History Recap / TalesFromTheCryptS4E4Seance

-> ''(a door reading "Crypt Keeper Investigations - No Headstone Left Unturned" is seen)''
->'''Crypt Keeper:''' ''(in voiceover, speaking in a private eye voice)'' It was another one of those hot LA days. Things were about to get interesting... when she walked in. ''(the door opens to reveal him dressed in a fedora and trench coat and sitting at a desk)'' Her name was Samantha, and she was beautiful. A regular ''corpus'' delecti with a great chest... ''cavity'', that is. Something in her ''socket'' said "Beware." Must've been the way she said "hello" to me. ''(to Samantha)'' So, sweetheart. You say your husband's been cheating on you with another ''ghoul''? That it? Well, I'll be glad to hear your story, but first, I've got a tawdry tale of my own to tell. It's about a couple of scam artists who want to make a killing, providing they don't kill each other first. I call it: '''Seance.'''

Allison Peters and Benjamin Poloski (Creator/CathyMoriarty and Creator/BenCross) are a duo of con artists who have spent years working together in the hopes of making a big score. Things between the pair are strained at this point since Benny grew a heart, something a swindler is worthless with, so the two are preparing to pull off their last job together before they go their separate ways. Said job has the pair of them planning to swindle wealthy tycoon Prescot Chalmers (Creator/JohnVernon) out of his fortune with an elaborate ruse, with Benny playing the lawyer of Prescot's deceased uncle and Allison herself playing a long-lost cousin of Prescot. Prescot ultimately discovers the ruse, and is indirectly killed by a faulty elevator and the pair's inaction towards it. Allison and Benny them meet Prescot's blind and spiritual wife Dorothy (Creator/EllenCrawford), who gives them a backup plan for obtaining the money: pretending to be spiritual advisors and holding a mock séance to convince Dorothy to give them her husband's fortune. Little are the pair aware of what consequences are in store for them toying with the powers that be.

!!Tropes:

** Allison meets a grisly end for her ways, particularly trying to con the blind Dorothy Chalmers out of a fortune.
** Benny dies as well for his role in Allison's capers. Though in his case, the trope is downplayed, since was portrayed more sympathetically than her and really did intend on going straight.

** The trope is addressed by Prescot's ghost, when he shows that the briefcase has not only the money, but Benny's severed head, and Prescot was in Benny's place as his own ghost.
** The episode's opening scene has Allison playing the spiritual advisor and asking Prescot's ghost to appear. Nothing happens, prompting her to call for Benny, and revealing that the pair of them are rehearsing their mock séance.
* BankRobbery: The crux of Allison and Benny's scheme has them informing Prescot that his uncle, who was supposedly thought to have died in a train accident when he was a child, actually stole $200,000 from a bank, spent 20 years in jail, started a new business and had a family after his release, and put his stolen money (inflated to $3 million in the present day) into an account listed under an assumed name so he could give it to any of his surviving relatives when he passed on.
* BeatStillMyHeart: The episode ends with Allison's heart being shown to be still beating after [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Prescot's ghost rips it out of her body]]. If the episode had run a few seconds longer, he would've likely crushed it as well.
* BittersweetEnding: Prescot is dead, but he comes back from the grave to save his wife's new inheritance, and kills the sociopathic con woman responsible for his dilemma, and Benny, who wanted to turn his life around, is unfortunately killed in the process.
* {{Blackmail}}: Allison has sex with Prescot and has Benny hide in the closet and take pictures of them in the act, just in case the con doesn't go through. The pictures were to be used for exposing Chalmers' infidelity, but since his wife is blind, it would've never worked.
* BreakTheHaughty: Allison, when she sees just what's in the briefcase and who exactly is wearing the cloak.
* CassandraTruth: Madame Leona warns Allison and Benny that spirits are not to be toyed with. Allison responds by knocking her out with a PistolWhip before proceeding to keep the mock séance going.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Allison has "Jesus Christ in a cardigan sweater!", which she utters when angered. It's also the last thing she says before she dies.
* ColdHam: Allison keeps her calm, cold, and stoic attitude for the whole episode, unless she's been aggravated enough.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Chalmers, after coming back as a ghost, plunges his hand into Allison's chest and [[BeatStillMyHeart pulls her still beating heart out]] while she lays dying.
* DeadpanSnarker: Benny, for all his nice guy "wanna go legit" attitude, keeps pelting Allison with one zinger after another.
-->'''Allison:''' Piece of cake. I could imitate her.\\
'''Benny:''' Yeah? See if you could imitate a dame with scruples.
* TheDogBitesBack: Prescot, the man who Allison and Benny were working to fleece for all he's got and just watched as he died, returns from beyond the grave to exact bloody revenge on both of them.
* DramaticUnmask: Prescot pulling back the hood Benny was using as his ghost costume.
* DueToTheDead: After Prescot dies, Benny insists on showing some respect for him and scolds Allison for not doing so. He also gives Mrs. Chalmers the guy's cane as a show of respect.
* DullSurprise: This is Prescot's default emotion, even when he realizes he's being swindled and blackmailed with incriminating photos by a pair of hustlers.
* ElevatorFailure: A malfunctioning elevator kills Prescot by way of crushing him. Before it does that, it's above his floor, so he steps into the shaft without looking and plummets to the bottom.
* EurekaMoment: After revealing that she is blind, Mrs. Chalmers announces that she is going to see Madame Leona to contact her husband's ghost and ask him what to do with the money she's inherited. Allison and Benny look towards each other in satisfaction. Well, satisfactory for Allison, anyway.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Ever since he gained his conscience, Benny has serious misgivings over his and Allison's way of life, wanting to quit the con jobs and go straight. Allison's letting an innocent man die, then trying to bilk the money out of the man's blind widow, are just a couple of reasons why Benny can't wait to get the job over with and turn his life around. The same can be said for Madame Leona, who rebukes their plans for her as disgusting.

