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* DumpsterDiving: Working on an espionage case Brian is tasked with looking through the suspects garbage. He lampshades the fact that, once you get used to the smell, you can learn a lot about people based on the things they throw out. He is able to crack the case because he finds it very suspicious that a person who [[spoiler: is lactose intolerant]] would be throwing out so many [[spoiler: milk cartons]]. He also lampshades the fact that the FBI does not need to obtain a warrant to search someone's garbage once it is in a public dumpster.
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This universe's character sheet is [[Characters/{{Limitless}} here]].
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Brian is repeatedly stated to be 28, but is only eight years old in a flashback to 1998. If this series is intended to be set in 2015, Brian should have been born in 1987, not 1990, and thus ''eleven'' years old in the flashback.
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* ImagineSpot: Brian has these occasionally, often when trying to make the boring parts of his job more interesting. Almost every time he has one it's shot down by his FBI colleagues.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Brian tries to figure out how a sniper performed an assassination so he uses Post-It Notes to built a replica of the crime scene, including a model cathedral. It looks really cool but provides only limited information that is not immediately useful. He could have save a lot of time and effort if he used cardboard for his models, used a computer simulation. He probably could have done the math in his head but building the model was a much cooler challenge.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Brian tries to figure out how a sniper performed an assassination so he uses Post-It Notes to built a replica of the crime scene, including a model cathedral. It looks really cool but provides only limited information that is not immediately useful. He could have save a lot of time and effort if he used cardboard for his models, used a computer simulation. He probably could simulation, or just have done the math in his head but head. But, building the model was a much cooler challenge.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Brian has a lot of character traits in common with Eddie Morra, down to getting NZT from a friend, being mistaken for his murderer, and stealing his stash. [[spoiler:Which may be part of why Morra decided to help him.]]
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* TheSuspectWasHatless: Subverted. Brian spend s a lot of time building a model of a crime scene but the only new information he can figure out about the killer was that he was very tall. This is of no immediate use to the FBI but comes in handy when they find a suspect who is indeed very tall.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Brian has a lot of character traits in common with Eddie Morra, down to getting NZT from a friend, being mistaken for his murderer, and stealing his stash. [[spoiler:Which may be part of why Morra decided to help him.]]
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Brian's bodyguards, Mike and Ike (not their real names).
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: A cartel assassin was making custom ammunition to use in his next murder but one of the shells blew up and he lost his gun hand.
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* NotMeThisTime: The bomber in the second episode admits to multiple counts of murder, but only ''attempted'' murder in the case being investigated. The victim had died due to something else killing him before the planned assassination.
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** A cartel assassin tells the FBI that he could not have killed the VictimOfTheWeek because [[spoiler: he lost his gun hand in an accident two years ago.]]
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Don\'t need spoiler tags. Bradley Cooper\'s involvement and appearances as Eddie Morra were one of the selling points.
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* MysteriousBacker:In the first episode, [[spoiler:Eddie Morra, who kidnaps Brian, patches up his gunshot wound, and offers to supply him with the formula that staves off NZT's side effects. In return, all he wants is for Brian to solve Eli's murder, as Eddie somehow knows that doing so will land him in a good position with the FBI. Somehow this all works in Morra's favour, whatever he's after.]]
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* TalkingtoThemself: Unlike the movie, which only shows Eddie's actions and not what he's thinking, whenever Brian takes NZT, he occasionally talks to an hallucination which is implied to be his subconscious helping remember thinks he knows.
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* MeanBoss: When Eddie and Harris go to see a CEO in the second episode, they see a video of him in the lobby trying to gild the lily on recent layoffs. [[spoiler:They know that he's responsible for murdering a general but have no way of proving it without files on the companies computers he refuses to turn over and will no doubt destroy as soon as they leave. Brian announces in the middle of the office that the boss will be arrested if someone at the company will anonymously send him the files they need and, within 30 seconds, ten of his mistreated employees have.]]
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Brian is able to gain evidence and turn it over to FBI agent Rebecca Harris (Jennifer Carpenter) in order to build goodwill, but soon after almost gets killed while pursuing the killer. Blacking out from his bullet wound, he awakes to find himself being treated by Senator Eddie Morra (Creator/BradleyCooper reprising his role from the film). Morra offers him one dose and a way to counteract the side effects, his only reason that Brian will be in a position useful to him very soon. Brian solves the murder and, at Rebecca's suggestion, is brought on as an informant while the FBI studies his apparent immunity to NZT's side effects.
