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* AssholeVictim: Pell was a mediocre student who blackmailed his way into getting a prestigious position on a law school journal. He also had revenge porn of an ex-girlfriend that he intended to release but was killed before he could do so.
* {{Blackmail}}: Pell had video of Nichols using an LGBT slur in secret and he threatened to release it unless he gets a spot in the Hudson Law Journal.

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* AssholeVictim: James Pell was a mediocre student who blackmailed his way into getting a prestigious position on a law school journal. He also had revenge porn of an ex-girlfriend that he intended to release but was killed before he could do so.
* {{Blackmail}}: James Pell had video of Nichols using an LGBT slur in secret and he threatened to release it unless he gets a spot in the Hudson Law Journal.

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* CrusadingLawyer: Professor Ezra Nichols, a Hudson Law professor, champions causes for the disenfranchised, such as immigrants, LGBT, and racial justice initiatives. He's also the reason Shaw initially practiced law before becoming a cop.

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* {{Blackmail}}: Pell had video of Nichols using an LGBT slur in secret and he threatened to release it unless he gets a spot in the Hudson Law Journal.
* CrusadingLawyer: Professor Ezra Nichols, a Hudson Law professor, champions causes for the disenfranchised, such as immigrants, LGBT, civil rights, LGBT issues, immigrants rights and racial justice initiatives. He's also the reason Shaw initially practiced law before becoming a cop.



* DownerEnding: Cyrus's case is moved to family court where the trial's record will be sealed but he will be sentenced for murdered by a family. As Samanthat [[KirkSummation sums it up]], "A man is dead and a family's been destroyed. All because a good man blurted out a stupid, hateful word."

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* DownerEnding: Cyrus's case is moved to family court where the trial's record will be sealed but he will be sentenced for murdered murder by a family. family court judge. As Samanthat Samantha [[KirkSummation sums it up]], "A man is dead and a family's been destroyed. All because a good man blurted out a stupid, hateful word."



* TheIllegal: Magda, the Polish nanny for the Nichols family, is working on her visa. Cosgrove and Shaw have to assure her that they're not interested in her status, since they're homicide detectives and not ICE. She ends up not testifying.

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* TheIllegal: Magda, the Polish nanny for the Nichols family, is working on her visa. Cosgrove and Shaw have to assure her that they're not interested in her status, since they're homicide detectives and not ICE. She ends up not testifying.testifying anyway.
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* DownerEnding: Cyrus's case is moved to family court where the trial's record will be sealed but he will be sentenced for murdered by a family. As Samanthat [[KirkSummation sums it up]], "A man is dead and a family's been destroyed. All because a good man blurted out a stupid, hateful word."

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* AssholeVictim: Pell was a mediocre student who blackmailed his way into getting a prestigious position on a law school journal and who had revenge porn of an ex-girlfriend.

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* AssholeVictim: Pell was a mediocre student who blackmailed his way into getting a prestigious position on a law school journal and who journal. He also had revenge porn of an ex-girlfriend.ex-girlfriend that he intended to release but was killed before he could do so.



* TakingTheHeat: After Michelle is arrested for killing Pell and her trial went badly for her, her husband Ezra confessed to the murder in her stead. It turns out that Cyrus killed Pell instead.

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* TakingTheHeat: After Michelle is arrested for killing Pell and her trial went badly for her, her husband Ezra confessed to the murder in her stead. It turns out that Cyrus killed Pell instead.instead.
* SympatheticMurderer: Cyrus is portrayed as this once it is revealed he is the one who killed Pell. All he wanted was for Pell to stop blackmailing his father because he knew the toll it was taking on him. Cyrus's mother describes him as being a sensitive child who carries the weight of the world on his shoulders.

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* TheAlibi:
** Denise verified Sebastian the phone thief's whereabouts, excluding him as a murder suspect.
** Likewise, cameras place Larry the stolen phone seller at a bus station at the time of the murder.



* TakingTheHeat: After Michelle is arrested for killing Pell and her trial went badly for her, her husband Ezra confessed to the murder in her stead. [[spoiler:It turns out that Cyrus killed Pell instead.]]

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* CrusadingLawyer: Professor Ezra Nichols, a Hudson Law professor, champions causes for the disenfranchised, such as immigrants, LGBT, and racial justice initiatives. He's also the reason Shaw initially practiced law before becoming a cop.
* CurseCutShort: "It's not enough to be a man of color, you also have to be a f-" spoken by Professor Nichols on video before Vivian the plainclothes officer pauses it.
* FiveFiveFive: The Nichols landline starts with 917[[note]] the overlay area code encompassing all 5 boroughs of New York City, whereas 212 is Manhattan, and 718 is the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island[[/note]], followed by 555. Sam has Viv cross-reference the call logs.
* TheIllegal: Magda, the Polish nanny for the Nichols family, is working on her visa. Cosgrove and Shaw have to assure her that they're not interested in her status, since they're homicide detectives and not ICE. She ends up not testifying.
* TakingTheHeat: After Michelle is arrested for killing Pell and her trial went badly for her, her husband Ezra confessed to the murder in her stead. [[spoiler:It It turns out that Cyrus killed Pell instead.]]
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* TakingTheHeat: After Michelle killed Pell and her trial went badly for her, her husband Ezra confessed to the murder in her stead.

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* TakingTheHeat: After Michelle killed is arrested for killing Pell and her trial went badly for her, her husband Ezra confessed to the murder in her stead.stead. [[spoiler:It turns out that Cyrus killed Pell instead.]]
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* AssholeVictim: Pell was a mediocre student who blackmailed his way into getting a prestigious position on a law school journal and who had revenge porn of an ex-girlfriend.

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* AssholeVictim: Pell was a mediocre student who blackmailed his way into getting a prestigious position on a law school journal and who had revenge porn of an ex-girlfriend.ex-girlfriend.
* TakingTheHeat: After Michelle killed Pell and her trial went badly for her, her husband Ezra confessed to the murder in her stead.
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* AssholeVictim: Pell is a mediocre student who blackmailed his way into getting a prestigious position on a law school journal and who had revenge porn of an ex-girlfriend.

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* AssholeVictim: Pell is was a mediocre student who blackmailed his way into getting a prestigious position on a law school journal and who had revenge porn of an ex-girlfriend.
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When a sleazy law student is murdered, the trail leads back to a legendary civil rights advocate who was recorded making an offensive comment and was at risk of being canceled.

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* AssholeVictim: Pell is a mediocre student who blackmailed his way into getting a prestigious position on a law school journal and who had revenge porn of an ex-girlfriend.

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