* ExactWords: Looking over the blackmail photos, Prescot remarks, "My wife will never see these." Allison and Benny don't know the meaning of this until meeting her at the police station, where it's revealed that she's blind.
* FailedASpotCheck: Prescot's death partially comes from him stepping into an elevator shaft and plummeting to the bottom, not even noticing the car was gone.
* FatalFlaw: For Allison, it's her greed. Not only does it drive her to commit such horrible deeds, but it also keeps her from knowing just when to quit. At the police station, Benny advocates being on their best behavior just so they can walk away, but seeing Mrs. Chalmers with the suitcase full of her hubby's money prompts Allison to embark on a scheme that brings about her own death.

* {{Flashback}}: The episode starts before the mock séance that leads to Allison and Benny dying. As Benny reminisces on how things came to this, the episode flashes back a week earlier, [[HowWeGotHere showing how things got this way]].

** After Benny climbs into his hiding spot before the séance, it suddenly shakes. Sounding a bit different, "Benny" claims to have slipped. He then refers to Allison as "beautiful", which we soon see is how Prescot described her upon meeting her.
** Entering the office, Prescot apologizes for running late, saying that the elevator is broken.
* GilliganCut: As soon as Mrs. Chalmers tells Allison and Benny that she's meeting her spiritual advisor, Madame Leona, the duo share a look of anticipation and fear, respectively. Cut to Madame Leona tied up, warning the duo that the spirit world is nothing to screw with before being pistol-whipped unconscious.
* GoneHorriblyRight: After tying up and knocking out Mrs. Chalmers' spiritual advisor, Allison pretends to be said advisor to conjure a fake séance, with Benny pretending to be the spirit of Prescot to fool his wife into giving them the money. Unfortunately, her pretending actually manages to bring the real Chalmers back from the dead, allowing him to get revenge on Allison and Benny.
* HowWeGotHere: The episode starts just before the mock séance that leads to Allison and Benny's deaths. As Benny's voice reminisces on how things came to this, the episode flashes back a week earlier, showing just ''how'' things got this way.
* IWarnedYou: Madame Leona warns Allison and Benny of the dangers of messing with the spirit world. They instead pistol whip her and pay for it. Big time.
* KissingCousins: Allison pretends to be a distant cousin of Prescot, and later seduces him as part of her and Benny's plot. Prescot even notes the trope as she goes in for the kill.
* MeaningfulEcho: Chalmers, after violently ripping Allison's heart out of her chest, reminds her, "You ain't got no heart!"
* TheMillstone: Benny. Ever since he gained a conscience, the worst thing for a con artist to have, he's bungled a few jobs that he and Allison pulled in the past. He manages to mess up their current con to get Prescot's money by absentmindedly singing and humming the song Allison and Prescot were making love to (as he was hiding in the closet to snap incriminating photos of them on her orders), allowing Prescot to realize he's being conned.
* MurderByInaction: Prescot dies when he falls down an elevator shaft and is crushed by the elevator. Allison watches him fall and sees the car coming, but she doesn't do a thing to stop it. Granted, that's partially because she was having a huge argument with Benny at the time, who tries to stop the elevator himself, but fails.
* NiceGuy: Benny. Once a successful scam artist, he recently grew a heart and had a pretty big change in attitude. The only reason he agrees to swindle Chalmers and put on the fake séance with Allison, who he can no longer stand working with, is because it's the last time they'll have to be work together. Tragically, Prescot's ghost beheads him as revenge, even though he really wanted to go straight.

