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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: Eddie had believed getting hit by a truck and receiving paralysis was LaserGuidedKarma for indirectly drowning his deceased friend Alex Stewart alongside all the other bad choices he made in his past. But it wasn't. The father of the deceased girl reveals she died of a reaction to a drug given by her sister Colleen. Her body being in the water was really staged to look like a drowning.]]

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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: Eddie had believed getting hit by a truck and receiving paralysis being paralyzed was LaserGuidedKarma for indirectly drowning his deceased friend Alex Stewart alongside all the other bad choices he made in his past. But it wasn't. The father of the deceased girl reveals she died of a reaction to a drug given by her sister Colleen. Her body being in the water was really staged to look like a drowning.]]



* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: Maggie’s stalker is Justin’s mother former client who died by suicide after developing an unhealthy obsession with her. She even goes as far as threatening Maggie on her radio show]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In “No one’s to Blame” Rome Is offered to direct a soda commercial that centers around a [[https://time.com/4726500/pepsi-ad-kendall-jenner/ Black Lives Matter protest]].

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* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: Maggie’s stalker is Justin’s mother mother's former client who died by suicide after developing an unhealthy obsession with her. She even goes as far as threatening to threaten Maggie on her radio show]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In “No one’s to Blame” Blame,” Rome Is offered the chance to direct a soda commercial that centers around a [[https://time.com/4726500/pepsi-ad-kendall-jenner/ Black Lives Matter protest]].



* ExecutiveMeddling: In-Universe: Todd stole Rome’s script which was about him dealing with Jon’s suicide so he can turn it into a movie about “ Bros and sports”.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: In-Universe: Todd stole Rome’s script which was about him dealing with Jon’s suicide so he can turn it into a movie about “ Bros “Bros and sports”.



** Sophie foolish (though that has to do more with her age and being more affected by the events following Jon’s death) and Danny responsible
* GarageBand: in “The Things We Keep Inside” Sophie joins an all girl band in lieu of going to MMI
* GossipyHens: Maggie develops a habit of this at her job at a radio station

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** Sophie foolish (though that has to do more with her age and being more affected by the events following Jon’s death) and Danny responsible
responsible.
* GarageBand: in “The Things We Keep Inside” Sophie joins an all girl all-girl band in lieu of going to MMI
MMI.
* GossipyHens: Maggie develops a habit of this at her job at a radio station station.



* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler: As a teenager, Eddie and Lindsay spent their summer at a lake house with their friend Alex. Their idyllic vacation ended in tragedy when Alex drowned under mysterious circumstances. While Lindsay doesn't hold anyone responsible, as all three were under the influence when Alex died, Eddie continues to believe he is in some way responsible and seeks the truth.]]

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* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler: As a teenager, teenagers, Eddie and Lindsay spent their summer at a lake house with their friend Alex. Their idyllic vacation ended in tragedy when Alex drowned under mysterious circumstances. While Lindsay doesn't hold anyone responsible, as all three were under the influence when Alex died, Eddie continues to believe he is in some way responsible and seeks the truth.]]



* KitschyThemedRestaurant: After losing “Someday” due to the pandemic Gina takes a temporary job as a cook at a jungle themed restaurant called “Crocodilze”.
* LifesavingMisfortune: [[spoiler:17+ years before present time (2018), Jon and his old college roommate Dave were flying from Boston to Los Angeles. Jon stopped to buy a bottle of wine last minute at the gift shop, which causes him to arrive at the gate seconds after the gate agent closes the gate door and adamantly refuses to let him board. He calls Dave (already on the plane) to inform him he’ll have to catch the next flight. The missed flight was American Airlines 11 that flew into the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. When the news plays on the gate’s TV, he and the gate agent can only share a shocked, wordless glance.[[note]]Notably they do a closeup shot of her name tag, Sophie, the eventual name of Jon’s daughter.[[/note]]]]

