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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In his MotiveRant, the villain accuses Scotty of only getting his job from affirmative action and calls Lilly a race traitor.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Despite being a neo-Nazi, two of Lindsay's children are half-black.


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* NeverMyFault: Tamyra's dad is sent to jail for beating his three-year-old stepdaughter into a coma, yet acts like he's the victim. He also acts the same way when reminded of how he abused Tamyra.
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* FromBadToWorse: Spider beats up Tamyra's abusive father and finds her a safer place to stay, [[spoiler:only for it to be a hideout for a group of neo-Nazis who are willing to murder innocent people of color]].

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* FromBadToWorse: Spider beats up Tamyra's abusive father and finds her a safer place to stay, [[spoiler:only only for it to be a hideout for a group of neo-Nazis who are willing to murder innocent people of color]].color.



-->'''[[spoiler:Rayanne]]:''' "[[EvilAllAlong Do you know what those spic mud-people do to good white women like us?]]"

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-->'''[[spoiler:Rayanne]]:''' -->'''Rayanne:''' "[[EvilAllAlong Do you know what those spic mud-people do to good white women like us?]]"
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Truitt's reaction to being accused of murdering Tamyra (genuine anger and shock) implies that on some level he did love her.

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Truitt's reaction to being accused of murdering Tamyra (genuine anger and shock) implies that on some level level, he did love her.



* ILied: Heroic example. Lilly and Jeffries convince Lindsay to rat out Spider, saying, "It’s you or them.” When she obeys, they arrest her anyway, saying, “We said you ''and'' them."
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Lindsay slipped that she was at the murder scene of a Hispanic woman, when was told a witness saw her at the scene of a murder, she replies: "That's impossible; it was pitch-dark!"
* MyGreatestFailure: Tamyra's lawyer Kate Carley asks for the case to be reopened, as she thinks at the time that her abusive father, whom Kate failed to emancipate her from, is the killer. Kate hopes that they can convict the father for the murder and put him away, avenging Tamyra. However, the father is not the killer.
* RedHerring: Tamyra's abusive father has long been suspected to be her killer, and her lawyer wants the case to be reopened to convict him. However the team dug out an alternate possibility...

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* ILied: Heroic example. Lilly and Jeffries convince Lindsay to rat out Spider, saying, "It’s you or them." When she obeys, they arrest her anyway, saying, “We "We said you ''and'' them."
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Lindsay slipped that she was at the murder scene of a Hispanic woman, when was woman. When told a witness saw her at the scene of a murder, there, she replies: replies, "That's impossible; it was pitch-dark!"
* MyGreatestFailure: Tamyra's lawyer Kate Carley asks for the case to be reopened, as she thinks at the time that her abusive father, whom Kate failed to emancipate her Tamyra from, is the killer. Kate hopes that they can convict the father for the murder and put him away, avenging Tamyra. However, the father is not the killer.
* RedHerring: Tamyra's abusive father has long been suspected to be her killer, and her lawyer wants the case to be reopened to convict him. However However, the team dug out an alternate possibility...
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* RedHerring: Tamyra's abusive father has long been suspected to be her killer, and her lawyer wants the case to be reopened to convict him. However the team dug out an alternate possibility...

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* BoomerangBigot: Elliot’s Jewish, but joined the neo-Nazi cult and tried to “burn out” the Jewish part of himself.

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* BoomerangBigot: Elliot’s Elliot's Jewish, but joined the neo-Nazi cult and tried to “burn out” the Jewish part of himself.



* FromBadToWorse: Spider beats up Tamyra's abusive father and finds her a safer place to stay, [[spoiler:only for it to be a hideout for a group of neo-Nazis who are willing to murder innocent people of color]].



* MyGreatestFailure: Tamyra’s lawyer Kate Carley asks for the case to be reopened, as she thinks at the time that her abusive father, whom Kate failed to emancipate her from, is the killer. Kate hopes that they can convict the father for the murder and put him away, avenging Tamyra. However, the father is not the killer.

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* MyGreatestFailure: Tamyra’s Tamyra's lawyer Kate Carley asks for the case to be reopened, as she thinks at the time that her abusive father, whom Kate failed to emancipate her from, is the killer. Kate hopes that they can convict the father for the murder and put him away, avenging Tamyra. However, the father is not the killer.killer.
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-->'''[[spoiler:Rayanne]]:''' "[[EvilAllAlong Do you know what those spic mud-people do to good white women like us?]]"

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* ILied: Heroic example. Lilly and Jeffries convince Lindsay to rat out Spider, saying, “It’s you or them.” When she obeys, they arrest her anyway, saying, “We said you ''and'' them.”