* NoirEpisode: The Crypt Keeper's framing segments play this to the hilt, since he dresses and acts like a private investigator talking to a client. The episode proper plays it less so, though it does use some noir tropes, such as Allison being a FemmeFatale who seduces Chalmers and is quite content to kill.
* NotSoPhonyPsychic: Madame Leona, Mrs. Chalmers' spiritual advisor, is dismissed by Allison as running a con, but it turns out that she and her operation are the real thing.
* OffWithHisHead: What Prescot's ghost does to Benny, shoving the head into the briefcase.
* OneLastJob: It's stated that Benny and Allison's scam on Prescot will be the last con they pull off as a team, with Allison promising that they'll be going their separate ways after it's done.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Prescot's ghost looks just as how he died, mangled and bloody.
* PistolWhip: Allison does this to Madame Leona, who warns her and Benny not to toy with the spirits and the powers that be.
* PosthumousNarration: Benny's voice is heard wondering how exactly he got into this mess after Prescot's ghost kills him, which sets off the story chronologically.
* SkewedPriorities: After Prescot falls down the shaft, Benny wants Allison to find a way to help him, but Allison tears into him for blowing their opportunity to get his money. The resulting argument keeps them from finding out the elevator car has started moving. Benny tries in vain to stop it, but it promptly crushes poor Prescot.
* TheSociopath: Allison, who isn't afraid to kill, assault, or detain whoever's in her way to get what she wants. She lets Prescot die after he accidentally falls down the elevator shaft by watching as he's crushed by the malfunctioning elevator. She is then willing to con his blind wife out of her newly inherited money by having Benny dress as her husband's spirit and telling her to give Allison the money. Ever since he grew his conscience, Benny can't stand the way she does things, outright telling her that she "ain't got no heart." Even Madame Leona, tied up by the purely evil woman, tells her that she wears her wickedness like a coat.
* SpookySeance: Benny and Allison end up holding a phony séance to fool Mrs. Chalmers out of her newly inherited riches. They get what's coming to them when the séance turns out to be the real thing.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Benny and Allison used to make a solid team in the past, but this occurred after the former grew a conscience. He's regularly expressing reservations about what they do for a living and botched some jobs in the past, which leaves Allison constantly berating him. On the opposite end, he's just as quick to yell at her for going too far. Their scam on Chalmers is stated to be the last time they're working together before heading their separate ways.

** Despite her pulling a gun on him, Prescot openly doubts that Allison is capable of murder. While she doesn't kill him directly, she doesn't bat an eye over leaving him to be crushed by a faulty elevator. She actually would've shot him outright, if not for Benny's interference.
** Once he and Allison are allowed to leave the police station, Benny says he's leaving town, and says he'll see Allison in the next life. Come the end of the episode, that's just what happens.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The expression on Allison's face when Benny starts humming and reciting the song she and Chalmers were making love to in front of him.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Ahead of their con job regarding Mrs. Chalmers, Benny feels that neither he nor Allison deserve to walk away after a lifetime of swindling. Prescot's ghost certainly agrees.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Benny used to be a pretty effective con artist when he worked with Allison, but he recently grew a heart and started having second thoughts about his line of work, telling Allison that neither of them deserve to walk away free for everything that they've done. Despite the fact that he's aching to go straight, Chalmers still tears his head off.
* {{Understatement}}: After Prescot reveals himself to Allison and shows off his mangled face, Mrs. Chalmers asks what's going on. Her frightened servant remarks that Prescot is looking a bit peaked.
* WhamShot: When the person who appears to be Benny opens the briefcase... revealing Benny's severed head.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Allison's biggest fear is dying old and broke. She even reminds Benny of a recurring nightmare she has where she ends up doing just that in a place called "Monkey Island", which according to her is the place in the afterlife where all "loser cons" end up. Combined with her own sociopathy and greed, this is primarily why she just can't walk away from a possible score.

