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1!The Inside
2
3!!Warning! This page will contain spoilers. Read at your own risk.
4
5[[foldercontrol]]
6
7!Web's Team
8
9[[folder:Rebecca]]
10!!Rebecca Locke/Becky George
11[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/locke_rebecca_9090.jpg]]
12->'''Played By:''' Creator/RachelNichols
13
14The rookie field agent brought in by Web, who wishes to use her gift to his advantage. She is able to put herself in the shoes of the victims, since she was one herself. This makes her excellent at getting inside the mind of a killer.
15----
16* ActionSurvivor: Since she was a little kid.
17* AloneWithThePsycho: It happens pretty frequently, due to her lack of instinct for self-preservation.
18-->'''Mel:''' I'm just saying..."Girl to Grab" isn't just Volume Four of some encyclopedia, it's Rebecca's life. She gets taken - like it's a hobby.
19-->'''Danny:''' It ''is'' on the freaky side of often...
20* BadassInDistress: With some frequency. When she's kidnapped or held at gunpoint, she tends to stay cool and collected. She also tends to gets herself out of trouble.
21* ButtMonkey: Rebecca's life as been an almost unending train of misery, starting with being kidnapped as a child. She has no life outside of her work and Web continues to push her to breaking point either as part of a grand plan or his own sadistic amusement.
22* BrokenBird: Her kidnapping as a child (and whatever the kidnapper did to her) has strongly affected every aspect of her life. Rebecca is obsessive, socially stunted and a workaholic with seemingly no hobbies or even family connections.
23* ConsummateLiar: Put her in a diner with her co-workers and she'll stammer like she's in an exam and hasn't studied. Put her in front of an unsub and she'll play him or her like a harp with laments of how lonely and traumatized (and, in one case, fat) she is. Played with; given her background and the way she behaves, it doesn't seem like ''all'' of her weeping about being lonely is lies...
24* DamselInDistress She is constantly being abducted and threatened by the killers her units finds.
25* DarkAndTroubledPast: Rebecca was kidnapped by some lunatic as a child and held by him for months. It's unclear what happened to her, but it was deeply traumatic. Physical and sexual abuse are vaguely suggested, but it's even more heavily implied that what he did to her was ''even worse''.
26* FauxActionGirl: Rebecca is apparently very handy in a fight, but it's barely ever shown with how often killers and kidnappers get the drop on her.
27* TheHero: The most prominent member of the unit, and the protagonist.
28* LittleMissBadass: As a child, she ''set her kidnapper on fire''.
29%%* MsFanservice
30* NoSocialSkills: Rebecca is perfectly capable of forging social connections and has a high level of empathy, but is utterly pathetic when it comes to small talk or comforting others. Social situations seem to alarm her.
31* TheSoulless: WordOfGod describes her as a person with "no inside."
32* TheWorkaholic
33[[/folder]]
34
35[[folder:Web]]
36!!Virgil "Web" Webster
37[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/webster_virgil_8489.jpg]]
38->'''Played By:''' Creator/PeterCoyote
39
40The supervisor. He is not married as far as we can tell. He chose his squad based on their secrets, their weaknesses and their strengths. He is known to push his agents to the max, especially Agent Locke, much to the disgust of Agent Ryan. He is also known to bend the rules or justify actions.
41----
42* AmbiguouslyEvil: There's a distinct possibility that he was a [[spoiler:serial killer]] in the past or present.
43* AntiHero: He only escapes VillainProtagonist status for two reasons - he works for the good guys and [[spoiler: it's never confirmed if he is or was in the past, a serial killer.]]
44%%* BadassInANiceSuit
45* BetterTheDevilYouKnow: Rebecca and Paul comment that having him as a boss is a much better option than having him loose in the world with nothing to occupy his time.
46* TheChessmaster: He is always ahead of the killers, and usually, of the other officers.
47* ClearMyName: In an odd way. He's guilty of many things, but innocent of others.
48* CoolOldGuy: Despite being older, he's usually the one who rescues Rebecca.
