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1! The Film
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3* DiagnosedByTheAudience: It's never stated outright what condition Andrew has which makes him act so creepy and "off".
4* SugarWiki.MomentOfAwesome: The ending.
5* MoralEventHorizon: Pope leering over a sleeping Nicky and then carrying her away, only to be disturbed by Joshua? Horrible. Encouraging a distraught Nicky to take an arm full of heroin after being dumped by Joshua ([[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies after it becomes apparent Pope suspected her of ratting to the police]])? Reprehensible. [[spoiler: [[AndIMustScream Then taking a skagged-out Nicky and violently interrogating her]], before strangling her and dumping the body in an alleyway? ''Utterly fucking unforgivable.'']]
6* RetroactiveRecognition: For western audiences:
7** Joel Edgerton became far more recognizable after signing up for projects such as ''Film/{{Warrior}}'', ''Film/ZeroDarkThirty'', ''Film/{{The Great Gatsby|2013}}'', and ''Film/BlackMass''.
8** Creator/BenMendelsohn went on to appear in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', before gaining greater recognition for his performance in ''Series/Bloodline2015''. He subsequently became a go-to Hollywood villain with his performances in ''Film/RogueOne'', ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne'', ''Film/RobinHood2018'' and ''Film/{{Cyrano}}'', as well as doing a stint in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
9** Creator/SullivanStapleton went on to star in several seasons of ''Series/StrikeBack'' and was the lead in ''Series/{{Blindspot}}''.
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11! The Series
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13* CatharsisFactor: After Derran spent the past episode harassing and threatening J for [[spoiler: finding out he's secretly gay,]] seeing Pope [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech rip into him]] for nearly [[spoiler: botching the safe job]] and praising J at his expense for cutting the [[spoiler: non-live wire in the way of their exit, saving the mission]] is ''immensely'' satisfying. Also doubles as a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Funny Moment]].
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15-->'''Pope''': Say thank you J, for actually having some balls!
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17* [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoment Heartwarming Moment]]: When [[spoiler: Baz ]] hits J, Derran and Craig immediately leap to their nephews defense.
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19* TheWoobie: Jay certainly fits the bill as his uncles are terrifying and abuse him left and right.
20** Pope is actually more sympathetic here even as he's no less dangerous.

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