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1	Crockett attempts to help an ex-girlfriend, Barbara Carrow, with her gambling debts to a loan shark named Mickey. Unfortunately, this just results in the loan shark's boss, Vincent [=DeMarco=], framing him for being a DirtyCop. While dealing with Internal Affairs, his ex is murdered and her husband craves revenge.
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3	Tubbs, meanwhile, tries to figure out a way to get to the loan shark's boss, Lombard.
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6	This episode contains the following tropes:
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8	* AllForNothing: Jerry Carrow shooting Vincent results in Lombard getting away with his crimes.
9	* AssholeVictim: Vincent [=DeMarco=] is killed by Jerry Carrow to avenge his wife.
10	* BewareTheQuietOnes: Martin Castillo speaks very little but his presence is intimidating even to our heroes.
11	* ConsummateProfessional: Martin Castillo proves to be this with a serious, no nonsense attitude that neither favors nor hurts our protagonists.
12	* DaChief: Martin Castillo assumes this role in this episode and for the rest of the series.
13	* DeathGlare: Martin gives one of these to Ben Schroeder of Internal Affairs after he shows he has very little evidence against Crockett.
14	* DirtyCops: Vincent frames Crockett as one of these but it is a very loose frame.
15	* DownerEnding: Lombard says that he will be suffer no serious penalties because he didn't say anything linking him to the murder of Barbara Carrow.
16	* FrameUp:
17	** Vincent attempts to get Crockett arrested for taking bribes.
18	** Tubbs returns the favor by framing Vincent for embezzling from his boss.
19	* InternalAffairs: Makes an appearance in this episode and are shown to be a bunch of incompetents.
20	* TheManBehindTheMan: Lombard is the head of the gambling and loan sharking ring.
21	* NotQuiteTheRightThing: Crockett's attempt to intimidate Vincent just results in him trying a FrameUp as well as killing Barbara as an example.
22	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Says that Ben has to be an idiot for believing the frame up after he comes up with nothing else.
23	* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Martin Castillo makes his first appearance in this episode.
24	* TitleDrop: Ben Schroeder says Crockett is a One Eyed Jack who only shows one side of his face to his fellow cops.
25	* VigilanteMan: Jerry Carrow becomes one of these despite having two children to take care of.

Context Recap / MiamiViceS1E07OneEyedJack