49* DeadpanSnarker: Very, very, very deadpan.
50* EvilMentor: To Rebecca and to the unit in general, even if he isn't an actual [[spoiler:serial killer]], he's still extremely manipulative and mistreats them.
51* HeWhoFightsMonsters: We don't know how far past this line Web is, but it's safe to say he's been this for a long time.
52* ManipulativeBastard: Even if he's a heroic version, he still relentlessly abuses and mistreats Rebecca's already-fragile mental state, never mind his treatment of killers.
53* PragmaticHero: Web is willing to do whatever it takes to solve a case, even if it means disregarding a kidnapping victim's mental health and withholding info from his team.
54* TricksterMentor: An especially dark version to the unit, as he appears to have little concern for Rebecca's health and is willing to go to whatever lengths necessary, even planting evidence.
55%%* TheSmartGuy
56* VillainProtagonist: If you ascribe to the theory that [[spoiler: Web is a serial killer and is training Rebecca to become one. Or [[CreateYourOwnVillain training her to catch him.]]]]
57[[/folder]]
58
59[[folder:Paul]]
60!!Paul Ryan
61[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ryan_paul_3631.jpg]]
62->'''Played By:''' Creator/JayHarrington
63
64A young, married agent who Web chose to be his 'conscience'. Idealistic and kind, he sees things in black and white. He is often paired up with Agent Locke, which leads him to discover her past secret. On more than one occasion, he and Web have clashed based on differing principles.
65----
66* TookALevelInBadass: Alongside with getting morally challenged by Web and the horrible cases he sees.
67%%* BadassInANiceSuit
68* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Rebecca though Danny thinks that Paul really [[DeclarationOfProtection just wants Rebecca for himself]].
69* TheConscience: Web lampshades word-by-word that this is the role he plays for Web.
70%%* DeadpanSnarker
71* HappilyMarried: To his pregnant wife Karen.
72%%* TheHeart
73* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Becomes gradually corrupted during the Billy Ray Pope case.
74* ItsPersonal: In "Thief of Hearts" & "Aiden".
75* TheLancer: As he's usually paired with the hero, Rebecca.
76* NiceGuy: His job is to be this, although he genuinely is.
77* TenMinuteRetirement: In "Thief of Hearts."
78* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:Paul would sit by and allow Nate Laid to kill Zoya Pettkof and Billy Ray Pope, because Pope isn't a good man and Pope's manipulations indirectly lead to Karen losing their unborn child in a car accident.]]
79[[/folder]]
80
81[[folder:Danny]]
82!!Danny Love
83[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/love_daniel_8611.jpg]]
84->'''Played By:''' Creator/AdamBaldwin
85
86An ex-marine who is blunt and crude, but not without his own morals and has a certain rapport with Agent Melody Sim. He often leads assaults on crime scenes.
87----
88%%* BadassInANiceSuit
89* TheBigGuy: As an ex-Marine.
90* BloodKnight: He is very physically aggressive and is not afraid to use it when confronted by killers.
91* CaptainObvious: He usually just says the most obvious things in meeting with Virgil, crossing over with being DumbMuscle at times.
92* DeadpanSnarker: His dialogue with Mel especially.
93* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's very abrasive but with a distinct moral compass.
94* HandsomeLech: He's always behaving inappropriately with women he comes across in the investigations.
95* {{Manchild}}: See the tropes above.
96%%* MrFanservice
97* PlatonicLifePartners: With Mel.
98* SarcasmFailure[=/=]OutOfCharacterMoment: After a marathon session of reviewing calls to a suicide hotline, Danny is so [[DumbStruck dumb-struck]] that he is literally [[DespairEventHorizon curled up in a fetal position on the floor]].
99[[/folder]]
100
101[[folder:Mel]]
102!!Melody "Mel" Sim
103[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sim_melody_5285.jpg]]
104->'''Played By:''' Katie Finneran
105
106A quick-witted, intelligent and friendly agent who often mourns her lack of social life and shares a friendship with Danny.
