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* ImprovisedWeapon: Facing a ProfessionalKiller without his gun, Reese resorts to a [[DropTheHammer hammer]], then a [[NailEm nail gun]]--[[AgonyOfTheFeet tacking his foot to the floor]] for good measure.

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* ImprovisedWeapon: Facing a ProfessionalKiller without his gun, Reese resorts to a [[DropTheHammer hammer]], hammer, then a [[NailEm nail gun]]--[[AgonyOfTheFeet tacking his foot to the floor]] for good measure.

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* BaitAndSwitch: Fusco is shown acting very shifty and repeatedly ignoring Reese's and Finch's attempts to contact him early in the episode. Surely it has something to do with HR, right? Nope, turns out he was just being very secretive about having a date that night.



* SecretKeeper: Finch is about to tell Grace what he's been working on, but Grace tells him to wait till he's ready to reveal it, rather than because he feels he has to.

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* SecretKeeper: {{Averted}}. Finch is about to tell Grace what he's been working on, but Grace tells him to wait till he's ready to reveal it, rather than because he feels he has to.to. Although he doesn't know it at the time, this probably saved her life given the government has no problem killing to keep the Machine secret.
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utterly bizarre and kinda creepy thing to say; a woman in a dress does not fanservice make. also, poorly phrased.


* MsFanservice: Francie Swift as Sabrina Drake does this quite well, without needing to resort to over-the-top sexy outfits. Just a blue dress - a variant on the LittleBlackDress combination. She is often seen as sexy by the public anyway.
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* DivorceRequiresDeath / MutualKill: Averted

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* DivorceRequiresDeath / MutualKill: AvertedBoth of the Drake's try to kill each other with hitmen, but they are both saved by Reese and co.
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* WholePlotReference: To ''[[{{Film/MrAndMrsSmith}} Mr And Mrs Smith]]'' except the couple hire the killers instead of actually being killers.

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* WholePlotReference: To ''[[{{Film/MrAndMrsSmith}} Mr And Mrs Smith]]'' ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005'' except the couple hire the killers instead of actually being killers.
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* IrrevocableOrder: The climactic battle of the episode has Daniel and Sabrina trying to call off the hitmen mid-fight, but the hitmen (maybe because it would mean leaving witnesses, maybe because they are pissed off that Reese has made them fail so many times) simply continue trying to kill them.
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* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: In a flashback, Grace mentions going to Italy to see [[http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artwork/853 her favorite painting]]. Harold [[spoiler: buys the painting, anonymously donates it to the Guggenheim Museum, and takes her there on her birthday to show it to her.]]

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* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: In a flashback, Grace mentions going to Italy to see [[http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artwork/853 her favorite painting]]. Harold [[spoiler: buys the painting, anonymously donates it to the Guggenheim Museum, and takes her there on her birthday to show it to her.]]



* DivorceRequiresDeath / MutualKill: [[spoiler: averted]]

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* DivorceRequiresDeath / MutualKill: [[spoiler: averted]]Averted



* GrandRomanticGesture: The [[spoiler:birthday treasure hunt]] Harold arrange for Grace. AND HOW!

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* GrandRomanticGesture: The [[spoiler:birthday birthday treasure hunt]] hunt Harold arrange arranges for Grace. AND HOW!



* IfWeGetThroughThis: Daniel and Sabrina decide that they'd like to try and have another baby if they survive the mess they caused by hiring hitmen to kill each other. [[spoiler:They do survive.]]

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* IfWeGetThroughThis: Daniel and Sabrina decide that they'd like to try and [[BabiesMakeEverythingBetter have another baby baby]] if they survive the mess they caused by hiring hitmen to kill each other. [[spoiler:They They do survive.]]



* MoralEventHorizon: Finch speculates InUniverse he might be approaching one when [[spoiler: he wonders aloud is "maybe we should just leave the Drakes to their own devices" because they don't deserve his help. The main reason he decides against doing so is because there weren't any other numbers in need of their attention at the time. If there had been, he might have chosen to cross the horizon.]]

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* MoralEventHorizon: Finch speculates InUniverse he might be approaching one when [[spoiler: he wonders aloud is "maybe we should just leave the Drakes to their own devices" because they don't deserve his help. The main reason he decides against doing so is because there weren't any other numbers in need of their attention at the time. If there had been, he might have chosen to cross the horizon.]]
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Hey Its That Guy and Hey Its That Voice examples are being cut per TRS.


* HeyItsThatGuy: Francie Swift from ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' as Sabrina Drake.
** Not to mention Mark Pellegrino, probably best known as Lucifer from ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'' as Daniel Drake. That's right... [[Film/ThePassionoftheChrist Jesus]] beats up Lucifer and stuffs him in a trunk.
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* BluntYes: Inverted. Fusco asks if, after taking a bullet in the ass and saving Reese multiple times, he's earned just a little privacy. Reese simply says, "No."
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Francie Swift from ''LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' as Sabrina Drake.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Francie Swift from ''LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' as Sabrina Drake.
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Misuse. It\'s Genre Savvy, not just \"savvy\".


