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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: After Torres and Reeves talk to Dexter for the first time in the studio, he makes a podcast claiming that Ross killed the petty officer with poisoned cookies, which captures mainstream attention. Considering how Torres and Reeves never mentioned Ross or how the petty officer died, and the fact that Dexter had a clear vendetta against Ross, this makes him an immediate suspect for the murder and he gets arrested.



* RealityEnsues: After Torres and Reeves talk to Dexter for the first time in the studio, he makes a podcast claiming that Ross killed the petty officer with poisoned cookies, which captures mainstream attention. Considering how Torres and Reeves never mentioned Ross or how the petty officer died, and the fact that Dexter had a clear vendetta against Ross, this makes him an immediate suspect for the murder and he gets arrested.
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* PapaWolf: The ''only'' redeeming quality of Whit Dexter is the love he has for his daughter. Gibbs mentioning how tough it must be to have a lying jerk like Dexter for a father, especially at school, is enough for Dexter to get genuinely angry.

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* PapaWolf: The ''only'' redeeming quality of Whit Dexter is the love he has for his daughter. Gibbs mentioning how tough humiliating it must be for her to have a lying jerk like Dexter for a father, especially at school, is enough for Dexter to get genuinely angry.

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* FrameUp: The brother and the wife killed a sailor and tried to have Ross take the fall for it, because [[YourCheatingHeart they wanted to get together with each other]] and wanted to impress Whit Dexter, who had a known vendetta against Ross.

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* FrameUp: The brother and the wife killed a sailor and tried to have Ross take the fall for it, because [[YourCheatingHeart they wanted to get together with each other]] other and wanted to impress Whit Dexter, who had a known vendetta against Ross.



* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Cookies with cyanide.
* YourCheatingHeart: The dead petty officer's wife was sleeping with his brother. They then conspired to kill him and [[FrameUp frame Ross]].

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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Cookies with cyanide.
* YourCheatingHeart: The dead petty officer's wife was sleeping with his brother. They then conspired to kill him and [[FrameUp frame Ross]].
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** The motive behind the brother and the wife of the petty officer murdering him was for both of them to get together permanently and impress Whit Dexter (the brother's hero) by having Ross be blamed for the death. When they get caught, they're both obviously going to be separated when they get sent to prison due to them being different genders. Also, their scheme cost Dexter most of his sponsors and his credibility.

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** The motive behind the brother and the wife of the petty officer murdering him was for both of them to get together permanently and impress Whit Dexter (the brother's hero) by having Ross be blamed for the death. When they get caught, they're both obviously going to be separated when they get sent to prison due to them being different genders. Also, once their scheme cost is exposed to the public, it costs Dexter most of his sponsors and his credibility.credibility, which is the opposite of what they wanted to happen.


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* PapaWolf: The ''only'' redeeming quality of Whit Dexter is the love he has for his daughter. Gibbs mentioning how tough it must be to have a lying jerk like Dexter for a father, especially at school, is enough for Dexter to get genuinely angry.
* RealityEnsues: After Torres and Reeves talk to Dexter for the first time in the studio, he makes a podcast claiming that Ross killed the petty officer with poisoned cookies, which captures mainstream attention. Considering how Torres and Reeves never mentioned Ross or how the petty officer died, and the fact that Dexter had a clear vendetta against Ross, this makes him an immediate suspect for the murder and he gets arrested.
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* CainAndAbel: One of the murderers turned out to be the victim's brother.

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* CainAndAbel: One of the murderers turned out to be the victim's own brother.



* EveryoneHasStandards: Whit Dexter's sponsors have tolerated a bunch of the lies, fake news, and insane conspiracy theories he spread around, but when Ross is proved innocent of the petty officer's murder and the true culprits are caught, most of the advertisers immediately stop funding Dexter's podcast because they're disgusted that he helped almost ruin an innocent person's life.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Whit Dexter's sponsors have tolerated a bunch of the lies, fake news, and insane conspiracy theories he spread around, but around. However, when Ross is proved innocent of the petty officer's murder and the true culprits are caught, most of the advertisers immediately stop funding Dexter's podcast because they're disgusted that he helped almost ruin an innocent person's life.



