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''Matador'' is a 2014 [[ShortRunners short-lived]] US TV series about a young, aggressive DEA agent named Tony Bravo who is recruited by the CIA to spy on an unfolding conspiracy, masterminded by a shadowy central figure. One of the members of the conspiracy is believed to be the owner of L.A. Riot, a man named Andrés Galan. The CIA baits the hook for Bravo by promising to get his brother out on parole ASAP. In exchange, Tony has to go undercover as a soccer ("football" in Europe) player.

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''Matador'' is a 2014 [[ShortRunners short-lived]] US TV series about a young, aggressive DEA agent named Tony Bravo who is recruited by the CIA to spy on an unfolding conspiracy, masterminded by a shadowy central figure. One of the members of the conspiracy is believed to be the owner of L.A. Riot, a man named Andrés Galan. The CIA baits the hook for Bravo by promising to get his brother out on parole ASAP. In exchange, Tony has to go undercover as a soccer ("football" in Europe) an UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball player.


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''Matador'' (2014) was a [[ShortRunners short-lived]] US TV series about a young, aggressive DEA agent named Tony Bravo who is recruited by the CIA to spy on an unfolding conspiracy, masterminded by a shadowy central figure. One of the members of the conspiracy is believed to be the owner of L.A. Riot, a man named Andrés Galan. The CIA baits the hook for Bravo by promising to get his brother out on parole ASAP. In exchange, Tony has to go undercover as a soccer ("football" in Europe) player.

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''Matador'' (2014) was is a 2014 [[ShortRunners short-lived]] US TV series about a young, aggressive DEA agent named Tony Bravo who is recruited by the CIA to spy on an unfolding conspiracy, masterminded by a shadowy central figure. One of the members of the conspiracy is believed to be the owner of L.A. Riot, a man named Andrés Galan. The CIA baits the hook for Bravo by promising to get his brother out on parole ASAP. In exchange, Tony has to go undercover as a soccer ("football" in Europe) player.


The entire first season aired over the Creator/ElReyNetwork, ending on October 7, 2014. The network initially reviewed the show for a second season before its premiere, but they would later report it cancelled on November 29, 2014, due to disappointing international sales.

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The entire first season aired over the Creator/ElReyNetwork, ending on October 7, 2014. The network initially reviewed renewed the show for a second season before its premiere, but they would later ultimately report it cancelled on November 29, 2014, due to disappointing international sales.


''Matador'' (2014) is a US TV series about a young, aggressive DEA agent named Tony Bravo who is recruited by the CIA to spy on an unfolding conspiracy, masterminded by a shadowy central figure. One of the members of the conspiracy is believed to be the owner of L.A. Riot, a man named Andrés Galan. The CIA baits the hook for Bravo by promising to get his brother out on parole ASAP. In exchange, Tony has to go undercover as a soccer ("football" in Europe) player.

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''Matador'' (2014) is was a [[ShortRunners short-lived]] US TV series about a young, aggressive DEA agent named Tony Bravo who is recruited by the CIA to spy on an unfolding conspiracy, masterminded by a shadowy central figure. One of the members of the conspiracy is believed to be the owner of L.A. Riot, a man named Andrés Galan. The CIA baits the hook for Bravo by promising to get his brother out on parole ASAP. In exchange, Tony has to go undercover as a soccer ("football" in Europe) player.



The entire first season aired over the Creator/ElReyNetwork, ending on October 7, 2014. The show was reported cancelled on November 29, 2014.

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The entire first season aired over the Creator/ElReyNetwork, ending on October 7, 2014. The network initially reviewed the show was reported for a second season before its premiere, but they would later report it cancelled on November 29, 2014.
2014, due to disappointing international sales.


The entire first season aired over the El Rey network, ending on October 7, 2014. The show was reported cancelled on November 29, 2014.

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The entire first season aired over the El Rey network, Creator/ElReyNetwork, ending on October 7, 2014. The show was reported cancelled on November 29, 2014.


* LesYay: [[spoiler:Between Flores and her hacker girlfriend.]]



* TrainingMontage: Seen in the pilot. As part of Bravo's cover, he has to be a top-notch soccer player. While he hasn't played much since he was a child, his skills start to come back and by the time he's ready to be recruited by Galan's team, L.A. Riot, he's able to keep up with the team.

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* TrainingMontage: Seen in the pilot. As part of Bravo's cover, he has to be a top-notch soccer player. While he hasn't played much since he was a child, teenager, his skills start to come back and by the time he's ready to be recruited by Galan's team, L.A. Riot, he's able to keep up with the team.


The entire first season aired over the El Rey network, ending on October 7, 2014. A second season is already in the works.

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The entire first season aired over the El Rey network, ending on October 7, 2014. A second season is already in the works.
The show was reported cancelled on November 29, 2014.

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* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Invoked twice for [[spoiler:Tony Bravo. In the 12th episode, he is thought to be dead of either the virus or the massive explosion. In the finale, he is alive, and apparently immune to the Ze'otec virus.]]

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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Played with. [[spoiler:While Sayer's graduate student turned company VP stands to haul down a sizable fortune being paid to rush out a vaccine against Sayer's virus, Sayer himself doesn't care about the money, instead desiring to gain absolute mental control over the US's population so they will do anything he dictates.]]

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** The season finale, Episode 13. [[spoiler:Sayer is [[AbortedArc summarily executed]], and Galan becomes the new BigBad as he gathers together a cabal of businesspeople for an as yet unspecified project, while killing off a long-time friend of his.]]


Eleven episodes have aired over the El Rey Network as of September 24 2014. A second season is already in the works.

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Eleven episodes have The entire first season aired over the El Rey Network as of September 24 network, ending on October 7, 2014. A second season is already in the works.

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* LesYay: [[spoiler:Between Flores and her hacker girlfriend.]]


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** "Riot 'Til I Die", Episode 11. [[spoiler:Reyna Flores reveals that she has been working undercover as a news reporter to get revenge on Galan for him hiring an assassin to have her father killed.]]


* DarkSecret: Tony Bravo's father is implied to have a shady past. [[spoiler:It's heavily implied in episode 11 ("Riot 'til I Die") that he was part of a death squad in Latin America.]]



** After getting an ImpliedDeathThreat, [[spoiler:Flores tells Tony she shouldn't have been surprised given his family history.]]

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** After getting an ImpliedDeathThreat, [[spoiler:Flores tells Tony she shouldn't have been surprised given his family history.history, which is revealed in episode 11 to show that his father had been part of a death squad.]]


Ten episodes have aired over the El Rey Network as of September 16 2014. A second season is in the works.

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Ten Eleven episodes have aired over the El Rey Network as of September 16 24 2014. A second season is already in the works.


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* OfCorpseHesAlive: [[spoiler:What ends up happening to Samuel, in order to hide the fact that he's dead while drawing out Dr. Sayer.]]

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