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Brian is able to gain evidence and turn it over to FBI agent Rebecca Harris (Jennifer Carpenter) (Creator/JenniferCarpenter) in order to build goodwill, but soon after almost gets killed while pursuing the killer. Blacking out from his bullet wound, he awakes to find himself being treated by Senator Eddie Morra (Creator/BradleyCooper reprising his role from the film). Morra offers him one dose and a way to counteract the side effects, his only reason that Brian will be in a position useful to him very soon. Brian solves the murder and, at Rebecca's suggestion, is brought on as an informant while the FBI studies his apparent immunity to NZT's side effects.
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* RecoveredAddict: Rebecca Harris's father was a drug addict whose addiction ruined his life and cost him his family. The last time Rebecca saw him, he was in recovery and seemed to have put his life back together. However, he then apparently fell OffTheWagon and was murdered soon after. Rebecca now suspects that he was an early NZT user and was killed because of it.
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: This is attempted twice in "Badge! Gun!". First a bomber sabotages a target's car so it looks like the guy lost control of the vehicle and it exploded after the gas tank ruptured. Second, [[spoiler: the CEO of a biological weapon company uses a genetically engineered flu virus to induce a stroke in a general and make it look like the general died of natural causes. This would have worked with the middle aged general but the virus also kills three healthy 20-something men (including the target of the attempted bombing) which is so unlikely that Brian quickly figures out what is really going on.]]
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* GadgeteerGenius: Brian is one when on NZT, after looking up enough info on engineering.
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* IdiotBall: The evil bomb designer in the second episode [[spoiler:appears on the news after every bombing to report on it, and also happens to hold the patent for the highly distinctive bombs he uses. He seems to have designed at least the bombs to be unrecognizable after they went off, may be addicted to the attention, and could just say that the bomber based their work on his patent, but it's still pretty darn risky. [[PaperThinDisguise His garage for "restoring classic cars" has the wrong parts, and the cars are just shells to keep his tools and supplies in]], which Harris notices in seconds.]]
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* IdiotBall: The evil bomb designer IdiotBall: NZT makes a person super smart but it also makes them overconfident, arrogant and eager to show off his/her abilities. This causes Brian to do a number of things that are fairly stupid simply because he thinks that he will be able to mitigate the consequences. This is lampshaded in the second episode [[spoiler:appears on the news pilot where after every bombing to report on it, and also happens to hold the patent for the highly distinctive bombs he uses. He seems to have designed at least the bombs to be unrecognizable after they went off, may be addicted to the attention, and could just say jumps in front of a moving subway train, he realizes that it was not the bomber based their work on smartest thing to do and in narration he starts rapidly downgrading his patent, but it's still pretty darn risky. [[PaperThinDisguise His garage for "restoring classic cars" has the wrong parts, and the cars are just shells to keep his tools and supplies in]], which Harris notices in seconds.]]chances of surviving.
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** The killer in the pilot keeps an incriminating piece of evidence in his apartment in a location that is highly noticeable. He then brags to Brian about being to smart to keep any NZT in his apartment which clues Brian in on where he actually keeps it.
** The evil bomb designer in the second episode [[spoiler:appears on the news after every bombing to report on it, and also happens to hold the patent for the highly distinctive bombs he uses. He seems to have designed at least the bombs to be unrecognizable after they went off, may be addicted to the attention, and could just say that the bomber based their work on his patent, but it's still pretty darn risky. [[PaperThinDisguise His garage for "restoring classic cars" has the wrong parts, and the cars are just shells to keep his tools and supplies in]], which Harris notices in seconds.]]
** The killer in the pilot keeps an incriminating piece of evidence in his apartment in a location that is highly noticeable. He then brags to Brian about being to smart to keep any NZT in his apartment which clues Brian in on where he actually keeps it.
