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* AmbiguousDisorder: Cyrus, Senator Ramirez's top aide, seems to be high-functioning autistic: he is unemotional, precise, and often changes the subject completely to address an unimportant side topic with the exact same level of urgency.
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* ButchLesbian / StraightGay: Eve Raytek, butch in personality and feminine in appearance. A petite blonde who likes fashionable shoes, she's also a tough, no-sense, hard-drinking cop and former soldier. Her sexual orientation isn't even confirmed until the penultimate episode, when she and Spivey's attorney Daphne..."celebrate" their political victory.
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* ButchLesbian / StraightGay: ButchLesbian: Eve Raytek, butch in personality and feminine in appearance. A petite blonde who likes fashionable shoes, she's also a tough, no-sense, hard-drinking cop and former soldier. Her sexual orientation isn't even confirmed until the penultimate episode, when she and Spivey's attorney Daphne..."celebrate" their political victory.
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''Briarpatch'' is a miniseries airing on Creator/USANetwork, created by Sam Esmail and starring Creator/RosarioDawson.
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''Briarpatch'' is a 2020 miniseries airing on Creator/USANetwork, created by Sam Esmail and starring Creator/RosarioDawson.
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Your Cheating Heart is an index, not a trope.
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* WretchedHive: San Bonifacio is a grungy Texas border town where everyone seems to have their hands in something dirty, whether it be gunrunning, drugs, or human smuggling.
* YourCheatingHeart: Tons of infidelity in San Bonifacio:
** Allegra is sleeping with her boss, a married Senator.
** Felicity was in a relationship with the technically-still-married Gene Colder. And it's not clear if ''she'' was still technically in a relationship with Floyd Ferness at the same time.
* YourCheatingHeart: Tons of infidelity in San Bonifacio:
** Allegra is sleeping with her boss, a married Senator.
** Felicity was in a relationship with the technically-still-married Gene Colder. And it's not clear if ''she'' was still technically in a relationship with Floyd Ferness at the same time.
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* WretchedHive: San Bonifacio is a grungy Texas border town where everyone seems to have their hands in something dirty, whether it be gunrunning, drugs, or human smuggling. \n* YourCheatingHeart: Tons of infidelity in San Bonifacio:\n** Allegra is sleeping with her boss, a married Senator.\n** Felicity was in a relationship with the technically-still-married Gene Colder. And it's not clear if ''she'' was still technically in a relationship with Floyd Ferness at the same time.
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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: the last shot of Jake Spivey is him sitting in his empty house screaming in frustration, his plans in tatters all around him and Allegra in the wind.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Jake, Allegra, and Felicity were all childhood friends growing up in San Bonifacio. They drifted apart as they got older and Allegra went to prison due to a scheme of theirs backfiring.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Jake, Allegra, and Felicity were all childhood friends growing up in San Bonifacio. They drifted apart as they got older and Allegra went to prison due to a scheme of theirs backfiring.
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* ButchLesbian: Eve Raytek is a downplayed example. She's a tough, no-nonsense ex-soldier and police officer who drinks hard liquor and can throw down with men easily. But she's significantly more feminine in appearance and manner than most examples of this trope. Her sexual orientation isn't even confirmed until the penultimate episode, when she and Spivey's attorney Daphne..."celebrate" their political victory.
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* ButchLesbian: ButchLesbian / StraightGay: Eve Raytek is a downplayed example. She's a tough, no-nonsense ex-soldier Raytek, butch in personality and police officer who drinks hard liquor and can throw down with men easily. But she's significantly more feminine in appearance appearance. A petite blonde who likes fashionable shoes, she's also a tough, no-sense, hard-drinking cop and manner than most examples of this trope.former soldier. Her sexual orientation isn't even confirmed until the penultimate episode, when she and Spivey's attorney Daphne..."celebrate" their political victory.
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* CloudCuckoolander: "Candy Bar" Baines, last surviving member of the Baines family and heir to the local sugar refinery fortune, is a conspiracy-theory spouting weirdo who lives alone in an abandoned cult compound outside of town. [[spoiler: Oh, and he's the one who bombed the zoo, "liberating" the animals.]] He claims that he's a DefectorFromDecadence, having walked away from a wicked society to live a virtuous life in the wild. Considering what a WretchedHive San Bonifacio is, he's not too far off.
