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* FlashbackEffects: The flashbacks are filmed on the same music video style as the epilogues.
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* MarriedTooYoung: Clem and Sally's marriage took place due to an HonorableMarriageProposal after [[TeenPregnancy Clem got Sally pregnant]], but it ends up giving way to an AwfulWeddedLife because they don't know how to keep the marriage afloat due to no maturing or development in their relationship.
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* MarriedTooYoung: Clem and Sally's marriage took place due to an HonorableMarriageProposal after [[TeenPregnancy Clem he got Sally pregnant]], her pregnant, but it ends up giving way to an AwfulWeddedLife because they don't know how to keep the marriage afloat due to no maturing or development in their relationship.
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May Pearson is caught in Atlantic City and brought back to Philly to answer as to why she left her friend Clem dead on the side of the road in 1988.
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* BittersweetEnding: In the end, there is no one to arrest as Petey killed Mac after he killed Clem and he will probably spend the remaining of his life behind bars, if that wasn't the case before. But Petey and May seem to have made peace with what happened and are happy to have seen each other one last time and Sally finally learned what happened to her husband.
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* BittersweetEnding: In the end, there is no one to arrest as Petey killed Mac after he killed Clem and he will probably likely spend the remaining rest of his life behind bars, if that wasn't the case before. But Petey and May seem to have made peace with what happened and are happy to have seen each other one last time time, and Sally finally learned learns what happened to her husband.
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* GrowingUpSucks: The theme of the episode, the episode start in 1980 when Clem and his friends were hopeful and ambitious high-school graduates and by 1988, everyone of them are jaded as their lives fell apart in the interval. Eventually, culminating with Clem dying after he tried to elope with May in hopes of reliving better days.
* ItsAllMyFault: May and Petey both blames themselves for Clem's death. May for giving him the idea to elope with her and Petey for snitching Clem after Mac threatened to kill him.
* JadedWashout: Petey is this by 1988 as he flubbed his football career and became a petty thief. May is a lesser exemple, as she had gone from an aspirant singer in her youth to a cynical casino waitress in the present.
* HonorableMarriageProposal: Deconstructed. Clem and Sally got married almost straight out of high school after [[TeenPregnancy he got her pregnant]]. This causes problems later down the road, as they lose the spark and don’t know how to keep the marriage afloat, because they MarriedTooYoung and did not mature or develop in their relationship.
* MarriedTooYoung: Clem and Sally's marriage took place due to the HonorableMarriageProposal after [[TeenPregnancy Clem got Sally pregnant]], but the marriage ends up giving way to an AwfulWeddedLife because they don't know how to keep the marriage afloat due to no maturing or development in their relationship.
* ItsAllMyFault: May and Petey both blames themselves for Clem's death. May for giving him the idea to elope with her and Petey for snitching Clem after Mac threatened to kill him.
* JadedWashout: Petey is this by 1988 as he flubbed his football career and became a petty thief. May is a lesser exemple, as she had gone from an aspirant singer in her youth to a cynical casino waitress in the present.
* HonorableMarriageProposal: Deconstructed. Clem and Sally got married almost straight out of high school after [[TeenPregnancy he got her pregnant]]. This causes problems later down the road, as they lose the spark and don’t know how to keep the marriage afloat, because they MarriedTooYoung and did not mature or develop in their relationship.
* MarriedTooYoung: Clem and Sally's marriage took place due to the HonorableMarriageProposal after [[TeenPregnancy Clem got Sally pregnant]], but the marriage ends up giving way to an AwfulWeddedLife because they don't know how to keep the marriage afloat due to no maturing or development in their relationship.
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* GrowingUpSucks: The theme of the episode, the episode start episode. It starts in 1980 when Clem and his friends were hopeful and ambitious high-school graduates and by graduates. By 1988, everyone every one of them are jaded as their lives fell apart in the interval. Eventually, Eventually culminating with Clem dying after he tried to elope with May in hopes of reliving better days.
* ItsAllMyFault: May and Petey bothblames blame themselves for Clem's death. May for giving him the idea to elope with her and Petey for snitching on Clem after Mac threatened to kill him.
