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* BigLittleBrother: Taller and stronger than his older brother, which is emphasized when the two work out together and Danny is not at all capable of matching Paul's abilities (though the older brother plays it off as though he can).

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** Danny may be a short-tempered guy who gets into petty squabbles and refuses to own up to his actions most of the time, but he's horrified that he nearly [[spoiler: killed June while trying to set Amy's Mercedes Benz on fire.]]

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** Danny may be a short-tempered guy who gets into petty squabbles and refuses to own up to his actions most of the time, but he's horrified that he nearly [[spoiler: killed [[spoiler:killed June while trying to set Amy's Mercedes Benz on fire.]] Furthermore, when he [[spoiler:accidentally kidnaps June during the climax, Danny does everything he can to make her feel safe and happy despite the outlandish circumstances, and his first priority is to get her back to Amy safely.]]


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* {{Hypocrite}}: Isaac is utterly enraged when Danny sells him out to the cops and gets him thrown in prison, even though he constantly screws over Danny and Paul for his own benefit, and offers empty apologies after the fact to justify his actions.


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* EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler:While Edwin may be envious and bitter over Danny's influence within the church, he would never do something as extreme as try to destroy the guy's personal property.]]


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* GreenEyedMonster: As Danny gradually begins to gain more influence and respect within the church, Edwin starts to become much more bitter and jealous of him, to the point of throwing a hissy fit as he begins losing against him in basketball, and constantly argues with his wife during the TimeSkip.

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* BungledSuicide: It's eventually revealed that the [[spoiler:hibachi grills Danny bought in the opening of he first episode were for a suicide attempt: he tried to them off in an enclosed space (like a bedroom) in hopes of killing himself via Carbon Monoxide poisoning]]. He fails due to not knowing how it works.

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* BungledSuicide: It's eventually revealed that the [[spoiler:hibachi grills Danny bought in the opening of he first episode were for a suicide attempt: he tried to them off in an enclosed space (like a bedroom) in hopes of killing himself via Carbon Monoxide carbon monoxide poisoning]]. He fails due to not knowing how it works.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: [[spoiler:His kidnapping of Junie is purely impulsive. Bringing her to Isaac (even accidentally) is a truly terrible decision that results in multiple deaths.]]



* LeeroyJenkins: While Amy is impulsive, Danny is dangerously hotheaded and prone to barging into a situation without checking first. This is how [[spoiler:he ends up accidentally kidnapping June, because he doesn't look first before stealing their car.]]



* NeverMyFault: Because of his need to see himself as successful, Danny often tries to divert fault from himself, and he frequently blames others (mostly Amy) for "making" him do harmful or dangerous things rather than end the cycle of revenge himself. Near the end, he learns that [[spoiler:his parents' house burned down because Danny himself installed faulty wiring]]. His response is to [[spoiler:try and frame Amy for it]], a decision that has catastrophic consequences.

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* NeverMyFault: NeverMyFault:
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Because of his need to see himself as successful, Danny often tries to divert fault from himself, and he frequently blames others (mostly Amy) for "making" him do harmful or dangerous things rather than end the cycle of revenge himself. Near the end, he learns that [[spoiler:his parents' house burned down because Danny himself installed faulty wiring]]. His response is to [[spoiler:try and frame Amy for it]], a decision that has catastrophic consequences.



* WouldNotHurtAChild: At one point Danny tries to [[spoiler: set Amy's car on fire but backs out when he sees her young daughter June in the back]]. After he accidentally [[spoiler:kidnaps Junie, he's very sweet to her and only Isaac hurts him.]]

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* WouldNotHurtAChild: At one point Danny tries to [[spoiler: set Amy's car on fire but backs out when he sees her young daughter June in the back]]. After he accidentally [[spoiler:kidnaps Junie, he's very sweet to her and only Isaac hurts him.intends to bring her back straightaway.]]


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* TokenGoodTeammate: Of Danny's friends, Paul is genuinely good-hearted.


