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* InevitablyBrokenRule: Early on in the series, John and Jane shake on a pact to (a) never have sex with each other and (b) make a certain amount of money through their spy agency before eventually parting ways to live their own lives. They break the first rule before the episode ends and [[spoiler:later want to break the second by escaping and having children together. Whether they succeed or not is left up in the air by season one's AmbiguousEnding.]]
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* SmellsSexy: While they're under the effects of truth serum, John admits he loves how Jane smells and asks if he can smell her neck. An episode before that, he also comments "it smells good in here" after Jane had secretly entered the apartment a few minutes earlier.
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* AngerBornOfWorry: After John goes rogue during a mission, not knowing where he is or if he's okay, Jane sends a barrage of texts to his phone, going back and forth between paragraphs of angry chastising to some variation of "I'm sorry, please text me back." Later, when she's helping him recover from almost dying, he realizes it's because she really cares about him.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: The titular characters give one of these to each other, thinking they're about to die on a super high risk mission. Later, the trope is discussed because Jane wants to know if John actually meant it or if he was just saying it in the moment.
-->'''John:''' Whatever happens, I love you.
-->'''Jane, crying:''' I love you, too.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: The titular characters give one of these to each other, thinking they're about to die on a super high risk mission. Later, the trope is discussed because Jane wants to know if John actually meant it or if he was just saying it in the moment.
-->'''John:''' Whatever happens, I love you.
-->'''Jane, crying:''' I love you, too.
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* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: Subverted with Hot Neighbor. For most of season one, John is jealous over Jane's interactions with the neighbor, suspecting this trope is being played straight between the two... until he figures out the real reason for the latter's interest.
-->'''John:''' You weren't flirting with Jane because you like her. [[spoiler:It was about our house.]]
-->'''John:''' You weren't flirting with Jane because you like her. [[spoiler:It was about our house.]]
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* BringMyBrownPants: The character played by (Creator/RonPerlman) pees
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* BringMyBrownPants: The character played by (Creator/RonPerlman) pees
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* BringMyBrownPants: The character played by (Creator/RonPerlman) pees
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* NewhartPhoneCall: John has one with his mother, Denise, in "First Vacation." After asking if she's okay because she called him three times in a row, he starts helping with her computer, at one point asking [[HaveYouTriedRebooting if she tried turning it off and back on.]]
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I don't think Chekhovs Gunman applies to Moura/Posey since the "seemingly unimportant" part of Chekhovs Gun and its subtropes doesn't apply to them. They're the focus of a whole episode.
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* ChekhovsGunman: John #2 and Jane #2, played by Creator/WagnerMoura and Creator/ParkerPosey. They are fellow Smiths that our John and Jane take a dislike to. The finale reveals that their job is to terminate other Smiths--they try to kill our John and Jane, and it seems almost certain that they were the ones who killed the DecoyProtagonist John and Jane at the beginning of the first episode.
** Subverted with the neighbor, Creator/PaulDano. He's oddly curious about John and Jane, and in the finale, John asks him at gunpoint, "Are you Hihi?" Turns out he's only a real estate agent who would really, really like to sell John and Jane's expensive, luxurious brownstone.
** Subverted with the neighbor, Creator/PaulDano. He's oddly curious about John and Jane, and in the finale, John asks him at gunpoint, "Are you Hihi?" Turns out he's only a real estate agent who would really, really like to sell John and Jane's expensive, luxurious brownstone.
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* ChekhovsGunman: John #2 and Jane #2, played by Creator/WagnerMoura and Creator/ParkerPosey. They are fellow Smiths that our John and Jane take a dislike to. The finale reveals that their job is to terminate other Smiths--they try to kill our John and Jane, and it seems almost certain that they were the ones who killed the DecoyProtagonist John and Jane at the beginning of the first episode.
**Subverted with the neighbor, played by Creator/PaulDano. He's He only gets a few appearances where he's oddly curious about John and Jane, and in the finale, John asks him at gunpoint, "Are you Hihi?" Turns out he's only a real estate agent who would really, really like to sell John and Jane's expensive, luxurious brownstone.
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* ChekhovsGunman: John #2 and Jane #2, played by Creator/WagnerMoura and Creator/ParkerPosey. They are fellow Smiths that our John and Jane take a dislike to. The finale reveals that their job is to terminate other Smiths--they try to kill our John and Jane, and it seems almost certain that they were the ones who killed the DecoyProtagonist John and Jane at the beginning of the first episode.
