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* BasedOnATrueStory: Bolander and Munch using a copy machine as a LieDetector (see BlatantLies and StupidEvil below) was actually done not only by the RealLife Baltimore detectives, but also a group of homicide detectives in Detroit (who apparently got into a lot of trouble when that was made public).
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* BlatantLies: Bolander tells the gang member he's about to interrogate using a LieDetector (actually, a copy machine) the "electrolyte neutron magnetic scanner" test could harm his testicles through prolonged exposure. Felton plays along when, while claiming Bolander's ex-wife is on the phone for him, tells Bolander he doesn't even want to be in the building when they conduct the test.
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* EnemyMine: PlayedForLaughs - Felton and Pembleton, who normally can't stand each other, unite over their disdain for the fact Howard and Bayliss have both quit smoking.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Giardello finds out about the asbestos in the station (see BadBoss above), he angrily tells Granger and Barnfather that if he picked up the phone, he could get the media involved. In later seasons, we see Giardello leaking stories to the media whenever the bosses do something he thinks is wrong.
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* FriendToAllChildren: At one point, Giardello is watching two young children on a swing set (pretending to run back and forth with them), and tells Lewis he would give anything to have children that age again. Also, Bolander talks easily to the young girl who comes in to give evidence about Percy Howell's death.
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* FriendToAllChildren: At one point, Giardello is on the roof of the building and watching two young children on a swing set (pretending to run back and forth with them), and he tells Lewis he would give anything to have children that age again. Also, Bolander talks easily to the young girl who comes in to give evidence about Percy Howell's death.
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* ShoutOut: When Giardello wonders why they should have a smoke-free area in the homicide unit when Bayliss and Howard so far are the only non-smokers in the unit, Howard responds, "[[Film/FieldOfDreams If you build it, they will come.]]"
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* TheCameo: Creator/JohnWaters shows up at the end as a bartender politely listening to Bolander rambling about Elvis.
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* TheCameo: Creator/JohnWaters shows up at the end as a bartender politely listening to Bolander rambling about Elvis.[[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]].
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* CoolCar: Lewis wants to build his own sports car, and has started with a Ford FR V8 engine that he bought. Crosetti buys him a side mirror as a gift.
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* CoolCar: Lewis wants to build his own sports car, and has started with a Ford FR V8 engine that he bought. Crosetti buys him a side rearview mirror as a gift.
* FriendToAllChildren: At one point, Giardello is watching two young children on a swing set (pretending to run back and forth with them), and tells Lewis he would give anything to have children that age again. Also, Bolander talks easily to the young girl who comes in to give evidence about Percy Howell's death.
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* PapaWolf: Giardello is ''pissed'' when he finds out Granger and Barnfather have been putting the entire squad at risk by covering up the asbestos, and strong-arms them into revealing this to the entire station lest he leak the story to the media. When Barnfather starts angrily demanding to know [[EvilCannotComprehendGood what Giardello wants out of it]], Gee threatens to murder him should he ever pull a stunt like this again.
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* OffTheWagon: At the end of the episode, Bayliss ends up bumming a cigarette from Pembleton and Felton. Earlier, Pembleton tells Felton about how he had quit smoking for a few months until he showed up at a crime scene with burnt bodies, which got him to stop smoking again.
* PapaWolf: Giardello is ''pissed'' when he finds out Granger and Barnfather have been putting the entire squad at risk by covering up the asbestos, and strong-arms them into revealing this to the entire station lest he leak the story to the media. When Barnfather starts angrily demanding to know [[EvilCannotComprehendGood what Giardello wants out of it]], Gee threatens to murder him should he ever pull a stunt like thisagain.again.
* StupidEvil: The gang member Bolander and Munch interrogate by using a copy machine and passing it off as a lie detector that administrates the "electrolyte neutron magnetic scanner" test, which gets him to reveal who killed Percy Howell.
* TitledAfterTheSong: "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", originally written for the movie ''Film/{{Roberta}}''.
* PapaWolf: Giardello is ''pissed'' when he finds out Granger and Barnfather have been putting the entire squad at risk by covering up the asbestos, and strong-arms them into revealing this to the entire station lest he leak the story to the media. When Barnfather starts angrily demanding to know [[EvilCannotComprehendGood what Giardello wants out of it]], Gee threatens to murder him should he ever pull a stunt like this
* StupidEvil: The gang member Bolander and Munch interrogate by using a copy machine and passing it off as a lie detector that administrates the "electrolyte neutron magnetic scanner" test, which gets him to reveal who killed Percy Howell.
