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* HiddenWire: The lab finds traces of tape residue inside a suspect's shirt which they'd taken for evidence. Turns out the guy was a C.I. for the Feds and had been wearing a wire.
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* CanAlwaysSpotACop: Zig-zagged. Counterfeiters pick Mac's favorite diner to meet. As Mac enters for breakfast, having just come from the gym and dressed in a white t-shirt, a zip-up hoodie, and casual pants, one of them spots him and immediately coughs, trying to alert the other. The guy doesn't pick up on it and after he's caught, the detective calls him out on it:
-->'''Mac:''' Boyd made me the second he saw me, but you? You wouldn't know a cop if one walked right by you.
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* CounterfeitCash: Becomes a plot point as the case goes on. The perps were in the diner to meet about their scheme.

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* CounterfeitCash: Becomes a plot point as the case goes on. The perps were in the diner to meet about their scheme.the currency paper they were using.



* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: One perp's mother has this type of reaction to her son being a suspect, then relents enough to let Mac & Stella search her property. When they find him hiding in the back yard and handcuff him, he screams, "Ma! What's wrong with you?" Mac tells him to be quiet because she's "the only one who cares about what happens to you."

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* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: One perp's mother has this type of reaction to her son being a suspect, saying he's a good boy...then relents enough to let Mac & Stella search her property. When they find him hiding in the back yard and handcuff him, he screams, "Ma! What's wrong with you?" Mac tells him to be quiet because she's "the only one who cares about what happens to you."



* WeddingRingRemoval: After mourning Claire for almost four years, Mac tells Stella, "It's time" for him to start dating again. When he checks his watch after exiting the taxi at the end of the episode, his wedding ring is no longer on his finger.

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* WeddingRingRemoval: After mourning Claire for almost four years, Mac tells Stella, "It's time" for him to start dating again. When he checks his watch after exiting the a taxi at the end of the episode, his wedding ring is no longer on his finger.
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* LittleBlackDress: Stella's dress for her date is quite stunning...even Mac can't help but stare.

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* LittleBlackDress: Stella's The short, low-cut black dress Stella dons for her date is quite stunning...even Mac can't help but stare.
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* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: One perp's mother has this type of reaction to her son being a suspect, then relents enough to let Mac & Stella search her property. When they find him hiding in the back yard and handcuff him, he screams, "Ma! What's wrong with you?" Mac tells him to be quiet because "she's the only one who cares about what happens to you."

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* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: One perp's mother has this type of reaction to her son being a suspect, then relents enough to let Mac & Stella search her property. When they find him hiding in the back yard and handcuff him, he screams, "Ma! What's wrong with you?" Mac tells him to be quiet because "she's the she's "the only one who cares about what happens to you."
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* CounterfeitCash: Becomes a plot point as the case goes on.

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* CounterfeitCash: Becomes a plot point as the case goes on. The perps were in the diner to meet about their scheme.



* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: One suspect's mother has this type of reaction.

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* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: One suspect's perp's mother has this type of reaction.reaction to her son being a suspect, then relents enough to let Mac & Stella search her property. When they find him hiding in the back yard and handcuff him, he screams, "Ma! What's wrong with you?" Mac tells him to be quiet because "she's the only one who cares about what happens to you."
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* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: The suspect's mother has this type of reaction.

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* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: The One suspect's mother has this type of reaction.

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!Trivia for the episode:
* Sheldon's badge number is 9786. He was born in 1973, making him 32 the year of this episode (Creator/HillHarper turned 39 the day before it aired.) At the time, Sheldon was residing at 144 Leland Blvd, but moves to "a rent-controlled studio off of Bleeker" in episode 6.09, "Manhattanhenge."
* Mac always orders the same breakfast at Avenue C Diner: orange juice, coffee, oatmeal with raisins, and a side of maple syrup.

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!Trivia for the episode:
* Sheldon's badge number is 9786. He was born in 1973, making him 32 the year of this episode (Creator/HillHarper turned 39 the day before it aired.) At the time, Sheldon was residing at 144 Leland Blvd, but moves to "a rent-controlled studio off of Bleeker" in episode 6.09, "Manhattanhenge."
* Mac always orders the same breakfast at Avenue C Diner: orange juice, coffee, oatmeal with raisins, and a side of maple syrup.
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* AttackTheInjury: Mac jumps in the ambulance with a suspect who's just been shot in the shoulder and slams him right in the GSW when he gets uncooperative. The EMT yells at Mac.



* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: The shooter's mother has this type of reaction.

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* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: The shooter's suspect's mother has this type of reaction.



