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The Legend of Marco Ramos

  • Brian breaking up with Shauna right after they cutely reconnect is a crushing Shoo the Dog moment.

Personality Crisis

  • Everything with Chris Gabler, who lost his mother to cancer and his father to alcoholism in the past. He finds out that his brother is a terrorist and takes a lot of persuading to help with a sting operation, then is shot in the process. Brian, who convinced him to help the sting, is devastated.

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  • Dr. Epperly talking about the deaths and disappearances of the initial, innocent NZT patients, including Rebecca's father.
  • Epperly getting a package bomb himself at the end of the episode.

This is Your Brain on Drugs

  • Ike being shot and nearly killed by thieves stealing NZT right after talking about how much his life sucks.
  • Everything in the second half of the episode.
    • Casey's devastation when Rebecca dumps him.
      • Casey and his team decide to use the recovered NZT pills just once for a relatable night of fun at their full potential because they're curious to see what it can do to try to cover up a murder when the NZT lets one man learn another team member is sleeping with his wife. This leads to a hostage situation and Casey committing Suicide by Cop after the others are captured.
    • Rebecca is clearly upset seeing Casey get shot and Boyle tries to convince himself it was the right thing to do, while Brian tells him that NZT makes it clear they could have resolved things peacefully.
Hi, My Name is Rebecca Harris
  • The flashbacks to Rebecca's initially happy childhood and how it takes a turn for the worse when her dad starts using drugs.

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