Danner explains to Aniq what caused her to leave the police force, in the style of a 1990s thriller.
Tropes
- Complexity Addiction: Culp accuses Danner of having this problem in that, after the Xavier case, she keeps looking for the non-obvious answer when often, the most obvious suspect is the culprit and circumstantial evidence is true.
- Failed a Spot Check: Danner is kicking herself on how blatantly obvious it was Quentin was the arsonist from his constant talk of fire to pouring hot wax on her then himself and trying to put this on Leonard.
- Heroic BSoD: Danner had this after trusting Quentin and allowing him to make her question her own instincts. After that, she felt she couldn't keep up as a cop and quit.
- History Repeats: The point of Danner's tale to Aniq, that she doesn't want him making her mistake of letting feelings blind him to the truth so it's possible Zoe's family really did kill Edgar.
- Idiot Ball: Travis went off Reddit instructions on how to create his own poison and trusted them on how much constituted a "small sip." Even he acknowledges it when the effects hit him.Travis: Oh, this was avoidable!
- Improbable Aiming Skills: Despite being blinded and choking on smoke, Culp is somehow able to shoot the headboard to free Danner from her cuffs.
- Karma Houdini: After leaving Danner to die in a fire, Quentin manages to escape without punishment with Danner worried he's still committing his crimes.
- Terrible Artist: As skilled as he may be at other things, Quentin is a horrible artist as his "portrait" of Danner is a stick figure with two giant balloons for her chest.
