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** WordOfGod says that the Lioness program was inspired by actual US military protocol on using female soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan when they interact with female civilians to avoid bad situations when male soldiers are involved such as interrogating and searching female civilians (and terrorists). Joe actually mentioned in "The Beating" that the Lioness selects female soldiers in the US military because Washington DC can't afford a major scandal from the Muslim world if a male soldier is caught doing something to a female civilian that is inappropriate even if he's doing his job such as searching them for weapons/illegal items.

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** WordOfGod says that the Lioness program was inspired by actual US military protocol on using female soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan when they interact with female civilians to avoid bad situations when male soldiers are involved such as interrogating and searching female civilians (and terrorists). Joe actually mentioned in "The Beating" that the Lioness selects female soldiers in the US military because Washington DC can't afford a major scandal from the Muslim world if a male soldier is caught doing something to a female civilian that is inappropriate even if he's doing his job such as searching them for weapons/illegal items. This was the reason why Team Lioness was created in the US military.
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* SpottingTheThread: How the last Lioness' cover gets blown when her mark spots a tattoo of a cross under her armpit while bathing. During the debrief, Joe says that the undercover claimed that she had no tattoos. The CIA Deputy Director tells her to "check every inch" of next recruit to ensure that there are no tattoos, not merely take her word for it.

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* SpottingTheThread: How the last Lioness' cover gets blown when her mark spots a tattoo of a cross under her armpit while bathing. During the debrief, Joe says that the undercover claimed that she had no tattoos. The CIA Deputy Director tells her to "check every inch" of the next recruit to ensure that there are no tattoos, not merely take her word for it.



* SurprisePregnancy: Kate didn't know she was pregnant until it was discovered while she'd blood work done for something else in the hospital. Her mother Joe then tells her that Kate's conception was itself unplanned as well.

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* SurprisePregnancy: Kate didn't know she was pregnant until it was discovered while she'd she had blood work done for something else in the hospital. Her mother Joe then tells her that Kate's conception was itself unplanned as well.



** "The Lie is the Truth" has the op to capture or kill Asmar Amrohi as Operation Yellow Jacket. Also, the CIA's control on the op is beig yanked out unofficially due to the San Antonio op.

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** "The Lie is the Truth" has the op to capture or kill Asmar Amrohi as Operation Yellow Jacket. Also, the CIA's control on the op is beig being yanked out unofficially due to the San Antonio op.
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* TheirFirstTime: Cruz and Aaliyah have sex after they establish a mutual attraction between them.

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* TheirFirstTime: Cruz and Aaliyah have sex after they establish a mutual attraction between them.for each other.
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* SlippingAMickey: Cruz's drink gets drugged by a man she meets at a bar then dragged away by him after it takes effect before the team saves her from his impending rape.

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* SlippingAMickey: Cruz's drink gets drugged by a man she meets at a bar then she's dragged away by him after it takes effect before the team saves her from his impending rape.
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* ParentsWalkInOnAtTheWorstTime: Joe comes home and finds Kate, her oldest daughter, on the couch making out with a boy whom she then orders to leave. Kate is mortified and tells her off about it.

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* ParentsWalkInOnAtTheWorstTime: ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime: Joe comes home and finds Kate, her oldest daughter, on the couch making out with a boy whom she then orders to leave. Kate is mortified and tells her off about it.
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* LingerieScene: Cruz and Aaliyah both are shown in their undergarments at length while trying on dresses together while out shopping.

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* LingerieScene: Cruz and Aaliyah both are shown in their undergarments at length while trying on dresses together while when the two go out shopping.
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* InLoveWithTheMark: Cruz becomes involved with Aaliyah, believing that she loves her, while she's still planning to kill Aaliyah's father, with their connection being used for it. This causes great anxiety on her part.
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* DomesticAbuse: Cruz ran from an abusive boyfriend to the US Marines, joining them out of gratitude (as a Marine recruiter stopped her boyfriend from attacking her) then a permanent escape.

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* DomesticAbuse: Cruz ran from an abusive boyfriend to the US Marines, joining them out of gratitude (as a Marine recruiter stopped her boyfriend from attacking her) then and for a permanent escape.
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* ConvenientMiscarriage: Kate has one during surgery, which relieves her from deciding about having an abortion.

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* ConvenientMiscarriage: Kate has one during surgery, which relieves her from deciding about having whether to have an abortion.
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* ConvenientMiscarriage: Kate has one during surgery, which leaves her not having to choose if she'll have an abortion or not.

