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* BoundAndGagged: Michelle, who is tied to a chair and gagged by Cromartie, who's taken her as a captive to use as bait for Sarah and John.


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* DamselInDistress: Michelle, Charlie's wife who is kidnapped and held captive by Cromartie.
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While attempting to flee Los Angeles, Michelle is kidnapped by Cromartie. John decides to hang out with his new friend Riley, but Sarah orders Cameron to watch inconspicuously.

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While attempting to flee Los Angeles, Michelle is kidnapped by Cromartie. John decides to hang out with his new friend Riley, Riley but Sarah orders Cameron to watch inconspicuously.
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* WhatAnIdiot : Cameron walks away from a truckbed full of just-purchased computer equipment.
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* WhatAnIdiot : Cameron walks away from a truckbed full of just-purchased computer equipment.
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* StylisticSuck : We get to see a clip of a George Lazslo barbarian film, also a ShoutOut to Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.

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* StylisticSuck : We get to see a clip of a George Lazslo Laszlo barbarian film, also a ShoutOut to Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.

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* DeadArtistsAreBetter: Because of George Laszlo's false reputation as a mass cop killer, a crappy fantasy B-movie that he starred in has become a DVD bestseller out of prurient fascination.



* StylisticSuck : We get to see a clip of a George Lazlo barbarian film, also a ShoutOut to Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.

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* StylisticSuck : We get to see a clip of a George Lazlo Lazslo barbarian film, also a ShoutOut to Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.
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While attempting to flee Los Angeles, Charley and Michelle are lured and trapped by Cromartie. John and Cameron hang out on the boardwalk.

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While attempting to flee Los Angeles, Charley and Michelle are lured and trapped is kidnapped by Cromartie. John and Cameron decides to hang out on the boardwalk.with his new friend Riley, but Sarah orders Cameron to watch inconspicuously.

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* GlowingEyesOfDoom: We get an almost-subliminal hint of red glow from Cromartie's eyes as he sinks to the bottom of the sea.
* IHaveYourWife: Well, actually your ex-boyfriend's wife. It's if anything more effective, since Cromartie knows or suspects that Sarah will feel guilty about getting an innocent bystander in trouble.



* WalkDontSwim: Cromartie is implied to do this after jumping off the pier.

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* TrapIsTheOnlyOption: But Sarah feels obliged to rescue Michelle, and Derek feels obliged to back her up.
* WalkDontSwim: Cromartie is implied to do this walk ashore underwater after jumping off the pier.

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* ForgotICouldntSwim: A literal example when Cromartie jumps into the sea after John on the spur of the moment, failing to remember that he's too heavy to swim.



* WhatAnIdiot: Cromatie jumps into the sea after John on the spur of the moment, failing to remember that he's too heavy to swim.

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* CutPhoneLines: After listening to enough of Sarah's and John's conversation to recognise their identity check, Cromartie cuts off their communications by blowing up the mobile phone tower.
* DoomMagnet: Michelle gets abducted, terrorised, and later unintentionally killed purely because of her husband's association with the Connors.
* PetTheDog: After carjacking a mobile phone repairer in the desert, Sarah leaves him with a bottle of water.
* ThePlan : Cromartie lures Sarah and Derek to the desert, so he can stalk John. It works.
* SacrificialLion: Michelle gets killed off by pure bad luck when the mobile phone tower falls on the building.



* ThePlan : Cromartie lures Sarah and Derek to the desert, so he can stalk John. It works.

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* ThePlan : WalkDontSwim: Cromartie lures is implied to do this after jumping off the pier.
* WhatAnIdiot: Cromatie jumps into the sea after John on the spur of the moment, failing to remember that he's too heavy to swim.
* WireDilemma: Cromartie leaves Michelle tied to a chair with a movement-sensitive bomb attached to her. Subverted since the bomb's a fake intended only to keep
Sarah and Derek to the desert, so he can stalk John. It works. distracted while Cromartie goes after John.
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!!! Plot

While attempting to flee Los Angeles, Charley and Michelle are lured and trapped by Cromartie. John and Cameron hang out on the boardwalk.

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* StylisticSuck : We get to see a clip of a George Lazlo barbarian film, also a ShoutOut to Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.
* TakeThat : John makes a disparaging remark about network television.
* ThePlan : Cromartie lures Sarah and Derek to the desert, so he can stalk John. It works.

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