Amid various time periods, the truth of what broke apart Susie and Midge is revealed.
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- Famous, Famous, Fictional: In one 1970 trip to a golf course, Susie managed to get The French Connection green-lit, got Jesus Christ Superstar produced and, on the spot, created a sitcom starring Elizabeth Montgomery that ran for seven seasons.
- Future Badass: Dinah, Susie's sweet, somewhat spacey assistant, is revealed to be a capable businesswoman in her own right by 1990, running the New York aspect of Myerson and Associates and being considered to be about as scary as Susie.
- Let Them Die Happy: Susie sits with Harry at his deathbed. When he's clearly about to slip away and just barely conscious, he mistakes Susie for his daughter, who either didn't come to visit him in the hospital or didn't get there in time. Susie hesitates, but after the nurse gives her a little nod, she plays along, taking his hand and saying, "I'm here, Dad", letting him believe his daughter is by his side for his final moments.
- "Rashomon"-Style: The story of how Susie got Harry's clients is presented three different ways. In the first, she manipulated a dying Harry into signing his business over to her, while heartlessly keeping his family from seeing him before he passed. In the second, she did basically the same thing, with the twist that she gave his daughter a large sum of money in exchange for her help in closing the deal. In the third, Harry's family never bothered to come see him, but Susie did, sitting at his bedside and keeping him company in his final days, and he chose to give his clients to her of his own free will — a gift Susie initially tried to refuse, but he insisted upon; she then comforted him in his last moments by pretending to be his daughter. The last version is heavily implied to be the truth.
- The Reveal: The breaking point for Susie and Midge was Midge finally learning that Susie had been taking her money for years to pay off her gambling debts and that Joel had partnered with the mob to free Midge, which eventually led to his arrest.
- Sour Outside, Sad Inside: In 1990, Susie and Midge both refuse to speak about the other or their falling out in any serious capacity. Midge makes wisecracks about it for her act but doesn't get into details, and Susie's friends avoid mentioning Midge in front of her. However, Midge's taped appearance for the "Testi-Roastial" and Susie's emotional reaction to it make it clear they both desperately missed one another and just want to be friends again.
- This Is Unforgivable!: Midge cannot forgive Susie for stealing from her, for being in deep with the mob for decades and letting Joel go to prison for her misdeeds.
- Unreliable Narrator: The episode's Framing Device is that other characters are telling stories about Susie—some of which they personally witnessed, and some of which they simply heard. No one's suggested to be lying, but it clear that some of the stories are probably at least slightly exaggerated. Mike outright states that he heard two different versions of Midge and Susie's falling out from each of them, and some details didn't match up, but he thinks he probably got the gist based on what parts of their stories did overlap.
- Wife-Basher Basher: Susie, by proxy. After Dinah comes in with a black eye thanks to her (now ex) boyfriend, Susie "asks a favor" from Frank and Nicky, who then go to the guy's apartment with a baseball bat.
