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* ContinuityNod: The NYPD detective assigned to investigate Edward's death is Lieutenant Nick Acosta who worked with Jessica in the season 8 opener Bite the Big Apple. He refers to that episode's killer and how the pair of them took them down.
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* RankUp: Sergeant Nick Acosta from seaon 8's Bite the Big Apple is now Lieutenant Nick Acosta.
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Jessica's publisher, Edward Graham is plagued by HearingVoices since the death of his wife. Jessica appears on the scene, fist to try and be their for him in this dark time, and then, once Edward turns up dead in an apparent suicide, to serve as the executor of his will. But Edward's death was not a suicide, and soon Jessica finds herself trying to avenge him.
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Jessica's publisher, Edward Graham is plagued by HearingVoices since the death of his wife. Jessica appears on the scene, fist first to try and be their there for him in this dark time, and then, once Edward turns up dead in an apparent suicide, to serve as the executor of his will. But Edward's death was not a suicide, and soon Jessica finds herself trying to avenge him.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Company Comptrolle Leonard Ambler seems stern and unemotional but does tell Steve that Edward was wrong to fire him and that he's dragging his feet putting through the termination papers. Later though he shows a more self-centered and mercenary side, [[spoiler:Being the mastermind behind the conspiracy to drive Edward crazy and kill him, after all]].
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Company Comptrolle Comptroller Leonard Ambler seems stern and unemotional but does tell Steve that Edward was wrong to fire him and that he's dragging his feet putting through the termination papers. Later though he shows a more self-centered and mercenary side, [[spoiler:Being the mastermind behind the conspiracy to drive Edward crazy and kill him, after all]].
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* UnexpectedInheritance: Edward leaves ''something'' (albiet rarely something terribly valuable) to just about everyone in his life, with people Jessica visits being surprised to get things like a Gold Watch, his book collection, his house, his music collection etc.
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* UnexpectedInheritance: Edward leaves ''something'' (albiet (albeit rarely something terribly valuable) to just about everyone in his life, with people Jessica visits being surprised to get things like a Gold Watch, his book collection, his house, his music collection etc.
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* MoodSwinger: One of the clues Jessica receives to there being something wrong with Edward is his out-of-nowhere mood shifts. He first praises Jessica's latest draft and proclaims it'll be another best seller, but the next time they discuss it he's now telling her it's awful and will require a total rewrite. Jessica finds out the "health drinks" Edward's doctor prescribed him were deliberately causing this.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Company Comptrolle Leonard Ambler seems stern and unemotional but does tell Steve that Edward was wrong to fire him and that he's dragging his feet putting through the termination papers. Later though he shows a more self-centered and mercenary side, [[spoiler:Being the mastermind behind the conpsitrayc to drive Edward crazy and kill him, after all]].
* LongLostRelative: Edward's niece Lori, the daughter of his half-brother. He comments that he hadn't even known she existed until a few months ago. [[spoiler:She turns out to be an imposter working for Leonard, but [[AmbiguousSituation whether or not there ever was a Lori who this girl assumed the identity of or whether she's an InventedIndividual is unclear]]]].
* LongLostRelative: Edward's niece Lori, the daughter of his half-brother. He comments that he hadn't even known she existed until a few months ago. [[spoiler:She turns out to be an imposter working for Leonard, but [[AmbiguousSituation whether or not there ever was a Lori who this girl assumed the identity of or whether she's an InventedIndividual is unclear]]]].
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Company Comptrolle Leonard Ambler seems stern and unemotional but does tell Steve that Edward was wrong to fire him and that he's dragging his feet putting through the termination papers. Later though he shows a more self-centered and mercenary side, [[spoiler:Being the mastermind behind the conpsitrayc conspiracy to drive Edward crazy and kill him, after all]].
* LongLostRelative: Edward's niece Lori, the daughter of his half-brother. He comments that he hadn't even known she existed until a few months ago. [[spoiler:She turns out to be an imposter working for Leonard, but [[AmbiguousSituation whether or not there ever was a Lori who this girl assumed the identityof of]] or whether she's an InventedIndividual is unclear]]]].unclear]].
