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* {{Cliffhanger}}: After having several episodes related to the upcoming DA elections, this episode--as the season finale--ends 7 hours before they start.
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* BondageIsBad: During his conversation with Cutter, Shalvoy says he is not one of those "S&M freaks". Cutter reminds him that there is overlap between the sex workers he visits and the ones who service clients into S&M, and they are likely to be chatty about his activities.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on former governor Ron Blagojevich.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on former governor Ron Blagojevich.Blagojevich.
* VillainousBreakdown: Rita Shalvoy has one when her husband manages to bypass spousal privilege to tell the [=DAs=] about how he saw her retrieve a diamond necklace she used as payment. She goes into a rant about having to share a bed with him and his prostitutes.
* VillainousBreakdown: Rita Shalvoy has one when her husband manages to bypass spousal privilege to tell the [=DAs=] about how he saw her retrieve a diamond necklace she used as payment. She goes into a rant about having to share a bed with him and his prostitutes.
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In the prior season episode "Excalibur", the Shalvoys managed to worm their way out of a scandal. This time, when they try to stonewall the investigation, [=McCoy=] gets the governor to provide information that will convict his wife in return for getting his indictment dropped, and Cutter bluffs Shalvoy into resigning.
* RefugeInAudacity: Cutter gets Shalvoy to resign by saying he found Shalvoy kept seeing prostitutes even after the original investigation and offers to keep that information quiet if Shalvoy resigns. Which he does. As for the list of prostitutes Shalvoy visited, it was a blank paper.
* RefugeInAudacity: Cutter gets Shalvoy to resign by saying he found Shalvoy kept seeing prostitutes even after the original investigation and offers to keep that information quiet if Shalvoy resigns. Which he does. As for the list of prostitutes Shalvoy visited, it was a blank paper.
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In the prior season episode "Excalibur", "[[Recap/LawAndOrderS18E18Excalibur Excalibur]]", the Shalvoys managed to worm their way out of a scandal. This time, when they try to stonewall the investigation, [=McCoy=] gets the governor to provide information that will convict his wife in return for getting his indictment dropped, and Cutter bluffs Shalvoy into resigning.
* RefugeInAudacity: Cutter gets Shalvoy to resign by saying he found Shalvoy kept seeing prostitutes even after the original investigation and offers to keep that information quiet if Shalvoy resigns. Which he does. As for the list of prostitutes Shalvoy visited, it was just a blank paper.
* RefugeInAudacity: Cutter gets Shalvoy to resign by saying he found Shalvoy kept seeing prostitutes even after the original investigation and offers to keep that information quiet if Shalvoy resigns. Which he does. As for the list of prostitutes Shalvoy visited, it was just a blank paper.
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The detectives investigate the murder of an executive of a prominent charity who was into S&M. The clues lead them to Gov. Shalvoy and his wife Rita. She is accused of setting the murder plot in motion to help sell a Senate seat her husband was ready to give out. Having been stonewalled already by Shalvoy, [=McCoy=] are determined to make any charges stick.
!!Tropes in this episode
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In the prior season episode "Excalibur", the Shalvoys managed to worm their way out of a scandal. This time, when they try to stonewall the investigation, [=McCoy=] gets the governor to provide information that will convict his wife in return for getting his indictment dropped, and Cutter bluffs Shalvoy into resigning.
* RefugeInAudacity: Cutter gets Shalvoy to resign by saying he found Shalvoy kept seeing prostitutes even after the original investigation and offers to keep that information quiet if Shalvoy resigns. Which he does. As for the list of prostitutes Shalvoy visited, it was a blank paper.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on former governor Ron Blagojevich.
!!Tropes in this episode
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In the prior season episode "Excalibur", the Shalvoys managed to worm their way out of a scandal. This time, when they try to stonewall the investigation, [=McCoy=] gets the governor to provide information that will convict his wife in return for getting his indictment dropped, and Cutter bluffs Shalvoy into resigning.
* RefugeInAudacity: Cutter gets Shalvoy to resign by saying he found Shalvoy kept seeing prostitutes even after the original investigation and offers to keep that information quiet if Shalvoy resigns. Which he does. As for the list of prostitutes Shalvoy visited, it was a blank paper.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on former governor Ron Blagojevich.
