Line #21 Recap/ColdCaseS3E7StartUp


1	Directed by Creator/JamesWhitmoreJr
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3	Written by Creator/KarinLewicki
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5	The detectives re-open the 1999 supposed heart attack death of 24-year-old Amy Lind, a former dot-com millionaire, after death threats against her are found on a laptop.
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7	!Tropes:
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9	* ArrangedMarriage: Malvinder was in one, as his family were traditional Indians. He tried to escape from the marriage by proposing to Amy. However, the present reveals Malvinder and his wife eventually had a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage.
10	* ConspicuousConsumption: Scott bought himself a sports car with Coleman's money.
11	* ContinuityNod:
12	** When they are reviewing the accounts of Amy's business, Will complains that's even worse than the [[Recap/ColdCaseS2E22BestFriends poems from last year.]]
13	** When Lilly puts away Amy's case box during the ending, the cases boxes of [[Recap/ColdCaseS1E8FlyAway Toya Miles]] and [[Recap/ColdCaseS1E9SherryDarlin Krystal Hogan]] can be seen on the shelf above.
14	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Coleman and Scott shorted Amy's stock, killed her to cover it up, and Coleman hid the money in an account made into his secretary Geraldine's name so she would be blamed for their crimes.
15	* DidntThinkThisThrough: Scott made a UsefulNotes/SuperBowl ad for the company without Amy's input or consent. It flopped and put them in more debt.
16	* DramaticIrony: During their last meeting, Amy tells Scott that she is ready to live for herself and thanks him for staying on her side, completely unaware that Scott is still working with Coleman and just handed her the drink that will kill her.
17	* EveryoneHasStandards: During her interrogation, Geraldine admits she wanted to see Amy taken down a peg but clearly regrets that Amy was killed.
18	* FallGuy: Coleman's secretary Geraldine was set up to be one, as Coleman planned to pin her for securities fraud and murder in case the crime gets exposed. He also pressured Scott into actually killing Amy.
19	* ILetGwenStacyDie: Amy created Lionstaff after failing to save the life of her younger brother Gage from a seizure.
20	* InheritanceMurder: It is suggested that Coleman poisoned his wife the same way Amy was to steal her million-dollar inheritance.
21	* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Turns out that the death threats addressed to Amy were the work of a frustrated wife and had nothing to do with her death.
22	* ManipulativeBastard: Coleman tried to get Amy and Scott to turn against each other. He was successful with Scott.
23	* PoisonIsEvil: Amy was poisoned by potassium chloride hidden in an energy drink.
24	* SheKnowsTooMuch: Amy was poisoned when she found out about Scott and Coleman shorting her stock, threatening to report them to the FCC.
25	* SpannerInTheWorks: Malvinder's unseen wife who sent the death threats to Amy, leading to her death being reinvestigated when they are discovered years later and indirectly taking down Coleman and Scott.
26	* SuperBowlSpecial: Scott ruined Lionstaff by paying to have an ad for the company air during the Super Bowl without Amy's input or consent.
27	* UndyingLoyalty:
28	** Geraldine to Coleman. But as Lilly points out, that doesn't mean it's mutual as Coleman fully intents to use her as the scapegoat for his securities fraud and Amy's murder.

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