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* SharedFamilyQuirk: Can get very passionate in research and investigation like her father. It's later mentioned that she shares this with her paternal grandmother Karen.
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* SharedFamilyQuirk: SharedFamilyQuirks: Can get very passionate in research and investigation like her father. It's later mentioned that she shares this with her paternal grandmother Karen.
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* SharedFamilyQuirk: Can get very passionate in research and investigation like her father. It's later mentioned that she shares this with her paternal grandmother Karen.
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* CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler:Pete's death even after he followed the Callings]] took a devastating effect on her mind, playing a part to her SanitySlippage and her FaceHeelTurn.
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* MasterOfIllusion: [[spoiler:The Omega Sapphire gives her the power to make Fake Callings to passengers or children of passengers]].
* ManipulativeBitch: Becomes this during her tenure in season 4. She convinces many passengers to help her [[spoiler:by claiming that Ben and Grace were abusive to Eden and that she rescued the infant]]. She takes this further after she gets [[spoiler:the Omega Sapphire]] and the power [[spoiler:to [[MasterOfIllusion make fake callings]]]], especially using it [[spoiler:to get Daly and Fiona killed]].
* ManipulativeBitch: Becomes this during her tenure in season 4. She convinces many passengers to help her [[spoiler:by claiming that Ben and Grace were abusive to Eden and that she rescued the infant]]. She takes this further after she gets [[spoiler:the Omega Sapphire]] and the power [[spoiler:to [[MasterOfIllusion make fake callings]]]], especially using it [[spoiler:to get Daly and Fiona killed]].
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Ben's attempt to {{Depower}} Angelina in "Throttle" so she can't use Fake Callings against the Passangers instead leads to all the Passangers except Cal to be unable to hear the Callings]].
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* PapaBear: Towards Cal.Cal, Olive, and Eden. Cal's near death against cancer prior to 828 means he'll do anything to keep in safe.
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Returning to 2013 means that Olive is also 11 again from his perspective while he's a college student. [[AgeGapRomance For obvious reasons]], he can't have the same relationship with her]].
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Despite claiming that he's estranged frol his parents, he is horried learning that his apprentice had tricked his mother out of his life savings, especially at the realization that she still loved him even after everything he's done.
* FreudianExcuse: In season 4, it's revealed that when he was young, he tried to defend an immirgant from a racist bully, leading to a rough fight between them. [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished He ends up expelled while the bully gets away due to being a star football player]], [[CynicismCatalyst leading to focus on his own benefits for most of his life]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Usually looks out only for himself, even using the Callings to gain wealth.
* TakeMeInstead: [[spoiler:When Adrian is about to be killed in the final judgement, he tells the forces at bay to take his life instead. [[RedemptionEarnsLife This also saves his own life]] [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre thanks to Adrian pointing out that he performed the ultimate act of selflessness]]]].
* FreudianExcuse: In season 4, it's revealed that when he was young, he tried to defend an immirgant from a racist bully, leading to a rough fight between them. [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished He ends up expelled while the bully gets away due to being a star football player]], [[CynicismCatalyst leading to focus on his own benefits for most of his life]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Usually looks out only for himself, even using the Callings to gain wealth.
* TakeMeInstead: [[spoiler:When Adrian is about to be killed in the final judgement, he tells the forces at bay to take his life instead. [[RedemptionEarnsLife This also saves his own life]] [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre thanks to Adrian pointing out that he performed the ultimate act of selflessness]]]].
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* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Makes a cameo return at the end of season 3, then a final return in "Final Descent"]].
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* ManipulativeBastard: Describe as why he's such a dangerous leader of the Xers. He uses his education and position to make his anti-828 statement sound legit and lure in like-minded followers. Then he rely on hot-headed subordinates like Billy to do the dirty work and leave his hands clean.
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* FatalFlaw: While Ben tends to be level-headed most of the time, his PapaWolf tendencies tend to cloud his judgement, leading him to more impulsive or operate on tunnel vision more often than he normally is.
* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler:In the finale epsilon, despite his justified rage against Angelina for killing Grace and kidnapping Eden, Ben ultimately chooses to help her get onto Flight 828 with the other passengers]].
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* WhatTheHellHero: Jared gives one to Ben in "Cleared for Approach" for threatening Calvin Webber.
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* WhatTheHellHero: WhatTheHellHero:
** Jared gives one to Ben in "Cleared for Approach" for threatening CalvinWebber.Webber.
** From both Jared and Michaela in "Compass Calibration" [[spoiler:when he not only accompanies Astrid to her Calling to Calvin despite the restraining order he has against Ben, but that he also injured Calvin in blind rage when the latter refused to tell them where his son was so the passengers can save him]].
** Jared gives one to Ben in "Cleared for Approach" for threatening Calvin
** From both Jared and Michaela in "Compass Calibration" [[spoiler:when he not only accompanies Astrid to her Calling to Calvin despite the restraining order he has against Ben, but that he also injured Calvin in blind rage when the latter refused to tell them where his son was so the passengers can save him]].
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:In the series finale, when the Passangers that pass the judgement return to 2013 and return to their original age, he is the only one to not remember the events of the series. It's suspected this was a means by the light to let him have the normal childhood he was deprived off]].
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* FriendOnTheForce: For the Passengers, especially as Anti-828 sentiment rises.
* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler:Spent eight months of her pregnancy working to free the Passengers in the detainment center after the government abandoned them]].
* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler:Spent eight months of her pregnancy working to free the Passengers in the detainment center after the government abandoned them]].
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* MommasBoy: A positive example, as he was very close to his mother since they only had each other as family. The reason he went up on 828 was because he wanted to give the voucher as a surprise to him, and he is devasted when he learns [[DrivenToSuicide that she took her life during the 5 years he was gone]].
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Spends the days leading up to the death date making up for his unwitting role in destruction, such as the nightclub disaster and Angelina's SanitySlippage]]
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* ProfessorGuineaPig: In season 2, she starts human trial on herself to remove the 828-marker [[spoiler:before the passengers' supposed death in 2024 and Zeke's death a year after his rescue]].
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* MyGreatestFailure: When he was fifteen and his family were on a camping trip, he and his younger sister snuck off near a ravine, and he got caught up with a phone call from another girl. His lack of attention lead him to miss his sister falling down to a death, a guilt that haunted him for many years.
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* HeroicSacrifice: He holds back a deranged Isaiah so Ben and Olive can escape from the burning night club, at the seemingly cost of his life when it explodes.
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* ContagiousPowers: [[spoiler:In season two, her pregnancy with hers and Ben's child causes her to have the Calling]].
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: ''And how!''' [[spoiler:After everything he went through because of his DarkAndTroubledPast, he manages to make amends with his mother and father, falls in love with Michaela Stone and marries her, and even as he is slowly dying from frostbite, he uses the last of his strength to follow his calling and save Cal's life. He ends up being ''rewarded'' for all this by being healed of his frostbite and surviving his Death Date, allowing him to keep living with the woman he loves and the family he has gained. That is, until Season 4...]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: ''And how!''' how!'' [[spoiler:After everything he went through because of his DarkAndTroubledPast, he manages to make amends with his mother and father, falls in love with Michaela Stone and marries her, and even as he is slowly dying from frostbite, he uses the last of his strength to follow his calling and save Cal's life. He ends up being ''rewarded'' for all this by being healed of his frostbite and surviving his Death Date, allowing him to keep living with the woman he loves and the family he has gained. That is, until Season 4...]]
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-->'''Eagan''': (about [[spoiler:Angelina]]) Oh damnm, damn, you're helping hiding [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Manic Pixie Murder Girl]]?
