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* MoralityPet: [[spoiler: Despite keeping him captive, Boorman is compassionate to the young Afghan boy. The child in question is the son of an Afghanistan female contact Boorman loved, With the season instigated by Boorman pulling one final mission to extract her, but instead finding the boy. It's likely the boy is Boorman's own son, and he's notably the one character that Boorman seems to still care for.]]
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* BrokenPedestal:[[spoiler: Just as he is about to commit suicide right in front of Patty, he tells her that there was a time when he would have loved to work with her- that is until such an opportunity was made possible on the condidtion to lose offered in exchange for losing the Frobisher case on purpose on top of being blackmailed by her.]]
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* BrokenPedestal:[[spoiler: Just as he is about to commit suicide right in front of Patty, he tells her that there was a time when he would have loved to work with her- that is until such a job offer came with her blackmailing him an opportunity was made possible on the condidtion to lose the Frobisher case on purpose that is.on top of being blackmailed by her.]]
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* HighPoweredCareerWoman: Patty is a cutthroat celebrity corporate litigator who owns her own law firm, neglects her tearaway son, and will kill someone (or, more likely, arrange to have them killed) before she'll give up a case. This is deconstructed by exploring just how far she is willing to go.
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* HighPoweredCareerWoman: Ellen becomes Patty's protege right out of law school, and carves out her own successful career, first at Patty's, then at the DA's office. While Ellen clearly has the potential to be an equally ruthless lawyer (showing herself in Season 3 to be just as capable of dirty tricks), she [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope opts to not be like Patty]] and [[FamilyVersusCareer becomes a committed mother, neglecting her career as a result.]]]]
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* ParentalFavoritism:MoralityPet: He's Patty's only child but her soft spot for him puts Michael firmly in this category.
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* NoodlesIncident: NoodleIncident: His connection with Wes Kulick; one episode implied that Wes was a dirty cop that lost his job but managed to avoid being arrest for an incident that Messer investigated during his time in IAD (hence Wes owing Messer) while another one implied that Wes was a two-bit crook who Messer was blackmailing into being his informant, and ultimately a spy/assassin.
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* [[spoiler: GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion]] Averted. [[spoiler: In GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Played straight. Although [[spoiler:in a {{Flashback}} she is seen to intentionally induce a miscarriage whilst heavily pregnant so that she can focus on her then up and coming career.]]career]], she also ''isn't'' good.
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* SacrificialLion: It shows how deeply immersed Frobisher is in villainy and Ray is one of his few confidantes.
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BigBad: Eventually. It's even him who [[spoiler:kills Tom]].
*[[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn:]] FaceHeelTurn: Over the course of the season.
*[[spoiler: LoveMakesYouEvil]]LoveMakesYouEvil: His constant attempts to protect his family result in this.
* MamasBoy: Kind of. While his mother is a ManipulativeBitch, she also seems to genuinely adore him and goes to great lengths to protect him.
* MoralEventHorizon: Killing [[spoiler:Tessa]], who is totally innocent in everything.
* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:Tessa, although he doesn't know she's his daughter. He takes it BADLY when he finds out.]]
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Although he isn't as much of a protagonist as Patty or Ellen, he's arguably the most significant Tobin and it results in him turning into a villain by the end of the season.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Killing [[spoiler:Tessa]], who is totally innocent in everything.
* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:Tessa, although he doesn't know she's his daughter. He takes it BADLY when he finds out.]]
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Although he isn't as much of a protagonist as Patty or Ellen, he's arguably the most significant Tobin and it results in him turning into a villain by the end of the season.
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* EvilMatriarch: Ultimately, although it may be more of a case of LoveMakesYouEvil, but [[spoiler:getting Joe to kill Tessa, his daughter and her ''granddaughter'', a fact she knew]] is the [[MoralEventHorizon point of no return]].
* EvilMatriarch: Ultimately, although it may be more of a case of LoveMakesYouEvil, but [[spoiler:getting Joe to kill Tessa, his daughter and her ''granddaughter'', a fact she knew]] is the [[MoralEventHorizon point of no return]].
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* [[spoiler: TheDogBitesBack: Despite lying about his identity, Lenny was loyal to the Tobins. Until Joe turned on him. Then he brought them all down and made off with a big chunk of their hidden fortune.]]
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* AffablyEvil
*AffablyEvil: An AmoralAttorney
*[[spoiler: DeadPersonImpersonation]]
AmoralAttorney: He's worked for the Tobins.
*[[spoiler: DeadPersonImpersonation: Leonard Winstone isn't his real name.
* TheDogBitesBack: Despite lying about his identity, Lenny was loyal to the Tobins. Until Joe turned on him.Then [[spoiler:Then he brought them all down and made off with a big chunk of their hidden fortune.]]
*[[spoiler: KarmaHoudini]]KarmaHoudini: He gets away with being a huge part in the Tobins' fraud, but he also pays deeply for it.
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* ItsAllAboutMeItsAllAboutMe: She is extremely egocentric, which led to the breakdown of her relationship with her son.
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PowerHair: She's a fierce lawyer with fairly traditional short hair.
* VillainProtagonist: By the end of the series, certainly, although some may argue that she crosses it when she [[spoiler:sends Patrick to kill Ellen]].
* VillainProtagonist: By the end of the series, certainly, although some may argue that she crosses it when she [[spoiler:sends Patrick to kill Ellen]].
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* BrokenBirdBrokenBird: After David's death for sure.
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* CartwrightCurseCartwrightCurse: As promised from the opening scenes, but gets it even worse throughout.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Compare season 1 Ellen to the Ellen of seasons 2 and 3.
* TookALevelInBadass: Compare season 1 Ellen to the Ellen of seasons 2 and 3.
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SupportingProtagonist: She's much less active than Patty.
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* {{Foil}}: He's one one to Patty, being a basically decent person working for far less moral employers.
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* NiceGuyNiceGuy: Which, Patty argues, is his FatalFlaw.
* NumberTwo: To Patty.
* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:Drowned in a ''toilet'' by feckless alcoholic Joe.)
* TheStarscream: Tries to be this to Patty, but it never ends well for him.
* NumberTwo: To Patty.
* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:Drowned in a ''toilet'' by feckless alcoholic Joe.)
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CoolOldGuy: He loves Patty like his own daughter and will do just about anything for her.
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OlderSidekick: To Patty. He'd do anything for her.
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SickbedSlaying: Patty does this to him eventually.]]
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* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini]]: After season 1. [[spoiler:Subverted.Subverted eventually.]]
* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini]]: After season 1. [[spoiler:
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Subverted.]]
* [[spoiler: BiTheWay / IfItsYouItsOkay / StraightGay:]] The storyline isn't explored thoroughly enough to make it clear.
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AteHisGun: How he commits suicide.]]
*[[spoiler: BiTheWay / IfItsYouItsOkay / StraightGay:]] The storyline isn't explored thoroughly enough to make it clear.
* EvenEvilHasStandards
EvenEvilHasStandards: He's an AmoralAttorney, but he is still one of the more surprisingly moral characters in the series.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Subverted. It seems as if he's about to turn on Frobisher, but he rejects it and commits suicide before Patty can reveal it.]]
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SacrificialLion]]: It shows how deeply immersed Frobisher is in villainy and Ray is one of his few confidantes.
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SouthernGentleman: An identity he attempts to embody while struggling with the limitations of it, both morally and sexually.
*WorthyOpponent
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ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:He stabs Patti.]]
* HookersAndBlow: The two main components of his SanitySlippage.
* HookersAndBlow: The two main components of his SanitySlippage.
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