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You already know that was a decoy, but I don't know what trope it really falls under.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: You'd expect that Hannah Wells, as a trained and professional FBI agent, would go about seeking more evidence on Andrea Frost's involvement in the "Gamine" cyberattacks more discreetly in order to build up a more solid case. Instead, she goes all LeeroyJenkins and accosts Frost in a restaurant, and Frost very justifiably has Wells thrown out and threatens to litigate for slander. Wells' CowboyCop behaviour finally gets her released from her White House service.
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Misuse of What An Idiot
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* PatrioticFervor: Former Secretary Moss claims that he's taking the stand for the love of his country, but it's clearly more self-serving than that.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: You'd expect that Hannah Wells, as a trained and professional FBI agent, would go about seeking more evidence on Andrea Frost's involvement in the "Gamine" cyberattacks more discreetly in order to build up a more solid case. Instead, she goes all LeeroyJenkins and accosts Frost in a restaurant, and Frost very justifiably has Wells thrown out and threatens to litigate for slander. Wells' CowboyCop behaviour finally gets her released from her White House service.
* PatrioticFervor: Former Secretary Moss claims that he's
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* WhatAnIdiot: You'd expect that Hannah Wells, as a trained and professional FBI agent, would go about seeking more evidence on Andrea Frost's involvement in the "Gamine" cyberattacks more discreetly in order to build up a more solid case. Instead, she goes all LeeroyJenkins and accosts Frost in a restaurant, and Frost very justifiably has Wells thrown out and threatens to litigate for slander. Wells' CowboyCop behaviour finally gets her released from her White House service ... but as the next episode, "Bad Reception" reveals, this is actually intentional cover.
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Directed by Creator/DavidWarrySmith
Written by Creator/KeithEisner, Creator/PierluigiCothran, Creator/PatrickCunnane, & Creator/TraceyRice
Written by Creator/KeithEisner, Creator/PierluigiCothran, Creator/PatrickCunnane, & Creator/TraceyRice
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* ButNowIMustGo: With the Cabinet hearing concluded, Ethan West departs to return to his legal practice.
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* ButNowIMustGo: With the Cabinet hearing concluded, Ethan West departs to return to his legal practice.practice, [[CommutingOnABus not that his absence lasts long]].
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* CowboyCop: Agent Wells, who is blinded by rage over Damian's death at the end of the preceding episode.
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* CowboyCop: Agent Wells, who is blinded enraged by rage over Damian's death at the end of the preceding episode.
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** Agent Wells puts all of her previous such moments ''to shame'' when she accosts Ethan West and then Andrea Frost ''in public'' with purely circumstantial allegations of Frost's supposed involvement in the "Gamine" hacks and Damian's murder. It gets her let go from White House service.
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** Agent Wells puts all of her previous such moments ''to shame'' when she accosts Ethan West and then Andrea Frost ''in public'' with purely circumstantial allegations of Frost's supposed involvement in the "Gamine" hacks and Damian's murder. It gets her let go from White House service.service ... [[KansasCityShuffle or so we think]].
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* LeeroyJenkins: Hannah Wells is convinced that Andrea Frost is tied into the "Gamine" cyberattacks -- so instead of proceeding cautiously and amassing more evidence in a discreet manner, she first accosts Ethan West and then Andrea Frost in public with her allegations, scuttling the whole effort.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Congressional leaders from both the Democrats and Republicans try to strong-arm Kirkman's administration over a budget deal while he faces the prospect of removal due to the Cabinet hearing. Ultimately, they back down when Kirkman mentions that he left word of his deal to Vice-President Darby, who ''will'' insist on the same deal if she takes over as President. The Senators back down.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Congressional leaders from both the Democrats and Republicans try to strong-arm Kirkman's administration over a budget deal while he faces the prospect of removal due to the Cabinet hearing. Ultimately, they back down when Kirkman mentions that he left word of his deal to Vice-President Darby, who ''will'' insist on the same deal if she takes over as President. The Senators back down.
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* LeeroyJenkins: Hannah Wells is convinced that Andrea Frost is tied into the "Gamine" cyberattacks -- so instead of proceeding cautiously and amassing more evidence in a discreet manner, she first accosts Ethan West and then Andrea Frost in public with her allegations, ([[KansasCityShuffle seemingly]]) scuttling the whole effort.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Congressional leaders from both the Democrats and Republicans try to strong-arm Kirkman's administration over a budget deal while he faces the prospect of removal due to the Cabinet hearing. Ultimately,they back down when Kirkman mentions that he left word of his deal to Vice-President Darby, who ''will'' insist on the same deal if she takes over as President. The Senators then back down.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Congressional leaders from both the Democrats and Republicans try to strong-arm Kirkman's administration over a budget deal while he faces the prospect of removal due to the Cabinet hearing. Ultimately,
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Whether or not he is overly sympathetic to Dr. Frost, Kirkman and Aaron Shore rightly reject Agent Wells' evidence of her involvement in the "Gamine" hacks as purely circumstantial, and ask her to find more solid proof. [[IdiotBall That ends well.]]