* KilledMidSentence: At the beginning of the first episode a John and Jane are in a remote farmhouse when the bad guys come. John and Jane decide to fight. John says "I can flank--", and then he is shot through the face and killed. (Jane is killed moments later.)
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** The {{Decoy Protagonist}}s that appear at the beginning of the first episode evoke the previous stars, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
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** The {{Decoy Protagonist}}s that appear at the beginning of the first episode evoke look like the previous stars, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.Jolie. (He's tall and handsome in a sort of Nordic way, she's dark and curvy.)
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* AmbiguousEnding: To season one. [[spoiler:Jane has only one bullet left. She goes to confront [[Creator/ParkerPosey Posey!Jane]] and we hear, but don't see, multiple gunshots. FadeToBlack.]]
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* AmbiguousEnding: To season one. [[spoiler:Jane has only one bullet left. She goes to confront [[Creator/ParkerPosey Posey!Jane]] the enemy Jane and we hear, but don't see, multiple gunshots. FadeToBlack.]]
* CharacterTics: The other John sneezes in multiples. While initially just pointed out as an annoying trait in his introductory episode, John and Jane are later able to exploit it in the finale, as his sneezes give them an opening to [[spoiler:attack him -- Jane is able to shoot him in the eye -- and briefly escape his wife.]]
* EyeScream: In the last episode, Jane shoots [[spoiler:the John played by Creator/WagnerMoura]] in the eye.
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** That [[Creator/WagnerMoura Moura!John]]'s hip-hop knowledge seemingly begins and ends with {{Music/Eminem}} foreshadows that Moura!John and [[Creator/ParkerPosey Posey!Jane]] aren't as cool as John and Jane initially thought, which they would have realized earlier if they weren't so smitten with them.
** Similarly, Moura!John laughs ''way'' too long to hearing about the two's initial "retirement" plan. [[spoiler:While audiences might have already figured out that ResignationsNotAccepted was in play with the company, given the opening scene, the other John's over-the-top ''amusement'' at the idea of retiring hints at the fact he's directly involved in "finalising" those who try to retire or fail.]]
** Similarly, Moura!John laughs ''way'' too long to hearing about the two's initial "retirement" plan. [[spoiler:While audiences might have already figured out that ResignationsNotAccepted was in play with the company, given the opening scene, the other John's over-the-top ''amusement'' at the idea of retiring hints at the fact he's directly involved in "finalising" those who try to retire or fail.]]
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** That [[Creator/WagnerMoura Moura!John]]'s the John (played by Creator/WagnerMoura)'s hip-hop knowledge seemingly begins and ends with {{Music/Eminem}} foreshadows that Moura!John he and [[Creator/ParkerPosey Posey!Jane]] his wife aren't as cool as the protagonist John and Jane initially thought, which they would have realized earlier if they weren't so smitten with them.
** Similarly,Moura!John the other John laughs ''way'' too long to hearing about the two's initial "retirement" plan. [[spoiler:While audiences might have already figured out that ResignationsNotAccepted was in play with the company, given the opening scene, the other John's over-the-top ''amusement'' at the idea of retiring hints at the fact he's directly involved in "finalising" those who try to retire or fail.]]
** Similarly,
* GivenNameReveal: The protagonists only ever go by their assigned aliases, John and Jane Smith, even to each other. In the last episode, Jane learns that her husband's real name is [[spoiler:Michael, from his mother.]] When prompted by John later on, she admits her real name is [[spoiler:Alana.]]
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: In the finale, John and Jane tear up the house with bullets but neither is able to land a shot on the other. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} -- under the influence of truth serum, they admit that neither really wanted to kill the other, and so were missing on purpose.]]
* LikeAGodToMe: In the finale, the "super high risk" John and Jane talk about their employer like he's a god (which Jane lampshades), because they worship their boss's apparent omniscience.
* LikeAGodToMe: In the finale, the "super high risk" John and Jane talk about their employer like he's a god (which Jane lampshades), because they worship their boss's apparent omniscience.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Smiths' mysterious employer, whom "our" John and Jane call "Hihi", and whom the other John and Jane call "supe". We never learn who -- or what -- they are.
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** [[spoiler:"Do you want to replace your John?"]]
