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* KidnappersKFC: Reese is forced to wear a bomb vest under his jacket by Stanton, who takes him to a fast food restaurant because if he tries anything stupidly heroic, then innocents will die as well. Reese refuses to eat, which Stanton says is his way of keeping a sense of control by refusing to cooperate in small ways. She points out that Reese's fellow captor is eating (he's been StrappedToABomb for quite some time now), so Reese will also come to accept the hopelessness of his situation.



** The whole episode is Film/{{Inception}}. They thought Stanton was trying to steal a cyber weapon when really she's trying to plant a virus.
** The game the Russians are playing is VideoGame/{{Far Cry 3}}.

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** The whole episode is Film/{{Inception}}. They thought Stanton was trying to steal a cyber weapon when really she's trying to plant a virus.
** The game the Russians are playing is VideoGame/{{Far Cry 3}}.''VideoGame/FarCry3''.



* WholePlotReference: The whole episode is one to ''Film/{{Inception}}''. They think Stanton is trying to steal a cyberweapon when she's really trying to plant a virus.



* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: When they take an NSA technician hostage, he says incredulously, "Do you guys have any idea where you are?"

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* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: When they take an NSA technician hostage, he says incredulously, "Do you guys have any idea where you are?"are?"
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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Say what you will about Mark Snow, but choosing to wait in Stanton's car to [[TakingYouWithMe take her down with him]], [[LaserGuidedKarma with the same bomb vest she's been threatening him with for months no less]], is one hell of a way to go.

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* CallBack:
** Reese says that if Snow goes back to the CIA he'll end up in a black hood. From Snow's expression, he remembers doing this to L.O.S. all too well.
** We find out what Snow was forced to steal in "Critical".
** As in "Matsya Nyaya" a mission ostensibly involving the theft of a cyberwarfare virus turns out to be something else.


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* CallBack:
** Reese says that if Snow goes back to the CIA he'll end up in a black hood. From Snow's expression, he remembers doing this to L.O.S. all too well.
** We find out what Snow was forced to steal in "Critical".
** As in "Matsya Nyaya" a mission ostensibly involving the theft of a cyberwarfare virus turns out to be something else.
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** The game the Russians are playing is VideoGame/{{Far Cry 3}}.
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** There's a momentary glitch in the security cam view of Stanton's car exploding. [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat Did she somehow escape in that interval?]] Only time will tell.

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** There's a momentary glitch in the security cam view of Stanton's car exploding. [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat Did she somehow escape in that interval?]] Only time will tell.If this was the intention, Stanton never turns up again, so presumably she was KilledOffForReal.
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* WakingUpElsewhere: Reese wakes up on a city bus after losing consciousness in a wrecked car. [[OhCrap And then he see Kara Stanton sitting across from him...]]

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* WakingUpElsewhere: Reese wakes up on a city bus after losing consciousness in a wrecked car. [[OhCrap And then he see sees Kara Stanton sitting across from him...]]
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* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: When they take a technician hostage, he says incredulously, "Do you guys have any idea where you are?"

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* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: When they take a an NSA technician hostage, he says incredulously, "Do you guys have any idea where you are?"
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-> '''John Reese''': "So what's this really about?"
-> '''Kara Stanton''': "This is about three dead little spies in a brave new world. It's about the afterlife, John, and us negotiating our places in it."

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-> '''John Reese''': "So ->'''Reese:''' So what's this really about?"
-> '''Kara Stanton''': "This
about?\\
'''Stanton:''' This
is about three dead little spies in a brave new world. It's about the afterlife, John, and us negotiating our places in it."
it.



* DayInTheLimelight / DeathInTheLimelight: For Kara Stanton and Mark Snow.

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* DayInTheLimelight / DeathInTheLimelight: ADeathInTheLimelight: For Kara Stanton and Mark Snow.



-->'''Reese:''' Have you ever defused a bomb vest before?
-->'''Finch:''' Can't say I have. But I believe I grasp the basic principles.
-->'''Reese:''' Well, that's encouraging.
** Kate too gets into the spirit of things.

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-->'''Reese:''' Have you ever defused a bomb vest before?
-->'''Finch:'''
before?\\
'''Finch:'''
Can't say I have. But I believe I grasp the basic principles.
-->'''Reese:'''
principles.\\
'''Reese:'''
Well, that's encouraging.
** Kate too Kara gets into the spirit of things.things, too.