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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:For all his claims of NeverGoingBackToPrison, he is revealed to have survived the shootout with police, which will presumably send him to prison for even longer where he's at the mercy of gangs.]]


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* NeverGoingBackToPrison: Isaac states multiple times that he's in debt to "the Filipinos" and will never go back to prison no matter what it takes to stay out. This is why he [[spoiler:asks Amy for ransom, and starts the police shootout.]]


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* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:Jordan is either gay or bisexual, given that she's in a relationship with Naomi, and she's the only character who dies onscreen in the home invasion Isaac and friends perpetuate. For added bonus points, she dies (admittedly accidentally) at her fiancee Naomi's hands.]]


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* SuddenSexuality: There are no references to Jordan being bisexual or gay until she says that she and Naomi are engaged after the TimeSkip.


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* SuddenSexuality: There is no reference to Naomi being bisexual or gay until she hooks up with her former sister-in-law, Jordan, after the TimeSkip (she was previously married to a man).
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* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:When George sees Danny with Amy in the finale, he shoots Danny instantly without hesitating.]] Though it turns out to be utterly useless as [[spoiler:Danny poses no threat to Amy and they've actually mended their differences.]]
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* RaceFetish: Implied. She fetishizes foreign objects (artefacts questionably sourced from abroad), and ends up in a relationship with her former sister-in-law Naomi, who is Korean.

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* RaceFetish: Implied. She fetishizes foreign objects (artefacts questionably sourced from abroad),
* SuddenSexuality: There is no reference to Jordan being bisexual or gay until she hooks up with her former sister-in-law, Naomi, after the TimeSkip.

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* RaceFetish: Implied. She fetishizes foreign objects (artefacts questionably sourced from abroad),
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abroad), and ends up in a relationship with her former sister-in-law, sister-in-law Naomi, after the TimeSkip. who is Korean.
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* SuddenlySexuality: There is no reference to Jordan being bisexual or gay until she hooks up with her former sister-in-law, Naomi, after the TimeSkip.

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* SuddenlySexuality: SuddenSexuality: There is no reference to Jordan being bisexual or gay until she hooks up with her former sister-in-law, Naomi, after the TimeSkip.

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* MamaBear: At first, Amy's motivation is that she desperately wants to sell her business so she can spend time with her precious daughter June. When Danny [[spoiler:accidentally kidnaps June, she immediately tells Isaac to home-invade June and shows barely any fear.]]

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* MamaBear: At first, Amy's motivation is that she desperately wants to sell her business so she can spend time with her precious daughter June. When Danny [[spoiler:accidentally kidnaps June, she immediately tells Isaac to home-invade June Jordan and shows barely any fear.fear, caring only for her daughter's safety.]]



* TheRichHaveWhiteStuff: Amy is about to be a multi-millionaire - which happens partway through - and she wears almost exclusively white or very light-toned clothes.



* BourgeoisBohemian: Jordan expresses interest in the art and philosophies of other cultures, having a collection of questionably sourced artifacts, and has a superficially 'zen' personality.

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* BourgeoisBohemian: Jordan expresses interest in the art and philosophies of other cultures, having a collection of questionably sourced artifacts, artefacts, and has a superficially 'zen' personality. personality.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Jordan ends up getting ''cut in half'' by a panic room door that goes off just as they trip and land right in the middle of it. It's not instantaneous either; the door slams against her several times, breaking bones and internal organs, before it finally causes enough damage to slice through her.]]


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* RaceFetish: Implied. She fetishizes foreign objects (artefacts questionably sourced from abroad),
* SuddenlySexuality: There is no reference to Jordan being bisexual or gay until she hooks up with her former sister-in-law, Naomi, after the TimeSkip.
* TokenWhite: Jordan is the only major white character in the show (especially in Amy's circle).


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* ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife: Naomi is a stay-at-home mom in a wealthy suburb who becomes obsessed with the road rage incident as an outlet for her own frustrations and to relieve her boredom. Doing so nearly ruins Amy's life and business.
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* WouldNotHurtAChild: At one point Danny tries to [[spoiler: set Amy's car on fire but backs out when he sees her young daughter June in the back]].