** [[spoiler:"Terminate your Smith!]]
** [[spoiler:"Do you want to replace your John?"]]
** [[spoiler:"Terminate your Smith!]]
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** [[spoiler:"As if you could just retire. Like the Company would be so openminded."]][[note]][[spoiler:[[Creator/WagnerMoura Moura!John]]'s "]] The other John's cackling response informs John and Jane they are [[spoiler:are not allowed to retire from the Company.]][[/note]]
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John?"]], causes the Smiths' relationship to tailspin.
** The final conflict is kicked off by the line [[spoiler:"Terminate yourSmith!]]Smith!"]]
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* ActionGirl: The teaser shows Jane wielding guns, handling the driving, and helping move a dead body.
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* MythologyGag:
** During the first season finale, when [[spoiler:John and Jane are trying to kill each other in their house]], the two end up replicating some of choreography from the 2005 movie during the scene in that movie where [[spoiler:that version of John and Jane try killing each other in their house]]. They even repeat some of the banter from the film.
** The {{Decoy Protagonist}}s that appear at the grinning of the first episode kind of look like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
** During the first season finale, when [[spoiler:John and Jane are trying to kill each other in their house]], the two end up replicating some of choreography from the 2005 movie during the scene in that movie where [[spoiler:that version of John and Jane try killing each other in their house]]. They even repeat some of the banter from the film.
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MythologyGag: There are some subtle references to the [[Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005 2005 film]]:
** During the first season finale, when [[spoiler:John and Jane are trying to kill each other in their house]], the two end up replicating some of choreography from the2005 movie during the scene in that movie where [[spoiler:that version of John and Jane try killing each other in their house]]. They even repeat some of the banter from the film.
** The {{Decoy Protagonist}}s that appear at thegrinning beginning of the first episode kind of look like evoke the previous stars, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
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* ResignationsNotAccepted: The first season finale reveals [[spoiler: practically ever other "Smith couple" eventually decides to try and leave and their boss sends a special pair out to eliminate them.]]
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* ResignationsNotAccepted: The first season finale reveals [[spoiler: practically ever every other "Smith couple" eventually decides to try and leave and their boss sends a special pair out to eliminate them.]]]]
* SheepInSheepsClothing: The Smiths' neighbor is seemingly ''too'' friendly with Jane, triggering John's jealousy and suspicion, though Jane thinks nothing of it. When John goes down to the neighbor's basement in the finale, he sees that the neighbor ''has'' been spying on them -- [[spoiler:though not because he's a rival spy or romantically interested in Jane. He's just a real estate agent trying to figure out how the Smiths could have afforded such a lavish home. He even gives John advice on life and romance.]]
* SheepInSheepsClothing: The Smiths' neighbor is seemingly ''too'' friendly with Jane, triggering John's jealousy and suspicion, though Jane thinks nothing of it. When John goes down to the neighbor's basement in the finale, he sees that the neighbor ''has'' been spying on them -- [[spoiler:though not because he's a rival spy or romantically interested in Jane. He's just a real estate agent trying to figure out how the Smiths could have afforded such a lavish home. He even gives John advice on life and romance.]]
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* WasItAllALie: In the last episode, after [[spoiler:they have been ordered to kill each other]], John asks Jane over the phone whether she really loved him or it was all an act. She's still furious that [[spoiler:her cat has died]] and tells him it was a lie. [[spoiler:Later, John injects them both with truth serum, and she admits that she loves him after all.]]
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* WhiteShirtOfDeath: In the finale, John is wearing an all-white outfit (in contrast to Jane, who is wearing all black) that gets increasingly bloodied as the carnage goes on. [[spoiler:He ends the series seemingly on the verge of death as Jane tries to save both of them.]]
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* PricelessMingVase: On their couples therapy visits, John and Jane often pay compliments to the hostess about her beautiful house and decorations. The therapist usually goes on to describe the history of each item, like her grandfather’s piano that was the only thing he saved from the war, or the floor that was extracted and flown in from her childhood home, or the very last intimate art piece from an African artist that perished. [[spoiler: After learning their sessions had been recorded, John and Jane set fire to the house, condemning all the irreplaceable treasures within to a fiery end.]]
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* TheSwearJar: Jane has her own version of the this: each time she does something sociopathic, she places a marble in a jar. As of the first season finale, she is up to 78.
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''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' is a spy dramedy television series, starring Creator/DonaldGlover and Creator/MayaErskine as the titular couple. They start as two strangers who join the same spy agency, and then work as assassins while using a fake marriage as their cover story. While they handle their weekly assignments professionally, things become more complicated once they start developing real feelings for each other.
