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Tragedy struck when the head of the Jacobi family shot his wife, his children, and himself. The daughter survived, however, and was in a coma. She wakes up months later and tells the police that while she does not remember much, she claims that her father did not massacre their family.

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Tragedy struck when the head of the Jacobi family shot his wife, his children, and himself. The daughter survived, however, and was in a coma. She wakes up months later and tells the police that while she does not remember much, she claims that her father did not massacre their family.
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* FlashbackEffects: The flashbacks are filmed with a camcorder. There are also obstacles in the line-of-sight to indicate that the stalker is hiding behind things.

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* FlashbackEffects: The flashbacks are filmed with a camcorder. camcorder held by the stalker. There are also obstacles in the line-of-sight to indicate that the stalker is he was hiding behind things.
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* FlashbackEffects: The flashbacks are filmed with a camcorder. There are also obstacles in the line-of-sight to indicate that the stalker is hiding behind things.
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Tragedy struck when the head of the Jacobi family shot his wife, his children and himself. The daughter survived, however, and was in a coma. She wakes up months later and tells the police that while she does not remember much, she claims that her father did not massacre their family.

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Tragedy struck when the head of the Jacobi family shot his wife, his children children, and himself. The daughter survived, however, and was in a coma. She wakes up months later and tells the police that while she does not remember much, she claims that her father did not massacre their family.



* CliffHanger: Lilly is shot by Ed and is taken away. She says "Mom?" and the episode ends.

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* CliffHanger: {{Cliffhanger}}: Lilly is shot by Ed and is taken away. She says says, "Mom?" and the episode ends.



* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Initially [[ParentsAsPeople Emily]] simply wished to connect with some old friends online… and then, she wanted to [[IWasQuiteALooker indulge in some escapism]] by chatting with an anonymous stranger using her daughter’s pictures. She ends up attracting the attention of a full-fledged {{Yandere}}… and by the time he gets creepy enough for her to break off the conversation, [[LoveMakesYouEvil it’s too late]].

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Initially Initially, [[ParentsAsPeople Emily]] simply wished to connect with some old friends online… and then, she wanted to [[IWasQuiteALooker indulge in some escapism]] by chatting with an anonymous stranger using her daughter’s pictures. She ends up attracting the attention of a full-fledged {{Yandere}}… and by the time he gets creepy enough for her to break off the conversation, [[LoveMakesYouEvil it’s too late]].
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* ClearMyName: Adam Jacobi was thought to have committed suicide because Ed shot him in the head. He gets pegged as the killer.
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Tragedy struck when the head of the Jacobi family shot his wife, his children and himself. The daughter survived, however, and was in a coma. She wakes up months later and tells the police that while she does not remember much, she claims that her father did not massacre their family.


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* CliffHanger: Lilly is shot by Ed and is taken away. She says "Mom?" and the episode ends.
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* NervesOfSteel: Stillman barely even flinches or shows signs of distress after he is shot by Ed.
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* StalkingIsLove: {{Subverted|Trope}} with a vengeance. Kim does seem somewhat flattered by the first few gestures- the ones that could be explained by a classmate taking notice of her troubles and overstepping a few boundaries. When she learns that the “Romeo” took notice of her because [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom her mother]] unwittingly [[LovingAShadow catfished him]], that feeling evaporates immediately. [[FromBadToWorse And then]] the stalker storms in to “free her from her family”…

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* StalkingIsLove: {{Subverted|Trope}} with a vengeance. Kim does seem somewhat flattered by the first few gestures- gestures -- the ones that could be explained by a classmate taking notice of her troubles and overstepping a few boundaries. When she learns that the “Romeo” took notice of her because [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom her mother]] unwittingly [[LovingAShadow catfished him]], that feeling evaporates immediately. [[FromBadToWorse And then]] the stalker storms in to “free her from her family”…
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Initially [[OverworkedSuburbanHousewife Emily]] simply wished to connect with some old friends online… and then, she wanted to [[IUsedToBeALooker indulge in some escapism]] by chatting with an anonymous stranger using her daughter’s pictures. She ends up attracting the attention of a full-fledged {{Yandere}}… and by the time he gets creepy enough for her to break off the conversation, [[LoveMakesYouEvil it’s too late]].
* WhamEpisode: The episode ends with Lilly getting shot and sent to the ER in critical condition.

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Initially [[OverworkedSuburbanHousewife [[ParentsAsPeople Emily]] simply wished to connect with some old friends online… and then, she wanted to [[IUsedToBeALooker [[IWasQuiteALooker indulge in some escapism]] by chatting with an anonymous stranger using her daughter’s pictures. She ends up attracting the attention of a full-fledged {{Yandere}}… and by the time he gets creepy enough for her to break off the conversation, [[LoveMakesYouEvil it’s too late]].
* WhamEpisode: The episode ends with Lilly getting shot and sent to the ER in critical condition.condition.
* WouldHurtAChild: Ed has a long list of despicable actions to his name, but one of the worst was deliberately shooting Kim’s younger brother Stewart AFTER he killed their parents, supposedly because he’d contributed to making [[LovingAShadow Kim]] miserable.
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* DramaticIrony: When Ed shows up to kill Kim's family, Emily tries offering herself to him to protect Kim and Stewart. He derisively says he "doesn't want [her]" before killing her. As Lilly informs him later Ed is while holding the cast hostage, ''Emily'' was the one who had been messaging him. She was catfishing him using Kim's pictures, and he was just LovingAShadow.

