintedThePlace: Ben Miller and many of the studio lot employees believe that the Bates House, despite just being a set, has [[GeniusLoci become]] [[HauntedHouse evil by itself]] because of the stories associated with it.
* ShotForShotRemake: At one point Jessica watches a scene from Film/{{Psycho}} where Detective Arbogast enters the Bate's house, slowly ascends the stairs, and is then stabbed as he reaches the top. Later, when Jessica enters the house, the angle of the shots, from her entry to her ascent of the stairs, is nearly identical. Good thing she went down the stairs halfway through...
** There's also a recreation of a shot from Psycho, with Jessica pulling away a shower curtain, and a [[POVCam POV shot]] of the infamous shower, also from Psycho.
* LoonyFan: Oliver Thissle sneaks into the Universal studios lot and appears to stalk Jessica. Then he breaks into Darryl Heyward office and points a gun at Jessica and the actress that will be playing her, Leonora Holt. [[RedHerring Turns out]], it's a [[spoiler: fake gun from one of Leonora's old works and he's just returning it to her]].
* ShoutOut: In the opening credits there is a burst of the theme tune from Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents and a man that looks like Creator/AlfredHitchcock crosses the street. This is a nod to the [[CreatorCameo cameos]] that Hitchcock made in most of his films.
