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The rain causes the Belchers to seek refuge, so it is fitting to add this trope.


* NoSympathy: Linda calls Bob a baby when she pushed him and injured his back and cares more about the possibility of Helen being a killer than her husband's well being. Helen even shows concern when Bob expresses pain and Linda dismisses it as him "faking it" to get away despite him stating otherwise. Helen even offers Bob painkillers but Linda says he doesn't want any while Bob thanks Helen for them, and later tries to keep Bob from swallowing by throwing one away.

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* NoSympathy: Linda calls Bob a baby when she pushed him and injured his back and cares more about the possibility of Helen being a killer than her husband's well being. Helen even shows concern when Bob expresses pain and Linda dismisses it as him "faking it" to get away despite him stating otherwise. Helen even offers Bob painkillers but Linda says he doesn't want any while Bob thanks Helen for them, and later tries to keep Bob from swallowing by throwing one away.away.
* RainRainGoAway: A rain storm forces Teddy and the Belchers to shelter inside while they wait for the storm to clear.
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* CassandraTruth: Implied. The episode ends with a strong hint that Helen ''did'' kill her husband by pushing him off a faulty widow's walk.

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* CassandraTruth: Implied. The episode ends with a strong hint that Helen ''did'' kill her husband husband, either by sabotaging the widow's walk or pushing him off a faulty widow's walk.herself.

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* MoodSwinger: Helen

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* MoodSwinger: HelenHelen goes from admitting to caring for her husband to hating being married to him when she tries to convince Linda she didn't kill him.
* NoSympathy: Linda calls Bob a baby when she pushed him and injured his back and cares more about the possibility of Helen being a killer than her husband's well being. Helen even shows concern when Bob expresses pain and Linda dismisses it as him "faking it" to get away despite him stating otherwise. Helen even offers Bob painkillers but Linda says he doesn't want any while Bob thanks Helen for them, and later tries to keep Bob from swallowing by throwing one away.
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** Later, Linda when Helen wants to be alone with her, when she learns Linda thinks she pushed her husband.



* MatchCut: When Linda asks Bob to roleplay what she thinks is the murder scene, the setting changes to them as Helen and her husband on the widow's walk.

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* MatchCut: When Linda asks Bob to roleplay what she thinks is the murder scene, the setting changes to them as Helen and her husband on the widow's walk.walk.
* MoodSwinger: Helen
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* CassandraTruth: It turns out Helen ''did'' kill her husband by pushing him off a faulty widow's walk.

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* CassandraTruth: It turns out Implied. The episode ends with a strong hint that Helen ''did'' kill her husband by pushing him off a faulty widow's walk.
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* BlackWidow: What Linda and Louise think Helen is, accusing her of stealing her husband's clock fortune. It turns out they're right.

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* BlackWidow: What Linda and Louise think Helen is, accusing her of stealing her husband's clock fortune. It turns out they're right.doesn't help that towards the end, she gravitates toward Teddy.

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* AloneWithThePsycho: Linda and Louise when they are convinced the murderer is in the house.

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* AloneWithThePsycho: Linda and Louise when Helen whom they are convinced the think is a murderer is in visits the house.


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* GilliganCut: The family discovers the back door is open. Bob says they won't touch anything and the next cut has them playing with various items in the house.
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* BlackWidower: What Linda and Louise think Helen is, accusing her of stealing her husband's clock fortune. It turns out they're right.

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* BlackWidower: BlackWidow: What Linda and Louise think Helen is, accusing her of stealing her husband's clock fortune. It turns out they're right.
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The Belchers are asked to house-sit a vacation home but get caught in a storm. They meet Helen, the widow of the house's owner, whom Linda and Louise suspect of murdering her husband.
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* AloneWithThePsycho: Linda and Louise when they are convinced the murderer is in the house.
* BlackWidower: What Linda and Louise think Helen is, accusing her of stealing her husband's clock fortune. It turns out they're right.
* CassandraTruth: It turns out Helen ''did'' kill her husband by pushing him off a faulty widow's walk.
* ClosedCircle: What the house becomes when Bob's back injury coupled with a storm traps everyone inside.
* MatchCut: When Linda asks Bob to roleplay what she thinks is the murder scene, the setting changes to them as Helen and her husband on the widow's walk.

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