** The evil bomb designer in the second episode [[spoiler:appears on the news after every bombing to report on it, and also happens to hold the patent for the highly distinctive bombs he uses. He seems to have designed at least the bombs to be unrecognizable after they went off, may be addicted to the attention, and could just say that the bomber based their work on his patent, but it's still pretty darn risky. [[PaperThinDisguise His garage for "restoring classic cars" has the wrong parts, and the cars are just shells to keep his tools and supplies in]], which Harris notices in seconds.]]
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* ManChild: Naz considers Brian, with his recklessness and petulant attitude, to be one. She even explicitly compares him to her own children.
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* BoringButPractical: Brian's first assignment at the FBI is to learn foreign languages like Farsi so the FBI can use him as a translator and analyst. This would be of great practical use to the FBI but its also rather boring. NZT users cannot stand being bored and Brian soon goes OffTheRails.
* DungeonBypass: Brian is stuck in an FBI file room learning languages when he feels that he would be of more use out in the field. He cannot leave the room due to the two guards posted outside the door. He figures out that the file room is actually just one half of a much bigger room that was divided using cheap drywall. He breaks through the drywall and escapes.
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* NiceGuy: Brian is a nice person who cares deeply about his family. When he first takes NZT he reorganizes the file room at the bank where he works as a temp and then give all creating for the increased efficiency to his supervisor because he recognizes that she is a nice and talented person who needs a break. He then spends most of the day reading medical books so he can find a way to save his father's life. When he goes on the run from the FBI, he is very apologetic about the illegal things that he has to do. This is a big contrast to how many of the other NZT users act, though he still tends to lose his better judgement about respecting limits - [[MeaningfulName oh]].
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* NiceGuy: Brian is a nice person who cares deeply about his family. When he first takes NZT he reorganizes the file room at the bank where he works as a temp and then give all creating the credit for the increased efficiency to his supervisor because he recognizes that she is a nice and talented person who needs a break. He then spends most of the day reading medical books so he can find a way to save his father's life. When he goes on the run from the FBI, he is very apologetic about the illegal things that he has to do. When he is stuck on a bus for a few hours he chats up the other passengers and helps them with their problems. This is a big contrast to how many of the other NZT users act, though he still tends to lose his better judgement about respecting limits - [[MeaningfulName oh]].
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* PoliceAreUseless: Deliberately averted; conventional In the pilot, the FBI almost catches Brian despite him being on NZT and their own investigation would have probably revealed Eli's killer if Brian did not blunder in and steal evidence. Conventional investigation is shown to still be useful, and Harris herself is pretty smart and perceptive.perceptive. In one instance Brian calls Harris up to tell her about a piece of evidence he discovered that will prove that an accident was actually a murder but Harris tells him that they already discovered all of that an hour earlier through conventional crime scene investigation.
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* EscapistCharacter: Brian, like Morra, may ring true with a lot of young men and women looking for something to do with their lives. However, we see that even if he happens to luck into an improvement, it shouldn't be squandered, and Brian constantly tries to use it to help others instead of himself.
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* JustAFleshWound: Averted when Brian gets shot in the leg in the pilot. He is able to make a run away from the shooter but quickly loses strength. When he tries to treat the wound, he passes out and would have bled out if Morra had not found him and got him proper medical help.
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* MeanBoss: The team knows that a CEO is responsible for murdering a general but have no way of proving it without files on the companies computers. Brian announces in the middle of the office that the boss will be arrested if someone at the company will anonymously send him the files they need and, within 30 seconds, ten of his mistreated employees have.
* MysteriousBacker: Eddie Morra, who kidnaps Brian, patches up his gunshot wound, and offers to supply him with the formula that staves off NZT's side effects. In return, all he wants is for Brian to solve Eli's murder, as Eddie somehow knows that doing so will land him in a good position with the FBI. Somehow this all works in Morra's favour, whatever he's after.
* NiceGuy: Brian is a nice person who cares deeply about his family. When he first takes NZT he reorganizes the file room at the bank where he works as a temp and then give all creating for the increased efficiency to his supervisor because he recognizes that she is a nice and talented person who needs a break. He then spends most of the day reading medical books so he can find a way to save his father's life. When he goes on the run from the FBI, he is very apologetic about the illegal things that he has to do. This is a big contrast to how many of the other NZT users act.
* MysteriousBacker: Eddie Morra, who kidnaps Brian, patches up his gunshot wound, and offers to supply him with the formula that staves off NZT's side effects. In return, all he wants is for Brian to solve Eli's murder, as Eddie somehow knows that doing so will land him in a good position with the FBI. Somehow this all works in Morra's favour, whatever he's after.