'''Stanton:''' [smirks at the man she has strapped to a bomb vest] And how's that working out for you?

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'''Stanton:''' [smirks ''[smirks at the man she has strapped to a bomb vest] vest]'' And how's that working out for you?



* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: Invoked accidentally. When the FBI realize that the recently blown up Mark Snow is an ex-CIA agent who meets the vague description Carter had for the Man in the Suit, they decide that he is the [=MitS=], pin Donnelly's death on him, declare the case closed with the death of the suspect, and go home.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Reese has to stop Snow from putting a bullet in a mook's head after the mook punches him in the face. Kara Stanton's plot; even though she knows Reese wasn't responsible for putting her on the suicide mission to Ordos, she still drags him along for the ride.

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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: Invoked accidentally. When the FBI realize that the recently blown up Mark Snow is an ex-CIA agent who meets the vague description Carter had for the Man in the Suit, they decide that he is the [=MitS=], Man in the Suit, pin Donnelly's death on him, declare the case closed with the death of the suspect, and go home.
* DisproportionateRetribution: DisproportionateRetribution:
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Reese has to stop Snow from putting a bullet in a mook's head after the mook punches him in the face. face.
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Kara Stanton's plot; even though she knows Reese wasn't responsible for putting her on the suicide mission to Ordos, she still drags him along for the ride.



** There's a momentary glitch in the security cam view of Stanton's car exploding. [[NotQuiteDead Did she somehow escape in that interval?]] Only time will tell.

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** There's a momentary glitch in the security cam view of Stanton's car exploding. [[NotQuiteDead [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat Did she somehow escape in that interval?]] Only time will tell.



* HeldGaze: Carter and Reese, before she leaves him to die.

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* HeldGaze: Carter and Reese, before she leaves him to potentially die.



* ImpersonatingAnOfficer / MuggedForDisguise: Reese and Snow knock out two ATF agents, then pretend to be responding to a bomb threat.

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* ImpersonatingAnOfficer / MuggedForDisguise: ImpersonatingAnOfficer[=/=]MuggedForDisguise: Reese and Snow knock out two ATF agents, then pretend to be responding to a bomb threat.



* ShootOutTheLock: Justified; Reese and Snow shoot the battery holding the door closed, then push it open.

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* ShootOutTheLock: Justified; Reese and Snow shoot the battery of the electric lock holding the door closed, then push it open.



* TakingYouWithMe: Well hey, if Mark Snow has to die he might as well make sure he's not the only one. Doubles as a DyingMomentOfAwesome.

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* TakingYouWithMe: Well hey, if Mark Snow has to die die, he might as well make sure he's not the only one. Doubles as a DyingMomentOfAwesome.



* WhamEpisode: Mark Snow takes out Kara Stanton with his DyingMomentOfAwesome, but not before she's already activated a cyber weapon that may be a threat to the Machine. And then in the final few seconds we learn that ''Finch'' may have been the one ultimately responsible for Reese and Stanton being set up at Ordos.

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* WhamEpisode: One of the most important episodes of both the season and the series as a whole. Mark Snow takes out Kara Stanton with his DyingMomentOfAwesome, but not before she's already activated a cyber weapon that may be a threat to the Machine. And then in the final few seconds we learn that ''Finch'' may have been the one ultimately responsible for Reese and Stanton being set up at Ordos.

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* ASharedSuffering: Averted; Reese tries appealing to Stanton (over their mutual betrayal) and Snow (over their mutual predicament) but each of them are too self-centered.


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* ASharedSuffering: Averted; Reese tries appealing to Stanton (over their mutual betrayal) and Snow (over their mutual predicament) but each of them are too self-centered.

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* EliteMooks: The DOD facility has two Delta Force operators playing security guard in the elevator lobby. Subverted when they go down with synchronized gunshots from the suppressed Glocks John and Mark are using.


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* OddlyOvertrainedSecurity: The DOD facility has two Delta Force operators playing security guard in the elevator lobby. Subverted when these EliteMooks go down with synchronized gunshots from the suppressed Glocks John and Mark are using.
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* ImNotHungry: DiscussedTrope by Stanton.
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* WickedCultured: Greer, who uses the Titans as a metaphor.

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* WickedCultured: Greer, who uses the Titans [[Characters/ClassicalMythologyTitans Titans]] as a metaphor.an analogy.

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