History Series / TheLastEnemy

* DownerEnding: The film ends with [[spoiler:the surveillance state rolling on unchecked. Stephen lets go of Yasim so she can flee the country with Michael, only for Michael to get murdered (for real this time) shortly afterward. Stephen ends up trapped working for a Goverment he hates.

* DownerEnding: The film ends with [[spoiler:the surveillance state rolling on unchecked. Stephen lets go of Yasim so she can flee the country with Michael, only for Michael to get murdered (for real this time) shortly afterward. Stephen ends up committing suicide so that he's no longer controlled by the rogue surveillance government.]]
* DrivenToSuicide:[[spoiler:Stephen kills himself in the end after he says goodbye to Yasim in the final episode to avoid being a puppet of his own country's rogue government,hence the downer ending.]]

%%* BigBrotherIsWatching: And HOW.

%%* SuperOCD: "Is it true that you have three identical outfits that you just rotate?"

%%* DeterminedWidow: Yasim

* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Sorry, Michael. [[spoiler:Though really, he kind of brought it on himself by FakingTheDead and not letting her in on the secret.]]

* BigBrotherIsWatching: And HOW.
* BigBrotherIsEmployingYou
* ConspiracyTheorist: Michael is implied to be a bit of one, David is a full-fledged one, and Stephen becomes one over the course of the series
* CrazyPrepared: David
* DeterminedWidow: Yasim
* DoggedNiceGuy: Stephen qualifies, for his sheer dedication to Yasim more than anything.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The surveillance state rolls on unchecked. Stephen lets go of Yasim so she can flee the country with Michael, only for Michael to get murdered (for real this time) shortly afterward. Stephen ends up committing suicide so that he's no longer controlled by the rogue surveillance government.]]
* DrivenToSuicide:[[spoiler: this is Stephen's fate in the end after he says goodbye to Yasim in the final episode to avoid being a puppet of his own country's rogue government,hence the downer ending.]]

* MrFanservice:
** Oh Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, you and your cheekbones.
** Creator/RobertCarlyle in a leather jacket.

* FunWithAcronyms
* JamesBondage: Stephen
* TheLastTitle: The title.
* MadMathematician: he's not mad,(in fact he's nice),but he suffers from OCD and can be quirky.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:David Russell]]
* NeverFoundTheBody: Averted. After [[spoiler:Michael's re-appearance]], Yasim mentions that she "found body parts" while going through the wreckage of the car. Obviously, they [[spoiler:weren't his]].
* ThePlague
* RapidFireTyping: This is how Stephen uses the TIA database. You'd think they could design a user interface where people can point-and-click...
* RomancingTheWidow: In Stephen's defense, this wasn't his intention, yet he ends up falling in love with Yasim and she reciprocates, unfortunately for the two, there is dark secret about Michael that nether is aware of...

* ShoutOut: The last two shots to ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' and ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' respectively.
* SiblingRivalry
* SiblingTriangle

** In-universe example: The vaccine technician mistakes him for one when he tries to talk to her at the supermarket.
* SuperOCD: "Is it true that you have three identical outfits that you just rotate?"
* UnexplainedRecovery
* UnwittingPawn: Stephen is one of these for the first few episodes. [[spoiler:And actually, for the entire show]].

* ViolentGlaswegian: David Russell
* YouAreAlreadyCheckedIn

* DrivenToSuicide:[[spoiler: this is Stephen's fate in the end after he says goodbye to Yasim in the final episode to avoid being a puppet of his own country's rogue government,hence the downer ending.

* DrivenToSuicide
* TheDulcineaEffect: Stephen puts himself in the power of OBVIOUSLY untrustworthy people JUST so that he can keep tabs on a woman he met THE PREVIOUS EVENING. And who is the widow of his brother?

* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Michael survived the attempt on his life, but decided to lie low to prevent the bad guys trying again. His reappearance, after Yasim and Stephen have got together, makes things very awkward.]]

* MadMathematician: Not strictly mad, but... pretty damn quirky.

* RomancingTheWidow: It doesn't start out intentionally, but...
* SecretRelationship: Stephen had no idea that his brother was married.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The surveillance state rolls on unchecked. Stephen lets go of Yasim so she can flee the country with Michael, only for Michael to get murdered (for real this time) shortly afterward. Stephen ends up committing suicide so that he's no longer controled by the rogue surveillance government.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The surveillance state rolls on unchecked. Stephen lets go of Yasim so she can flee the country with Michael, only for Michael to get murdered (for real this time) shortly afterward. Stephen himself dies in the end as well.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The surveillance state rolls on unchecked. Stephen lets go of Yasim so she can flee the country with Michael, only for Michael to get murdered (for real this time) shortly afterward.]]

* DownerEnding

* MrFanservice: Oh Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, you and your cheekbones.
** Not forgetting Creator/RobertCarlyle in a leather jacket.

* StalkerWithACrush: C'mon, Stephen may have a good reason, but he cyberstalks Yasim for about a week after she flees with Nadir's body.

* DeterminedWidow
** [[spoiler:FalseWidow]]: [[spoiler:But she didn't know that.]]
** Of course, [[spoiler:by the end, she's a widow again, for real this time]].

* [[spoiler:FakingTheDead: Michael]]

Mathematician Stephen Ezard returns home to the United Kingdom after the reported death of his brother Michael, an aid worker in the Middle East. Stephen, who has been living in China for four years, finds that England had changed quite a bit in his absence: People all have ID cards, surveillance is everywhere, and a new computer system called Total Information Awareness (or T.I.A. for short) tracks people's every moves.

* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Sorry, Michael. [[spoiler: Though really, he kind of brought it on himself by FakingTheDead and not letting her in on the secret.]]

** Of course, [[spoiler: by the end, she's a widow again, for real this time]].

* TheMole: [[spoiler: David Russell]]
* NeverFoundTheBody: Averted. After [[spoiler: Michael's re-appearance]], Yasim mentions that she "found body parts" while going through the wreckage of the car. Obviously, they [[spoiler: weren't his]].

* UnwittingPawn: Stephen is one of these for the first few episodes. [[spoiler: And actually, for the entire show]].

** Of course, [[spoiler: by the end she's a widow again, for real this time]].

* TheDulcineaEffect: Stephen puts himself in the power of OBVIOUSLY untrustworthy people JUST so that he can keep tabs on a woman he met THE PREVIOUS EVENING. And who is the widow of his brother.

** Not forgetting Creator/RobertCarlyle in a leather jacket. *drool*

* NeverFoundTheBody: Averted. After [[spoiler:Michael's re-appearance]], Yasim mentions that she "found body parts" while going through the wreckage of the car. Obviously, they [[spoiler:weren't his]].

* ViewerFriendlyInterface: Everything any computer does in the show is accompanied by a synthesised voice saying what it's doing. Including hacking into secret government databases.

* MrFanservice: Oh BenedictCumberbatch, you and your cheekbones.

** Not forgetting RobertCarlyle in a leather jacket. *drool*

* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Sorry, Michael.

* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Michael]]

Using his newfound access to the information network he secretly tracks down Yasim, unaware that he is a pawn in a government conspiracy. Add in the mysterious David Russell — a rogue government agent — and a couple of desperate officials, and the situation quickly escalates into an insane race to discover the cause of the illness.

* ShoutOut: The last two shots to ''1984'' and ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' respectively.

* TheDulcineaEffect: Stephen puts himself in the power of OBVIOUSLY untrustworthy people JUST so that he can keep tabs on a woman he met THE PREVIOUS EVENING. And who is the widow of his brother.