History Fridge / CriminalCase

* The forensics expert of the Pacific Bay Police Department, Yann Toussanist, cares deeply of his family. He is on very good terms with his wife and children. This is because his parents were killed by a SerialKiller at the age of 14, teaching him the importance of family and the need to prevent his children from experiencing the same traumas he went through.

* In ''The End of the Night'', Duncan Young gets angry when he demands Amy to bail him out of arrest after he has been protecting her all his life, which is easily interpreted as him being defensive like any other killer. However, this occurs right after Amy said that he killed Roberto Vasquez, who tried to kiss her against her will four cases ago. As Duncan is the only family member Amy trusted until that point, she most likely told him about the incident, which he eventually uses to invoke his BigBrotherInstinct to unsuccessfully persuade Amy to let him go.
* ''The Sting of Death'' has Frank lamenting that he has nothing left after his entire family dies, despite Amy and the player trying to convince him otherwise. He also happens to be the ButtMonkey of the Pacific Bay PD who is often mocked, reprimanded and assigned some unpleasant punishments for bad behavior, and many of the suspects throughout the season treat him like crap, especially as opposed to the player and Amy when they deal with the same suspects. With all this in mind, it would make sense that Frank thought that he had nothing and no one left to live for after the loss of his family.

** The last thing to mention in this case, is how realistic this is, in terms of how people don't realize someone's signs in time. We as the player, have seen him in his journey as a Police officer, ever since the first game. We saw his attitudes towards people, mood changes, how he pretty much wears his heart on his sleeve, the way some of his teammates (and even the chief) treated him, and how we find out that he actually feels weak and underappreciated by the point that when he gets hypnotized, he almost kills the player, to then seeing King's suicide. And then you leave and come back later with a way tamer part of himself that lasts until we realize that he has been searching for Zoe for months, only to find her without memories. His anger issues come back, slipping while trying to maintain positive, all of that breaking after Zoe's trial, his reckless behavior causing trouble to the Force, being suspected as a culprit because he was too obsessed to prove that the victim wasn't a good person, almost leaving everything behind... to in the, seeing that Zoe is dead. He didn't attempt just because of Zoe, he attempted as a result of every single thing that happened to him compiled, causing a mess he felt he was the only one to blame. He was showing signs. And we as the player and the entire team saw that unravel and didn't realize in time until he was in the room and swallowed the sedatives, because they didn't think that he would actually collapse like that. Heck, not even Gabriel, the profiler, the person who found out about Julian's depression and helped him through it, thought that Jones would attempt. It's the harsh reality of someone battling suicidal ideations, and the team, and especially the player saw everything.

* After Hope manages to slay the Demon Queen, its stated that [[KillEmAll the rest of the demons died with her due to them losing their source of power]]. This would mean that Reggie Pratt, Edwinata and George Mathison, three of Case 30's suspects, die offscreen, but there's nothing told about the non-demon Morgana Blackhawk or the state of the Netherworld. [[FateWorseThanDeath Essentially, it is possible that Morgana is imprisoned in a barren world without any escape]]. A rather disturbing fate regardless of [[HateSink the type of person she is]].

* Frank, a GrumpyBear who insults his teammates, doesn't hesitate for a second to defend Amy from her emotionally abusive mother. That's because he himself is a father, and would never imagine treating his daughters this cruelly, let alone allow someone else to treat their child that way.

* Similarly, there's actually a lot of foreshadowing to Louis Leroux being the last Ad Astra member. Being a news report would have easily allowed him to spin the story behind the meteorite crash (and similarly, explain why he was at the spot just when it happened) and Zoe's disappearance. Similarly, it also feels out of place that a journalist would ask for help behind the disappearance of Zoe, a social worker, would ask for help trying to find her rather than someone closer to her, such as her boyfriend Jones. That's because Ad Astra were responsible for kidnapping Zoe, and again, it would have been very easy for Louis to hide what really happened, which is why he disguised himself as her friend.

* The second-to-last case of ''Pacific Bay'' has Frank lamenting that he has nothing left after his entire family dies, despite Amy and the player trying to convince him otherwise. He also happens to be the ButtMonkey of the Pacific Bay PD who is often mocked, reprimanded and assigned some unpleasant punishments for bad behavior, and many of the suspects throughout the season treat him like crap, especially as opposed to the player and Amy when they deal with the same suspects. With all this in mind, it would make sense that Frank thought that he had nothing and no one left to live for after the loss of his family.

