History Awesome / Revolution

* Charlie gets two at the end of the second episode. First, she [[spoiler:shoots the warden of a group of militia keeping slaves in the chest using a concealed weapon]]. Then she and another militia soldier wrestle around for control over a sniper rifle. She gets the rifle, and promptly blows the soldier away.

* Aaron [[spoiler:faking a suicide, and shooting Drexel when he walks up to him.]]

* [[spoiler:Danny's [[DyingMomentOfAwesome dying moment of awesome]], while at the same time [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescuing himself from the scrappy heap too]], by taking out Monroe's attack helicopter with a rocket launcher.]]

** Miles and [[spoiler: Jason]] later on when they trick Neville into unwittingly giving them the information they need.
* Neville [[spoiler:escaping imprisonment.]]

** A less subdued moment of awesome comes from Jane's wife, Beth, who when finding out [[spoiler:Jane has known how to turn the power back on for years, but refused cause it would destroy the nanites keeping Beth alive]], threatens to slash her own wrists, and ''really'' leave her with nothing if she doesn't give Rachel what she wants.

* When a Georgia Federation soldier [[spoiler: [[ShootTheHostage kills Emma]] to wound Monroe]], Miles calmly turns around and shoots him dead on the spot.

* Nora [[spoiler:withstanding ''21 straight days'' of ColdBloodedTorture, before finally succumbing to the tortures answers.]]
* Rachel [[spoiler:strangling a Monroe soldier, stealing his uniform, and marching right into Monroe's tent. With a hand grenade.]]
* [[spoiler:Watching the lights come back on.]]
* [[spoiler:One has to admit the sheer chutzpah of lying to the faces of several thousand people at once is a kind of [=CMoA=].]]
* Aaron giving an example of having TakenALevelInBadass, defending his wife against a marauder [[spoiler: and apparently performing a HeroicSacrifice to do so.]]

** And ''then'', she manages to [[spoiler:deflect Duncan's would-be assassin.]]

** To crown it all off, [[spoiler:with some help from some armed bodyguards, she manages to free Miles and Connor and then winds up in charge of the mercs Duncan loans them. her smirk at Monroes expression when Duncan tells him this is a CMOA all by itself.]]
* Miles can actually recognize when a wagon or other vehicle is heavier than it should be. That's a pretty awesome skill, as not everyone would know to look at whether a vehicle seems to be riding lower than it should for the apparent weight it's carrying. [[spoiler:In doing so, he foils Neville's [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder plot to capture him]].]]

* [[spoiler: The Nanites appearing as Ben and giving TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Miles over his affair with Rachel and his abandonment of Bass.]]

* The BatmanGambit on the part of Team Matheson: [[spoiler:Getting President Davis in a position where he thinks his "Patriot" guards are there to save him, and in his rush of megalomania at realizing he can still set Texas against California, loudly proclaims exactly what he plans to do. Cue his unpleasant surprise when the "Patriots" turn out to be Willoughby residents in disguise, and a Texas General has been listening to the entire thing through the door.]]

'''Charlie:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Because you're exactly like Mom.]] [[GenreSavvy Neither of you listen.]]

* The producers score one with "Kashmir" by getting to use the titular Music/LedZeppelin song. Keep in mind that the band's music is normally too expensive to license.

* While in the midst of am asthma attack, Danny nearly chokes to death the soldier who abused him all episode with his own chains. Captain Neville even looked impressed.

-->Neville: Sir, owning a firearm's a hangin' offense.
-->Villager: So go hang yourself.

* The BatmanGambit on the part of Team Matheson: [[spoiler:Getting President Davis in a position where he thinks his "Patriot" guards are there to save him, and in his rush of megalomania at realizing he can still set Texas against California, loudly proclaims exactly what he plans to do. Cue his unpleasant surprise when the "Patriots" turn out to be Willoughby residents in disguise, and a Texas General has been listening to the entire thing through the door.]]

* Miles ''et al'' stealing a train out from under the nose of the Patriots.

* Miles [[spoiler:escaping from the basement of the collapsed house.]]

* [[spoiler: The Nanites appearing as Ben and giving TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Miles over his affair with Rachel and his abandonment of Bass.]]