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-->'''Played by''': Ben Miles

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-->'''Played by''': Ben Miles
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: [[spoiler:The end of the first season has Shaun being forced to admit to the public that he accidentally killed Hannah and the unarmed Taliban fighter in Afghanistan.]]

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* HeroWithBadPublicity: [[spoiler:The The end of the first season has Shaun being forced to admit to the public that he accidentally killed Hannah and the unarmed Taliban fighter in Afghanistan.]]
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* [[spoiler: BigGood: She ultimately is the one--with help from many others--to expose the Correction Program and the UK-based conspirators.]]

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* [[spoiler: BigGood: She [[spoiler:She ultimately is the one--with help from many others--to expose the Correction Program and the UK-based conspirators.]]
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: [[spoiler:The end of the first season has Frank being forced to admit to the public that he accidentally killed Hannah and the unarmed Taliban fighter in Afghanistan.]]

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* HeroWithBadPublicity: [[spoiler:The end of the first season has Frank Shaun being forced to admit to the public that he accidentally killed Hannah and the unarmed Taliban fighter in Afghanistan.]]
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Shaun Emery's solicitor.

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Shaun Emery's solicitor.barrister.



* UptownGirl: A posh solicitor to Shaun's lower-class soldier.

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* UptownGirl: A posh solicitor barrister to Shaun's lower-class soldier.



Shaun's friend and another solicitor.

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Shaun's friend and another solicitor.
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* PetTheDog: When [[spoiler:the Correction programme is exposed to the public, he lets Carey go and doesn't lift a finger to help Haddock arrest or detain her. It probably has something to do with Haddock hacking his medical records, making him think he has terminal cancer and almost driving him to suicide so she could take over his operation.]]

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* PetTheDog: When [[spoiler:the Correction programme is exposed to the public, he lets Carey go and doesn't lift a finger to help Haddock Garland arrest or detain her. It probably has something to do with Haddock Garland hacking his medical records, making him think he has terminal cancer and almost driving him to suicide so she could take over his operation.]]
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* PetTheDog: When [[spoiler:the Correction programme is exposed to the public, he lets Carey go and doesn't lift a finger to help Haddock arrest or detain her. It probably has something to do with Haddock hacking his medical records, making him think he has terminal cancer and almost driving him to suicide so she could take over his operation.]]
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* StuffedIntoTheFridge: ''Twice.'' [[spoiler:By disappearing, then Frank actually kills her.]]
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-->Played by: Famke Janssen

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-->Played by: Famke Janssen
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* YourCheatingHeart: He's married, but still has an affair with Rachel.

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* YourCheatingHeart: He's married, but still has an affair with Rachel.
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: [[spoiler:The end of the show is this with Frank forcing him to admit to the public that he accidentally killed Hannah and the unarmed Taliban fighter in Afghanistan.]]

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* HeroWithBadPublicity: [[spoiler:The end of the show is this with first season has Frank forcing him being forced to admit to the public that he accidentally killed Hannah and the unarmed Taliban fighter in Afghanistan.]]

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* HeroWithBadPublicity: [[spoiler:The end of the show is this with Frank forcing him to admit to the public that he accidentally killed Hannah and the unarmed Taliban fighter in Afghanistan.]]



* RaisedByGrandparents: Shaun only lives with his grandfather.



* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:She genuinely wants to help Faisal.]]

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:She genuinely wants to help Faisal.Faisal and prove that law enforcement faked evidence so that he can arrested.]]

!!Charlie Hall
-->Played by: LBarry Ward

Shaun's friend and another solicitor.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Like Hannah, he also wants to prove that law enforcement faked evidence so that Faisal can arrested.
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* SeriousBusiness: He doesn't take kindly to Rachel telling him that General Grant wasn't actually ''at'' the battle.

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* SeriousBusiness: He doesn't take kindly to Rachel telling him that General Grant wasn't actually ''at'' the battle.battle.
* TheSpymaster: Operate a small team of [=NSA=] agents in the Greater London Area.

