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* WhatTheHellHero: The housemates are furious with Mike when he chases after a petty thief who stole a bag of chips and assaulted the owner. If he caught and arrested the guy, it would have exposed them as federal agents and they could never go near Hector's Tacos again. If they followed regulations and broke their cover for every assault, they would all be burned as undercover cops in LA within weeks.
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* WhatTheHellHero: The housemates are furious with Mike when he chases after a petty thief who stole a bag of chips and assaulted the owner. If he caught and arrested the guy, it would have exposed them as federal agents and they could never go near Hector's Tacos again. If they followed regulations and broke their cover for every assault, they would all be burned as undercover cops in LA within weeks.weeks.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Lauren makes it look like the Russian gangsters beat her up so it triggers Briggs' BerserkButton and he supports her in a risky operation to bring the Russians down.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Lauren makes it look like the Russian gangsters beat her up so it triggers Briggs' BerserkButton and he supports her in a risky operation to bring the Russians down.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: The second episode has many, ''many'' glaring inaccuracies regarding 5.7mm handguns and, for that matter, firearms in general. Many plot points of the episode rest on facts that anyone with even basic knowledge of firearms would find gratingly incorrect.
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* {{Omniglot}}: It would appear to be a requirement for working in Graceland. Being located in Southern California, Spanish is mandatory (a problem that is plaguing Mike,) and several of the housemates have been shown speaking Russian and Korean as well (there's actually a phone in Graceland with a plaque that states "Answer Only in Russian.")
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* ShowWithinAShow: One that doesn't actually exist. After Briggs was featured on a news report that caused one of his targets to recognize him, he claims he was instead recognized from his part-time job as an actor for some low-budget cop movie called ''Sunset Busts.'' More and more is constantly being added to this fake movie:
** Briggs adds Mike to the movie as being his brother-in-law, married to a hooker nicknamed "Low Rider" for the way she can shake her ass.
** Tuturro's nickname "Johnny" (his real name is Joe) came from the movie as well. That came after Briggs claimed he played a killer who shot a man twice for reading his dirty magazine in the bathroom.
** Briggs adds Mike to the movie as being his brother-in-law, married to a hooker nicknamed "Low Rider" for the way she can shake her ass.
** Tuturro's nickname "Johnny" (his real name is Joe) came from the movie as well. That came after Briggs claimed he played a killer who shot a man twice for reading his dirty magazine in the bathroom.
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An hour-long drama show on the USANetwork that focuses on a group of undercover agents from various United States law enforcement agencies, including Customs, the DEA, the FBI, and the ICE.FBI. The agents are all forced to live together in a Southern California beach house dubbed 'Graceland' as part of an undercover operation. Rookie FBI agent Mike Warren, despite graduating first in his class and requesting a post in Washington, is assigned to Graceland to be trained in undercover operations by the enigmatic Paul Briggs.
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* BerserkButton: For the whole house, it is wise to leave Hector's Tacos alone.
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** For the whole house, it is wise to leave Hector's Tacos alone.
** For the whole house, it is wise to leave Hector's Tacos alone.
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* DirtyCop: Part of the reason Mike is sent to Graceland is to try and determine whether Briggs has become one of these.
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* DirtyCop: DirtyCop:
** Part of the reason Mike is sent to Graceland is to try and determine whether Briggs has become one ofthese.these.
** In the pilot, Mike going undercover with the Russians is dangerous because they have dirty cops on the payroll and can verify his backstory in minutes with one phone call.
** Part of the reason Mike is sent to Graceland is to try and determine whether Briggs has become one of
** In the pilot, Mike going undercover with the Russians is dangerous because they have dirty cops on the payroll and can verify his backstory in minutes with one phone call.
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* ImpersonationGambit: In the pilot, Mike is forced to go undercover as a criminal's brother-in-law.
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* ImpersonationGambit: In ImpersonationGambit: Usually the undercovers use fake identities with custom made background but in the pilot, Mike is forced to go undercover as a criminal's brother-in-law.brother-in-law. This is especially dangerous because the bad guys have access to the brother-in-law criminal record. The guy is actually much taller and heavier than Mike so Mike has to wear platform shoes to better match the description. More importantly, the guy is a junkie so the bad guys do not consider him to be reliable or trustworthy.