* Sheldon's badge number is 9786. He was born in 1973, making him 32 the year of this episode (Creator/HillHarper turned 39 on May 17, 2005.) At the time, Sheldon was residing at 144 Leland Blvd, but moved to "a rent-controlled studio off of Bleeker" in episode 6.09, "Manhattanhenge."

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* Sheldon's badge number is 9786. He was born in 1973, making him 32 the year of this episode (Creator/HillHarper turned 39 on May 17, 2005.the day before it aired.) At the time, Sheldon was residing at 144 Leland Blvd, but moved moves to "a rent-controlled studio off of Bleeker" in episode 6.09, "Manhattanhenge."
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* WeddingRingRemoval: After mourning Claire for almost four years, Mac tells Stella, "It's time" for him to start dating again.

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* WeddingRingRemoval: After mourning Claire for almost four years, Mac tells Stella, "It's time" for him to start dating again. When he checks his watch after exiting the taxi at the end of the episode, his wedding ring is no longer on his finger.



* Sheldon's badge number is 9786. He was born in 1973, making him 32 the year of this episode. At the time, he was residing at 144 Leland Blvd, but moved to "a rent-controlled studio off of Bleeker" in episode 6.09, "Manhattanhenge."

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* Sheldon's badge number is 9786. He was born in 1973, making him 32 the year of this episode. episode (Creator/HillHarper turned 39 on May 17, 2005.) At the time, he Sheldon was residing at 144 Leland Blvd, but moved to "a rent-controlled studio off of Bleeker" in episode 6.09, "Manhattanhenge."

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The femur being the strongest bone in the body, there's no way Sheldon could just twist it to extract the bullet.



* Mac always orders the same breakfast at Avenue C Diner: orange juice, oatmeal with raisins, and a side of maple syrup.

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* Mac always orders the same breakfast at Avenue C Diner: orange juice, coffee, oatmeal with raisins, and a side of maple syrup.
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"'''What You See Is What You See'''" is the 23rd episode of Season 1, as well as the season finale.

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"'''What You See Is What You See'''" is the 23rd episode of Season 1, as well as the season finale. It originally aired May 18, 2005.
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* Sheldon's badge number is 9786. He was born in 1973, making him 32 the year of this episode. At the time, he was residing at 144 Leland Blvd, but moved to "a rent controlled studio off of Bleeker" in "Manhattanhenge."

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* Sheldon's badge number is 9786. He was born in 1973, making him 32 the year of this episode. At the time, he was residing at 144 Leland Blvd, but moved to "a rent controlled rent-controlled studio off of Bleeker" in episode 6.09, "Manhattanhenge."

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"'''What You See Is What You See'''" is the 23rd episode of Season 1, as well as the season finale.
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* WeddingRingRemoval: After mourning Claire for almost four years, Mac tells Stella, "It's time" for him to start dating again.

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* WeddingRingRemoval: After mourning Claire for almost four years, Mac tells Stella, "It's time" for him to start dating again.again.
!Trivia for the episode:
* Sheldon's badge number is 9786. He was born in 1973, making him 32 the year of this episode. At the time, he was residing at 144 Leland Blvd, but moved to "a rent controlled studio off of Bleeker" in "Manhattanhenge."
* Mac always orders the same breakfast at Avenue C Diner: orange juice, oatmeal with raisins, and a side of maple syrup.
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* WeddingRingRemoval: After mourning Claire for almost four years, Mac tells Stella, "It's time." for him to start dating again.

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* WeddingRingRemoval: After mourning Claire for almost four years, Mac tells Stella, "It's time." time" for him to start dating again.
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* ReversePolarity: Mac does this to show Stella the color-changing ink in the counterfeit money.

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* ReversePolarity: Justified. Mac actually does this to show Stella the color-changing ink in the counterfeit money.
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* LittleBlackDress: Stella's dress for her date is quite stunning...even Mac can't help but stare.
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* ReversePolarity: Mac does this to show Stella the color-changing ink in the counterfeit money.

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* ReversePolarity: Mac does this to show Stella the color-changing ink in the counterfeit money.money.
* WeddingRingRemoval: After mourning Claire for almost four years, Mac tells Stella, "It's time." for him to start dating again.
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Directed by Creator/DuaneClark

Written by Creator/AnthonyEZuiker, Creator/AnnDonahue, Creator/CarolMendelsohn & Creator/AndrewLipsitz

Mac witnesses a shootout while having breakfast at his favorite diner.

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* CounterfeitCash: Becomes a plot point as the case goes on.
* FromDressToDressing: Mac uses his zip-up hoodie to apply pressure to the waitress' gunshot wound.
* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: The shooter's mother has this type of reaction.
* ReversePolarity: Mac does this to show Stella the color-changing ink in the counterfeit money.

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