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* WouldNotHurtAChild: At one point Danny tries to [[spoiler: set Amy's car on fire but backs out when he sees her young daughter June in the back]]. \n After he accidentally [[spoiler:kidnaps Junie, he's very sweet to her and only Isaac hurts him.]]



* GoldDigger: Danny thinks she's this, believing that she got rich by marrying into a wealthy artist family.

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* GoldDigger: Danny thinks she's this, believing that she got rich by marrying into a wealthy artist family. She isn't.
* HighPoweredCareerWoman: Amy is the [[SelfMadeWoman self-made]] owner of Kōyōhaus, an "exotic" plant company. It sells to Jordan for millions of dollars.



* MamaBear: At first, Amy's motivation is that she desperately wants to sell her business

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* MamaBear: At first, Amy's motivation is that she desperately wants to sell her business so she can spend time with her precious daughter June. When Danny [[spoiler:accidentally kidnaps June, she immediately tells Isaac to home-invade June and shows barely any fear.]]



* TokenEvilTeammate: Of Danny's circle, Isaac is the most openly aggressive and amoral. His fraud of the motel derailed Danny's life, he steals money from a church when Danny tries to go straight, and [[spoiler:he chooses to hold June for ransom after Danny accidentally kidnaps her.]]




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* PetTheDog: Fumi appears to be a bitter and unpleasant woman who's only interested in Amy's money. But, late in the series, she tells Amy that [[spoiler:she wants George to stay with Amy despite Amy's affair, and tries to repair their marriage, even though George would get half of Amy's wealth. She says that this is because she knows Amy loves George, and because Amy gives George's life purpose.]]
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* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: For as much of an asshole as he is, Danny sincerely wants to bring his ageing parents from Korea to the U.S. and feels horribly guilty that he isn't able to do that after getting them and their motel in financial trouble.

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* HonorThyParent: Danny subscribes fully to the philosophy that as the oldest son of an Asian family, he has to look out for his younger brother and provide for his parents in their old age, though this is called out as a rule he unnecessarily beholdens himself to even if it makes him miserable.

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* HonorThyParent: Danny subscribes fully to the philosophy that as the oldest son of an Asian family, he has to look out for his younger brother and provide for his parents in their old age, though this is called out as a rule he unnecessarily beholdens holds himself to even if it makes him miserable.



* SecretlySelfish: Danny tells himself that he tries to do the right thing, but his [[spoiler:complete sabotage of Paul's college prospects]] is purely selfish. He also generally justifies ''all'' of his behavior regardless of what his true motivations were.
* SelfServingMemory: Danny bemoans that he "always does the right thing, and look where it's gotten him." [[spoiler:Danny sometimes tries to do the right thing, but he is also the most lawbreaking character for reasons detailed under NeverMyFault and SecretlySelfish.]]



* MamaBear: At first, Amy's motivation is that she desperately wants to sell her business



* ObnoxiousSuburbanHousewife: Deconstructed, before being exposed as a complete subversion. Danny assumes that Amy is this trope due to marrying into money, suggesting that she's bored and dissatisfied. It's revealed that she is actually the one who made the money, though she gains a lot in prestige due to George's nepotism.

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* ObnoxiousSuburbanHousewife: Deconstructed, before being exposed as a complete subversion.ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife: Deconstructed. Danny assumes that Amy is this trope due to marrying into money, suggesting that she's bored and dissatisfied. It's revealed that she is actually the one who made the money, though she gains a lot in prestige due to George's nepotism. She ''can'' be entitled, but it's a reflection of the intense amount of pressure she's under.
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* ConsistentClothingStyle: Despite having an UnlimitedWardrobe, Amy almost always wears loose cotton or silk clothing in matching neutral colors.


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* ObnoxiousSuburbanHousewife: Deconstructed, before being exposed as a complete subversion. Danny assumes that Amy is this trope due to marrying into money, suggesting that she's bored and dissatisfied. It's revealed that she is actually the one who made the money, though she gains a lot in prestige due to George's nepotism.