!!Jessica Mallory
-->Played by: Famke Janssen

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Jessica is angry at Frank for letting Eli compromise his activities and exposing the ONI.

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* BreakTheHaughty: She's getting there, but only really loses it once she is shown what is ''really'' in Frank Napier's house.



!!Frank

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!!Frank!!Frank Napier


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* BadBoss: He's not very nice at all to his underlings, claiming that Eli deserves it for being a "traitor".

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* AloofBigSister: A very generally aloof one, especially to her teenage half-sister.



* KnowNothingKnowItAll: She has a streak of this, denying that she is a NaiveNewcomer when she clearly is.




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* SleepingTheirWayToTheTop: Danny accuses her of this, which she denies.
* SmugSmiler: A mostly heroic example, but her smug smile is her favorite way to bluff everyone, from Shaun to her bosses.
* StandardCopBackstory: Dysfunctional home life, a pathological liar father, dead mother.



* MoralityPet: His young and beloved daughter, Jaycee.



* PapaWolf: He goes absolutely ''crazy'' when he learns that [[spoiler:his daughter has been kidnapped.]]



* UnreliableNarrator: Claims that Hannah got on the bus.

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* UnreliableNarrator: Claims that Hannah got on the bus. [[spoiler:Which she did.]]

!! Commander Danny Hart

-->'''Played by''': Ben Miles

Rachel's once-boss, a very well-connected officer.

* LoveMakesYouDumb: His attraction to Rachel means that he gives her far more information than he should; it's even him that tells her about "correction".

* MayDecemberRomance: He's significantly older than Rachel.
* SilverFox: Part of the attraction between he and Rachel, or so it seems.
* YourCheatingHeart: He's married, but still has an affair with Rachel.



* UptownGirl: A posh solicitor to Shaun's lower-class soldier.

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* NotQuiteDead: She did get on the bus. [[spoiler:Not that she was alive for much longer after that.]]
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: ''Twice.'' [[spoiler:By disappearing, then Frank actually kills her.]]
* UptownGirl: A posh solicitor to Shaun's lower-class soldier.soldier.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:She genuinely wants to help Faisal.]]

!!Frank
-->Played by: Creator/RonPerlman

* TheCracker: He runs a whole ''team'' of them, in addition to being this himself.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: A killer and evil American, who constantly wears glasses.
* SeriousBusiness: He doesn't take kindly to Rachel telling him that General Grant wasn't actually ''at'' the battle.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Shaun clearly suffers from PTSD from his tour in Iraq, having bad dreams, flashbacks, and severe aggression.

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* ShellShockedVeteran: Shaun clearly suffers from PTSD from his tour in Iraq, Helmand, Afghanistan, having bad dreams, flashbacks, and severe aggression.
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: His insistence on going to Hannah's house only gets him in even more trouble.
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!! Rachel Carey
-->'''Played by''': Creator/HollidayGrainger

A young officer who has been promoted to run Shaun Emery's case, before planning on going back to counterterrorism.

* GoGetterGirl: She's only supposed to be on short-term secondment to the Murder Squad, and she wants to become DI.
* TheMistress: To her married boss at SO-15.

!! Shaun Emery

-->'''Played by''': Callum Turner

A once-disgraced soldier who is accused of kidnapping Hannah Roberts after being freed from prison.

* HairTriggerTemper: Shaun is extremely hostile and tightly wound.
* LowerClassLout: Shaun is from a rough background, working-class, and aggressive.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Shaun visibly worries that he could have hurt Hannah, and has a meltdown when he sees the tape showing that he did.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Shaun clearly suffers from PTSD from his tour in Iraq, having bad dreams, flashbacks, and severe aggression.
* UnreliableNarrator: Claims that Hannah got on the bus.

!! Hannah Roberts
-->Played by: Laura Haddock

Shaun Emery's solicitor.

* UptownGirl: A posh solicitor to Shaun's lower-class soldier.

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