* In Case 44 of ''World Edition'', Jack complains that Elliot needs to get out more often. Elliot has a good reason for staying indoors a lot, though; he's the Bureau agent who uncovers several new leads on SOMBRA, never quits until he gets good results, and is capable of hacking into any device they might need to store valuable information in. If he had been a field agent like Carmen or Jack, he would've been easily found out by the organization (especially since Angela had been feeding them information) and targeted due to his abilities. Not to mention the fact that the last time he directly encountered a SOMBRA agent, he was nearly killed/experimented on.

* In the last episode of ''World Edition'' the one who kidnapped the president of the US for SOMBRA was none other than the vice president. There is a shooting while trying to capture her, and she dies. It may seem a bit dark and excessive, but things couldn't have really ended otherwise. She is, after all, the vice president. We can't simply have the Bureau detain her and Nigel Adaku sentencing her: things would have turned into a long and politically messy impeachment.
* In Case 44 of Mysteries of the Past, Annabel reveals that the Devil gave her the tools for her murder without payment because they pitied her situation (her boyfriend/the victim was cheating on her with multiple women). You find out that The Devil is William Oland, the local innkeeper who also acts as the bartender. In other words, The Devil gave her one on the house.

** During Case 34, Louis ends up being swindled out of an inside story of Dreamlife's dome. Louis brushes it aside, claiming the scientist he paid would have given him info anyway. It's very likely that Louis already knew what was going on inside, considering Ad Astra's leader, Rozetta, is one of his friends, and that Louis merely paid the scientist to feign ignorance.

* In the final case of ''The Conspiracy'', Rita Estevez's HeroicSacrifice involves her [[PlayingWithFire burning the neohumans with blue flames]], before her brief powers overload and create an explosion that wipes out her and the rest of the neohumans. Said case's name is "Blaze of Glory", a term describing someone doing a dramatic act before the end of their career or life. [[LiteralMetaphor Rita literally and figuratively went out in a blaze of glory]].

* Between ''World Edition'' and ''Travel in Time'', Marina's outfit changes, not only to suit her switch from the Bureau to T.I.M.E., but it also shows some of her CharacterDevelopment. Her outfit in ''World Edition'' conceals her scar (which was given to her by Jonah's assassination attempt on her), and for most of that season she had been cold and hostile towards Jonah, refusing to have anything to do with him. In ''Travel in Time'', her scar is clearly visible, and she even proudly shows it off in Case 14 to tell the others about how she met her boyfriend. At this point, Marina had been in a relationship with Jonah for over 10 years, and has since forgiven him for the attempt on her life (knowing that he defied orders and missed her on purpose).

* Out of all the members of T.I.M.E., Amy and Jack have the worst reactions to being betrayed by Nebet. It makes sense, since not only have both of them already had to deal with the betrayal of someone on their team close to them (Frank and Angela respectively), but they also had the biggest role in dealing with the aftermath of it all. Amy was the one who accompanied the player to the Wastes to capture Frank, where they almost died from radiation poisoning and witnessed the deaths of both Frank and Karen. As for Jack, not only did he have to deal with the fact that Angela had stolen his gun to commit murder, but he also nearly lost his friend Lars to suicide due to Angela's arrest, and she'd come back during the final case of ''World Edition'' to try to kill the team with a bomb. The latest betrayal must've resurfaced some horrible memories for both of them.

* In Case 24 of ''Travel In Time'', Jack is disgusted that Zara had gotten into a physical altercation with the 17 year old victim, and later calls out Jorge de la Cruz upon arresting him. Jack's reactions are justified when you realize that in Case 32 of ''World Edition'', he had been shot trying to save Elliot, who was also 17, from a SOMBRA agent.

* In the Additional Investigation of ''Buzz Kill'', it may seem odd that Annie Schmidt would use the [=DreamLife=] VR to date Ronald Rooney, considering the way he treated in her a previous case, saying she was too ugly to take a picture with him, but it's a VR. There's nothing stopping her from using the VR to create a Ronald Rooney who's nice to her, and straight, to boot.

* During Case 59, Denise Daniels fries Martin Davenport's brain after he attempts to expose her location. It's never stated how she managed to place such device in him without him knowing, but considering Martin happens to bear an uncanny resemblance to Rozetta, she may have used him for things other than him being a lawyer.