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* ShoutOut: Victorine tells Tamerlane that [[Creator/GwynethPaltrow]] will sue her because Goldbug is a Goop ripoff.
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* ShoutOut: Victorine tells Tamerlane that [[Creator/GwynethPaltrow]] Creator/GwynethPaltrow will sue her because Goldbug is a Goop ripoff.
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->''TRUE!—NERVOUS—VERY, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?''
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** The chirping of the heart mesh is this to Vic, as is fitting for a retelling of [[Literature/TheTellTaleHeart]].
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** The chirping of the heart mesh is this to Vic, as is fitting for a retelling of [[Literature/TheTellTaleHeart]].Literature/TheTellTaleHeart.
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: In the first version of the argument that ended Victorine and Alessandra's relationship, the fight ends with Vic angrily throwing a marble figurine at Al as the scene cuts to black, and then moves on to Vic calling Ali for forgiveness. The second time, the figurine hits Al in the head and kills her, and Vic scrambles to revive her using the heart mesh implant—to no avail, obviously, because the implant doesn't work, and Al's fatal injury was to her head anyway. Vic is so desperate to get that implant working and to undo her mistake that she blocked out the fact that Al had died on her living room floor.
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: In the first version of the argument that ended Victorine and Alessandra's relationship, the fight ends with Vic angrily throwing a marble figurine at Al as the scene cuts to black, and then moves on to Vic calling Ali for forgiveness. The second time, the figurine hits Al in the head and kills her, and Vic scrambles to revive her using the heart mesh implant—to implant--to no avail, obviously, because the implant doesn't work, and Al's fatal injury was to her head anyway. Vic is so desperate to get that implant working and to undo her mistake that she blocked out the fact that Al had died on her living room floor.
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* SanitySlippage: After an argument with Alessandra, Victorine begins hearing a squishy, chirpy noise everywhere she goes and has to turn on loud music to drown it out. It’s only after she remembers accidentally killing Alessandra that she remembers the noise is the mesh she put on her dead girlfriend’s heart, whom she thinks is still alive. When confronted with reality, she believes that the heart mesh simply requires a new heart to work... and stabs herself.
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* SanitySlippage: After an argument with Alessandra, Victorine begins hearing a squishy, chirpy noise everywhere she goes and has to turn on loud music to drown it out. It’s It's only after she remembers accidentally killing Alessandra that she remembers the noise is the mesh she put on her dead girlfriend’s girlfriend's heart, whom she thinks is still alive. When confronted with reality, she believes that the heart mesh simply requires a new heart to work... and stabs herself.
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* AnythingThatMoves: Namedropped by Madeline in reference to Roderick's propensity for fathering illegitimate children.
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* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Tammy makes this assessment of Leo, Perry, and Camille, saying they were each trying to fill a hole in their lives.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Roderick contemplates this, but is ultimately unable to go through with it.
* HellIsThatNoise: Present Roderick sees Victorine sitting in Dupin's place. She lets out a screech before he snaps back to reality.
** The chirping of the heart mesh is this to Vic, as is fitting for a retelling of [[Literature/TheTellTaleHeart]].
* INeedAFreakingDrink: The surviving kids gather in a bar Tammy bought out after the funeral.
* InVinoVeritas: A lot of dirty laundry and personal feelings are aired after the surviving kids gather to drink.
* HellIsThatNoise: Present Roderick sees Victorine sitting in Dupin's place. She lets out a screech before he snaps back to reality.
** The chirping of the heart mesh is this to Vic, as is fitting for a retelling of [[Literature/TheTellTaleHeart]].
* INeedAFreakingDrink: The surviving kids gather in a bar Tammy bought out after the funeral.
* InVinoVeritas: A lot of dirty laundry and personal feelings are aired after the surviving kids gather to drink.
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* MemorialPhoto: These feature in front of Perry, Camille, and Leo's graves - notably, they seem to be publicity stills. Roderick sees their corpses standing in front of them at the funeral.
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* ShoutOut: Victorine tells Tamerlane that [[Creator/GwynethPaltrow]] will sue her because Goldbug is a Goop ripoff.
* ToAbsentFriends:
--> '''Frederick''': I thought we were gonna be toasting our dead siblings or something.