* TemptingFate:
** Paige gets close to a smuggler by becoming his new girlfriend. She keeps spiking his drinks so she does not actually have to have sex with him but that can only work so many times before she has to sleep with him or blow her cover. She even admits that the correct thing to do is to abort the operation but she really wants to arrest the 'boyfriend' so she keeps pushing her luck.
** Briggs lampshades the fact that no matter how skilled the undercovers are sooner or later one of their undercover operations will go really bad. Of course, him playing GambitRoulette with his operations probably does not help the situation.
** Paige gets close to a smuggler by becoming his new girlfriend. She keeps spiking his drinks so she does not actually have to have sex with him but that can only work so many times before she has to sleep with him or blow her cover. She even admits that the correct thing to do is to abort the operation but she really wants to arrest the 'boyfriend' so she keeps pushing her luck.
** Briggs lampshades the fact that no matter how skilled the undercovers are sooner or later one of their undercover operations will go really bad. Of course, him playing GambitRoulette with his operations probably does not help the situation.
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* UndercoverAsLovers: Charlie recruits Mike to act as her boyfriend when she has to go to a sleazy bar to make a delivery for Paige. If she went in by herself all the sleazy men would start hitting on her and she would have too many people looking at her. She even tells Mike to "grab her ass" to sell people on the idea that he is her cocky, possessive boyfriend.
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* UndercoverAsLovers: Charlie recruits Mike to act as her boyfriend when she has to go to a sleazy bar to make a delivery for Paige. If she went in by herself all the sleazy men would start hitting on her and she would have too many people looking at her. She even tells Mike to "grab her ass" to sell people on the idea that he is her cocky, possessive boyfriend.boyfriend.
* WhatTheHellHero: The housemates are furious with Mike when he chases after a petty thief who stole a bag of chips and assaulted the owner. If he caught and arrested the guy, it would have exposed them as federal agents and they could never go near Hector's Tacos again. If they followed regulations and broke their cover for every assault, they would all be burned as undercover cops in LA within weeks.
* WhatTheHellHero: The housemates are furious with Mike when he chases after a petty thief who stole a bag of chips and assaulted the owner. If he caught and arrested the guy, it would have exposed them as federal agents and they could never go near Hector's Tacos again. If they followed regulations and broke their cover for every assault, they would all be burned as undercover cops in LA within weeks.
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* BerserkButton: For the whole house, it is wise to leave Hector's Tacos alone.
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* BerserkButton: For the whole house, it is wise to leave Hector's Tacos alone.alone.
** DJ is very protective of his juice.
** DJ is very protective of his juice.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Considering her partner Donnie was just shot and it looks like he's being replaced almost instantly, Lauren is understandably abrasive toward Mike (and almost everyone else) in the first episode. She does soften up pretty quick, however.
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* JurisdictionFriction: Mike asks how three different agencies are able to coexist in the same house, and Johnny says that it's mostly averted; everybody just kind of blends together after a while.
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* HeyItsThatGuy
** [[AaronTveit Mike]] is [[Film/LesMiserables2012 Enjolras]].
** Charlie is [[Series/CsiNy Aiden Burn]].
** Lauren is [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/NCIS Jeanne Benoit]].
** [[AaronTveit Mike]] is [[Film/LesMiserables2012 Enjolras]].
** Charlie is [[Series/CsiNy Aiden Burn]].
** Lauren is [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/NCIS Jeanne Benoit]].
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** Lauren is [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/NCIS Jeanne Benoit]].
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An hour-long drama show on the USANetwork that focuses on a group of undercover agents from various United States law enforcement agencies, including Customs, the DEA, the FBI, and the ICE. The agents are all forced to live together in a Southern California beach house dubbed 'Graceland' as part of an undercover operation. Rookie FBI agent Mike Warren, despite graduating first in his class and requesting a post in Washington, is assigned to Graceland to be trained in undercover operations by the enigmatic Paul Briggs.
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[[caption-width-right:333:When you're undercover, lies are your life.]]
[[caption-width-right:333:When you're undercover, lies are your life.]]
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** [[AaronTveit Mike]] is [[Film/LesMiserables2012 Enjolras]]
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** Charlie is [[Series/CsiNy AidenBurn]]Burn]].
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* ImpersonationGambit: In the pilot, Mike is forced to go undercover as a criminal's brother-in-law.
