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Jimmy gets his family back and decides to flee leaving his convertible Saab as payment for Michael's help. Meanwhile Michael and Sam get a glimpse of Carla as she leaves a crossword puzzle for Michael in a bar.

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Jimmy gets his family back and decides to flee leaving his convertible Saab as payment for Michael's help. Meanwhile Michael and Sam get a glimpse of Carla as she leaves a crossword puzzle CrosswordPuzzle for Michael in a bar.

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* EvilBrit: Invoked by Michael when he approaches Ryder with a British accent.

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* EvilBrit: Invoked by Michael when he approaches Ryder with a British accent.accent, intending to hire him to "deal with" a Kenyan village sitting over a diamond deposit.



* ImmediateSequel: Takes place maybe an hour after the end of the prvious episode.

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* ImmediateSequel: Takes place maybe an hour after the end of the prvious previous episode.


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* InsistentTerminology: Ryder Stahl refers to himself and his company as "security consultants" rather than mercenaries. Far more official and better-sounding for the public.
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'''Michael:''' [[CurseCutShort Oh sh-]]

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'''Michael:''' [[CurseCutShort Oh sh-]]sh-]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Carla is holding Jimmy's wife and daughter to force him to cooperate.
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* CrazyPrepared: Michael knows the heist at Stahl might go wrong. It does. So he has a gun that fires quadrangle buckshot (think shotgun explosive) to break through the hardened security glass. Then he and Jimmy rappel down the side of the building.
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* {{Calvinball}}: Sam tries to distract Jimmy by walking him through the best cards to play in a game while Mike is trying to recreate Stahl's security from memory. It involves Sam listing tons of numbers.
-->'''Sam:''' That's a terrible two. How many twos in a deck? Okay, so let's do some math. Two times four is eight, so you can play two, four, and eight...
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* ChronicallyCrashedCar: The Cadillac gets repeatedly trashed. First, Michael has to drive it backward through a stand of trees, then he shoots it up when recruiting Sam and Fi into his cover at Stahl's company.
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* FunWithSubtitles: Ryder's a security consultant.
-->'''Subtitle:''' [[AC:Ryder - Mercenary]]
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* PlotHole: Michael was able to get the Cadillac in the semi thanks to loading ramps. There are none when he jumps out of the truck in the midst of chaos, and the only person in sight a man zip-tied and duct-taped. One scene later Michael's escaping from the police in the Caddy and the man's in the trunk.
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* ImmediateSequel: Takes place maybe an hour after the end of the prvious episode.
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When they get back to Miami it transpires Carla had asked Jimmy to steal data from a security company he installed the IT for. Michael agrees to help him do the job and get his family back. He goes undercover as Terry Millar to meet Rider Stahl who runs the company, posing as a British gem miner who wants a Kenyan village "dealt" with.

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When they get back to Miami it transpires Carla had asked Jimmy to steal data from a security company he installed the IT for. Michael agrees to help him do the job and get his family back. He goes undercover as Terry Millar to meet Rider Ryder Stahl who runs the company, posing as a British gem miner who wants a Kenyan village "dealt" with.



Jimmy's life is in now in danger as Rider knows he is behind the theft. Undeterred Mike, Sam and Fi lure Rider out to the docks and get him busted for blowing up a boat and possession of guns linked to a double homicide.

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Jimmy's life is in now in danger as Rider Ryder knows he is behind the theft. Undeterred Mike, Sam and Fi lure Rider Ryder out to the docks and get him busted for blowing up a boat and possession of guns linked to a double homicide.



* EvilBrit: Invoked by Michael when he approaches Rider with a British accent.
* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Team Westen do this to Rider, planting the assault rifles used by Carla's group in his truck.