* ToAbsentFriends:
--> '''Frederick''': I thought we were gonna be toasting our dead siblings or something.
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** Adding a potential AlternativeCharacterInterpretation to Vic's reaction to her own impending death: did she lose consciousness while being possessed and think that Roderick stabbed her instead of having done it herself?
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* SanitySlippage: After an argument with Alissandra, Victorine begins hearing a squishy, chirpy noise everywhere she goes and has to turn on loud music to drown it out. It’s only after she remembers accidentally killing Alissandra that she remembers the noise is the mesh she put on her dead girlfriend’s heart, who she thinks is still alive. When confronted with reality, she believes that the heart mesh simply requires a new heart to work... and stabs herself.
* SelfDisposingVillain: While all of the Ushers are somewhat responsible for their own downfall, Vic is notable in that she's responsible for all of it. While Verna helps by playing the naive patient, Vic's VillainousBreakdown is caused entirely by her AccidentalMurder of Alessandra and her subsequent guilt over it.
* SelfDisposingVillain: While all of the Ushers are somewhat responsible for their own downfall, Vic is notable in that she's responsible for all of it. While Verna helps by playing the naive patient, Vic's VillainousBreakdown is caused entirely by her AccidentalMurder of Alessandra and her subsequent guilt over it.
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* SanitySlippage: After an argument with Alissandra, Alessandra, Victorine begins hearing a squishy, chirpy noise everywhere she goes and has to turn on loud music to drown it out. It’s only after she remembers accidentally killing Alissandra Alessandra that she remembers the noise is the mesh she put on her dead girlfriend’s heart, who whom she thinks is still alive. When confronted with reality, she believes that the heart mesh simply requires a new heart to work... and stabs herself.
* SelfDisposingVillain: While all of the Ushers are somewhat responsible for their own downfall, Vic is notable in that she's responsible for all ofit.hers. While Verna helps by playing the naive patient, Vic's VillainousBreakdown is caused entirely by her AccidentalMurder of Alessandra and her subsequent guilt over it.
* SelfDisposingVillain: While all of the Ushers are somewhat responsible for their own downfall, Vic is notable in that she's responsible for all of
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Madeleine seems to believe she's living in a realistic crime drama instead of a supernatural horror. She correctly deduces Verna is the one killing the Usher children rather than an immortal entity, she assumes she's the bastard daughter of Roderick hoping to become the sole inheritor of the empire.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Madeleine seems to believe she's living in a realistic crime drama instead of a supernatural horror. She correctly deduces Verna is the one killing the Usher children rather than an immortal entity, but she incorrectly assumes she's the another bastard daughter of Roderick hoping to become the sole inheritor of the empire.
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* DemonicPosession: Verna briefly seems to do this. Moments before Vic stabs herself, her erratic mood suddenly becomes deathly calm and she chides Roderick for not being willing to jump out the window (something Vic couldn't know about) and taunting him about her impending death. After she does the deed, she seems to snap out of a trance.
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* DemonicPosession: DemonicPossession: Verna briefly seems to do this. Moments before Vic stabs herself, her erratic mood suddenly becomes deathly calm and she chides Roderick for not being willing to jump out the window (something Vic couldn't know about) and taunting him about her impending death. After she does the deed, she seems to snap out of a trance.
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* DeathGlare: Camille's mother is giving Roderick one as he leaves the funeral.
* DemonicPosession: Verna briefly seems to do this. Moments before Vic stabs herself, her erratic mood suddenly becomes deathly calm and she chides Roderick for not being willing to jump out the window (something Vic couldn't know about) and taunting him about her impending death. After she does the deed, she seems to snap out of a trance.
* DirtyCoward: Roderick privately calls himself this for being unwilling to kill himself and save his remaining children from their fates.
* IWantMyMommy: Vic's last words after stabbing herself is a confused "Daddy?".
* MistakenForCheating: Tammy accuses Bill of doing this. He staunchly denies it and the audience can clearly tell Tammy's perceptions are being messed with.
* DemonicPosession: Verna briefly seems to do this. Moments before Vic stabs herself, her erratic mood suddenly becomes deathly calm and she chides Roderick for not being willing to jump out the window (something Vic couldn't know about) and taunting him about her impending death. After she does the deed, she seems to snap out of a trance.
