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* FailureToSaveMurder: It's been at least three decades, but Andy still blames Mac for Will's death because then-14-year-old-Mac couldn't bring himself to shoot the guy who beat Will to death back in Chicago.

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* DistressedDude: Mac's stalker hits him over the head and binds him to a chair.

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* DistressedDude: Mac's stalker hits him over the head head, sedates him, and binds him to a chair.



* SequelEpisode: Concludes both the specific storyline begun in the previous episode and the entire 333 stalker arc.

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* SequelEpisode: Concludes both the specific storyline begun in the previous episode and the entire 333 stalker Stalker arc.


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* TapOnTheHead: Mac's stalker fells him with a blow to the back of the head. He's recovered enough by the time the team arrives to help take the guy down.

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"'''The Thing About Heroes'''" is the tenth episode of Season 4 and the 81st overall. It originally aired November 28, 2007.

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"'''The Thing About Heroes'''" Heroes...'''" is the tenth episode of Season 4 and the 81st overall. It originally aired November 28, 2007.



* SequelEpisode: Concludes both the specific storyline begun in the previous episode and the entire 3:33 stalker arc.
* SinisterSubway: Not only is the conductor murdered on his own train, it then races off of its own accord...with Flack, Sheldon, Stella and Lindsay aboard and bracing themselves for a crash.
* TimeShiftedActor: During the flashbacks to Chicago, Walter Curry plays 14-yr old Mac Taylor.

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* JurisdictionFriction: The detective assigned to escort Mac out of the Tribune building is not pleased with him poking around and calls Chief Sinclair to complain.
* SequelEpisode: Concludes both the specific storyline begun in the previous episode and the entire 3:33 333 stalker arc.
* SinisterSubway: Not only is the conductor murdered on his own train, it then races off of its own accord... with Flack, Sheldon, Stella and Lindsay aboard and bracing themselves for a crash.
* StrangeCopInAStrangeLand: Mac flashes his NYPD badge to get into the Tribune building. The super calls Chicago PD on him.
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TimeShiftedActor: During the flashbacks to Chicago, the tragedy, Walter Curry plays 14-yr old Mac Taylor.
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* SequelEpisode: Not only concludes the specific storyline begun in the previous episode, but also wraps up the entire 3:33 stalker arc.

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* SequelEpisode: Not only concludes Concludes both the specific storyline begun in the previous episode, but also wraps up episode and the entire 3:33 stalker arc.
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* SequelEpisode: Not only concludes the specific storyline begun in the previous episode, but also wraps up the entire 3:33 stalker arc.

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* BulletProofVest: The team are all wearing them as they prepare to enter the building where the perp is located. Chief Sinclair decides to join them and asks for one. The perp's brother, who arrives to confront him, is given one as well.
* DistressedDude: Mac's stalker hits him over the head and binds him to a chair surrounded by [[LaserHallway lasers that will set of firearms if disturbed.]]

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* BulletProofVest: The team are all wearing them Kevlar vests as they prepare to enter the building where the perp is located. Chief Sinclair decides to join them and asks for one. The perp's brother, who arrives to confront him, is given one as well.
* DistressedDude: Mac's stalker hits him over the head and binds him to a chair.
* LaserHallway: The
chair Mac is bound to is surrounded by [[LaserHallway lasers that will set of firearms if disturbed.]]

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* TitleDrop: Invoked by the perp while taunting Mac in the episode's climax.

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* TitleDrop: Invoked by the perp while taunting Mac in the episode's climax.climax:
-->''You know the thing about heroes? They can let you down.''
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* TimeShiftedActor: During the flashbacks to Chicago, Walter Curry plays 14-yr old Mac Taylor.

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!Trivia for the episode:
* Mac was 14 years old when the incident from his past occurred.
* Filmed partially in Chicago, which is the hometown of both Mac Taylor and Creator/GarySinise.

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!Trivia for the episode:
* Mac was 14 years old when the incident from his past occurred.
* Filmed partially in Chicago, which is the hometown of both Mac Taylor and Creator/GarySinise.
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* TitleDrop: Invoked by the perp while taunting Mac in the episode's climax.

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"'''The Thing About Heroes'''" is the tenth episode of Season 4 and the 81st overall. It originally aired November 28, 2007.
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* SinisterSubway: Not only is the conductor murdered on his own train, it then races off of its own accord...with Flack, Sheldon, Stella and Lindsay aboard and bracing themselves for a crash.

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* SinisterSubway: Not only is the conductor murdered on his own train, it then races off of its own accord...with Flack, Sheldon, Stella and Lindsay aboard and bracing themselves for a crash.crash.
!Trivia for the episode:
* Mac was 14 years old when the incident from his past occurred.
* Filmed partially in Chicago, which is the hometown of both Mac Taylor and Creator/GarySinise.

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* DistressedDude: Mac's stalker hits him over the head, and binds him to a chair surrounded by [[LaserHallway lasers that will set of firearms if disturbed.]]

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* BulletProofVest: The team are all wearing them as they prepare to enter the building where the perp is located. Chief Sinclair decides to join them and asks for one. The perp's brother, who arrives to confront him, is given one as well.
* DistressedDude: Mac's stalker hits him over the head, head and binds him to a chair surrounded by [[LaserHallway lasers that will set of firearms if disturbed.]]
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Directed by Creator/AnthonyHemingway

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

The clues Mac finds in Chicago point to a tragedy from his past. Back in NYC, the rest of the team discover that Mac's stalker is behind the death of a subway conductor.

!Tropes for the episode:
* DistressedDude: Mac's stalker hits him over the head, and binds him to a chair surrounded by [[LaserHallway lasers that will set of firearms if disturbed.]]
* SinisterSubway: Not only is the conductor murdered on his own train, it then races off of its own accord...with Flack, Sheldon, Stella and Lindsay aboard and bracing themselves for a crash.

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