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* CastingGag: [=McEnroe=] also plays his doppelganger who goes around [[CelebrityImpersonator impersonating him.]] The man has a larger nose and [=McEnroe=] is aghast that anyone would mistake the two of them for each other.

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* CastingGag: [=McEnroe=] also plays his doppelganger who goes around [[CelebrityImpersonator impersonating him.]] him. The man has a larger nose and [=McEnroe=] is aghast that anyone would mistake the two of them for each other.other.
* CelebrityImpersonator: A man who highly resembles John [=McEnroe=] takes advantage of the situation by letting strangers believe he is the tennis star. He has drinks bought for him and enjoys popularity like never before, and even practices [=McEnroe's=] signature so he can sign autographs. When bad things happen, tho, he says he has to protect ''both'' their reputations.
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* SuicideNotMurder: It is revealed here that Dobson had tried to hang himself the first time he was arrested, so Mac's superiors finally believe his account that the man killed himself rather than face a second incarceration.

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* AsHimself / CastingGag: John [=McEnroe=] plays himself and a doppelganger who goes around [[CelebrityImpersonator impersonating him.]]

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* AsHimself / CastingGag: AsHimself: John [=McEnroe=] plays appears as himself and a doppelganger who goes around [[CelebrityImpersonator impersonating him.]]in two or three scenes.



* CastingGag: [=McEnroe=] also plays his doppelganger who goes around [[CelebrityImpersonator impersonating him.]] The man has a larger nose and [=McEnroe=] is aghast that anyone would mistake the two of them for each other.



* FrameUp / MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning / NeverGoingBackToPrison / TakingYouWithMe: Dobson's M.O./motivation in trying to make it look like Mac kills him as he commits suicide.

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* FrameUp / MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning / NeverGoingBackToPrison / TakingYouWithMe: Dobson's M.O./motivation in trying FrameUp: Dobson tries to make it frame Mac for his murder.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: Dobson wants to ruin Mac's career by setting up his own suicide to
look like Mac kills handcuffed him, then beat him as he commits suicide.up and threw him off a roof.
* NeverGoingBackToPrison: Dobson would rather die than go back to prison for murder again.


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* TakingYouWithMe: Dobson chooses death over prison, but decides to try and get Mac in serious trouble by making it look like Mac killed him.
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* ByNoIMeanYes: After Mac has been cleared of all charges, Stella surmises that it was satisfying for him to use the same political tactics on his superiors that they were trying to use against him. At first he denies it, but...
-->'''Mac:''' No, I don't take pleasure in other people's discomfort, Stella. [''slight pause, smiles, chuckling''] Yesss, it was *extremely* satisfying.
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* CompleteTheQuoteTitle: What goes around "...comes around." This episode has Mac threatening Chief Sinclair and Gerrard with the same political/media-smear tactics that they've been using against him.

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* ClearMyName: What Mac has been trying to do in the Dobson case.
* CourtroomEpisode: Mac defending himself...until he storms out, that is. Stella, Danny and Flack also testify.
* FrameUp / MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning / NeverGoingBackToPrison / TakingYouWithMe: Dobson's M.O./motivation in trying to get Mac in trouble as he committed suicide.

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* ClearMyName: What Mac has been trying goes to do in the Dobson case.
Gerrard and Sinclair to try and convince them of his innocence. It doesn't work at first, but he is later given some leverage that gets them to back off.
* CourtroomEpisode: Mac defending himself...is shown seated at the defense table at his hearing...until he storms out, that is. out in protest of being branded a murderer. Stella, Danny and Flack also are all called to testify.
* ExactWords: When Danny is asked if he can read a portion of a report at Mac's hearing, he replies, "Sure" and proceeds to do so - silently.
* FrameUp / MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning / NeverGoingBackToPrison / TakingYouWithMe: Dobson's M.O./motivation in trying to get make it look like Mac in trouble kills him as he committed commits suicide.
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A groom-to-be is found dead in the men's room at the scene of his fiancee's bachelorette party and evidence points to tennis star Creator/JohnMcEnroe as the prime suspect. Meanwhile, Mac continues to fight for his innocence and his job in the wake of Clay Dobson's death.

