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* TheScrappy: Tom.

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* TheScrappy: Tom.Tom and Elizabeth. At times, the whole FBI can come off as this, being constantly manipulated by Red.
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* TheScrappy: Tom.
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* TheScrappy: Elizabeth Keen. From her cringe worthy relationship with her husband and constant moaning to being completely overshadowed by Red, the early reviews were not very kind to her.
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* TheScrappy: Elizabeth Keen. From her cringe worthy relationship with her husband to being completely overshadowed by Red, the early reviews were not very kind to her.

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* TheScrappy: Elizabeth Keen. From her cringe worthy relationship with her husband and constant moaning to being completely overshadowed by Red, the early reviews were not very kind to her.

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* SpecialEffectFailure: Any time there's StuffBlowingUp (and since this is an espionage action-drama, that happens quite a lot), the CGI is painfully bad. Case in point: the plane bombing at the start of "General Ludd."

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* SpecialEffectFailure: Any time there's StuffBlowingUp (and since this is an espionage action-drama, that happens quite a lot), the CGI is painfully bad. Case in point: the plane bombing at the start of "General Ludd.""
* TheScrappy: Elizabeth Keen. From her cringe worthy relationship with her husband to being completely overshadowed by Red, the early reviews were not very kind to her.
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It does if it\'s a central feature of most every episode.

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* IdiotPlot: The entire setup hinges on everyone in the FBI being complete idiots, so Reddington can constantly show them up simply by being competent.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The ending theme post-Pilot episodes composed by Dave Porter.
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** One episode featured William Sadler as Liz's adoptive father, but he died in that same episode. There is always the possibility of flashback though.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Some people felt like this in relation to [[spoiler: Anslo Garrick, who was quite a interesting and fearsome antagonist killed way too early]].
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Trope listed under asinine pretense.


* CriticalResearchFailure: [=RCMP=] patches are not the ones used by the actual [=RCMP=] in "The Freelancer". However, it is justified since the agency will not allow a film/[=TV=] production company to use their insignias/seals unless they are paid with royalties.
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** In "Anslo Garrick", it's revealed that [[spoiler:Red is personally this to Ressler, since he spent years unsuccessfully hunting him, even ending a relationship in the process.]]
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* SpecialEffectFailure: Any time there's StuffBlowingUp (and since this is an espionage action-drama, that happens quite a lot), the CGI is painfully bad. Case in point: the plane bombing at the start of "General Ludd."
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* HilariousInHindsight: A meta example. In "General Ludd", William Sadler plays a dying man who's confined to a hospital bed. Then, on the ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' episode "Blood Is Thicker", which was broadcast three days later, Sadler played... a dying man who is confined to a hospital bed.[[note]]Technically, the ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' character wasn't actually hospitalized, but the comparison still fits.[[/note]]

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* HilariousInHindsight: A meta example. In "General Ludd", William Sadler plays a dying man who's confined to a hospital bed. Then, on the ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' episode "Blood Is Thicker", which was broadcast three days later, Sadler played... a dying man who is who's confined to a hospital bed.[[note]]Technically, the ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' character wasn't actually hospitalized, but the comparison still fits.[[/note]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: A meta example. In "General Ludd", William Sadler plays a dying man who's confined to a hospital bed. Then, on the ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' episode "Blood Is Thicker", which was broadcast three days later, Sadler played... a dying man who is confined to a hospital bed.[[note]]Technically, the ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' character wasn't actually hospitalized, but the comparison still fits.[[/note]]
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\"Idiot Plot\" was put up around episode one or two, so its not really fair on the entire series.


* IdiotPlot: The entire setup hinges on everyone in the FBI being complete idiots, so Reddington can constantly show them up simply by being competent.
** Also the DarkSecret with Liz's husband seems like it could have been over in the first or second episode, [[ElephantInTheRoom but she keeps avoiding it]].
*** She turned him in in the sixth episode, only for the FBI to clear him at episode's end...but then it turned out [[spoiler: the guys who installed cameras in her house weren't FBI, and it seems like her husband really isn't all that he seems]].

