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* UnderestimatingBadassery: Like so many before him, Ri'Chard makes the mistake of dismissing Elsbeth as a scatterbrained moron until she starts cleaning his clock in court.

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* TheBusCameBack: Elbeth Tascioni shows up to represent the wife who wants a push-nup.

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Elbeth Tascioni shows up to represent the wife who wants a push-nup.push-nup.
** Liz's ex Del shows up.



** A woman who claims to be Ginny Thomas. Liz is pretty sure she's not, but there is doubt, since the woman knows details about Mrs. Thomas that aren't commonly known. This resembles how in season three Melania Trump may or may not have contacted the firm, and they doubted it but never found out for sure.



** Jay joins a resistance group, as did Diane in season 3.



* FetusTerrible


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* PoorCommunicationKills: Subverted. The two men who stalk Marissa neglect to inform anyone that they're there for her protection, and it ends with Jay almost getting shot at.

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* AffectionateNickname: Ginny called her deprogrammer Elliot William Banger "Bang-Bang".
* AsTheGoodBookSays: The judge in the push-nup case decides to refer to the fetus as "the child". This, along with her agreeing with the pro-lifers in the gallery, clues the lawyers in that she is Christian, and start arguing Biblical law and quoting the Bible.



* ConspiracyTheorist: Marissa checks out one on the net, who lists a number of signs there's a civil war going on.

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Marissa checks out one on the net, who lists a number of signs there's a civil war going on.on.
** "Ginny Thomas" is convinced the 2020 election was stolen.
* FetusTerrible
* MistakenForTerrorist: Two men follow Marissa. She thinks they're jew-hating terrorists. They turn out to be FBI Agents assigned to look out for her.


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* ShoutOut: Liz watches "Below Deck" with her son. "Ginny Thomas" does too.
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Liz is on a morning talkshow and criticizes Ginny Thomas, Justice Clarence Thomas's wife's actions in the White House. The camera man does a finger gun shot toward her as she is leaving, causing her to decide to "get real" about security at the firm. Diane's therapist has gone away and left his wife to fill his position. A wealthy man's wife wants him to sign a push-nup, a contract that commits him to reimburse her for bearing, birthing, and raising his child.

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* TheBusCameBack: Elbeth Tascioni shows up to represent the wife who wants a push-nup.
* CallBack:
** The firm decides to up Marissa's security after the assassination attempt on her father.
** A woman who claims to be Ginny Thomas. Liz is pretty sure she's not, but there is doubt, since the woman knows details about Mrs. Thomas that aren't commonly known. This resembles how in season three Melania Trump may or may not have contacted the firm, and they doubted it but never found out for sure.
** Marissa and Jay go to the shooting range, and he tries to instruct her how to shoot, but she already knows because she was in IDF.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Marissa checks out one on the net, who lists a number of signs there's a civil war going on.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Liz criticizes Ginny Thomas's real-life actions.
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