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* ChekhovsGag: Hallstrom initially shrugs off Emma’s concerns because she admitted to drinking a sizeable amount of wine before the alleged crime took place, saying he could personally see the [[SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Seven Dwarves]] doing cartwheels while drunk on wine. Later, after the body has been discovered and Hallstrom is interviewing Emma as a witness, she remembers an odd detail but dismisses it, with Hallstrom insisting she just tell him what it is. She says, “Well, there were these seven little men behind him doing cartwheels.”

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* ChekhovsGag: Hallstrom initially shrugs off Emma’s concerns because she admitted to drinking a sizeable amount of wine before the alleged crime took place, saying he could personally see the [[SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Seven Dwarves]] Dwarves doing cartwheels while drunk on wine. Later, after the body has been discovered and Hallstrom is interviewing Emma as a witness, she remembers an odd detail but dismisses it, with Hallstrom insisting she just tell him what it is. She says, “Well, there were these seven little men behind him doing cartwheels.”
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* ChekhovsGag: Hallstrom initially shrugs off Emma’s concerns because she admitted to drinking a sizeable amount of wine before the alleged crime took place, saying he could personally see the Seven Dwarves doing cartwheels while drunk on wine. Later, after the body has been discovered and Hallstrom is interviewing Emma as a witness, she remembers an odd detail but dismisses it, with Hallstrom insisting she just tell him what it is. She says, “There were these seven little men behind him doing cartwheels.”

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* ChekhovsGag: Hallstrom initially shrugs off Emma’s concerns because she admitted to drinking a sizeable amount of wine before the alleged crime took place, saying he could personally see the [[SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Seven Dwarves Dwarves]] doing cartwheels while drunk on wine. Later, after the body has been discovered and Hallstrom is interviewing Emma as a witness, she remembers an odd detail but dismisses it, with Hallstrom insisting she just tell him what it is. She says, “There “Well, there were these seven little men behind him doing cartwheels.”
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* Chekhov’sGag: Hallstrom initially shrugs off Emma’s concerns because she admitted to drinking a sizeable amount of wine before the alleged crime took place, saying he could personally see the Seven Dwarves doing cartwheels while drunk on wine. Later, after the body has been discovered and Hallstrom is interviewing Emma as a witness, she remembers an odd detail but dismisses it, with Hallstrom insisting she just tell him what it is. She says, “There were these seven little men behind him doing cartwheels.”

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* Chekhov’sGag: ChekhovsGag: Hallstrom initially shrugs off Emma’s concerns because she admitted to drinking a sizeable amount of wine before the alleged crime took place, saying he could personally see the Seven Dwarves doing cartwheels while drunk on wine. Later, after the body has been discovered and Hallstrom is interviewing Emma as a witness, she remembers an odd detail but dismisses it, with Hallstrom insisting she just tell him what it is. She says, “There were these seven little men behind him doing cartwheels.”
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*Chekhov’sGag: Hallstrom initially shrugs off Emma’s concerns because she admitted to drinking a sizeable amount of wine before the alleged crime took place, saying he could personally see the Seven Dwarves doing cartwheels while drunk on wine. Later, after the body has been discovered and Hallstrom is interviewing Emma as a witness, she remembers an odd detail but dismisses it, with Hallstrom insisting she just tell him what it is. She says, “There were these seven little men behind him doing cartwheels.”
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*DressedToHeal: Dr. Pierce ends his conversation with Candice by hopping into his very expensive-looking sports car.


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*OrderliesAreCreeps: [[spoiler:The killer is an orderly at the hospital.]]
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* MaleBandFemaleSinger: Emma is the only woman in The Drovers.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:You got a file for every nosebleed in Illinois?]]

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* FanService: Hallstrom's striptease in the opening scene.
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* FanDisservice: [[spoiler:Nina Getz's dead, naked body.]]
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* SerialKiller: The killer targets women by attacking them in their homes, posing them in bathtubs, and placing Russian Orthodox crosses around their necks.
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* ProductionPosse: Creator/LaureMetcalf (Candice), Matt Roth (Crowe), Paul Dillon (Neil), Mary Ann Thebus (Mrs. Davison) also appeared in Chicago Cab (1997).
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* ProductionPosse: Creator/LaureMetcalf (Candice), Matt Roth (Crowe), Paul Dillon (Neil), Mary Ann Thebus (Mrs. Davison) also appeared in Chicago Cab (1997).
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* TeamMom: Candice, Emma's fiercely protective best friend and manager of her band, The Drovers.

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* TeamMom: Candice, Emma's fiercely protective best friend and manager of her band, The Drovers.band.
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* SinisterSubway: There's a chase sequence that takes place throughout several cars of Chicago's L.

