History Recap / CentralParkS2E06TheShadow

-->--'''"A Moment Forever Ago (End Credits)"'''

'''Season Two''': [[Recap/CentralParkS2E01CentralDark 1]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E02MothersDaze 2]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E03FistaPuffsMetsOutJustice 3]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E04OfCourseYouRealizeThisMeansWard 4]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E05DownToTheUnderwire 5]] | '''6''' | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E07ADecentProposal 7]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E08SirBricksALot 8]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E09ABoatifulMind 9]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E10BeeIsForBrandenham 10]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E11ThePaigeriarchy 11]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E12CastleSweetCastle 12]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E13CelesteWeForget 13]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E14TheBalladOfJohnnieLee 14]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E15WhereTheresSmoke 15]] -]]]]]

'''Season Two''': [[Recap/CentralParkS2E01CentralDark 1]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E02MothersDaze 2]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E03FistaPuffsMetsOutJustice 3]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E04OfCourseYouRealizeThisMeansWard 4]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E05DownToTheUnderwire 5]] | '''6''' | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E07ADecentProposal 7]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E08SirBricksALot 8]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E09ABoatifulMind 9]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E10BeeIsForBrandenham 10]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E11ThePaigeriarchy 11]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E12CastleSweetCastle 12]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E13CelesteWeForget 13]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E14TheBalladOfJohnnieLee 14]] -]]]]]

->''Now that moment forever ago\\

A moment forever ago''

->''There was a moment forever ago\\

Was it over forever ago?''

'''Season Two''': [[Recap/CentralParkS2E01CentralDark 1]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E02MothersDaze 2]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E03FistaPuffsMetsOutJustice 3]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E04OfCourseYouRealizeThisMeansWard 4]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E05DownToTheUnderwire 5]] | '''6''' | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E07ADecentProposal 7]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E08SirBricksALot 8]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E09ABoatifulMind 9]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E10BeeIsForBrandenham 10]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E11ThePaigeriarchy 11]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E12CastleSweetCastle 12]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E13CelesteWeForget 13]] -]]]]]

'''Season Two''': [[Recap/CentralParkS2E01CentralDark 1]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E02MothersDaze 2]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E03FistaPuffsMetsOutJustice 3]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E04OfCourseYouRealizeThisMeansWard 4]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E05DownToTheUnderwire 5]] | '''6''' | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E07ADecentProposal 7]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E08SirBricksALot 8]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E09ABoatifulMind 9]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E10BeeIsForBrandenham 10]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E11ThePaigeriarchy 11]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E12CastleSweetCastle 12]] -]]]]]

'''Season Two''': [[Recap/CentralParkS2E01CentralDark 1]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E02MothersDaze 2]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E03FistaPuffsMetsOutJustice 3]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E04OfCourseYouRealizeThisMeansWard 4]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E05DownToTheUnderwire 5]] | '''6''' | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E07ADecentProposal 7]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E08SirBricksALot 8]] -]]]]]

The Brandenham is robbed by a jewel thief, reminding Bitsy of a criminal who terrorized the hotel over 50 years ago.

* "Sungrai's Song (Birdie Short)"

!!Tropes:
* BittersweetEnding: Birdie found someone who enjoys listening to his music in the form of an old woman in a wheelchair being pushed by a male nurse. Unfortunately, the nurse would later inform Birdie that she'd died from an unspecified terminal illness. Birdie is saddened over her death but continues to play on the next day, catching the attention of a little boy who starts dancing to his music.
* CallingCard: The Shadow would shape the wrappers from complementary hotel chocolates into penises for the police to find. Since the Shadow was actually Bitsy, the wrappers were a passive-agressive note for her father because he wished that Bitsy was a boy named Mark instead.
* ContinuityNod: The owl nest from "Rival Busker" is seen during Birdie's short and the mother owl and her owlets (with Tito among them) are seen again and the camera is still pointed away from them.

* ADayInTheLimelight: While he is usually the narrator, Birdie gets his time to shine in the end.

* KilledOffScreen: During the silent montage depicting Birdie's busking sessions when he's not narrating, an old woman in a wheelchair being pushed by a male nurse comes by, and continues to come and listen to his music regardless of the weather. When Birdie sees the male nurse without the old woman, he regretfully informs Birdie that she died from an unspecified terminal illness.

* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: The last five minutes of the episode are a silent montage of Birdie's life busking in the park when he's not narrating about Bitsy or the Tillermans, backed only by his violin.

* OutOfFocus: The Tillermans only have a brief appearance at the beginning to emphasize Birdie's point that they're not doing much right now.

* SpecialEditionTitle: Like "Fista Puffs Mets Out Justice", this episode is given a special opening dedicated to Bitsy's story.

* VillainEpisode: Basically, the whole episode centers around Bitsy, with a little bit of Birdie having a plot in the end.

-->'''Written by:''' Kate Anderson & Elyssa Samsel
* "A Moment Forever Ago" - Young Hank Zevansky

-->'''Written by:''' Elyssa Samsel

->''Now that moment forever ago''\\
Is home to more than one regret''\\
A reoccurring sad vignette''\\
And that moment has taught me to know''\\
That I can't let this one slip by me''\\
Or else it's sure to also be''\\

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Is that moment forever ago / Was it over forever ago?"'']]

* SelfDamagingAttackBackfire: Bitsy admits she became the Shadow to spite her neglectful parents, privately hoping they’d realize what she did and finally see what she was capable of- but because she was TheUnfavourite (to the point they didn't even notice she'd ''quit school and moved back to the hotel),'' they never found out. After they died, the hotel (now millions of dollars in debt due to its tarnished reputation) was left to Bitsy because no one else wanted it, forcing her to spend the next twenty years building said reputation back up again.