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* CargoShip: [[spoiler:[[OneTrueThreesome Liz X Tom X ]][[MemeticBadass Ike]]]]



* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[spoiler:Ike the lamp.]]



* MemeticBadass: [[spoiler:If Ike had to die, at least he died watching Liz and Tom get it on. That's got to count for something.]]
* TearJerker: [[spoiler:The death of Ike.]]
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* CargoShip: [[spoiler:Liz X Tom X Ike]]

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* CargoShip: [[spoiler:Liz [[spoiler:[[OneTrueThreesome Liz X Tom X Ike]]]][[MemeticBadass Ike]]]]
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* CargoShip: [[spoiler:Liz X Tom X Ike]]


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* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[spoiler:Ike the lamp.]]


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* MemeticBadass: [[spoiler:If Ike had to die, at least he died watching Liz and Tom get it on. That's got to count for something.]]
* TearJerker: [[spoiler:The death of Ike.]]
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*** She turned him in in the fifth episode, only for the FBI to clear him at episode's end...but then it turned out [[spoiler: the guys who installed cameras in her house weren't FBI, and it seems like her husband really isn't all that he seems]].

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*** She turned him in in the fifth sixth episode, only for the FBI to clear him at episode's end...but then it turned out [[spoiler: the guys who installed cameras in her house weren't FBI, and it seems like her husband really isn't all that he seems]].
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*** She addressed it in the fifth episode...but then it turned out [[spoiler: the guys who installed cameras in her house weren't FBI]].

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*** She addressed it turned him in in the fifth episode...episode, only for the FBI to clear him at episode's end...but then it turned out [[spoiler: the guys who installed cameras in her house weren't FBI]].FBI, and it seems like her husband really isn't all that he seems]].
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*** She addressed it in the fifth episode...but then it turned out [[spoiler: the guys who installed cameras in her house weren't FBI]].
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** Also the DarkSecret with Liz's husband seems like it could have been over in the first or second episode, [[ElephantInTheRoom but she keeps avoiding it]].
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* AnticlimaxBoss: Reddington has been on the FBI's Most Wanted list for decades, yet he surrenders himself without a fight.

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* AnticlimaxBoss: In-Universe: Reddington has been on the FBI's Most Wanted list for decades, yet he surrenders himself without a fight.
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* IdiotPlot: The entire setup hinges on everyone in the FBI being complete idiots, so Reddington can constantly show them up simply by being competent.
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* MagnificentBastard: Like him or hate him, Reddington always shows a sense of style and grace, the calm master criminal vs. the often overworked and harassed FBI agents.

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* MagnificentBastard: Like him or hate him, Reddington always shows a sense of style and grace, the calm master criminal vs. the often overworked and harassed FBI agents.agents.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: [=RCMP=] patches are not the ones used by the actual [=RCMP=] in "The Freelancer". However, it is justified since the agency will not allow a film/[=TV=] production company to use their insignias/seals unless they are paid with royalties.



* MagnificentBastard: Like him or hate him, Reddington always shows a sense of style and grace, the calm master criminal vs. the often overworked and harassed FBI agents.
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* MagnificentBastard: Like him or hate him, Reddington always shows a sense of style and grace, the calm master criminal vs. the often overworked and harassed FBI agents.
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agents.
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* EvilIsCool: Reddington, natch.
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* MagnificentBastard: Like him or hate him, Reddington always show a sense of style and grace, the calm master criminal vs. the often overworked and harassed FBI agents.

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* MagnificentBastard: Like him or hate him, Reddington always show shows a sense of style and grace, the calm master criminal vs. the often overworked and harassed FBI agents.
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* MagnificentBastard: Like him or hate him, Reddington always show a sense of style and grace, the calm master criminal vs. the often overworked and harassed FBI agents.
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* AnticlimaxBoss: Reddington has been on the FBI's Most Wanted list for decades, yet he surrenders himself without a fight.
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