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* SuicideAttack: When cornered by Street and Tan at a garage, one of Ruth's sons douses himself in petrol, sets himself aflame and charges them, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome only to be gunned down before he gets close]].
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* SuicideAttack: When cornered by Street and Tan at a garage, one of Ruth's sons douses himself in petrol, sets himself aflame and charges them, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome [[SubvertedTrope only to be gunned down before he gets close]].
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-->'''Hondo''': Rap sheets sure to make Mama proud.
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-->'''Hondo''': Rap sheets sure to make Mama proud.proud.
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* ManOnFire: The Virgo's Temple cult's preferred method of mass suicide is self-immolation.
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* SelfImmolation: The Virgo's Temple cult's preferred method of mass suicide is by fire.
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* DrinkingTheKoolAid: Directly mentioned by Commander Hicks, who notes the Pearsons had plenty of followers willing to do this.
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-->'''Dylan Wheedy''': ''[explaining to Chris and Deacon why Ruth timed her escape to coincide with the Draconid meteor shower]'' It's Temple dogma. Meteors clear the sky for a ship to arrive from Andromeda. They're the ones that are supposed to take the souls to the higher-level planet. ''[Beat]'' It all sounds so stupid now.
* HostageSituation: SWAT learns that Ruth and a band of die-hard fanatics who survived the Temple's initial destruction are planning "a convoy", a mass suicide involving 36 people, and since they don't have enough members, the cultists start abducting innocent bystanders at random to bump up the numbers, forcing 20 Squad into a race against time to find the cult before they carry out their plan.
-->'''Lynch''': Ruth's kidnapping innocents to sacrifice just so the numbers add up.
-->'''Deacon''': Three more violent abductions, each reported in the past hour, each within the vicinity of a Temple member's last known address.
-->'''Luca''': Six victims, that makes thirty six.
-->'''Hondo''': A convoy. Those people are gonna get executed. A mass homicide just to fulfill some insane prophecy.
* HostageSituation: SWAT learns that Ruth and a band of die-hard fanatics who survived the Temple's initial destruction are planning "a convoy", a mass suicide involving 36 people, and since they don't have enough members, the cultists start abducting innocent bystanders at random to bump up the numbers, forcing 20 Squad into a race against time to find the cult before they carry out their plan.
-->'''Lynch''': Ruth's kidnapping innocents to sacrifice just so the numbers add up.
-->'''Deacon''': Three more violent abductions, each reported in the past hour, each within the vicinity of a Temple member's last known address.
-->'''Luca''': Six victims, that makes thirty six.
-->'''Hondo''': A convoy. Those people are gonna get executed. A mass homicide just to fulfill some insane prophecy.
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* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Ruth's sons are the ones who break her out of jail and loyally do her bidding.
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* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Ruth's sons are the ones who break her out of jail and loyally do her bidding.bidding.
-->'''Street''': ''[looking through the criminal records of Ruth's sons]'' Auto theft, armed robbery, assault.
-->'''Hondo''': Rap sheets sure to make Mama proud.
-->'''Street''': ''[looking through the criminal records of Ruth's sons]'' Auto theft, armed robbery, assault.
-->'''Hondo''': Rap sheets sure to make Mama proud.
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-->'''Hondo''': Ruth Pearson and her husband founded Virgo's Temple in the early '90s, but by '99, it had turned into a full-blown doomsday cult. When the world didn't end with Y2K, Wayne just pushed the apocalypse back. After a while, Ruth said believers could only ascend to a higher plane one way.
-->'''Lynch''': Mass suicide.
-->'''Deacon''': Wayne and a few higher-ups managed to off themselves, but cops and SWAT saved everyone else in that compound while under fire.
-->'''Lynch''': Mass suicide.
-->'''Deacon''': Wayne and a few higher-ups managed to off themselves, but cops and SWAT saved everyone else in that compound while under fire.
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-->'''Luca''': When the world didn't end with Y2K, Wayne just pushed the apocalypse back. After a while, Ruth said believers could only ascend to a higher plane one way.
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-->'''Luca''': Wayne and a few higher-ups managed to off themselves, but cops and SWAT saved everyone else in that compound while under fire.
