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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Somehow -- the series never explains ''precisely'' how -- sampling a Tomorrow Person's DNA to duplicate their powers takes that DNA and the associated powers away from the donor. It's also implied that the effect is temporary for both people.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Somehow -- the series never explains ''precisely'' how -- sampling a Tomorrow Person's DNA to duplicate their powers takes that DNA and the associated powers away from the donor. It's also implied that the effect is temporary for both people.people, usually.
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* FailureMontage: One episode has Stephen attempting to access "Limbo" by trying to learn to stop time whilst teleporting. We get a nice montage of him and John trying to work that out, before concluding that they need a new approach.
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** Cara and Russell ignore John and go to rescue Stephen in the pilot, while Stephen convinces Cara to ignore John's policy about not using their powers in public and talk Emily out of suicide.
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* PutOnABus: Irene. After showing her returning from the hospital she's never seen again. Russell name-drops her one time in passing after the fact, indicating that she's still around off-screen. She doesn't show up again until "Kill Switch", whereupon she has one scene with Jedikiah, gets her powers stolen and promptly vanishes again without a word about her ultimate fate.
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* PutOnABus: Irene. After showing her returning from the hospital and visiting Crick, she's never seen again. Russell name-drops her one time in passing after the fact, indicating that she's still around off-screen. She doesn't show up again until "Kill Switch", whereupon she has one scene with Jedikiah, gets her is used as a donor when he gains HS-like powers stolen and promptly vanishes again without a word about her ultimate fate.
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** On the other hand, Ultra were planning to murder Kurt as punishment for his behaviour, so while Cara's actions were arguably DisproportionateRetribution and definitely tactically stupid, she didn't quite take it ''that'' far. [[RestrainingBolt Although...]]
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** John for the same episode: Whilst {{Jerkass}} is pretty much his default state in the early episodes, he takes it to a new level by humiliating a [[BroughtDownToNormal temporarily powerless]] Stephen in revenge for sleeping with Cara (while, as we later learn, keeping quiet about the fact that ''he shot Stephen's dad'').
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* BiggerBad: The Founder, who is Jedikiah's boss. [[spoiler:He is much, much, much worse than Jedikiah. Even the other HS see him as a genocidal maniac that only wants power. And he's easily the strongest Tomorrow Person around.]]
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* BiggerBad: The Founder, who is Jedikiah's boss. [[spoiler:He is much, much, much worse than Jedikiah.Jedikiah, although in many ways they're counterparts, each wanting to wipe out the opposing group/species. Even the other HS see him as a genocidal maniac that only wants power. And he's easily the strongest Tomorrow Person around.]]
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** John, who has convinced the Tomorrow People that Roger is setting up a Refuge for them, is revealed to have actually shot and, as far as he knows, killed Roger on Jedikiah's orders years previous. Although the rest of the Tomorrow People feel betrayed and vote to remove John a leader, Stephen simply shrugs off this revelation and carries on working with John.
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Natalie, in spades. Originally she was apparently just one of many Tomorrow People, but as soon as she learned about Roger Price's return, and what the "new and improved" Ultra is doing, she lets her FantasticRacism run rampant and is completely un-bothered at the planned mass murder of millions of Homo Sapiens.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Somehow -- the series never explains ''precisely'' how -- sampling a Tomorrow Person's DNA to duplicate their powers takes that DNA and the associated powers away from the donor.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Somehow -- the series never explains ''precisely'' how -- sampling a Tomorrow Person's DNA to duplicate their powers takes that DNA and the associated powers away from the donor. It's also implied that the effect is temporary for both people.
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* FakeAmerican: Astrid, Stephen, and John, played by a Brit, a Canadian, and an Australian, respectively.
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* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Cassandra went to high school in Britain and helpfully demonstrates her credentials by saying they call it secondary school there. (They do. They also call it high school.) Then TIM reads out her school record, which is full of phrases like "valedictorian" that are completely unknown in British schools.
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* CutShort: The last several minutes of "Son of Man" (the finale) are devoted to setting up a second season that didn't come. [[spoiler:Jedikiah restored John's powers at the cost of his memory and was using him as the first of a line of paranormal super-soldiers, intending to recruit the other Tomorrow People. Meanwhile, the ranks of the Tomorrow People had swelled, prompting them to take over Ultra's old facility as their new lair.]]
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The second reboot of [[Series/TheTomorrowPeople the popular British sci-fi drama from]] TheSeventies, this version debuted on TheCW in October 2013.
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The second reboot of [[Series/TheTomorrowPeople the popular British sci-fi drama from]] TheSeventies, this version debuted on TheCW in October 2013.
2013. It was not picked up for renewal for a second season.
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** "Kill Switch":Whooo booy...where do we begin? [[spoiler: Russell is convinced by Natalie to betray Roger to Ultra over humanity, Jedikiah performs a SuperhumanTransfusion and gains powers, and Astrid hooked up with John now that he's lost his powers.]]
