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* Wes has been going by Gibbins instead of his given name Christophe Edmond, saying that his foster family had it changed. Its possible the reason why they did it was so that his father wouldn't find him.

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* Wes has been going by Gibbins instead of his given name Christophe Edmond, saying that his foster family had it changed. Its possible the reason why they did it was so that his father wouldn't find him.him.
* One way to look at who lived and died by the end of the series is as a form of LaserGuidedKarma. Of the main characters, everyone who died [[spoiler: Wes, Asher, Bonnie, and Frank]] killed somebody else [[spoiler: Sam Keating, Emily Sinclair, Rebecca Sutter and Ronald Miller, Lila Stangard and Lynne Birkhead]] respectively. Everyone else, though they certainly were responsible in various other ways, are ultimately free by the end.

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* In the season finale, when Annalise learns that Agnes is in love with her client Father Andrew, she appears to have Agnes fake an alibi for him by claiming the two had an affair. This seems like a rather flimsy argument, especially when the prosecutor questions why she hadn't mentioned this before. Annalise isn't trying to make an alibi for Father Andrew, she wants to push Father Andrew into breaking his vows and reveal the true reason why he killed Father Bernard by shaming the woman he loves. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, it has the opposite reaction and she loses the case.]]
* In 1x02, Keating makes a point of singling out Asher for her first example of "people not being what they seem" and refers to "actual skeletons in his closet". If she was aware of his dad's crooked dealings, which is fairly likely, she may have been giving some deliberate {{Foreshadowing}} for what they would all learn about Asher's father, especially the later reveal that [[spoiler:a girl was gang-raped during a party Asher was throwing and his father pressured him to cover it up.]]

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* In the season finale, when Annalise learns that Agnes is in love with her client Father Andrew, she appears to have Agnes fake an alibi for him by claiming the two had an affair. This seems like a rather flimsy argument, especially when the prosecutor questions why she hadn't mentioned this before. Annalise isn't trying to make an alibi for Father Andrew, she wants to push Father Andrew into breaking his vows and reveal the true reason why he killed Father Bernard by shaming the woman he loves. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, it has the opposite reaction and she loses the case.]]
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* In 1x02, Keating makes a point of singling out Asher for her first example of "people not being what they seem" and refers to "actual skeletons in his closet". If she was aware of his dad's crooked dealings, which is fairly likely, she may have been giving some deliberate {{Foreshadowing}} for what they would all learn about Asher's father, especially the later reveal that [[spoiler:a a girl was gang-raped during a party Asher was throwing and his father pressured him to cover it up.]]

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* In 1x02, Keating makes a point of singling out Asher for her first example of "people not being what they seem" and refers to "actual skeletons in his closet". If she was aware of his dad's crooked dealings, which is fairly likely, she may have been giving some deliberate {{Foreshadowing}} for what they would all learn about Asher's father later on.
** Actually, there's a more direct explanation for this that's revealed later. [[spoiler:A girl was gang-raped during a party Asher was throwing; the front half of season two deals with Asher trying to cover this up.]]

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* In 1x02, Keating makes a point of singling out Asher for her first example of "people not being what they seem" and refers to "actual skeletons in his closet". If she was aware of his dad's crooked dealings, which is fairly likely, she may have been giving some deliberate {{Foreshadowing}} for what they would all learn about Asher's father father, especially the later on.
** Actually, there's a more direct explanation for this that's revealed later. [[spoiler:A
reveal that [[spoiler:a girl was gang-raped during a party Asher was throwing; the front half of season two deals with Asher trying throwing and his father pressured him to cover this it up.]]

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* Wes has been going by Gibbins instead of his given name Christophe Edmond, saying that his foster family had it changed. Its possible the reason why they did it was so that his father wouldn't find him.