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* CloudCuckoolander: "Candy Bar" Baines, last surviving member of the Baines family and heir to the local sugar refinery fortune, is a conspiracy-theory spouting weirdo who lives alone in an abandoned cult compound outside of town. [[spoiler: Oh, and he's the one who bombed the zoo, "liberating" the animals.]] He claims that he's a DefectorFromDecadence, having walked away from a wicked society to live a virtuous life in the wild. Considering what a WretchedHive San Bonifacio is, he's not too far off.it's hard to disagree.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: [[spoiler: Jake Spivey is a goofy drug-addled washout who lives larger than he actually can afford to and is just barely able to stay ahead of the people who want him dead. He's also an Iraq veteran who's seen and done some truly bad shit. When Brattle sends a squad of mercenaries to his house, Spivey single-handedly takes them out with just a knife and his bare hands.]]
* DuringTheWar: Spivey did some ''bad'' things in Iraq, that haunt him still.
* DuringTheWar: Spivey did some ''bad'' things in Iraq, that haunt him still.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: [[spoiler: Jake Spivey is a goofy drug-addled washout who lives larger than he actually can afford to and is just barely able to stay ahead of the people who want him dead. He's also an Iraq veteran who's seen and done some truly bad shit. When Brattle sends a squad of mercenaries to his house, Spivey single-handedly takes them out with just a knife and his bare hands.]]
* DuringTheWar: Spivey did some ''bad'' things in Iraq, that haunt him still.]]
* DuringTheWar: Spivey did some ''bad'' things in Iraq, that haunt him still.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Spivey's experiences in Iraq haunt him still.
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* BiTheWay: Cindy. She's currently in a relationship with Harold, but also makes a pretty aggressive pass at Allegra. It's implied that she did the same to Felicity, who reacted the same way as Allegra did (ie. politely declined).
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* ChekovsGun: [[spoiler: The tiger that escaped from the local zoo is mentioned and has a brief appearance in the first episode, and finally shows up in the flesh in the final episode, to save Allegra from a murderous thug.]]
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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The tiger that escaped from the local zoo is mentioned and has a brief appearance in the first episode, and finally shows up in the flesh in the final episode, to save Allegra from a murderous thug.]]
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* EthicalSlut: Cindy is the kindest and sweetest person in San Bonifacio. She just happens to make her living via sexy webcam videos, and doesn't much believe in monogamy in her personal life.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: The blonde perky Cindy is perhaps the only innocent character in the entire series.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: The blonde perky kind-hearted Cindy is perhaps the only innocent character in the entire series.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Brattle is very touchy-feely with his minions and speaks of Spivey almost like an ex-lover. When Spivey meets a new minion, he wryly refers to him as "the new me," as if he's meeting his ex's new boyfriend.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Brattle is very touchy-feely with his minions and speaks of Spivey almost like an ex-lover. When Spivey meets a one of Brattle's new minion, assassins, he wryly refers to him as "the new me," as if he's meeting his ex's new boyfriend.
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* AmbigiouslyGay: Brattle is very touchy-feely with his minions and speaks of Spivey almost like an ex-lover. When Spivey meets a new minion, he wryly refers to him as "the new me," as if he's meeting his ex's new boyfriend.
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* AmbigiouslyGay: AmbiguouslyGay: Brattle is very touchy-feely with his minions and speaks of Spivey almost like an ex-lover. When Spivey meets a new minion, he wryly refers to him as "the new me," as if he's meeting his ex's new boyfriend.
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* AmbigiouslyGay: Brattle is very touchy-feely with his minions and speaks of Spivey almost like an ex-lover. When Spivey meets a new minion, he wryly refers to him as "the new me," as if he's meeting his ex's new boyfriend.
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* ChekovsGun: [[spoiler: The tiger that escaped from the local zoo is mentioned and has a brief appearance in the first episode, and finally shows up in the flesh in the final episode, to save Allegra from a murderous thug.]]
