History Series / WhiskeyCavalier

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Karen Pappas]] in the episode, "The Czech List", when [[spoiler:she is revealed as the VillainOfTheWeek.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Gigi was cheating on Will with Ray.]] He finds out at the most inopportune moment.

** Will and Frankie's vastly different personalities are beneficial and troublesome to them in many ways: Will is a sensitive, empathetic NiceGuy which allows him to charm and befriend targets and potential allies and act as a good leader who cares for his team, however, he's vulnerable to being manipulated and has a hard time in situations where he has to endanger his teammates. On the other hand, Frankie's borderline-sociopathic coldness and professionalism makes her an effective spy and combatant, however, she has trouble connecting and working with other people, even if they're on her team.

* FiveTokenBand: The hero team consists of two white men (Will and Ray), a latina woman (Ana), an African American man (Standish), a white woman (Frankie) and an Indian-American man (Datta).

** ''Whiskey Cavalier'' - As a noun, [[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cavalier cavalier]] means a gentleman trained in arms and horsemanship, that is, a knight. Will is practically a modern day KnightErrant.

* DisappearedDad: In "Five Spies And A Baby", the team returns little Will (really Kosto) to his mother. She's apparently single though-there's no sign his father is involved, since he never appears or gets mentioned.

** ''Whiskey Cavalier - As a noun, [[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cavalier cavalier]] means a gentleman trained in arms and horsemanship, that is, a knight. Will is practically a modern day KnightErrant.

Will Chase (codename: Whiskey Cavalier) is one of the FBI's best agents but is stuck in a self-pitying slump after being dumped by his fiancée. While on a mission in Moscow, he comes across Francesca "Frankie" Trowbridge (codename: Fiery Tribute), his DistaffCounterpart at the CIA, who also happens to be on the same mission.

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Frankie takes the stereotypical male view that sex can be purely physical with no need for emotional intimacy. Will, meanwhile, takes the stereotypical female view that sex and love are intertwined.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The VillainOfTheWeek in "When In Rome" is the leader of an Italian neo-fascist organization that has a special focus on blaming immigrants for all the country's problems.

* UnwinnableTrainingSimulation: The ColdOpen to "When In Rome". It's implied by Will that they can't get to the [=VIPs=] on time again.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Karen Pappas]] in the episode, "The Czech List," when [[spoiler:she is revealed as the VillainOfTheWeek.]]
* BodyDouble: In "Mr. & Mrs. Trowbridge," Will and Frankie go undercover at a castle to track down a rogue general who's trying to sell some nerve gas. The man refuses to leave his room so the duo have to knock him out to grab him. However, they see the man doesn't have a scar on his chest despite how he was known to have had heart surgery. They then scan his fingerprints to find they don't match and realize the man has a double posing as him while he attends his daughter's wedding in disguise.

* FalseFlagOperation: The neo-fascists in "When In Rome" intend on staging a chemical bomb attack and pinning it on immigrants, in order to turn more of Italy towards their way of thinking.

* BodyDouble: In "Mr. & Mrs. Trowbridge," Will and Frankie go undercover at a castle to track down a rogue general who's trying to sell some nerve gas. The man refuses to leave his room so the duo have to knock him out to grab him. However, they see the man doesn't have a scar on his chest despite how he was known to have heart surgery. They then scan his fingerprints to find they don't match and realize the man has a double posing as him while he attends his son's wedding in disguise.

-->'''Will''': But i have so many words.

* RunningGag: In the pilot, people from multiple government agencies keep bringing up that they've seen the video of Will's breakup with Gigi.
** Every episode has the team not wanting to work with Ray.

* UnwinnableTrainingSimulation: The ColdOpen to "When In Rome". It's implied by Will that they can't get to the VIPs on time again.

Will Chase (codename: Whiskey Cavalier) is one of the FBI's best agents but is stuck in a self-pitying slump after being dumped by his fiancée. While on a mission in Moscow, he comes across Francesca "Frankie" Trowbridge (codename: Fiery Tribute), his DistaffCounterpart at the CIA, who also happens to be on the same mission. Immediately butting heads and coming to blows, the two must learn to work together as part of an inter-agency task force.

* ActionGirl: Frankie is an expert in armed and unarmed combat. As an added bonus, she's also more ruthless than Will.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Frankie's parents died in a plane crash while coming to visit her at school, which she's always blamed herself for. Also, before being recruited by the CIA she was a freelance assassin.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Ray appears to be utterly and completely oblivious to the fact no one on the team can stand him and acts like he's accepted as one of them. He also doesn't seem to grasp the fact that Will isn't going to just brush off Ray sleeping with Will's ex when they were still together and hates his guts.
* HeartbrokenBadass: Will starts the series having hit rock-bottom after his fiancée left him, locking himself away in his apartment to binge on junk food, romantic comedies, and love songs.

* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Standish accidentally shoots Jai in the arm during "When In Rome". Fortunately, it's just a graze.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Susan takes an immediate liking to Frankie after briefly perusing her profile and can't help but gush when the two of them finally meet.
* TheLoad: FBI Special Agent Ray Prince is terrible at his job, botching an operation by running late due to sleeping with some girl, driving down the wrong road, and getting Will shot in the process. [[spoiler:He is so incompetent that he doesn't notice his boss continuously stealing from the evidence locker Ray is in charge of, to sell the stuff on the black market.]]

* UnwinnableTrainingSimulation: The ColdOpen to "When In Rome".
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Will's friendship with Ray goes right down the tubes when [[spoiler: Will finds out that Ray's been having an affair with his ex (which started while they were still together]].

* FiveManBand: By the end of the first episode, Will, Frankie, and their allies are merged into a FBI-CIA task force with the following layout:
** TheLeader: William "Will" Chase (Whiskey Cavalier)
** TheLancer: Francesca "Frankie" Trowbridge (Fiery Tribute)
** TheSmartGuy: Standish, Jai, and Susan; Standish is an NSA analyst and hacker, Jai supplies the team's gadgets and guns, and Susan is an FBI profiler.
** TheBigGuy: Frankie, however, Will also does most of the heavy lifting alongside of her.
** TheChick: Susan Sampson. It helps that she's a psychologist
** TheSixthRanger: Ray Prince, Will's ex-partner/friend is now the team's liaison.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Ray appears to be utterly and completely oblivious to the fact no one on the team can stand him and acts like he's accepted as one of them.
** Ray also doesn't seem to grasp the fact that Will isn't going to just brush off Ray sleeping with Will's ex when they were still together and hates his guts.