History Recap / HudsonAndRexS2E9BulletInTheWater

* MurderBySuicide: [[spoiler:Niko found out that Dean Whitlock had been taking bribes and tried squeezing her for a cut of the money. Not wanting to let the truth get out, she concocted an plan to trick Niko into killing himself by making Damon a lock on the rowing team and lie to Niko about the rigged gun she gave him to play Russian Roulette to scare Damon into stepping down]].

* RussianRoulette: [[spoiler:When the rowing team heard that Damon was going to be a lock, they knew that they would be slowed down during speed trials as Damon was the weakest member of the team and that one of them was going to be kicked off. Niko came up with a plan to scare Damon into stepping down (as Damon had to do it of his own free will) by having the both of them play Russian Roulette, with Damon unaware that the gun Niko had was rigged to skip the fourth chamber and the bullet they were using was fake. However, unaware to Niko, the gun was instead rigged to always ''stop'' on the fourth chamber and that the bullet was real. The game ended in Niko shooting himself in the head and Coach Reid and the rest of the team throwing the gun in the river while concocting a plan to get out of trouble with the law]]. [[spoiler:The rigged gun came from a gun specialist in Montreal and the payment to do it came from a numbered account belonging to Dean Whitlock]].

* SpottingTheThread: In Sabrina’s testimony, she said that during her morning jog, she waved to the rowers like she usually does. However, that morning the rowers had done their practice run going east instead of west like they usually do, which ends up exposing Sabrina’s testimony as a lie. [[spoiler:She was the one who shot at the rowers as part of their plan to frame Jerry Auchincloss]].
* TeamDad: Coach Reid Armstrong treats the rowing team as if they were his own sons. [[spoiler:After hearing about Niko’s death, he kicked into protection mode and helped them concoct a plan to get them out of trouble with the law by framing Jerry Auchincloss, afraid that this incident would ruin the rest of their lives]].

* MurderBySuicide: [[spoiler:After Niko found out that Dean Whitlock had been taking bribes and tried squeezing her for money. Not wanting to let the truth get out, she concocted an plan to trick Niko into killing himself by making Damon a lock on the rowing team and lie to Niko about the rigged gun she gave him to play Russian Roulette to scare Damon into stepping down]].

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Turns out Niko was already dead before he was even on the boat that morning. He actually died playing Russian Roulette with Damon and the gun they were using was rigged to kill him. The whole rowing team, along with Coach Reid Armstrong and Adler Cullen’s sister Sabrina, concocted a plan to cover the incident up by making it look like Niko was shot by a sniper, establish everyone's alibi and frame Jerry Auchincloss by using his history with the rowing team and a rifle stolen from his residence]].
* DeanBitterman: [[spoiler:Heather Whitlock. She was taking bribes from wealthy families to let their kids enroll instead of more deserving candidates. She killed Niko when he found out what was going on and tried to extort her for a cut of the money]].
* {{Determinator}}: When it came to wanting to stay on the rowing team, Niko was way more driven than Damon was. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, that determination was used against him by Dean Whitlock to kill him using a rigged gun he and Damon were using to play Russian Roulette to figure out who would leave the team]].
* EveryManHasHisPrice: [[spoiler:Dean Whitlock had been taking bribes from rich families, including Damon's, to give seats to their children instead of more deserving students. Niko found out about it and tried squeezing her for money, only for her to murder him in response]].
* FrameUp: [[spoiler:The rowing team concocted a plan to frame local Gulf War veteran Jerry Auchincloss by having Sabrina Cullen pretend to shoot the already dead Niko with a sniper rifle stolen from his house so it would look like Jerry shot him. They chose him because Jerry and the rowers had been enemies for years, ever since the rowers kept disrupting Jerry's fishing traps and stole his hat]].

* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:Dean Whitlock killed Niko after he found out she was taking bribes from wealthy families to let their children enroll instead of more deserving students and tried extorting her for money]].
* OldMoney: Everyone on the rowing team excluding Niko comes from this, as well as other students at the university. Dean Whitlock mentions that Damon's parents even donated two million dollars to the university a while back. [[spoiler:Turns out a lot of the students' parents, including Damon's, bribed Whitlock so their children could get in instead of more eligible candidates. Damon is devastated when he finds out the truth]].

* RussianRoulette: How Niko and Damon decided who would stay on the rowing team after their games of "Put Up or Throw Up" was unable to decide it. The bullet used was actually fake and the gun was rigged so it would never stop on the fourth chamber (the chamber that held the fake bullet). [[spoiler:However, unaware to either of them, the gun was instead rigged so that instead of skipping the fourth chamber, it always ''stopped'' on it, and bullet inside was a real one that killed Niko]]. [[spoiler:The gun was modified by a specialist in Montreal and the payment to do it came from Dean Whitlock's personal bank account]].
* ShellShockedVeteran: Jerry Auchincloss, an ex-Gulf War veteran who was discharged when he developed PTSD after killing a soldier in a single shot to the head in 1991. His PTSD is so bad, that when he confesses to killing Niko, he confuses it for his kill during the Gulf War. He's also been in a feud with the rowing team for years due to them disrupting his fishing traps and stealing his hat. Jerry is rather trigger-happy, but did not kill Niko due to him suffering from Parkinson's Disease that makes his hands too unstable to aim and fire a rifle properly. He’s not charged for shooting at Charlie and Rex, but they manage to get him some help for his PTSD in the form of a veteran's rehab center to help him get back on his medication.
* TeamDad: Coach Reid Armstrong treats the rowing team as if they were his own sons. [[spoiler:After hearing about Niko’s death, he kicked into protection mode and helped them concoct a plan to get them out of trouble with the law by framing Jerry Auchincloss]].

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Turns out Niko was already dead before he was shot. He actually died playing Russian Roulette with Damon and the gun they were using was rigged to kill him. The whole rowing team, along with Coach Reid Armstrong and Adler Cullen’s sister Sabrina, concocted a plan to cover the incident up by making it look like Niko was shot by a sniper, establish everyone's alibi and frame Jerry Auchincloss by using his history with the rowing team and a rifle stolen from his residence]].

* OldMoney: Everyone on the rowing team excluding Niko comes from this, as well as other students at the university. Dean Whitlock mentions that Damon's parents even donated two million dollars to the university a while back. [[spoiler:Turns out a lot of the students' parents, including Damon's, bribed Dean Whitlock so they could get in instead of more eligible candidates. Damon is devastated when he finds out]].

* OldMoney: Everyone on the rowing team excluding Niko comes from this, as well as other students at the university. Damon's parents even donated two million dollars to the university a while back. [[spoiler:Turns out a lot of the students' parents, including Damon's, bribed Dean Whitlock so they could get in instead of more eligible candidates. Damon is devastated when he finds out]].

* TheGamblingAddict: Niko's father Lorenzo was a major one, and because of it he owed a huge debt to the mafia, who eventually put a bullet in his head after he avoided them for so long. Niko was also this before he was involved with rowing, though unlike his late dad he had no mob connections. Niko's mother Greta was so pleased that her son finally found something more constructive and managed to kick his gambling habits before he ended up like his dad. Too bad Niko wound up following his dad to an early grave anyway, albeit under different circumstances.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Jerry Auchincloss, an ex-Gulf War veteran who was discharged when he developed PTSD after killing a soldier in a single shot to the head in 1991. His PTSD is so bad, that when He confesses to killing Niko, he confuses it for his kill during the Gulf War. He's also been in a feud with the rowing team for years due to them disrupting his fishing traps and stealing his hat. Jerry is rather trigger-happy, but did not kill Niko due to him suffering from Parkinson's Disease that makes his hands too unstable to aim and fire a rifle properly. He’s not charged for shooting at Charlie and Rex, but they manage to get him some help for his PTSD in the form of a veteran's rehab center to help him get back on his medication.