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* BeserkButton: Lexi in the first season had her parents’ death, after all the reveals, in the second season it evolves to “treasure hunts led by a Reece”.

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* BeserkButton: BerserkButton: Lexi in the first season had her parents’ death, after all the reveals, in the second season it evolves to “treasure hunts led by a Reece”.
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* BeserkButton: Levi in the first season had her parents’ death, after all the reveals, in the second season it evolves to “treasure hunts led by a Reece”.

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* BeserkButton: Levi Lexi in the first season had her parents’ death, after all the reveals, in the second season it evolves to “treasure hunts led by a Reece”.

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The series has been renewed for the second season, and premiered on Paramount+ on July 17.

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The series has been renewed for the second season, and premiered on Paramount+ on July 17.
17, 2022. Four months after the Season 2 finale completed, the series was announced as cancelled.



* AndTheAdventureContinues: Season 1 ends with the words, "The Adventure Will Continue..."

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* AndTheAdventureContinues: Season 1 ends with ActuallyPrettyFunny: When questioned by another priest about the words, "The Adventure Will Continue..."attack at the Vatican, Chuck asks if the stranger is “Vatican Intelligence”. The other man tells him that any Vatican covert agency only exists in airport books, prompting Chuck to laugh.
** One of the nuns tells Chuck that if “an adventurous father” were to start investigating he should…trend lightly.
* AffablyEvil: For all their crimes, the BigBad of the series all have their moments of civility and respect.


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* AndTheAdventureContinues: Season 1 ends with the words, "The Adventure Will Continue..."


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* BeserkButton: Levi in the first season had her parents’ death, after all the reveals, in the second season it evolves to “treasure hunts led by a Reece”.

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* AlmostKiss: Danny and Levi has this several times.

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* AlmostKiss: Danny and Levi Lexi has this several times.



* MundaneSolution: Heading to see a director at the Cario museum, Lexi talks of how tricky security is and how it's going to be a complex series of moves to get inside undetected.

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* MundaneSolution: Heading to see a director at the Cario Cairo museum, Lexi talks of how tricky security is and how it's going to be a complex series of moves to get inside undetected.



* OhCrap: When the characters realize the truth about Reece, and Farim, and where exactly the attack is happening. Considering the show premise, they actually get this a lot.

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* OhCrap: When the characters realize the truth about Reece, and Farim, Karim, and where exactly the attack is happening. Considering the show premise, they actually get this a lot.



* PocketProtector: Thank goodness Shawn has that medallion in his pocket.

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* PocketProtector: Thank goodness Shawn Shaw has that medallion in his pocket.



** Subverted for laughs when she goes to Danny's old home and says she "always figured you crashed to Earth in a spaceship with cape." Danny notes how "the ''one'' reference you know is to mock me."

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** Subverted for laughs when she goes to Danny's old home and says she "always figured you [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} crashed to Earth in a spaceship with cape.cape]]." Danny notes how "the ''one'' reference you know is to mock me."



* ThoseWackyNazis: They feature in the BackStory, having taken Cleopatra's sarcophagus back in 1944.



* ThoseWackyNazis: They feature in the BackStory, having taken Cleopatra's sarcophagus back in 1944.
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* AnaologyBackfire: In Season 2, a Hong Kong police inspector assures the gang that "this place is a fortress. It's not unlike your Alamo." They have to point out the tiny detail that everyone in the Alamo died, with the inspector surprised at that.

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* AnaologyBackfire: AnalogyBackfire: In Season 2, a Hong Kong police inspector assures the gang that "this place is a fortress. It's not unlike your Alamo." They have to point out the tiny detail that everyone in the Alamo died, with the inspector surprised at that.
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* AnaologyBackfire: In Season 2, a Hong Kong police inspector assures the gang that "this place is a fortress. It's not unlike your Alamo." They have to point out the tiny detail that everyone in the Alamo died, with the inspector surprised at that.
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* AccentOnTheWrongSyllable: A running bit in Season 2 is Lexi insisting on saying "Gen-ghish Khan" rather than the usual "Gen-guhs" as she insists it's actually the right pronunciation.
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* EvilPlan: It turns out everything in Season 2 has been [[spoiler: part of a calculated plan by Violet/The Great Khan, seemingly to unleash a virus that targets people by their DNA. But Danny and Lexi realize there is no virus, that the "white hat hackers" were killed to prevent cyberattacks on bank servers across Europe, and the seemingly "random" attacks earlier in the season were taking out security measures and throwing a panic in the world as a distraction to siphon money from banks across Europe. In short, this entire thing has been a massive heist of $1.5 ''trillion'' for Violet to finance her army.]]
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** Invoked by Simon meeting Danny in Season 2.
-->'''Simon''': How does the line go, Danny? [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Again we see, there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away.]]