* FrameUp: The brother and the wife killed a sailor and tried to have Ross take the fall for it, because [[YourCheatingHeart they wanted to get together with each other]] and wanted to impress Whit Dexter, who had a known vendetta against Ross.



* LaserGuidedKarma: Whit Dexter wasn't involved in the petty officer's murder, and didn't even know the wife and brother who killed him, but he still took advantage of the FrameUp against Ross to try to destroy his credibility. When Ross is proved innocent and the real murderers get busted, Dexter loses his credibility and several of his sponsors stop funding him [[EveryoneHasStandards out of disgust over his actions]].

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* LaserGuidedKarma: LaserGuidedKarma:
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Whit Dexter wasn't involved in the petty officer's murder, and didn't even know the wife and brother who killed him, but he still took advantage of the FrameUp against Ross to try to destroy his credibility. When Ross is proved innocent and the real murderers get busted, Dexter loses his credibility and several of his sponsors stop funding him [[EveryoneHasStandards out of disgust over his actions]].actions]].
** The motive behind the brother and the wife of the petty officer murdering him was for both of them to get together permanently and impress Whit Dexter (the brother's hero) by having Ross be blamed for the death. When they get caught, they're both obviously going to be separated when they get sent to prison due to them being different genders. Also, their scheme cost Dexter most of his sponsors and his credibility.


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* RightForTheWrongReasons: The victim's {{Jerkass}} uncle shows up drunk at the wake, telling Team Gibbs that the petty officer's wife was only interested in him because of the inheritance he got after his parents died in a car crash, so NCIS should consider her a suspect. Most of this rant is out of jealousy because he didn't get any of the inheritance money. It turns out that the wife was involved in the petty officer's death, but her motive had nothing to do with the inheritance.
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* StepfordSmiler: Sloane hints that her friendly, sunny attitude is hiding a lot more darkness than she wants to let on.
-->'''Sloane''': [''viciously'']] Oh yeah. I've gotten ''real'' good at looking pretty and pretending to be put together all the time, huh?

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* StepfordSmiler: Sloane hints that her friendly, sunny attitude is hiding a lot more darkness than she wants to let on.
-->'''Sloane''': [''viciously'']] [''viciously''] Oh yeah. I've gotten ''real'' good at looking pretty and pretending to be put together all the time, huh?

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--> '''Bishop:''' [[LampshadeHanging Apparently, influncing a murder is where they finally draw the line]].

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--> '''Bishop:''' [[LampshadeHanging Apparently, influncing influencing a murder is where they finally draw the line]].line]].
* FriendshipMoment: In a lovely example of this, Vance gets to be a shoulder for Sloane to cry on when the case brings her own SurvivorGuilt to the surface.