* SelfDamagingAttackBackfire: Bitsy admits she became the Shadow to spite her neglectful parents, privately hoping they’d realize what she did and finally see what she was capable of- but because she was TheUnfavourite (to the point they didn't even notice she'd ''quit school and moved back to the hotel''), they never found out. After they died, the hotel (now millions of dollars in debt due to its tarnished reputation) was left to Bitsy because no one else wanted it, forcing her to spend the next twenty years building said reputation back up again.

* SelfDamagingAttackBackfire: Bitsy admits she became the Shadow to spite her neglectful parents, privately hoping they’d realize what she did and finally see what she was capable of- but because she was TheUnfavourite compared to her brother, they never found out. After they died, the hotel (now millions of dollars in debt due to its tarnished reputation) was left to Bitsy because no one else wanted it, forcing her to spend the next twenty years building said reputation back up again.

-->'''Written by:''' Creator/DaveedDiggs

'''Season Two''': [[Recap/CentralParkS2E01CentralDark 1]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E02MothersDaze 2]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E03FistaPuffsMetsOutJustice 3]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E04OfCourseYouRealizeThisMeansWard 4]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E05DownToTheUnderwire 5]] | '''6''' | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E07ADecentProposal 7]] -]]]]]

* PhantomThief: 56 years ago, a thief called the Shadow broke into the guest rooms of New York's luxury hotels to steal their jewelry and was never caught. When confronted by Hank in the present, Bitsy reveals that she was the Shadow and stole the jewelry to spite her NeglectfulParents. She never got caught because she used her parent's money to bribe the bellhops of the other hotels into helping her, and the cops never suspected her because she was a girl.
* SamusIsAGirl: The police, under the assumption that the Shadow was a man, never caught or suspected Bitsy of being the culprit because she was a small woman.
* SelfDamagingAttackBackfire: Bitsy admits she became the Shadow to spite her neglectful parents, privately hoping they’d realize what she did and finally see what she was capable of- but she was so BeneathNotice that the thought never occurred to them at all. After they died, the hotel (now millions of dollars in debt due to its tarnished reputation) was left to Bitsy because no one else wanted it, forcing her to spend the next twenty years building said reputation back up again.

* PhantomThief: 56 years ago, a thief called the Shadow broke into the guest rooms of New York's luxury hotels to steal their jewelry and was never caught. When confronted by Hank in the present, Bitsy reveals that she was the Shadow and stole the jewelry to spite her AbusiveParents. She never got caught because she used her parent's money to bribe the bellhops of the other hotels into helping her, and the cops never suspected her because she was a girl.

* LookBehindYou: When Hank wants to drink one of Bitsy's Bloody Mary and she stops him, he distracts her by pointing towards one of the workers at the scene and taking the Bloody Mary when she's distracted.

* EverybodyKnewAlready: Downplayed and technically one person. Hank suspected Bitsy was the Shadow during the first theft but didn’t say anything. In the present, he stages a jewelry theft to see if she'll confess to being the Shadow so he can get closure, which she does.

* KilledOffScreen: During the silent montage depicting Birdie's busking sessions when he’s not narrating, an old woman in a wheelchair being pushed by a male nurse comes by, and continues to come and listen to his music regardless of the weather. When Birdie sees the male nurse without the old woman, he regretfully informs Birdie that she died from an unspecified terminal illness.

* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: The last five minutes of the episode are a silent montage of Birdie’s life busking in the park when he’s not narrating about Bitsy or the Tillermans, backed only by his violin.

* TheOneThatGotAway: Hank was infatuated with Bitsy when he first saw her as a young beat cop working as detail after the Shadow’s first theft, but never said anything to her. While he eventually moved on and found someone else, he still regrets not speaking up.

* PhantomThief: 56 years ago, a thief called the Shadow broke into the guest rooms of New York’s luxury hotels to steal their jewelry and was never caught. When confronted by Hank in the present, Bitsy reveals that she was the Shadow and stole the jewelry to spite her AbusiveParents. She never got caught because she used her parent's money to bribe the bellhops of the other hotels into helping her, and the cops never suspected her because she was a girl.

* SelfDamagingAttackBackfire: Bitsy admits she became the Shadow to spite her neglectful parents, hoping they’d realize what she did and finally see what she was capable of- but they considered Bitsy so BeneathNotice that never did because they never suspected her at all. They died shortly after, leaving her the hotel (now millions of dollars in debt due to its tarnished reputation), forcing Bitsy to spend the next twenty years building said reputation back up again.

* CallingCard: The Shadow would shape the wrappers from complementary hotel chocolates into penises for the police to find. Since the Shadow was actually Bitsy, the wrappers were a passive-agressive note for her father because he wished that Bitsy was a boy.

* SelfDamagingAttackBackfire: Bitsy admits she became the Shadow to spite her neglectful parents, hoping they’d realize what she did and what she was capable of- but they never did, because she was a small woman who may as well have been invisible. Her parents died shortly after, leaving her the hotel (now millions of dollars in debt due to its tarnished reputation), forcing Bitsy to spend the next twenty years building said reputation back up again.

* SelfDamagingAttackBackfire: Bitsy admits she became the Shadow to spite her parents, not caring that her crime spree was severely damaging the hotel's reputation in the process. However, after her parent's deaths, the joke was on her; because no one else wanted it, Bitsy was forced to inherit the hotel (now millions of dollars in debt) and spend the next twenty years building its reputation back up again.

* VagueAge: When Helen asks who's the Shadow, Bitsy tells her she should remember since it was in the newspaper 60 years ago, but Helen said she never read about it and questions Bitsy on how old she thinks she is.