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-->'''Eagan''': (about [spoiler]Angelina[/spoiler]) Oh damnm, you're helping [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Manix Pixie Murder Girl]]?
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-->'''Eagan''': (about [spoiler]Angelina[/spoiler]) [[spoiler:Angelina]]) Oh damnm, you're helping [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Manix Manic Pixie Murder Girl]]?
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* AGodAmI: Well, the next best thing, anyway. [[spoiler:In the Season 4 mid-season finale, she becomes convinced that she is an archangel, sent by God to "bring vengeance upon the evil and to lead the righteous to salvation". Having the last surviving fragment of the Omega Sapphire [[BodyHorror fused into her hand]] only serves to reinforce this belief.]]
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* [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight: The third season finale ends with Grace being stabbed by Angelina and dying in Cal's arms.]]
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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:She sends the Major into anaphylactic shock in a desperate bid to force vital information out of her. Unfortunately the Major lunges for Saanvi's epinephrine needle, which gets smashed in the ensuing struggle, leaving Saanvi with no option but to flee and leave her to die. Her [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horror over this]] only gets worse in the following season, where the Major's daughter shows up trying to find out what happened to her mother, whose death is being hushed up by the [=DoD=].]]
* AmbiguouslyBi: During one of her sessions with her therapist ([[spoiler:really the Major]]), it's implied that she has begun to develop feelings for Ben, though all she will say on the subject is that she's trying not to think of him in "that way" due to him having a wife and children. We later learn that she was previously involved with (and still has feelings for) a woman, Alex (who was ''also'' married with kids, something Saanvi feels lingering guilt over).
* AmbiguouslyBi: During one of her sessions with her therapist ([[spoiler:really the Major]]), it's implied that she has begun to develop feelings for Ben, though all she will say on the subject is that she's trying not to think of him in "that way" due to him having a wife and children. We later learn that she was previously involved with (and still has feelings for) a woman, Alex (who was ''also'' married with kids, something Saanvi feels lingering guilt over).
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* HeroicSacrifice: At the end of the first half of Season 4, [[spoiler:he uses his empathic abilities to save Cal at the cost of his own life.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: At the end of the first half of Season 4, [[spoiler:he he uses his empathic abilities to save Cal at the cost of his own life.]]
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TimeTravel: [[spoiler:Zeke's mountain day trip was actually a year.]]
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* TimeTravel: [[spoiler:Zeke's mountain day trip was actually a year.]]
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* BeardOfSorrow: In the two-year TimeSkip between seasons 3 and 4, Ben grows one in the aftermath of [[spoiler:Grace's murder and Eden's kidnapping.]]
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* BeardOfSorrow: In the two-year TimeSkip between seasons 3 and 4, Ben grows one in the aftermath of [[spoiler:Grace's murder and Eden's kidnapping.]]]] He trims it later in Season 4 after [[spoiler:getting Eden back]], resuming his PermaStubble look.
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* LittlestCancerPatient: Cal is suffering from leukemia, before and after the time jump. However, five and a half years of advancements in medicine have led to a possible cure.
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* LittlestCancerPatient: Cal is suffering from leukemia, before and after the time jump. However, five and a half years of advancements in medicine have led to a possible cure. [[spoiler:His cancer returns with a vengeance in Season 4, such that Alex's immunotherapy treatments don't work. However, Zeke uses his empathic abilities to save him [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his own life.]]]]
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* LipstickLesbian: Saanvi and her ex-girlfriend, who are both very feminine.
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* LipstickLesbian: Saanvi and her ex-girlfriend, who ex-girlfriend Alex are both very feminine.
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TimeTravel: [[spoiler:Zeke's mountain day trip was actually a year.]]
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* ArcVillain: For the start of Season 4.
* BabyBeMine: [[spoiler:She kidnaps Eden to raise as her own daughter, believing she is her "guardian angel", and kills Grace to do so.]]