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* StepfordSmiler: Sloane hints that her friendly, sunny attitude is hiding a lot more darkness than she wants to let on.
-->'''Sloane''': [''viciously'']] Oh yeah. I've gotten ''real'' good at looking pretty and pretending to be put together all the time, huh?
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Whit Dexter's sponsors have tolerated a bunch of the lies, fake news, and insane conspiracy theories he spread around, but when Ross is proved innocent of the petty officer's murder and the true culprits are caught, most of the advertisers ''immediately'' stop funding Dexter's podcast because they're disgusted that he helped almost ruin an innocent person's life.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Whit Dexter's sponsors have tolerated a bunch of the lies, fake news, and insane conspiracy theories he spread around, but when Ross is proved innocent of the petty officer's murder and the true culprits are caught, most of the advertisers ''immediately'' immediately stop funding Dexter's podcast because they're disgusted that he helped almost ruin an innocent person's life.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Whit Dexter's sponsors have tolerated a bunch of the lies, fake news, and insane conspiracy theories he spread around, but when Ross is proved innocent of the petty officer's murder and the true culprits are caught, most of the advertisers immediately stop funding Dexter's podcast because they're disgusted that he helped almost ruin an innocent person's life.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Whit Dexter's sponsors have tolerated a bunch of the lies, fake news, and insane conspiracy theories he spread around, but when Ross is proved innocent of the petty officer's murder and the true culprits are caught, most of the advertisers immediately ''immediately'' stop funding Dexter's podcast because they're disgusted that he helped almost ruin an innocent person's life.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The brother and wife of the victim tried to pin the blame for the murderer on Ross by revealing how the victim died in a post on one of the computers in Legion Hall in order to spread the rumor onto the internet. That same computer had a security camera on it, which played a vital role in them getting busted once Team Gibbs found out where the original post came from.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The brother and wife of the victim tried to pin the blame for the murderer murder on Ross by revealing how the victim died in a post on one of the computers in Legion Hall in order to spread the rumor onto the internet. That same computer had a security camera on it, which played a vital role in them getting busted once Team Gibbs found out where the original post came from.

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* CommonalityConnection: Sloane and Ross both served in the military, both were POW's, and both have major PTSD issues as a result.

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* CainAndAbel: One of the murderers turned out to be the victim's brother.
* CommonalityConnection: Sloane and Ross both served in the military, both were POW's, and both have major PTSD issues as a result. At the end of the episode, Ross admits that Sloane was the first person he could talk to about what had happened to him since she also knew what being a Prisoner of War was like.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The brother and wife of the victim tried to pin the blame for the murderer on Ross by spreading by revealing how the victim died in a post on one of the computers in Legion Hall. That same computer had a security camera on it, which played a vital role in them getting busted once Team Gibbs found out where the original post came from.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The brother and wife of the victim tried to pin the blame for the murderer on Ross by spreading by revealing how the victim died in a post on one of the computers in Legion Hall.Hall in order to spread the rumor onto the internet. That same computer had a security camera on it, which played a vital role in them getting busted once Team Gibbs found out where the original post came from.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Whit Dexter's sponsors have tolerated a bunch of the lies and insane conspiracy theories he spread, but when Ross is proved innocent of the petty officer's murder and the true culprits are caught, most of the advertisers immediately stop funding Dexter's podcast because they're disgusted that he helped almost ruin an innocent person's life.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Whit Dexter's sponsors have tolerated a bunch of the lies lies, fake news, and insane conspiracy theories he spread, spread around, but when Ross is proved innocent of the petty officer's murder and the true culprits are caught, most of the advertisers immediately stop funding Dexter's podcast because they're disgusted that he helped almost ruin an innocent person's life.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The brother and wife of the victim tried to pin the blame for the murderer on Ross by spreading by revealing how he died in a post on one of the computers in Legion Hall. That same computer had a security camera on it, which played a vital role in them getting busted once Team Gibbs tracked down where the original post came from.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The brother and wife of the victim tried to pin the blame for the murderer on Ross by spreading by revealing how he the victim died in a post on one of the computers in Legion Hall. That same computer had a security camera on it, which played a vital role in them getting busted once Team Gibbs tracked down found out where the original post came from.



* LaserGuidedKarma: Whit Dexter wasn't involved in the petty officer's murder, and didn't even know the wife and brother who killed him, but he still took advantage of the FrameUp against Ross to try to destroy his credibility. When Ross is proved innocent and the real murderers get busted, Dexter loses multiple sponsors and his credibility is destroyed.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: Whit Dexter wasn't involved in the petty officer's murder, and didn't even know the wife and brother who killed him, but he still took advantage of the FrameUp against Ross to try to destroy his credibility. When Ross is proved innocent and the real murderers get busted, Dexter loses multiple sponsors and his credibility is destroyed.and several of his sponsors stop funding him [[EveryoneHasStandards out of disgust over his actions]].