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* SinisterSubway: There's a chase sequence that takes place throughout several cars of Chicago's L.L.
* TeamMom: Candice, Emma's fiercely protective best friend and manager of her band, The Drovers.
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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: During Emma's interview with the Sun-Times reporter, her bandmate Michael wanders into the living room completely naked, much to Candice's chagrin.
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* CanineCompanion: Ralph, to Emma.
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* SinisterSubway: Emma runs for her life through several cars of Chicago's L.

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* SinisterSubway: Emma runs for her life through There's a chase sequence that takes place throughout several cars of Chicago's L.
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* RoomFullOfCrazy: [[spoiler:Neil Booker's apartment.]]

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* RoomFullOfCrazy: [[spoiler:Neil Booker's apartment.]]]]
* SinisterSubway: Emma runs for her life through several cars of Chicago's L.
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* ParkingGarage: Emma narrowly evades the killer in a brief chase through the hospital parking garage.
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Mrs. Whitney's young neighbor, encountered by Hallstrom as he flees Mrs. Whitney's home.
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* AbusiveParents: Emma's mother

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* AbusiveParents: Emma's mothermother, seen only in unflattering flashbacks.



* PoliceAreUseless: Officer Crowe.

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* PoliceAreUseless: Officer Crowe. Crowe not only fails to keep Emma in her apartment but also [[spoiler:manages to make himself the killer's final victim.]]

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--->'''Hallstrom:'''Was this one guy or did she see a lot of different guys?\\
'''Emma:'''One guy.\\
'''Hallstrom:'''How do you know it was one guy?\\
'''Emma:'''I could hear him.\\
'''Hallstrom:'''Okay, you got a name on him? You know his name?\\
'''Emma:'''Oh Baby.

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--->'''Hallstrom:'''Was --->'''Hallstrom:''' Was this one guy or did she see a lot of different guys?\\
'''Emma:'''One '''Emma:''' One guy.\\
'''Hallstrom:'''How '''Hallstrom:''' How do you know it was one guy?\\
'''Emma:'''I '''Emma:''' I could hear him.\\
'''Hallstrom:'''Okay, '''Hallstrom:''' Okay, you got a name on him? You know his name?\\
'''Emma:'''Oh Baby.'''Emma:''' Oh Baby.
* PoliceAreUseless: Officer Crowe.

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--->'''Hallstrom:'''Was this one guy or did she see a lot of different guys?
--->'''Emma:'''One guy.
--->'''Hallstrom:'''How do you know it was one guy?
--->'''Emma:'''I could hear him.
--->'''Hallstrom:'''Okay, you got a name on him? You know his name?
--->'''Emma:'''Oh Baby.

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--->'''Hallstrom:'''Was this one guy or did she see a lot of different guys?
--->'''Emma:'''One guy.
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guys?\\
'''Emma:'''One guy.\\
'''Hallstrom:'''How
do you know it was one guy?
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guy?\\
'''Emma:'''I
could hear him.
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'''Hallstrom:'''Okay,
you got a name on him? You know his name?
--->'''Emma:'''Oh Baby.
name?\\
'''Emma:'''Oh Baby.
* RoomFullOfCrazy: [[spoiler:Neil Booker's apartment.]]
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* DeadpanSnarker:

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* DeadpanSnarker: Emma.

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* CassandraTruth: Emma's initial visit to the cops sees her concerns dismissed by Hallstrom, who is more interested in the fact that she used to be blind

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* AbusiveParents: Emma's mother
* CassandraTruth: Emma's initial visit to the cops sees her concerns dismissed by Hallstrom, who is more interested in the fact that she used to be blindblind than in helping with her case.
* CityNoir: Emma describes Chicago as a "hellhole of a city."
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Emma's been blind for 20 years [[spoiler:because her mother smashed her face into a mirror]], later mentioned by Hallstrom as a potential cause for her hallucinations.
* DeadpanSnarker:
--->'''Hallstrom:'''Was this one guy or did she see a lot of different guys?
--->'''Emma:'''One guy.
--->'''Hallstrom:'''How do you know it was one guy?
--->'''Emma:'''I could hear him.
--->'''Hallstrom:'''Okay, you got a name on him? You know his name?
--->'''Emma:'''Oh Baby.
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A 1993 PsychologicalThriller directed by Creator/MichaelApted and written by Dana Stevens.

Violinist Emma Brody (Creator/MadeleineStowe) has been blind for 20 years, but after surgery restores her sight she finds herself suffering from visual delays and hallucinations. After her upstairs neighbor is murdered, Emma, unable to see clearly and mistaking him for someone else, encounters the killer in the hallway of her apartment building. She teams up with jaded detective John Hallstrom (Creator/AidanQuinn) to uncover the killer's true identity and stop him before he strikes again.

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* CassandraTruth: Emma's initial visit to the cops sees her concerns dismissed by Hallstrom, who is more interested in the fact that she used to be blind

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