* TheReveal: It turns out that the reason so many of Kirkman's Cabinet members were so quick to invoke the TwentyFifthAmendment is because they were largely recommended by Cornelius Moss, and are his loyalists instead of Kirkman's.
* TheReveal: It turns out that the reason so many of Kirkman's Cabinet members were so quick to invoke the TwentyFifthAmendment is because they were largely recommended by Cornelius Moss, and are his loyalists instead of Kirkman's.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Whether or not he Kirkman is overly sympathetic to Dr. Frost, Kirkman the president and Aaron Shore rightly reject Agent Wells' evidence of her Frost's involvement in the "Gamine" hacks as purely circumstantial, and ask her to find more solid proof. [[IdiotBall That ends well.]]
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* TheReveal: It turns out that the reason so many of Kirkman's Cabinet members were so quick to invoke the TwentyFifthAmendment is because they were largely recommended by Cornelius Moss, and are his loyalists instead ofKirkman's.Kirkman's allies.
* TheReveal: It turns out that the reason so many of Kirkman's Cabinet members were so quick to invoke the TwentyFifthAmendment is because they were largely recommended by Cornelius Moss, and are his loyalists instead of
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* TheStarscream: It turns out that Cornelius Moss, in advising Kirkman on his Cabinet picks, maneuvered several of his own loyalists to the positions, who are now turning on Kirkman as a result.
* TurnInYourBadge: Agent Wells' blundering in the "Gamine" investigation gets her let go from the White House by President Kirkman after more than a year of close service, presumably to return to the main administration of the FBI.
* WhatAnIdiot: You'd expect that Hannah Wells, as a trained and professional FBI agent, would go about seeking more evidence on Andrea Frost's involvement in the "Gamine" cyberattacks more discreetly in order to build up a more solid case. Instead, she goes all LeeroyJenkins and accosts Frost in a restaurant, and Frost very justifiably has Wells thrown out and threatens to litigate for slander. Wells' CowboyCop behaviour finally gets her released from her White House service.
* TurnInYourBadge: Agent Wells' blundering in the "Gamine" investigation gets her let go from the White House by President Kirkman after more than a year of close service, presumably to return to the main administration of the FBI.
* WhatAnIdiot: You'd expect that Hannah Wells, as a trained and professional FBI agent, would go about seeking more evidence on Andrea Frost's involvement in the "Gamine" cyberattacks more discreetly in order to build up a more solid case. Instead, she goes all LeeroyJenkins and accosts Frost in a restaurant, and Frost very justifiably has Wells thrown out and threatens to litigate for slander. Wells' CowboyCop behaviour finally gets her released from her White House service.
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* TheStarscream: It turns out that Cornelius Moss, in advising Kirkman on his Cabinet picks, maneuvered several of his own loyalists to the positions, who and said Cabinet members are now turning on Kirkman as a result.
* TurnInYourBadge: Agent Wells' blundering in the "Gamine" investigation gets her ([[KansasCityShuffle seemingly]]) let go from the White House by President Kirkman after more than a year of close service, presumably to return to the main administration of the FBI.
* WhatAnIdiot: You'd expect that Hannah Wells, as a trained and professional FBI agent, would go about seeking more evidence on Andrea Frost's involvement in the "Gamine" cyberattacks more discreetly in order to build up a more solid case. Instead, she goes all LeeroyJenkins and accosts Frost in a restaurant, and Frost very justifiably has Wells thrown out and threatens to litigate for slander. Wells' CowboyCop behaviour finally gets her released from her White Houseservice.service ... but as the next episode, "Bad Reception" reveals, this is actually intentional cover.
* TurnInYourBadge: Agent Wells' blundering in the "Gamine" investigation gets her ([[KansasCityShuffle seemingly]]) let go from the White House by President Kirkman after more than a year of close service, presumably to return to the main administration of the FBI.
* WhatAnIdiot: You'd expect that Hannah Wells, as a trained and professional FBI agent, would go about seeking more evidence on Andrea Frost's involvement in the "Gamine" cyberattacks more discreetly in order to build up a more solid case. Instead, she goes all LeeroyJenkins and accosts Frost in a restaurant, and Frost very justifiably has Wells thrown out and threatens to litigate for slander. Wells' CowboyCop behaviour finally gets her released from her White House
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Kirkman faces an inquiry before his Cabinet on his fitness to remain President of the United States. Meanwhile, Agent Wells furiously tries to find the culprit behind Damian's shooting and the "Gamine" cyberattacks.
