History Recap / MurderSheWroteS6E17MurderAccordingToMaggie

* ButIPlayOneOnTV: InUniverse, Bert does this to ''himself'', believing his role in ''Beat Cop'' not only makes him qualified to assist in the investigation, but that he should be above suspicion as a fellow law-enforcement professional.

* ButIPlayOneOnTV: InUniverse, Bert appears to think that his role in ''Beat Cop'' not only makes him qualified to assist in the investigation, but that he should be above suspicion as a fellow law-enforcement professional.

* ButIPlayOneOnTV: Bert appears to think that his role in ''Beat Cop'' not only makes him qualified to assist in the investigation, but that he should be above suspicion as a fellow law-enforcement professional.

* CannotTellFictionFromReality: At a couple of points, Bert appears to believe he's really a police officer.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Maggie based ''Beat Cop'' on Vincent, who is not impressed.

* StayInTheKitchen: Carmody tells Julie, "[[IDontPayYouToThink Don't think, that’s my job]]" and to just stand around looking pretty and taking dumb meetings.

Jessica’s former writing student, Maggie [=McCauley=] has found a job writing a HardBoiledDetective Show, ‘’Beat Cop’’ in Hollywood. When a sleazy studio executive threatening to cancel the show ends up murdered, there are suspects galore, and Maggie must imitate her old mentor to try and solve the case.

* BigFun: Burns, the fat, pleasant security guard.

* CoolOldLady: Harriet [=DuVall=] a studio stockholder and chairwoman of the board who Brian goes to, in order to intimidate Carmody into abandoning his plans to cancel ''Beat Cop'', although Carmody refuses to back down.

* FalseReassurance: Heavily implied to be the case with Brian's assurances that he'll help Magige get her other show idea, a romance, produced someday.
* FlatWhat: Studio executive Brian Thursden’s reaction to hearing Carmody has never even watched the well-reviewed, top-rated show he intends to cancel.

* ICouldaBeenAContender: Andy, who starred as a college professor in a hit show fifteen years ago which was also cancelled by Carmody, with Andy reflecting it would have been his StarMakingRole if Carmody hadn't pulled the plug.
* ImprobableAge: Julie wants co-star Dana to star as a neurosurgeon in a medical drama even though she’s not old enough to have graduated Medical School.

* PoliceAreUseless: Completely averted for once. Although Vincent seems to spend far too long suspecting Bert and convinced he's guilty he solves the case independently of Maggie, at about the same time that she does, by finding a piece of evidence with the killers fingerprints near the murder scene and arrives to arrest the killer when he might have posed a threat to Maggie's life.

* SexForServices: Dana half seriously asks Maggie who she has to sleep with to get off the show and get away from Bert’s antics.

* StayInTheKitchen: Carmody tells Julie "[[IDontPayYouToThink Don't think, that’s my job]]" and to just stand around looking pretty and taking dumb meetings.

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* CastingGag: Possible Carmody, given that his character is practically the antithesis of actor Gary Sandy's character from ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati.''

* BigFun: Burns the security guard.

* FriendOnTheForce: Vincent Palermo to Maggie, although their relationship isn't without problems and is complicated a bit by the romantic sparks between them. --> '''Vincent:''' [[PlatonicDeclarationOfLove I love you like a sister]], Maggie, but you didn’t do me any favors when you told the world I was the inspiration for ''Beat Cop''.

* CastingGag: Possible Carmody, given that his character is practically the antithesis of actor Gary Sandy’s character from ‘’Series/WKRPInCincinnati’’.
* CoolOldLady /IronLady: Harriet [=DuVall=] a studio stockholder and chairwoman of the board who Brian goes to, in order to intimidate Carmody into abandoning his plans to cancel ‘’Beat Cop’’, although Carmody refuses to back down.

* FriendOnTheForce: Vincent Palermo to Maggie, although their relationship isn’t without problems.
--> '''Vincent:''' [[PlatonicDeclarationOfLove I love you like a sister]], Maggie, but you didn’t do me any favors when you told the world I was the inspiration for ''Beat Cop''.
Complicated a bit by the romantic sparks between them.

* LargeHam/ ThePrimaDonna: Bert Rodgers is a male version, always obsessing about getting the central focus of the show and chafing at any perceived disrespect. [[LampshadeHanging Maggie and her secretary even call him “The Big Ham” behind his back]].

* PoliceAreUseless: Completely averted for once. Although Vincent seems to spend far too long suspecting Bert and convinced he's guilty he solves the case independently of Maggie, at about the same time that she does, by finding a piece of evidence with the killers fingerprints near the murder scene and arrives to arrest the killer when he might have used a threat to Maggie's life.

* StayInTheKitchen: Carmody tells Julie “[[IDontPayYouToThink Don’t think, that’s my job]]” and to just stand around looking pretty and taking dumb meetings.

* FalseReassurances: Heavily implied to be the case with Brian's assurances that he'll help Magige get her other show idea, a romance, produced someday.

--> '''Vincent:''' I love you like a sister, Maggie, but you didn’t do me any favors when you told the world I was the inspiration for ''Beat Cop''.

* StayInTheKitchen: Carmody tells Julie “Don’t think, that’s my job” and to just stand around looking pretty and taking dumb meetings.

—> ‘’’Vincent:’’’ I love you like a sister Maggie but you didn’t do me any favors when you told the world I was the inspiration for ''Beat Cop’’.

* AllForNothing: [[spoielr: Butler killed Carmody to keep him form cancelling his show for a second time, presumably unaware that he'd already been stopped in his tracks]].

* BottomlessMagazines: When Bert complains a scene feels artificial, Dana points ut their in a show where there characters shoot a gun 24 times before reloading.

* CoolOldLady /IronLady: Harriet [=DuVall=] a studio stockholder and chairwoman of the board who Brian goes to in oder to intimidate Carmody into abandoning his plans to cancel ‘’Beat Cop’’, although Carmody refuses to back down.

* FlatWhat: Studio executive Brian Thursden’s reaction to hearing Carmody has never even watched the well-revised, top-rated show he intends to cancel.
* FriendOnTheForce: Vincent Palermo to Maggie, although their relationship isn’t without problems. —> ‘’’Vincent:’’’ I love you like a sister Maggie but you didn’t do me any favors when you told the world I was the inspiration for ‘’Beat Cop’’. Complicated a bit by the romantic sparks between them.

* ImprobableAge: Julie wants co-star Dana to star as a neurosurgeon in a medical drama even though she’s not old enough to have graduate Med School.

* FriendOnTheForce: Vincent Palermo to Maggie, although their relationship isn’t without problems. —> ‘’’Vincent:’’’ I love you like a sister Maggie but you didn’t do me any favors when you told the world I was the inspiration for ‘’Beat Cop’’