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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: The first victim speaks with an exaggerated Eastern European accent, until the Puppet seizes her by the wrist and she tells him he's hurting her. She has no idea.
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* ThisExplainsSoMuch: The Puppet's surprised, pleased reaction to being told he's a homicidal maniac.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: The first victim speaks with an exaggerated Eastern European accent, until the Puppet seizes her by the wrist and she tells him he's hurting her. She has no idea.
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** Also an instance of FiveSecondForeshadowing: Clyde can only psychically see the moments leading up to someone's death, and the detective is killed moments later.

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** Also an instance of FiveSecondForeshadowing: Clyde can only psychically see the moments leading up to someone's death, and the detective is killed moments only minutes later.
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* OrphanedPunchline: Detective Havez is telling Bruckman a joke, of which we only hear the punchline. Bruckman finishes it for him:
--->'''Havez:''' ...So then the priest says to the rabbi...\\
'''Bruckman:''' "I had it set for quail."\\
'''Havez:''' Hey, I thought you said you hadn't heard that one before. \\
'''Bruckman:''' I hadn't.
** Also an instance of FiveSecondForeshadowing: Clyde can only psychically see the moments leading up to someone's death, and the detective is killed moments later.
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* DesperatelySeekingAPurposeInLife: Played with regarding Puppet. He's always had a lust to kill and acts upon it, but he genuinely doesn't know why he does and goes on his psychic-murdering spree because no one can tell him the answer. It's ultimately Clyde who answers the question for him: there ''is'' no big secret or grand purpose motivating Puppet's actions--he's just a homicidal maniac, plain and simple.
* DrivenToSuicide: At the end of the episode, Clyde is no longer able to handle the burden of being able to see how people will die, and decides to commit suicide via asphyxiation to end the pain. Tellingly, Scully--ordinarily a skeptic supreme--is driven to tears by this.

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* DesperatelySeekingAPurposeInLife: Played with regarding Puppet. He's always had a lust to kill and acts upon it, but he genuinely doesn't know why he does and goes on his psychic-murdering spree because no one can tell him the answer. It's ultimately Clyde who answers the question for him: there ''is'' no big secret or grand purpose motivating Puppet's actions--he's actions -- he's just a homicidal maniac, plain and simple.
* DrivenToSuicide: At the end of the episode, Clyde is no longer able to handle the burden of being able to see how people will die, and decides to commit suicide via asphyxiation to end the pain. Tellingly, Scully--ordinarily Scully -- ordinarily a skeptic supreme--is supreme -- is driven to tears by this.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In the teaser, the Puppet has his fortune told by "Madame Zelma", whose Gypsy accent disappears as soon as he grabs her hand and she nervously asks him to let go.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In the teaser, the Puppet has his fortune told by "Madame Zelma", whose Gypsy accent disappears as soon as he grabs her hand and she nervously asks him to let go.

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