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* ILied: Heroic example. Lilly and Jeffries convince Lindsay to rat out Spider, saying, “It’s "It’s you or them.” When she obeys, they arrest her anyway, saying, “We said you ''and'' them."
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Lindsay slipped that she was at the murder scene of a Hispanic woman, when was told a witness saw her at the scene of a murder, she replies: "That's impossible; it was pitch-dark!"
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Truitt's reaction to being accused of murdering Tamyra (genuine anger and shock) implies that on some level he did love her.

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spelling of victim's name, other minor edits


* AbusiveParents: Tmyra and her three-year-old stepsister were both physically beaten by her dad.

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* AbusiveParents: Tmyra Tamyra and her three-year-old stepsister were both physically beaten by her dad.



* BoomerangBigot: Elliot’s Jewish, but joined the neo-Nazi cult and tried to “burn out” the Jewish part of him.
* EvilMatriarch: Rayanne Leland, who raised her son to be a neo-Nazi, hosted a neo-Nazi cult in her basement, and commanded Elliot to kill Tmyra when she escaped.
* ILied: Heroic example. Lilly and Jeffries convince Lindsay to rat out Spider, saying, “it’s you or them.” When she obeys, they arrest her anyway, saying, “we said you ''and'' them.”
* MyGreatestFailure: Tmyra’s lawyer Kate Carley asks for the case to be reopened, as she thinks at the time that her abusive father, whom Kate failed to emancipate her from, is the killer. Kate hopes that they can convict the father for the murder and put him away, avenging Tmyra. However, the father is not the killer.

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* BoomerangBigot: Elliot’s Jewish, but joined the neo-Nazi cult and tried to “burn out” the Jewish part of him.
himself.
* EvilMatriarch: Rayanne Leland, who raised her son to be a neo-Nazi, hosted a neo-Nazi cult in her basement, and commanded Elliot to kill Tmyra Tamyra when she escaped.
* ILied: Heroic example. Lilly and Jeffries convince Lindsay to rat out Spider, saying, “it’s “It’s you or them.” When she obeys, they arrest her anyway, saying, “we “We said you ''and'' them.”
* MyGreatestFailure: Tmyra’s Tamyra’s lawyer Kate Carley asks for the case to be reopened, as she thinks at the time that her abusive father, whom Kate failed to emancipate her from, is the killer. Kate hopes that they can convict the father for the murder and put him away, avenging Tmyra. Tamyra. However, the father is not the killer.killer.
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nothing Christian about the group - in fact, Spider lumps preachers in with the gov't as being liars & hypocrites


* {{Bad Samaritan}}s: Spider and his mom, who took in Tamyra and Elliot from their abusive parents, only to try to initiate them into their white-Christian supremacist club.

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* {{Bad Samaritan}}s: Spider and his mom, who took in Tamyra and Elliot from their abusive parents, only to try to initiate them into their white-Christian white supremacist club.

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* EvilMatriarch: Rayanne Leland, who raised her son to be a new-Nazi, hosted a new-Nazi cult in her basement, and commanded Elliot to kill Tmyra when she escaped.

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* BoomerangBigot: Elliot’s Jewish, but joined the neo-Nazi cult and tried to “burn out” the Jewish part of him.
* EvilMatriarch: Rayanne Leland, who raised her son to be a new-Nazi, neo-Nazi, hosted a new-Nazi neo-Nazi cult in her basement, and commanded Elliot to kill Tmyra when she escaped.

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* EvilMatriarch: Rayanne Leland, who raised her son to be a Nazi, hosted a Nazi cult in her basement, and commanded Elliot to kill Tmyra when she escaped.

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* {{Bad Samaritan}}s: Spider and his mom, who took in Tamyra and Elliot from their abusive parents, only to try to initiate them into their white-Christian supremacist club.
* EvilMatriarch: Rayanne Leland, who raised her son to be a Nazi, new-Nazi, hosted a Nazi new-Nazi cult in her basement, and commanded Elliot to kill Tmyra when she escaped.
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The team reinvestigate the 1998 murder of Tamyra Bordon, finding out that she fell into dangerous territory after trying to escape her abusive father.

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* AbusiveParents: Tmyra and her three-year-old stepsister were both physically beaten by her dad.
* EvilMatriarch: Rayanne Leland, who raised her son to be a Nazi, hosted a Nazi cult in her basement, and commanded Elliot to kill Tmyra when she escaped.
* ILied: Heroic example. Lilly and Jeffries convince Lindsay to rat out Spider, saying, “it’s you or them.” When she obeys, they arrest her anyway, saying, “we said you ''and'' them.”
* MyGreatestFailure: Tmyra’s lawyer Kate Carley asks for the case to be reopened, as she thinks at the time that her abusive father, whom Kate failed to emancipate her from, is the killer. Kate hopes that they can convict the father for the murder and put him away, avenging Tmyra. However, the father is not the killer.

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