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!!Tropes in this episode:
* BlessedWithSuck: Ethan West notes that it sucks, FromACertainPointOfView, to be a famed attorney who constantly wins.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Ethan West once again, and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Kirkman.
* ButNowIMustGo: With the Cabinet hearing concluded, Ethan West departs to return to his legal practice.
* CharacterDeath: Damian Rennett is mentioned to have died in hospital following the drive-by shooting.
* CommutingOnABus: Cornelius Moss and Andrea Frost reappear once again.
* CowboyCop: Agent Wells, who is blinded by rage over Damian's death at the end of the preceding episode.
* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: With Damian dead, the LoveTriangle is now down to Chuck Russink, who still CannotSpitItOut, and Hannah, who is correspondingly ObliviousToLove.
* DoomMagnet: Hannah opines that everyone who gets close to her tends to end up dead.
* GracefulLoser:
** Vice-President Darby, who would have taken over the Oval Office from Kirkman and who initially approved of the Cabinet invoking the TwentyFifthAmendment, is pleased for him when the hearing concludes and the Cabinet votes to keep him in office.
** Similarly, Ethan West congratulates Kirkman on him surviving his hearing and states that it was NothingPersonal.
* IdiotBall:
** Trey Kirkman briefly carries it when he semi-threatens Ethan West in the White House servery, whereupon West calls him to the stand in the Cabinet hearing to provide ambiguous but damning testimony about past mental health struggles in the Kirkman family.
** Agent Wells puts all of her previous such moments ''to shame'' when she accosts Ethan West and then Andrea Frost ''in public'' with purely circumstantial allegations of Frost's supposed involvement in the "Gamine" hacks and Damian's murder. It gets her let go from White House service.
* InsistentTerminology: Cornelius Moss corrects Kendra that he is to be addressed as "President" once again, as he is no longer the Secretary of State.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Moss has gone from merely defying Kirkman within his administration to actively criticizing him to the media and testifying in the Cabinet hearing with material that is clearly slanted to undermine Kirkman.
* KangarooCourt: The Cabinet hearing gets to operate outside the normal rules of legal proceedings, and Ethan West exploits this fact as best as he can.
* LeeroyJenkins: Hannah Wells is convinced that Andrea Frost is tied into the "Gamine" cyberattacks -- so instead of proceeding cautiously and amassing more evidence in a discreet manner, she first accosts Ethan West and then Andrea Frost in public with her allegations, scuttling the whole effort.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Congressional leaders from both the Democrats and Republicans try to strong-arm Kirkman's administration over a budget deal while he faces the prospect of removal due to the Cabinet hearing. Ultimately, they back down when Kirkman mentions that he left word of his deal to Vice-President Darby, who ''will'' insist on the same deal if she takes over as President. The Senators back down.
* TheLostLenore: Damian Rennett, having died in hospital following the shooting at the end of the previous episode, is now this for Wells.
* NearVillainVictory: In the end, the Cabinet narrowly votes to let Kirkman remain President, despite the fact that most of them were recommended by the [[TookALevelInJerkass increasingly antagonistic]] Cornelius Moss.
* PatrioticFervor: Former Secretary Moss claims that he's taking the stand for the love of his country, but it's clearly more self-serving than that.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Whether or not he is overly sympathetic to Dr. Frost, Kirkman and Aaron Shore rightly reject Agent Wells' evidence of her involvement in the "Gamine" hacks as purely circumstantial, and ask her to find more solid proof. [[IdiotBall That ends well.]]
* TheReveal: It turns out that the reason so many of Kirkman's Cabinet members were so quick to invoke the TwentyFifthAmendment is because they were largely recommended by Cornelius Moss, and are his loyalists instead of Kirkman's.
* ShipTease: With Kirkman's administration seemingly on the way out the door, Emily and Aaron bring up the subject of their brief relationship in the previous season and whether or not it might be revived.
* SpecialGuest: Creator/MichaelJFox as Ethan West.
* TheStarscream: It turns out that Cornelius Moss, in advising Kirkman on his Cabinet picks, maneuvered several of his own loyalists to the positions, who are now turning on Kirkman as a result.
* TurnInYourBadge: Agent Wells' blundering in the "Gamine" investigation gets her let go from the White House by President Kirkman after more than a year of close service, presumably to return to the main administration of the FBI.
* WhatAnIdiot: You'd expect that Hannah Wells, as a trained and professional FBI agent, would go about seeking more evidence on Andrea Frost's involvement in the "Gamine" cyberattacks more discreetly in order to build up a more solid case. Instead, she goes all LeeroyJenkins and accosts Frost in a restaurant, and Frost very justifiably has Wells thrown out and threatens to litigate for slander. Wells' CowboyCop behaviour finally gets her released from her White House service.
