This was the egg trick repeated: a humble ingredient - pasta - lifted above itself by the application of the luxurious.
It was a trick repeated many times during the 1980s as government-owned businesses were slimmed down in readiness for sale to the private sector.
It was a trick repeated by the innkeeper Silas Quartermain of Streatham Common, who trained his terrier to field for him.
The titular chorus from Wordless Chorus expressies longing through falsetto and heavy reverb, a trick repeated by Fleet Foxes throughout Mykonos and pioneered by the Band with the impossibly beautiful Whispering Pines.
This key scene in Episode 4 (arguably the most important scene in all seven movies) even includes Obi Wan's misdirection about Luke's father, a narrative trick repeated in The Force Awakens.
9pm competition included a New Tricks repeat on BBC1, which attracted 2.7 million viewers, a share of 10.9%.
BBC1 took the 9pm drama honours with a New Tricks repeat picking up 5.5 million viewers, 25% of the audience, against the 3.5 million, a 16% share, who saw ITV1's The Bill.
And while the show has some truly breathtaking scenes, at times it seems as if the company becomes too enamored with its own tricks, repeating effects that seem less magical the second time around.
In the meat selection, the trick is repeated.
