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* RedHerring: There is great deal of intrigue involved with Jarvis' business partner, who obtained Jarvis firm after his death in suspicious circumstances, who quarreled with him the day he died about money then lied about it to the police, and whose granddaughter continues a lie about him being given the firm personally by Jarvis before his death when he actually used that to take the company from Jarvis' family. This turns out to all be misdirection, save for Jarvis' dwindling economic situation being the cause for his suicide.
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* AdultFear: Much of the plot revolves around the failure of the firm Mr. Jarvis' firm (where Sam worked) and the men's fear for their families' welfare. The Wilsons already had cash problems when Sam got the bad news, and Mr. Jarvis offered Sam his remaining cash to help him fake his murder to provide for his family.
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* NotSoDifferent: When Rod, the Wilsons' son, begins talking about pressing charges, Sam answers that he doesn't want to. Sidney was only protecting his mother, just as Rod became a policeman to clear him.
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* AdultFear: Much of the plot revolves around the failure of the firm Mr. Jarvis' firm (where Sam worked) and the men's fear for their families' welfare. The Wilsons already had cash problems when Sam got the bad news, and Mr. Jarvis offered Sam his remaining cash to help him fake his murder to provide for his family.
* BittersweetEnding: Mrs. Jarvis and Sidney still lost their husband/father and Mr. Wilson still lost thirty years of his life. However, Mr. Wilson just feels happy to be vindicated and has had his spirit restored to live the rest of his life to the fullest. He also decides to forgive the Jarvises and forgo pressing charges.
* BittersweetEnding: Mrs. Jarvis and Sidney still lost their husband/father and Mr. Wilson still lost thirty years of his life. However, Mr. Wilson just feels happy to be vindicated and has had his spirit restored to live the rest of his life to the fullest. He also decides to forgive the Jarvises and forgo pressing charges.
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* AdultFear: Much of the plot revolves around the failure of the firm Mr. Jarvis' firm (where Sam worked) and the men's fear for their families' welfare. The Wilsons already had cash problems when Sam got the bad news, and Mr. Jarvis offered Sam his remaining cash to help him fake his murder to provide for his
* BittersweetEnding: Mrs. Jarvis and Sidney still lost their husband/father and Mr. Wilson still lost thirty years of his life. However, Mr. Wilson just feels happy to be vindicated and has had his spirit restored to live the rest of his life to the fullest. He also decides to forgive the Jarvises and forgo pressing charges.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Jessica spends a lot of time trying to figure out who might have killed Mr. Jarvis. However, near the end, she realizes she's been looking at the case as though suicide and murder were the only possibilities. She failed to consider the possibility of accidental death, which it turns out was what really happened.
* TakingTheHeat: When Jessica confronts Sidney Jarvis with evidence that he could only have known where Sam Wilson disposed of the gun if he had been following him, Sidney confesses to murdering his father. However, Jessica doesn't believe him -- she's reasoned out that he's taking the fall for his aging mother. Sidney explains that she didn't kill him either; the death was an accident. However, he didn't think the police would believe it.
* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Even though Mr. Jarvis offered him his remaining $10,000 to help him dress up his suicide as a murder, Sam did his best to talk his employer down. When Mr. Jarvis called him to say he would kill himself that evening, Sam drove over to the house specifically to prevent him from doing it.
* TakingTheHeat: When Jessica confronts Sidney Jarvis with evidence that he could only have known where Sam Wilson disposed of the gun if he had been following him, Sidney confesses to murdering his father. However, Jessica doesn't believe him -- she's reasoned out that he's taking the fall for his aging mother. Sidney explains that she didn't kill him either; the death was an accident. However, he didn't think the police would believe it.
* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Even though Mr. Jarvis offered him his remaining $10,000 to help him dress up his suicide as a murder, Sam did his best to talk his employer down. When Mr. Jarvis called him to say he would kill himself that evening, Sam drove over to the house specifically to prevent him from doing it.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Jessica spends a lot of time trying to figure out who might have killed Mr. Jarvis. However, near the end, she realizes she's been looking at the case as though suicide and murder were the only possibilities. She failed to consider the possibility of accidental death, which it turns out was what really happened.
* TakingTheHeat: When Jessica confronts Sidney Jarvis with evidence that he could only have known where Sam Wilson disposed of the gun if he had been following him, Sidney confesses to murdering his father. However, Jessica doesn't believe him -- she's reasoned out that he's taking the fall for his aging mother. Sidney explains that she didn't kill him either; the death was an accident. However, he didn't think the police would believe it.
* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Even though Mr. Jarvis offered him his remaining $10,000 to help him dress up his suicide as a murder, Sam did his best to talk his employer down. When Mr. Jarvis called him to say he would kill himself that evening, Sam drove over to the house specifically to prevent him from doing it.
* TakingTheHeat: When Jessica confronts Sidney Jarvis with evidence that he could only have known where Sam Wilson disposed of the gun if he had been following him, Sidney confesses to murdering his father. However, Jessica doesn't believe him -- she's reasoned out that he's taking the fall for his aging mother. Sidney explains that she didn't kill him either; the death was an accident. However, he didn't think the police would believe it.
* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Even though Mr. Jarvis offered him his remaining $10,000 to help him dress up his suicide as a murder, Sam did his best to talk his employer down. When Mr. Jarvis called him to say he would kill himself that evening, Sam drove over to the house specifically to prevent him from doing it.
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* CurseCutShort: When Thelma Vantay was showing Jessica her photo album with her husband's picture, she was about to describe him as a "Son of a B--" but Jessica interrupted her.
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* StealthSequel: The episode is actually a sequel to an obscure film noir film called ''Strange Bargain''. The protagonist in the movie was released from prison, having served a sentence for a murder he was framed for, and in this episode Jessica tries to prove who the real killer was in order to give the man peace of mind.
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* StealthSequel: The episode is actually a sequel to an obscure film noir film called ''Strange Bargain''. The protagonist in In the movie film, the police immediately found evidence that Sam was released from prison, having served a sentence for a murder innocent, but kept him thinking he was framed for, and in a suspect so that he'd lead them to the truth, which he himself did not know. Sam himself assumed Jarvis had gone ahead with his suicide plan but Mrs. Jarvis revealed herself to have killed her husband when it seemed he wouldn't go through with it. In this episode Sam was framed, convicted and sentenced; Jessica tries to prove who the real killer was in order to give after Sam is released. The principal actors from the man peace of mind.film reprise their roles in the episode.
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While in town for a TV interview about her sleuthing exploits, Jessica receives a visit from one of the hotel staff, Mrs. Gloria Wilson. She asks Jessica to re-investigate an old murder case that robbed her husband Sam of thirty years of life and his peace of mind. Eventually, Jessica takes the case and begins to probe into the strange death of Sam's old employer Mr. Jarvis. However, the truth may turn out more complicated and more painful than Jessica anticipated.
* AdultFear: Much of the plot revolves around the failure of the firm Mr. Jarvis' firm (where Sam worked) and the men's fear for their families' welfare. The Wilsons already had cash problems when Sam got the bad news, and Mr. Jarvis offered Sam his remaining cash to help him fake his murder to provide for his family.
* BittersweetEnding: Mrs. Jarvis and Sidney still lost their husband/father and Mr. Wilson still lost thirty years of his life. However, Mr. Wilson just feels happy to be vindicated and has had his spirit restored to live the rest of his life to the fullest. He also decides to forgive the Jarvises and forgo pressing charges.
* DrivenToSuicide: Mr. Jarvis decided to kill himself to give his family financial security. However, he knew his life insurance policy wouldn't pay his family if his death were declared suicide, so he asked Sam to mess up the library and remove the gun after the fact so that it would look like a burglar had murdered him.
* {{Forgiveness}}: Mrs. Wilson doesn't seem to believe it possible that her husband could forgive Sidney for letting him go to prison and stealing thirty years of his life, and she tells Sidney so. However, Mr. Wilson just seems relieved to have matters sorted out. He says he has no interest in pressing charges, as Mrs. Jarvis has suffered enough already and Sidney only stayed silent to protect his mother. [[LetOffByTheDetective Jessica seems to feel the same way.]]
* GetOut: Mrs. Davis screams at Jessica to leave her office when she begins asking questions about whether her grandfather, who had taken over Jarvis' firm, could have murdered him.
* GunStruggle: Mrs. Jarvis came back for an item she had left behind and caught her husband about to shoot himself. She tried to take the gun away from him and it went off by accident as they struggled.
* BittersweetEnding: Mrs. Jarvis and Sidney still lost their husband/father and Mr. Wilson still lost thirty years of his life. However, Mr. Wilson just feels happy to be vindicated and has had his spirit restored to live the rest of his life to the fullest. He also decides to forgive the Jarvises and forgo pressing charges.
* DrivenToSuicide: Mr. Jarvis decided to kill himself to give his family financial security. However, he knew his life insurance policy wouldn't pay his family if his death were declared suicide, so he asked Sam to mess up the library and remove the gun after the fact so that it would look like a burglar had murdered him.
* {{Forgiveness}}: Mrs. Wilson doesn't seem to believe it possible that her husband could forgive Sidney for letting him go to prison and stealing thirty years of his life, and she tells Sidney so. However, Mr. Wilson just seems relieved to have matters sorted out. He says he has no interest in pressing charges, as Mrs. Jarvis has suffered enough already and Sidney only stayed silent to protect his mother. [[LetOffByTheDetective Jessica seems to feel the same way.]]
* GetOut: Mrs. Davis screams at Jessica to leave her office when she begins asking questions about whether her grandfather, who had taken over Jarvis' firm, could have murdered him.
* GunStruggle: Mrs. Jarvis came back for an item she had left behind and caught her husband about to shoot himself. She tried to take the gun away from him and it went off by accident as they struggled.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Jessica spends a lot of time trying to figure out who might have killed Mr. Garver. However, near the end, she realizes she's been looking at the case as though suicide and murder were the only possibilities. She failed to consider the possibility of accidental death, which it turns out was what really happened.