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* MeanBoss: The team knows that When Eddie and Harris go to see a CEO is in the second episode, they see a video of him in the lobby trying to gild the lily on recent layoffs. [[spoiler:They know that he's responsible for murdering a general but have no way of proving it without files on the companies computers. computers he refuses to turn over and will no doubt destroy as soon as they leave. Brian announces in the middle of the office that the boss will be arrested if someone at the company will anonymously send him the files they need and, within 30 seconds, ten of his mistreated employees have.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Brian has a lot of character traits in common with Eddie Morra, down to getting NZT from a friend, being mistaken for his murderer, and stealing his stash. [[spoiler:Which may be part of why Morra decided to help him.]]
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Brian has a lot of character traits in common with Eddie Morra, down to getting NZT from a friend, being mistaken for his murderer, and stealing his stash. [[spoiler:Which may be part of why Morra decided to help him.]]
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*NotMeThisTime: The bomber in the second episode admits to multiple counts of murder, but only ''attempted'' murder in the case being investigated. The victim had died due to something else killing him before the planned assassination.
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* CanonDiscontinuity: Eddie Morra is still on NZT after stating at the end of the movie that he had discovered a way to get off it. This isn't as bad as some cases, as there is a chance that Eddie was simply trying to bluff Van Loon.
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* IdiotBall: The evil bomb designer in the second episode appears on the news after every bombing to report on it, and also happens to hold the patent for the highly distinctive bombs he uses.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Brian's father loves him and is very supportive of him but has accepted that Brian's life is not going anywhere and that Brian will probably not accomplish much. Brian desperately wants his father to be proud of him again just as when Brian was younger and him starting his own band was a major accomplishment.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Brian's father loves him and is very supportive of him but has accepted that Brian's life is not going anywhere and that Brian will probably not accomplish much. Brian desperately wants his father to be proud of him again just as when Brian was younger and him starting his own band was a major accomplishment.accomplishment.
* WrongfulAccusationInsurance: In the pilot, Brian ends up doing a lot of highly illegal things proving his innocence. However, he is so valuable to the government as someone who is immune to the side effects of NZT that they offer to drop all charges in exchange for his cooperation.
* WrongfulAccusationInsurance: In the pilot, Brian ends up doing a lot of highly illegal things proving his innocence. However, he is so valuable to the government as someone who is immune to the side effects of NZT that they offer to drop all charges in exchange for his cooperation.
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* JustAFleshWound: Averted when Brian gets shot in the leg in the pilot. He is able to make a run away from the shooter but quickly loses strength. When he tries to treat the wound, he passes out and would have bled out if Morra had not found him and got him proper medical help.
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* RefugeInAudacity:
** Brian escapes the FBI by running straight into traffic and then jumping in front of a moving subway train.
** Brian needs to get the FBI to search a bank safety deposit box that might contain evidence that would exonerate him. He walks into the bank, steals a guard's gun, declares that he is robbing the bank and then tells the teller to trigger the alarm and call the FBI. When Agent Harris arrives, he breaks into the box in front of her. He is in a ton of legal trouble for the stunt but the FBI is free to use the evidence to arrest the real killer.
** Brian escapes the FBI by running straight into traffic and then jumping in front of a moving subway train.
** Brian needs to get the FBI to search a bank safety deposit box that might contain evidence that would exonerate him. He walks into the bank, steals a guard's gun, declares that he is robbing the bank and then tells the teller to trigger the alarm and call the FBI. When Agent Harris arrives, he breaks into the box in front of her. He is in a ton of legal trouble for the stunt but the FBI is free to use the evidence to arrest the real killer.
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* NiceGuy: Brian is a nice person who cares deeply about his family. When he first takes NZT he reorganizes the file room at the bank where he works as a temp and then give all creating for the increased efficiency to his supervisor because he recognizes that she is a nice and talented person who needs a break. He then spends most of the day reading medical books so he can find a way to save his father's life. When he goes on the run from the FBI, he is very apologetic about the illegal things that he has to do. This is a big contrast to how many of the other NZT users act.
