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* DontCallMeSir: When Griffiths call him “Mr. Caffrey”, Neal immediately declines the formality and requests to be addressed by [[FirstNameBasis his first name]].

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* DontCallMeSir: When Griffiths call calls him “Mr. Caffrey”, Neal immediately declines the formality and requests to be addressed by [[FirstNameBasis his first name]].
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Neal goes undercover with a psychiatrist suspected of manipulating her patients to commit crimes.

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Neal and Peter learn of a psychiatrist who seemingly manipulates reformed criminals to become criminal again. To gather evidence, Neal goes undercover with a psychiatrist suspected of manipulating as her patients to commit crimes.“patient.”
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* MaskOfConfidence: Dr. Summers suggests that Neal's confidence is a facade used to conceal his insecurities that he hides by [[StepfordSmiler smiling a lot]].

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* MaskOfConfidence: Dr. Summers suggests that Neal's confidence is a facade used to conceal his insecurities that insecurities, which he hides by [[StepfordSmiler smiling a lot]].
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* CongruentMemory: Neal cannot remember what he revealed to Dr. Summers while he was drugged. In order to get Neal to remember, Mozzie recreates the drug and has Neal take it. It works.

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* CongruentMemory: Neal cannot remember what he revealed to Dr. Summers while he was drugged. In order to get Neal to remember, under the influence of the drug. To trigger his memory, Mozzie recreates the drug substance and has Neal take it.administers it to Neal. It works.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Neal wonders if Agent Siegel’s death is his fault, as he was shot near close to where Neal met up with Hagen.

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* ItsAllMyFault: Neal wonders if Agent Siegel’s death is his fault, as he was shot near close to where Neal met up with Hagen.
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* DontCallMeSir: When Griffith call him “Mr. Caffrey”, Neal immediately declines the formality and requests to be addressed by [[FirstNameBasis his first name]].

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* DontCallMeSir: When Griffith Griffiths call him “Mr. Caffrey”, Neal immediately declines the formality and requests to be addressed by [[FirstNameBasis his first name]].



* ReformedCriminal: Inspired by Neal's transformation, Griffith genuinely wants to leave his criminal life behind and focus on his family.

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* ReformedCriminal: Inspired by Neal's transformation, Griffith Griffiths genuinely wants to leave his criminal life behind and focus on his family.
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* ComfortingComforter: When Neal falls asleep on Peter’s couch after the drug experiment, Peter gently puts a blanket of top of him.

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* ComfortingComforter: When Neal falls asleep on Peter’s couch after the drug experiment, Peter gently puts a blanket of on top of him.
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* IHaveYourWife: Jacoby to force him Grifiths to reveal the whereabouts of the stolen money by threatening his son.

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* IHaveYourWife: Jacoby attempts to force him Grifiths to reveal Griffiths into revealing the whereabouts of the stolen money 2 million dollars by threatening his son.
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* DontCallMeSir: Griffith calls Neal “Mr. Caffrey” which Neal promptly rejects and asks him to call him by his first name instead.

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* DontCallMeSir: When Griffith calls Neal call him “Mr. Caffrey” which Caffrey”, Neal promptly rejects immediately declines the formality and asks him requests to call him be addressed by [[FirstNameBasis his first name instead.name]].
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* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: Because Griffiths was under psychological duress and can’t even remember everything because of the drug, all charges against him are dropped.

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* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: Because Griffiths was under psychological duress and can’t even remember everything because of the drug, due to his drug-induced memory loss, all charges against him are dropped.
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* ReformedCriminal: Griffith genuinely wants to leave his criminal life behind and focus on his family, taking Neal himself as an example.

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* ReformedCriminal: Inspired by Neal's transformation, Griffith genuinely wants to leave his criminal life behind and focus on his family, taking Neal himself as an example.family.

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* IHaveYourWife: Jacoby threatens Griffiths’ son to make him tell where the 2 million dollars are.

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* IHaveYourWife: Jacoby threatens Griffiths’ son to make force him tell where Grifiths to reveal the 2 million dollars are.whereabouts of the stolen money by threatening his son.
* ImplicitPrison: Following Siegel’s murder, Neal is temporarily put on house arrest until he has a new handler. Mozzie compares this situation to Neal being imprisoned.



* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Downplayed. Thanks to Dr. Summers' manipulation, Neal starts to wonder if he can really be reformed or if he is destined to be a criminal. At the end, Neal starts to slip into criminal activity again, telling Mozzie that he also wants to sever his ties to the FBI.
* ImplicitPrison: Following Siegel’s murder, Neal is temporarily put on house arrest until he has a new handler. Mozzie compares this situation to Neal being imprisoned.
* PsychoPsychologist: Dr. Summers manipulates her patients and preys on their fears and weaknesses in order to get them to commit crimes for her, drugging them so that they don’t remember any of that.
* MaskOfConfidence: Dr. Summers tells Neal that she thinks his confidence is a farce and that he hides his insecurities by smiling a lot.

