History Series / TheBrink

* ImpossibleTask: Lampshaded by Larson when the president announces he wants to destroy compromised Pakistani nuclear sites with zero civilian casualties.
--> '''President Navarro:''' I want zero civilian casualties.
--> '''Larson:''' Yeah, and I want to fuck Creator/ScarlettJohansson.

A 2015 Political BlackComedy series on HBO, which will focus on a different international crisis each season. It focuses on three main sets of characters; a low level State Department officer played by Creator/JackBlack and his driver, the philandering US Secretary of State along with the presidential cabinet, and an ActionDuo of two bumbling US Navy pilots.

The first season focuses on a crisis in Pakistan, after it is taken over by a MilitaryCoup. Low level State Department employee Alex Talbot must act as the US government's [[TheMole guy on the inside]], as he is the only diplomat outside of the sealed US Embassy, whilst also dealing with his driver, Rafiq, and his family he has dragged into the problem. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Walter Larson must battle stateside to ensure a peaceful resolution, much to the chagrin of the {{Warhawk}} Secretary of Defense, who endeavors to use AcePilot Zeke and his partner to bomb Pakistani nuclear sites and potentially start WorldWarIII.

The first season focuses on a crisis in Pakistan, after it is taken over by a MilitaryCoup. Low level State Department employee Alex Talbot must act as the US governments [[TheMole guy on the inside]], as he is the only diplomat outside of the sealed US Embassy, whilst also dealing with his driver, Rafiq, and his family he has dragged into the problem. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Walter Larson must battle stateside to ensure a peaceful resolution, much to the chagrin of the WarHawk Secretary of Defense, who endeavours to use AcePilot Zeke and his partner to bomb Pakistani nuclear sites and potentially start WorldWarIII.

--> '''Kendra:''' Yeah, well [[RealityEnsues we lost that one]], didn't we?

* RealityEnsues: When Larson tries to get Talia Levy, the Israeli Foreign Minister, to let him speak to the PM by threatening to cut military aid.

** Turns out punching a fellow secretary in the face and fighting him ''in front of the president'' does not make you look better in his eyes. [[spoiler: It actually gets your ass fired]].

A 2015 Political BlackComedy series on HBO, which will focus on a different international crisis each season. It focuses on three main sets of characters; a low level State Department officer played by JackBlack and his driver, the philandering US Secretary of State along with the presidential cabinet, and an ActionDuo of two bumbling US Navy pilots.

* RealityEnsues: When Larson tries to get the Talia Levy, the Israeli Foreign Minister to let him speak to the PM by threatening to cut military aid.

* TheRestOfTheNuclearClub: Pakistan possessing nukes is one of the main concerns of the US government throughout the series.

--> '''Larson:''' Yeah, and I want to fuck ScarlettJohansson.

The show was already renewed for a second season.

--> '''Larson:''' Trust me, arms can be twisted. An plus, I'm close with all the Jewish senators: Boxer, Schumer, Feinstein.

** Played with with Zeke and Glenn. They get hammered aboard the USS Grant after getting severely reprimanded and banned from flying by Admiral [=McBride=], so are technically off duty. However, as the only pilots left close enough to [[spoiler: take down the Pakistani fighter jet delivering a nuke to Tel Aviv]] ( as the rest pf the fleets fighters are still over Pakistan), they are forced get back in the F-16 and engage in aerial warfare, whilst ''very'' drunk.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Despite his goofy persona and idiotic antics, Zeke shows himself to be very skilled at hand-to-hand combat when he is forced to [[spoiler: to fight a warlords son in rural Pakistan]].
** Larson also counts, successfully overpowering Haroon Raja (a trained military general) and getting him in a headlock [[spoiler: when he confronts him in Geneva]]. Kind of makes sense considering he is a [[RetiredBadass veteran of the Vietnam war]].

* ContrivedCoincidence: Rafiq's uncle, a psychologist, having treated the general leading the coup years before. He still has the man's medical file, which Talbot is able to fax to the US government who have little information about him.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When the world is on the brink of WW3, and the White House has been evacuated, all President Navarro and Secretary of Defense Gray seem to be focusing on is the deals they got on a pair of slacks from the Neiman Marcus the underground bunker is located underneath.
-->'''Gray:''' 20% off the already marked down price. These slacks were practically wholesale.
-->'''President Navarro:''' Can't pass that up.
-->'''Gray:''' What did you get?
-->'''President Navarro:''' I got this for my wife ''[pulls lingerie set out of bag]''.
-->'''Gray:''' Ah, ''your'' wife can wear something like that.
-->'''President Navarro:''' Oh yeah.

* DoubleEntendre: Larson views the Israeli Foreign Minister's threats to get out of her office as such.
--> '''Levy:''' Get out Walter. I will hit you, I will hit you where no one will see the bruises.
--> '''Larson:''' ''[smirks]'' You're turning me on.

* ReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** Larson issues a brief but effective one to Gray regarding his lack of military experience and warmongering attitude.
--> '''Gray:''' You're out of line, Walter.
--> '''Larson:''' Am I? [[BadassBoast I was on the goddamn roof defending the last chopper out of Saigon before my 19th birthday]]. When you were 19 you were date raping Radcliffe girls.
--> '''Gray:''' Fuck you.
--> '''Larson:''' Or was it Harvard boys? Lucky for you your prick was so small they didn't have the heart to press charges!
** Larson delivers another one to President Julian Navarro in the season one finale.
--> '''Larson:''' I'm tired of being the only person in your administration who's getting laid on a regular basis and doesn't have to compensate for their sexual inadequacy by bombing the shit out of brown people.

* WhamEpisode: Episode 7. [[spoiler: As Raja is preparing to become the new head of state, he is killed in a drone strike meant for Zaman, putting the future of Pakistan in an uncertain position.]]
* UnexpectedSuccessor: Alex Talbot becomes the highest ranking diplomat in the US Embassy in Islamabad, [[spoiler: only because everyone else is evacuated by chopper and he opts to stay behind with Rafiq]].

-->'''President Navarro:'''Oh yeah.

** Played with with Zeke and Glenn. They get hammered aboard the USS Grant after getting severely reprimanded and banned from flying by Admiral [=McBride=], so are technically off duty. However, as the only pilots left close enough to [[spoiler: take down the Pakistani fighter jet delivering a nuke to Tel Aviv]] they are forced get back in the F-16 and engage in aerial warfare, whilst ''very'' drunk.

* Larson also counts, successfully overpowering Haroon Raja (a trained military general) and getting him in a headlock [[spoiler: when he confronts him in Geneva]]. Kind of makes sense considering he is a [[RetiredBadass veteran of the Vietnam war]].