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* ConvenientMiscarriage: Kate has one during surgery, which leaves relieves her not from deciding about having to choose if she'll have an abortion or not.abortion.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: {{Averted|Trope}} with Cruz, who's certainly good-looking, though the wounds she gets from her TrainingFromHell stay with her the rest of the season.

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: {{Averted|Trope}} with Cruz, who's certainly good-looking, though the Cruz gets several wounds she gets from during her TrainingFromHell which stay with her the rest of the season.season, but they really do nothing to detract from her beauty.

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* AffablyEvil: Asmar Ali Amrohi is a funder of terrorist groups whose acts have murdered thousands. In his only appearance he is polite and friendly with Cruz. [[spoiler:Right before she killed him.]]
* ArrangedMarriage: Aaliyah is having her marriage arranged, which she doesn't want, though her father doesn't care. Cruz also pretends that she's getting a marriage arranged too while infiltrating Aaliyah's social circle.
* BadassInDistress: Cruz is a trained Marine, but nonetheless gets drugged by a man in a bar whom she runs into, who nearly raped her as a result.
* BarBrawl: After they learn about Cruz's being tortured under Joe's orders, her teammates go into a bar where the guys who did it are, beating them up for revenge on her behalf.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: {{Averted|Trope}} with Cruz, who's certainly good-looking, though the wounds she gets from her TrainingFromHell stay with her the rest of the season.



* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Joe immediately orders the boy whom her daughter Kate's making out with out when she finds them together.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Joe's oldest daughter Kate is resentful, rebellious and often disparages her.
* ButchLesbian: Bobby is a lesbian with short hair and a TomboyishName to match who mostly wears very masculine clothing. She's also OneOfTheBoys with her team.
* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler:Cruz runs into Amrohi just as Ehsan learns her true identity and alerts him, allowing her to kill both of them using a nearby kitchen knife.]]
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Kate has one during surgery, which leaves her not having to choose if she'll have an abortion or not.



* TheDeterminator: Cruz.

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* DeathOfAChild: Neil, Joe's husband, is a child oncologist who has to face the fact that about half his patients will die before turning 18. His job is introduced with him having to tell the parents of a six year old girl with a brain tumor their best option is just spending time with her before she dies, as surgery is only going to extend her life temporarily at best, while she'll be left in constant pain.
* DefiantCaptive: Cruz, a trained Marine, fights back ''hard'' when she's kidnapped and tortured by unseen captors. It turns out this was a test by Joe.
* TheDeterminator: Cruz.Cruz is a very strong-willed woman who doesn't let anything stop her from achieving her aims.



* DomesticAbuse: Cruz ran from an abusive boyfriend to the US Marines, joining them out of gratitude (as a Marine recruiter stopped her boyfriend from attacking her) then a permanent escape.



* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: The SAC is tasked to assist Joe in field operations.

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* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: ElitesAreMoreGlamorous:
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The SAC is tasked to assist Joe in field operations.



* FlippingTheBird: Secretary of State Mullins flips off Byron, who chewed him out, in the season finale.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Kate [[ConvenientMiscarriage miscarries during surgery]] rather than having to decide whether she'll have an abortion or not. Her mother Joe also chose not to have an abortion after getting unexpectedly pregnant with her.



* HalfBreedDiscrimination: Joe (who's black) is married to Neil (a white man) and they have two girls. The older, Kate, beats up a white girl from the opposing team while having a soccer match for insulting her with a slur based on her heritage, and says her dad can't truly understand after he tells her off about this.
* HatesTheirParent: Joe's daughter Kate shows dislike of her and says she hates when Joe comes home (probably due to resentment over her so frequently being gone).
* InLoveWithTheMark: Cruz becomes involved with Aaliyah, believing that she loves her, while she's still planning to kill Aaliyah's father, with their connection being used for it. This causes great anxiety on her part.
* JustInTime:
** The team rescues Cruz right before a man is about to rape her.
** Later they again arrive right before the Amrohi security guards were about to shoot her dead.
* LesbianJock: Cruz was a star athlete in high school, and it turns out she's bisexual.
* LingerieScene: Cruz and Aaliyah both are shown in their undergarments at length while trying on dresses together while out shopping.
* LookBothWays: Kate gets injured in a car accident because a friend of hers, who was driving, had been distracted by looking at something on another girl's phone and ran a stop sign, with their car being hit from the side by an oncoming truck.
* LovingAShadow: Cruz obliquely tries to tell Aaliyah, who's fallen in love with her, that she doesn't really know her at all, as Cruz's an undercover operative sent to kill Aaliyah's father.



