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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Prime Howard. [[spoiler: He single handedly wipes out a group of bio-terrorists.]]
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* OnlySaneMan: Naya Temple. She’s so insightful, she’s practically an exposition machine. She’s the first person to take a stance that Prime is clearly just as human as Alpha. She sees right through Quinn’s cover-ups. She also points out that the office has gotten too political to be effective.
* ThePlague: It is slowly revealed over the arc of the first season that the Prime world experienced a bad pandemic (the "Munchen Virus", [[spoiler:believed to have been introduced through pigs, necessitating mass abandonment of all pork products after culling the herds]]), lasting at least three years, to the point where the ingrained Western cultural custom of shaking hands has disappeared. "Malignant hyperthermia" exists in the Prime world, and may be more severe than in the Alpha world. Also, widespread UV hand sanitizers and mandatory health examinations prevail in the alternate world. Alternate OI security forces are also instructed to warn other personnel not to even make physical contact or otherwise to mitigate the risk of carrying a disease back to the Prime world.
* ThePlague: It is slowly revealed over the arc of the first season that the Prime world experienced a bad pandemic (the "Munchen Virus", [[spoiler:believed to have been introduced through pigs, necessitating mass abandonment of all pork products after culling the herds]]), lasting at least three years, to the point where the ingrained Western cultural custom of shaking hands has disappeared. "Malignant hyperthermia" exists in the Prime world, and may be more severe than in the Alpha world. Also, widespread UV hand sanitizers and mandatory health examinations prevail in the alternate world. Alternate OI security forces are also instructed to warn other personnel not to even make physical contact or otherwise to mitigate the risk of carrying a disease back to the Prime world.
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** ""Better Angels": Both the Alpha and Prime verses were saved from another conflict and the instigators from both sides were disposed of. But Yanek was secretly exposed to the flu virus minutes before Mira allowed him to leave.
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* OnlySaneMan: Naya Temple. She’s so insightful, she’s practically an exposition machine. She’s the first person to take a stance that Prime is clearly just as human as Alpha. She sees right through Quinn’s cover-ups. She also points out that the office has gotten too political to be effective.
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* ObliviouslyEvil: Implied in a lot of cases where counterparts try to kill each other. An entire movement is formed around the belief the two universes are doomed to destroy each other, despite the fact counterpart relationship span the spectrum of human interactions. Some kill each other out of envy or self hate. Some begrudgingly cooperate. Some get romantically involved.
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* ReedRichardsIsUseless: And how. The inventor of the inter-dimensional gate insists the two dimensions are doomed to destroy each other, rather than the simple answer: “He’s a Jerkass, who wanted the life he no longer had.” Some of the counterparts get along so well, they appear to form romantic relationships. Weird philosophical debates aside, they’re actually pretty healthy, with no evidence to suggest anything destructive.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Howard Prime has everything Howard Alpha wanted at the beginning of the series. He gets a crash course on how his counterpart became so ruthless.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Most of the Alphas to most of the Primes.
** Baldwin Alpha is an assassin, and Baldwin Prime is a professional violinist.
** Alpha Howard is a aggressive operative who racks up multiple kills onscreen. Prime Howard is much more diplomatic, but also a doormat.
** Baldwin Alpha is an assassin, and Baldwin Prime is a professional violinist.
** Alpha Howard is a aggressive operative who racks up multiple kills onscreen. Prime Howard is much more diplomatic, but also a doormat.
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** Howard’s sub plot is that his counterpart is the polar opposite of him, and achieved some of the things Prime Howard wants. The trade off is Alpha Howard is significantly leas relatable and aggressive.
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** Howard’s sub plot is that his counterpart is the polar opposite of him, and achieved some of the things Prime Howard wants. The trade off is Alpha Howard is significantly leas less relatable and aggressive.aggressive.
** One Baldwin is an assassin, the other is a musician. The assassin sees her counterpart and experiences regret. The musician sees her counterpart and experiences fear of what she could have been.
** One Baldwin is an assassin, the other is a musician. The assassin sees her counterpart and experiences regret. The musician sees her counterpart and experiences fear of what she could have been.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The series. Two worlds, each with the exact same history up until 30 years before the series starts. Generally, most characters have a ‘counterpart’ who is similar.
** Howard’s sub plot is that his counterpart is the polar opposite of him, and achieved some of the things Prime Howard wants. The trade off is Alpha Howard is significantly leas relatable and aggressive.
** Howard’s sub plot is that his counterpart is the polar opposite of him, and achieved some of the things Prime Howard wants. The trade off is Alpha Howard is significantly leas relatable and aggressive.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: The temptation to replace a deceased loved one with their Other is overwhelming.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: The temptation to replace a deceased loved one with their Other other is overwhelming.
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* ForWantOfANail: Even minor changes between worlds, such as a girl getting a cassette tape or not, have big repercussions. By the time of the series, the two worlds which had started identical are becoming very different.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: The temptation to replace a deceased loved one with their Other is overwhelming.
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The series was renewed for a second season, which began airing in December 2018.
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The series was renewed for a second season, which began has shown two seasons with Starz not airing in December 2018.
it for another season. The production crew is however currently looking for networks willing to give the show the backing to air a potential third season.
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** "You To You": [[spoiler:Mira murders all of Management from ''both'' worlds and takes their place]].
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** "In From the Cold": [[spoiler:Emily Alpha had even gone so far as to befriend Anna in the Prime world. Anna learns her parents are "spies." Emily Alpha realizes Howard Prime is not her husband (right after ''having sex with him''). Clare tells Peter that Mira is planning to release a virus in Alpha, and they both go to Naya to reveal everything.]]
