History Series / Goliath

* AmbiguousDisorder: Ned Berring. Part of why he was fired and his girlfriend left him.

* SoundtrackDissonance: At the end of season 2, episode 3 [[spoiler:Tito is killed by Gabriel as the theme song to Series/HRPufnstuf plays]].

* [[spoiler:HomePornMovie]]: Used by Ned as [[spoiler:revenge porn. Though it inadvertently works in his favor, as it ended up causing him to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend]].

* SoundtrackDissonance: At the end of season 2, episode 3 [[spoiler:Tito is killed by Gabriel as the theme song to H.R. Pufnstuf plays]].

* IdiotPlot: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in the case of [[spoiler:Cooperman]], who suffered a minor stroke months prior, causing his more eccentric and foolish decisions.

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: How the cartel operates. However, murdering a random gangster on the off-chance he will betray you later is basically begging for the police to get involved, and when you start killing even your loyal underlings so they can't say anything, [[DidntThinkThisThrough your remaining underlings aren't going to remain loyal]].

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Professional death but in Season 4, Sam who has been colluding with George Zax to save her firm, gets a crisis of conscience and ends up helping bring him down albeit at the cost of possibly going to jail. Although, Billy explicitly hints that he will take her case.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: Gabriel, and [[spoiler:Claudia/Marisol]], who both are willing to do whatever it takes to ensure an innocent kid goes to prison in order to cover up their own involvement in the murder.

* NightmareFetishist: [[spoiler:Tom]] takes an unhealthy obsession in watching a women have a leg removed. He even [[spoiler:builds a special room to watch a video of amputees pretend to be his mother and sister, which he then [[VillainousIncest masturbates]] to]].

* RedRightHand: Cooperman, Billy's former partner and now main partner at Cooperman-[=McBride=]. Half his body is severely burned, and he often communicates with a clicking device

* TheAlcoholic: Billy [=McBride=], but many other characters as well

* AssholeVictim: Numerous examples, but a special mention should go to [[spoiler: one of the mooks who kidnaps Billy and Janet]]. He's given no redeeming qualities, is especially dumb, and is practically a rapist, so when [[spoiler:Janet has to stab him in the groin in order to escape, the audience isn't feeling too disgusted]]

* BrokenAce: Both [=McBride=] and JT. The former broke after [[spoiler:he got a murderer set free on a technicality, who then murdered an entire family]], the latter after [[spoiler:he did his best to defend someone he believed to be innocent, and failed, and then watched as the man was executed]]
* BrokenPedestal: In season 2, Billy and Denise are both intrigued by Marisol, who promises to clean up Los Angeles as mayor. Denise goes to work for her while Billy enters a relationship with Marisol. They're both rocked to find [[spoiler: Marisol is from a cartel family who is involved with several murders. Denise goes on a drunken rampage outside Marisol's campaign headquarters while she and her dad are both affected by trusting her]].
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Billy is an alcoholic who struggles with life in general, but is extremely competent at his job. Cooperman too, [[spoiler: until it's revealed he's had a stroke and has gone partially insane, making him too unstable for his work]]

* DavidVersusGoliath: Naturally. Billy takes on organizations far, far larger and more dangerous than a law firm run out of a cheap motel room should ever be dealing with
* {{Determinator}}: Once Billy takes on a case, nothing short of murder will stop him

* IdiotPlot: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in the case of [[spoiler:Cooperman]], who suffered a minor stroke months prior causing his more eccentric and foolish decisions

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: How the cartel operates. However, murdering a random gangster on the off-chance he will betray you later is basically begging for the police to get involved, and when you start killing even your loyal underlings so they can't say anything, [[DidntThinkThisThrough your remaining underlings aren't going to remain loyal]]

* NightmareFetishist: [[spoiler:Tom]] takes an unhealthy obsession in watching a women have a leg removed. He even [[spoiler:builds a special room to watch a video of amputees pretend to be his mother and sister, which he then [[VillainousIncest masturbates]] to]]

* RevengeBeforeReason: Cooperman wants a chance to take down [=McBride=] more than he wants to win his case
* TooDumbToLive: None of the mooks who [[spoiler:kidnap Billy (and Janet)]] are particularly bright. There are reasons kidnappers generally don't let their victims walk around unrestrained...
* WitnessProtection: Invoked, but when facing someone as powerful as the cartel...
* WouldHurtAChild: Gabriel, and [[spoiler:Claudia/Marisol]], who both are willing to do whatever it takes to ensure an innocent kid go to prison in order to coverup their own involvement in the murder.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Happens to [[spoiler:Tito, and later most of the rest of the people in on the murder-plot, when the cartel needs to make sure no one talks]]