* MiddleEasternTerrorists: Joe and the SAC unit is tasked to take out an ISIL unit in Kobane, Syria in "Sacrificial Soldiers". However, their undercover soldier was caught by ISIL fighters and was about to be killed when Joe called for an airstrike.

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* MiddleEasternTerrorists: MiddleEasternTerrorists:
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Joe and the SAC unit is tasked to take out an ISIL unit in Kobane, Syria in "Sacrificial Soldiers". However, their undercover soldier was caught by ISIL fighters and was about to be killed when Joe called for an airstrike.



* MissingMom: Joe is mostly away for work while her husband's with their daughters and the older one, Kate, clearly dislikes her (probably because of this).
* MsFanservice: Cruz and Aaliyah, especially the latter, are beautiful young women. The two of them are shown in swimsuits, lingerie and (non-explicitly) naked at several points, including having sex.
* MuggingTheMonster: Three young thieves try to rob the house where Joe's team are. After easily being captured, they get the fright of their lives, sent off with a $10,000 bribe and death threats to never speak about their experience.
* OpenMindedParent: Neil turns out to be okay with Kate being felt up by a boy, so long as nothing else happens. Her mom Joe isn't happy to hear about this however. It turns out Kate had sex though, and got pregnant from him or some other boy, so it's somewhat {{deconstructed}} as being overly indulgent.



* ParentalSexualitySquick: Kate expresses disgust when her mother Joe refers to the place where she was conceived fondly.
* ParentsWalkInOnAtTheWorstTime: Joe comes home and finds Kate, her oldest daughter, on the couch making out with a boy whom she then orders to leave. Kate is mortified and tells her off about it.
* {{Polyamory}}: Joe and her husband Neil have an open marriage, as they both mention having sex with other people while they're apart when talking together, just for physical comfort.
* PoolScene: Cruz first meets Aaliyah's friends while they're lounging in a pool wearing swimsuits. They're all attractive young people.
* QueerEstablishingMoment: Aaliyah spontaneously kisses Cruz in a moment of joy. Before long it becomes clear this wasn't just a fluke, as the two kiss again before having sex.
* ScarsAreForever: Cruz still has several scars on her body from being [[DomesticAbuse beaten by her ex-boyfriend]]. She claims they're from a car accident once, but the doctor examining her soon sees through this.



* ShownTheirWork: WordOfGod says that the Lioness program was inspired by actual US military protocol on using female soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan when they interact with female civilians to avoid bad situations when male soldiers are involved such as interrogating and searching female civilians (and terrorists).
** Joe actually mentioned in "The Beating" that the Lioness selects female soldiers in the US military because Washington DC can't afford a major scandal from the Muslim world if a male soldier is caught doing something to a female civilian that is inappropriate even if he's doing his job such as searching them for weapons/illegal items.
** "The Lie Is the Truth" shows that the CIA can't operate its SOF units in American soil due to legal concerns. The QRF Joe works with is benched just for being involved in San Antonio, [[InstitutionalAllegianceConcealment even if they masqueraded by a BATF SRT team]].

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* ShownTheirWork: SheCleansUpNicely: Cruz wears unflattering rough clothes then later military fatigues early on, but easily spruces herself up into flattering outfits when getting close with Aaliyah, who's quite rich.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Kate wakes up screaming with nightmares of her accident afterward. It's also made clear her mother Joe and Joe's asset Cruz are deeply affected by their experiences in covert ops.
* ShouldersUpNudity: Cruz and Aaliyah were shot this way a couple times while they're naked.
* ShowerScene: Cruz and Aaliyah have an intimate conversation in the shower.
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WordOfGod says that the Lioness program was inspired by actual US military protocol on using female soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan when they interact with female civilians to avoid bad situations when male soldiers are involved such as interrogating and searching female civilians (and terrorists).
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terrorists). Joe actually mentioned in "The Beating" that the Lioness selects female soldiers in the US military because Washington DC can't afford a major scandal from the Muslim world if a male soldier is caught doing something to a female civilian that is inappropriate even if he's doing his job such as searching them for weapons/illegal items.
** "The Lie Is the Truth" shows that the CIA can't operate its SOF units in American soil due to legal concerns. The QRF Joe works with is benched just for being involved in San Antonio, [[InstitutionalAllegianceConcealment even if they masqueraded by as a BATF SRT team]]. team]].
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:Cruz finishes off Amrohi by cutting his throat after stabbing him repeatedly.]]
* SlippingAMickey: Cruz's drink gets drugged by a man she meets at a bar then dragged away by him after it takes effect before the team saves her from his impending rape.
* SorryImGay: Bobby replies that she's a lesbian when Kamal first starts to hit on her.