* CloudCuckoolander: "Candy Bar" Baines, last surviving member of the Baines family and heir to the local sugar refinery fortune, is a conspiracy-theory spouting weirdo who lives alone in an abandoned cult compound outside of town. [[spoiler: Oh, and he's the one who bombed the zoo, "liberating" the animals.]] He claims that he's a DefectorFromDecadence, having walked away from a wicked society to live a virtuous life in the wild. Considering what a WretchedHive San Bonifacio is, he's not too far off.
* CloudCuckoolander: "Candy Bar" Baines, last surviving member of the Baines family and heir to the local sugar refinery fortune, is a conspiracy-theory spouting weirdo who lives alone in an abandoned cult compound outside of town. [[spoiler: Oh, and he's the one who bombed the zoo, "liberating" the animals.]] He claims that he's a DefectorFromDecadence, having walked away from a wicked society to live a virtuous life in the wild. Considering what a WretchedHive San Bonifacio is, he's not too far off.
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* GambitPileup: Everyone wants to capture Clyde Brattle to use as a bargaining chip for their own agendas. Clyde Brattle's got his own agenda. Allegra just wants out. All of it converges in the final episode, and nothing goes according to ''anyone's'' plan.
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* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Raytek staggers to her car after winning a brutal fistfight with Spivey over the blackmail evidence, starts up the car...and then sees Colder's crushed soda can on the dashboard. She has just enough time to register what this means before the Kaboom.]]
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* EpicFail: Spivey tries to cut a deal with Senator Ramirez, but a combination of his PTSD and his untreated flesh wound play havoc with his usually smooth-talking ability, causing the Senator to flee from him in horror.
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* WideEyedIdealist: Everyone speaks of Felicity as a good cop and a good person, who really did want to do a good job and make a difference in her home town. Unfortunately she ended up trusting the wrong people, and paid with her life.
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* EpicFail: Spivey tries to cut a deal Senator Ramirez, but a combination of his PTSD and his untreated flesh wound play havoc with his usually smooth-talking ability, causing the Senator to flee from him in horror.
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* EpicFail: Spivey tries to cut a deal with Senator Ramirez, but a combination of his PTSD and his untreated flesh wound play havoc with his usually smooth-talking ability, causing the Senator to flee from him in horror.
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* MuggingTheMonster: The gang of delinquent teenagers hanging around town somehow manage to do this ''twice''':
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* MuggingTheMonster: The gang of delinquent teenagers hanging around town somehow manage to do this ''twice''':''twice'':
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* MuggingTheMonster: The gang of delinquent teenagers hanging around town somehow manage to do this ''twice''':
** At the diner, they loosen the lids of the salt shakers so that the next person to use them will spill salt all over their food. The next person to do that happens to be [[BigBad Clyde Brattle]], who promptly sits down at their table and very quietly puts the fear of God into them.
** Later, they attempt to harass a shell-shocked Allegra, even pulling a gun on her. Her unnerving non-reaction creeps them out so badly that they immediately back off.
** At the diner, they loosen the lids of the salt shakers so that the next person to use them will spill salt all over their food. The next person to do that happens to be [[BigBad Clyde Brattle]], who promptly sits down at their table and very quietly puts the fear of God into them.
** Later, they attempt to harass a shell-shocked Allegra, even pulling a gun on her. Her unnerving non-reaction creeps them out so badly that they immediately back off.
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* PoliceAreUseless: San Bonifacio is so corrupt that the cops can't do much other than just barely maintain the peace, and only a handful of them are actually motivated to do more than that. Raytek is all-but ordered to make the investigation of Felicity's murder go away, and she does not apologize for that despite caring deeply for Felicity.
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* PoliceAreUseless: San Bonifacio is so corrupt that the cops can't do much other than just barely maintain the peace, and only a handful of them are actually motivated to do more than that. Raytek is all-but ordered Raytek, despite claiming to make the investigation of Felicity's murder go away, and she care a lot about Felicity, does not apologize for that despite caring deeply for Felicity.hesitate to sweep her murder under the rug in order to keep her own plans running.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: The blonde perky Cindy is perhaps the only innocent character in the entire series.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Raytek, Colder, and Brattle all kill each other. Allegra trades the incriminating evidence on Ramirez for her freedom and bolts as fast as she can, leaving Jake to face the music alone. San Bonifacio remains a festering pit of corruption (though it's implied that Freddie Laffter has finally been emboldened to start exposing things), and Ramirez has no obstacles to his political ambitions. The only person with a real happy ending is Cindy, and that's only by virtue of her being removed from all the machinations.]]