The series is based on the [[Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005 2005 film of the same name.]] All 8 episodes will be released on Creator/PrimeVideo on February 2, 2024. A teaser trailer can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPTkwtgzMHo here.]]
The series is based on the [[Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005 2005 film of the same name.]] All 8 episodes will be released on Creator/PrimeVideo on February 2, 2024. A teaser trailer can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPTkwtgzMHo here.]]
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''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' is a spy dramedy television series, starring series by Creator/DonaldGlover and Creator/FrancescaSloane. It stars Glover and Creator/MayaErskine as the titular couple.couple, "John" and "Jane" Smith. They start as two strangers who join the same spy agency, and then work as assassins while using a fake marriage as their cover story. While they handle their weekly assignments professionally, things become more complicated once they start developing real feelings for each other.
The series is based on the [[Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005 2005 film of the same name.]] All 8 episodeswill be were released on Creator/PrimeVideo on February 2, 2024. A teaser trailer can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPTkwtgzMHo here.]]
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* ArgentinaIsNaziLand: In episode 5, Toby tells a joke about traveling to Argentina and meeting Hitler.
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** The writers purposely have the Smiths' missions parallel stages in a relationship, usually made explicit in the episode title (e.g. "First Date" or [[spoiler:"A Breakup"]]).
*** Notably demonstrated in episode 5, "Do You Want Kids?", where John and Jane have to babysit a very childlike elderly man (Creator/RonPerlman), giving them each some insight into how they would be as parents.
*** Notably demonstrated in episode 5, "Do You Want Kids?", where John and Jane have to babysit a very childlike elderly man (Creator/RonPerlman), giving them each some insight into how they would be as parents.
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** The writers purposely have the Smiths' missions parallel stages in a relationship, usually made explicit in the episode title (e.g. "First Date" or [[spoiler:"A Breakup"]]).
***Breakup"]]). Notably demonstrated in episode 5, "Do You Want Kids?", where John and Jane have to babysit a very childlike elderly man (Creator/RonPerlman), giving them each some insight into how they would be as parents.
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* MythologyGag: During the first season finale, when [[spoiler:John and Jane are trying to kill each other in their house]], the two end up replicating some of choreography from the 2005 movie during the scene in that movie where [[spoiler:that version of John and Jane try killing each other in their house]]. They even repeat some of the banter from the film.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: ** That [[Creator/WagnerMoura Moura!John]]'s hip-hop knowledge seemingly begins and ends with {{Music/Eminem}} foreshadows that Moura!John and [[Creator/ParkerPosey Posey!Jane]] aren't as cool as John and Jane initially thought, which they would have realized earlier if they weren't so smitten with them.
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** That [[Creator/WagnerMoura Moura!John]]'s hip-hop knowledge seemingly begins and ends with {{Music/Eminem}} foreshadows that Moura!John and [[Creator/ParkerPosey Posey!Jane]] aren't as cool as John and Jane initially thought, which they would have realized earlier if they weren't so smitten withthem.them.
** Similarly, Moura!John laughs ''way'' too long to hearing about the two's initial "retirement" plan. [[spoiler:While audiences might have already figured out that ResignationsNotAccepted was in play with the company, given the opening scene, the other John's over-the-top ''amusement'' at the idea of retiring hints at the fact he's directly involved in "finalising" those who try to retire or fail.]]
** That [[Creator/WagnerMoura Moura!John]]'s hip-hop knowledge seemingly begins and ends with {{Music/Eminem}} foreshadows that Moura!John and [[Creator/ParkerPosey Posey!Jane]] aren't as cool as John and Jane initially thought, which they would have realized earlier if they weren't so smitten with
** Similarly, Moura!John laughs ''way'' too long to hearing about the two's initial "retirement" plan. [[spoiler:While audiences might have already figured out that ResignationsNotAccepted was in play with the company, given the opening scene, the other John's over-the-top ''amusement'' at the idea of retiring hints at the fact he's directly involved in "finalising" those who try to retire or fail.]]
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* SociopathicHero: Both John and Jane. For the most part, they both have natural inclinations towards good (notably, John goes rogue to save a woman's life despite their job simply being to spy on them) and are generally moral, but they also don't have too many compunctions about killing people and Jane herself admits she failed her CIA psych evaluation because of her "sociopathic tendencies".
