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** We don't know that his passport was fraudulently issued until the effects of the second series when it's revealed that [[spoiler: Elliot Stanley is not his real name]], and in any case, a passport being used by someone working high up in an international drug-smuggling ring is likely to pass inspection at airports and the like. As for his criminal past, the Australian authorities have nothing on him as [[spoiler: DI Rogers is revealed to have committed the murder he tries to frame Elliot for, in addition to which, Lena refused to give evidence against him]]; in such circumstances, they would not be inclined to subjecting his passport to closer inspection, as (in addition to there being no criminal evidence against him) they have no reason to believe that he's not who he says he is.

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** We don't know that his passport was fraudulently issued until the effects of the second series when it's revealed that [[spoiler: Elliot Stanley is not his real name]], and in any case, a passport being used by someone working high up in an international drug-smuggling ring is likely to pass inspection at airports and the like. As for his criminal past, the Australian authorities have nothing on him as [[spoiler: DI Rogers is revealed to have committed the murder he tries to frame Elliot for, in addition to which, Lena refused to give evidence against him]]; in such circumstances, they would not be inclined to subjecting his passport to closer inspection, as (in addition to there being no criminal evidence against him) they have no reason to believe that he's not who he says he is.
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** Going by TheReveal at the end, [[spoiler: she's not actually a Cassidy by blood, although she was clearly raised as such]].
* Prior to his [[spoiler: imprisonment of Helen]], had Ruairi actually broken any laws by not reporting his wife's death and keeping her body (assuming that he is not lying about her having died of natural causes)?
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** We don't know that his passport was fraudulently issued until the effects of the second series when it's revealed that [[spoiler: Elliot Stanley is not his real name]], and in any case, a passport being used by someone working high up in an international drug-smuggling ring is likely to pass inspection at airports and the like. As for his criminal past, the Australian authorities have nothing on him as [[DI Rogers is revealed to have committed the murder he tries to frame Elliot for, in addition to which, Lena refused to give evidence against him]]; in such circumstances, they would not be inclined to subjecting his passport to closer inspection, as (in addition to there being no criminal evidence against him) they have no reason to believe that he's not who he says he is.

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** We don't know that his passport was fraudulently issued until the effects of the second series when it's revealed that [[spoiler: Elliot Stanley is not his real name]], and in any case, a passport being used by someone working high up in an international drug-smuggling ring is likely to pass inspection at airports and the like. As for his criminal past, the Australian authorities have nothing on him as [[DI [[spoiler: DI Rogers is revealed to have committed the murder he tries to frame Elliot for, in addition to which, Lena refused to give evidence against him]]; in such circumstances, they would not be inclined to subjecting his passport to closer inspection, as (in addition to there being no criminal evidence against him) they have no reason to believe that he's not who he says he is.

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* How is [[spoiler: Elliot]] able to travel internationally, given that his passport has clearly been fraudulently issued?
* Is Niamh a Cassidy by blood or by marriage? In a flashback scene she is addressed as ''Miss'' Cassidy, but she has evidently retained that surname as a mature woman with two grown-up sons.
** She could have retained her maiden name (unlikely in rural Ireland circa. 1980), reverted to it after he (unseen) husband's death, or married a man with the same surname.