107----
108* DeadpanSnarker: Her dialogue with Danny is full of this especially.
109* FieryRedhead: She'll aways fire back against the others in the group, especially Danny.
110* TheLoad: Doesn't add much to the group in terms of skill.
111* OutOfFocus: She has no centric episode.
112* PlatonicLifePartners: With Danny.
113[[/folder]]
114
115[[folder:Carter]]
116!!Carter Howard
117[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/howard_carter_1285.jpg]]
118->'''Played By:''' Creator/NelsanEllis
119
120* BlackAndNerdy: He ''is'' their IT man.
121%%* DeadpanSnarker
122* OnlySaneMan: Most likely to be seen horrified by what the unit discovers.
123* SixthRanger: As the only member who isn't a detective.
124* TechnoWizard: Using a MagicalComputer to solve crimes.
125* TokenMinority: The only black guy in the main cast.
126[[/folder]]
127
128!Recurring
129
130[[folder:The Pony Man]]
131!!Pony Man
132->'''Played By:''' Creator/MattOToole
133
134* HiddenVillain: He's only ever seen in Rebecca's hallucinations.
135* WouldHurtAChild: His M.O. appeared to be based around kidnapping children.
136[[/folder]]
137
138[[folder:Corey]]
139!!Corey Hall
140->'''Played By:''' Steve Sandvoss
141
142* TheBartender: His occupation.
143* NiceGuy: Probably the most straight-up moral and happy-go-lucky person in the whole series.
144[[/folder]]
145
146[[folder:Karen]]
147!!Karen Ryan
148->'''Played By:''' Fay Masterson
149
150* HappilyMarried: To Paul.
151[[/folder]]
152
153[[folder:Terry]]
154!!Glenn Terry
155->'''Played By:''' Creator/TomWright
156
157* ObstructiveBureaucrat: How he operates in trying to take apart Web's team.
158* TyrantTakesTheHelm: He seems to have a personal vendetta against Web, and wants to dismantle the team.
159[[/folder]]
160
161!New Girl in Town
162
163[[folder:Hoff]]
164!!Gareth Hoff
165->'''Played By:''' Creator/HenriLubatti
166[[/folder]]
167
168[[folder:Gunther]]
169!!Simon Gunther
170->'''Played By:''' Brett Rickaby
171[[/folder]]
172
173!Old Wounds
174
175[[folder:Brandt]]
176!!Cole Brandt
177->'''Played By:''' Hart Boecher
178
179* AcquittedTooLate: [[spoiler:By the time the team figures out he's not the unsub, the ''real'' unsub has finally honed in on him and given his own sick brand of PayEvilUntoEvil by raping him.]]
180* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:After he's raped by Strong.]]
181* ChildByRape: Brandt's father raped his mother, conceiving Cole.
182* {{Jerkass}}: He sleazes over Rebecca and treats other dismissively.
183* RedHerring: [[spoiler:For the weekly unsub.]]
184* SmugSnake: He's very sure of himself, smiling all the way through his interrogation and leering at Rebecca. The reality is that he has no real power.
185* TurnOutLikeHisFather: His own mother thought he was guilty of the rape he was accused of, because his father had raped her.
186[[/folder]]
187
188[[folder:Skoll]]
189!!George Skoll
190->'''Played By:''' Kristoffer Ryan Winters
191[[/folder]]
192
193[[folder:Batter]]
194!!Ned Batter
195->'''Played By:''' Creator/DCDouglas
196[[/folder]]
197
198[[folder:Bill Strong]]
199!!William 'Bill' Strong
200->'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelBowen
201
202%%* BitchInSheepsClothing
203%%* DespairEventHorizon
204%%* DrivenToSuicide
205%%* HeWhoFightsMonsters
206* InspectorJavert: Taken to an extremely dark place.
207%%* PayEvilUntoEvil: Subverted, since [[spoiler:Brandt hadn't committed the rape he was accused of.]]