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In episode 2, the spies are given truth serums to inject into their target and are instructed to inject only one dosage. [[spoiler:They inject two dosages into the target, who remarks that he feels horny. Later he starts revealing all sorts of secrets in front of the auction and eventually dies when his heart gives out. In the season finale, John inject one dosage into Jane and himself. They also both remark feeling good and horny and start revealing their feelings and secrets to each other. This is highly similar to how MDMA makes you feel. It has been called the love drug due to inducing feelings of closeness and happiness. It also has a reputation for helping couples recover their relationships by allowing them to freely communicate with each other.]]
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** The writers purposely have the Smiths' missions parallel stages in a relationship, usually made explicit in the episode title (e.g. "First Date" or [[spoiler:"A Breakup"]]).
*** Notably demonstrated in episode 5, "Do You Want Kids?", where John and Jane have to babysit a very childlike elderly man (Creator/RonPerlman), giving them each some insight into how they would be as parents.
** In episode 2, the spies are given truth serums to inject into their target and are instructed to inject only one dosage. [[spoiler:They inject two dosages into the target, who remarks that he feels horny. Later he starts revealing all sorts of secrets in front of the auction and eventually dies when his heart gives out. In the season finale, John inject one dosage into Jane and himself. They also both remark feeling good and horny and start revealing their feelings and secrets to each other. This is highly similar to how MDMA makes you feel. It has been called the love drug due to inducing feelings of closeness and happiness. It also has a reputation for helping couples recover their relationships by allowing them to freely communicate with each other.]]
** The writers purposely have the Smiths' missions parallel stages in a relationship, usually made explicit in the episode title (e.g. "First Date" or [[spoiler:"A Breakup"]]).
*** Notably demonstrated in episode 5, "Do You Want Kids?", where John and Jane have to babysit a very childlike elderly man (Creator/RonPerlman), giving them each some insight into how they would be as parents.
** In episode 2, the spies are given truth serums to inject into their target and are instructed to inject only one dosage. [[spoiler:They inject two dosages into the target, who remarks that he feels horny. Later he starts revealing all sorts of secrets in front of the auction and eventually dies when his heart gives out. In the season finale, John inject one dosage into Jane and himself. They also both remark feeling good and horny and start revealing their feelings and secrets to each other. This is highly similar to how MDMA makes you feel. It has been called the love drug due to inducing feelings of closeness and happiness. It also has a reputation for helping couples recover their relationships by allowing them to freely communicate with each other.]]
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They set fire to her house because she has audio and video recordings of their sessions. Not because they hate her advice.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: In one episode, Jane and John go see a counselor (Creator/SarahPaulson) for a few sessions at her own to talk through their problems. Because they don't like the advice she gives them, they set fire to her house as they're leaving.
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* AmbiguousEnding: To season one. [[spoiler:Jane has only one bullet left. She goes to confront [[Creator/ParkerPosey Posey!Jane]] and we hear, but don't see, multiple gunshots. FadeToBlack.]]
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** [[spoiler:"As if you could just retire. Like the Company would be so openminded."]][[note]][[spoiler:[[Creator/WagnerMoura Moura!John]]'s cackling response informs John and Jane they are not allowed to retire from the Company.]][[/note]]
** [[spoiler:"Do you want to replace your John?"]]
** [[spoiler:"Terminate your Smith!]]
** [[spoiler:"As if you could just retire. Like the Company would be so openminded."]][[note]][[spoiler:[[Creator/WagnerMoura Moura!John]]'s cackling response informs John and Jane they are not allowed to retire from the Company.]][[/note]]
** [[spoiler:"Do you want to replace your John?"]]
** [[spoiler:"Terminate your Smith!]]
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* DisproportionateRetribution: In one episode, Jane and John go see a counselor (Creator/SarahPaulson) for a few sessions at her own to talk through their problems. Because they don't like the advice she gives them, they set fire to her house as they're leaving.
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* ResignationsNotAccepted: The first season finale reveals [[spoiler: practically ever other "Smith couple" eventually decides to try and leave and their boss sends a special pair out to eliminate them.]]
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: In the first season finale [[spoiler: John and Jane each assume the other is trying to kill them with a bomb for John's mom and Jane nearly killed. A huge fight has them hit by a truth serum, bonding over their real feelings. Jane finally asks why, if John loves her, he tried to kill her. A confused John says no and asks why Jane tried to kill him with her denying it. They're both confused...and then the "Smiths" they met earlier in the season show up to reveal they're the ones sent to "finalize" the duo.]]
