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* AndThenWhat: Reese asks Kohl what he's going to do after he finishes his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
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* HeelRealization

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->"He's on his way now. What do we assume he knows?"
->"Assume he knows everything."

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->"He's ->'''Wernick:''' He's on his way now. What do we assume he knows?"
->"Assume
knows?\\
'''Steiller:''' Assume
he knows everything."
everything.



-->'''Finch:''' What if you miss?
-->'''Reese:''' I wouldn't know. Never have.

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-->'''Finch:''' What if you miss?
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miss?\\
'''Reese:'''
I wouldn't know. Never have.



* JumpedAtTheCall: Reese and Kohl.
-->"Your country needs you."

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* JumpedAtTheCall: Reese and Kohl.
-->"Your
Kohl. "Your country needs you."



-->"They took everything I had, but part of me survived. It was...her."

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-->"They -->'''Kohl:''' They took everything I had, but part of me survived. It was... her."



* ShadowArchetype - Kohl, for Reese.

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* ShadowArchetype - ShadowArchetype: Kohl, for Reese.
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* HiddenSupplies: Kohl had stashed a sizable amount of East German Marks (And possibly weapons and other spy gear) in a graveyard plot he had purchased years before.

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* HiddenSupplies: Kohl had stashed a sizable amount of East German Marks (And (and possibly weapons and other spy gear) in a graveyard plot he had purchased years before.

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* ElectricTorture / BadassBoast: Reese tells Kohl that he was once tortured with electricity for sixteen hours without even giving up his name.

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* ElectricTorture / BadassBoast: Reese tells Kohl that he was once [[ElectricTorture tortured with electricity electricity]] for sixteen hours without even giving up his name. name. And with the sniper rifle.
-->'''Finch:''' What if you miss?
-->'''Reese:''' I wouldn't know. Never have.


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* UnPerson: Kohl has been jailed illegally by the German government, hence they can't ask for help officially. "He's not supposed to exist."

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* IronicDeath: spoiler:Kohl dies sitting up like his first victim and is buried in the plot he used as a supply stash.

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* IronicDeath: spoiler:Kohl Kohl dies sitting up like his first victim and is buried in the plot he used as a supply stash.



-->Your country needs you.

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-->Your -->"Your country needs you."



-->"They took everything I had, but part of me survived. It was...her."



* WideEyedIdealist: Kohl finds out too late how complicated the world really is.
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* WideEyedIdealist: Kohl finds out too late how complicated the world really is.
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* MoralityPet: Kohl lampshaded this with his FamousLastWords.

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* FiveManBand - The Stasi Team.
** TheHero - Kohl
** MrExposition - Hauffe
** TheSmartGuy - Wernick
** TheBigGuy / TheLancer - Steiller
** TheChick - Anja



-->'''Kohl''' - You were right to fear me. You were right.

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-->'''Kohl''' - : You were right to fear me. You were right.



* IronicDeath - [[spoiler:Kohl dies sitting up like his first victim and is buried in the plot he used as a supply stash.]]

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* IronicDeath - [[spoiler:Kohl IronicDeath: spoiler:Kohl dies sitting up like his first victim and is buried in the plot he used as a supply stash.]]



* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Anja]].

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* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Anja]].Anja.



* WideEyedIdealist - Kohl finds out too late how complicated the world really is.

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* WideEyedIdealist - WideEyedIdealist: Kohl finds out too late how complicated the world really is.
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* RareGuns: Kohl uses a Welrod, a pistol with an integrated silencer that is purported to be one of the quietest ever made[[note]]it was even bolt-action so that users wouldn't have to worry about sound from a cycling action and shell casings flying out[[/note]]. They were made for Allied spies during World War II and had no distinguishing markings beyond an engraved serial number.


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* TortureTechnician: Kohl was a student of inflicting pain on others. Hearing him calmly describe the various nerves in the human body and exactly where he'll cause pain as he jabs acupuncture needles into Reese is genuinely chilling.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Roving TV regular AlanDale as Kohl.



* JumpedAtTheCall: Reese and Kohl.

