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* AndThisIsFor: [[spoiler:The young Franklin gives this speech as he's stabbing Margaret to death with the scissors.]]
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* AndThisIsFor: [[spoiler:The young Franklin Franklyn gives this speech as he's stabbing Margaret to death with the scissors.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: In the final showdown, the villain ends up run through with [[spoiler:one of Grace's scissor-nightmare sculptures]].
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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Frankie stabs Margaret to death with a pair of scissors, and Mike, who's the reincarnation of Margaret, kills the grown-up Frankie with one of Grace's scissor sculptures]].
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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Frankie InstitutionalApparel:
** On death row, Roman wears a jumpsuit with his prisoner number on it.
** The scene at the mental hospital has people in scrubs, straitjackets or both on top of normal clothing or pajamas.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Frankie stabs Margaret to death with a pair of scissors, and Mike, who's the reincarnation of Margaret, kills the grown-up Frankie with one of Grace's scissor sculptures]].
** On death row, Roman wears a jumpsuit with his prisoner number on it.
** The scene at the mental hospital has people in scrubs, straitjackets or both on top of normal clothing or pajamas.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Frankie stabs Margaret to death with a pair of scissors, and Mike, who's the reincarnation of Margaret, kills the grown-up Frankie with one of Grace's scissor sculptures]].
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** [[spoiler:Franklin Madsen, which sounds like "mad son"]].
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** [[spoiler:Franklin [[spoiler:Franklyn Madsen, which sounds like "mad son"]].
* TheOner: Grace's first hypnotherapy session at Madsen's features a technically challenging continuous circular shot around the table that Grace and Madsen are seated at.
* OrphanageOfLove: What we see of the orphanage that occupies the former Strauss house suggests that it's this; the children are happy and well cared for, and Mike, who grew up there, seems to have nothing but fond memories of the place.
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* PlayingGertrude: Creator/HannaSchygulla, who plays Inga Madsen, is actually five years younger than Creator/DerekJacobi, who plays the older Franklin Madsen (though it's partly justified in that most of her scenes are with the actor who plays the younger Frankie, who is the right age).
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* PlayingGertrude: Creator/HannaSchygulla, who plays Inga Madsen, is actually five years younger than Creator/DerekJacobi, who plays the older Franklin Franklyn Madsen (though it's partly justified in that most of her scenes are with the actor who plays the younger Frankie, who is the right age).
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* PrivateDetective: Mike.
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* PrivateDetective: Mike. Mike is a private investigator who specializes in tracking down missing people.
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* {{Reincarnation}}: Grace appears to be the reincarnation of a murder victim from sixty years prior. [[spoiler:She's not.]]
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* {{Reincarnation}}: Grace appears to be the reincarnation of a murder victim from sixty years prior. [[spoiler:She's not.not -- Mike is.]]
* ScareChord: Used effectively (and preceded by a lull in the soundtrack for contrast) in the scene where Mike and Grace argue about the possibility that he murdered her in a previous life.
* ShearMenace: Margaret was stabbed to death with a pair of scissors. At the climax, [[spoiler:Frankie tries to murder Grace with the same pair of scissors, gets stabbed with them in self-defense and ultimately gets impaled on one of Grace's scissor-themed sculptures]].
* ShearMenace: Margaret was stabbed to death with a pair of scissors. At the climax, [[spoiler:Frankie tries to murder Grace with the same pair of scissors, gets stabbed with them in self-defense and ultimately gets impaled on one of Grace's scissor-themed sculptures]].
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* VorpalPillow: [[spoiler: Franklin kills his mother this way for ratting him out to Mike]].
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* VorpalPillow: [[spoiler: Franklin Franklyn kills his mother this way for ratting him out to Mike]].
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* BilingualBonus: A box that appears at a key moment in the movie has Japanese writing on the lid, which according to the DVD commentary is a translation of the movie's arc words: "These are for you."
* CutPhoneLines: At the climax of the movie, Grace discovers that her phone is dead and suspects the phone line has been sabotaged to prevent her calling for help. It's not established whether that's actually the case; it's also suggested that it might just have been an unfortunately timed consequence of the bad weather.
