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This episode contains examples of:

  • Almost Kiss: Jesse leans in, appearing to about to kiss Emily, only for it to turn out that he was getting rid of a band-aid sticking to her ear.
  • Bait-and-Switch: The episode begins with a scantily clad woman fleeing from men with rifles. They catch up to her and shoot her with a paintball as part of a consensual sex game. Then she falls into a sinkhole and dies.
  • Bottomless Pits: Lacey falls into a sinkhole and dies.
  • Brutal Honesty: Quinncannon bluntly tells Jesse that he will not serve God.
  • Call-Back: Cassidy still hasn't repaired the air conditioner.
  • Friends with Benefits: Emily and Mayor Miles Person, though the mayor wishes it were more serious, making him a Dogged Nice Guy.
  • Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: Downplayed, as while Odin Quincannon's men hunt down the prostitutes of the Toadvine Whorehouse in their underwear for sport, they use paintballs instead of actual guns.
  • Leaning on the Fourth Wall: In "Monster Swamp," Cassidy tries to explain the situation with DeBlanc and Fiore to Jesse, gets sidetracked, and says, "We gotta get you out of here! Road trip! You've gotta know that's where this is headed!"
  • Mathematician's Answer: Cassidy will bring Jesse to Fiore and DeBlanc soon. Specifically, "very soon."
  • Oh, Crap!: It's not the hotel phone that's ringing...
    • That's also not Clyde that you knocked out the window, Tulip.
  • "Reason You Suck" Speech: Luring the majority of Annville to church by offering a flatscreen TV, Jesse gives them one of these.

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