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* InternalReveal: Michelle tells Theresa about what she learned from the blue truck lead, and how Iris’ erratic behaviors in the time before she vanished were signs of severe mental distress (even bringing up schizophrenia).



** At the beginning, Paul, Judd, Marjan and Mateo banter about which horror movie is scarier to them: [[Film/Alien]], Film/RosemarysBaby, or Film/TheExorcist.
** Mateo then brings up [[Literature/Cujo]] again when he notices Owen walking in with Buttercup.

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** At the beginning, Paul, Judd, Marjan and Mateo banter about which horror movie is scarier to them: [[Film/Alien]], {{Film/Alien}}, Film/RosemarysBaby, Film/TheOmen or Film/TheExorcist.
** Mateo then brings up [[Literature/Cujo]] {{Literature/Cujo}} again when he notices Owen walking in with Buttercup.



* TeamPet: Buttercup the dog becomes this for the 126.

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* TeamPet: Buttercup the dog becomes this for the 126.
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** At the beginning, Paul, Judd, Marjan and Mateo banter about which horror movie is scarier to them: Film/Alien, Film/RosemarysBaby, or Film/TheExorcist.
** Mateo then brings up Literature/Cujo again when he notices Owen walking in with Buttercup.

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** At the beginning, Paul, Judd, Marjan and Mateo banter about which horror movie is scarier to them: Film/Alien, [[Film/Alien]], Film/RosemarysBaby, or Film/TheExorcist.
** Mateo then brings up Literature/Cujo [[Literature/Cujo]] again when he notices Owen walking in with Buttercup.

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* ShoutOut:
** Tim quips [[Film/AmericanPsycho “A mother is a man’s best friend”]] just as the 126 paramedics find Trevor’s mother dead.

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* ShoutOut:
ShoutOut: To several movies featuring “monsters”, both inside and out.
** At the beginning, Paul, Judd, Marjan and Mateo banter about which horror movie is scarier to them: Film/Alien, Film/RosemarysBaby, or Film/TheExorcist.
** Mateo then brings up Literature/Cujo again when he notices Owen walking in with Buttercup.
** Tim quips [[Film/AmericanPsycho “A mother is a man’s best friend”]] just as the 126 paramedics find Trevor’s mother dead.mother’s dead body.
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** Pepper initially thinks that her handyman was electrocuted, but Michelle’s team, Paul and Judd figure out that he’d suffered an epileptic seizure.

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* CallForward: Michelle using a defibrillator as a weapon to subdue a mentally disturbed man is another such event to the mother series, when a certain paramedic duo in L.A. would also use a defibrillator as a weapon against a team member who turns out to be a serial killer.



* ChekhovsGun: A literal handgun is noted on-scene when the dispatch center realizes that Bruce’s home invasion and a call from an elderly couple about their own home invasion turn out to be connected. It belongs to the grandfather, who soon suffers a heart attack and drops the gun; amidst the chaos when his wife tries to revive him, his terrified grandson takes it and shoots the nearest person just as the firefighters break down the door (who unfortunately happens to be TK).



* FreakOut: When Michelle and her crew try to let a man know that his mother has passed away, he doesn’t believe them and grabs a saber from the top of a dresser, threatens them with it and demands that they help his mother.

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* FreakOut: When Michelle and her crew try to let a man named Trevor know that his mother has passed away, he doesn’t believe them and grabs a saber from the top of a dresser, threatens them with it and demands that they help his mother.



* TheGhost: TK’s mother is mentioned by Owen. Owen telling the unconscious TK that he had called her about his injury, and went into “full lawyer mode” against the lead doctor treating him.

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* TheGhost: As Owen holds vigil for TK, he mentions TK’s mother is mentioned by Owen. Owen telling the unconscious TK that he had called her about his injury, and mother, who went into “full lawyer mode” against the lead doctor treating him.



* ImprobableWeaponUser: Michelle uses a portable defibrillator to subdue a man that was threatening her crew with a saber.

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* ImprobableWeaponUser: Michelle uses a portable defibrillator to subdue a man that was threatening Trevor when he refuses to accept his mother’s passing, but not before she and her crew with a saber.team decide to humor him by checking her body’s vitals.



* NeverBeHurtAgain: T.K. learning that Buttercup also has lung cancer drives him to push the dog away and refuse to get close to him, because it was hard enough for him to learn that Owen was dying from it. Owen acknowledges this, but encourages him to see Buttercup as more than another dying loved one.

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* NeverBeHurtAgain: T.K. TK learning that Buttercup also has lung cancer drives him to push the dog away and refuse to get close to him, because it was hard enough for him to learn that Owen was dying from it. Owen acknowledges this, this fear, but then encourages him to see Buttercup as more than another dying loved one. one— he is, in his words, “an affirmation of [Owen’s] life.”