* BabyBeMine: [[spoiler:She kidnaps Eden to raise as her own daughter, believing she is her "guardian angel", and kills Grace to do so.]]
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* BrainyBrunette: Often does the research into historical and mythological connections to what the passengers of Flight 828 have experienced.
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* ParentWithNewParamour: Type 2. Olive is shown in flashbacks to have taken some time to warm up to Danny, but in the present, she directly tells her mother that she thinks of both Danny and Ben as being her father.
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* OvernightAgeUp: Olive from Cal's perspective, due to them being twins and Olive suddenly [[PlotRelevantAgeUp Olive having grown into a teenager], while Cal hasn't aged at all after Flight 828.
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* OvernightAgeUp: Olive from Cal's perspective, due to them being twins and Olive suddenly [[PlotRelevantAgeUp Olive having grown into a teenager], teenager]], while Cal hasn't aged at all after Flight 828.
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* OvernightAgeUp: Olive from Cal's perspective, due to them being twins and Olive suddenly [[PlotRelevantAgeUp Olive having grown into a teenager], while Cal hasn't aged at all after Flight 828.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Melissa Roxburgh's native Canadian accent is.... pretty apparent, for most of the series.
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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Saanvi was working on a revolutionary new leukemia treatment, which five years later has been implemented and just so happens to perfectly fit fellow 828 passenger Cal.
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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Saanvi was working on a revolutionary new leukemia treatment, which five years later has been implemented and just so happens to perfectly fit fellow 828 passenger Cal. This understandably convinces her there was some deliberate purpose to the whole thing.
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* NotHelpingYourCase: In "Cleared for Approach", Ben threatens Calvin Webber to stay away from his family, which only convinces Webber that he's right about the 828 passengers being a threat. The confrontation went online, which gets him more followers.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: When Ben tries to check out his place for bugs, he notes that given the way technology has advanced in the last five years, he has no idea what such devices would even look like.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: [[invoked]]TechnologyMarchesOn: When Ben tries to check out his place for bugs, he notes that given the way technology has advanced in the last five years, he has no idea what such devices would even look like.
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* MyBelovedSmother: In her narration in the first act, Michaela bemoans that her parents — especially her mother — are trying to control her life by encouraging her to get married to Jared. Her attitude changes once she reunites with her father, and finds out her mother died during the time skip.
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* JustPlaneWrong:
** The plane involved in the incident is repeatedly stated to be a Boeing 737-200. This model has a maximum capacity of 136 passengers, yet in the first episode Captain Daly states that he has "191 souls on board", which is a lot more than should be possible.
** When asked for his aircraft's callsign, [=MA828=], Captain Daly says it the way an ordinary person would: "Em Ay Eight Two Eight." A professional pilot would give it as, "[[MilitaryAlphabet Mike Alpha]] Eight Two Eight", ''especially'' if there was any suspected confusion.
** The plane involved in the incident is repeatedly stated to be a Boeing 737-200. This model has a maximum capacity of 136 passengers, yet in the first episode Captain Daly states that he has "191 souls on board", which is a lot more than should be possible.
** When asked for his aircraft's callsign, [=MA828=], Captain Daly says it the way an ordinary person would: "Em Ay Eight Two Eight." A professional pilot would give it as, "[[MilitaryAlphabet Mike Alpha]] Eight Two Eight", ''especially'' if there was any suspected confusion.
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* IJustWantToBeYou: As of "Bogey," Angelina seems to be going down this path regarding her relationship with Olive. She dyes her hair to match Olive's, wears her clothes, and tries to kiss Levi after Olive told her about her crush on him.
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: One of the passengers asks for a drink after the plane makes it out of turbulence. Bethany admits she needs one, too.
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: In "Contrail", it's revealed that Captain Daly used "unconventional" methods to fly through the strange storm. Because of this, everyone blames him for it.
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Her reason for speaking out, according to her husband. He warned her not to, but she didn't care, as she had a "calling" telling her it had to be done.