* JadedWashout: Petey is this by 1988 as he flubbed his football career and became a petty thief. May is a lesserexemple, example, as she had gone from an aspirant singer in her youth to a cynical casino waitress in the present.
* HonorableMarriageProposal: Deconstructed. Clem and Sally got married almost straight out of high school after [[TeenPregnancy he got her pregnant]]. This causes problems later down the road, as they lose the spark between them and don’t know how to keepthe their marriage afloat, because they MarriedTooYoung and did not mature or develop in their relationship.
* MarriedTooYoung: Clem and Sally's marriage took place due tothe an HonorableMarriageProposal after [[TeenPregnancy Clem got Sally pregnant]], but the marriage it ends up giving way to an AwfulWeddedLife because they don't know how to keep the marriage afloat due to no maturing or development in their relationship.
* ItsAllMyFault: May and Petey both
* JadedWashout: Petey is this by 1988 as he flubbed his football career and became a petty thief. May is a lesser
* HonorableMarriageProposal: Deconstructed. Clem and Sally got married almost straight out of high school after [[TeenPregnancy he got her pregnant]]. This causes problems later down the road, as they lose the spark between them and don’t know how to keep
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* TeenPregnancy: Sally's pregnancy by Clem resulted in an HonorableMarriageProposal from him. Sadly they're MarriedTooYoung and their marriage suffers as a result.
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* TeenPregnancy: Sally's pregnancy by Clem their senior year resulted in an HonorableMarriageProposal from him. Sadly they're Sadly, they MarriedTooYoung and their marriage suffers as a result.
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* BittersweetEnding: In the end, there is no one to arrest as Petey killed Mac after he killed Clem and he will probably spend the remaining of his life behind bars, if that wasn't the case before. But Petey and May seem to have made peace with what happened and are happy to have seen each other one last time and Sally finally learned what happened to her husband.
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* GrowingUpSucks: The theme of the episode, the episode start in 1980 when Clem and his friends were hopeful and ambitious high-school graduates and by 1988, everyone of them are jaded as their lives fell apart in the interval. Eventually, culminating with Clem dying after he tried to elope with May in hopes of reliving better days.
* ItsAllMyFault: May and Petey both blames themselves for Clem's death. May for giving him the idea to elope with her and Petey for snitching Clem after Mac threatened to kill him.
* JadedWashout: Petey is this by 1988 as he flubbed his football career and became a petty thief. May is a lesser exemple, as she had gone from an aspirant singer in her youth to a cynical casino waitress in the present.
* ItsAllMyFault: May and Petey both blames themselves for Clem's death. May for giving him the idea to elope with her and Petey for snitching Clem after Mac threatened to kill him.
* JadedWashout: Petey is this by 1988 as he flubbed his football career and became a petty thief. May is a lesser exemple, as she had gone from an aspirant singer in her youth to a cynical casino waitress in the present.
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* TragicKeepsake: May kept the car that Clem had stolen and got killed for.
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* ContinuityNod: When Will and Lilly are reviewing Clem's case box, the case boxes of [[Recap/ColdCaseS1E6LoveConquersAl Paige Pratt]] and [[Recap/ColdCaseS2E7ItsRainingMen Jeff Kern]] can be seen on the shelf above them.
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* TheDeadGuyDidIt: The entire episode built up Clem's three friends as suspects. [[spoiler:None of them did it. Clem's killer was Mack, who died the same night. Petey killed Mack, but because Petey was already in prison, Mac was killed outside the detectives' jurisdiction, and Mac was an AssholeVictim, this is treated as no big deal]].
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* TheDeadGuyDidIt: The entire episode built up Clem's three friends as suspects. [[spoiler:None None of them did it. Clem's killer was Mack, who died the same night. Petey killed Mack, but because Petey was already in prison, Mac was killed outside the detectives' jurisdiction, and Mac was an AssholeVictim, this is treated as no big deal]].deal.