** A MassOhCrap ensues right after TK busts down the elderly couple’s apartment door and a gunshot goes off-- their grandson mistakenly thought they would be attacked, grabbed the man’s handgun, and shot TK without realizing who he was.

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** A MassOhCrap ensues right after TK busts down the elderly couple’s apartment door and a gunshot goes off-- their grandson mistakenly thought they would be attacked, grabbed the man’s handgun, and shot TK without realizing who he was.



* PsychologicalProjection: TK projects his fear of someone he loves (his dad dying) onto Buttercup, hence why he doesn’t want to get close to the dog.
* ShockAndAwe: A portable defibrillator is used to knock down a man out.

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* PsychologicalProjection: TK projects his fear of someone he loves (his dad dying) onto Buttercup, hence why he doesn’t want to get close to the dog.
dog. Owen calls him out on this.
* ShockAndAwe: A Michelle knocks out Trevor with a portable defibrillator defibrillator.
** Pepper initially thinks that her handyman was electrocuted, but Michelle’s team, Paul and Judd figure out that he’d suffered an epileptic seizure.
* ShooTheDog: TK does this with Buttercup initially after learning that the dog was also a cancer patient. After talking it out with Owen, it turns to PetTheDog as he accepts Buttercup into his life.
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** Tim quips [[Film/AmericanPsycho “A mother
is used to knock down a man out.man’s best friend”]] just as the 126 paramedics find Trevor’s mother dead.



** When Carlos stops by the hospital himself to visit TK, it’s implied he has one of his own. The group does not object, and join him in solidarity.

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** When Carlos stops by the hospital himself to visit TK, it’s implied he has one of his own. The group does not object, and join joins him in solidarity.

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* DeterioratesIntoGibberish: Iris has a brief moment of this while needling Michelle about how long she’s been panicking about going onstage, along with fidgeting with her bracelet.



* DeterioratesIntoGibberish: Iris has a brief moment of this while needling Michelle about how long she’s been panicking about going onstage, along with fidgeting with her bracelet.



* ItsAllMyFault: Michelle believes that if she had just answered the phone calls from Iris on the night she disappeared, she could have saved her sister.

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* ItsAllMyFault: Michelle believes that if she had just answered the phone calls from Iris on the night she disappeared, she could have saved her sister. Sarina disagrees with this.



* MoodWhiplash: TK is happy that Owen has adopted Buttercup, until he is told Owen and Buttercup have the same lung cancer, then TK wants nothing to do with the dog.
* NeverBeHurtAgain: T.K. learning that Buttercup also has lung cancer drives him to push the dog away and refuse to get close to him, because it was hard enough for him to learn that Owen was dying from it.

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* MoodWhiplash: TK is happy that Owen has adopted Buttercup, until he is told Owen and Buttercup have the same lung cancer, cancer. TK then TK temporarily wants nothing to do with the dog.
* NeverBeHurtAgain: T.K. learning that Buttercup also has lung cancer drives him to push the dog away and refuse to get close to him, because it was hard enough for him to learn that Owen was dying from it. Owen acknowledges this, but encourages him to see Buttercup as more than another dying loved one.



* PerformanceAnxiety: Michelle suffers from this, when deciding whether or not she’s going to sing in front of a crowd at a bar’s open mic night.

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* PerformanceAnxiety: Michelle suffers from this, this when deciding whether or not she’s going to sing in front of a crowd at a bar’s open mic night.



* TeamPet: Buttercup the dog, becomes this for the 126.
* ThievingPet: Buttercup likes to steal TK’s things.

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* TeamPet: Buttercup the dog, dog becomes this for the 126.
* ThievingPet: Buttercup likes to steal TK’s things.things, much to the latter’s irritation.

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* {{Flashback}}: A flashback of 3 years before the show started is shown. Michelle and Iris are at a bar with an open mic night, Iris tries to convince Michelle to get up and sing but the latter has PerformanceAnxiety and keeps saying she’s waiting for the right moment to go up. Dustin then sends continuous texts to Iris about when she’s coming home, much to Michelle’s disapproval.

