Directed by David Von Ancken.
Written by Tom Fontana and Bradford Winters.
Tropes
- Antagonist in Mourning: Despite their rivalry, McManus is upset Said was killed and genuinely wants Arif to honor his memory.
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: A twisted example - when Keller murders Winthrop because he killed Beecher's father.
- Blackmail: Omar forces Glynn to let him out of solitary by threatening to sue him.
- Bad People Abuse Animals: Hoyt tortured animals as a child.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Cutler doesn't get why Macbeth would feel bad about killing Duncan.
- Et Tu, Brute?: Miguel feels betrayed when he learns Maritza has started dating a friend of his.
- Forgiveness: Busmalis finally makes peace with Norma for leaving him at the alter.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Poet's threatening outburst while working the telemarketing desk was unprofessional (to put it mildly) but he's not wrong to be angry about receiving a racial slur on the job.
- Manipulative Bastard: Robson plans to kill Cutler so he covers his tracks by telling Sister Pete he thinks Cutler may be suicidal.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Murphy feels guilty for what he did to Morales when Brass admits he lied about Martinez confessing.
- Not Me This Time; Brass falls under suspicion for killing Martinez, which he didn't do.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Redding gets all the Homeboys to walk out on him by being overly harsh on Poet.
- Playing the Victim Card: Brese tries to keep himself from being punished by Glynn by getting sympathy by saying his wife has cancer. This may or may not be a lie.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Nurse Grace thought she was doing the right thing when she killed Martinez.