* StarcrossedLovers: Cruz knows very well that her relationship with Aaliyah will go nowhere, despite its passion, as she's tasked to kill Aaliyah's father. Further, in any case Aaliyah's getting married very soon and would be cut off from her after that.
* StatuesqueStunner: Cruz is beautiful and very tall (her actress is 5'8).
* SurprisePregnancy: Kate didn't know she was pregnant until it was discovered while she'd blood work done for something else in the hospital. Her mother Joe then tells her that Kate's conception was itself unplanned as well.
* TeenPregnancy: Joe's oldest daughter Kate is pregnant, it's revealed, after she's in a car accident and gets her blood work done. She's only fourteen.
* TheirFirstTime: Cruz and Aaliyah have sex after they establish a mutual attraction between them.
* TomboyishName: Joe is a tough female CIA agent who's skilled in combat. She works with Bobby, a female Marine. Joe's youngest daughter is also called Charlie.



* TrainingFromHell: Joe subjects Cruz to a simulated SERE training in order to learn what can ''break'' her in case her cover is blown in an actual operation with beatings, loud music blaring 24/7 and being hosed with high streams of water, followed by waterboarding. One of the interrogators, Cody, pin her down from the back, [[DarkAndTroubledPast suggesting that Cruz was sexually assaulted in the past]].
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* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Cruz and Aaliyah are shown naked while shot from the back more than once, including when they have sex.
* TrainingFromHell: Joe subjects Cruz to a simulated SERE training in order to learn what can ''break'' her in case her cover is blown in an actual operation with beatings, loud music blaring 24/7 and being hosed with high streams of water, followed by waterboarding. One of the interrogators, Cody, pin pins her down from the back, [[DarkAndTroubledPast suggesting that Cruz was sexually assaulted in the past]].
past from her anguished reaction]].
* WhamEpisodeWhamEpisode:



** "Wish the Fight Away" has Aaliyah and Cruz get close. Really, really close. [[spoiler:And it starts to conflict with Cruz.]]

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** "Wish the Fight Away" has Aaliyah and Cruz get close. Really, really close. [[spoiler:And it [[spoiler:This starts to conflict with Cruz.Cruz's mission.]]
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* MercyKill: Arguably. In the [[spoiler:opening episode, Joe orders an airstrike that takes out the compound where her exposed operative is. She realizes that, by the time they breached the compound, the operative would end up strip-searched, and a video of her torture and death would end up on the Internet. By bombing the compound, she ends her operative's suffering quickly. The strike occurs just as an extremist is about to strike the doomed operative with the butt of his rifle.]]

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* MercyKill: Arguably. In the [[spoiler:opening episode, Joe orders ends up ordering an airstrike that takes out the compound where target but also kills her exposed operative is. She realizes that, by the time they breached the compound, the operative embedded operative. The mercy part is that her cover is blown, is in a location that would end up strip-searched, take too long to mount a rescue, and a video of her torture and death would end up on the Internet. By bombing the compound, she ends her operative's suffering quickly. The strike occurs just as an extremist is about to strike the doomed operative with the butt of his rifle.get strip-searched and tortured to death by her captors.]]
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* MercyKill: Arguably. In the [[spoiler:opening episode, Joe orders an airstrike that takes out the compound where her exposed operative is. She realizes that it by the time they breached the compound, she would end up strip-searched, and a video of her torture and death would end up on the Internet. By bombing the compound, she ends her operative's suffering quickly. The strike occurs just as an extremist is about to strike the doomed operative with the butt of his rifle.]]

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* MercyKill: Arguably. In the [[spoiler:opening episode, Joe orders an airstrike that takes out the compound where her exposed operative is. She realizes that it that, by the time they breached the compound, she the operative would end up strip-searched, and a video of her torture and death would end up on the Internet. By bombing the compound, she ends her operative's suffering quickly. The strike occurs just as an extremist is about to strike the doomed operative with the butt of his rifle.]]
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* MercyKill: Arguably. In the [[spoiler:opening episode, Joe orders an airstrike that takes out the compound where her exposed operative is. She realizes that it by the time they breached the compound, she would end up strip-searched, and a video of her torture and death would end up on the Internet. By bombing the compound, she ends her operative's suffering quickly. The strike occurs just as an extremist is about to strike the doomed operative with the butt of his rifle.]]

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