->'''Crypt Keeper:''' ''(in his private eye voice)'' Well, maybe Al and Benny will finally get together now. After all, two ''deads'' are better than one! As for Sam, it turned out she was right. Her husband was cheating on her, with a zombie he met on a business trip... out to the ''ghost''. In the end, I decided to let Sam handle things her own way. ''(the camera zooms out to reveal a dead woman on the desk)'' Go ahead... ''slay'' it again, Sam! ''(he stabs the body with a knife, then cackles)''

Allison Peters and Benjamin Poloski (Cathy Moriarty and Creator/BenCross) are a duo of con artists who have spent years working together in the hopes of making a big score. Things between the pair are strained at this point since Benny grew a heart, something a swindler is worthless with, so the two are preparing to pull off their last job together before they go their separate ways. Said job has the pair of them planning to swindle wealthy tycoon Prescot Chalmers (Creator/JohnVernon) out of his fortune with an elaborate ruse, with Benny playing the lawyer of Prescot's deceased uncle and Allison herself playing a long-lost cousin of Prescot. Prescot ultimately discovers the ruse, and is indirectly killed by a faulty elevator and the pair's inaction towards it. Allison and Benny them meet Prescot's blind and spiritual wife Dorothy (Creator/EllenCrawford), who gives them a backup plan for obtaining the money: pretending to be spiritual advisors and holding a mock séance to convince Dorothy to give them her husband's fortune. Little are the pair aware of what consequences are in store for them toying with the powers that be.

* AssholeVictim: Allison meets a grisly end for her ways, particularly trying to con the blind Dorothy Chalmers out of a fortune.

* BaitAndSwitch: The trope is addressed by Prescot's ghost, when he shows that the briefcase has not only the money, but Benny's severed head, and Prescot was in Benny's place as his own ghost.

* {{Sociopath}}: Allison, who isn't afraid to kill, assault, or detain whoever's in her way to get what she wants. She lets Prescot die after he accidentally falls down the elevator shaft by watching as he's crushed by the malfunctioning elevator. She is then willing to con his blind wife out of her newly inherited money by having Benny dress as her husband's spirit and telling her to give Allison the money. Ever since he grew his conscience, Benny can't stand the way she does things, outright telling her that she "ain't got no heart." Even Madame Leona, tied up by the purely evil woman, tells her that she wears her wickedness like a coat.

->'''Crypt Keeper:''' ''(in voiceover, speaking in a private eye voice)'' It was another one of those hot LA days. Things were about to get interesting... when she walked in. ''(the door opens to reveal him dressed in a fedora and trench coat and sitting at a desk)'' Her name was Samantha, and she was beautiful. A regular ''corpus'' delecti with a great chest... ''cavity'', that is. Something in her ''socket'' said "Beware." Must've been the way she said "hello" to me. ''(to Samantha)'' So, sweetheart. You say your husband's been cheating on you with another ''ghoul''? That it? Well, I'll be glad to hear your story, but first, I've got a tawdry tale of my own to tell. It's about a couple of scam artists who want to make a killing, providing they don't kill each other first. I call it '''Seance.'''

* SkewedPriorities: After Prescot falls down the shaft, Benny wants Allison to find a way to help him, but Allison tears into him for blowing their opportunity to get his money. The resulting argument keeps them from finding out the elevator car has started moving. Benny tries in vain to stop it, but promptly crushes poor Prescot.

