History Recap / GhostStoriesS1E42Denial

* ADeadlyAffair: Gail having an affair with Marty's best friend Ed is what led to her death.
* AwfulTruth: Marty's wife Gail was having an affair with his best friend Ed, and Marty killed his wife because of the affair.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Marty to Ed during a confrontation: "So you just, like, blocked it all out? Pretended it never happened? Well, listen, people don't just block it out unless they have something to hide!

** The mentally challenged delivery guy who allegedly murdered Gail. Also, Marty's friend Ed who was having an affair with Gail.

* FamousLastWords:
** Gail Brand: "Marty!?"
** Marty Brand: "No! It can't be! I loved her! No, I loved her! I couldn't have!"

** Marty Brand: "No! It can't be! I loved her!"

-->'''Narrator''': We all know that life is a journey of self-discovery. For Marty Brand, that journey ended where it began three years ago...'''trapped in the madness of denial'''.

* TitleDrop: by the narrator in the episode's conclusion.
-->'''Narrator''': We all know that life is a journey of self-discovery. For Marty Brand, that journey ended where it began three years ago...'''trapped in the madness of denial'''.

* WhamShot: After the reveal that Gail managed to remove her attacker's mask, it shows that her husband Marty was her killer after all, much to his dismay in the present.

** Marty Brand: "It can't be! I loved her!"

-->'''Gail''': It's okay, darling. Marty's out of town. Don't tell me you're still mad at me. I didn't mean it, Ed. I wouldn't breathe a word to your wife.

* WhamLine: Gail delivers one in the paranormal flashbacks after successfully unmasking her attempted killer.

->''It's been three years since Gail Brand was murdered, a tragedy her husband Marty still cannot accept. Like so many who deny the death of a loved one, Marty has become a shell of his former self unwilling to move on to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. But as Marty Brand is about to discover, those pieces are far more shattered than he could possibly imagine...''

->''It's been three years since Gail Brand was murdered, a tragedy her husband Marty still cannot accept. Like so many who deny the death of a loved one, Marty has become a shell of his former self unwilling to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. But as Marty Brand is about to discover, those pieces are far more shattered than he could possibly imagine...''

After his wife's murderer is finally sentenced, a man starts to see visions of the crime, revealing a horrible truth that he's managed to hide from himself.

* BigNo: Marty, when he realizes that [[spoiler: he was the one who killed his wife Gail all along. He was just in deep denial about it]].
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Marty discovers who his wife's real killer is (it's him) and he still hasn't come to accept it and is left lying on the living room floor having lost his mind.]]
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler: Marty loses his mind after finding out that he himself killed his wife three years ago.]]
* IronicEcho: Marty says one to Eddie during a fight, [[spoiler: after discovering that Eddie had slept with his wife Gail]]: "So you just blocked it out? Pretend that it never happened? The only reason people blocked things out is that they've got something to hide!"

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Marty thinks this [[spoiler: after seeing flashbacks of the night his wife was murdered showing that he was her true killer.]]
* TheKillerInMe: [[spoiler: Marty Brand, type 2. After he killed his wife for having an affair, he felt so guilty that he blocked out the memory and covered up the murder by framing it on a young mentally-challenged delivery guy.]]

* WhamLine: Gail delivers one in the paranormal flashbacks after successfully unmasking her attempted killer. [[spoiler: "...Marty?!"]]
* WhamShot: After the reveal that Gail managed to remove her attacker's mask, [[spoiler: it shows that her husband Marty was her killer after all, much to his dismay in the present.]]

* WhamShot: After the reveal that Gail managed to remove her attacker's mask, [[spoiler: it shows that her husband Marty was her killer after all, much to his dismay in the present.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Gail was having an affair with Marty's friend Eddie prior to her death. Marty is not happy about it. [[spoiler: And this is what drove him to kill her]].

* TitleDrop: Delivered in the episode's ending narration.

* YourCheatingHeart: Gail was having an affair with Marty's friend Eddie prior to her death. Marty is not happy about it. [[Spoiler: And this is what drove him to kill her]].

* BigNo: Marty, when he realizes that [[spoilers: he was the one who killed his wife Gail all along. He was just in deep denial about it]].

* WhamShot: [[spoiler: After the reveal that Gail managed to remove her attacker's mask, it shows that her husband Marty was her killer after all, much to his dismay in the present.]]