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* StealthHiBye: I'd get used to it, Fusco.
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-->-- ''Reese.''

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-->-- ''Reese.''
'''Reese'''



-->'''Reese:''' Doctor has everything she needs to erase Benton for good.
-->'''Finch:''' What do you mean, "erase"?
-->'''Reese:''' Eight pounds of lye, heated to 300 degrees. Body will dissolve in three hours, give or take.
-->'''Finch:''' I will refrain from asking how you know that.

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-->'''Reese:''' Doctor has everything she needs to erase Benton for good.
-->'''Finch:'''
good.\\
'''Finch:'''
What do you mean, "erase"?
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"erase"?\\
'''Reese:'''
Eight pounds of lye, heated to 300 degrees. Body will dissolve in three hours, give or take.
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take.\\
'''Finch:'''
I will refrain from asking how you know that.
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It\'s \"trauma\", not \"trama\"


* RewatchBonus: A dark one. The woman that Benton is with at the beginning of the episode can be seen later at the Rape Trama Meeting.

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* RewatchBonus: A dark one. The woman that Benton is with at the beginning of the episode can be seen later at the Rape Trama Trauma Meeting.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Reese takes out three cartel hitters [[WithMyHandsTied with his hands tied]], Fusco looks on in slack-jawed amazement.

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* EvilToFightEvil

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* EvilToFightEvilEvilVersusEvil: Reese ponders the possibility that he may never change, but that's all to the good as he can be used to kill people like Benton, who won't change either.

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* {{BVlackmail}}:

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* {{BVlackmail}}: {{Blackmail}}: Reese takes photographs of Carter's precinct captain picking up a prostitute, so he can get Fusco transferred to watch Carter.


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* [[YouDoNotWantToKnow I Don't Want To Know]]:

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* [[YouDoNotWantToKnow I Don't Want To Know]]:Know]] / DisposingOfABody:
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* ItsALongStory: Finch's response to how he got his spinal injuries. [[MysteriousPast He's not kidding.]]
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* RewatchBonus: A dark one. The girl that Tillman is with at the beginning of the episode can be seen later at the Rape Trama Meeting.

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* RewatchBonus: A dark one. The girl woman that Tillman Benton is with at the beginning of the episode can be seen later at the Rape Trama Meeting.
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* [[YouDoNotWantToKnow I Don't Want To Know]]:
-->'''Reese:''' Doctor has everything she needs to erase Benton for good.
-->'''Finch:''' What do you mean, "erase"?
-->'''Reese:''' Eight pounds of lye, heated to 300 degrees. Body will dissolve in three hours, give or take.
-->'''Finch:''' I will refrain from asking how you know that.

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* ActorAllusion: The title is Latin for "heal thyself", which is an allusion to the [[Literature/TheFourGospels Gospel of Luke]]. As we all know, Creator/JimCaviezel played Jesus in Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist.



* NaughtyByNight: Averted; Tillman's nighttime social life is actually a cover so she can zero in on Benton.

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* NaughtyByNight: Averted; Subverted; Tillman's nighttime social life is actually a cover so she can zero in on Benton.
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* RewatchBonus: A dark one. The girl that Tillman is with at the beginning of the episode can be seen later at the Rape Trama Meeting.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[FreaksAndGeeks Linda]] [[Film/ScoobyDoo Cardellini]] as Dr. Tillman.

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* NightmareFuel: Andrew Benton is a serial sexual predator whose victims are too afraid to expose him, and at least one of them has committed suicide as a result. It becomes even more horrifying when you realize that the woman at the support group who gives a detailed account of being raped by an unnamed co-worker [[http://croik.tumblr.com/post/31561865270/watching-cura-te-ipsum-again-and-i-feel-like-the is one of his victims]].
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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Averted. Reese's response to Fusco giving him up to the cartel is to mildly order him never to do it again.

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* AmbiguousSituation: The episode ends with Reese debating whether to let Benton go and trust his conscience to punish him, or to simply kill Benton himself.