Allison Peters and Benjamin Poloski (Cathy Moriarty and Creator/BenCross) are a duo of con artists who have spent years working together in the hopes of making a big score. Things between the pair are strained at this point since Benny grew a heart, something a swindler is worthless with, so the two are preparing to pull off their last job together before they go their separate ways. Said job has the pair of them planning to swindle wealthy tycoon Prescot Chalmers (Creator/JohnVernon) out of his fortune with an elaborate ruse, with Benny playing the lawyer of Prescot's deceased uncle and Allison herself playing a long-lost cousin of Prescot. Prescot ultimately discovers the ruse, and is indirectly killed by a faulty elevator and the pair's inaction towards it. Allison and Benny them meet Prescot's blind and spiritual wife Dorothy (Creator/EllenCrawford), who gives them a backup plan for obtaining the money: pretending to be spiritual advisors and holding a mock séance to convince Dorothy to give them her husband's fortune. Little are the pair aware of what consequences are in store for them toying with the powers that be.

** Benny dies, too, for his role in Allison's capers. Though in his case, the trope is downplayed, since was portrayed more sympathetically than her and really did intend on going straight.

** The episode's opening scene has Allison playing the spiritual advisor and asking Prescot's ghost to appear. Nothing happens, prompting her to call for Benny, and revealing that the pair of them are rehearsing their mock séance.

* NiceGuy: Benny. Once a successful scam artist, he recently grew a heart and had a pretty big change in attitude. The only reason he agrees to swindle Chalmers and put on the fake séance with Allison, who he can no longer stand working with, is because it's the last time they'll have to be work together. Tragically, Prescot's ghost beheads him as revenge, even though he really wanted to go straight.

* SpookySeance: Benny and Allison end up holding a phony séance to fool Mrs. Chalmers out of her newly inherited riches. They get what's coming to them when the séance turns out to be the real thing.

Allison Peters (Cathy Moriarty) and Benjamin Polosky (Creator/BenCross) are a pair of con artists who attempt to swindle tycoon Presco Chalmers (Creator/JohnVernon) out of his fortune. When they accidentally kill him, they then pretend to be spiritual advisers to obtain the money from his blind wife (Creator/EllenCrawford).

!Tropes
* AssholeVictim: Allison meets a grisly end for her ways, particularly trying to con Mrs. Chalmers out of a fortune. Benny dies, too, for his role in all of this, though he was at least portrayed more sympathetically than her.
* BeatStillMyHeart: The story of the episode ends with Allison's heart being shown to be still beating after [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Mr. Chalmers rips it out of her body]].
* BaitAndSwitch: As addressed by the ghost of Prescot Chalmers, when he shows that the briefcase has, not only the money, but Benny's head as well, and Prescot was in Benny's place as his own ghost.
* {{Blackmail}}: Allison has sex with Mr. Chalmers and has Benny hide in the closet and take pictures just in case the con doesn't go through. The pictures were to be used for exposing Chalmers' infidelity, but since his wife is blind, it would've never worked.
* BreakTheHaughty: Allison when she sees what's in the briefcase and who's wearing the cloak.
* CassandraTruth: The spiritual advisor warns Allison and Benny that spirits are not to be toyed with. Allison responds by knocking her out with a PistolWhip before proceeding to keep the mock séance going.

* DeadpanSnarker: Benny keeps zinging Allison.
-->'''Allison:''' I could imitate her.\\

* DramaticUnmask: Mr. Chalmers pulling back the hood for the ghost get-up.
* DueToTheDead: After Mr. Chalmers dies, Benny insists on showing proper respect and scolds Allison for not doing so. He also gives Mrs. Chalmers the guy's cane as a show of respect.
* EurekaMoment: After revealing that she is blind, Mrs. Chalmers announces that she is going to see her spiritual advisor to contact her husband's spirit and ask him what to do with the money she's inherited. Allison and Benny look towards each other in satisfaction.
* ExactWords: Looking over the blackmail photos, Mr. Chalmers remarks, "My wife will never see these." Allison and Benny don't know the half of it, until meeting her at the police station.
* FatalFlaw: Greed for Allison, as it not only drives her to commit such horrible deeds, but it also keeps her from knowing when to quit. At the police station, Benny advocates being on best behavior just so they can walk away, but seeing Mrs. Chalmers with the suitcase full of money prompts Allison to embark on a scheme that brings about her own death.