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** "Kill Switch":Whooo Switch": Whooo booy...where do we begin? [[spoiler: Russell is convinced by Natalie to betray Roger to Ultra over humanity, Jedikiah performs a SuperhumanTransfusion and gains powers, and Astrid hooked up with John now that he's lost his powers.]]
** "Son of Man": [[spoiler:Stephen gets a power upgrade, and Jedikiah somehow brainwashed John so thoroughly he no longer remembers any of the Tomorrow People.]]
** "Son of Man": [[spoiler:Stephen gets a power upgrade, and Jedikiah somehow brainwashed John so thoroughly he no longer remembers any of the Tomorrow People.]]
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* PowerIncontinence: Some Tomorrow People's powers get away from them; this is common in new break-outs. Charlotte had nightmares that would cause her to broadcast telepathic screams to everyone nearby; John told her he suffered the same when he was younger.
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* ResetButton: Stephen's time-stop power evolves into this in the finale. [[spoiler:He uses it to undo Cara being shot by Natalie.]] It's unclear if this is a permanent development or a temporary side-effect of [[spoiler:drawing all his father's power out of the Founder's machine.]]
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* GonnaNeedMoreX: In the finale, Stephen drops [[spoiler:"We're gonna need a bigger lair." when a couple hundred new break-outs show up after the machine is destroyed. They take over the old Ultra facility.]]
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* EasilyForgiven: Very recently, Hillary tried to get Stephen and Astrid killed to advance her own position within Ultra. Suddenly, she's sympathetic to one paranormal's superhero complex and now Stephen's starting a relationship with her. [[spoiler:It turns out she's TheMole for The Founder.]]
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* EasilyForgiven: Very recently, Hillary tried to get Stephen and Astrid killed to advance her own position within Ultra. Suddenly, she's sympathetic to one paranormal's superhero complex and now Stephen's starting a relationship with her. [[spoiler:It turns out she's TheMole for The Founder. But then she was only doing it to "protect" Stephen.]]
** Russell [[spoiler:betrays Roger to his death and Stephen swears that things "aren't finished" between them. That lasts all of ten minutes.]]
** Russell [[spoiler:betrays Roger to his death and Stephen swears that things "aren't finished" between them. That lasts all of ten minutes.]]
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** However, it's been suggested that soon, they may evolve past this little roadblock. [[spoiler: Ultra can, however, alter agents to be capable of killing by using drugs to kill that part of the brain. Granted only two agents are known to be successful.]]
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** However, it's been suggested that soon, they may evolve past this little roadblock. [[spoiler: Ultra can, however, alter agents to be capable of killing by using drugs to kill that part of the brain. Granted There were only two agents are known successful candidates until the season finale, when Ultra manages to be successful.produce an entire paranormal kill squad.]]
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Only Stephen\'s father shares the Time-Stop ability, and it was revealed in the pilot, so not really a spoiler
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* PsychicPowers: The "three [=T's=]" -- {{Telepathy}}, [[TeleportersAndTransporters Teleportation]] and [[MindOverMatter Telekinesis]]. Stephen and [[spoiler:both his parents]] share a fourth ability to [[TimeStandsStill stop time]].
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* PsychicPowers: The "three [=T's=]" -- {{Telepathy}}, [[TeleportersAndTransporters Teleportation]] and [[MindOverMatter Telekinesis]]. Stephen and [[spoiler:both his parents]] father share a fourth ability to [[TimeStandsStill stop time]].
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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Jedikiah. The writers can't seem to decide whether they want him to be a sociopathic human-supremacist crusader or TheMole inside an even more sinister Ultra -- this week.
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* PutOnABus: Irene. After showing her returning from the hospital she's never seen again. Russell name-drops her one time in passing after the fact, indicating that she's still around off-screen. She doesn't show up again until "Kill Switch".
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* PutOnABus: Irene. After showing her returning from the hospital she's never seen again. Russell name-drops her one time in passing after the fact, indicating that she's still around off-screen. She doesn't show up again until "Kill Switch".Switch", whereupon she has one scene with Jedikiah, gets her powers stolen and promptly vanishes again without a word about her ultimate fate.
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* InstantSedation: When Jedikiah knocks out Irene in "Kill Switch" she goes down as soon as he sticks the needle in her neck.
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** ItsAllAboutMe: She makes it bluntly clear she doesn't give a rat's ass about anyone but herself. She led a team of annex agents down the lair with the express intention of killing Cara. When Russell gets in the way she flat-out says he's on his own.
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* EasilyForgiven: Very recently, Hillary tried to get Stephen and Astrid killed to advance her own position within Ultra. Suddenly, she's sympathetic to one paranormal's superhero complex and now Stephen's starting a relationship with her.