* DirtyCoward: Roderick privately calls himself this for being unwilling to kill himself and save his remaining children from their fates.
* IWantMyMommy: Vic's last words after stabbing herself is a confused "Daddy?".
* MistakenForCheating: Tammy accuses Bill of doing this. He staunchly denies it and the audience can clearly tell Tammy's perceptions are being messed with.
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* WhamLine: Roderick confirming he hears the beating sound, showing it's not just Vic's sanity slippage but an actual noise. This leads to the reveal of Al's mutilated corpse.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Madeleine seems to believe she's living in a realistic crime drama instead of a supernatural horror. She correctly deduces Verna is the one killing the Usher children rather than an immortal entity, she assumes she's the bastard daughter of Roderick hoping to become the sole inheritor of the empire.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Madeleine seems to believe she's living in a realistic crime drama instead of a supernatural horror. She correctly deduces Verna is the one killing the Usher children rather than an immortal entity, she assumes she's the bastard daughter of Roderick hoping to become the sole inheritor of the empire.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The stone-cold, amoral Roderick is utterly, tearfully aghast at Vic propping up Ali's corpse and killing herself soon after.
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: In the first version of the argument that ended Victorine and Alessandra's relationship, the fight ends with Vic angrily throwing a marble figurine at Al as the scene cuts to black, and then moves on to Vic calling Ali for forgiveness. The second time, the figurine hits Al in the head and kills her, and Vic scrambles to revive her using the heart mesh implant—to no avail, obviously, because the implant doesn't work, and Al's fatal injury was to her head anyway. Vic is so desperate to get that implant working and to undo her mistake that she blocked out the fact that Al had died on her living room floor.
* SanitySlippage: After an argument with Alissandra, Victorine begins hearing a squishy, chirpy noise everywhere she goes and has to turn on loud music to drown it out. It’s only after she remembers accidentally killing Alissandra that she remembers the noise is the mesh she put on her dead girlfriend’s heart, who she thinks is still alive. When confronted with reality, she believes that the heart mesh simply requires a new heart to work... and stabs herself.
* SelfDisposingVillain: While all of the Ushers are somewhat responsible for their own downfall, Vic is notable in that she's responsible for all of it. While Verna helps by playing the naive patient, Vic's VillainousBreakdown is caused entirely by her AccidentalMurder of Alessandra and her subsequent guilt over it.
* SanitySlippage: After an argument with Alissandra, Victorine begins hearing a squishy, chirpy noise everywhere she goes and has to turn on loud music to drown it out. It’s only after she remembers accidentally killing Alissandra that she remembers the noise is the mesh she put on her dead girlfriend’s heart, who she thinks is still alive. When confronted with reality, she believes that the heart mesh simply requires a new heart to work... and stabs herself.
* SelfDisposingVillain: While all of the Ushers are somewhat responsible for their own downfall, Vic is notable in that she's responsible for all of it. While Verna helps by playing the naive patient, Vic's VillainousBreakdown is caused entirely by her AccidentalMurder of Alessandra and her subsequent guilt over it.
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'''Episode 4:'''
![[AC:The Tell-Tale Heart]]
->Directed by: Michael Fimognari
->Written by: Dani Parker
TRUE!—NERVOUS—VERY, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?
-->'''- The opening sentence in the Literature/TheTellTaleHeart'''
Victorine inches closer to testing her heart technology on a patient until tensions erupt between her and Alissandra. Dupin makes a chilling confession.
This episode incorporates elements from ''Literature/TheTellTaleHeart''.
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-->''"And if we're going to succeed, we just need a better heart."''
![[AC:The Tell-Tale Heart]]
->Directed by: Michael Fimognari
->Written by: Dani Parker
TRUE!—NERVOUS—VERY, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?
-->'''- The opening sentence in the Literature/TheTellTaleHeart'''
Victorine inches closer to testing her heart technology on a patient until tensions erupt between her and Alissandra. Dupin makes a chilling confession.
This episode incorporates elements from ''Literature/TheTellTaleHeart''.
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!!Tropes that are present in this episode:
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-->''"And if we're going to succeed, we just need a better heart."''