** After Benny climbs into his hiding spot before the séance, it suddenly shakes. Sounding a bit different, "Benny" claims to have simply slipped. He then refers to Allison as beautiful, which we soon see is how Mr. Chalmers described her upon meeting her.
** Entering the office, Mr. Chalmers apologizes for running late and says the elevator is broken.
* GoneHorriblyRight: After tying up and knocking out Mrs. Chalmers' spiritual advisor, Allison pretends to be said advisor and conjures a fake séance, with Benny pretending to be the spirit of Mr. Chalmers to fool his wife into giving them the money. Unfortunately, it brings the real Chalmers back from the dead, allowing him to get revenge on Allison and Benny.
* HowWeGotHere: The episode starts before the mock séance that leads to Allison and Benny dying. As Benny reminisces on how things came to this, the episode flashes back a week earlier, showing how things got this way.
* IWarnedYou: The spiritual advisor warned Allison of the dangers of messing with the spirits.
* MeaningfulEcho: Chalmers, after violently ripping Allison's heart out of her chest, reminds her, "You ain't got no heart".
* TheMillstone: Benny. Ever since he had gained a conscience, the worst thing for a con artist to have, he's bungled at least one other job he and Allison had pulled in the past. He manages to mess up their current con to get Mr. Chalmers' money by absentmindedly humming the song Allison and Mr. Chalmers were making love to, causing Chalmers to realize he's being conned.
* NoirEpisode: The Crypt Keeper segments play this to the hilt, as he dresses and acts like a private investigator talking to a client. The episode proper less so, though it does use some noir tropes, such as Allison being a FemmeFatale seducing Mr. Chalmers and being quite content to kill.
* NotSoPhonyPsychic: The real spiritual advisor is dismissed by Allison as running a con, but it turns out she and her operation are quite legit.
* OffWithHisHead: What the ghost of Mr. Chalmers did to Benny.
* PistolWhip: Allison does this to the spiritual advisor, who warns her and Benny not to toy with spirits and the powers that be.
* {{Sociopath}}: Allison. She lets Mr. Chalmers die after he accidentally falls down the elevator shaft by being crushed by an elevator. She is also willing to con his blind wife out of her newly inherited money. Benny outright tells her that she "ain't got no heart."
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Benny and Allison used to make a solid team, but this occurred after the former grew a conscience. He's regularly expressing reservations about what they're doing and botched some jobs, which leaves her constantly berating him. He's just as quick to yell at her for going too far.

** Despite her pulling a gun on him, Mr. Chalmers openly doubts that Allison is capable of murder. While she doesn't kill him directly, she doesn't bat an eye over leaving him to die. She also actually would've shot him outright, if not for Benny's interference.
** Once they can leave the police station, Benny says he's leaving town tonight. He says he'll see Allison in the next life. The Crypt Keeper muses that's a possibility.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The expression on Allison's face when Benny starts humming and reciting the song in front of Mr. Chalmers.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Ahead of the con job against Mrs. Chalmers, Benny feels that neither he nor Allison deserve to walk away. Mr. Chalmers certainly agrees.
* TogetherInDeath: In the end, the Crypt Keeper muses that Benny and Allison will probably get together now.
* {{Understatement}}: After Mr. Chalmers reveals himself to Allison and shows off his pale, mangled face, Mrs. Chalmers asks what's going on. Her frightened servant remarks that Mr. Chalmers is looking a bit peaky.
* WhamShot: Opening the briefcase reveals Benny's severed head.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Allison's biggest fear is dying old and broke. She even mentions a recurring nightmare in where she ends up in a place called "Monkey Island", which, according to her, is a place in the afterlife where "loser cons" end up, hence why she can't just walk away from a possible score.

* NotSoDifferent: Both Benny and the spiritual advisor think it's truly awful to try to steal money from Mrs. Chalmers.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Allison's biggest fear is dying old and broke, which is why she can't just walk away from a possible score.

* {{Catchphrase}}: Allison has "Jesus Christ in a cardigan sweater!", which she utters when angered. It's also [[FamousLastWords the last thing she says before she dies]].

* {{Sociopath}}: Allison. She lets Mr. Chalmers die after he accidentally falls down the elevator shaft by being crushed by an elevator. She is also willing to con his blind wife out of her newly inherited money. Benny outright tells her that she "ain't got no heart."

* CassandraTruth: The spiritual advisor warns Allison and Benny that spirits are not to be toyed with. Allison responds by knocking her out before proceeding keep the mock séance going.

* {{Flashback}}: The episode starts before the mock séance that leads to Allison and Benny dying. As Benny reminisces on how things came to this, the episode flashes back a week earlier, showing how things got this way.