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* EasilyForgiven: Very recently, Hillary tried to get Stephen and Astrid killed to advance her own position within Ultra. Suddenly, she's sympathetic to one paranormal's superhero complex and now Stephen's starting a relationship with her. [[spoiler:It turns out she's TheMole for The Founder.]]
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** [[spoiler:After realizing that betraying Roger was all for nothing, Russell is last seen with all but making out with Natalie, smiling and laughing.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Russell doesn't stop to think that Jedikiah is right next to him when he hits the "alarm cancel" button, and ''teleports him straight to the hideout of the Tomorrow People''.]]
** [[spoiler:Nor did he consider just how bad it would be giving Roger to the Founder and endangering all of humanity.]]
** [[spoiler:Nor did he consider just how bad it would be giving Roger to the Founder and endangering all of humanity.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** [[spoiler:Russell doesn't stop to think that Jedikiah is right next to him when he hits the "alarm cancel" button, and ''teleports him straight to the hideout of the Tomorrow People''.]]
** [[spoiler:Nor did he consider just how bad it would be giving Roger to the Founder and endangering all of humanity. Especially considering that he had to have known Stephen and Cara were trying to disable the connection at the cell tower.]]
** [[spoiler:Russell doesn't stop to think that Jedikiah is right next to him when he hits the "alarm cancel" button, and ''teleports him straight to the hideout of the Tomorrow People''.]]
** [[spoiler:Nor did he consider just how bad it would be giving Roger to the Founder and endangering all of humanity. Especially considering that he had to have known Stephen and Cara were trying to disable the connection at the cell tower.]]
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* LoveDodecahedron: [[spoiler:Astrid loves Stephen, who loves Cara, who loves (or at least cares a lot for) John, ''and'' also Stephen. And now there's Hillary, who's at the very least interested in a physical relationship with Stephen.]]
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* LoveDodecahedron: [[spoiler:Astrid loves Stephen, who loves Cara, who loves (or at least cares a lot for) John, ''and'' also Stephen. And now there's Hillary, who's at the very least interested in a physical relationship with Stephen.]]]] And Astrid has a thing for John as well, which appears to be reciprocated.
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** [[spoiler:Nor did he consider just how bad it would be giving Roger to the Founder and endangering all of humanity.]]
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* ParentWithNewParamour: Stephen's mom starts dating a new guy, Peter. Since Stephen believes he's on the verge of finding his father and bringing him back, he's not pleased about this. [[spoiler:Stephen also discovers he can't read Peter's mind.]]
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* ParentWithNewParamour: Stephen's mom starts dating a new guy, Peter. Since Stephen believes he's on the verge of finding his father and bringing him back, he's not pleased about this. [[spoiler:Stephen also discovers he can't read Peter's mind.mind, which was later because his ''mother'' was blocking them.]]
* PoisonousFriend: Natalie is this. [[spoiler: She causes things to escalate in the final arc of the season to save her own ass after she pressed some of them into taking the tracer in the first place. She openly challenged Roger, held Luka hostage, and convinced Russell to betray them.]]
* PoisonousFriend: Natalie is this. [[spoiler: She causes things to escalate in the final arc of the season to save her own ass after she pressed some of them into taking the tracer in the first place. She openly challenged Roger, held Luka hostage, and convinced Russell to betray them.]]
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** Stephen. [[spoiler:He has abilities the other Tomorrow People lack, such as the ability to slow time, as well as to exert his powers in a building in which Tomorrow People ''should not'' be able to exercise them. He has also shown the ability to override a power-depression cuff to be able to signal Cara for help.]] Lampshaded in-verse when Kurt snarkily calls him by this appellation.
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** Stephen. [[spoiler:He has abilities the other Tomorrow People lack, such as the ability to slow or stop time, as well as to exert his powers in a building in which Tomorrow People ''should not'' be able to exercise them. He has also shown the ability to override a power-depression cuff to be able to signal Cara for help.]] Lampshaded in-verse when Kurt snarkily calls him by this appellation.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Tim has a finely-honed sense of sarcasm for a computer.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Averted with Julian. [[spoiler:He throws his second-in-command (of sorts), who seems to have an attachment to him, at Stephen so he can get away.]]
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Averted with Julian. [[spoiler:He throws his second-in-command (of sorts), who seems to have an attachment to him, at Stephen so he can get away.]]
** Averted with Julian. [[spoiler:He throws his second-in-command (of sorts), who seems to have an attachment to him, at Stephen so he can get away.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: John was an Ultra agent before Stephen's father recruited him into the Tomorrow People.
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** John was an Ultra agent before Stephen's father recruited him into the TomorrowPeople.People.
** [[spoiler:Hillary does this and [[TakingYouWithMe tries to kill The Founder]].]]
** John was an Ultra agent before Stephen's father recruited him into the Tomorrow
** [[spoiler:Hillary does this and [[TakingYouWithMe tries to kill The Founder]].]]