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!!Tropes in this episode:
* BlessedWithSuck: Ethan West notes that it sucks, FromACertainPointOfView, to be a famed attorney who constantly wins.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Ethan West once again, and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Kirkman.
* ButNowIMustGo: With the Cabinet hearing concluded, Ethan West departs to return to his legal practice.
* CharacterDeath: Damian Rennett is mentioned to have died in hospital following the drive-by shooting.
* CommutingOnABus: Cornelius Moss and Andrea Frost reappear once again.
* CowboyCop: Agent Wells, who is blinded by rage over Damian's death at the end of the preceding episode.
* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: With Damian dead, the LoveTriangle is now down to Chuck Russink, who still CannotSpitItOut, and Hannah, who is correspondingly ObliviousToLove.
* DoomMagnet: Hannah opines that everyone who gets close to her tends to end up dead.
* GracefulLoser:
** Vice-President Darby, who would have taken over the Oval Office from Kirkman and who initially approved of the Cabinet invoking the TwentyFifthAmendment, is pleased for him when the hearing concludes and the Cabinet votes to keep him in office.
** Similarly, Ethan West congratulates Kirkman on him surviving his hearing and states that it was NothingPersonal.
* IdiotBall:
** Trey Kirkman briefly carries it when he semi-threatens Ethan West in the White House servery, whereupon West calls him to the stand in the Cabinet hearing to provide ambiguous but damning testimony about past mental health struggles in the Kirkman family.
** Agent Wells puts all of her previous such moments ''to shame'' when she accosts Ethan West and then Andrea Frost ''in public'' with purely circumstantial allegations of Frost's supposed involvement in the "Gamine" hacks and Damian's murder. It gets her let go from White House service.
* InsistentTerminology: Cornelius Moss corrects Kendra that he is to be addressed as "President" once again, as he is no longer the Secretary of State.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Moss has gone from merely defying Kirkman within his administration to actively criticizing him to the media and testifying in the Cabinet hearing with material that is clearly slanted to undermine Kirkman.
* KangarooCourt: The Cabinet hearing gets to operate outside the normal rules of legal proceedings, and Ethan West exploits this fact as best as he can.
* LeeroyJenkins: Hannah Wells is convinced that Andrea Frost is tied into the "Gamine" cyberattacks -- so instead of proceeding cautiously and amassing more evidence in a discreet manner, she first accosts Ethan West and then Andrea Frost in public with her allegations, scuttling the whole effort.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Congressional leaders from both the Democrats and Republicans try to strong-arm Kirkman's administration over a budget deal while he faces the prospect of removal due to the Cabinet hearing. Ultimately, they back down when Kirkman mentions that he left word of his deal to Vice-President Darby, who ''will'' insist on the same deal if she takes over as President. The Senators back down.
* TheLostLenore: Damian Rennett, having died in hospital following the shooting at the end of the previous episode, is now this for Wells.
* NearVillainVictory: In the end, the Cabinet narrowly votes to let Kirkman remain President, despite the fact that most of them were recommended by the [[TookALevelInJerkass increasingly antagonistic]] Cornelius Moss.
* PatrioticFervor: Former Secretary Moss claims that he's taking the stand for the love of his country, but it's clearly more self-serving than that.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Whether or not he is overly sympathetic to Dr. Frost, Kirkman and Aaron Shore rightly reject Agent Wells' evidence of her involvement in the "Gamine" hacks as purely circumstantial, and ask her to find more solid proof. [[IdiotBall That ends well.]]
* TheReveal: It turns out that the reason so many of Kirkman's Cabinet members were so quick to invoke the TwentyFifthAmendment is because they were largely recommended by Cornelius Moss, and are his loyalists instead of Kirkman's.
* ShipTease: With Kirkman's administration seemingly on the way out the door, Emily and Aaron bring up the subject of their brief relationship in the previous season and whether or not it might be revived.
* SpecialGuest: Creator/MichaelJFox as Ethan West.
* TheStarscream: It turns out that Cornelius Moss, in advising Kirkman on his Cabinet picks, maneuvered several of his own loyalists to the positions, who are now turning on Kirkman as a result.
* TurnInYourBadge: Agent Wells' blundering in the "Gamine" investigation gets her let go from the White House by President Kirkman after more than a year of close service, presumably to return to the main administration of the FBI.
* WhatAnIdiot: You'd expect that Hannah Wells, as a trained and professional FBI agent, would go about seeking more evidence on Andrea Frost's involvement in the "Gamine" cyberattacks more discreetly in order to build up a more solid case. Instead, she goes all LeeroyJenkins and accosts Frost in a restaurant, and Frost very justifiably has Wells thrown out and threatens to litigate for slander. Wells' CowboyCop behaviour finally gets her released from her White House service.
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