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The list of suspects includes pretty much everybody, as no one much liked Jessica. First there is the [[Producers|producer]], Carmen Berstein, who is busy trying to get the cast to continue on with the show despite the loss of its lead. Composer Aaron Fox is preocuppied with rewriting a big production number while his lyricist ex-wife Georgia Hendricks is convinced to take over the lead. Cioffi takes a liking to Jessica's understudy, [[The Ingenue|Nikki]], and hopes she's not the murderer. Other suspects include the flamboyant director, Christopher Belling, theater critic Daryl Grady, Carmen's shady husband, Sydney, who claims to have just arrived from New York, Bambi, their daughter, financial backer Oscar Shapiro, leading man Bobby Pepper, and stage manager Johnny Harmon.

 

* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Cioffi's a big one, seeing as he gets to play Rob Hood in the musical at the end.

* [[Abusive Parents]]: Double subverted: Carmen insults her daughter Bambi every chance she gets, but it was mainly to {{spoiler|give her a chance to shine without being accused of nepotism.}} Played straight with Sid, who doesn't even seem to know he has a stepdaughter.

* [[Do Not Spoil This Ending]]: The closing number advises the audience not to give away the murderer or it [[Title Drop|might be curtains for them next.]]

* [[Eureka Moment]]: Subverted; Cioffi shouts "That's it! I've solved it!" But he turns out to mean that he's figured out how to improve one of the musical numbers in ''Robbin' Hood''; he still doesn't know who the murderer is.

* [["I Am" Song]]: "It's a Business" for Carmen, "Coffee Shop Nights" for Cioffi

* [[Imagine Spot]]: "A Tough Act To Follow"

* [[Sherlock Scan]]: [[Lampshaded]] by Cioffi.

* [[Show Within a Show]]: ''Robbin' Hood''

* [[Strange Minds Think Alike]]: "A Tough Act To Follow", the most "musical-ish" of the songs, is being imagined by both Nikki and Cioffi at the same time.

* [[Stylistic Suck]]: The first song, "Wide Open Spaces", is a cheesy parody of Western musicals hampered even further by Jessica's bad acting.

* [[Sympathetic Murderer]]: {{spoiler|Well, one of them. And kind of in a weird way.}}

* [[That Reminds Me of a Song]]: [[Lampshaded]] by Aaron in "I Miss the Music"

* [[The Loins Sleep Tonight]]: What actually happened at the [[Noodle Incident]].

* [["The Villain Sucks" Song]]: "He Did It"

* [[Twist Ending]]: One of the victims, Sid Bernstein, was not killed by the main murderer, but {{spoiler|by his wife, Carmen.}}

 

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