* GenreSavvy:
** After getting shot, Fusco states that he knows to wear his BulletProofVest while working with Reese.
** When Reese starts a casual conversation on which baseball team he supports, Finch quickly realises he's hoping to find out where Finch grew up.

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* YouMonster: Averted; Finch tells the Drake's he doesn't think they're monsters, having seen {{Complete Monster}}s up close.

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* YouMonster: Averted; Finch tells the Drake's he doesn't think they're monsters, having seen {{Complete Monster}}s ones up close.
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* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: In a flashback, Grace mentions going to Italy to see [[http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artwork/853 her favorite painting]]. Harold [[spoiler: buys the painting, donates it to the Guggenheim Museum, and takes her there on her birthday to show it to her.]]

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* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: In a flashback, Grace mentions going to Italy to see [[http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artwork/853 her favorite painting]]. Harold [[spoiler: buys the painting, anonymously donates it to the Guggenheim Museum, and takes her there on her birthday to show it to her.]]
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* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: [[HoYay Reese and Fusco]]

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* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: [[HoYay Reese and Fusco]]Fusco, and Reese and Finch]], engage in their usual SnarkToSnarkCombat.
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* SpousalPrivilege: Daniel and Sabrina Drake invoke this.

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* SpousalPrivilege: Daniel and Sabrina Drake invoke this.this, deciding not to testify against each other.
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* YouTalkTooMuch: Reese takes the hoods off the Drakes. When they start shouting at him and each other, he puts them back on again until the cool down a bit.

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* YouTalkTooMuch: Reese takes the hoods off the Drakes. When they start shouting at him and each other, he puts them back on again until the they cool down a bit.
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* ShootOutTheLock: The hitman shoots out the lock of the wine cellar the Drakes are hiding in.

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* SmithicalMarriage and WholePlotReference: Well, almost, at least as far as being an almost similar resemblance to ''[[{{Film/MrAndMrsSmith}} Mr And Mrs Smith]]''.


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* WholePlotReference: To ''[[{{Film/MrAndMrsSmith}} Mr And Mrs Smith]]'' except the couple hire the killers instead of actually being killers.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Pretty much TheAesop of the episode.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: Pretty much TheAesop AnAesop of the episode.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Facing a ProfessionalKiller without his gun, Reese resorts to a [[DropTheHammer hammer]] then a [[NailEm nail gun]]--then [[AgonyOfTheFeet tacks his foot to the floor]] for good measure.
* InterruptedIntimacy:

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* ImprovisedWeapon: Facing a ProfessionalKiller without his gun, Reese resorts to a [[DropTheHammer hammer]] hammer]], then a [[NailEm nail gun]]--then [[AgonyOfTheFeet tacks gun]]--[[AgonyOfTheFeet tacking his foot to the floor]] for good measure.
* InterruptedIntimacy:InterruptedIntimacy



** Fusco is on a date, then gets a call from Reese who needs him for a stakeout. However his date wants to come along, and they end up bonding better than in the restaurant.

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** Fusco is on a date, then date when he gets a call from Reese who needs him for a stakeout. However his date wants to come along, and they end up bonding better than in the restaurant.
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* SecretKeeper: Finch is about to tell Grace what he's been working on, but Grace tells him to wait till he's ready to reveal it, rather than because he feels he has to.

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* InterruptedIntimacy: The Drakes kiss, then they get pulled apart by police to let a body on a stretcher through.

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* InterruptedIntimacy: InterruptedIntimacy:
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The Drakes kiss, then they get pulled apart by police to let a body on a stretcher through.through.
** Fusco is on a date, then gets a call from Reese who needs him for a stakeout. However his date wants to come along, and they end up bonding better than in the restaurant.



* OverTheShoulderCarry
* PunkInTheTrunk

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* OverTheShoulderCarry
OverTheShoulderCarry: Reese throws a hood over Mrs Drake, throws her over his shoulder then stuffs her in the trunk. [[RefugeInAudacity On a busy street in New York]].
* PunkInTheTrunkPoorCommunicationKills: Pretty much TheAesop of the episode.
* PunkInTheTrunk: Both Drake's end up in Reese's trunk.
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* GenreSavvy: After getting shot, Fusco states that he knows to wear his BulletProofVest while working with Reese.

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* GenreSavvy: GenreSavvy:
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After getting shot, Fusco states that he knows to wear his BulletProofVest while working with Reese.Reese.
** When Reese starts a casual conversation on which baseball team he supports, Finch quickly realises he's hoping to find out where Finch grew up.
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* DeliveryGuyInfiltration: A hitman enters the publishing house by posing as a courier. Finch of course does his IT service thing.

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