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* ShipTease: Lots of this between the housemates, particularly Mike and Charlie, Mike and Paige and Briggs and Paige.
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* OohMeAccentIsSlipping: In-universe. Mike is going undercover and tries to incorporate an accent into his persona. Briggs tells him to knock it off since his accent is terrible and it will automatically make their targets suspicious. Unless Mike can do the fake accent flawlessly, he should just use his normal accent.
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* OohMeAccentIsSlipping: OohMeAccentsSlipping: In-universe. Mike is going undercover and tries to incorporate an accent into his persona. Briggs tells him to knock it off since his accent is terrible and it will automatically make their targets suspicious. Unless Mike can do the fake accent flawlessly, he should just use his normal accent.
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* FishOutOfWater: Mike in so many different ways.
** One, he originally requested to work in D.C., however; he was instead redirected to Southern California. Alongside not knowing a word of Spanish, he also has no appropriate beach apparel (no shorts, flip-flops, ''sunscreen,'' etc.)
** Two, fresh out of the academy, he's still very straight-laced and idealistic, compared to the others, who are more cynical and realistic.
** One, he originally requested to work in D.C., however; he was instead redirected to Southern California. Alongside not knowing a word of Spanish, he also has no appropriate beach apparel (no shorts, flip-flops, ''sunscreen,'' etc.)
** Two, fresh out of the academy, he's still very straight-laced and idealistic, compared to the others, who are more cynical and realistic.
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* BatmanGambit:
** A key skill of the undercovers is getting to know their targets and then creating traps that the targets are likely to walk in and incriminate themselves.
** Briggs bets the success of an operation on the fact that a low level lackey is too stupid/lazy to change the route he always takes to his boss's warehouse.
** A key skill of the undercovers is getting to know their targets and then creating traps that the targets are likely to walk in and incriminate themselves.
** Briggs bets the success of an operation on the fact that a low level lackey is too stupid/lazy to change the route he always takes to his boss's warehouse.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Mike is an incredibly good shot. On a makeshift firing range, using an unfamiliar gun loaded with non standard bullets, he fires all his shots in rapid succession and hits every target with incredible precision. He even shows off and hits a target though the body of a car wreck that blocks the line of sight.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Briggs and Mike sold a bunch of armor piercing "cop killer" bullets to a gang member to establish their cover. However, they cannot allow this ammunition to actually be used by the gang so Briggs gets another gang to rob the shipment and buys the ammunition back using the same money the first gang paid him.
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* RefugeInAudacity: When a group of gangsters seem to vaguely remember Briggs' face from somewhere, Briggs convinces them that he actually played a cop in a porno film. To "prove" this, he actually shows the gangsters his badge and convinces them that it's a fake prop he stole from the set. The gangsters completely fall for it.
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* RefugeInAudacity: When a group of gangsters seem to vaguely remember Briggs' face from somewhere, Briggs convinces them that he actually played a cop in a porno film. To "prove" this, he actually shows the gangsters his badge and convinces them that it's a fake prop he stole from the set. The gangsters completely fall for it.it.
* SlippingAMickey: Paige's target wants to have sex with her so she keeps spiking his drinks so he is impotent and calls it off. She is afraid that one time he will try it sober and she will have to break her cover.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: A group of gang members test out new ammunition on a makeshift range and they all miss their targets. They are not very good shots to begin with and the bullets use a non standard load which makes the guns jerk upwards when fired. Mike then steps in and shows them how it is done.
* UndercoverAsLovers: Charlie recruits Mike to act as her boyfriend when she has to go to a sleazy bar to make a delivery for Paige. If she went in by herself all the sleazy men would start hitting on her and she would have too many people looking at her. She even tells Mike to "grab her ass" to sell people on the idea that he is her cocky, possessive boyfriend.
* SlippingAMickey: Paige's target wants to have sex with her so she keeps spiking his drinks so he is impotent and calls it off. She is afraid that one time he will try it sober and she will have to break her cover.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: A group of gang members test out new ammunition on a makeshift range and they all miss their targets. They are not very good shots to begin with and the bullets use a non standard load which makes the guns jerk upwards when fired. Mike then steps in and shows them how it is done.
* UndercoverAsLovers: Charlie recruits Mike to act as her boyfriend when she has to go to a sleazy bar to make a delivery for Paige. If she went in by herself all the sleazy men would start hitting on her and she would have too many people looking at her. She even tells Mike to "grab her ass" to sell people on the idea that he is her cocky, possessive boyfriend.