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* TheDeadGuyDidIt: The entire episode built up Clem's three friends as suspects. [[spoiler:None of them did it. Clem's killer was Mack, who died the same night. Petey killed Mack, but because Petey was already in prison, Mac was killed outside the detectives' jurisdiction, and Mac was an AssholeVictim, this is treated as no big deal]].
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* MinimalistCast: This episode probably has the smallest poll of suspects in the show: four people, one of whom is dead by the present day and only has a few short scenes. The only other credited characters in the episode are the detectives, Stillman's ex-wife, and the victim himself.
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* HonorableMarriageProposal: Deconstructed. Clem and Sally got married almost straight out of high school after he got her pregnant. This causes problems later down the road, as they lose the spark and don’t know how to keep the marriage afloat, because they MarriedTooYoung and did not mature or develop in their relationship.
* MarriedTooYoung: Clem and Sally's marriage took place due to the HonorableMarriageProposal after Clem got Sally pregnant, but the marriage ends up giving way to an AwfulWeddedLife because they don't know how to keep the marriage afloat due to no maturing or development in their relationship.
* MarriedTooYoung: Clem and Sally's marriage took place due to the HonorableMarriageProposal after Clem got Sally pregnant, but the marriage ends up giving way to an AwfulWeddedLife because they don't know how to keep the marriage afloat due to no maturing or development in their relationship.
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* HonorableMarriageProposal: Deconstructed. Clem and Sally got married almost straight out of high school after [[TeenPregnancy he got her pregnant.pregnant]]. This causes problems later down the road, as they lose the spark and don’t know how to keep the marriage afloat, because they MarriedTooYoung and did not mature or develop in their relationship.
* MarriedTooYoung: Clem and Sally's marriage took place due to the HonorableMarriageProposal after [[TeenPregnancy Clem got Sallypregnant, pregnant]], but the marriage ends up giving way to an AwfulWeddedLife because they don't know how to keep the marriage afloat due to no maturing or development in their relationship.relationship.
* TeenPregnancy: Sally's pregnancy by Clem resulted in an HonorableMarriageProposal from him. Sadly they're MarriedTooYoung and their marriage suffers as a result.
* MarriedTooYoung: Clem and Sally's marriage took place due to the HonorableMarriageProposal after [[TeenPregnancy Clem got Sally
* TeenPregnancy: Sally's pregnancy by Clem resulted in an HonorableMarriageProposal from him. Sadly they're MarriedTooYoung and their marriage suffers as a result.
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* HonorableMarriageProposal: Deconstructed. Clem and Sally got married almost straight out of high school after he got her pregnant. This causes problems later down the road, as they lose the spark and don’t know how to keep the marriage afloat, because they married too young MarriedTooYoung and did not mature or develop in their relationship.
* MarriedTooYoung: Clem and Sally's marriage took place due to the HonorableMarriageProposal after Clem got Sally pregnant, but the marriage ends up giving way to an AwfulWeddedLife because they don't know how to keep the marriage afloat due to no maturing or development in their relationship.
* MarriedTooYoung: Clem and Sally's marriage took place due to the HonorableMarriageProposal after Clem got Sally pregnant, but the marriage ends up giving way to an AwfulWeddedLife because they don't know how to keep the marriage afloat due to no maturing or development in their relationship.
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Directed by Creator/MarkPellington
Written by Creator/MeredithStiehm
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* FutureLoser: Petey went from a promising football star to a JadedWashout all the way to a jailbird.
* HonorableMarriageProposal: Deconstructed. Clem and Sally got married almost straight out of high school after he got her pregnant. This causes problems later down the road, as they lose the spark and don’t know how to keep the marriage afloat, because they married too young and did not mature or develop in their relationship.
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Written by Creator/MeredithStiehm
!Tropes for the episode:
* FutureLoser: Petey went from a promising football star to a JadedWashout all the way to a jailbird.
* HonorableMarriageProposal: Deconstructed. Clem and Sally got married almost straight out of high school after he got her pregnant. This causes problems later down the road, as they lose the spark and don’t know how to keep the marriage afloat, because they married too young and did not mature or develop in their relationship.
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