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* EvilBrit: Invoked by Michael when he approaches Rider Ryder with a British accent.
* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Team Westen do this to Rider, Ryder, planting the assault rifles used by Carla's group in his truck.
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DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Ryder, the VillainOfTheWeek, told his front desk to call him whenever there's something unusual going on the building.
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DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Ryder, the VillainOfTheWeek, told his front desk to call him whenever there's something unusual going on the building.
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* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Michael's mom always smokes, but when he walks in on her smoking ''with both hands'', he knows something's seriously wrong.
* CowardlyLion: Jimmy. He's in ''way'' over his head, but his wife and child are in danger, so he goes on the heist anyway.


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* DistractedByTheSexy: Fi bamboozles a guy at a DNA testing lab with a half-undone top and some playful flirting.


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* IncrediblyObviousTail: Deliberately done to Michael by Carla, just to make sure that he knows they're watching him.
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* PunkInTheTrunk: Michael stuffs the client of the week in the trunk of the Cadillac temporarily. He lets him out once they're a few counties away. Technically the episode starts with Michael as said punk, but said trunk is a cargo trailer being hauled behind a semi.


* GenreSavvy: Rider, CEO of Security Associates, is definitely this. He has his men do routine perimeter checks, he uses highly advanced security, and he has his employees call him whenever something unusual happens in the building.
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Jimmy gets his family back and decides to flee leaving his convertible Saab as payment for Michael's help. Meanwhile Michael and Sam get a glimpse of Carla as she leaves a crossword puzzle for Michael in a bar.

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Jimmy gets his family back and decides to flee leaving his convertible Saab as payment for Michael's help. Meanwhile Michael and Sam get a glimpse of Carla as she leaves a crossword puzzle for Michael in a bar.bar.

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!! Tropes present in this episode:

* CurseCutShort: Michael. See WhamLine.
* DeathFakedForYou: Team Westen blow up a boat to fake Jimmy's death.
* EvilBrit: Invoked by Michael when he approaches Rider with a British accent.
* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Team Westen do this to Rider, planting the assault rifles used by Carla's group in his truck.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Invoked by Team Westen and discussed by Michael's spy note:
-->''It takes a good marksman to hit you at 50 feet from a moving vehicle, but it takes a '''great''' marksman to miss, while making it look like they're '''trying''' to hit you. Or marks'''woman''' as the case may be.''
* GenreSavvy: Rider, CEO of Security Associates, is definitely this. He has his men do routine perimeter checks, he uses highly advanced security, and he has his employees call him whenever something unusual happens in the building.
* WhamLine: At the end, Sam helps a woman with a crossword puzzle, whom leaves soon after. Carla then calls Michael, who tells her that she promised that they would meet.
-->'''Carla:''' But we ''did'' meet, Michael. Tell Sam thanks for the help with the crossword.\\
'''Michael:''' [[CurseCutShort Oh sh-]]
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The season begins with Michael sat in the back of a lorry. After some shooting and explosions the door opens and Michael gets a phone call from Carla. She tells him to take Jimmy who is tied up on the tarmac and go back to Miami as she has a job for him. She reveals Jimmy's family are being held hostage.

When they get back to Miami it transpires Carla had asked Jimmy to steal data from a security company he installed the IT for. Michael agrees to help him do the job and get his family back. He goes undercover as Terry Millar to meet Rider Stahl who runs the company, posing as a British gem miner who wants a Kenyan village "dealt" with.

After a few hiccups Michael gets a look at their security arrangements and maps a way round them. He and Jimmy break in and manage to download the files. Unfortunately Jimmy triggers an alarm and they have to make a speedy escape by rappeling out of the window.

Jimmy's life is in now in danger as Rider knows he is behind the theft. Undeterred Mike, Sam and Fi lure Rider out to the docks and get him busted for blowing up a boat and possession of guns linked to a double homicide.

Jimmy gets his family back and decides to flee leaving his convertible Saab as payment for Michael's help. Meanwhile Michael and Sam get a glimpse of Carla as she leaves a crossword puzzle for Michael in a bar.

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