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Not to be confused with the season 2 episode of the same name.

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Not to be confused with the [[Recap/LawAndOrderS2E13Severance season 2 episode of the same name.name]].



* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Nolan is warned by Jack and Samantha that Colin's defense is rock solid, and that he should just offer Colin a plea deal rather than let the defense take the CIA to trial. He dismisses both of them though, Jack by claiming he's too focused on politics, Samantha by stating Havana Syndrome is not an excuse for murder, and both by telling them he has a rock solid case against him. His actions at trial however only end up ''reinforcing'' the defenses case, causing Colin to be acquitted by reason of Mental Instability.
* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: When asked if electro waves could cause someone to commit murder, the medical expert says, "I'm a neurologist, not a CIA operative." The perp in question was probably exposed to something along those lines while stationed in Cuba for the State Department.

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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Nolan is warned by Jack and Samantha that Colin's defense is rock solid, and that he should just offer Colin a plea deal rather than let the defense take the CIA to trial. He dismisses both of them though, Jack by claiming he's too focused on politics, Samantha by stating Havana Syndrome is not an excuse for murder, and both by telling them he has a rock solid case against him. His actions at trial however trial, however, only end up ''reinforcing'' the defenses defense's case, causing Colin to be acquitted by reason of Mental Instability.
* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: When asked if electro waves electro-waves could cause someone to commit murder, the medical expert says, "I'm a neurologist, not a CIA operative." The perp in question was probably exposed to something along those lines while stationed in Cuba for the State Department.



-->'''Nolan:''' I still think he's lying.
-->'''Jack:''' My old boss, he used to say: "Lawyers who need to be right, lose more cases than those that don't."

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-->'''Nolan:''' I still think he's lying.
-->'''Jack:'''
lying.\\
'''Jack:'''
My old boss, he used to say: "Lawyers who need to be right, lose more cases than those that don't."
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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Nolan is warned by Jack and Samantha that Colin's defense is rock solid, and that he should just offer Colin a plea deal rather than let the defense take the CIA to trial. He dismisses both of them though, Jack by claiming he's too focused on politics, Samantha by stating Havana Syndrome is not an excuse for murder, and both by telling them he has a rock solid case against him. His actions at trial however only end up ''reinforcing'' the defenses case, causing Colin to be acquitted by reason of Mental Instability.



* PatchedTogetherFromTheHeadlines: An eventually cleared suspect complains about apparent forced diversity quotas. It also touches on toxic workplaces. The focus then shifts to the Havana syndrome phenomenon of 2016.

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* PatchedTogetherFromTheHeadlines: An eventually cleared suspect complains about apparent forced diversity quotas. It also touches on toxic workplaces. The focus then shifts to the Havana syndrome phenomenon of 2016.2016.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: A brief, but poignant, one to Nolan by Jack. After Nolan loses the case, rather than accept that he lost, he tries telling Jack that he still thinks Colin was lying as Jack tries to walk out the door. So Jack tells him something ''his'' old boss used to say before leaving, while Nolan can only stand there.
-->'''Nolan:''' I still think he's lying.
-->'''Jack:''' My old boss, he used to say: "Lawyers who need to be right, lose more cases than those that don't."
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Go back and watch the episode again. He responded with surprise and a flusterd "I'm gay" when the dectives mentioned him having a wife. The coworker only thought the victim was sleeping with a married man. That does not count as a breaking old trends.


* TheBeard: The (unseen) Mrs. Fletcher. This comes out when there's an accusation of infidelity. Mr. Fletcher is gay.
* BreakingOldTrends: Nolan's first loss.
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Bernard and Cosgrove must follow multiple leads when the chief financial officer of a Fortune 500 company is found strangled in her apartment. [=McCoy=] and Price have a conflict that could jeopardize the case.

Not to be confused with the season 2 episode of the same name.
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* BadLiar: Mr. Fletcher is a reporter who claims to not have known Alexis, until Cosgrove tells him she's dead.
* TheBeard: The (unseen) Mrs. Fletcher. This comes out when there's an accusation of infidelity. Mr. Fletcher is gay.
* BreakingOldTrends: Nolan's first loss.
* Fiction500: Questarc is run by Ethan Merritt, whose CFO was Alexis Murphy.
* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: When asked if electro waves could cause someone to commit murder, the medical expert says, "I'm a neurologist, not a CIA operative." The perp in question was probably exposed to something along those lines while stationed in Cuba for the State Department.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Ethan Merritt is modeled after Elon Musk, with the business ventures in electric vehicles, all the way down to the initials.
* PatchedTogetherFromTheHeadlines: An eventually cleared suspect complains about apparent forced diversity quotas. It also touches on toxic workplaces. The focus then shifts to the Havana syndrome phenomenon of 2016.

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