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* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Downplayed. Thanks to Under the influence of Dr. Summers' manipulation, Neal starts to wonder if he can really be reformed or if he is destined to be a criminal. At the end, Neal starts to slip into criminal activity again, telling Mozzie that he also wants to sever his ties to the FBI.
* ImplicitPrison: Following Siegel’s murder, Neal is temporarily put on house arrest until he has a new handler. Mozzie compares this situation to Neal being imprisoned.
* PsychoPsychologist: Dr. Summers manipulates her patients and preys on their fears and weaknesses in order to get them to commit crimes for her, drugging them so that they don’t remember any of that.
* MaskOfConfidence: Dr. Summers tells Neal suggests that she thinks his Neal's confidence is a farce and that he hides facade used to conceal his insecurities that he hides by [[StepfordSmiler smiling a lot.lot]].



* PsychoPsychologist: Dr. Summers manipulates her patients, former criminals, by drugging them into a vulnerable state and then implanting suggestions that lead them back into criminal behavior. She drugs Neal during their session to find out what the FBI has on her.

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* PsychoPsychologist: Dr. Summers manipulates her patients, former criminals, by drugging exploiting their fears and weaknesses to coerce them into committing crimes. Using drugs, she puts them in a vulnerable state and then implanting implants suggestions that lead them back into criminal behavior. She drugs Neal during their During her session with Neal, she also drugs him to find out what extract information about the FBI has FBI's investigation on her.



* TheSociopath: During their session, Dr. Summers claims that Neal is a sociopath:

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* TheSociopath: During their session, Dr. Summers claims that labels Neal is as a sociopath:



* TruthSerum: In addition to inducing amnesia, the drug is a truth serum.
* WordAssociationTest: Dr. Summers performs this test on Neal during their session:

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* TruthSerum: In addition to inducing amnesia, the The drug is used by Dr. Summers not only induces amnesia but also functions as a truth serum.
* WordAssociationTest: Dr. Summers performs this administers a word association test on to Neal during their session:session to gain insights into his thoughts and emotions:

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* TheBeCarefulSpeech: True to form, Peter asks Neal to be careful during his session with Dr. Summers, worrying that she might get into Neal’s head.

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* TheBeCarefulSpeech: True to form, Peter asks Neal to be careful during his session with Dr. Summers, worrying concerned that she might get into Neal’s head.



** During her session with Neal, she makes him extremely uncomfortable, uses his insecurities for her advantage and makes him believe that he cannot and does not want to be truly reformed by asking questions rather than making statements, thereby making Neal believe that those things come from his own mind.

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** During her session with Neal, she makes him extremely uncomfortable, uses Dr. Summers manipulates Neal during their session, exploiting his insecurities for her advantage and makes making him believe that he cannot and does not want to be truly reformed by asking be reformed. She uses questions rather than making statements, thereby making statements to make Neal believe that think those things doubts come from his own mind.



* NoWarrantNoProblem: Peter and Neal are sent away when they want to check out the vault because they don’t have a warrant. Neal then fakes an ID badge that helps Peter pose as a manager who distracts the probie so that they can find out who owns the vault.

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* NoWarrantNoProblem: When Peter and Neal are sent away when they want denied access to check out the a vault because they don’t have lack a warrant. warrant, Neal then fakes an creates a fake ID badge that helps Peter for Peter, allowing him to pose as a manager who distracts and distract the probie so that they can find out who owns the vault.vault.
* PsychoPsychologist: Dr. Summers manipulates her patients, former criminals, by drugging them into a vulnerable state and then implanting suggestions that lead them back into criminal behavior. She drugs Neal during their session to find out what the FBI has on her.



** Dr. Summers drugs her patients by spiking their water, serving both as a truth serum and as inducing amnesia. When Neal visits her while undercover, he is drugged as well during which Dr. Summers questions him to find out what the FBI has on her.