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-->'''Hondo''': Ruth Pearson and her husband founded Virgo's Temple in the early '90s, but by '99, it had turned into
a full-blown doomsday cult. When the world didn't end with Y2K, Wayne just pushed the apocalypse back. After a while, Ruth said believers could only ascend to a higher plane one way.
a full-blown doomsday cult. When the world didn't end with Y2K, Wayne just pushed the apocalypse back. After a while, Ruth said believers could only ascend to a higher plane one way.
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-->'''Hondo''': Ruth Pearson and her husband founded Virgo's Temple in the early '90s, but by '99, it had turned into
into a full-blown doomsday cult. When the world didn't end with Y2K, Wayne just pushed the apocalypse back. After a while, Ruth said believers could only ascend to a higher plane one way.
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-->'''Hondo''': Ruth Pearson and her husband founded Virgo's Temple in the early '90s, but by '99, it had turned into
a full-blown doomsday cult. When the world didn't end with Y2K, Wayne just pushed the apocalypse back. After a while, Ruth said believers could only ascend to a higher plane one way.
-->'''Lynch''': Mass suicide.
-->'''Deacon''': Wayne and a few higher-ups managed to off themselves, but cops and SWAT saved everyone else in that compound while under fire.
a full-blown doomsday cult. When the world didn't end with Y2K, Wayne just pushed the apocalypse back. After a while, Ruth said believers could only ascend to a higher plane one way.
-->'''Lynch''': Mass suicide.
-->'''Deacon''': Wayne and a few higher-ups managed to off themselves, but cops and SWAT saved everyone else in that compound while under fire.
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-->'''Deacon''': [[BigBadDuumvirateRuth was as much the leader as her husband was]], [[SoleSurvivor only Wayne died that day and she didn't]].
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-->'''Deacon''': [[BigBadDuumvirateRuth [[BigBadDuumvirate Ruth was as much the leader as her husband was]], [[SoleSurvivor only Wayne died that day and she didn't]].
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-->'''Street''': Who's Ruth Pearson?
-->'''Hondo''': Wayne Pearson's widow. They ran a cult together from a compound in Laurel Canyon years ago.
-->'''Street''': The one that planned that mass suicide, Virgo's Temple? This is ''that'' cult leader's wife?
-->'''Deacon''': [[BigBadDuumvirateRuth was as much the leader as her husband was]], [[SoleSurvivor only Wayne died that day and she didn't]].
-->'''Hondo''': A lot of people got hurt because of what this couple did, and [[KarmaHoudini no one was ever really held accountable]].
-->'''Street''': What about Ruth? D.A. didn't throw the book at her?
-->'''Hondo''': He tried, but it didn't go anywhere. She's legally insane.
-->'''Hondo''': Wayne Pearson's widow. They ran a cult together from a compound in Laurel Canyon years ago.
-->'''Street''': The one that planned that mass suicide, Virgo's Temple? This is ''that'' cult leader's wife?
-->'''Deacon''': [[BigBadDuumvirateRuth was as much the leader as her husband was]], [[SoleSurvivor only Wayne died that day and she didn't]].
-->'''Hondo''': A lot of people got hurt because of what this couple did, and [[KarmaHoudini no one was ever really held accountable]].
-->'''Street''': What about Ruth? D.A. didn't throw the book at her?
-->'''Hondo''': He tried, but it didn't go anywhere. She's legally insane.
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-->'''Deacon''': Ruth Pearson's a patient here?
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* AdultFear: A concerned mother who thought her daughter had been brainwashed into joining Virgo's Temple has to watch as her daughter is arrested as a willing participant in the cult's crimes. Deacon notes that all parents worry about how to keep their kids from making decisions their parents know are bad ones.
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* ApocalypseCult: Ruth Pearson and her husband were the leaders of a doomsday cult naming themselves Virgo's Temple, who believed the only way they could AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence was through mass suicide.
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* ApocalypseCult: Ruth Pearson and her husband were the leaders of a doomsday cult naming themselves Virgo's Temple, a doomsday cult who believed the only way they could AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence was through mass suicide.
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* AdultFear: One mother finds out her daughter has become a member of Virgo's Temple. Deacon notes that it's a fear of all parents, trying to keep their kids from making decisions their parents know are bad ones.
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* AdultFear: One A concerned mother finds out who thought her daughter has become a member of had been brainwashed into joining Virgo's Temple. Temple has to watch as her daughter is arrested as a willing participant in the cult's crimes. Deacon notes that it's a fear of all parents, trying parents worry about how to keep their kids from making decisions their parents know are bad ones.