* DramaticUnmask: One of Grace's hypnotic-regression flashbacks ends with Roman entering the room in the costume he wore to the masquerade ball, then removing the mask to reveal not Roman's face but Mike's. This marks the first time the characters become aware that Mike's past self was present in Grace's past life.
* DramaticUnmask: One of Grace's hypnotic-regression flashbacks ends with Roman entering the room in the costume he wore to the masquerade ball, then removing the mask to reveal not Roman's face but Mike's. This marks the first time the characters become aware that Mike's past self was present in Grace's past life.
* GoryDiscretionShot: When we finally see the murder of Margaret, it's as a shadow against the curtain of her bed, which is joined by a splash of blood.
* RealAwardFictionalCharacter: Gray Baker has received UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize recognition for his reporting (the wording of the statement is unclear whether he was a winner of one of the journalism prizes or just a finalist).
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* ShoutOut: The film contains several shout-outs to Branagh's previous film, an adaptation of ''Theatre/HenryV''. Roman's prisoner number is the date of the Battle of Agincourt, the ''Life'' magazine with the article about about Roman and Margaret is a 1948 issue with a cover story about Creator/LaurenceOlivier (who also directed and starred in a film version of ''Henry V''), and a fight scene occurs on Los Angeles' Shakespeare Bridge.
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* ShoutOut: ShootHimHeHasAWallet: At the climax of the film, [[spoiler:Grace panics and shoots Mike when he reaches inside his jacket, thinking he's reaching for a weapon. She's horrified when she realizes he was actually trying to show her that he'd found Margaret's anklet. Fortunately, he survives]].
* ShoutOut:
** The film contains several shout-outs to Branagh's previous film, an adaptation of ''Theatre/HenryV''. Roman's prisoner number is the date of the Battle of Agincourt, the ''Life'' magazine with the article about about Roman and Margaret is a 1948 issue with a cover story about Creator/LaurenceOlivier (who also directed and starred in a film version of ''Henry V''), and a fight scene occurs on Los Angeles' ShakespeareBridge.Bridge.
** The distinctive apartment building where Grace turns out to live was also seen as Literature/PhilipMarlowe's home in the 1973 film version of ''Film/TheLongGoodbye''.
* ShoutOut:
** The film contains several shout-outs to Branagh's previous film, an adaptation of ''Theatre/HenryV''. Roman's prisoner number is the date of the Battle of Agincourt, the ''Life'' magazine with the article about about Roman and Margaret is a 1948 issue with a cover story about Creator/LaurenceOlivier (who also directed and starred in a film version of ''Henry V''), and a fight scene occurs on Los Angeles' Shakespeare
** The distinctive apartment building where Grace turns out to live was also seen as Literature/PhilipMarlowe's home in the 1973 film version of ''Film/TheLongGoodbye''.
* SourceMusic:
** Although much of the soundtrack is non-diegetic, a key scene is accompanied by increasingly frantic and disjointed piano music that in-universe is coming from someone rehearsing in a neighboring apartment.
** Another scene has a dramatic chair reveal accompanied by a musical sting from a television in the background.
** Although much of the soundtrack is non-diegetic, a key scene is accompanied by increasingly frantic and disjointed piano music that in-universe is coming from someone rehearsing in a neighboring apartment.
** Another scene has a dramatic chair reveal accompanied by a musical sting from a television in the background.
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-->'''Mike Church:''' [[spoiler:I never meant to hurt you, Margaret.]]
** Followed immediately by a ScareChord.
** Followed immediately by a ScareChord.
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**
** The scene where Mike agrees to be regressed [[spoiler:has a non-verbal wham moment, when the regressed Mike looks in a mirror and sees the horrified face of Margaret looking back]].
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* YearX: When Grace's purse is discovered, containing a driver's license with her real name, the driver's license is in a window pocket that's slightly too small for it, so that the last digit of her birth date is conveniently hidden.
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The Roman and Margaret timeline.