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The brother and wife of the victim tried to pin the blame for the murderer on Ross by spreading by revealing how he died in a post on one of the computers in Legion Hall. That same computer had a security camera on it, which played a vital role in them getting busted once Team Gibbs tracked down where the original post came from.



* LaserGuidedKarma: Whit Dexter's actions during this episode cost him multiple sponsors and destroyed his credibility.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: Whit Dexter's actions during this episode cost him Dexter wasn't involved in the petty officer's murder, and didn't even know the wife and brother who killed him, but he still took advantage of the FrameUp against Ross to try to destroy his credibility. When Ross is proved innocent and the real murderers get busted, Dexter loses multiple sponsors and destroyed his credibility.credibility is destroyed.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Whit Dexter's sponsors have tolerated a bunch of the lies and insane conspiracy theories he spread for his podcast, but when Ross is proved innocent of the petty officer's murder and the true culprits are caught, most of the advertisers immediately stop supporting Dexter because they're disgusted that he helped almost ruin an innocent person's life.
--> '''Bishop:''' Apparently, influncing a murder is where they finally draw the line.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Whit Dexter's sponsors have tolerated a bunch of the lies and insane conspiracy theories he spread for his podcast, spread, but when Ross is proved innocent of the petty officer's murder and the true culprits are caught, most of the advertisers immediately stop supporting Dexter funding Dexter's podcast because they're disgusted that he helped almost ruin an innocent person's life.
--> '''Bishop:''' [[LampshadeHanging Apparently, influncing a murder is where they finally draw the line.line]].
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Whit Dexter's sponsors have tolerated a bunch of the lies and insane conspiracy theories he spread for his podcast, but when Ross is proved innocent of the petty officer's murder and the true culprits are caught, most of the advertisers immediately stop supporting Dexter because they're disgusted that he almost ruined an innocent man's life.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Whit Dexter's sponsors have tolerated a bunch of the lies and insane conspiracy theories he spread for his podcast, but when Ross is proved innocent of the petty officer's murder and the true culprits are caught, most of the advertisers immediately stop supporting Dexter because they're disgusted that he helped almost ruined ruin an innocent man's person's life.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Whit Dexter's sponsors have tolerated a bunch of the lies and insane conspiracy theories he spread for his podcast. Then when Ross is proved innocent and the true murderers are exposed, most of the advertisers immediately stop supporting Dexter because they're disgusted that he almost ruined an innocent man's life.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Whit Dexter's sponsors have tolerated a bunch of the lies and insane conspiracy theories he spread for his podcast. Then podcast, but when Ross is proved innocent of the petty officer's murder and the true murderers culprits are exposed, caught, most of the advertisers immediately stop supporting Dexter because they're disgusted that he almost ruined an innocent man's life.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Whit Dexter's sponsors have tolerated a bunch of the lies he spread for his podcast. Then when Ross is proved innocent and the true murderers are exposed, most of the advertisers immediately stop supporting Dexter because they're disgusted that he almost ruined an innocent man's life.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Whit Dexter's sponsors have tolerated a bunch of the lies and insane conspiracy theories he spread for his podcast. Then when Ross is proved innocent and the true murderers are exposed, most of the advertisers immediately stop supporting Dexter because they're disgusted that he almost ruined an innocent man's life.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Whit Dexter's sponsors have tolerated a bunch of his crap for his podcast, but when Ross is proved innocent and the true murderers are exposed, most of them immediately withdraw their money from Dexter as he had almost helped destroyed an innocent man's life.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Whit Dexter's sponsors have tolerated a bunch of his crap the lies he spread for his podcast, but podcast. Then when Ross is proved innocent and the true murderers are exposed, most of them the advertisers immediately withdraw their money from stop supporting Dexter as because they're disgusted that he had almost helped destroyed ruined an innocent man's life.



* {{Jerkass}}: The shock-jock who claims that Ross' time as a POW was actually a paid vacation in Hawaii and accuses him of poisoning the petty officer in Rota.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Whit Dexter's actions during this episode cost him multiple sponsors and sliced down his credibility.

