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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Mr. Vincent]]

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* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: Nate]]

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* NoMedicationForMe: Clark
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* StraightGay: Miles

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* {{Technobabble}}: Actually, psychobabble, but yeah.

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* LampshadeHanging: In the 2nd episode, the team realizes they need a sexy woman to seduce a man to further one of their ploys. They ask, "What about Claire (Wynn Everette)?" Clark responds, "No, we need someone older." The character brought in is Samantha Gordon, who is played by Jaime Ray Newman, a veteran TV actor who brings slightly more name recognition to the show than Everette. Claire leaves after this episode.

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* LampshadeHanging: In the 2nd episode, the team realizes they need a sexy woman to seduce a man to further one of their ploys. They ask, "What about Claire (Wynn Everette)?" (Creator/WynnEverette)?" Clark responds, "No, we need someone older." The character brought in is Samantha Gordon, who is played by Jaime Ray Newman, Creator/JaimeRayNewman, a veteran TV actor who brings slightly more name recognition to the show than Everette. Claire leaves after this episode.
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''Mind Games'' is a 2014 TV series starring Creator/ChristianSlater and Steve Zahn. It centers on the Edwards brothers, Clark, a bipolar ex-psychology professor, and Ross, an ex-con, who start a business where they use Clark's knowledge of behavior to help people achieve what they want.

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''Mind Games'' is a 2014 TV series starring Creator/ChristianSlater and Steve Zahn.Creator/SteveZahn. It centers on the Edwards brothers, Clark, a bipolar ex-psychology professor, and Ross, an ex-con, who start a business where they use Clark's knowledge of behavior to help people achieve what they want.
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Mind Games is a 2014 TV series starring Creator/ChristianSlater and Steve Zahn. It centers on the Edwards brothers, Clark, a bipolar ex-psychology professor, and Ross, an ex-con, who start a business where they use Clark's knowledge of behavior to help people achieve what they want.

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Mind Games ''Mind Games'' is a 2014 TV series starring Creator/ChristianSlater and Steve Zahn. It centers on the Edwards brothers, Clark, a bipolar ex-psychology professor, and Ross, an ex-con, who start a business where they use Clark's knowledge of behavior to help people achieve what they want.



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* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Nate]]


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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Mr. Vincent]]


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Mind Games is a 2014 TV Series starring Creator/ChristianSlater and Steve Zahn. It centers on the Edwards brothers, Clark, a bipolar ex-psychology professor, and Ross, an ex-con, who start a business where they use Clark's knowledge of behavior to help people achieve what they want.

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Mind Games is a 2014 TV Series series starring Creator/ChristianSlater and Steve Zahn. It centers on the Edwards brothers, Clark, a bipolar ex-psychology professor, and Ross, an ex-con, who start a business where they use Clark's knowledge of behavior to help people achieve what they want.

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Mind Games is a 2014 TV Series starring Christian Slater and Steve Zahn. It centers on the Edwards brothers, Clark, a bipolar ex-psychology professor, and Ross, an ex-con, who start a business where they use Clark's knowledge of behavior to help people achieve what they want.

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Mind Games is a 2014 TV Series starring Christian Slater Creator/ChristianSlater and Steve Zahn. It centers on the Edwards brothers, Clark, a bipolar ex-psychology professor, and Ross, an ex-con, who start a business where they use Clark's knowledge of behavior to help people achieve what they want.



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* StatusQuoIsGod: Despite the fact that 50+ people called them to arrange appointments at the end of episode 4 and they are shown to [[AvertedTrope avert]] KeepTheReward (they were handsomely paid by a businesswoman in episode 2), at the beginning of episode 5, they are apparently just as broke as they always were, to the point of having to withhold paychecks (Ross's included). Granted, it ''would'' take more than an episode's time to handle all those clients, but still...
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** The ''raison d'etre'' of the team as a whole is to be ManipulativeBastards.

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** The ''raison d'etre'' of the team as a whole is to be ManipulativeBastards.use ManipulativeBastard techniques.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: A reporter's attempted hatchet job on the team in episode 4 leads to them getting a lot more work.


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** The ''raison d'etre'' of the team as a whole is to be ManipulativeBastards.
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* CloudCookoolander: Clark comes off this way. Ross finds himself often apologizing for the brother’s behavior during interviews with prospective clients.

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* CloudCookoolander: CloudCuckoolander: Clark comes off this way. Ross finds himself often apologizing for the brother’s behavior during interviews with prospective clients.



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[[Mind Games]] includes examples of:
* Becoming the Mask: Beth actually falls for Clark.
* Cloud Cookoolander: Clark comes off this way. Ross finds himself often apologizing for the brother’s behavior during interviews with prospective clients.
* Distracted by the Sexy: The skill Samantha brings to the team.
* Lampshade hanging: In the 2nd episode, the team realizes they need a sexy woman to seduce a man to further one of their ploys. They ask, "What about Claire (Wynn Everette)?" Clark responds, "No, we need someone older." The character brought in is Samantha Gordon, who is played by Jaime Ray Newman, a veteran TV actor who brings slightly more name recognition to the show than Everette. Claire leaves after this episode.
* Manipulative Bastard: Ross.
** To wit, we learn at the end of the pilot that [[spoiler:he hired the college student Beth to seduce his brother just so his brother would get fired for having an affair with the student, so his brother could come to work for him in the business world. Then he pays Beth to disappear.]]
* Off his meds: Clark
* Second Episode Introduction: Samantha Gordon
* Straight Gay: Miles
* Technobabble: Actually, psychobabble, but yeah.

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[[Mind Games]] !Series/MindGames includes examples of:
* Becoming the Mask: BecomingTheMask: Beth actually falls for Clark.
* Cloud Cookoolander: CloudCookoolander: Clark comes off this way. Ross finds himself often apologizing for the brother’s behavior during interviews with prospective clients.
* Distracted by the Sexy: DistractedByTheSexy: The skill Samantha brings to the team.
* Lampshade hanging: LampshadeHanging: In the 2nd episode, the team realizes they need a sexy woman to seduce a man to further one of their ploys. They ask, "What about Claire (Wynn Everette)?" Clark responds, "No, we need someone older." The character brought in is Samantha Gordon, who is played by Jaime Ray Newman, a veteran TV actor who brings slightly more name recognition to the show than Everette. Claire leaves after this episode.
* Manipulative Bastard: Ross.
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ManipulativeBastard: Ross. To wit, we learn at the end of the pilot that [[spoiler:he hired the college student Beth to seduce his brother just so his brother would get fired for having an affair with the student, so his brother could come to work for him in the business world. Then he pays Beth to disappear.]]
* Off his meds: OffHisMeds: Clark
* Second Episode Introduction: SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Samantha Gordon
* Straight Gay: StraightGay: Miles
* Technobabble: {{Technobabble}}: Actually, psychobabble, but yeah.
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