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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When Ruth confronts Alex with how he set her up with a rebound after they previously broke up, she calls him out on how he's ultimately a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative rascal who uses people like puppets]]. To this, he [[ShutUpKirk retorts]] that his manipulation doesn't change that she not only fell for his manipulation, but how everyone went home happy (he got to get her out of the way, and she got to retaliate him with a rebound).
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* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: Leonard [[GenreBlind very foolishly]] does this to himself when he says to Alex, "I couldn't tell anyone! Not until I could face you."

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* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: Leonard [[GenreBlind very foolishly]] does this to himself when he says to Alex, "I couldn't tell anyone! Not until I could face you."" At least he thought ahead enough to only bring a copy of the film instead of the original with him.



* PlotHole: The episode ends in typical ''Columbo'' "gotcha" style, but Columbo never does anything to place Alex at the murder scene or at the body disposal scene. All he really proves is that Alex tried to misdirect Columbo's investigation. And although this evidence is circumstantial at best, he does have the old footage showing Alex's presence at Jenny's death, which leaves Alex on the hook for negligent manslaughter and establishes a motive for Leonard's death. Either way, Alex's career is over by this point [[note]]In addition, thanks to his insulting treatment of his boss earlier in the episode, Alex was being stripped of most of his financial support anyway [[/note]].

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* PlotHole: The episode ends in typical ''Columbo'' "gotcha" style, but Columbo never does anything to place Alex at the murder scene or at the body disposal scene. All he really proves is that Alex tried to misdirect Columbo's investigation. And although this evidence is circumstantial at best, he does have the old footage showing Alex's presence at Jenny's death, which leaves Alex on the hook for negligent manslaughter and establishes a motive for Leonard's death. Either way, Alex's career is over by this point point. [[note]]In addition, thanks to his insulting treatment of his boss earlier in the episode, Alex was being stripped of most of his financial support anyway [[/note]].

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