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* PlayingGertrude: Hanna Schygulla, who plays Inga Madsen, was in reality five years younger than Creator/DerekJacobi, who plays the older Franklin Madsen (though it's partly justified in that most of her scenes are with the actor who plays the younger Frankie, who is the right age).
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* PlayingGertrude: Hanna Schygulla, Creator/HannaSchygulla, who plays Inga Madsen, was in reality is actually five years younger than Creator/DerekJacobi, who plays the older Franklin Madsen (though it's partly justified in that most of her scenes are with the actor who plays the younger Frankie, who is the right age).
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''Dead Again'' is a 1991 film directed by Creator/KennethBranagh, starring Branagh, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/DerekJacobi and Creator/AndyGarcia.
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''Dead Again'' is a 1991 film directed by Creator/KennethBranagh, starring Branagh, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/DerekJacobi Creator/DerekJacobi, Creator/AndyGarcia and Creator/AndyGarcia.
Creator/HannaSchygulla.
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* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Anklet]]: The anklet Roman gives to Margaret as a wedding present. [[Inga later gives it to Mike, and when Grace/Amanda sees he has it, after shooting him - see MyGodWhatHaveIDone below - she realizes he's not out to kill her]].
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* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Anklet]]: The anklet Roman gives to Margaret as a wedding present. [[Inga [[spoiler:Inga later gives it to Mike, and when Grace/Amanda sees he has it, after shooting him - see MyGodWhatHaveIDone below - she realizes he's not out to kill her]].
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* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Anklet]]: The anklet Roman gives to Margaret as a wedding present. [[Inga later gives it to Mike, and when Grace/Amanda sees he has it, after shooting him - see MyGodWhatHaveIDone below - she realizes he's not out to kill her]].
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* IfICantHaveYou: A variation; [[spoiler:Frankie apparently feels if his mother can't have Roman, neither than Margaret, which is why he kills her]].
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* ArcWords: "This is for you."
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* ArcWords: "This is "These are for you."
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** When Mike comes to visit her, Inga is watching ''Film/SorryWrongNumber'' on TV.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Grace says this word for word after [[spoiler:she shoots Mike, and finds out the object he was taking out of his jacket was Margaret's anklet]].
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* PlayingGertrude: Hanna Schygulla, who plays Inga Madsen, was in reality five years younger than Creator/DerekJacobi, who plays the older Franklin Madsen (though it's partly justified in that most of her scenes are with the actor who plays the younger Frankie, who is the right age).
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-->'''Mike:''' Pete!
-->'''Pete:''' Had to dial 911 with his nose.
-->'''Mike:''' '''Pete!'''
-->'''Pete:''' [[DefensiveWhat What?!]]
-->'''Mike:''' [[SarcasmMode I just know there's a point to all this.]]
-->'''Pete:''' It's coming!
-->'''Pete:''' Had to dial 911 with his nose.
-->'''Mike:''' '''Pete!'''
-->'''Pete:''' [[DefensiveWhat What?!]]
-->'''Mike:''' [[SarcasmMode I just know there's a point to all this.]]
-->'''Pete:''' It's coming!
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-->'''Mike:''' Pete!
-->'''Pete:'''Pete! \\
'''Pete:''' Had to dial 911 with hisnose.
-->'''Mike:''' '''Pete!'''
-->'''Pete:'''nose. \\
'''Mike:''' '''Pete!''' \\
'''Pete:''' [[DefensiveWhatWhat?!]]
-->'''Mike:'''What?!]] \\
'''Mike:''' [[SarcasmMode I just know there's a point to all this.]]
-->'''Pete:''']] \\
'''Pete:''' It's coming!
-->'''Pete:'''
'''Pete:''' Had to dial 911 with his
-->'''Mike:''' '''Pete!'''
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'''Mike:''' '''Pete!''' \\
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-->'''Mike:'''
'''Mike:''' [[SarcasmMode I just know there's a point to all this.
-->'''Pete:'''
'''Pete:''' It's coming!