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* Talking to Themself: Unlike the movie, which only shows Eddie's actions and not what he's thinking, whenever Brian takes NZT, he occasionally talks to an hallucination which is implied to be subconscious helping remember thinks he knows.
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* TheLastDJ: Eli sees Brian as this, the only member of their band who has not sold out and is still pursuing his musical goals no matter what life throws at him. The truth is that Brian is stuck and is unable to find a way to move on with his life like his friends did.
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* SherlockScan: Brian is able to do this while under the effects of NZT, most notably during his run from the FBI. Not only does he perfectly dodge traffic, he's able to quickly deduce which route gives him a better chance at getting away immediately after.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Brian's father loves him and is very supportive of him but has accepted that Brian's life is not going anywhere and that Brian will probably not accomplish much. Brian desperately wants his father to be proud of him again just as when Brian was younger and him starting his own band was a major accomplishment.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Brian's father loves him and is very supportive of him but has accepted that Brian's life is not going anywhere and that Brian will probably not accomplish much. Brian desperately wants his father to be proud of him again just as when Brian was younger and him starting his own band was a major accomplishment.
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!This series contains examples of:
* AppliedPhlebotinum: NZT-48, as well as Morra's treatment to eliminate the side effects of NZT withdrawal. He tells Brian that each subsequent dosage makes the user's body crave it more, but Morra himself has been able to take a pill every day and was last sick two years ago.
* AwesomeByAnalysis: The effects of Brian, and anybody else, on NZT. It allows them to retain and access every memory, make connections between abstract pieces of information, and calculate everything around them.
* ColorWash: Like in the movie, the perspective of NZT users is shown in orange and yellow, while reality is more dull and blue.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Brian's first appearance is evading the FBI using the NZT powers, dodging traffic perfectly, and evading being shot at by jumping into the path of a moving subway train. Then it freezes, and the narration begins.
-->'''Brian''': The first thing you need to know is that I didn't do anything wrong.
* FantasticDrug: Nobody, not even the FBI, know where the drug comes from or who is distributing it. Even government attempts to reverse engineer it have failed and caused the users to burn out and die.
* HowWeGotHere: The pilot begins with Brian already fleeing Eli's murder scene while being chased by FBI agents, and follows his pursuit into the subway. It stops just before the train (almost) hits him.
* InstantExpert: Played with. Brian is able to a lot of things he wasn't able to do before, but almost everything he accomplishes on his first dose was based on information he had been exposed to over his life, but was unable to access from deep in his memory. When he realizes he might be able to help his father, he actually needs to go through his brother's old medical textbooks before he has any idea what he might be looking for.
* MysteriousBacker: Eddie Morra, who kidnaps Brian, patches up his gunshot wound, and offers to supply him with the formula that staves off NZT's side effects. In return, all he wants is for Brian to solve Eli's murder, as Eddie somehow knows that doing so will land him in a good position with the FBI. Somehow this all works in Morra's favour, whatever he's after.
* SherlockScan: Brian is able to do this while under the effects of NZT, most notably during his run from the FBI. Not only does he perfectly dodge traffic, he's able to quickly deduce which route gives him a better chance at getting away immediately after.
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!This series contains examples of:
* AppliedPhlebotinum: NZT-48, as well as Morra's treatment to eliminate the side effects of NZT withdrawal. He tells Brian that each subsequent dosage makes the user's body crave it more, but Morra himself has been able to take a pill every day and was last sick two years ago.
* AwesomeByAnalysis: The effects of Brian, and anybody else, on NZT. It allows them to retain and access every memory, make connections between abstract pieces of information, and calculate everything around them.
* ColorWash: Like in the movie, the perspective of NZT users is shown in orange and yellow, while reality is more dull and blue.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Brian's first appearance is evading the FBI using the NZT powers, dodging traffic perfectly, and evading being shot at by jumping into the path of a moving subway train. Then it freezes, and the narration begins.
-->'''Brian''': The first thing you need to know is that I didn't do anything wrong.
* FantasticDrug: Nobody, not even the FBI, know where the drug comes from or who is distributing it. Even government attempts to reverse engineer it have failed and caused the users to burn out and die.
* HowWeGotHere: The pilot begins with Brian already fleeing Eli's murder scene while being chased by FBI agents, and follows his pursuit into the subway. It stops just before the train (almost) hits him.