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* ApocalypseCult: Ruth Pearson and her husband were the leaders of a doomsday cult naming themselves Virgo's Temple.
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* ApocalypseCult: Ruth Pearson and her husband were the leaders of a doomsday cult naming themselves Virgo's Temple.Temple, who believed the only way they could AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence was through mass suicide.
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When the surviving leader of a doomsday cult escapes from prison, the race is on to recapture her before she and her acolytes pick up where they left off.
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When the surviving leader of a doomsday cult escapes from prison, the psychiatric hospital where she was incarcerated, the race is on to recapture her before she and her acolytes pick up where they left off.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Most of the information that 20 Squad gets regarding the cult's plans comes from former cult members who'd realised they were in too deep and wanted out.
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* ObfuscatingInsanity: It's implied Ruth Pearson feigned insanity to evade prosecution for the cult's crimes, given her husband was killed when [=LAPD=] stormed the cult's compound.
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* MexicanStandoff: Hondo and Chris each end up in one (Hondo with Ruth Pearson, Chris with a female cultist) that they both end by disabling their opponent with a shot to the leg.
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Ruth Pearson comes across as a gender-flipped equivalent of historical cult leaders like Jim Jones and David Koresh, while Virgo's Temple bear a few similarities to the Branch Davidians.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: It's implied Ruth Pearson feigned insanity to evade prosecution for the cult's crimes, given her husband was killed when [=LAPD=] stormed the cult'scompound.compound and the District Attorney [[MakeAnExampleOfThem wanted to throw the book at her]].
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Ruth Pearson comes across as a gender-flipped equivalent of historical cult leaders like Jim Jones and David Koresh, while Virgo's Temple bear a few similarities to the Branch Davidians.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: It's implied Ruth Pearson feigned insanity to evade prosecution for the cult's crimes, given her husband was killed when [=LAPD=] stormed the cult's
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* AGodAmI: Ruth Pearson is described as "a psychopath with a god complex".
* SuicideAttack: When cornered by Street and Tan at a garage, one of Ruth's sons douses himself in petrol, sets himself aflame and charges them, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome only to be gunned down before he gets close]].
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* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Ruth's sons are the ones who break her out of jail.jail and loyally do her bidding.
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* AwfulTruth: In the original raid on Virgo's Temple, Hondo refused to shoot [[ChildSoldiers a kid armed with a gun]] when S.W.A.T. stormed the compound because he was convinced the kid [[YouWouldntShootMe wouldn't pull the trigger]], earning him a reprimand from Buck. Years later, he's genuinely stunned when the boy confesses he tried to shoot Hondo, only to have his gun jam.
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* AdultFear: One mother finds out her daughter has become a member of Virgo's Temple. Deacon notes that it's a fear of all parents, trying to keep their kids from making decisions their parents know are bad ones.
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* BigNo: Ruth when [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes one of her sons]] is killed by Chris.
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* OhCrap: Hondo and Deacon's reaction to learning Ruth Pierson Pearson has escaped prison.
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* ThatOneCase: Hondo and Deacon were both part of the original raid on the Virgo's Temple compound and are clearly still haunted by it.
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* ManOnFire: The Virgo's Temple cult's preferred method of mass suicide is self-immolation.
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When the surviving leader of a doomsday cult escapes from prison, the race is on to recapture her before she and her acolytes pick up where they left off.
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* ApocalypseCult: Ruth Pearson and her husband were the leaders of a doomsday cult naming themselves Virgo's Temple.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: It's implied Ruth Pearson feigned insanity to evade prosecution for the cult's crimes, given her husband was killed when [=LAPD=] stormed the cult's compound.
* OhCrap: Hondo and Deacon's reaction to learning Ruth Pierson has escaped prison.
* PrisonRiot: Ruth incites one to cover her escape.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Ruth's sons are the ones who break her out of jail.
!!Tropes
* ApocalypseCult: Ruth Pearson and her husband were the leaders of a doomsday cult naming themselves Virgo's Temple.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: It's implied Ruth Pearson feigned insanity to evade prosecution for the cult's crimes, given her husband was killed when [=LAPD=] stormed the cult's compound.
* OhCrap: Hondo and Deacon's reaction to learning Ruth Pierson has escaped prison.
* PrisonRiot: Ruth incites one to cover her escape.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Ruth's sons are the ones who break her out of jail.
