History Recap / ColdCaseS6E12LottoFever

* SmugSnake: Ed's accountant who cheated him out of a good chunk of his winnings. When Lilly asks him if he feels guilty about stealing money from someone who trusted him, the guy slyly remarks, "It's not like he earned it".

* ForWantOfANail: Had Pam not accessed Ed's monitored bank account by guessing his password, the murder case would likely remain unsolved.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: After winning the lottery, Ed surrounds himself with fairweather friends and gold diggers without a second thought.
** In turn, he gets killed when one FairWeatherFriend decides that [[NiceGuy Ed]] was leaving them out to dry when he could’ve helped.

* NeverMyFault: Shortly before Ed’s death, his sister and brother-in-law railed at him about how [[UngratefulBastard ungrateful]] he was to not back their project after Pam had [[PromotedToParent raised him from when she was eighteen]]. They conveniently overlook that they were the ones who had started the renovations without consulting Ed first, had neglected to even check [[AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted was even there]], and repeatedly reassured him that they would be fine even without the loan.

* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Ed gained a large sum of money through the lottery, but his mishandling of his newfound wealth and passing funds out to those who suddenly crowded around him for a share of said wealth quickly drained much of the winnings.

* HanlonsRazor: The use of this eventually leads to tragedy. Ed, as a NiceGuy who had no idea how to handle serious money, [[AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted lost nearly eight million dollars in short order]] to various leeches and scam artists, and eventually decided that he was happier without the hassle. He ended up murdered because [[spoiler: Pam and Morty]] refused to believe that he could have lost all that money so quickly, meaning Ed had just decided not to help them anymore, [[UngratefulBastard letting his sister lose her business when he could’ve helped]].

* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: Pam and her husband murdered her little brother because they’d been counting on his winnings to back their new business venture, and Ed said he couldn’t help them.]] They could hardly check his bank account immediately after the murder, and the probate on his assets took two years and a lot of paperwork- so they didn’t learn until the present day that they’d killed over [[CassandraTruth $7.39]].

* AtLeastIAdmitIt: A more tragic case. All of Ed's family proves to be a bunch of {{ungrateful bastard}}s once he wins the lottery, turning into {{gold digger}}s and leaving him out to dry [[spoiler:and even killing him]], but the only one who regrets it is his DisappearedDad Jack, lamenting not spending time with Ed when he had the chance, and admits that he really was a horrible father.

* FaceHeelTurn: Greed turned Ed's sister Pam, who raised him after their dad left and got him a job, into a GreenEyedMonster who continued to swindle money off him, [[spoiler:and killed him when he refused]]. And her continued attempts to access Ed's account after his death got the case reopened.

* ForWantOfANail: Had [[spoiler:Pam]] not accessed Ed's monitored bank account by guessing his password, the murder case would likely remain unsolved.

* HanlonsRazor: The use of this eventually leads to tragedy. Ed, as a NiceGuy who had no idea how to handle serious money, [[AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted lost nearly eight million dollars in short order]] to various leeches and scam artists, and eventually decided that he was happier without the hassle. He ended up murdered because [[spoiler: Pam and Morty]] refused to believe that he could have lost all that money so quickly, meaning Ed had just decided not to help them anymore, [[spoiler: [[UngratefulBastard letting his sister lose her business when he could’ve helped]].]]

* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: Pam and her husband murdered her little brother because they’d been counting on his winnings to back their new business venture, and Ed said he couldn’t help them.]] They could hardly check his bank account immediately after the murder, and the probate on his assets took two years and a lot of paperwork- so they didn’t learn until the present day that they’d killed over [[CassandraTruth seven dollars and change]].

* FaceHeelTurn: Greed turned Ed's sister Pam, who raised him after their dad left and got him a job, into a GreenEyedMonster who continued to swindle money off him, [[spoiler:and killed him when he refused]].

* FairWeatherFriend: A lot of Ed’s friends showed themselves to be this after he won the lottery.

* LackOfEmpathy: Ed’s accountant justifies swindling Ed out of his money by saying he hadn’t really earned it.
* ManChild: Ed is described by his sister as a “big kid”.
* SmugSnake: Ed’s accountant who cheated him out of a good chunk of his winnings. When Lilly asks him if he feels guilty about stealing money from someone who trusted him, the guy slyly remarks, “It’s not like he earned it”.
* ThatOneCase: The case is reopened at the request of the detective who initially worked on it, after he found out someone had recently tried to access Ed’s bank account.

* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Ed gained a large sum of money through lottery, but his mishandling of the newfound wealth to himself and those who suddenly crowded around him for a share of said wealth quickly drained much of the winning.
* AllTakeAndNoGive: Ed's sister and brother-in-law just happened to come up with a new money making business when he got his money, and they started begging him for money, more so than anyone else he's given money. It's actually what gets him killed when he finally runs out, his brother-in-law confronts him with a gun, claiming they're about to lose it all, and he straight up tells him he gave it all to the one person who didn't ask for a handout.

* SmugSnake: Ed’s accountant who cheated him out of a good chunk of his winnings. When Lilly asks him if he feels guilty about stealing money from someone who trusted him, the guy slyly remarks “it’s not like he earned it”.
* ThatOneCase: The case is reopened by the request of the detective who initially worked on it, after he found out someone had recently tried to access Ed’s bank account.

* SmugSnake: Ed’s accountant who cheated him out of a good chunk of his winnings. When Lilly asks him if he feels guilty about stealing money from someone who trusted him, the guy slyly remarks “it’s not like he earned it”.

* ManChild: Ed is described by his sister as a “big kid”.

* FairWeatherFriends: A lot of Ed’s friends showed themselves to be this after he won the lottery.

* AllTakeAndNoGive: Ed's sister and brother-in-law just happened to come up with a new money making business when he got his money, and they started begging him for money, more so than anyone else he's given money. It's actually what gets him killed when he finally runs out, his brother-in-law confronts him with a gun, claiming they're about to lose it all, and he straight up tells himm he gave it all to the one person who didn't ask for a handout.

* ManChild: Ed is described by his sister as a “big kid”