Directed by Jean De Segonzac
Written by Tom Fontana
Tropes for the episode:
- Black Comedy: Groves's attempt to sneak into the morgue so that he can look at a body are Played for Laughs.
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Ryan sets Keane up to be killed.
- Dirty Cop Mike Healy is a Jerkass correctional officer and helps Ryan set Keane up to be killed.
- Elder Abuse: Alvarez is in prison for attacking a 75-year-old man who scratched his car.
- Good Is Boring: What Kenny decides after hanging out with the Muslims.
- Good Is Not Nice: McManus vindictively has Billie moved out of Em City to punish Keane for refusing to co-operate with him.
- Heel–Face Turn: Keane completes his transition from cold-blooded killer into a devout Muslim.
- Kick the Dog: Schillinger makes Beecher lick his boots just because Beecher said there was a good chance Jesus might have been black.
- Never My Fault: Devlin criticises McManus and Glynn for the way they run the prison, but, as McManus points out, a lot of the tension was caused by Devlin trying to take the prisoner's rights away by banning smoking and conjugal visits.
- Nice Guy: Beecher agrees to help Ryan appeal his case without asking for anything in return.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Keane gives Ryan a chance to change his ways. As soon as Keane does this, Ryan decides to have him killed to make sure he doesn't rat on him.
- Noble Bigot: Despite his anti-gay beliefs Said scolds Keane for physically attacking his brother and states that bullying people to do what you want isn't the answer.
- Odd Friendship: Mukada and Alvarez continue to bond as Mukada gives him emotional support when the doctors learn his son has a bad liver.
- Pet the Dog: Ryan comforts Beecher when he sees he's been crying and gives him some drugs to help him cope with Schillinger's abuse.
- Sanity Slippage: Alvarez cuts himself over his son's illness.