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* {{Jerkass}}: The Whit Dexter, the shock-jock who claims that Ross' time as a POW was actually a paid vacation in Hawaii and accuses him of poisoning the petty officer in Rota.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Whit Dexter's actions during this episode cost him multiple sponsors and sliced down destroyed his credibility.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: The shock-jock's actions during this episode were unacceptable as far as his sponsors are concerned. When Ross is proved innocent and the true murderers are exposed, several of them immediately stop sponsoring Dexter, and it's implied that a lot more sponsors are going to drop him.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: The shock-jock's actions during this episode were unacceptable as far as his Whit Dexter's sponsors are concerned. When have tolerated a bunch of his crap for his podcast, but when Ross is proved innocent and the true murderers are exposed, several most of them immediately stop sponsoring Dexter, and it's implied that a lot more sponsors are going to drop him.withdraw their money from Dexter as he had almost helped destroyed an innocent man's life.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: The shock-jock's actions during this episode were unacceptable as far as his sponsors are concerned, and many of them stop giving money to his talk-show when Ross is proved innocent and the true murderers are exposed.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: The shock-jock's actions during this episode were unacceptable as far as his sponsors are concerned, and many of them stop giving money to his talk-show when concerned. When Ross is proved innocent and the true murderers are exposed.exposed, several of them immediately stop sponsoring Dexter, and it's implied that a lot more sponsors are going to drop him.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: The shock-jock's actions during this episode were unacceptable as far as his sponsors are concerned, and many of them stop giving money to his talk-show when Ross is proved innocent and the true murderers are exposed.
--> '''Bishop:''' Apparently, influncing a murder is where they finally draw the line.


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* LaserGuidedKarma: Whit Dexter's actions during this episode cost him multiple sponsors and sliced down his credibility.

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The death of a Petty Officer in Spain sparks an investigation into a retired veteran (played by Drew Carey) who supposedly sent him a care package with cyanide laced cookies. Along the way, Sloane must help the vet open up about his past as a P.O.W while she opens up about her own experiences.

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The death of a Petty Officer in Spain sparks an investigation into a retired veteran (played by Drew Carey) Carey, who also served in the military) who supposedly sent him a care package with cyanide laced cyanide-laced cookies. Along the way, Sloane must help the vet open up about his past as a P.O.W while she opens up about her own experiences.



* YourCheatingHeart: The dead petty officer's wife was sleeping with his brother. They then conspired to kill him.

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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Cookies with cyanide.
* YourCheatingHeart: The dead petty officer's wife was sleeping with his brother. They then conspired to kill him.him and [[FrameUp frame Ross]].
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The death of a Petty Officer in Spain sparks an investigation into a retired veteran (played by Drew Carey) who supposedly sent him a care package with cyanide laced cookies. Along the way, Sloane must help the vet open up about his past as a P.O.W while she opens up about her own experiences.

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The death of a Petty Officer in Spain sparks an investigation into a retired veteran (played by Drew Carey) who supposedly sent him a care package with cyanide laced cookies. Along the way, Sloane must help the vet open up about his past as a P.O.W while she opens up about her own experiences.experiences.

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* CommonalityConnection: Sloane and Ross both served in the military, both were POW's, and both have major PTSD issues as a result.
* {{Jerkass}}: The shock-jock who claims that Ross' time as a POW was actually a paid vacation in Hawaii and accuses him of poisoning the petty officer in Rota.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Ross decides to tell the post office woman that he's her biological father.
* YourCheatingHeart: The dead petty officer's wife was sleeping with his brother. They then conspired to kill him.
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The death of a Petty Officer in Spain sparks an investigation into a retired veteran (played by Drew Carey) who supposedly sent him a care package with cyanide laced cookies. Along the way, Sloane must help the vet open up about his past as a P.O.W while she opens up about her own experiences.

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