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* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Luke Aiken and Mike Travis. Luke is in charge of the conspiracy to kill Julia and use David as the FallGuy, thus preventing the passing of stringent laws that could threaten Luke's criminal enterprise while concealing the crime boss's involvement. Meanwhile, Mike wants to recover and destroy Julia's blackmail material. While not involved with Luke's conspiracy, Mike eventually uses it as a convenient smokescreen for his attempt to recover the material and divert attention away from it, thus indirectly helping Luke's conspiracy. Both Luke and Mike have [[TheMole moles]] in different sectors of British law enforcement to ensure their schemes succeed.]]

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* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Luke Aiken and Mike Travis. Luke is in charge of the conspiracy to kill Julia and use David as the FallGuy, thus preventing the passing of stringent laws that could threaten Luke's criminal enterprise while concealing the crime boss's involvement. Meanwhile, Mike wants to recover and destroy Julia's blackmail material. While not involved with Luke's conspiracy, Mike eventually uses it as a convenient smokescreen for his attempt to recover the material and divert attention away from it, thus indirectly helping Luke's the conspiracy. Both Luke and Mike have [[TheMole moles]] in different sectors of British law enforcement to ensure that their schemes succeed.]]

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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Nadia, of all people.]]
* BigGood: In the end, [[spoiler: Sampson. She's the (on the whole) supportive leader of Sharma and Rayburn, encourages David to get theraputic help, tries to prevent security without oversight, and leaks the Prime Minister's wrongdoing (including a past sexual assault). She's not perfect, but she's the lightest grey of the senior officials]].

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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Nadia, BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Luke Aiken and Mike Travis. Luke is in charge of all people.the conspiracy to kill Julia and use David as the FallGuy, thus preventing the passing of stringent laws that could threaten Luke's criminal enterprise while concealing the crime boss's involvement. Meanwhile, Mike wants to recover and destroy Julia's blackmail material. While not involved with Luke's conspiracy, Mike eventually uses it as a convenient smokescreen for his attempt to recover the material and divert attention away from it, thus indirectly helping Luke's conspiracy. Both Luke and Mike have [[TheMole moles]] in different sectors of British law enforcement to ensure their schemes succeed.]]
* BigGood: In the end, [[spoiler: Sampson. She's the (on the whole) supportive leader of Sharma and Rayburn, encourages David to get theraputic therapeutic help, tries to prevent security without oversight, and leaks the Prime Minister's wrongdoing (including a past sexual assault). She's not perfect, but she's the lightest grey of the senior officials]].



** The Metropolitan Police ARV that pulls in front of the school and immediately opens fire on the terrorists approaching truck, causing it to veer off the road and crash before it can reach the school gates. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, a timer detonates the payload once the truck is surrounded by armed officers, killing 5 of them]].

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** The Metropolitan Police ARV that pulls in front of the school and immediately opens fire on the terrorists approaching truck, causing it to veer off the road and crash before it can reach the school gates. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, a timer detonates the payload once the truck is surrounded by armed officers, killing 5 of them]].


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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Nadia Ali, who posed as a helpless woman when first seen and revealed herself as a fanatical, murderous bomb engineer in the finale when confronted with conclusive evidence.]]
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* CareerNotTaken: When asked what he wanted to be as a child, David says that he actually wanted to be a doctor, but his family had neither the money nor connections to get him into the proper schools for that, so he went into the military instead. After returning from his tour of duty, he found that military veterans were highly sought after by civilian law enforcement agencies. Not having any other skill set, he signed up and was assigned to protection services.
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He has become critical of British intervention overseas after experiencing [[WarIsHell war first hand]], and has now been entrusted to protect someone whose views he despises.

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He has become critical of British intervention overseas after [[WarIsHell experiencing [[WarIsHell war first hand]], firsthand]], and has now been entrusted to protect someone whose views he despises.

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