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Recap / Cold Case S 4 E 5 Saving Sammy

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Directed by Paris Barclay

Written by Tyler Bensinger

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  • Bittersweet Ending: Doug is arrested for killing Brent's parents, over the tragic motive that he didn't want Ruby to move away. However, not only is the school administrator who started this all arrested, Brent can now live with Ruby.
  • Good with Numbers: Brent is in an advanced math class even though he’s in 9th grade. In fact, his autism gives him the ability to remember the exact mileage in the car when his parents were shot, down to the very last digit.
  • Love Makes You Evil: Doug was so attached to Ruby, he called her “his air”, and insisted he couldn’t live without her, which is why he killed her parents to stop them from moving and taking her away.
  • Mistaken for Murderer: Ruby spent years thinking that her parents were killed by her own brother, and hid that secret from everyone.
  • "Shaggy Dog" Story:
    • Ruby and Brent's parents, in their desperate attempt to afford the cost of sending their son to the special-needs school, burned down their own business hoping to collect insurance money for the damage, but the insurance company rejected the claim, so they ended up destroying their own business All for Nothing. This led to them resorting to decide to move to Vermont.
    • Doug was upset when he fount out Ruby's parents were planning to move to Vermont so Brent could go to a special school. Doug didn’t want to lose Ruby, so he shot her parents so she would stay put. Ruby ended up breaking things off with him anyway, unable to continue a relationship in the wake of her parents’ murder. Any chance of reconciling ends for good when she finds out Doug is the killer.
  • Suspicious Spending: The school administrator comes under police scrutiny when the investigation into the case discovers that he lives in a house that's worth $200,000 on his $80,000 salary.

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