* TitledAfterTheSong: "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", originally written for the movie ''Film/{{Roberta}}''.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Mr. Howell, who doesn't care that his son is dead and harasses Munch for being Jewish.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Mr. Howell, who doesn't care that his son is dead and harasses Munch for being Jewish.Jewish.
* PapaWolf: Giardello is ''pissed'' when he finds out Granger and Barnfather have been putting the entire squad at risk by covering up the asbestos, and strong-arms them into revealing this to the entire station lest he leak the story to the media. When Barnfather starts angrily demanding to know [[EvilCannotComprehendGood what Giardello wants out of it]], Gee threatens to murder him should he ever pull a stunt like this again.
* PapaWolf: Giardello is ''pissed'' when he finds out Granger and Barnfather have been putting the entire squad at risk by covering up the asbestos, and strong-arms them into revealing this to the entire station lest he leak the story to the media. When Barnfather starts angrily demanding to know [[EvilCannotComprehendGood what Giardello wants out of it]], Gee threatens to murder him should he ever pull a stunt like this again.
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!!Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
-> Written By: James Yoshimura and Creator/TomFontana
-> Directed By: Wayne Ewing
Giardello discovers that the top brass are covering up the fact that the station contains hazardous asbestos that has potentially leaked into the ventilation system. Bolander and Munch investigate the death of a young teenager who was beaten to death. Bayliss and Howard try to quit smoking.
!!Tropes applying to this episode:
* AbusiveParents: Percy Howell's father is disturbingly blasé about his son's death, and bluntly admits he didn't care when his son came back home with a large bruise on his face.
* AccidentalMurder: Colin Dietz killed Percy Howell when he beat him with a baseball bat as part of an initiation ritual, inadvertently fatally injuring him.
* BadBoss: Granger and Barnfather cover up the asbestos in the station in spite of the risk it poses to everyone working inside so they won't have to face any backlash over it.
* TheCameo: Creator/JohnWaters shows up at the end as a bartender politely listening to Bolander rambling about Elvis.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Munch first starts to show signs of being one here, claiming that marijuana was outlawed by William Randolph Hearst so he could ban hemp to make way for his own products.
* CoolCar: Lewis wants to build his own sports car, and has started with a Ford FR V8 engine that he bought. Crosetti buys him a side mirror as a gift.
* DownerEnding: The episode ends with a drunk Bolander sitting alone in a bar, sullenly mulling over his divorce, his break-up with Dr. Blythe, and Percy Howell's death.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Colin Dietz claims to have loved Percy Howell like a brother and genuinely thought his accidentally fatal beating of him was an expression of love.
* TheFundamentalist: Mr. Howell brags about his own righteousness and gets on Munch's case about him being Jewish.
* {{Jerkass}}: Mr. Howell, who doesn't care that his son is dead and harasses Munch for being Jewish.
-> Written By: James Yoshimura and Creator/TomFontana
-> Directed By: Wayne Ewing
Giardello discovers that the top brass are covering up the fact that the station contains hazardous asbestos that has potentially leaked into the ventilation system. Bolander and Munch investigate the death of a young teenager who was beaten to death. Bayliss and Howard try to quit smoking.
!!Tropes applying to this episode:
* AbusiveParents: Percy Howell's father is disturbingly blasé about his son's death, and bluntly admits he didn't care when his son came back home with a large bruise on his face.
* AccidentalMurder: Colin Dietz killed Percy Howell when he beat him with a baseball bat as part of an initiation ritual, inadvertently fatally injuring him.
* BadBoss: Granger and Barnfather cover up the asbestos in the station in spite of the risk it poses to everyone working inside so they won't have to face any backlash over it.
* TheCameo: Creator/JohnWaters shows up at the end as a bartender politely listening to Bolander rambling about Elvis.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Munch first starts to show signs of being one here, claiming that marijuana was outlawed by William Randolph Hearst so he could ban hemp to make way for his own products.
* CoolCar: Lewis wants to build his own sports car, and has started with a Ford FR V8 engine that he bought. Crosetti buys him a side mirror as a gift.
* DownerEnding: The episode ends with a drunk Bolander sitting alone in a bar, sullenly mulling over his divorce, his break-up with Dr. Blythe, and Percy Howell's death.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Colin Dietz claims to have loved Percy Howell like a brother and genuinely thought his accidentally fatal beating of him was an expression of love.
* TheFundamentalist: Mr. Howell brags about his own righteousness and gets on Munch's case about him being Jewish.
* {{Jerkass}}: Mr. Howell, who doesn't care that his son is dead and harasses Munch for being Jewish.
