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* FairPlayWhodunnit: The show is pretty good about dropping clues and hints on who the actual perpetrator is for each case of the week.
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* BankRobbery: "Inside (Con)Man" has one, as Max is at her bank when it's robbed, which soon turns into a hostage situation too when she alerts Ellis. Then they work together covertly to insure that the hostages (her included) are safe and bust the bank robbers.
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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: A variation in "Inside (Con)Man" as [[spoiler: Max realized Tracey was in on the robbery when she was getting milk for the robber and somehow knew exactly what kind of milk he wouldn't be allergic to.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: Invoked in "Inside (Con)Man" as Max and Cole's presence threw off the entire bank robbery plan.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Invoked in "Inside (Con)Man" as Max and Cole's presence threw off the entire bank robbery plan.
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* BatmanGambit: In "Inside (Con)Man", [[spoiler:as Tracey is taken out of the bank to serve as a human shield for Derek and Ben's getaway, Max advises her to pretend like she's having a contraction and drop to her knees, so that the cops will panic and shoot the robbers. The purpose of this advice is twofold; one, it causes Ben and Derek to be disarmed, but also, because they know Tracey isn't actually pregnant, they'll think that she sold them out and thus testify against her to avoid taking the full rap for the robbery, which was her idea.]]
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: The penultimate episode of the first season ends with the introduction of [[spoiler:Max's husband.]]
* SmokescreenCrime: In "Inside (Con)Man", Derek and Ben's attempt to rob the bank while taking hostages is actually a distraction to cover [[spoiler:Derek's foster sister Tracey accessing the safe deposit boxes to steal her mother's extremely valuable stamp.]]
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: "Dead of Night" has the cast of a vampire TV show hunted by a stalker with one getting his arms burned, another nearly dying of an allergic reaction and a third outright murdered. It turns out [[spoiler: the four actors accidentally killed a woman and when one wanted to confess, they killed him. The "stalker" was an invention with the other actors deliberately putting themselves in harm's way to make the cops believe this "stalker" was the killer]].
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** "Dead of Night" has the cast of a vampire TV show hunted by a stalker with one getting his arms burned, another nearly dying of an allergic reaction and a third outright murdered. It turns out [[spoiler: the four actors accidentally killed a woman and when one wanted to confess, they killed him. The "stalker" was an invention with the other actors deliberately putting themselves in harm's way to make the cops believe this "stalker" was thekiller]]. killer]].
** In "Inside (Con)Man", bank robbers Derek and Ben are being aided by [[spoiler:Tracy, Derek's foster sister, who nobody watches too carefully because she appears to be pregnant and thus they all assume she can't go very far.]]
** "Dead of Night" has the cast of a vampire TV show hunted by a stalker with one getting his arms burned, another nearly dying of an allergic reaction and a third outright murdered. It turns out [[spoiler: the four actors accidentally killed a woman and when one wanted to confess, they killed him. The "stalker" was an invention with the other actors deliberately putting themselves in harm's way to make the cops believe this "stalker" was the
** In "Inside (Con)Man", bank robbers Derek and Ben are being aided by [[spoiler:Tracy, Derek's foster sister, who nobody watches too carefully because she appears to be pregnant and thus they all assume she can't go very far.]]
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''Wild Cards'' is a PoliceProcedural airing on Creator/{{CBC}} and Creator/TheCW (it's co- produced by the networks), starring Creator/VanessaMorgan and Giacomo Gianniotti.
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* FreudianExcuse: In "Eternal Sunshine of the Therapized Mind", Ellis is forced to confront why he has so much difficulty giving up his cop habits - his father was a cop, and encouraged him to follow in his footsteps, and thus he learned from an early age to associate his sense of self-worth with his job. For an added kicker, his brother Daniel was born after a heart attack forced his father to take time off from his job, and thus Daniel was not subjected to the same parenting style, becoming more open and sensitive.
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* FalseConfession: In "Eternal Sunshine of the Therapized Mind" at the funeral of a famous therapist a former patient spontaneously confesses he'd killed her, and repeats the confession several times at the police station. However, it becomes obvious by the fact he won't give more detail and just says the exact same thing that he's been hypnotized to say this. [[spoiler:The actual killer turns out to be another therapist who'd made him do this to throw off the investigators.]]
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* AccidentalMurder: In "Eternal Sunshine of the Therapized Mind", [[spoiler:Joan accidentally killed Dr. Fernwood when, during a fight, she threw a book at her head. The book hit her at just the right angle to knock her backwards, causing her to smash her head against the edge of her pool, killing her.]]
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* QueerEstablishingMoment: In "Howl to Get Away With Murder" before long Cole and Max find out that the victim had seen multiple women, but also a man. His boyfriend turns out to be a man they interviewed, with Max [[{{Gaydar}} spotting this quickly]].
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** In "Howl to Get Away With Murder" before long Cole and Max find out that the victim had seen multiple women, but also a man. His boyfriend turns out to be a man they interviewed, with Max [[{{Gaydar}} spotting this quickly]].
** In "Con With the Wind" JJ is established to be queer early on by Cole. Later it turns out he refused to give an alibi as that would out his boyfriend Vince, who's still in the closet.
** In "Howl to Get Away With Murder" before long Cole and Max find out that the victim had seen multiple women, but also a man. His boyfriend turns out to be a man they interviewed, with Max [[{{Gaydar}} spotting this quickly]].
** In "Con With the Wind" JJ is established to be queer early on by Cole. Later it turns out he refused to give an alibi as that would out his boyfriend Vince, who's still in the closet.