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* BlackEyesOfEvil: Clyde Brattle, the BigBad of the series, has eyes black as midnight when he and Allegra first meet. It was probably just a trick of the light...yeah...
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* KnightInSourArmor: Eve Raytek, Chief of the San Bonifacio police force. She genuinely cares about her town and her fellow veterans, but is forced to play by the rules of a thoroughly corrupt game. She tries to comfort herself with the idea that there's a Greater Good, but not even she's convinced of that.
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* KnightInSourArmor: Eve Raytek, Chief of the KnightTemplar: Raytek wants to clean up San Bonifacio police force. She genuinely cares about her town Bonifacio, and her fellow veterans, but is forced to play by the rules of a thoroughly corrupt game. She tries to comfort herself with the idea that there's a Greater Good, but not even she's convinced of that.willing to go to some horrifying lengths to do so. [[spoiler: Including multiple cold-blooded murders.]]
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* ButchLesbian: Eve Raytek is a downplayed example. She's a tough, no-nonsense ex-soldier and police officer who drinks hard liquor and can throw down with men easily. But she's significantly more feminine in appearance and manner than most examples of this trope. Her sexual orientation isn't even confirmed until the penultimate episode, when she and Spivey's attorney Daphne..."celebrate" their political victory.
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* VictorySex: Raytek secures a deal with Cyrus: Senator Ramirez's endorsement of her mayoral campaign in exchange for ownership of Spivey's properties. The moment Cyrus leaves the office, Raytek and Spivey's lawyer Daphne immediately start banging each other - much to Cyrus's bemusement.
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* VictorySex: Raytek secures a deal with Cyrus: Senator Ramirez's endorsement of her mayoral campaign in exchange for ownership of Spivey's properties. The moment Cyrus leaves the office, Raytek and Spivey's lawyer Daphne immediately start banging each other engage in loud enthusiastic lovemaking - much to Cyrus's bemusement.
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* VictorySex: Raytek secures a deal with Cyrus: Senator Ramirez's endorsement of her mayoral campaign in exchange for ownership of Spivey's properties. The moment Cyrus leaves the office, Raytek and Spivey's lawyer Daphne immediately start banging each other - much to Cyrus's bemusement.
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* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler: Not that Ramirez was as pure as the driven snow to start off, but when Brattle gives him dirt on his political opponents in exchange for immunity, his immediate reaction to decide to ''kill everybody'', including his lover Allegra.]]
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Cyrus, Senator Ramirez's top aide, seems to be high-functioning autistic: he is unemotional, precise, and often changes the subject completely to address an unimportant side topic with the exact same level of seriousness.
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* DuringTheWar: Spivey did some ''bad'' things in Iraq, that haunt him still.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Gene Colder comes across as a timid, HenpeckedHusband who just wants to be a proper cop. [[spoiler: Turns out he's Clyde Brattle's mole on the San Bonifacio police force, and they guy who actually killed Felicity.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Gene Colder comes across as a timid, HenpeckedHusband who just wants to be a proper cop. [[spoiler: Turns out he's Clyde Brattle's mole on the San Bonifacio police force, and they the guy who actually killed Felicity.]]
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: [[spoiler: Jake Spivey is a goofy drug-addled washout who lives larger than he actually can afford to and is just barely able to stay ahead of the people who want him dead. He's also an Iraq veteran who's seen - and implied to have done - some truly bad shit. When Brattle sends a squad of mercenaries to his house, Spivey single-handedly takes them out with just a knife and his bare hands.]]
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: [[spoiler: Jake Spivey is a goofy drug-addled washout who lives larger than he actually can afford to and is just barely able to stay ahead of the people who want him dead. He's also an Iraq veteran who's seen - and implied to have done - some truly bad shit. When Brattle sends a squad of mercenaries to his house, Spivey single-handedly takes them out with just a knife and his bare hands.]]
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* TheAlcoholic: Freddie Laffter, the local crime-beat reporter, loves his cognac.
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