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-->'''Cozy Carlisle''': Hey, thumbdick, I was a damn good shrink. Sixteen and a half years I worked with a lot of people through a lot of shit. OK, I slept with a patient or two. It's not like I didn't care about them.
-->'''Mike Church:''' Sure.
-->'''Carlisle:''' I loved being a doctor. I used to not charge half my patients. Then the fucking state comes along, they send in some bitch undercover, and I'm fucked. Ain't fair, is it?
-->'''Mike Church:''' Sure.
-->'''Carlisle:''' I loved being a doctor. I used to not charge half my patients. Then the fucking state comes along, they send in some bitch undercover, and I'm fucked. Ain't fair, is it?
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-->'''Cozy Carlisle''': Carlisle:''' Hey, thumbdick, I was a damn good shrink. Sixteen and a half years I worked with a lot of people through a lot of shit. OK, I slept with a patient or two. It's not like I didn't care about them.
-->'''Mikethem. \\
'''Mike Church:'''Sure.
-->'''Carlisle:'''Sure. \\
'''Carlisle:''' I loved being a doctor. I used to not charge half my patients. Then the fucking state comes along, they send in some bitch undercover, and I'm fucked. Ain't fair, is it?
-->'''Mike
'''Mike Church:'''
-->'''Carlisle:'''
'''Carlisle:''' I loved being a doctor. I used to not charge half my patients. Then the fucking state comes along, they send in some bitch undercover, and I'm fucked. Ain't fair, is it?
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-->'''Roman:''' To die is different than what anyone supposes, and luckier.
-->'''Gray Baker:''' Is that a line from your opera?
-->'''Roman:''' (''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny chuckling]]'') It's Creator/WaltWhitman. I can't take credit for everything, Mr. Baker.
-->'''Gray Baker:''' Is that a line from your opera?
-->'''Roman:''' (''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny chuckling]]'') It's Creator/WaltWhitman. I can't take credit for everything, Mr. Baker.
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-->'''Roman:''' To die is different than what anyone supposes, and luckier.
-->'''Grayluckier. \\
'''Gray Baker:''' Is that a line from youropera?
-->'''Roman:'''opera? \\
'''Roman:''' (''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny chuckling]]'') It's Creator/WaltWhitman. I can't take credit for everything, Mr. Baker.
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'''Gray Baker:''' Is that a line from your
-->'''Roman:'''
'''Roman:''' (''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny chuckling]]'') It's Creator/WaltWhitman. I can't take credit for everything, Mr. Baker.
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-->[[spoiler: '''Mike Church:''' I never meant to hurt you, Margaret.]]
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* OneTrackMindedArtist: Once the amnesiac Grace's real identity is found out, she is returned to her apartment -- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ta3tLhzuas which is full of drawings, paintings, and sculptures of scissors]] from her recurring nightmares. When the villain of the film charges at Grace and Mike with the intent to kill them, [[spoiler: he is impaled on one of Grace's scissor-nightmare sculptures]]. Overlaps with MyArtMyMemory, in that "Grace" is [[spoiler: the reincarnation of a man named Roman, Mike is the reincarnation of Roman's wife Margaret, and the villain is the same boy who stabbed Margaret to death with a pair of scissors 40 years prior]]. Grace's nightmares stem from [[spoiler: past-life]] memories of the event [[spoiler: as Roman finding his wife dead next to a pair of scissors]].
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''Dead Again'' is a 1991 film directed by Creator/KennethBranagh, starring Branagh, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/DerekJacobi and Andy Garcia.
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''Dead Again'' is a 1991 film directed by Creator/KennethBranagh, starring Branagh, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/DerekJacobi and Andy Garcia.
Creator/AndyGarcia.
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* FallenOnHardTimesJob: Creator/RobinWilliams plays a former therapist who lost his license due to sleeping with patients, and now works in a grocery store.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Frankie stabs Margaret to death with a pair of scissors, and Mike, who's the reincarnation of Margaret, kills the grown-up Frankie with one of Grace's scissor sculptures]].
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* ReincarnationRomance: As they learn more about Roman and Margaret's doomed romance, Mike and Grace appear to be repeating it.