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* IncompatibleOrientation: During the [[spoiler: armed robbery of her home]], Naomi jealously mentions Jordan's attraction to Amy.
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** The car crash in [[spoiler: Episode 9 is the direct result of their shared short-sightedness, a microcosm of both their lives. Whenever Danny gets something good, he ruins it by chasing after something else; whenever Amy loses something good, rather than regroup and reassess, she doubles down and loses even more. This is visually represented by driving in near-total darkness but still not looking straight ahead because they’re so caught up in their desire to screw each other over.]]

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** The car crash in [[spoiler: Episode 9 is the direct result of their shared short-sightedness, a microcosm of both their lives. Whenever Danny gets something good, he ruins it by chasing after something else; whenever Amy loses something good, rather than regroup and reassess, she doubles down and loses even more. This is visually represented by driving in near-total darkness but still not looking straight ahead because they’re so caught up in their desire to screw each other over.over, as well as the choice of car: Danny in the Hummer nicer than anything he’s driven before, Amy in the truck she had to take because George took her SUV.]]
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** The car crash in Episode 9 is the direct result of their shared short-sightedness, a microcosm of both their lives. Whenever Danny gets something good, he ruins it by chasing after something else; whenever Amy loses something good, rather than regroup and reassess, she doubles down and loses even more. This is visually represented by driving in near-total darkness but still not looking straight ahead because they’re so caught up in their desire to screw each other over.

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** The car crash in [[spoiler: Episode 9 is the direct result of their shared short-sightedness, a microcosm of both their lives. Whenever Danny gets something good, he ruins it by chasing after something else; whenever Amy loses something good, rather than regroup and reassess, she doubles down and loses even more. This is visually represented by driving in near-total darkness but still not looking straight ahead because they’re so caught up in their desire to screw each other over.]]



** Both talk a lot about how hard they’ve worked: Amy to get where she is professionally and financially, Danny to stay where he is even if he can’t make it higher. However, the house fire and the “elderberry” incident show them to be frauds. Danny’s fraud is unintentional: while he worries about making a home for his parents and spends a ton of money and gets in with his criminal cousin building the house himself, his insistence that he do the whole thing himself backfires because he grossly overestimates himself. His incompetent (and if the fire department investigator’s word is anything to go by, sub-amateur) electrical work starts a fire that burns the whole thing to the ground. Amy, meanwhile, misidentifies a wild plant as elderberry and poisons herself and Danny, saying (between retches) that she just Googles things and is only pretending to be a plant expert. This directly contradicts the narrative that she has built around herself, her business, and her relationship with George. Who is she to say George is not an artist when she doesn’t even know her own field?

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** Both talk a lot about how hard they’ve worked: Amy to get where she is professionally and financially, Danny to stay where he is even if he can’t make it higher. [[spoiler: However, the house fire and the “elderberry” incident show them to be frauds. Danny’s fraud is unintentional: while he worries about making a home for his parents and spends a ton of money and gets in with his criminal cousin building the house himself, his insistence that he do the whole thing himself backfires because he grossly overestimates himself. His incompetent (and if the fire department investigator’s word is anything to go by, sub-amateur) electrical work starts a fire that burns the whole thing to the ground. Amy, Amy’s, meanwhile, is intentional: she misidentifies a wild plant as elderberry and poisons herself and Danny, saying (between retches) that she just Googles things and is only pretending to be a plant expert. This directly contradicts the narrative that she has built around herself, her business, and her relationship with George. Who is she to say George is not an artist when she doesn’t even know her own field?field?]]
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**The car crash in Episode 9 is the direct result of their shared short-sightedness, a microcosm of both their lives. Whenever Danny gets something good, he ruins it by chasing after something else; whenever Amy loses something good, rather than regroup and reassess, she doubles down and loses even more. This is visually represented by driving in near-total darkness but still not looking straight ahead because they’re so caught up in their desire to screw each other over.