* LongLostRelative: Edward's niece Lori, the daughter of his half-brother. He comments that he hadn't even known she existed until a few months ago. [[spoiler:She turns out to be an imposter working for Leonard, but [[AmbiguousSituation whether or not there ever was a Lori who this girl assumed the identity
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* UnexpectedInheritance: Edward leaves ''something'' (albiet rarely something terribly valuable) to just about everyone in his life, with people Jessica visits being surprised to get things like a Gold Watch, his book collection, his house house, his music collection etc.
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Jessica's publisher, Edward Graham is plagued by HearingVoices since the death of his wife. Jessica appears on the scene, fist to try and be their for him in this dark time, and then, once Edward turns up dead in an apparent suicide, to serve as the executor of his will. But Edward's death was not a suicide, and soon Jessica finds herself trying to avenge him.
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* {{Gaslighting}}: Edward is made to think that either he's insane or his wife's ghost wants him to kill himself for the first half of the episode.
* TheGhost: Edward's sister, who is a beneficiary of his will but lives out of town and never appears.
* InternalReveal: The audience is shown that a masked man pushed Edward of the roof when he refrained from jumping at the last second but the characters spend a while believing it was suicide.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Company Comptrolle Leonard Ambler seems stern and unemotional but does tell Steve that Edward was wrong to fire him and that he's dragging his feet putting through the termination papers. Later though he shows a more self-centered and mercenary side, [[spoiler:Being the mastermind behind the conpsitrayc to drive Edward crazy and kill him, after all]].
* LongLostRelative: Edward's niece Lori, the daughter of his half-brother. He comments that he hadn't even known she existed until a few months ago. [[spoiler:She turns out to be an imposter working for Leonard, but [[AmbiguousSituation whether or not there ever was a Lori who this girl assumed the identity of or whether she's an InventedIndividual is unclear]]]].
* TheLostLenore: Edward clearly misses his late wife, which is exploited to make him either commit suicide or make a case for suicide if killing him becomes necessary.
* MeanBoss: Edward, although it's due to the enormous mental strain he's under and he does try to apologize when he's more clear headed.
* NeverSuicide: Jessica picks up that it seems odd Edward would have made a dinner reservation if he planned to kill himself.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Ted Hartley, Edward's boss who is confused and concerned with Edward's mental state and decisions and is a trusted associate to Jessica.
* TheShrink: Edward's therapist, Dr. Santana.
* UnexpectedInheritance: Edward leaves ''something'' (albiet rarely something terribly valuable) to just about everyone in his life, with people Jessica visits being surprised to get things like a Gold Watch, his book collection, his house his music collection etc.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Dr. Santanna was an accomplice, but ends up murdered himself]].
!!Tropes:
* {{Gaslighting}}: Edward is made to think that either he's insane or his wife's ghost wants him to kill himself for the first half of the episode.
* TheGhost: Edward's sister, who is a beneficiary of his will but lives out of town and never appears.
* InternalReveal: The audience is shown that a masked man pushed Edward of the roof when he refrained from jumping at the last second but the characters spend a while believing it was suicide.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Company Comptrolle Leonard Ambler seems stern and unemotional but does tell Steve that Edward was wrong to fire him and that he's dragging his feet putting through the termination papers. Later though he shows a more self-centered and mercenary side, [[spoiler:Being the mastermind behind the conpsitrayc to drive Edward crazy and kill him, after all]].
* LongLostRelative: Edward's niece Lori, the daughter of his half-brother. He comments that he hadn't even known she existed until a few months ago. [[spoiler:She turns out to be an imposter working for Leonard, but [[AmbiguousSituation whether or not there ever was a Lori who this girl assumed the identity of or whether she's an InventedIndividual is unclear]]]].
* TheLostLenore: Edward clearly misses his late wife, which is exploited to make him either commit suicide or make a case for suicide if killing him becomes necessary.
* MeanBoss: Edward, although it's due to the enormous mental strain he's under and he does try to apologize when he's more clear headed.
* NeverSuicide: Jessica picks up that it seems odd Edward would have made a dinner reservation if he planned to kill himself.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Ted Hartley, Edward's boss who is confused and concerned with Edward's mental state and decisions and is a trusted associate to Jessica.
* TheShrink: Edward's therapist, Dr. Santana.
* UnexpectedInheritance: Edward leaves ''something'' (albiet rarely something terribly valuable) to just about everyone in his life, with people Jessica visits being surprised to get things like a Gold Watch, his book collection, his house his music collection etc.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Dr. Santanna was an accomplice, but ends up murdered himself]].