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** Mike is [[Film/LesMiserables2012 Enjolras]]
** Charlie is [[Series/CsiNy Aiden Burn]]
** Mike is [[Film/LesMiserables2012 Enjolras]]
** Charlie is [[Series/CsiNy Aiden Burn]]
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* TheArtifact: In-universe, the name Graceland came from the previous owner, who had a thing for Elvis memorabilia. When the house was seized, the name just stuck.
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An hour-long drama show that focuses on a group of undercover agents from various United States law enforcement agencies, including Customs, the DEA, the FBI, and the ICE, the ICE. The agents are all forced to live together in a Southern California beach house dubbed 'Graceland', 'Graceland' as part of an undercover operation. Rookie FBI agent Mike Warren, despite graduating first in his class and requesting a post in Washington, is assigned to Southern California Graceland to be trained in undercover operations by the enigmatic Paul Briggs.
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An hour-long drama show that focuses on a group of officials from various United States law enforcement agencies, including the DEA, the FBI, and the ICE, he officials are all forced to live together in a Southern California beach house dubbed 'Graceland', as part of an undercover operation. Rookie FBI agent Mike Warren, despite graduating first in his class and requesting a post in Washington, is assigned to southern California to be trained in undercover operations by the enigmatic Paul Briggs.
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An hour-long drama show that focuses on a group of officials undercover agents from various United States law enforcement agencies, including Customs, the DEA, the FBI, and the ICE, he officials the agents are all forced to live together in a Southern California beach house dubbed 'Graceland', as part of an undercover operation. Rookie FBI agent Mike Warren, despite graduating first in his class and requesting a post in Washington, is assigned to southern Southern California to be trained in undercover operations by the enigmatic Paul Briggs.
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* BadassBookworm: Mike is one of the highest scoring graduates from the FBI academy, second only to Briggs himself.
* CoolHouse: The titular Graceland, which used to be a druglord's beach house before it was seized by the government.
* DirtyCop: Part of the reason Mike is sent to Graceland is to try and determine whether Briggs has become one of these.
* InSeriesNickname: Most of the agents have their own nicknames, which are partly based on their own names. The only exception is Mike, who gets nicknamed "Levi" since his first assignment had him confiscating a truck full of counterfeit jeans.
* IndyPloy: Happens quite a bit, especially when operations don't go as planned (which is pretty much all the time).
* MultinationalTeam: The undercover team is a mix of caucasian, hispanic, and black characters.
* NewMeat: Mike, who has literally graduated straight out of the FBI academy and has no experience in undercover operations.
* PunchClockVillain: One of the dealers Mike meets is a genuinely nice guy with a loving family, who only sells illegal product to make a living.
* RefugeInAudacity: When a group of gangsters seem to vaguely remember Briggs' face from somewhere, Briggs convinces them that he actually played a cop in a porno film. To "prove" this, he actually shows the gangsters his badge and convinces them that it's a fake prop he stole from the set. The gangsters completely fall for it.
* BadassBookworm: Mike is one of the highest scoring graduates from the FBI academy, second only to Briggs himself.
* CoolHouse: The titular Graceland, which used to be a druglord's beach house before it was seized by the government.
* DirtyCop: Part of the reason Mike is sent to Graceland is to try and determine whether Briggs has become one of these.
* InSeriesNickname: Most of the agents have their own nicknames, which are partly based on their own names. The only exception is Mike, who gets nicknamed "Levi" since his first assignment had him confiscating a truck full of counterfeit jeans.
* IndyPloy: Happens quite a bit, especially when operations don't go as planned (which is pretty much all the time).
* MultinationalTeam: The undercover team is a mix of caucasian, hispanic, and black characters.
* NewMeat: Mike, who has literally graduated straight out of the FBI academy and has no experience in undercover operations.
* PunchClockVillain: One of the dealers Mike meets is a genuinely nice guy with a loving family, who only sells illegal product to make a living.
* RefugeInAudacity: When a group of gangsters seem to vaguely remember Briggs' face from somewhere, Briggs convinces them that he actually played a cop in a porno film. To "prove" this, he actually shows the gangsters his badge and convinces them that it's a fake prop he stole from the set. The gangsters completely fall for it.
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