208%%* SanitySlippage
209%%* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
210[[/folder]]
211
212!Pre-filer
213
214[[folder:Marty]]
215!!Martin "Marty" Manning
216->'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelEmerson
217
218%%* BadassBookworm
219%%* BadassLongcoat
220%% * DarkAndTroubledPast: Briefly alluded to.
221%%* DeadpanSnarker
222%%* FauxAffablyEvil
223%% * FreudianExcuse: Hinted at.
224%%* HannibalLecture
225%%* ManipulativeBastard
226%%* PayEvilUntoEvil
227%%* SerialKillerKiller
228%%* VigilanteClub
229%%* VillainousBreakdown
230[[/folder]]
231
232[[folder:Fitch]]
233!!Jeremy Fitch
234->'''Played By:''' Matthew W. Tate
235[[/folder]]
236
237[[folder:Roger]]
238!!Roger Comack
239->'''Played By:''' Creator/BrianMcNamara
240[[/folder]]
241
242[[folder:Kelly]]
243!!Kelly Comack
244->'''Played By:''' Creator/CarriePreston
245[[/folder]]
246
247!Everything Nice
248
249[[folder:Ellen]]
250!!Ellen Olsen
251->'''Played By:''' Creator/AudreyWasilewski
252[[/folder]]
253
254[[folder:Madison]]
255!!Madison St. Clair
256->'''Played By:''' Creator/JennetteMcCurdy
257
258%%* BitchInSheepsClothing
259%%* EnfantTerrible
260%%* KidsAreCruel
261* ManipulativeBitch: She uses her age and cuteness to play Paul like a fiddle. The only reason she doesn't get away with it is because she doesn't know she's being filmed.
262%%* TheSociopath
263%%* VillainousBreakdown
264%%* WoundedGazelleGambit
265[[/folder]]
266
267[[folder:Tessa]]
268!!Tessa St. Clair
269->'''Played By:''' Julie Claire
270[[/folder]]
271
272[[folder:Bunch]]
273!!Teddy Bunch
274->'''Played By:''' Creator/ZeljkoIvanek
275
276* TheAlcoholic: Part of the reason he looks so suspicious and screws up in his interview is that he stumbled in with a hangover.
277* MommyIssues: He has some issues with his mother, but they seem to get resolved by the end of the episode.
278* RedHerring: [[spoiler:For the weekly unsub.]]
279[[/folder]]
280
281!Loneliest Number
282
283[[folder:Traci]]
284!!Traci Armstrong
285->'''Played By:''' Jenette Goldstein
286
287* FreudianExcuse: Her parents committed suicide, leaving her alone. She now has a disdain for suicidal people and takes out her angst on them.
288%%* SerialKiller
289[[/folder]]
290
291!Thief of Hearts
292
293[[folder:Pope]]
294!!Billy Ray Pope
295->'''Played By:''' Casey Siemaszko
296
297%%* {{Jerkass}}
298%%* PsychopathicManchild
299%%* SerialKiller
300%%* [[GunmanWithThreeNames Serial Killer With Three Names]]
301%%* SmugSnake
302[[/folder]]
303
304[[folder:Zoya]]
305!!Zoya Petikof
306->'''Played By:''' Creator/MichelleForbes
307[[/folder]]
308
309[[folder:Laird]]
310!!Nate Laird
311->'''Played By:''' Ned Vaughn
312[[/folder]]
313
314!Declawed
315
316[[folder:Max]]
317!!Max Stern
318->'''Played By:''' Creator/JEFreeman
319
320%%* AbusiveParents
321%%* AxCrazy
322%%* {{Fingore}}
323%%* FreudianExcuse
324* MadArtist: Though the real problems start when he no longer has his art as an outlet.
325%%* MommyIssues
326* TheSchizophreniaConspiracy: It's briefly mentioned that he alienated all of his old friends in the comics industry by accusing them of being government spies.