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A groom-to-be is found dead in the men's room at the scene of his fiancee's fianceé's bachelorette party and evidence points to tennis star Creator/JohnMcEnroe as the prime suspect. Meanwhile, Mac continues to fight for his innocence and his job in the wake of Clay Dobson's death.



* FrameUp / MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning / NeverGoingBackToPrison / TakingYouWithMe: Dobson's M.O./motivation in trying to get Mac in trouble [[spoiler: as he committed suicide]].

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* FrameUp / MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning / NeverGoingBackToPrison / TakingYouWithMe: Dobson's M.O./motivation in trying to get Mac in trouble [[spoiler: as he committed suicide]].suicide.
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* CourtroomEpisode: Mac defending himself...until he storms out, that is.

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* CourtroomEpisode: Mac defending himself...until he storms out, that is. Stella, Danny and Flack also testify.
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A groom-to-be is found dead in the men's room at the scene of his fiancee's bachelorette party and evidence points to tennis star John [=McEnroe=] as the prime suspect. Meanwhile, Mac continues to fight for his innocence and his job in the wake of Clay Dobson's death.

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A groom-to-be is found dead in the men's room at the scene of his fiancee's bachelorette party and evidence points to tennis star John [=McEnroe=] Creator/JohnMcEnroe as the prime suspect. Meanwhile, Mac continues to fight for his innocence and his job in the wake of Clay Dobson's death.

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* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Mac is in a fog as Peyton tells him about a case. She realizes this and, in a clear ShoutOut to ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', tells him she cut up the liver of someone she was autopsying, made a pâté out of it, and served it to her coworkers.

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* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Mac is in a fog as Peyton tells him about a case. She realizes this and, in a clear ShoutOut to ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', tells him she cut up the liver of someone she was autopsying, made a pâté out of it, and served it to her coworkers.coworkers.
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* FrameUp / NeverGoingBackToPrison / TakingYouWithMe: Dobson's M.O./motivation in trying to get Mac in trouble [[spoiler: as he committed suicide]].

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* FrameUp / MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning / NeverGoingBackToPrison / TakingYouWithMe: Dobson's M.O./motivation in trying to get Mac in trouble [[spoiler: as he committed suicide]].
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* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Mac is in a fog as Peyton tells him about a case. She realizes this and, in a clear ShoutOut to ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', tells him she cut up the liver of someone she was autopsying, made a pate out of it, and served it to her coworkers.

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* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Mac is in a fog as Peyton tells him about a case. She realizes this and, in a clear ShoutOut to ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', tells him she cut up the liver of someone she was autopsying, made a pate pâté out of it, and served it to her coworkers.

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"'''...Comes Around'''" is the 23rd episode of Season 3, and the 70th overall. It originally aired May 9, 2007.
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* FrameUp / NeverGoingBackToPrison / TakingYouWithMe: Dobson's M.O./motivation in trying to get Mac in trouble [[spoiler: as he committed suicide]].
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* ClearMyName: What Mac has been trying to do in the Dobson case.
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* AsHimself / CastingGag: John [=McEnroe=] plays himself and a doppelganger who goes around impersonating him.

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* AsHimself / CastingGag: John [=McEnroe=] plays himself and a doppelganger who goes around [[CelebrityImpersonator impersonating him.]]
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Directed by Creator/RobBailey

Written by Creator/AnthonyEZuiker, Creator/AnnDonahue, Creator/CarolMendelsohn, Creator/PamVeasey, Creator/ZacharyReiter, Creator/BillHaynes & Creator/DanieleNathanson

A groom-to-be is found dead in the men's room at the scene of his fiancee's bachelorette party and evidence points to tennis star John [=McEnroe=] as the prime suspect. Meanwhile, Mac continues to fight for his innocence and his job in the wake of Clay Dobson's death.

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* AsHimself / CastingGag: John [=McEnroe=] plays himself and a doppelganger who goes around impersonating him.
* CourtroomEpisode: Mac defending himself...until he storms out, that is.
* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Mac is in a fog as Peyton tells him about a case. She realizes this and, in a clear ShoutOut to ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', tells him she cut up the liver of someone she was autopsying, made a pate out of it, and served it to her coworkers.

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