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* {{Flashback}}: Michelle gets a few of these remembering what happened between her and Iris before she vanished.
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A flashback of 3 years before the show started is shown. Michelle and Iris are at a bar with an open mic night, Iris tries to convince Michelle to get up and sing but the latter has PerformanceAnxiety and keeps saying she’s waiting for the right moment to go up. Dustin then sends continuous texts to Iris about when she’s coming home, much to Michelle’s disapproval.disapproval.
** During the second flashback, the sisters and their mother Theresa are celebrating their late father’s birthday. Iris then starts laughing seemingly out of nowhere, finding their conversation with their father’s photo absurd. When Michelle tries to ask about Iris’ health since dating Dustin, the latter angrily shoots back that she at least has someone who’s smart and confident while Michelle apparently didn’t get accepted into Texas State University and was too nervous at the bar’s open mic. Theresa tries to play along, then stop the two from fighting, but they’re both too mad at each other to listen; Michelle then storms out.
* DeterioratesIntoGibberish: Iris has a brief moment of this while needling Michelle about how long she’s been panicking about going onstage, along with fidgeting with her bracelet.


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* LaughingMad / MoodSwinger: The second flashback sees Iris start randomly laughing when she, Michelle and Theresa are observing their father’s birthday, then lashing out at Michelle when she irritatedly but worriedly asks about her well-being.


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* TheParanoiac: The multiple 9-1-1 calls Iris places from the burner phone have her freaking out about being seemingly followed, and being monitored and tracked electronically.


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* UnkemptBeauty: Michelle comments on Iris’ hair being unbrushed, and her seeming more sleep-deprived in the second flashback.
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* ProperlyParanoid: The first emergency feature on a pair of new parents going on their first date since having their baby. The mother is very anxious about her child, though, and her husband allows her to look at the nanny cam. Her instincts turn out to be right when she sees a snake in the nursery.
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** When Carlos stops by the hospital himself to visit TK, it’s implied he has one of his own. The group does not object, and join him in solidarity.

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* BigFriendlyDog: Buttercup

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* BigFriendlyDog: ButtercupButtercup.



* {{Flashback}}: A flashback of 3 years before the show started is shown. Michelle and Iris are at a bar with an open mic night, Iris tries to convince Michelle to get up and sing but Mcihelle, suffering from PerformanceAnxiety, keeps saying she’s waiting for the right moment to go up. Dustin keeps texting Iris, wondering when she’s coming home, Michelle doesn’t approve of the hold, she sees Dustin having over Iris.

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* {{Flashback}}: A flashback of 3 years before the show started is shown. Michelle and Iris are at a bar with an open mic night, Iris tries to convince Michelle to get up and sing but Mcihelle, suffering from PerformanceAnxiety, the latter has PerformanceAnxiety and keeps saying she’s waiting for the right moment to go up. Dustin keeps texting Iris, wondering then sends continuous texts to Iris about when she’s coming home, Michelle doesn’t approve of the hold, she sees Dustin having over Iris.much to Michelle’s disapproval.



* FromStrayToPet: Owen adopts the abandoned Buttercup, to be this for the 126.
* TheGhost: TK’s mother is mentioned by Owen. Owen telling the unconscious TK that he had called her about his injury and went into full lawyer mode against the hospital.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Everyone in the 126 loves Buttercup, except for TK when they are told Owen and Buttercup have the same lung cancer.

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* FromStrayToPet: Owen adopts the abandoned Buttercup, Buttercup to be this for the 126.
* TheGhost: TK’s mother is mentioned by Owen. Owen telling the unconscious TK that he had called her about his injury injury, and went into full “full lawyer mode mode” against the hospital.lead doctor treating him.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Everyone in the 126 loves Buttercup, except for TK when they are told Buttercup. Then Owen tells them he and Buttercup have the same lung cancer.cancer, which turns T.K. off from the dog for a little while.



* NeverBeHurtAgain: T.K. learning that Buttercup also has lung cancer drives him to push the dog away and refuse to get close to him, because it was hard enough for him to learn that Owen was dying from it.



** A MassOhCrap ensues right after TK busts down the elderly couple’s apartment door and a gunshot goes off-- their grandson mistakenly thought they would be attacked, grabbed the man’s handgun, and shot TK without realizing who he was.



* PsychologicalProjection: TK projects his fear of someone he loves, ie his dad dying, onto Buttercup, hence why he doesn’t want to get close to the dog.

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* PsychologicalProjection: TK projects his fear of someone he loves, ie his loves (his dad dying, dying) onto Buttercup, hence why he doesn’t want to get close to the dog.

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* AdultFear: A worried mother checks in on her baby using a nanny cam on her phone while she and her husband are out at a restaurant, and sees a rattlesnake in the baby's bedroom.


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* OhCrap: A worried mother checks in on her baby using a nanny cam on her phone while she and her husband are out at a restaurant, and sees a rattlesnake in the baby's bedroom.
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Owen adopts a dog, while Michelle finally learns what happened to her sister.
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Owen and the 126 crew race to a rattlesnake infestation at a young family's home, and attempt to rescue a man with dementia from a dangerous scene that he created. Meanwhile, Owen adopts a firehouse dog with cancer and Michelle finally learns the truth behind her sister's disappearance. Also, a tragic accident shakes the team to its core.

