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* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: All the ghosts are shocked and horrified when they see Hetty's wounds from her suicide, but Trevor in particular looks especially grim. He later clarifies that while he had no idea of the truth, he ''did'' notice the cord--but Hetty's dress had so many bits and baubles, he took it as being part of the garment, and she obviously never corrected that assumption. In hindsight, his expression when he sees the cord around Hetty's neck is probably indicative of him putting two and two together.
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* WhamShot: Hetty pulls down the collar of her dress to reveal a phone cord wrapped tightly around her throat, complete with some nasty-looking lacerations and bruises. Even in an UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode, it's a shocking sight, and clarifies once and for all [[DrivenToSuicide how she died]].
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* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Downplayed. In the UK version, Alison's power works over the phone. This episode establishes that Sam's does not.
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* ChekhovsGun: A sad example: a flashback shows Hetty holding her telephone cord as the police close-in on her. The next scene reveals the cord still around her neck since she used it to kill herself. She then uses it rescue Flower from the well.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Thorfin reveals that he heard Flower several times saying, "I...am...well!" Isaac points out if she could have been saying "I am (in a) well!"
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Thorfin reveals that he heard Flower several times saying, "I...am...well!" Isaac points out if she could have been saying "I am (in a) well!"
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* ChekhovsGun: A sad example: a flashback shows Hetty holding her telephone cord as the police close-in on her. The next scene reveals the cord still around her neck since she used it to kill herself. She then uses it to rescue Flower from the well.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:Thorfin Thorfinn reveals that he heard Flower several times saying, "I...am...well!" Isaac points out if she could have been saying "I am (in a) well!"
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* WhamEpisode: And how! This episode alone reveals to the ghosts that Flower is trapped in the well (and they subsequently free her); that Ralph was the ghost that got sucked off, not Flower; that Hetty died by suicide; that Isaac, Thor, and Sass were once trapped in a hole for a year; and that there's likely still a feral Puritan ghost lady roaming the dirt. Oh, and ghosts can't appear or speak on cameras (even to Sam).
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* WhamEpisode: And how! This episode alone [[InternalReveal reveals to the ghosts ghosts]] that Flower is trapped in the well (and they subsequently free her); that Ralph was the ghost that got sucked off, not Flower; that Hetty died by suicide; that Isaac, Thor, and Sass were once trapped in a hole for a year; and that there's likely still a feral Puritan ghost lady roaming the dirt. Oh, and ghosts can't appear or speak on cameras (even to Sam).
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Thorfin reveals that he heard Flower several times saying, "I...am...well!" Isaac points out if she could have been saying "I am (in a) well!"
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As Stephanie enters the room, Trevor quickly turns in his chair and uses his shirt and jacket to cover himself.
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* WhamEpisode: And how! This episode alone reveals to the ghosts that Flower is trapped in the well (and they subsequently free her); that Ralph was the ghost that got sucked off, not Flower; that Hetty died by suicide; that Isaac, Thor, and Sass were once trapped in a hole for a year; and that there's likely still a feral Puritan ghost lady roaming the dirt. Oh, and ghosts can't appear or speak on cameras (even to Sam).
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* RunningGag: Flower walks in on Hetty, Sam and Isaac to thank Hetty for revealing her secret in order to get her out of the well. In return, Flower tells them her dark secret: that she once robbed a bank. This time, instead of rolling their eyes at this, Hetty, Sam and Isaac just smile, being glad they have their friend back.
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* CallBack: Thor asks Flower if she had ever been an owl, referencing events in "The Owl."
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** There is now the possibility of a "feral" Puritan lady ghost who may appear at any time (probably not too happy with Isaac).
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* LampshadeHanging: The exact number of cholera ghosts has never been stated. Nancy's excuse for missing Ralph during her headcount in the basement is because she has never been sure just how many cholera ghosts there are.
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* VerySpecialEpisode: The issue of troubled people who would consider suicide is examined by looking into the cause of Hetty's death. The episode ends with a suicide and crisis line help number.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: As in the previous episode, Carol is unexplainably absent.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: As in the previous episode, Carol is unexplainably absent.
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* MandatoryLine: Both attic ghost Stephanie and cholera ghost Nancy are in the episode just long enough to say that cholera ghost Ralph was the one who was sucked off, revealing that Flower is still on the property somewhere.
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* VerySpecialEpisode: The issue of troubled people who would consider suicide is examined by looking into the cause of Hetty's death. A Public Service Announcement for The episode ends with a suicide hotline appears at the end of the episode.and crisis line help number.
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While Sam and Jay are at a weekend retreat, the ghosts learn the truth about Flower, while Hetty reveals a terrible secret.
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** How Hetty, Thorfinn, Sass and Isaac were unaware of the Vault's existence in "The Vault."
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** The manner of Hetty's death: she committedsuicide, and that suicide.
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* CellPhonesAreUseless: To the ghosts, at least. When they try to Facetime Sam with Mark's phone, it fails because ghosts can't be seen or heard through video.
* ChasingAButterfly: How Flower ended up down the well. After she's rescued, she sees another one and almost falls in again.
* ChasingAButterfly: How Flower ended up down the well. After she's rescued, she sees another one and almost falls in again.
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* HereWeGoAgain: Narrowly averted, as the ghosts stop Flower from falling into the well again.
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* AllForNothing: Hetty's main incentive to commit suicide was to save the family fortune for her son. Then he turned out to be a cold-blooded murderer and she realizes that he would have been better of getting a mother's love. Sam then considers that he would have become a murderer regardless of whether Hetty had been around to love him or not. Hetty is actually consoled by this.
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* DrivenToSuicide: This episode reveals that, rather than dying of a morphine overdose like she always claimed, Hetty took her own life when the police were closing in to arrest her for Elias' crimes.
* {{Intangibility}}: The whole "ghosts can go through walls but not floors" is brought up, revealing that holes are a particular problem, since they can't climb the walls to get out. Going through the ground brings up the possibility of getting lost; Sass, Isaac and Thorfinn once almost got lost trying to get out of a pit, and the Puritan woman accompanying them got separated and is likely still wandering underground.
* {{Intangibility}}: The whole "ghosts can go through walls but not floors" is brought up, revealing that holes are a particular problem, since they can't climb the walls to get out. Going through the ground brings up the possibility of getting lost; Sass, Isaac and Thorfinn once almost got lost trying to get out of a pit, and the Puritan woman accompanying them got separated and is likely still wandering underground.
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*TheBusCameBack: Excluding her voice cameo in "Halloween 3: The Guest Who Wouldn't Leave", Flower is finally seen again since her last appearance in the season 2 finale.
* ChekhovsGun: A sad example: a flashback shows Hetty holding her telephone cord as the police close-in on her. The next scene reveals the cord still around her neck since she used it to kill herself. She then uses it rescue Flower from the well.
*OutOfFocus: Sam and Jay go on a retreat together, leaving the ghosts alone for most of the episode.
* TheGildedAge: The flashbacks are set in 1895.
* ChekhovsGun: A sad example: a flashback shows Hetty holding her telephone cord as the police close-in on her. The next scene reveals the cord still around her neck since she used it to kill herself. She then uses it rescue Flower from the well.
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* TheReveal: Two: The manner of Hetty's death: [[she she committed suicide,]] suicide, and that [[Cholera Cholera Ghost Ralph was the ghost who was sucked off]].off.
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* TheReveal: Two: The manner of Hetty's death: she [[she committed suicide, suicide,]] and that Cholera [[Cholera Ghost Ralph was the ghost who was sucked off.off]].
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