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* JumpedAtTheCall: *JumpedAtTheCall: Reese and Kohl.
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*JumpedAtTheCall: Reese and Kohl.
-->Your country needs you.
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In flashbacks to 2006, Reese reports for his first CIA operation and meets his new partner, Cara Stanton, who has the task of bestowing him with a new operational name. They meet with a pair of American spies who have been flagged -- by an anonymous source -- as being responsible for helping a terrorist escape the country. Stanton casually murders both spies and orders her new partner to clean up the mess, and comes up with his new name: "John Reese".

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In flashbacks to 2006, Reese reports for his first CIA operation and meets his new partner, Cara Kara Stanton, who has the task of bestowing him with a new operational name. They meet with a pair of American spies who have been flagged -- by an anonymous source -- as being responsible for helping a terrorist escape the country. Stanton casually murders both spies and orders her new partner to clean up the mess, and comes up with his new name: "John Reese".
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** TheObiWan - Hauffe

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** TheObiWan MrExposition - Hauffe
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*WideEyedIdealist - Kohl finds out too late how complicated the world really is.
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*FiveManBand - The Stasi Team.
**TheHero - Kohl
**TheObiWan - Hauffe
**TheSmartGuy - Wernick
**TheBigGuy / TheLancer - Steiller
**TheChick - Anja


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*HeelRealization
-->'''Kohl''' - You were right to fear me. You were right.
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* DrinkOrder: Finch takes Sencha Green Tea with one sugar.

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* ElectricTorture / BadassBoast: Reese tells Kohl that he was once tortured with electricity for sixteen hours without even giving up his name.



* ShadowArchetype - Kohl

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*IronicDeath - [[spoiler:Kohl dies sitting up like his first victim and is buried in the plot he used as a supply stash.]]
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* MeaningfulEcho - "Tell me to wait for you and I will".

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->"He's on his way now. What to we assume he knows?"
->"Assume he knows everything"

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->"He's on his way now. What to do we assume he knows?"
->"Assume he knows everything"
everything."



* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The final 2006 flashback is this for Stanton, when she goes straight back to thinking of a new name for John after executing two men right in front of him. She then orders him to dispose of the bodies, and sums up the reality of their job in five words: they're walking in the dark.



* SuicideByCop: Kohl threatens to shoot Anja, forcing Reese to shoot first. He only realises after that Kohl's gun wasn't loaded.

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* SuicideByCop: Kohl threatens to shoot Anja, forcing Reese to shoot first. He only realises realizes after that Kohl's gun wasn't loaded.

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* HollywoodSilencer: Justified as the Welrod pistol was designed as a silenced weapon.
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* FlashbackEpisode
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*MeaningfulEcho - "Tell me to wait for you and I will".


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*ShadowArchetype - Kohl

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->"He's on his way now. What to we assume he knows?"
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* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Anja]].



* [[HesJustHiding She's Just Hiding]]: Anja, literally.
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* HiddenSupplies: Kohl had stashed a sizable amount of East German Marks (And possibly weapons and other spy gear) in a graveyard plot he had purchased years before.
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* NotSoDifferent: Reese and Kohl.
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In flashbacks to 2006, Reese reports for his first CIA operation and meets his new partner, Cara Stanton, who has the task of bestowing him with a new operational name. They meet with a pair of American spies who have been flagged -- by an anonymous source -- as being responsible for helping a terrorist escape the country. Stanton casually murders both spies and orders her new partner to clean up the mess, and comes up with his new name: "John Reese".
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* BFG: Reese's Barrett sniper rifle.

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* BFG: {{BFG}}: Reese's Barrett sniper rifle.
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'''Season 1, Episode 8''':
!Foe

Former Stasi hitman Ulrich Kohl arrives in New York, pursued by German intelligence and determined to carry out a mission of revenge against his former colleagues who have since defected to the United States. When his number comes up, Reese and Finch intervene to try and stop Kohl before his RoaringRampageOfRevenge reaches his supposedly-dead wife, while Carter and Fusco attempt to smooth over a potential international incident.

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* BFG: Reese's Barrett sniper rifle.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Roving TV regular AlanDale as Kohl.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Kohl, Anja and their daughter dance around this reveal.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge
* [[HesJustHiding She's Just Hiding]]: Anja, literally.
* SuicideByCop: Kohl threatens to shoot Anja, forcing Reese to shoot first. He only realises after that Kohl's gun wasn't loaded.

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