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* BrushOffWalkOff: EADA Cutter calls Lt. Van Buren to testify and he asks about her ovarian cancer ''while she is under oath''. Afterwards, she gives him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "I know what you were doing. You were using me, Mr. Cutter. You violated my privacy so that you could win your case!" After the verdict is issued, they cross paths in the hallway, and he tries talking to her, but she snubs him with a [[TranquilFury chilly "Counselor,"]] and walks on.

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* UnwittingTestSubject: Historical instances of these, specifically the infamous [[https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm Tuskegee Syphilis Study]], are brought up by the defense.



* TranquilFury: The episode's final line, from Van Buren to Cutter. They cross paths in the hallway, and he tries talking to her, but she snubs him with a chilly "Counselor," and walks on.

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* TranquilFury: The episode's final line, from Van Buren to Cutter. They cross paths in the hallway, and he tries talking to her, but she snubs him with a chilly "Counselor," and walks on.on.
* UnwittingTestSubject: Historical instances of these, specifically the infamous [[https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm Tuskegee Syphilis Study]], are brought up by the defense.

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Lupo and Bernard investigate the stabbing death of Jerome Turner. In the process of investigation, the truth comes out about a large corporation profiting from cells taken without informed consent or compensation.

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Lupo and Bernard investigate the stabbing death of Jerome Turner. In the process of investigation, the truth comes out about a large corporation profiting from cells taken from a patient decades earlier without informed consent or compensation.
compensation to his dirt-poor family.



* UnwittingTestSubject: Historical instances of these, specifically the infamous [[https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm Tuskegee Syphilis Study]], are brought up by the defense.
* PleaBargain: Cutter and Rubirosa get the defendant to accept a ten-year-sentence for manslaughter one. In exchange, they get HEMA labs to pay ten million to the family of Nathan Robinson, whose cancer cells they have profited from.



* TranquilFury: The episode's final line:. Afterwards, they cross paths in the hallway, and he tries talking to her, but she snubs him with a chilly "Counselor," and walks on.

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* TranquilFury: The episode's final line:. Afterwards, they line, from Van Buren to Cutter. They cross paths in the hallway, and he tries talking to her, but she snubs him with a chilly "Counselor," and walks on.
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Lumpo and Bernard investigate the stabbing death of Jerome Turner. In the process of investigation, the truth comes out about a large corporation profiting from cells taken without informed consent or compensation.

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Lumpo Lupo and Bernard investigate the stabbing death of Jerome Turner. In the process of investigation, the truth comes out about a large corporation profiting from cells taken without informed consent or compensation.

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Lumpo and Bernard investigate the stabbing death of Jerome Turner. In the process of investigation, the truth comes out about a large corporation profiting from cells taken without informed consent or compensation.



* TranquilFury: The episode's final line: Cutter puts Van Buren on the stand and asks questions about her own cancer, in a violation of her privacy. Afterwards, they cross paths in the hallway, and he tries talking to her, but she snubs him with a chilly "Counselor."

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Van Buren to Cutter, after she is called to testify and he asks about her cancer while she is under oath.
-->"I know what you were doing. You were using me, Mr. Cutter. You violated my privacy so that you could win your case! You are no better than HEMA Labs!"
* TranquilFury: The episode's final line: Cutter puts Van Buren on the stand and asks questions about her own cancer, in a violation of her privacy. line:. Afterwards, they cross paths in the hallway, and he tries talking to her, but she snubs him with a chilly "Counselor.""Counselor," and walks on.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on the case of [[https://www.npr.org/2010/12/13/132030076/henrietta-lacks-immortal-cells-live-on-in-labs Henrietta Lacks]]. Before she died of cervical cancer a surgeon took samples of her cells for his research and put them in a Petri dish. They ended up becoming the first immortal human cells ever grown in a laboratory.
* TranquilFury: The episode's final line: Cutter puts Van Buren on the stand and asks questions about her own cancer, in a violation of her privacy. Afterwards, they cross paths in the hallway, and he tries talking to her, but she snubs him with a chilly "Counselor."

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