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** "In From from the Cold": [[spoiler:Emily Alpha had even gone so far as to befriend Anna in the Prime world. Anna learns her parents are "spies." Emily Alpha realizes Howard Prime is not her husband (right after ''having sex with him''). Clare tells Peter that Mira is planning to release a virus in Alpha, and they both go to Naya to reveal everything.]]
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** Even more so after Alpha OI feels that Quayle has compromised his position due to his secretary being the mole, who's being watched 24/7 to make sure he didn't do/say anything to compromise the office.
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** "Twin Cities": [[spoiler:The seeds of the conflict between the Alpha and Prime Worlds started when the experiment in East Germany led to the death of Yanek Prime, who was killed after he tried to help his Alpha counterpart by swapping roles. This lead to the scientists in both world being forced to talk in secret via comms.]]
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** "Twin Cities": [[spoiler:The seeds of the conflict between the Alpha and Prime Worlds started when the experiment in East Germany led to the death of Yanek Prime, who was killed after he tried to help his Alpha counterpart by swapping roles. This lead to the scientists in both world worlds being forced to talk in secret via comms.]]
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** "Twin Cities": [[spoiler:The seeds of the conflict between the Alpha and Prime Worlds started when the experiment in East Germany led to the death of Yanek Alpha, Prime, who was killed after he tried to help his Prime Alpha counterpart by swapping roles.roles. This lead to the scientists in both world being forced to talk in secret via comms.]]
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** "Twin Cities": [[spoiler:The seeds of the conflict between the Alpha and Prime Worlds started when the experiment in East Germany led to the death of Yanek Alpha, who was killed after he tried to help his Prime counterpart by swapping roles.]]
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** "Act Like You've Been Here Before" reveals that [[spoiler:Quayle's wife Claire]] has been a member of the hard-liner conspiracy for several years.
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** "Act Like You've Been Here Before" reveals that [[spoiler:Quayle's wife Claire]] has been a member Clare, one of the hard-liner conspiracy for several years.primary conspirators featured up till then, [[spoiler: is Quayle's wife, and through him is the leak in the OI Alpha offices]].
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** OI on both sides appear to use outdated computers, possibly computers for security reasons.
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* SecretWar: Howard Silk Prime reveals that the governing authorities in his world are divided between relative moderates and hard-liners who are "more ideological", and it is the latter that are letting their battle spill over into the "normal" world; a very small minority in both worlds know of the true extent of the conflict. [[spoiler:The root of the conflict and why it's spilling over at all is due to a faction of hard-liners blaming the Alpha (actual) world for a mass disease that afflicted the Prime (alternate) world some years before. The end of the first season suggests that the plague being introduced to the primeverse was done on purpose.]]
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* SecretWar: Howard Silk Prime reveals that the governing authorities in his world are divided between relative moderates and hard-liners who are "more ideological", and it is the latter that are letting their battle spill over into the "normal" world; a very small minority in both worlds know of the true extent of the conflict. [[spoiler:The root of the conflict and why it's spilling over at all is due to a faction of hard-liners blaming the Alpha (actual) world for a mass disease that afflicted the Prime (alternate) world some years before. The end of the first season suggests that the plague being introduced to the primeverse was done on purpose.]]
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** OI on both sides appear to use outdated computers, possibly for security reasons.
* ScrewYourself: The Lamberts from both sides have a rather... unusual relationship.
* ScrewYourself: The Lamberts from both sides have a rather... unusual relationship.
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** "Outside In": [[spoiler:Emily Alpha had visited the Prime world]].
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* RealityEnsues: Due to the massive losses on Alpha OI HQ's agents and personnel with moles compromising its secrets, the agency is forced to conduct heavy security screening with outsiders recruited to hunt down and arrest/kill any double agents.
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* SecretWar: Howard Silk Prime reveals that the governing authorities in his world are divided between relative moderates and hard-liners who are "more ideological", and it is the latter that are letting their battle spill over into the "normal" world; a very small minority in both worlds know of the true extent of the conflict. [[spoiler:The root of the conflict and why it's spilling over at all is due to a faction of hard-liners blaming the Alpha (actual) world for a mass disease that afflicted the Prime (alternate) world some years before. The end of the first season suggests that the plague being introduced to the primeverse was done on purpose.]]
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''Counterpart'' is a ScienceFiction [[SpyFiction espionage]] drama which began in 2018 and is currently airing on Creator/{{Starz}} in the United States. The executive producer of the show is Justin Marks.
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''Counterpart'' is a ScienceFiction [[SpyFiction espionage]] drama which began in 2018 2017 and is currently airing on Creator/{{Starz}} in the United States. The executive producer of the show is Justin Marks.
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* AcademyOfEvil: The "School" of Project Indigo is considered a myth in the intelligence community. [[spoiler: They raise children as perfect duplicates and spies to replace their others. If a child's other should break their leg, that child's leg is quickly broken to match exactly.]]
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* {{Flashback}}: Employed in the show to explore the past history of [[spoiler:Baldwin/Nadia]].
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* {{Flashback}}: Employed in the show to explore the past history of [[spoiler:Baldwin/Nadia]].[[spoiler:Baldwin/Nadia]] and [[spoiler: Clare.]]
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** EP Howard informs the wife of an informant in EA that the cleaners sent to dispose of his corpse has his teeth/fingers removed so that law enforcement can't use DNA technology to identify them. [[spoiler:This gives an idea that a mole from EP would do the same, particularly how Clare from EP was inserted into EA.]]
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** "The Sincerest Form of Flattery" reveals that [[spoiler:the original Clare was killed in an op led by Clare from Earth Prime in order to impersonate her.]]
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* PoliceAreUseless: Any German police force trying to investigate with links to the alternate universe are suppressed. Justified since Earth OI agents are mandated to keep it a secret.
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