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* How did Asher find the evidence of perjury in episode 6?
** He didn't. His father documented everyday for years except that one day and he figured [[AbsenceOfEvidence it was suspect that the day his father met with the attorney was missing]].
* How did the first examination of Lila Stangard's corpse miss [[spoiler: the bug bites on her neck and her pregnancy?]] Given that she was murdered, wouldn't there have been an autopsy?
** There was no sign of sexual trauma so they didn't check for a possible pregnancy. Also the DA was focusing more on the fingernail angle to put away Rebecca so brought that forward as a fact in the case. It took Annalise to put forward the more likely scenario that they were bug bites instead of fingernails in Lila's neck. So the errors were more of a case of haphazard work by the DA to fit the ''evidence'' to her theory that Rebecca was the killer. Easier to put away that trailer trash drug dealer and make the public happy than do any real work. Also previous encounters with the DA has shown her tendency to jump the gun.
* Were Caleb and Catherine half-siblings? Based on him being black and her being Asian, I'm assuming it's highly unlikely they were full siblings. If they weren't blood siblings, whether full or half, what would be the issue with them being in a relationship? There have been real life cases of step, foster, and adoptive siblings getting together. I highly doubt people in 21th century Philadelphia would care that two people with no blood relation were hooking up even with a legal document labeling them as siblings in play. As for the argument they grew up together making it unhealthy- yeah, tell that to all the people who married their small town high school sweetheart who literally lived in the same neighbourhood and was always popping over for dinner.
** It was never clearly stated in the show but it's likely they were not biologically related. However, marrying a next door neighbor is different than being sexually involved with someone you were raised with. There's a different power dynamic between two people who were raised by the same parents then there would be between neighbors, no matter how close. When it comes to the legal definition of incest, most states in the US consider adopted children to be the same as those related by blood.

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* Wes has been going by Gibbins instead of his given name Christophe Edmond, saying that his foster family had it changed. Its possible the reason why they did it was so that his father wouldn't find him.

!!FridgeLogic
* How did Asher find the evidence of perjury in episode 6?
** He didn't. His father documented everyday for years except that one day and he figured [[AbsenceOfEvidence it was suspect that the day his father met with the attorney was missing]].
* How did the first examination of Lila Stangard's corpse miss [[spoiler: the bug bites on her neck and her pregnancy?]] Given that she was murdered, wouldn't there have been an autopsy?
** There was no sign of sexual trauma so they didn't check for a possible pregnancy. Also the DA was focusing more on the fingernail angle to put away Rebecca so brought that forward as a fact in the case. It took Annalise to put forward the more likely scenario that they were bug bites instead of fingernails in Lila's neck. So the errors were more of a case of haphazard work by the DA to fit the ''evidence'' to her theory that Rebecca was the killer. Easier to put away that trailer trash drug dealer and make the public happy than do any real work. Also previous encounters with the DA has shown her tendency to jump the gun.
* Were Caleb and Catherine half-siblings? Based on him being black and her being Asian, I'm assuming it's highly unlikely they were full siblings. If they weren't blood siblings, whether full or half, what would be the issue with them being in a relationship? There have been real life cases of step, foster, and adoptive siblings getting together. I highly doubt people in 21th century Philadelphia would care that two people with no blood relation were hooking up even with a legal document labeling them as siblings in play. As for the argument they grew up together making it unhealthy- yeah, tell that to all the people who married their small town high school sweetheart who literally lived in the same neighbourhood and was always popping over for dinner.
** It was never clearly stated in the show but it's likely they were not biologically related. However, marrying a next door neighbor is different than being sexually involved with someone you were raised with. There's a different power dynamic between two people who were raised by the same parents then there would be between neighbors, no matter how close. When it comes to the legal definition of incest, most states in the US consider adopted children to be the same as those related by blood.
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* Were Caleb and Catherine half-siblings? Based on him being black and her being Asian, I'm assuming it's highly unlikely they were full siblings. If they weren't blood siblings, whether full or half, what would be the issue with them being in a relationship? There have been real life cases of step, foster, and adoptive siblings getting together. I highly doubt people in 21th century Philadelphia would care that two people with no blood relation were hooking up even with a legal document labeling them as siblings in play. As for the argument they grew up together making it unhealthy- yeah, tell that to all the people who married their small town high school sweetheart who literally lived in the same neighbourhood and was always popping over for dinner.