* StealthSequel: The episode is actually a sequel to an obscure film noir film called ''Strange Bargain''. The protagonist in the movie was released from prison, having served a sentence for a murder he was framed for, and in this episode Jessica tries to prove who the real killer was in order to give the man peace of mind.
* StealthSequel: The episode is actually a sequel to an obscure film noir film called ''Strange Bargain''. The protagonist in the movie was released from prison, having served a sentence for a murder he was framed for, and in this episode Jessica tries to prove who the real killer was in order to give the man peace of mind.
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* InheritanceMurder: Played with; Jessica investigates Mr. Jarvis' family, who received a quarter of a million dollars in a life insurance policy payout after he died. However, it turns out both of them are innocent.
* NotSoDifferent: When Rod, the Wilsons' son, begins talking about pressing charges, Sam answers that he doesn't want to. Sidney was only protecting his mother, just as Rod became a policeman to clear him.
* TakeAThirdOption: Jessica spends a lot of time trying to figure out who might have killed Mr.Garver.Jarvis. However, near the end, she realizes she's been looking at the case as though suicide and murder were the only possibilities. She failed to consider the possibility of accidental death, which it turns out was what really happened.
* TakingTheHeat: When Jessica confronts Sidney Jarvis with evidence that he could only have known where Sam Wilson disposed of the gun if he had been following him, Sidney confesses to murdering his father. However, Jessica doesn't believe him -- she's reasoned out that he's taking the fall for his aging mother. Sidney explains that she didn't kill him either; the death was an accident. However, he didn't think the police would believe it.
* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Even though Mr. Jarvis offered him his remaining $10,000 to help him dress up his suicide as a murder, Sam did his best to talk his employer down. When Mr. Jarvis called him to say he would kill himself that evening, Sam drove over to the house specifically to prevent him from doing it.
* StealthSequel: The episode is actually a sequel to an obscure film noir film called ''Strange Bargain''. The protagonist in the movie was released from prison, having served a sentence for a murder he was framed for, and in this episode Jessica tries to prove who the real killer was in order to give the man peace ofmind.mind.
* WrongAssumption: Jessica assumes for some time that whoever shot at her in her hotel room also killed Mr. Jarvis and fired the shot to warn her. Actually, it was intended to make her think that. The shooter was really trying to mislead her into believing Jarvis' killer had to be capable currently of climbing a balcony.
* NotSoDifferent: When Rod, the Wilsons' son, begins talking about pressing charges, Sam answers that he doesn't want to. Sidney was only protecting his mother, just as Rod became a policeman to clear him.
* TakeAThirdOption: Jessica spends a lot of time trying to figure out who might have killed Mr.
* TakingTheHeat: When Jessica confronts Sidney Jarvis with evidence that he could only have known where Sam Wilson disposed of the gun if he had been following him, Sidney confesses to murdering his father. However, Jessica doesn't believe him -- she's reasoned out that he's taking the fall for his aging mother. Sidney explains that she didn't kill him either; the death was an accident. However, he didn't think the police would believe it.
* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Even though Mr. Jarvis offered him his remaining $10,000 to help him dress up his suicide as a murder, Sam did his best to talk his employer down. When Mr. Jarvis called him to say he would kill himself that evening, Sam drove over to the house specifically to prevent him from doing it.
* StealthSequel: The episode is actually a sequel to an obscure film noir film called ''Strange Bargain''. The protagonist in the movie was released from prison, having served a sentence for a murder he was framed for, and in this episode Jessica tries to prove who the real killer was in order to give the man peace of
* WrongAssumption: Jessica assumes for some time that whoever shot at her in her hotel room also killed Mr. Jarvis and fired the shot to warn her. Actually, it was intended to make her think that. The shooter was really trying to mislead her into believing Jarvis' killer had to be capable currently of climbing a balcony.
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!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* HeroicBSOD: Mrs. Wilson comes to Jessica because her husband, understandably, hasn't been recovering well since his release from prison. According to her, he spends a lot of time in his armchair as though waiting to die.
* TakeAThirdOption: Jessica spends a lot of time trying to figure out who might have killed Mr. Garver. However, near the end, she realizes she's been looking at the case as though suicide and murder were the only possibilities. She failed to consider the possibility of accidental death, which it turns out was what really happened.
* StealthSequel: The episode is actually a sequel to an obscure film noir film called ''Strange Bargain''. The protagonist in the movie was released from prison, having served a sentence for a murder he was framed for, and in this episode Jessica tries to prove who the real killer was in order to give the man peace of mind.
* HeroicBSOD: Mrs. Wilson comes to Jessica because her husband, understandably, hasn't been recovering well since his release from prison. According to her, he spends a lot of time in his armchair as though waiting to die.
* TakeAThirdOption: Jessica spends a lot of time trying to figure out who might have killed Mr. Garver. However, near the end, she realizes she's been looking at the case as though suicide and murder were the only possibilities. She failed to consider the possibility of accidental death, which it turns out was what really happened.
* StealthSequel: The episode is actually a sequel to an obscure film noir film called ''Strange Bargain''. The protagonist in the movie was released from prison, having served a sentence for a murder he was framed for, and in this episode Jessica tries to prove who the real killer was in order to give the man peace of mind.