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* ReincarnationRomance: As they learn more about Roman and Margaret's doomed romance, Mike and Grace appear to be repeating it. [[spoiler:With a [[GenderBender twist]] - Roman reincarnates into Grace and Margaret reincarnates into Mike.]]
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* FamousLastWords: Just before his execution, Roman appeared to whisper something into reporter Grey Baker's ear. Baker never revealed what passed between them [[spoiler:until sixty years later when he finally admits to Mike that Roman said nothing: he kissed Baker's cheek.]]
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* HappyRain
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* HappyRainHappyRain: Roman and Margaret are caught in the rain in the past, which leads to them making love on the sofa ("We'll ruin this couch!" "I'll buy another one!"), while in the present, Mike and Grace's rooftop dinner is spoiled by a sudden downpour that also ends with them in bed together.
** [[spoiler:The fake fiancé claims Grace's real name is Katherine ''Pierce.'' Her real name turns out to be Amanda ''Sharp.'' Both related to the theme of death-by-scissors.]]
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* MonochromePast
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* MonochromePastMonochromePast: The scenes in the past are all shot in black and white. [[spoiler: In the final scene, in which we get a final glimpse of Roman and Margaret at their happiest moment, the scene slowly turns to color before fading out.]]
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* {{Reincarnation}}
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* RescueRomance
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* RescueRomance
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* {{Reincarnation}}
{{Reincarnation}}: Grace appears to be the reincarnation of a murder victim from sixty years prior. [[spoiler:She's not.]]
*ReincarnationRomance
ReincarnationRomance: As they learn more about Roman and Margaret's doomed romance, Mike and Grace appear to be repeating it.
*RescueRomance RescueRomance: Grace certainly needs to be rescued from someone.
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* TalkingInYourSleep: Grace.
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* TalkingInYourSleep: Grace. Well, mostly screaming.
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* BrainBleach: Mike's reaction when Pete tells Grace the story of the crime scene that caused him to pass out and suffer temporary amnesia; a man who killed off his whole family and then cut off his own arms.
-->'''Mike:''' Pete!
-->'''Pete:''' Had to dial 911 with his nose.
-->'''Mike:''' '''Pete!'''
-->'''Pete:''' [[DefensiveWhat What?!]]
-->'''Mike:''' [[SarcasmMode I just know there's a point to all this.]]
-->'''Pete:''' It's coming!
-->'''Mike:''' Pete!
-->'''Pete:''' Had to dial 911 with his nose.
-->'''Mike:''' '''Pete!'''
-->'''Pete:''' [[DefensiveWhat What?!]]
-->'''Mike:''' [[SarcasmMode I just know there's a point to all this.]]
-->'''Pete:''' It's coming!
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-->'''Cozy Carlisle''': Hey, thumbdick, I was a damn good shrink. Sixteen and a half years I worked with a lot of people through a lot of shit. OK, I slept with a patient or two. It's not like I didn't care about them. I loved being a doctor. I used to not charge half my patients. Then the fucking state comes along, they send in some bitch undercover, and I'm fucked. Ain't fair, is it?
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-->'''Cozy Carlisle''': Hey, thumbdick, I was a damn good shrink. Sixteen and a half years I worked with a lot of people through a lot of shit. OK, I slept with a patient or two. It's not like I didn't care about them. them.
-->'''Mike Church:''' Sure.
-->'''Carlisle:''' I loved being a doctor. I used to not charge half my patients. Then the fucking state comes along, they send in some bitch undercover, and I'm fucked. Ain't fair, is it?
-->'''Mike Church:''' Sure.
-->'''Carlisle:''' I loved being a doctor. I used to not charge half my patients. Then the fucking state comes along, they send in some bitch undercover, and I'm fucked. Ain't fair, is it?
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: When Gray Baker asks Roman if he's afraid to die:
-->'''Roman:''' To die is different than what anyone supposes, and luckier.
-->'''Gray Baker:''' Is that a line from your opera?
-->'''Roman:''' (''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny chuckling]]'') It's Creator/WaltWhitman. I can't take credit for everything, Mr. Baker.