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* Were Caleb and Catherine half-siblings? Based on him being black and her being Asian, I'm assuming it's highly unlikely they were full siblings. If they weren't blood siblings, whether full or half, what would be the issue with them being in a relationship? There have been real life cases of step, foster, and adoptive siblings getting together. I highly doubt people in 21th century Philadelphia would care that two people with no blood relation were hooking up even with a legal document labeling them as siblings in play. As for the argument they grew up together making it unhealthy- yeah, tell that to all the people who married their small town high school sweetheart who literally lived in the same neighbourhood and was always popping over for dinner.dinner.
**It was never clearly stated in the show but it's likely they were not biologically related. However, marrying a next door neighbor is different than being sexually involved with someone you were raised with. There's a different power dynamic between two people who were raised by the same parents then there would be between neighbors, no matter how close. When it comes to the legal definition of incest, most states in the US consider adopted children to be the same as those related by blood.
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** There was no sign of sexual trauma so they didn't check for a possible pregnancy. Also the DA was focusing more on the fingernail angle to put away Rebecca so brought that forward as a fact in the case. It took Annalise to put forward the more likely scenario that they were bug bites instead of fingernails in Lila's neck. So the errors were more of a case of haphazard work by the DA to fit the ''evidence'' to her theory that Rebecca was the killer. Easier to put away that trailer trash drug dealer and make the public happy than do any real work. Also previous encounters with the DA has shown her tendency to jump the gun.

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** There was no sign of sexual trauma so they didn't check for a possible pregnancy. Also the DA was focusing more on the fingernail angle to put away Rebecca so brought that forward as a fact in the case. It took Annalise to put forward the more likely scenario that they were bug bites instead of fingernails in Lila's neck. So the errors were more of a case of haphazard work by the DA to fit the ''evidence'' to her theory that Rebecca was the killer. Easier to put away that trailer trash drug dealer and make the public happy than do any real work. Also previous encounters with the DA has shown her tendency to jump the gun.gun.
* Were Caleb and Catherine half-siblings? Based on him being black and her being Asian, I'm assuming it's highly unlikely they were full siblings. If they weren't blood siblings, whether full or half, what would be the issue with them being in a relationship? There have been real life cases of step, foster, and adoptive siblings getting together. I highly doubt people in 21th century Philadelphia would care that two people with no blood relation were hooking up even with a legal document labeling them as siblings in play. As for the argument they grew up together making it unhealthy- yeah, tell that to all the people who married their small town high school sweetheart who literally lived in the same neighbourhood and was always popping over for dinner.
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** Actually, there's a more direct explanation for this that's revealed later. [[spoiler:A girl was gang-raped during a party Asher was throwing; the front half of season two deals with Asher trying to cover this up.]]
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* Wes has been going by Gobbins instead of his given name Christophe Edmond, saying that his foster family had it changed. Its possible the reason why they did it was so that his father wouldn't find him.

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* Wes has been going by Gobbins Gibbins instead of his given name Christophe Edmond, saying that his foster family had it changed. Its possible the reason why they did it was so that his father wouldn't find him.
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*Wes has been going by Gobbins instead of his given name Christophe Edmond, saying that his foster family had it changed. Its possible the reason why they did it was so that his father wouldn't find him.
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** There was no sign of sexual trauma so they didn't check for a possible pregnancy. Also the DA was focusing more on the fingernail angle to put away Rebecca so brought that forward as a fact in the case. It took Annalise to put forward the more likely scenario that they were bug bites instead of fingernails in Lila's neck. So the errors were more of a case of haphazard work by the DA to fit the ''evidence'' to her theory that Rebecca was the killer. Easier to put away that trailer trash drug dealer and make the public happy that do any real work. Also previous encounters with the DA has shown her tendency to jump the gun.

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** There was no sign of sexual trauma so they didn't check for a possible pregnancy. Also the DA was focusing more on the fingernail angle to put away Rebecca so brought that forward as a fact in the case. It took Annalise to put forward the more likely scenario that they were bug bites instead of fingernails in Lila's neck. So the errors were more of a case of haphazard work by the DA to fit the ''evidence'' to her theory that Rebecca was the killer. Easier to put away that trailer trash drug dealer and make the public happy that than do any real work. Also previous encounters with the DA has shown her tendency to jump the gun.
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* In 1x02, Keating makes a point of singling out Asher for her first example of "people not being what they seem" and refers to "actual skeletons in his closet". If she was aware of spoiler:his dad's crooked dealings, which is fairly likely, she may have been giving some deliberate {{Foreshadowing}} for what they would all learn about Asher's father later on.

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* In 1x02, Keating makes a point of singling out Asher for her first example of "people not being what they seem" and refers to "actual skeletons in his closet". If she was aware of spoiler:his his dad's crooked dealings, which is fairly likely, she may have been giving some deliberate {{Foreshadowing}} for what they would all learn about Asher's father later on.
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* In 1x02, Keating makes a point of singling out Asher for her first example of "people not being what they seem" and refers to "actual skeletons in his closet". If she was aware of spoiler:his dad's crooked dealings, which is fairly likely, she may have been giving some deliberate {{Foreshadowing}} for what they would all learn about Asher's father later on.
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** He didn't. His father documented everyday for years except that one day and he figured it was suspect that the day his father met with the attorney was missing.