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* How is [[spoiler: Elliot]] able to travel internationally, given his criminality and the fact that his passport has clearly been fraudulently issued?
** We don't know that his passport was fraudulently issued until the effects of the second series when it's revealed that [[spoiler: Elliot Stanley is not his real name]], and in any case, a passport being used by someone working high up in an international drug-smuggling ring is likely to pass inspection at airports and the like. As for his criminal past, the Australian authorities have nothing on him as [[DI Rogers is revealed to have committed the murder he tries to frame Elliot for, in addition to which, Lena refused to give evidence against him]]; in such circumstances, they would not be inclined to subjecting his passport to closer inspection, as (in addition to there being no criminal evidence against him) they have no reason to believe that he's not who he says he is.
* Is Niamh a Cassidy by blood or by marriage? In a flashback scene she is addressed as ''Miss'' Cassidy, but she has evidently retained that surname as a mature woman with two grown-up sons.
sons (one of whom was killed before the events of the show) who took that surname.
** She could have retained her maiden name (unlikely in rural Ireland circa. 1980), reverted to it after he (unseen) husband's death, or (more likely, given that her sons went by the surname Cassidy) married a man with the same surname.
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* How is [[spoiler: Elliot]] able to travel internationally, given that his passport has clearly been fraudulently issued?
* Is Niamh a Cassidy by blood or by marriage? In a flashback scene she is addressed as ''Miss'' Cassidy, but she has evidently retained that surname as a mature woman with two grown-up sons.
** She could have retained her maiden name (unlikely in rural Ireland circa. 1980), reverted to it after he (unseen) husband's death, or married a man with the same surname.
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** Elise doesn't know the code. There is no need to hide the code from Shaw since the snipers are going to kill him anyway. She really does mouth "I love you" to him, which is why he replies "so you love me" after all is over.
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** She went undercover as the lover/wife of a billionaire. That'll tend to expand one's available resources.

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** She went undercover as the lover/wife of a billionaire. That'll tend to expand one's available resources.resources.
* During the final confrontation at the safe, when Frank/Alexander is walking to the safe to open it after Shaw threatened Elise with a knife, what does Elise mouth/whisper to him? Is it "I love you" or something else? Or is she trying to let him know the code of the safe because at that point she doesn't believe yet he really is Alexander?
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** Pearce's plan seems to have been an extremely sketchy BatmanGambit, with the gaps filled in by a series of IndyPloys. If he had the balls to rip off a man like Shaw and think he could get away with it, he had the balls to try and bluff his way through just about anything else that came up.

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** Pearce's plan seems to have been an extremely sketchy BatmanGambit, with the gaps filled in by a series of IndyPloys.[[IndyPloy Indy Ploys]]. If he had the balls to rip off a man like Shaw and think he could get away with it, he had the balls to try and bluff his way through just about anything else that came up.
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*** Given that we only see what Pearce wanted us to see, it's possible he had contingency plans (even if that plan was just [[IndyPloy "Crap, need to find another exit."]]

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*** Given that we only see what Pearce wanted us to see, it's possible he had contingency plans (even if that plan was just [[IndyPloy "Crap, need to find another exit."]] "]])
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*** Given that we only see what Pearce wanted us to see, it's possible he had contingency plans (even if that plan was just [[IndyPloy "Crap, need to find another exit."]]


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** Pearce's plan seems to have been an extremely sketchy BatmanGambit, with the gaps filled in by a series of IndyPloys. If he had the balls to rip off a man like Shaw and think he could get away with it, he had the balls to try and bluff his way through just about anything else that came up.
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** She was probably fired for incompetence, since this mission to catch Pearce had been an almost complete failure and because of the suspicions about where her loyalties truly lie. She thanked him because, when you send an international sting operation completly tits-up, you are usually lucky to end up merely unemployed rather than facing charges yourself.
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** A checkbook, yes, plus other documents related to the money. Those ''would'' be worth fighting to recover. Plus, the whole thing was a gambit to get his ex-boss out of the way so he'd be free and clear for good.

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** A checkbook, yes, plus other documents related to the money. Those ''would'' be worth fighting to recover. Plus, the whole thing was mainly a gambit to get his ex-boss out rid of the way so he'd be free and clear for good.Shaw.
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** A checkbook, yes, plus other documents related to the money. Those ''would'' be worth fighting to recover. Plus, the whole thing was a gambit to get his ex-boss out of the way so he'd be free and clear for good.



* Elise seems to be quite rich, while her occupation is undercover agent. Is this job really so well paid?

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* Elise seems to be quite rich, while her occupation is undercover agent. Is this job really so well paid?paid?
** She went undercover as the lover/wife of a billionaire. That'll tend to expand one's available resources.

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