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Owen and the 126 crew race to a rattlesnake infestation at a young family's home, and attempt to rescue a man [This description was copied in violation of our Administrivia/{{Plagiarism}} policy. Please replace it with dementia from a dangerous scene that he created. Meanwhile, Owen adopts a firehouse dog with cancer and Michelle finally learns the truth behind her sister's disappearance. Also, a tragic accident shakes the team to its core.
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* NotSoDifferent: The whole reason why Owen adopted Buttercup is because they both have the same lung cancer.
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* PsychologicalProjection: TK projects his fear of someone he loves, ie his dad, dying onto Buttercup, hence why he doesn’t want to get close to the dog.

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* PsychologicalProjection: TK projects his fear of someone he loves, ie his dad, dying dad dying, onto Buttercup, hence why he doesn’t want to get close to the dog.
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* AdultFear: A worried mother checks in on her baby using a nanny cam on her phone while she and her husband are out at a restaurant, only to see a rattlesnake in the baby's bedroom.

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* AdultFear: A worried mother checks in on her baby using a nanny cam on her phone while she and her husband are out at a restaurant, only to see and sees a rattlesnake in the baby's bedroom.
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* AdultFear: A worried mother checks in on her baby using a nanny cam while her and her husband are out at a restaurant and only to see a poisonous snake in his bedroom.

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* AdultFear: A worried mother checks in on her baby using a nanny cam on her phone while her she and her husband are out at a restaurant and restaurant, only to see a poisonous snake a rattlesnake in his the baby's bedroom.
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* TheGhost: TK’s mother is mentioned by Owen. Owen telling the unconscious TK that he had called her about his injury and went into full lawyer mode against the hospital.
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* AdultFear: A worried mother checks in on her baby using a nanny cam while her and her husband are out at a restaurant and only to see a poisonous snake in his bedroom.
* BigFriendlyDog: Buttercup
* CatScare: When dealing with a call about a rattlesnake infestation, Judd gets spooked by the family’s cat.
* ConverseWithTheUnconscious: Owen talks to TK while he is in a coma after being shot in the chest.
* {{Flashback}}: A flashback of 3 years before the show started is shown. Michelle and Iris are at a bar with an open mic night, Iris tries to convince Michelle to get up and sing but Mcihelle, suffering from PerformanceAnxiety, keeps saying she’s waiting for the right moment to go up. Dustin keeps texting Iris, wondering when she’s coming home, Michelle doesn’t approve of the hold, she sees Dustin having over Iris.
* FreakOut: When Michelle and her crew try to let a man know that his mother has passed away, he doesn’t believe them and grabs a saber from the top of a dresser, threatens them with it and demands that they help his mother.
* FromStrayToPet: Owen adopts the abandoned Buttercup, to be this for the 126.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Everyone in the 126 loves Buttercup, except for TK when they are told Owen and Buttercup have the same lung cancer.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Michelle uses a portable defibrillator to subdue a man that was threatening her crew with a saber.
* ItsAllMyFault: Michelle believes that if she had just answered the phone calls from Iris on the night she disappeared, she could have saved her sister.
* MoodWhiplash: TK is happy that Owen has adopted Buttercup, until he is told Owen and Buttercup have the same lung cancer, then TK wants nothing to do with the dog.
* NotSoDifferent: The whole reason why Owen adopted Buttercup is because they both have the same lung cancer.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Michelle suffers from this, when deciding whether or not she’s going to sing in front of a crowd at a bar’s open mic night.
* PsychologicalProjection: TK projects his fear of someone he loves, ie his dad, dying onto Buttercup, hence why he doesn’t want to get close to the dog.
* ShockAndAwe: A portable defibrillator is used to knock down a man out.
* TeamPet: Buttercup the dog, becomes this for the 126.
* ThievingPet: Buttercup likes to steal TK’s things.
* UnbrokenVigil: Owen is unable to get the rest of the 126 to go home and rest after TK has been shot. They all stay at the hospital, waiting.
* WhamShot: The episode ends with the reveal that Iris is alive and at Sanctuary Hearts, the very place Michelle volunteers at.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: While he might have grown up with them, Judd is not the biggest fan of snakes at all.
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Owen and the 126 crew race to a rattlesnake infestation at a young family's home, and attempt to rescue a man with dementia from a dangerous scene that he created. Meanwhile, Owen adopts a firehouse dog with cancer and Michelle finally learns the truth behind her sister's disappearance. Also, a tragic accident shakes the team to its core.

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