* InstantExpert: Played with. Brian is able to a lot of things he wasn't able to do before, but almost everything he accomplishes on his first dose was based on information he had been exposed to over his life, but was unable to access from deep in his memory. When he realizes he might be able to help his father, he actually needs to go through his brother's old medical textbooks before he has any idea what he might be looking for.
* MysteriousBacker: Eddie Morra, who kidnaps Brian, patches up his gunshot wound, and offers to supply him with the formula that staves off NZT's side effects. In return, all he wants is for Brian to solve Eli's murder, as Eddie somehow knows that doing so will land him in a good position with the FBI. Somehow this all works in Morra's favour, whatever he's after.
* SherlockScan: Brian is able to do this while under the effects of NZT, most notably during his run from the FBI. Not only does he perfectly dodge traffic, he's able to quickly deduce which route gives him a better chance at getting away immediately after.
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->Every time he takes it he basically becomes the smartest person in the world. That's a resource. Let's make it ''our'' resource.
-->--'''Agent Rebecca Harris, "Pilot"'''
''Limitless'' is a 2015 television series airing on Creator/CBS, and a SequelSeries to the [[Film/{{Limitless}} 2011 film of the same name]].
Brian Finch (Jake [=McDorman=]) is lost in his life. His career as a struggling musician has tapered off while all of his bandmates moved on to better things, his siblings seem to have grown up while leaving him in the dust, and now his father is sick with a seemingly undiagnosable disease. But a chance encounter with one of his old friends leads to Brian taking the mysterious new drug NZT - a drug that allows the human brain to function [[NinetyPercentOfYourBrain at its highest potential]]. Brian thinks the drug will help him achieve something that will make his father proud of him in the time he has left, but his attempt to get more from his friend lead to him becoming the chief suspect in his friend's murder and on the run from the FBI.
Brian is able to gain evidence and turn it over to FBI agent Rebecca Harris (Jennifer Carpenter) in order to build goodwill, but soon after almost gets killed while pursuing the killer. Blacking out from his bullet wound, he awakes to find himself being treated by Senator Eddie Morra (Creator/BradleyCooper reprising his role from the film). Morra offers him one dose and a way to counteract the side effects, his only reason that Brian will be in a position useful to him very soon. Brian solves the murder and, at Rebecca's suggestion, is brought on as an informant while the FBI studies his apparent immunity to NZT's side effects.
The series also stars Hill Harper as Agent Spellman Boyle and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as FBI special agent Nasreen "Naz" Pouran. It is also produced by Bradley Cooper, who will be reprising his role from the film beyond his initial appearance in the pilot.
-->--'''Agent Rebecca Harris, "Pilot"'''
''Limitless'' is a 2015 television series airing on Creator/CBS, and a SequelSeries to the [[Film/{{Limitless}} 2011 film of the same name]].
Brian Finch (Jake [=McDorman=]) is lost in his life. His career as a struggling musician has tapered off while all of his bandmates moved on to better things, his siblings seem to have grown up while leaving him in the dust, and now his father is sick with a seemingly undiagnosable disease. But a chance encounter with one of his old friends leads to Brian taking the mysterious new drug NZT - a drug that allows the human brain to function [[NinetyPercentOfYourBrain at its highest potential]]. Brian thinks the drug will help him achieve something that will make his father proud of him in the time he has left, but his attempt to get more from his friend lead to him becoming the chief suspect in his friend's murder and on the run from the FBI.
Brian is able to gain evidence and turn it over to FBI agent Rebecca Harris (Jennifer Carpenter) in order to build goodwill, but soon after almost gets killed while pursuing the killer. Blacking out from his bullet wound, he awakes to find himself being treated by Senator Eddie Morra (Creator/BradleyCooper reprising his role from the film). Morra offers him one dose and a way to counteract the side effects, his only reason that Brian will be in a position useful to him very soon. Brian solves the murder and, at Rebecca's suggestion, is brought on as an informant while the FBI studies his apparent immunity to NZT's side effects.
The series also stars Hill Harper as Agent Spellman Boyle and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as FBI special agent Nasreen "Naz" Pouran. It is also produced by Bradley Cooper, who will be reprising his role from the film beyond his initial appearance in the pilot.