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** Dr. Summers drugs her patients by spiking their water, serving using it as both as a truth serum and as inducing to induce amnesia. When Neal visits her while undercover, he is drugged as well during which Dr. Summers questions him to find out what the FBI has on her.
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* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: Because Griffiths was under psychological duress and can’t even remember everything because of the drug, all charges against him are dropped.
* TheBeCarefulSpeech: True to form, Peter asks Neal to be careful during his session with Dr. Summers, worrying that she might get into Neal’s head.
* ComfortingComforter: When Neal falls asleep on Peter’s couch after the drug experiment, Peter gently puts a blanket of top of him.
* CongruentMemory: Neal cannot remember what he revealed to Dr. Summers while he was drugged. In order to get Neal to remember, Mozzie recreates the drug and has Neal take it. It works.
* DeceptionNonCompliance: Unbeknownst to Peter and Jones, Jacoby has Griffiths' son at gunpoint when they visit Griffiths to question him. Griffiths sneakily tells Peter and Jones that he has no time for them since he has to pick up his son from school. Because his son’s backpack lies on the couch in plain sight, Peter and Jones immediately realize what is going on.
* DeclarationOfPersonalIndependence: At the end of the episode, Neal tells Mozzie that he wants to be free from everyone, including Hagen and the FBI.
* DontCallMeSir: Griffith calls Neal “Mr. Caffrey” which Neal promptly rejects and asks him to call him by his first name instead.
* ForTheEvulz:
** Neal asks Dr. Summers why she stole the money. Her answer: because it was there.
** Neal gives Mozzie the same answer when he asks Neal why he stole the 2 million dollars.
* HesitationEqualsDishonesty: While Neal has drugged himself, Peter uses the opportunity to ask Neal if he knows anything about Siegel’s murder. Neal hesitates before saying he doesn’t know anything which makes Peter realize that he is withholding something.
* IHaveYourWife: Jacoby threatens Griffiths’ son to make him tell where the 2 million dollars are.
* ItsAllMyFault: Neal wonders if Agent Siegel’s death is his fault, as he was shot near close to where Neal met up with Hagen.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Downplayed. Thanks to Dr. Summers' manipulation, Neal starts to wonder if he can really be reformed or if he is destined to be a criminal. At the end, Neal starts to slip into criminal activity again, telling Mozzie that he also wants to sever his ties to the FBI.
* ImplicitPrison: Following Siegel’s murder, Neal is temporarily put on house arrest until he has a new handler. Mozzie compares this situation to Neal being imprisoned.
* PsychoPsychologist: Dr. Summers manipulates her patients and preys on their fears and weaknesses in order to get them to commit crimes for her, drugging them so that they don’t remember any of that.
* MaskOfConfidence: Dr. Summers tells Neal that she thinks his confidence is a farce and that he hides his insecurities by smiling a lot.
* MoreThanMindControl:
** Dr. Summers manipulates her patients, former criminals, by drugging them into a vulnerable state and then putting suggestions into their head, making slip back into criminal behavior. Neal demonstrates this to Peter by making him guess a number between one and ten and, after correctly guessing it, explaining to Peter how he manipulated him into picking the number nine.
** During her session with Neal, she makes him extremely uncomfortable, uses his insecurities for her advantage and makes him believe that he cannot and does not want to be truly reformed by asking questions rather than making statements, thereby making Neal believe that those things come from his own mind.
* NervousTics: Dr. Summers admits that she picks her nails when she is nervous.
* NoWarrantNoProblem: Peter and Neal are sent away when they want to check out the vault because they don’t have a warrant. Neal then fakes an ID badge that helps Peter pose as a manager who distracts the probie so that they can find out who owns the vault.
* ReformedCriminal: Griffith genuinely wants to leave his criminal life behind and focus on his family, taking Neal himself as an example.
* SlippingAMickey:
** Dr. Summers drugs her patients by spiking their water, serving both as a truth serum and as inducing amnesia. When Neal visits her while undercover, he is drugged as well during which Dr. Summers questions him to find out what the FBI has on her.
** In the end, Neal pulls off this trick on her to get her to confess to her crimes.
* TheSociopath: During their session, Dr. Summers claims that Neal is a sociopath:
-->'''Dr. Summers:''' You work on perception, the perception of others. How you think they'll feel. This influences your actions and thoughts more so than your own emotions. Deceit and manipulation are the essential characteristics of the disorder — you excel at both.
* TruthSerum: In addition to inducing amnesia, the drug is a truth serum.
* WordAssociationTest: Dr. Summers performs this test on Neal during their session:
-->'''Dr. Summers:''' Job.\\
'''Neal:''' Confined.\\
'''Dr. Summers:''' Jealousy.\\
'''Neal:''' Weak.\\
'''Dr. Summers:''' Money.\\
'''Neal:''' Prop.\\
'''Dr. Summers:''' Women.\\
'''Neal:''' Hope.\\
'''Dr. Summers:''' Peter.\\
'''Neal:''' Worthy.\\
'''Dr. Summers:''' Theft.\\
'''Neal:''' Capable.\\
'''Dr. Summers:''' Caught.\\
'''Neal:''' Oops.

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