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* AmbiguousSituation: AmbiguousSituation / NoEnding: The episode ends with Reese debating whether to let Benton go and trust his conscience to punish him, or to simply kill Benton himself.



* NoEnding
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* LeadingADoubleLife: Averted; Tillman's nighttime social life is actually a cover so she can zero in on Benton.

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* LeadingADoubleLife: NaughtyByNight: Averted; Tillman's nighttime social life is actually a cover so she can zero in on Benton.
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* LeadingADoubleLife: Averted; Tillman's nighttime social life is actually a cover so she can zero in on Benton.

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* CurbStompBattle: Reese's first encounter with the cartel thugs is this. It was nothing personal though; he just needed to steal some of their drugs, and it ''was'' for a good cause.

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* CurbStompBattle: Reese's first encounter with the cartel thugs is this. It was nothing personal though; he just He needed to steal some of their drugs, and it ''was'' was for a good cause.cause.
* DateRape: Andrew Benton's MO.
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-->-- ''Reese.''
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-> ''"Everybody needs someone to talk to."''

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* CurbStompBattle: Reese's first encounter with the cartel thugs is this. It was nothing personal though; he just needed to steal some of their drugs, and it ''was'' for a good cause.




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* WithMyHandsTied: Near the end, Reese proves yet again just how much of a {{badass}} he really is when he takes down the cartel thugs with his hands cuffed.
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* AmbiguousSituation: The episode ends with Reese deciding whether to let Benton go and trust his conscience to punish him, or to simply kill Benton himself.

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* AmbiguousSituation: The episode ends with Reese deciding debating whether to let Benton go and trust his conscience to punish him, or to simply kill Benton himself.

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* NightmareFuel: Andrew Benton is a serial sexual predator whose victims are too afraid to expose him, and at least one of them has committed suicide as a result. It becomes even more horrifying when you realize that the woman at the support group who gives a detailed account of being raped by an unnamed co-worker [[http://croik.tumblr.com/post/31561865270/watching-cura-te-ipsum-again-and-i-feel-like-the is one of his victims]].




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* PercussivePickpocket: How Reese gets Benton's wallet.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: This is Reese's advice to Tillman, to try and convince her not to murder Benton. He's speaking from experience.
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Reese tries this on Benton, but he's got good lawyers.

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* AmbiguousSituation: The episode ends with Reese deciding whether to let Benton go and trust his conscience to punish him, or to simply kill Benton himself.



* NoEnding: The episode ends with Reese deciding whether to let Benton go and trust his conscience to punish him, or to simply kill Benton himself.

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* NoEnding: The episode ends with Reese deciding whether to let Benton go and trust his conscience to punish him, or to simply kill Benton himself.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/FreaksAndGeeks Linda]] [[Film/ScoobyDoo Cardellini]] as Dr. Tillman.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/FreaksAndGeeks [[FreaksAndGeeks Linda]] [[Film/ScoobyDoo Cardellini]] as Dr. Tillman.
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!!Tropes present in this episode include
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/FreaksAndGeeks Linda]] [[Film/ScoobyDoo Cardellini]] as Dr. Tillman.
* NoEnding: The episode ends with Reese deciding whether to let Benton go and trust his conscience to punish him, or to simply kill Benton himself.
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'''Season 1, Episode 4''':
!Cura Te Ipsum

The latest person of interest is Megan Tillman, an emergency room doctor by day and bar-hopper by night. At first, Reese and Finch think that Megan is being targeted by a serial sex offender named Benton, but they soon discover that Megan is the one stalking Benton, planning to kill him as revenge for when Benton drugged and raped Megan's sister, who later committed suicide.

Meanwhile, Detective Carter investigates the [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E03 police lock-up robbery]] and visits one of the hostages, "Harold Burdett", an alias of Finch. He manages to throw Carter off the scent, but is convinced that it's only a matter of time before she catches up to them. In response, Reese pulls some strings to get Fusco transferred to the homicide task force, to the desk across from Carter, in order to keep an eye on her.

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