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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: A RunningGag of the show is Lexi not getting references to classic movies or TV shows.

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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: PopCulturalOsmosisFailure:
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A RunningGag of the show is Lexi not getting references to classic movies or TV shows. shows.
** He's truly annoyed when they meet an imprisoned [[spoiler: Simon]] in season 2 and Lexi is baffled at his talk that "he's [[Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Lectering us."]]
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* SpottingTheThread: Danny is dubious about [[spoiler: Kate killed by a random Khan follower because her phone history shows a fingerprint search she did on Violet had been deleted.]]


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* WoundedGazelleGambit: After [[spoiler: killing Kate, Violet takes Simon's suggestion to send in an expendable agent. Hearing her cries, Danny and Lexi enter to find a bloodied Violet with the dead "assassin" she claims killed Kate. Too bad for her Danny has his suspicions.]]

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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: In both seasons 1 and 2 the person presented as the BigBad was just a surrogate, and the actual BigBad was a minor character who had been working with the team the whole time.



* Ghostapo: What the Nazis in the backstory tried to do with Cleopatra. Amusingly, it wound up electrocuting all participants because of how stupid it was. Less amusingly, it also killed over a hundred people, on the surrounding town by drowning them when the dam failed.

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* Ghostapo: FromNobodyToNightmare: Played with. Both seasons have villains who are from humble beginnings, but not humble lineages, who started out as petty criminals.
* {{Ghostapo}}:
What the Nazis in the backstory tried to do with Cleopatra. Amusingly, it wound up electrocuting all participants because of how stupid it was. Less amusingly, it also killed over a hundred people, on the surrounding town by drowning them when the dam failed.


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* TheRealRemingtonSteele: In both seasons 1 and 2 the person presented as the BigBad turns out to be a decoy masquerading as their boss. After their deaths, the identity of the real mastermind is revealed.

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* TheReveal: Lexi is shocked to discover that Danny's father happens to be a legendary thief she actually admires.

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Lexi is shocked to discover that Danny's father happens to be a legendary thief she actually admires.



* ShoutOut: Obviously, the episode set in Casablanca has plenty of references to the [[Film/{{Casablanca}} classic movie]]. It's even noted by Shaw saying tourists expect this stuff.

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** In season 2, it turns out [[spoiler: the Great Khan was just some underling and Violet has been the real Khan all along]].
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Obviously, the episode set in Casablanca has plenty of references to the [[Film/{{Casablanca}} classic movie]]. It's even noted by Shaw saying tourists expect this stuff.


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* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Invoked by Simon in Season 2 when he discovers [[spoiler: Violet was the Great Khan all along, just as he had made everyone else believe another guy was Farouk. He even accuses Violet of "following my playbook."]]


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* WhamLine: After [[spoiler: the Great Khan is killed, Violet suddenly takes his throne to declare "the Khan is still alive...and ''she'' does not to be challenged."]]
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* DidntSeeThatComing: Simon in Season 2 when [[spoiler: the Khan is killed only for ''Violet'' to take over as the new Khan]].
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* HiddenDepths: Just when it looks like Shaw is a bit thick-headed, he shows an amazing knowledge of history. In Season 2, he suggests getting into a building by the tunnels the British built during World War II in case of invasion, which Danny and Lexi knew nothing about.
-->'''Shaw''': Am I the only one who watches Discovery Channel?
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* FakeAmerican: Sofia Pernas is American and puts on a British accent as Lexi. In Season 2, she meets an old contact who hates British people so it turns out Lexi has been posing at an American ''for over two years'' with him.