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** He didn't. His father documented everyday for years except that one day and he figured [[AbsenceOfEvidence it was suspect that the day his father met with the attorney was missing.missing]].
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* In the season finale, when Annalise learns that Agnes is in love with her client Father Andrew, she appears to have Agnes fake an alibi for him by claiming the two had an affair. This seems like a rather flimsy argument, especially when the prosecutor questions why she hadn't mentioned this before. Annalise isn't trying to make an alibi for Father Andrew, she wants to push Father Andrew into breaking his vows and reveal the true reason why he killed Father Bernard by shaming the woman he loves. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, it has the opposite reaction and she loses the case.]]
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** There was no sign of sexual trauma so they didn't check for a possible pregnancy. Also the DA was focusing more on the fingernail angle to put away Rebecca so brought that forward as a fact in the case. It took Annalise to put forward the more likely scenario that they were bug bites instead of fingernails in Lila'a neck. So the errors were more of a case of haphazard work by the DA to fit the ''evidence'' to her theory that Rebecca was the killer. Easier to put away that trailer trash drug dealer and make the public happy that do any real work. Also previous encounters with the DA has shown her tendency to jump the gun.

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** There was no sign of sexual trauma so they didn't check for a possible pregnancy. Also the DA was focusing more on the fingernail angle to put away Rebecca so brought that forward as a fact in the case. It took Annalise to put forward the more likely scenario that they were bug bites instead of fingernails in Lila'a Lila's neck. So the errors were more of a case of haphazard work by the DA to fit the ''evidence'' to her theory that Rebecca was the killer. Easier to put away that trailer trash drug dealer and make the public happy that do any real work. Also previous encounters with the DA has shown her tendency to jump the gun.
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** There was no sign of sexual trauma so they didn't check for a possible pregnancy. Also the DA was focusing more on the fingernail angle to put away Rebecca so brought that forward as a fact in the case. It took Annalise to put forward the more likely scenario that they where bug bites instead of fingernails in Lila'a neck . So the errors where more of a case of half hazard work by the DA to fit the ''evidence'' to her theory that Rebecca was the killer . Easier to put away that trailer trash drug dealer and make the public happy that do any real work. Also previous encounters with the DA has shown her tendency to jump the gun.

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** There was no sign of sexual trauma so they didn't check for a possible pregnancy. Also the DA was focusing more on the fingernail angle to put away Rebecca so brought that forward as a fact in the case. It took Annalise to put forward the more likely scenario that they where were bug bites instead of fingernails in Lila'a neck . neck. So the errors where were more of a case of half hazard haphazard work by the DA to fit the ''evidence'' to her theory that Rebecca was the killer .killer. Easier to put away that trailer trash drug dealer and make the public happy that do any real work. Also previous encounters with the DA has shown her tendency to jump the gun.
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** There was no sign of sexual trauma so they didn't check for a possible pregnancy. Also the DA was focusing more on the fingernail angle to put away Rebecca so brought that forward as a fact in the case. Without looking too hard, half hazard to be true but previous encounters with the DA has shown her tendency to jump the gun.

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** There was no sign of sexual trauma so they didn't check for a possible pregnancy. Also the DA was focusing more on the fingernail angle to put away Rebecca so brought that forward as a fact in the case. Without looking too hard, It took Annalise to put forward the more likely scenario that they where bug bites instead of fingernails in Lila'a neck . So the errors where more of a case of half hazard work by the DA to be true but fit the ''evidence'' to her theory that Rebecca was the killer . Easier to put away that trailer trash drug dealer and make the public happy that do any real work. Also previous encounters with the DA has shown her tendency to jump the gun.
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* How did the first examination of Lila Stangard's corpse miss [[spoiler: the bug bites on her neck and her pregnancy?]] Given that she was murdered, wouldn't there have been an autopsy?

