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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early in the episode, while posing as IRS agents for their visit to the mark's bank, Eliot and Hardison use the aliases "Brody" and "Quint." These are the surnames of two of the main characters of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', and an early hint that Eliot's plans for a fishing trip are not going to end well.

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Early in the episode, while posing as IRS agents for their visit to the mark's bank, Eliot and Hardison use the aliases "Brody" and "Quint." These are the surnames of two of the main characters of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', and an early hint that Eliot's plans for a fishing trip are not going to end well.
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In an attempt to salvage the finances of people who have been duped by con men claiming to be from IRS agents, the team ends up going against a well armed group of woodsmen who are funded by a crooked banker (Creator/ClancyBrown).

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In an attempt to salvage the finances of people who have been duped by con men claiming to be from IRS agents, the team ends up going against a well armed group of woodsmen who are funded by a crooked banker (Creator/ClancyBrown).
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** When Sophie first goes into Whitman's office, she notices a grenade on his desk, which is an...unusual decoration, but hints at Whitman's involvement supplying weapons for a [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic right wing militia]]


* ChainedHeat: Eliot and Hardison spend much of the episode handcuffed together. Since they're SaltAndPepper, this is likely a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheDefiantOnes''.

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* ChainedHeat: Eliot and Hardison spend much of the episode handcuffed together. Since they're SaltAndPepper, one of them is black and the other is white, this is likely a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheDefiantOnes''.
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--> "That's the different between a real soldier and this Halloween outfit you have going on. You'd kill to protect your rights. A real soldier would die to protect someone else's."

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--> "That's the different difference between a real soldier and this Halloween outfit you have going on. You'd kill to protect your rights. A real soldier would die to protect someone else's."

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* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: The militia view themselves as freedom fighters taking on a corrupt government. However, they see no problem with killing innocent people for their agenda. As Eliot points out, they are willing to sacrifice other people to protect their rights making them no better than the corrupt government they rail against.



* WellIntentionedExtremist: The militia, in its goal to protect the country, is planning on using a homemade bomb to detonate some public area.

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: The militia, in its goal to protect the country, is planning on using a homemade bomb to detonate some public area.

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* BluffTheImpostor: Whitman suspects Sophie is lying when she claims she came from his old area in the IRS and asks about his old friend from the area. Nate, being savvy, tells Sophie to reply the man has died. This is the correct answer.



* DrivesLikeCrazy: Parker hits 140. In a sedan. Sophie shakily tells her never to get behind the wheel of a car ever again.

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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Parker hits 140.140mph. In a sedan. Sophie shakily tells her never to get behind the wheel of a car ever again.


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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Elliot delivers a cold one when the militia leader tries to explain away killing innocent civilians as part of a soldier's duty.
--> "That's the different between a real soldier and this Halloween outfit you have going on. You'd kill to protect your rights. A real soldier would die to protect someone else's."


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* UndercoverCopReveal: Invoked by Nate. He uses a radio to send a communication for the militia leaders to hear that Whitman is a cooperating witness. This causes them to turn on him.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The militia, in its goal to protect the country, is planning on using a homemade bomb to detonate some public area.
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* CuttingTheKnot: After their cover is blown, Nate, Parker, and Sophie don't have the time or equipment to hack the security system and make an exit. Nate just yanks the fire alarm, letting them walk out with the crowd.


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* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: The group goes after a guy running a fake IRS scam. They wind up foiling a major homegrown terrorist plot and taking down an anti-government militia.


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* TalkToTheFist: The mook that is about to shoot Eliot and Hardison when they're going for the train gloats about how their militia can't be stopped, that they get new recruits every day. Then Hardison and Eliot both kick him in the face.

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* NoSell: A militaman punches Spencer. It hurts his hand more than Spencer's face.

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* NoSell: A militaman NoSell:
** After forcing Hardison to his knees, a militiaman tries to do the same to Eliot. Eliot does not budge.
** Later in the episode, militia leader Chester
punches Spencer. It Eliot in the face. He hurts his hand more than Spencer's face.he hurts Eliot, who remains unfazed.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early in the episode, while posing as IRS agents for their visit to the mark's bank, Eliot and Hardison use the aliases "Brody" and "Quint." These are the surnames of two of the main characters of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', and an early hint that Eliot's plans for a fishing trip are not going to end well.

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* ChainedHeat: Eliot and Hardison spend much of the episode chained together. Since they're SaltAndPepper, this is likely a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheDefiantOnes''.

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* ChainedHeat: Eliot and Hardison spend much of the episode chained handcuffed together. Since they're SaltAndPepper, this is likely a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheDefiantOnes''.


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* NoodleIncident: Played darkly when Eliot states that he's "done this before" - "this" being escaping through the wilderness from people trying to kill him while handcuffed to another person.
-->'''Hardison:''' This, right here? I--in the woods, handcuffed to a man?\\
'''Eliot:''' Yes, I have, okay? It was easier last time, though.\\
'''Hardison:''' Why?\\
'''Eliot:''' 'Cause he was already dead.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Parker hits 140. In a Sedan. Sophie shakily tells her never to get behind the wheel of a car ever again.

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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Parker hits 140. In a Sedan.sedan. Sophie shakily tells her never to get behind the wheel of a car ever again.
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* RightWingMilitiaGuy: The villains of the episode.

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* RightWingMilitiaGuy: RightWingMilitiaFanatic: The villains of the episode.

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In an attempt to salvage the finances of people who have been duped by people claiming to be from the IRS, the team ends up going against a well armed group of woodsmen.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Eliot and Hardison: Captured, but not defeated.]]

In an attempt to salvage the finances of people who have been duped by people con men claiming to be from the IRS, IRS agents, the team ends up going against a well armed group of woodsmen.
woodsmen who are funded by a crooked banker (Creator/ClancyBrown).




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* ChainedHeat: Eliot and Hardison spend much of the episode chained together. Since they're SaltAndPepper, this is likely a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheDefiantOnes''.




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* RightWingMilitiaGuy: The villains of the episode.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Parker hits 140. In a Sedan. Sophie shakily tells her never to get behind the wheel of a car ever again.
* HollywoodNewEngland: The episode averts the idea that Western Massachusetts doesn't exist by having Nate, Sophie, and Parker re-route a train on its way to Fitchburg, a city in North Central Mass.
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In an attempt to salvage the finances of people who have been duped by people claiming to be from the IRS, the team ends up going against a well armed group of woodsmen.

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* NoSell: A militaman punches Spencer. It hurts his hand more than Spencer's face.

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