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* FakeAmerican: In-universe. Sofia Pernas is American and puts on a British accent as Lexi. In Season 2, she meets an old contact who hates British people so it turns out Lexi has been posing at an American ''for over two years'' with him.
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* FakeAmerican: Sofia Pernas is American and puts on a British accent as Lexi. In Season 2, she meets an old contact who hates British people so it turns out Lexi has been posing at an American ''for over two years'' with him.
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* StagingTheEavesdrop: Danny and Lexi do this in Season 2 when they realize their place is bugged, using a carefully worded script to set up a fake meeting to sucker the folks listening in. Shaw, however, is a bit...difficult following his lines.
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->'''Danny''': My name is Danny [=McNamara=], I used to work for the FBI.
->'''Lexi''': And I'm Lexi Vaziri, I used to be a thief.
->'''Danny''': Excuse me, a "Master Thief".
->'''Lexi''': Thank you.
->'''Danny''': And together, we form a treasure hunting squad to help take down the terrorists.
->'''Lexi''': At first, things were complicated...
->'''Danny''':...really complicated.
->'''Lexi''': And to make matters worse, the man whose financing the whole operations, Jacob Reece III.
->'''Danny''': A man who was a mentor to me betrayed us both.
->'''Lexi''': He had my father killed.
->'''Danny''': And had mine sent to prison.
->'''Lexi''': But in the end, we make sure Reece is arrested and jailed.
->'''Danny''': And our adventure continues...
-->-- '''Opening speech by Danny & Lexi'''
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->'''Lexi''': And to make matters worse, the man whose financing the whole operations, Jacob Reese III.

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->'''Lexi''': And to make matters worse, the man whose financing the whole operations, Jacob Reese Reece III.

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->'''Danny''': My name is Danny [=McNamara=]. When I left the FBI, I thought my crime-fighting days were over. But then I learned that terrorist Karim Farouk was on the hunt for Cleopatra, one of the world's most valuable treasures, lost for over 2,000 years, to use her as part of a massive terror attack. To find him, I needed some help. So, I went to Lexi Vaziri, a thief.
->'''Lexi''': Excuse me, a ''master thief''. And my father was killed by Farouk.
->'''Danny''': I wanted justice, Lexi wanted revenge.
->'''Lexi''': But neither of us got what we wanted.
->'''Danny''': Farouk was killed before we could catch him.
->'''Lexi''': Farouk may be dead, but his plan for a massive attack lives on.
->'''Danny''': And his crew is still out there....

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->'''Danny''': My name is Danny [=McNamara=]. When [=McNamara=], I left used to work for the FBI, I thought my crime-fighting days were over. But then I learned that terrorist Karim Farouk was on the hunt for Cleopatra, one of the world's most valuable treasures, lost for over 2,000 years, to use her as part of a massive terror attack. To find him, I needed some help. So, I went to Lexi Vaziri, a thief.
FBI.
->'''Lexi''': Excuse me, a ''master thief''. And my father was killed by Farouk.
I'm Lexi Vaziri, I used to be a thief.
->'''Danny''': I wanted justice, Lexi wanted revenge.
Excuse me, a "Master Thief".
->'''Lexi''': But neither of us got what we wanted.
->'''Danny''': Farouk was killed before we could catch him.
->'''Lexi''': Farouk may be dead, but his plan for a massive attack lives on.
Thank you.
->'''Danny''': And his crew together, we form a treasure hunting squad to help take down the terrorists.
->'''Lexi''': At first, things were complicated...
->'''Danny''':...really complicated.
->'''Lexi''': And to make matters worse, the man whose financing the whole operations, Jacob Reese III.
->'''Danny''': A man who was a mentor to me betrayed us both.
->'''Lexi''': He had my father killed.
->'''Danny''': And had mine sent to prison.
->'''Lexi''': But in the end, we make sure Reece
is still out there....arrested and jailed.
->'''Danny''': And our adventure continues...



The series has been renewed for the second season, and will move to Paramount+ on July 17.

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The series has been renewed for the second season, and will move to premiered on Paramount+ on July 17.

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