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* KitschyThemedRestaurant: After losing “Someday” due to the pandemic pandemic, Gina takes a temporary job as a cook at a jungle themed restaurant called “Crocodilze”.
* LifesavingMisfortune: [[spoiler:17+ years before present time (2018), Jon and his old college roommate Dave were flying from Boston to Los Angeles. Jon stopped to buy a bottle of wine last minute at the gift shop, shop at the last minute, which causes him to arrive at the gate seconds after the gate agent closes the gate door and adamantly refuses to let him board. He calls Dave (already on the plane) to inform him he’ll have to catch the next flight. The missed flight was American Airlines 11 that flew into the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. When the news plays on the gate’s TV, he and the gate agent can only share a shocked, wordless glance.[[note]]Notably they do a closeup shot of her name tag, Sophie, the eventual name of Jon’s daughter.[[/note]]]]



* {{Manchild}}: The adult characters in the show display a child-like innocence. Particularly Gary

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* {{Manchild}}: The adult characters in the show display a child-like innocence. Particularly Gary Gary.



* NotWhatItLooksLike: In "We're the Howards", Rome gets accosted by a paranoid father who racially mistakes him for an [[https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Ephebophile ephebophile]] taking pictures of his daughters. Rome was actually taking pictures of his friend Delilah's daughter for his adoption video.

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* NotWhatItLooksLike: In "We're the Howards", Rome gets accosted by a paranoid father who racially mistakes him for an [[https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Ephebophile ephebophile]] taking pictures of his daughters. Rome was actually taking pictures of his friend Delilah's daughter for his adoption video.



* PapaWolf: Eddie takes this to the extremes in the season 3 episode "The Price of Admission" (which took place during the COVID-19 pandemic) Theo is outside playing hockey when he hits the puck onto a neighbor's front lawn. When he goes to pick it up, the neighbor yells at him to get off his lawn, saying that he doesn't want to catch the "China virus." Eddie sees the whole thing and how does he respond? By ''smashing the neighbor's car with a hockey stick''. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Eddie soon regrets this after seeing the look of horror on Theo's face.]]

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* PapaWolf: Eddie takes this to the extremes in the season 3 episode "The Price of Admission" (which took place during the COVID-19 pandemic) pandemic). Theo is outside playing hockey when he hits the puck onto a neighbor's front lawn. When he goes to pick it up, the neighbor yells at him to get off his lawn, saying that he doesn't want to catch the "China virus." Eddie sees the whole thing and how does he respond? By ''smashing the neighbor's car with a hockey stick''. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Eddie soon regrets this after seeing the look of horror on Theo's face.]]



* ParentalFavoritism: Rome strongly resents the his father is always so harsh with him while constantly bailing out Omar every time he screws up.

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* ParentalFavoritism: Rome strongly resents the that his father is always so harsh with him while constantly bailing out Omar every time he screws up.



* PartingWordsRegret: The day before Jon died him and Gary argued over the latter’s [[ReallyGetsAround not wanting to commit to a long term relationship]].

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* PartingWordsRegret: The day before Jon died him died, he and Gary argued over the latter’s [[ReallyGetsAround not wanting to commit to a long term long-term relationship]].



** in “ Family First”, [[ Spoiler: after her father has a stroke Delilah returns to France with Danny and Tyrell goes to Haiti to be with his mother.]]

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** in In “ Family First”, [[ Spoiler: after her father has a stroke stroke, Delilah returns to France with Danny and Tyrell goes to Haiti to be with his mother.]]



** Maggie’s stuffed panda bear. Her brother Chad stole it from a carnival game, which she later finds out her dad payed the carnie to let her keep it.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Invoked by Gary. After Sophie first auditioned for Peter he rudely rejected her. Later Gary told him the year before Sophie lost her father and music was what got her through all that When Maggie said that Peter used [[ManipulativeBastard “Sophie’s history against her”]] Gary admits to Maggie that he gave Peter that history.

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** Maggie’s stuffed panda bear. Her brother Chad stole it from a carnival game, which and she later finds out that her dad payed paid the carnie to let her keep it.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Invoked by Gary. After Sophie first auditioned for Peter Peter, he rudely rejected her. Later Later, Gary told him the year before Sophie lost her father and music was what got her through all that When Maggie said that Peter used [[ManipulativeBastard “Sophie’s history against her”]] Gary admits to Maggie that he gave Peter that history.



* WhamLine: [[spoiler: '''Woman :''' Is this Edward Saville? I'm the person who hit you. I am so sorry.]]

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* WhamLine: [[spoiler: '''Woman :''' '''Woman:''' Is this Edward Saville? I'm the person who hit you. I am so sorry.]]

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