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**Both talk a lot about how hard they’ve worked: Amy to get where she is professionally and financially, Danny to stay where he is even if he can’t make it higher. However, the house fire and the “elderberry” incident show them to be frauds. Danny’s fraud is unintentional: while he worries about making a home for his parents and spends a ton of money and gets in with his criminal cousin building the house himself, his insistence that he do the whole thing himself backfires because he grossly overestimates himself. His incompetent (and if the fire department investigator’s word is anything to go by, sub-amateur) electrical work starts a fire that burns the whole thing to the ground. Amy, meanwhile, misidentifies a wild plant as elderberry and poisons herself and Danny, saying (between retches) that she just Googles things and is only pretending to be a plant expert. This directly contradicts the narrative that she has built around herself, her business, and her relationship with George. Who is she to say George is not an artist when she doesn’t even know her own field?
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Amy's husband, a sculptor who has not lived up to either his wife's financial success or his artist father's fame.

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* TerribleArtist: A sculptor version. George followed his father's footsteps into the art world, but is not nearly the talent his father was. His products are garish and don't sell, and his own mother calls him "no artist".

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* TerribleArtist: A sculptor version. George followed his father's footsteps into the art world, {{art}} world but is not nearly the talent his father was. His products are garish and don't sell, and his own mother calls him "no artist".
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* {{Hypocrite}}: When Paul starts get in contact with "Kayla", Danny warns him to not get too involved with a white girl, since their parents would want them to marry Korean women. He's later shown searching for AMWF (Asian Male, White Female) on [=PornHub=], heavily implying he has a RaceFetish.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: When Paul starts to get in contact with "Kayla", Danny warns him to not get too involved with a white girl, since their parents would want them to marry Korean women. He's later shown searching for AMWF (Asian Male, White Female) on [=PornHub=], heavily implying he has a RaceFetish.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: When Paul starts get in contact with "Kayla", Danny warns him to not get too involved with a white girl, since their parents would want them to marry Korean women. He's later shown searching for AMWF (Asian Male, White Female) on [=PornHub=], heavily implying he has a RaceFetish.
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* UncertainDoom: In episode 9, the last time he's seen we hear [[spoiler: the police telling him to freeze followed by the sound of gunshots.]] Episode 10 reveals that [[spoiler: at least Paul survived, since he sends a message telling Danny that he's blocking him. However, if he was arrested or escaped the cops and how well he's overall is still left hanging]].
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Jordan and Naomi get engaged during the time skip


* BitchInSheepsClothing: Jordan's outwardly bubbly persona only barely hides her ruthless business sense. She blatantly but passive-aggressively threatens to plagiarize Amy's business model in the same conversation that she invites her to a dinner party. She also [[spoiler: attempts to sell Naomi, her sister-in-law to be, out to Issac's gang.]]

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Jordan's outwardly bubbly persona only barely hides her ruthless business sense. She blatantly but passive-aggressively threatens to plagiarize Amy's business model in the same conversation that she invites her to a dinner party. She also [[spoiler: attempts to sell Naomi, her sister-in-law to be, fiancee, out to Issac's gang.]]



* WhatYouAreInTheDark: In the show's final act Jordan is [[spoiler:held at gunpoint by home invaders. She declares that if it's her brother's fiancee Naomi they want revenge on, they can have her]].

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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: In the show's final act Jordan is [[spoiler:held at gunpoint by home invaders. She declares that if it's her brother's fiancee Naomi they want revenge on, they can have her]].
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Jordan's outwardly bubbly persona only barely hides her ruthless business sense. She blatantly but passive-aggressively threatens to plagiarize Amy's business model in the same conversation that she invites her to a dinner party.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Jordan's outwardly bubbly persona only barely hides her ruthless business sense. She blatantly but passive-aggressively threatens to plagiarize Amy's business model in the same conversation that she invites her to a dinner party. She also [[spoiler: attempts to sell Naomi, her sister-in-law to be, out to Issac's gang.]]

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