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* AngerBornOfWorry: Rob and Dana are fighting at the start, but we realise when he is gentle with her after that, he is just worried she will get in trouble for testifying against her old teacher.

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* AngerBornOfWorry: Rob and Dana are fighting at the start, but we realise realize when he is gentle with her after that, he is just worried she will get in trouble for testifying against her old teacher.teacher. Subverted when it turns out he's a controlling {{Jerkass}} who killed Dana when she wouldn't fall in line with him.

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Upon urging from her stepmom, Gwen Deemer asks the detectives to look into the murder of her mother, Dana Deemer, who was killed by a makeshift bomb disguised as a box of laundry detergent when Gwen was five years old in 1983, as the prime suspect is about to plead for release from jail.

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Upon urging from her future stepmom, Gwen Deemer Deamer asks the detectives to look into the murder of her mother, Dana Deemer, Deamer, who was killed by a makeshift bomb disguised as a box of laundry detergent when Gwen was five years old in 1983, as the prime suspect is about to plead for release from jail.



* AlliterativeName: '''D'''ana '''D'''reamer and '''Lo'''rraine '''Lo'''omis.

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* AlliterativeName: '''D'''ana '''D'''reamer '''D'''eamer and '''Lo'''rraine '''Lo'''omis.



* {{Elopement}}: Rob and his fiancée.

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* {{Elopement}}: Rob and his fiancée.Lorraine.



* {{Housewife}}: Dana is a stay-at-home mother.



* {{Housewife}}: Dana is a stay-at-home mother.



* PerpWalk: At the end.

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* PerpWalk: At the end.end, which would become a ''Series/ColdCase'' tradition.



* YouDidntAsk: Maria, the nanny, mentions the phone was off the hook the second time she is questioned, 20 years later. She uses this as an excuse as to why she didn't mention it the first time.

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* YouDidntAsk: Maria, the nanny, neighbor first on the scene, mentions the phone was off the hook the second time she is questioned, 20 years later. She uses this as an excuse as to why she didn't mention it the first time.

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* TheAlibi: The murderer is at work when the murder happens. Also he doesn't have a phone where he works, but the police believe the murderer placed a phone call just before the victim died.

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* EightiesHair: First episode set in the 80s - of ''course'' the victim's hair is glorious.
* TheAlibi: The murderer is at work when the murder happens. Also Also, he doesn't have a phone where he works, but the police believe the murderer placed a phone call just before the victim died.



* EightiesHair: First episode set in the 80s - of ''course'' the victim's hair is glorious.

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* AlliterativeName: '''D'''ana '''D'''reamer and '''Lo'''rraine '''Lo'''omis.



* {{Elopement}}: Rob and his fiancee.

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* {{Elopement}}: Rob and his fiancee.fiancée.



* ReturningTheWeddingRing: A recurring theme in this episode. Rob has more than one wife, and is close to marrying again. His fiancee is the one who starts the episode by bringing Rob's daughter, Gwen, to speak to Lilly.

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* ReturningTheWeddingRing: A recurring theme in this episode. Rob has had more than one wife, and is close to marrying again. His fiancee fiancée is the one who starts the episode by bringing Rob's daughter, Gwen, to speak to Lilly.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Being a retired firefighter and caring father makes for fine sheep's clothing. But underneath, Rob is a controlling, overbearing monster who scared off his first two wives and killed his third wife, the victim, with a bomb he planted.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Being a retired firefighter and caring father makes for fine sheep's clothing. But underneath, Rob is a controlling, overbearing monster who scared off his first two and third wives and killed his third second wife, the victim, with a bomb he planted.



* FallGuy: Albert. Everyone knows the victim was threatened by him when she was about to give evidence against. He's currently in jail for Compulsive Sexual Behavior-related crimes. He is about to be released in three days, which sets the daughter of the victim off and encourages Lilly to revisit the case.

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* FallGuy: Albert. Everyone knows the victim was threatened by him when she was about to give evidence against. against him. He's currently in jail for Compulsive Sexual Behavior-related crimes. He is crimes and about to be released in three days, which sets the daughter of the victim off and encourages Lilly to revisit the case.

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