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* InsanityDefense: Danny's lawyer, like his father, believes he has schizophrenia and gets him to agree to a psych evaluation so he can be put in a mental hospital for treatment instead of spending years in prison.

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* InsanityDefense: Danny's lawyer, like presumably because she was told by his father, father about his uncle's illness, believes he has schizophrenia and gets him to agree to a psych evaluation so he can be put in a mental hospital for treatment instead of spending years in prison.
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* AmoralAttorney: Danny's lawyer doesnt' take his claims about Alison seriously and railroads him into agreeing to a psychological evaluation.

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* AmoralAttorney: Danny's lawyer doesnt' doesn't take his claims about Alison seriously and railroads him into agreeing to a psychological evaluation.evaluation or she'll call for a competency hearing.
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* AmoralAttorney: Danny's lawyer doesnt' take his claims about Alison seriously and railroads him into agreeing to a psychological evaluation.


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* InsanityDefense: Danny's lawyer, like his father, believes he has schizophrenia and gets him to agree to a psych evaluation so he can be put in a mental hospital for treatment instead of spending years in prison.
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* DeathByAdaptation: John and Matthew, as the original series revealed that Stephen Cartwright imagined his stepmother's implication that she was poisoning his father and brother.

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* DeathByAdaptation: John and potentially Matthew, as the original series revealed that Stephen Cartwright imagined his stepmother's implication that she was poisoning his father and brother.
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* DownerEnding: Danny is committed to a mental institution, and Alison gets away with killing his mother, his dog, his father and is working on her brother.

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* DownerEnding: Danny is committed to a mental institution, and Alison gets away with killing his mother, his dog, his father and is working on her his brother.
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When a young boy's (Reid Miller) mother dies, he descends into paranoia that her homecare nurse (Rachel Bilson), who is also his father's (Jack Davenport) new squeeze, was responsible. The episode is a remake of the British ''Accused'' series episode "Stephen's story."

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When a young boy's (Reid Miller) mother dies, he descends into paranoia that her homecare nurse (Rachel Bilson), who is also his father's (Jack Davenport) new squeeze, was responsible. The episode is a remake of the British ''Accused'' series episode "Stephen's story."



* AdaptationalNameChange: The main character's character name is changed from Stephen Cartwright to Danny Wheeler.
* AdaptationalVillainy: The episode "Tina's Story" from the original series suggests that Stephen Cartwright's stepmother was innocent, with Stephen's final conversation with her being a hallucination. Here, Allison is genuinely guilty.

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* AdaptationalNameChange: The main character's character name is changed from Stephen Cartwright to Danny Wheeler.
* AdaptationalVillainy: The episode "Tina's Story" from the original series suggests that Stephen Cartwright's stepmother was innocent, with Stephen's final conversation with her being a hallucination. Here, Allison is genuinely guilty.

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When a young boy's (Reid Miller) mother dies, he descends into paranoia that her homecare nurse (Rachel Bilson), who is also his father's (Jack Davenport) new squeeze, was responsible.

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When a young boy's (Reid Miller) mother dies, he descends into paranoia that her homecare nurse (Rachel Bilson), who is also his father's (Jack Davenport) new squeeze, was responsible. The episode is a remake of the British ''Accused'' series episode "Stephen's story."


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* AdaptationalNameChange: The main character's character name is changed from Stephen Cartwright to Danny Wheeler.
* AdaptationalVillainy: The episode "Tina's Story" from the original series suggests that Stephen Cartwright's stepmother was innocent, with Stephen's final conversation with her being a hallucination. Here, Allison is genuinely guilty.


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* BigBrotherInstinct: Danny's actions are partially motivated by a desire to protect his younger brother Matthew.


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* DeathByAdaptation: John and Matthew, as the original series revealed that Stephen Cartwright imagined his stepmother's implication that she was poisoning his father and brother.


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* TheRemake: Of the British ''Accused'' episode "Stephen's Story."

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When a young boy's mother dies, he descends into paranoia that her homecare nurse, who is also his father's new squeeze, was responsible.

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When a young boy's (Reid Miller) mother dies, he descends into paranoia that her homecare nurse, nurse (Rachel Bilson), who is also his father's (Jack Davenport) new squeeze, was responsible.



* TheBadGuyWins: Allison literally gets away with murder and successfully has the one person who could have her brought to justice institutionalized with onscreen or mentioned repercussions for her actions.

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* TheBadGuyWins: Allison literally gets away with murder and successfully has the one person who could have her brought her to justice institutionalized with no onscreen or mentioned repercussions for her actions.


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* RemarriedToTheMistress: John Wheeler to Alison.
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* ProperlyParanoid: As the end of the episode reveals, Danny was right all along about Alison.

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* ProperlyParanoid: As the end of the episode reveals, Danny was right all along about Alison.Alison.
* WrongfullyCommitted: Danny was right about Alison, but ends up committed to a mental hospital for stabbing her.
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* KarmicDeath: John Wheeler's death can be considered this as he was dating his first wife's hospice nurse while his wife was dying and then, without really considering how it would affect his sons, moves his new girlfriend into the house not that long after.
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* InTheBlood: Danny and Matt's maternal uncle is mentioned to have been schizophrenic, which led to his suicide years earlier. This leads others to suspect Danny's issues are the result of him having the same illness.
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* KarmaHoudini: Alison has managed to murder two people and is working on one of their children while having the other committed to a psych ward, and get away with it.

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* KarmaHoudini: Alison has managed to murder two people and is working on doing the same to one of their children while having the other committed to a psych ward, and get away with it.
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*TheBadGuyWins: Allison literally gets away with murder and successfully has the one person who could have her brought to justice institutionalized with onscreen or mentioned repercussions for her actions.


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* KarmaHoudini: Alison has managed to murder two people and is working on one of their children while having the other committed to a psych ward, and get away with it.
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When a young boy's mother dies, he descends into paranoia that her homecare nurse, who is also his father's new squeeze, was responsible.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Alison is a real pro at this.
* DownerEnding: Danny is committed to a mental institution, and Alison gets away with killing his mother, his dog, his father and is working on her brother.
* ProperlyParanoid: As the end of the episode reveals, Danny was right all along about Alison.

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