327%%* SerialKiller
328%%* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
329[[/folder]]
330
331!Point of Origin
332
333[[folder:Louis]]
334!!Louis Salt
335->'''Played By:''' Creator/ChadLindberg
336
337* AttentionWhore: Rebecca profiles him as "nobody" and characterizes him by a desperate need for importance, shown when he fixates on the news coverage of his fires.
338%%* DrivenToSuicide
339%%* KillItWithFire
340%%* PyroManiac
341%%* PsychopathicManchild
342* ShrinkingViolet: Too shy to ''talk'' to the girl he likes, so he sets a fire in her office to try and get her attention. Like you do.
343%%* StalkerWithACrush
344%%* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
345%%* {{Yandere}}
346[[/folder]]
347
348!Aidan
349
350[[folder:Betty]]
351!!Betty Scarwid
352->'''Played By:''' Julie Ann Emery
353
354* MamaBear: One way or another, all her crimes were to protect Aidan. And/or the delusion that Aidan was still alive.
355%%* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable
356%%* SanitySlippage
357* ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity: First she mistakes a doll for her son, then a fetus she cut from her first victim, then a live baby she cut from her ''second'' victim, then she mistakes Paul for her baby's father.
358* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Noticing a theme, here?
359[[/folder]]
360
361!Little Girl Lost
362
363[[folder:Karl]]
364!!Karl Robie Jr.
365->'''Played By:''' Creator/GarrettDillahunt
366
367* AbusiveParents: His father is extremely controlling, having browbeaten Karl and his mother.
368%%* AxCrazy
369* TheBadGuysAreCops: He's a police officer, meaning he's easily able to lure victims in.
370%%* DeadpanSnarker
371%%* FreudianExcuse
372%%* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil
373%%* SerialKiller
374%%* SmugSnake
375[[/folder]]
376
377!The Perfect Couple
378
379[[folder:Allison]]
380!!Allison Davis
381->'''Played By:''' Creator/AmberBenson
382
383%%* BrokenBird
384%%* TheDogBitesBack
385%%* MadLove
386%%* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal
387%%* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
388%%* {{Yandere}}
389[[/folder]]
390
391[[folder:Roddy]]
392!!Roddy Davis
393->'''Played By:''' Creator/MattKeeslar
394
395%%* ControlFreak
396%%* DirtyCoward
397* DomesticAbuse: Emotionally to his girlfriend Allison.
398%%* FormerChildStar
399* FormerlyFat: His schtick as a child star was him being 'the fat one' in a tv show cast, but now he's hit the peak of physical perfection.
400%%* {{Jerkass}}
401%%* PsychopathicManchild
402[[/folder]]
403
404!Gem
405
406[[folder:Dallas]]
407!!Arlen Dallas
408->'''Played By:''' Creator/KeithSzarabajka
409
410%%* AffablyEvil
411* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:He's very co-operative with Web's group until they start poking in places he doesn't like.]]
412* CorruptCorporateExecutive: [[spoiler:He's extremely rich...and also a child pornographer.]]
413* GenreSavvy: Dallas knows to bring a few lawyers with him when he enters a government building.
414* ManipulativeBastard: He manages to play just about everyone until the end of the episode when Web puts it all together.
415[[/folder]]
416
417!Skin & Bone
418
419[[folder:Ronald]]
420!!Ronald Ewing
421->'''Played By:''' Creator/WilliamMapother
422
423%%* ControlFreak
424* FatBastard: He's morbidly obese, using a wheelchair to get around.
425* FatSlob: He's unwashed, his house is littered with wrappings and leftovers, he drools over a sleeping Rebecca and talks with his mouth full.
426* HairTriggerTemper: Ronnie gets very, very angry if things stop going his way.
427* ImAHumanitarian: His MO. He lures vulnerable, anorexic women to his home via the internet...and tries to keep them as 'friends'. When they 'don't work out', he eats them.
428* JabbaTableManners: He's a hideous, drooling monster.
429* SerialKiller: Of young, vulnerable women with eating disorders.
430* VillainousGlutton: He's usually seen stuffing his chubby face.
431[[/folder]]
432

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