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* DirtyCop: There's a question whether Arthur Lawson is one of these. [[spoiler: He's not.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Arthur Lawson kills himself while being debriefed by his fellow FBI agents.]]

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* DirtyCop: There's a question whether Arthur Lawson is one of these. [[spoiler: He's not.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Arthur Lawson kills himself while being debriefed by his fellow FBI agents.]]



* PayEvilUntoEvil: Arthur Lawson [[spoiler: outright executes Kovics with a submachine gun despite the fact he wasn't resisting arrest.]]

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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Arthur Lawson [[spoiler: outright executes Kovics with a submachine gun despite the fact he wasn't resisting arrest.]]
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Sonny and Tubbs investigate a sleazy porn ring where a young actress, Penny [=McGraw=], is being plied with cocaine in order to make her more pliable. Later, she's found dead after an apparent overdose that is actually an attempt to keep her from testifying against her bosses. Along the way, they befriend a undercover and fanatical FBI agent, Arthur Lawson. One who may have gone over to the other side.

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Sonny Crockett and Tubbs investigate a sleazy porn ring where a young actress, Penny [=McGraw=], is being plied with cocaine in order to make her more pliable. Later, she's found dead after an apparent overdose that is actually an attempt to keep her from testifying against her bosses. Along the way, they befriend a undercover and fanatical FBI agent, Arthur Lawson. One who may have gone over to the other side.



* PedoHunt: Sonny and Tubbs are investigating a porn studio using teenage actresses and getting them hooked on drugs.

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* PedoHunt: Sonny Crockett and Tubbs are investigating a porn studio using teenage actresses and getting them hooked on drugs.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Arthur Lawson kills himself while being debriefed by his fellow FBI agents.]]


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* KnightTemplar: Arthur Lawson has become willing to do anything in order to bring down Kovics.


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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Arthur Lawson [[spoiler: outright executes Kovics with a submachine gun despite the fact he wasn't resisting arrest.]]


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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: ''Statutory'' rape in this case as Kovics openly brags about using a fifteen year old girl in his film (and her mother).

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Sonny and Tubbs investigate a sleazy porn ring where a young actress, Penny [=McGraw=], is being plied with cocaine in order to make her more pliable. Along the way, they befriend a undercover and fanatical FBI agent, Arthur Lawson. One who may have gone over to the other side.

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Sonny and Tubbs investigate a sleazy porn ring where a young actress, Penny [=McGraw=], is being plied with cocaine in order to make her more pliable. Later, she's found dead after an apparent overdose that is actually an attempt to keep her from testifying against her bosses. Along the way, they befriend a undercover and fanatical FBI agent, Arthur Lawson. One who may have gone over to the other side.


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* DirtyCop: There's a question whether Arthur Lawson is one of these. [[spoiler: He's not.]]


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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Penny was (probably) killed by Kovics via overdose because she was too easy to roll.


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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Penny dies of a suspicious overdose.
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* NaiveNewcomer: Penny is sweet girl from Nebraska uncomfortable with the idea of sex on camera.

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* NaiveNewcomer: Penny is sweet girl from Nebraska Kansas uncomfortable with the idea of sex on camera.
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* ShoutOut: Penny is compared to Linda Lovelace.

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Sonny and Tubbs investigate a sleazy porn ring where a young actress, Penny McGraw, is being plied with cocaine in order to make her more pliable. Along the way, they befriend a undercover and fanatical FBI agent, Arthur Lawson. One who may have gone over to the other side.

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Sonny and Tubbs investigate a sleazy porn ring where a young actress, Penny McGraw, [=McGraw=], is being plied with cocaine in order to make her more pliable. Along the way, they befriend a undercover and fanatical FBI agent, Arthur Lawson. One who may have gone over to the other side.



* FanDisservice:
** Penny's extensive aerobics scene becomes this when you find out she is (in-universe) underage.
** The sexy opening to the episode becomes far less so when it is turned into a simulated rape and revealed to be a porn shoot.



* NewMediaIsEvil: The porn studio of Sam Kovacs is a nasty place that plies underage actresses with drugs.

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* NewMediaIsEvil: MaleGaze: The opening of the episode is an extensive aerobics scene by Penny.
* NaiveNewcomer: Penny is sweet girl from Nebraska uncomfortable with the idea of sex on camera.
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The porn studio of Sam Kovacs is a nasty place that plies underage actresses with drugs.




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* Totally18: The studio insists all of their actresses are eighteen.
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Sonny and Tubbs investigate a sleazy porn ring where a young actress, Penny McGraw, is being plied with cocaine in order to make her more pliable. Along the way, they befriend a undercover and fanatical FBI agent, Arthur Lawson. One who may have gone over to the other side.

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* BigBad: Sam Kovics is the head of a sleazy porn studio.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Sam Kovics is the producer and distributor of the pornography ring while Jimmy Conway is his director.
* NewMediaIsEvil: The porn studio of Sam Kovacs is a nasty place that plies underage actresses with drugs.
* PedoHunt: Sonny and Tubbs are investigating a porn studio using teenage actresses and getting them hooked on drugs.

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