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* FriendsRentControl: This crosses into CoverIdentityAnamoly as it turns out half the real estate groups in Manhattan are trying to figure out how two software engineers can own a brownstone worth at least $2.5 million without getting city approval.
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* FriendsRentControl: This crosses into CoverIdentityAnamoly CoverIdentityAnomaly as it turns out half the real estate groups in Manhattan are trying to figure out how two software engineers can own a brownstone worth at least $2.5 million without getting city approval.
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* FriendsRentControl: This crosses into CoverIdentityAnamoly as it turns out half the real estate groups in Manhattan are trying to figure out how two software engineers can own a brownstone worth at least $2.5 million without getting city approval.
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* SpottingTheThread: In the first season finale, John confronts their nosy neighbor, finding photos of their house and figure he's an enemy agent. Turns out the guy works for Southbey's and is trying to figure out how it's possible a brownstone with a garage and pool worth over two million dollars could not only be owned by two data software engineers but be built without any city records or approval.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Jane and John are able to steal the package they were supposed to get in the first episode, they deliver it to the destination - [[spoiler:only to find out it's a cake. As they're leaving, Jane and John wonder if it was a SecretTestOfCharacter, which is when the house they delivered the cake to explodes, revealing it was a bomb all along]].
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* DecoyProtagonist: The series starts with a couple, played by Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard and Creator/EizaGonzalez, at a remote house, about to celebrate when an alarm goes off, alerting them to someone coming. The husband gets ready for them to run, only for the wife to tell them that [[DoNotGoGentle she's tired of running]], and he agrees they should stay and fight. Then he gets killed by a gunshot, and while she puts up more of a fight, she also gets killed. Then we meet Jane and John.
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''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' is an upcoming spy comedy television series, starring Creator/DonaldGlover and Creator/MayaErskine as the titular couple. They start as two strangers who join the same spy agency, and then work as assassins while using a fake marriage as their cover story. While they handle their weekly assignments professionally, things become more complicated once they start developing real feelings for each other.
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''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' is an upcoming a spy comedy dramedy television series, starring Creator/DonaldGlover and Creator/MayaErskine as the titular couple. They start as two strangers who join the same spy agency, and then work as assassins while using a fake marriage as their cover story. While they handle their weekly assignments professionally, things become more complicated once they start developing real feelings for each other.
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* ThousandYardStare: The teaser shows both of them in a helicopter after some kind of battle, clearly worn out after what happened.happened.
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''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' is an upcoming spy comedy television series, starring Creator/DonaldGlover and Creator/MayaErskine as the titular couple. They start as two strangers who join the same spy agency, and then work as assassins while using a fake marriage as their cover story. While they handle their weekly assignments professionally, things become more complicated once they start developing real feelings for each other.
The series is based on the [[Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005 2005 film of the same name.]] All 8 episodes will be released on Creator/PrimeVideo on February 2, 2024. A teaser trailer can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPTkwtgzMHo here.]]
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!!''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: The teaser shows Jane wielding guns, handling the driving, and helping move a dead body.
* BlatantLies: When they meet in a New York restaurant, Jane casually asks John if he's ever killed anyone. John awkwardly smiles and denies it, and then glances around to see if anyone heard her.
* HappilyMarried: Their cover story is that they're a married couple who are software engineers.
* ProfessionalKiller: Both characters are paid assassins working for the same spy agency.
* StuffBlowingUp: The teaser shows that at least part of one house explodes.
* ThousandYardStare: The teaser shows both of them in a helicopter after some kind of battle, clearly worn out after what happened.
The series is based on the [[Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005 2005 film of the same name.]] All 8 episodes will be released on Creator/PrimeVideo on February 2, 2024. A teaser trailer can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPTkwtgzMHo here.]]
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!!''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: The teaser shows Jane wielding guns, handling the driving, and helping move a dead body.
* BlatantLies: When they meet in a New York restaurant, Jane casually asks John if he's ever killed anyone. John awkwardly smiles and denies it, and then glances around to see if anyone heard her.
* HappilyMarried: Their cover story is that they're a married couple who are software engineers.
* ProfessionalKiller: Both characters are paid assassins working for the same spy agency.
* StuffBlowingUp: The teaser shows that at least part of one house explodes.
* ThousandYardStare: The teaser shows both of them in a helicopter after some kind of battle, clearly worn out after what happened.