Allison Peters (Cathy Moriarty) and Benjamin Polosky (Creator/BenCross) are a pair of con artists who attempt to swindle tycoon Presco Chalmers (Creator/JohnVernon) out of his fortune. When they accidentally kill him, they then pretend to be spiritual advisers to obtain the money from his blind wife.

Allison Peters (Cathy Moriarty) and Benjamin Polosky are a pair of con artists who attempt to swindle tycoon Presco Chalmers out of his fortune. When they accidentally kill him, they then pretend to be spiritual advisers to obtain the money from his blind wife.

Allison Peters and Benjamin Polosky are a pair of con artists who attempt to swindle tycoon Presco Chalmers out of his fortune. When they accidentally kill him, they then pretend to be spiritual advisers to obtain the money from his blind wife.

* {{Catchphrase}}: Allison has "Jesus Christ in a cardigan sweater!", which she utters when angered. It's also the last thing she says before she dies.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Chalmers, after coming back as a ghost, plunges his hand into Allison's chest and pulls her still beating heart out while she lays dying.

* TheMillstone: Benny. Ever since he had gained a conscience, the worst thing for a con artist to have, he's bungled at least one other job he and Allison had pulled in the past. He manages to mess up their current con to get Mr. Chalmers' money by absent-mindedly humming the song Allison and Mr. Chalmers were making love to, causing Chalmers to realize he's being conned.

* {{Sociopath}}: Allison. She lets Mr. Chalmers die after he accidentally falls down the elevator shaft by being crushed by an elevator. She is also willing to con his blind wife out her newly inherited money. Benny outright tells her that she "ain't got no heart."

* GoneHorriblyRight: After tying up and knocking out Mrs. Chalmers' spiritual advisor, Allison pretends to be said advisor and conjures a fake séance, with Benny pretending to be the spirit of Mr. Chalmers to fool his wife into giving them the money Unfortunately, it brings the real Chalmers back from the dead, allowing him to get revenge on Allison and Benny.

Two con artists pretend to be spiritual advisers to obtain money from a blind woman, will the plan go well or not

* {{Blackmail}}: Allison has sex with Mr Chalmers and has Benny take pictures while in the closet just in case the con doesn't go through. The pictures are to be used for exposing his infidelity.

* {{Cruel And Unusual Death}}: Chalmers comes back as a ghost and digs in Allison chest and pulls her still beating heart out while she lays dying.

* {{Eureka Moment}}: After revealing that she was blind, Mrs Chalmers announce that she going to see a spiritual advisor to contact Mr Chalmers spirit on what to do with the money she inherited. Allison & Benny look towards each other.

* {{Flashback}}: The episode start at the present time but goes back a week earlier leading to present.

* {{Gone Horribly Right}}:After taking place of the spiritual advisor she knocked out Allison pretends to be one and conjure a fake seance along with Benny pretending to be the voice of Mr Chalmers to fool his wife. Fortunately it bring Mr Chalmers back for his wife but bad news for Allison & Benny

* {{Meaningful Echo}}:Chalmers after violently ripping Allison heart out her chest "You ain't got no heart"

* {{Pistol Whip}}: Allison does this to the spiritual advisor who warns her & Benny not to toy with spirits.

* {{Sociopath}}: Allison Lets Mr Chalmers die after failing down the elevator shaft and being crushed by it. She is willing to con his blind wife out her money. Even Benny says that she doesn't "have a heart"

* {{The Milestone}}: Benny mess up the con to get some of Mr Chalmers money by singing the song Allison & Mr Chalmers were making love to. Chalmers realize he was being conned.

* {{ Meaningful Echo}}:Chalmers after violently ripping Allison heart out her chest "You ain't got no heart"

* {{Sociopath}}: Allison Lets Mr Chalmers die after failing down the elevator shaft and being crushed by it. Willing to con his blind wife out her money. Even Benny says that she doesn't "have a heart"

* {{Sociopath}}: Let's Mr Chalmers die after failing down the elevator shaft and being crushed by it. Willing to con his blind wife out her money. Even Benny says that she doesn't "have a heart"

* {{Blackmail}}: Allison has sex with Me Chalmers and has Benny take pictures while in the closet just in case the con doesn't go through. The pictures are to be used for exposing his infidelity.