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* How did the first examination of Lila Stangard's corpse miss [[spoiler: the bug bites on her neck and her pregnancy?]] Given that she was murdered, wouldn't there have been an autopsy?autopsy?
** There was no sign of sexual trauma so they didn't check for a possible pregnancy. Also the DA was focusing more on the fingernail angle to put away Rebecca so brought that forward as a fact in the case. Without looking too hard, half hazard to be true but previous encounters with the DA has shown her tendency to jump the gun.
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** He didn't. His father documented everyday for years except that one day and he figured it was suspect that the day his father met with the attorney was missing.

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** He didn't. His father documented everyday for years except that one day and he figured it was suspect that the day his father met with the attorney was missing.missing.
* How did the first examination of Lila Stangard's corpse miss [[spoiler: the bug bites on her neck and her pregnancy?]] Given that she was murdered, wouldn't there have been an autopsy?
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* In 1x04, after Wes shows Keating the unlocked phone, she looks like she's thinking about seducing him. Since, as it turns out, she's just found her husband's dick pics on the phone, she's a) thinking impulsively about screwing him for revenge, and b) may have just realized that he's the *only* good, upstanding man in her life.

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* In 1x04, after Wes shows Keating the unlocked phone, she looks like she's thinking about seducing him. Since, as it turns out, she's just found her husband's dick pics on the phone, she's a) thinking impulsively about screwing him for revenge, and b) may have just realized that he's the *only* ''only'' good, upstanding man in her life.



* He didn't. His father documented everyday for years except that one day and he figured it was suspect that the day his father met with the attorney was missing.

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* ** He didn't. His father documented everyday for years except that one day and he figured it was suspect that the day his father met with the attorney was missing.
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* How did Asher find the evidence of perjury in episode 6?

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* How did Asher find the evidence of perjury in episode 6?6?
* He didn't. His father documented everyday for years except that one day and he figured it was suspect that the day his father met with the attorney was missing.
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* In 1x04, after Wes shows Keating the unlocked phone, she looks like she's thinking about seducing him. Since, as it turns out, she's just found her husband's dick pics on the phone, she's a) thinking impulsively about screwing him for revenge, and b) may have just realized that he's the *only* good, upstanding man in her life.

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* In 1x04, after Wes shows Keating the unlocked phone, she looks like she's thinking about seducing him. Since, as it turns out, she's just found her husband's dick pics on the phone, she's a) thinking impulsively about screwing him for revenge, and b) may have just realized that he's the *only* good, upstanding man in her life.life.

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* How did Asher find the evidence of perjury in episode 6?

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* FridgeBrilliance: In 1x04, after Wes shows Keating the unlocked phone, she looks like she's thinking about seducing him. Since, as it turns out, she's just found her husband's dick pics on the phone, she's a) thinking impulsively about screwing him for revenge, and b) may have just realized that he's the *only* good, upstanding man in her life.

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* FridgeBrilliance: In 1x04, after Wes shows Keating the unlocked phone, she looks like she's thinking about seducing him. Since, as it turns out, she's just found her husband's dick pics on the phone, she's a) thinking impulsively about screwing him for revenge, and b) may have just realized that he's the *only* good, upstanding man in her life.
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* In 1x04, after Wes shows Keating the unlocked phone, she looks like she's thinking about seducing him. Since, as it turns out, she's just found her husband's dick pics on the phone, she's a) thinking impulsively about screwing him for revenge, and b) may have just realized that he's the *only* good, upstanding man in her life.

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* FridgeBrilliance: In 1x04, after Wes shows Keating the unlocked phone, she looks like she's thinking about seducing him. Since, as it turns out, she's just found her husband's dick pics on the phone, she's a) thinking impulsively about screwing him for revenge, and b) may have just realized that he's the *only* good, upstanding man in her life.
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* In 1x04, after Wes shows Keating the unlocked phone, she looks like she's thinking about seducing him. Since, as it turns out, she's just found her husband's dick pics on the phone, she's a) thinking impulsively about turnabout, and b) may have just realized that he's the *only* good, upstanding man in her life.

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* In 1x04, after Wes shows Keating the unlocked phone, she looks like she's thinking about seducing him. Since, as it turns out, she's just found her husband's dick pics on the phone, she's a) thinking impulsively about turnabout, screwing him for revenge, and b) may have just realized that he's the *only* good, upstanding man in her life.
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* In 1x04, after Wes shows Keating the unlocked phone, she looks like she's thinking about seducing him. Since, as it turns out, she's just found her husband's dick pics on the phone, she's a) thinking impulsively about turnabout, and b) may have just realized that he's the *only* good, upstanding man in her life.

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