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Unresolved Sexual Tension: Somewhat between Megan and Peter.Not only does he become an obnoxious martinet, he's also incompetent, doing things like entering scenes without gloves. Tyrant Takes the Helm: When Kate gets (unfairly) demoted, Curtis takes over.and then she starts texting in the middle of the interview. There is one one experienced, normal-sounding candidate, and it looks like the montage is over. The candidates are mostly unqualified and/or creepy (i.e., talking about how interested they are in dead bodies). Terrible Interviewees Montage: Curtis interviewing new drivers.He can't break doctor-patient confidentiality, but he pointedly leaves his cellphone on the table in clear view and goes to the restroom. Stepping Out for a Quick Cup of Coffee: Megan asks a friend who performs vasectomies to reveal one of his patients.Curtis Brumfield is an almost unheard-of gender inversion of the Sassy Black Woman trope. Omnidisciplinary Scientist: Evidently, it's easy to go from being a neurosurgeon to being a pathologist/medical examiner!.Her daughter and ex-husband appear to have a certain amount as well: the former lying to their child to make Megan look heartless and badmouthing her when she's actually doing something nice, the latter quick to shoot Megan down any time she makes an effort. No Sympathy: Megan is the character trait variation, although she certainly has her moments of empathy.Never Suicide: Subverted, Megan has a ANA (antinuclear antibody) panel run on a suicide - not because she thinks it's murder, but because she just wants to know why they committed suicide.Missing Mom: Megan was this to her daughter, since she worked 18 hour days.Heroic Fire Rescue:One episode kicks off by having Peter run into a burning house to rescue one of the inhabitants, underlining his bravery credentials.Good Cop, Bad Cop: Megan says she was just trying to be bad cop after accusing a suspect of killing the victim in the first episode.Fair Cop: Peter, who is an ex-cop and now a medical investigator.Everything's a copy of a copy of a copy.Reaching even further back, there's Quincy.Or reaching further back for an even more direct example, Crossing Jordan, which even includes the Amateur Sleuth element.Follow the Leader: Has been criticized as being a copy of Bones, Castle, or House, in that it has an overly blunt know-it-all medical examiner who has a partner of the opposite sex with some UST.Eureka Moment: As soon as Peter says he has a nut allergy, Megan gets a total House face.

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Double Standard: Mentioned by Megan when she describes how her husband got full custody of her daughter: she claims the court ruled against her because a man who works eighteen hours a day is a 'good provider', a woman who works eighteen hours a day is an 'absentee mother.'.She is briefly sacked from the role, but reinstated.

Da Chief: The Chief Medical Examiner, played by Jeri Ryan.

The Coroner: The main character and pretty much everybody who works at the ME's Office.

Casting Gag: Christina Hendricks plays the love interest of Geoffrey Arend's character-her husband.

Berserk Button: Adoption for Peter, since he was adopted himself.

Atonement Detective: Megan is still trying to make up for killing a patient on her table.Amoral Attorney: The lawyer the victim was sleeping with in the first episode - and the victim herself before she had an accident falling down stairs which changed her.Amateur Sleuth: Technically, she's only supposed to examine the bodies, not solve the crimes.At the end she tells Ethan he couldn't handle a desperate housewife. Actor Allusion: Arriving at the victim's residence in Love Thy Neighbor Megan mentions she used to live in a cul-de-sac like this, and that there's more to the place than meets the eye.