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* Frameup: Michael O'Connor stages [[spoiler: his suicide]] in order for [[TakingYouWithMe Sean to be blamed]].
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* Frameup: FrameUp: Michael O'Connor stages [[spoiler: his suicide]] in order for [[TakingYouWithMe Sean to be blamed]].
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* SuicideNotMurder: The episode's mystery turns out to be this.
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* SuicideNotMurder: The episode's mystery turns out to be this. The VictimOfTheWeek committed suicide but set up his death to implicate another man with whom he had a life-long feud. Jessica discovered that the victim was diagnosed with a brain tumor and wanted to [[TakingYouWithMe take his enemy down with him with his last act.]]
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Written by: Creator/JMichaelStraczynski\\
Directed by: Walter Grauman
Jessica tackles the mystery of a man who apparently migrated from Ireland to New York for the sole purpose of taking revenge on an old friend of hers, but is killed himself.
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!!Tropes:
* AlasPoorVillain: Despite [[MisBlamed incorrectly blaming]] Sean Cullane for his life's woes, O'Connor's demise makes him somewhat sympathetic once it's learned what made him do it.
* BirthdayEpisode: The episode opens with Jessica being surprised with a birthday cake while teaching in class.
* ChekhovsGun:
** The visitor's pass Michael O'Connor obtains to torment Sean Cullane at the University is an important clue.
** Jessica becomes fixated on a smudge on the dry wall at the site of Michael's apparent murder. It ultimately leads Jessica to the truth of the situation.
** The gun used for the apparent murder is also this.
* Frameup: Michael O'Connor stages [[spoiler: his suicide]] in order for [[TakingYouWithMe Sean to be blamed]].
* HideTheEvidence: An integral part of the mystery is the missing gun from the crime scene.
* HollywoodLaw: Lt. Parnell declares that Michael O'Connor's statement in his [[VideoWills pre-death video]] is enough evidence to implicate Cullane. However, given the later discovery that he had a brain tumor which affected his mental and verbal faculties, O'Connor's LastWords will probably have been thrown out from evidence.
* ShoutOut: The title, and Michael O'Connor's hatred of Sean Cullane, are derived from Literature/MobyDick. When Jessica realizes the scope of O'Connor's contempt, she even quotes part of Captain Ahab's DyingCurse (which contain the episode title).
** The episode's plot loosely follows a Literature/SherlockHolmes mystery, "The Problem of Thor Bridge".
* SuicideNotMurder: The episode's mystery turns out to be this.
Directed by: Walter Grauman
Jessica tackles the mystery of a man who apparently migrated from Ireland to New York for the sole purpose of taking revenge on an old friend of hers, but is killed himself.
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!!Tropes:
* AlasPoorVillain: Despite [[MisBlamed incorrectly blaming]] Sean Cullane for his life's woes, O'Connor's demise makes him somewhat sympathetic once it's learned what made him do it.
* BirthdayEpisode: The episode opens with Jessica being surprised with a birthday cake while teaching in class.
* ChekhovsGun:
** The visitor's pass Michael O'Connor obtains to torment Sean Cullane at the University is an important clue.
** Jessica becomes fixated on a smudge on the dry wall at the site of Michael's apparent murder. It ultimately leads Jessica to the truth of the situation.
** The gun used for the apparent murder is also this.
* Frameup: Michael O'Connor stages [[spoiler: his suicide]] in order for [[TakingYouWithMe Sean to be blamed]].
* HideTheEvidence: An integral part of the mystery is the missing gun from the crime scene.
* HollywoodLaw: Lt. Parnell declares that Michael O'Connor's statement in his [[VideoWills pre-death video]] is enough evidence to implicate Cullane. However, given the later discovery that he had a brain tumor which affected his mental and verbal faculties, O'Connor's LastWords will probably have been thrown out from evidence.
* ShoutOut: The title, and Michael O'Connor's hatred of Sean Cullane, are derived from Literature/MobyDick. When Jessica realizes the scope of O'Connor's contempt, she even quotes part of Captain Ahab's DyingCurse (which contain the episode title).
** The episode's plot loosely follows a Literature/SherlockHolmes mystery, "The Problem of Thor Bridge".
* SuicideNotMurder: The episode's mystery turns out to be this.