-->'''Roman:''' To die is different than what anyone supposes, and luckier.
-->'''Gray Baker:''' Is that a line from your opera?
-->'''Roman:''' (''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny chuckling]]'') It's Creator/WaltWhitman. I can't take credit for everything, Mr. Baker.
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* VisionsOfAnotherSelf: The two main characters [[spoiler:reincarnate as opposite genders (swapping actors)]], which becomes a plot point.
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* VisionsOfAnotherSelf: The two main characters [[spoiler:reincarnate When Madsen regresses Grace into her past life, she sees Roman and Margaret, who are played by the same actors as opposite genders (swapping actors)]], which becomes a plot point. Mike and Grace. [[spoiler:The twist is that the actors aren't playing the same people in both time periods: Mike is the reincarnation of Margaret, and Grace is the reincarnation of Roman.]]
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* VisionsOfAnotherSelf: the two main characters [[spoiler:reincarnate as opposite genders (swapping actors)]], which becomes a plot point.
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* VisionsOfAnotherSelf: the The two main characters [[spoiler:reincarnate as opposite genders (swapping actors)]], which becomes a plot point.
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->'''Carlisle:''' There's a lot more people on this planet who believe in past lives than don't.
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* DrugsAreBad: Gray Baker is still alive in Mike's time, and dying of throat cancer from the smoking habit he had [[SmokingIsCool during his reporter days]]. And yet, he's still so addicted that despite having a surgical hole in his throat, he begs Mike for a cigarette and smokes it through his trachia tube.
** This inspires a horrified Mike to successfully quit smoking.
** This inspires a horrified Mike to successfully quit smoking.
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* DrugsAreBad: Gray Baker is still alive in Mike's time, and dying of throat cancer from the smoking habit he had [[SmokingIsCool during his reporter days]]. And yet, he's still so addicted that despite having a surgical hole in his throat, he begs Mike for a cigarette and smokes it through his trachia tube.
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* OminousLatinChanting: The finale has a three-way fight among Mike, Grace and Frankie, with the voices chanting away in the background.
** The music is supposed to be from the opera Roman Strauss had finished the night Margaret was murdered.
** The music is supposed to be from the opera Roman Strauss had finished the night Margaret was murdered.
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* OminousLatinChanting: The finale has a three-way fight among Mike, Grace and Frankie, with the voices chanting away in the background.
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* ImposterForgotOneDetail: [[spoiler:The fake fiancé who shows up to take Grace off Mike's hands supports his claim by bringing the matching glove to the one Grace had when she was found. Mike realizes just in time that it matches ''too well'' -- they're both for the same hand.]]
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* FilmNoir: [[PlayingWithATrope Plays with]] quite a few of the conventions--Mike is a PrivateDetective, in Los Angeles, drawn into a case involving a woman with a mysterious past. Bonus points for the past actually taking place in TheForties...and [[DeliberatelyMonochrome being shown in black and white.]] The very first scene in particular, with Roman on death row and Gray questioning him, practically screams noir.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Branagh.Branagh really struggles with an American accent.
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* ActingForTwo:
** Kenneth Branagh plays both Mike Church and Roman Strauss, while Emma Thompson plays both Grace and Margaret Strauss.
** In addition, Jo Anderson plays the nun who's pleading Grace's case in the present day, and a starlet who dismisses Roman in the past sequence, while composer Patrick Doyle plays a cop in the present day, and a party-goer in the past sequence.
** Kenneth Branagh plays both Mike Church and Roman Strauss, while Emma Thompson plays both Grace and Margaret Strauss.
** In addition, Jo Anderson plays the nun who's pleading Grace's case in the present day, and a starlet who dismisses Roman in the past sequence, while composer Patrick Doyle plays a cop in the present day, and a party-goer in the past sequence.
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* ActorAllusion: [[spoiler:Franklin's stutter]] is often assumed to be a call back to Jacobi's role in ''Series/IClaudius'', but actually it's just a nice coincidence; that aspect of the character was settled on well before Jacobi was cast.