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* DramaticIrony: When Ed shows up to kill Kim's family, Emily tries offering herself to him to protect Kim and Stewart. He derisively says he "doesn't want [her]" before killing her. As Lilly informs him later while Ed is while holding the cast hostage, ''Emily'' was the one who had been messaging him. She was catfishing him using Kim's pictures, and he was just LovingAShadow.


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* StalkingIsLove: {{Subverted|Trope}} with a vengeance. Kim does seem somewhat flattered by the first few gestures- the ones that could be explained by a classmate taking notice of her troubles and overstepping a few boundaries. When she learns that the “Romeo” took notice of her because [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom her mother]] unwittingly [[LovingAShadow catfished him]], that feeling evaporates immediately. [[FromBadToWorse And then]] the stalker storms in to “free her from her family”…


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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Initially [[OverworkedSuburbanHousewife Emily]] simply wished to connect with some old friends online… and then, she wanted to [[IUsedToBeALooker indulge in some escapism]] by chatting with an anonymous stranger using her daughter’s pictures. She ends up attracting the attention of a full-fledged {{Yandere}}… and by the time he gets creepy enough for her to break off the conversation, [[LoveMakesYouEvil it’s too late]].
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* DramaticIrony: When Ed shows up to kill Kim's family, Emily tries offering herself to him to protect Lilly and Stewart. He derisively says he "doesn't want [her]" before killing her. As Lilly informs him later while holding the cast hostage, ''Emily'' was the one who had been messaging him. She was catfishing him using Kim's pictures, and he was just LovingAShadow.

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* DramaticIrony: When Ed shows up to kill Kim's family, Emily tries offering herself to him to protect Lilly Kim and Stewart. He derisively says he "doesn't want [her]" before killing her. As Lilly informs him later Ed is while holding the cast hostage, ''Emily'' was the one who had been messaging him. She was catfishing him using Kim's pictures, and he was just LovingAShadow.



* LovingAShadow: As Lilly points out to Ed, Kim ''doesn't'' love Ed, and wasn't even the one messaging him. Her ''mother'', Emily, was catfishing him using photos of Kim to do so. Ed at this point is so [[SanitySlippage insane]] that he [[IRejectYourReality refuses]] to believe it, and accuses anyone who tells him otherwise of lying to him.

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* LovingAShadow: As Lilly points out to Ed, Kim ''doesn't'' love Ed, him, and wasn't even the one messaging him. Her ''mother'', Emily, was catfishing him using photos of Kim to do so. Ed at this point is so [[SanitySlippage insane]] that he [[IRejectYourReality refuses]] to believe it, and accuses anyone who tells him otherwise of lying to him.
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* TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain: Kim was shot in the head, but survived, only falling into a ConvenientComa which she woke up from a few months later, none the worse for wear outside of having EasyAmnesia.
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* LovingAShadow: As Lilly points out to Ed, Kim ''doesn't'' love Ed, and wasn't even the one messaging him. Her ''mother'', Emily, was catfishing him using photos of Kim to do so. Ed at this point is so [[SanitySlippage insane]] that [[IRejectYourReality refuses]] to believe it, and accuses anyone who tells him otherwise of lying to him.

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* LovingAShadow: As Lilly points out to Ed, Kim ''doesn't'' love Ed, and wasn't even the one messaging him. Her ''mother'', Emily, was catfishing him using photos of Kim to do so. Ed at this point is so [[SanitySlippage insane]] that he [[IRejectYourReality refuses]] to believe it, and accuses anyone who tells him otherwise of lying to him.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: When introduced, Ed seemed to just be a kind nurse taking care of Kim after she woke up from her coma. After her memory returns though, he shows his true colors. ''He'' was the one who killed her family, and is obsessively in love with her, to the point he holds most of the main cast hostage, fully intent on killing them while displaying just how AxCrazy he really is.
* DramaticIrony: When Ed shows up to kill Kim's family, Emily tries offering herself to him to protect Lilly and Stewart. He derisively says he "doesn't want [her]" before killing her. As Lilly informs him later while holding the cast hostage, ''Emily'' was the one who had been messaging him. She was catfishing him using Kim's pictures, and he was just LovingAShadow.


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* LovingAShadow: As Lilly points out to Ed, Kim ''doesn't'' love Ed, and wasn't even the one messaging him. Her ''mother'', Emily, was catfishing him using photos of Kim to do so. Ed at this point is so [[SanitySlippage insane]] that [[IRejectYourReality refuses]] to believe it, and accuses anyone who tells him otherwise of lying to him.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: While he's told by the responding officers to stay out of the way, after Ed manages to shrug off a sniper round and shoots Stillman in the shoulder, Scotty rushes up on his own to take Ed down, successfully shooting him after Lily gets Kim away from Ed.
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* WhamEpisode: The episode ends with Lily getting shot and sent to the ER in critical condition.

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* WhamEpisode: The episode ends with Lily Lilly getting shot and sent to the ER in critical condition.
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* LoveMakesYouEvil: The StalkerWithACrush definitely crossed this line after massacring his target of affection's whole family, including [[WouldHurtAChild her younger brother]].
* StalkerWithACrush: Said stalker overlaps with LoveMakesYouEvil.
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Directed by Creator/AlexZakrzewski

Written by Creator/VeenaSud & Creator/LizWGarcia

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* WhamEpisode: The episode ends with Lily getting shot and sent to the ER in critical condition.

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