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* [[RetroactiveRecognition Retroactive "Retroactive Recognition"]]: David Harewood Creator/DavidHarewood has a brief cameo in the first episode; the scene was originally shot for the pilot three years earlier, before he became well-known for ''Series/{{Homeland}}''. They've admitted in an interview that because of this "it looks like the biggest bit of StuntCasting ever".
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* MagnificentBastard: The second series brings us [[spoiler:Kalil]], a clever, FauxAffablyEvil mercenary with some badass points to boot. His actions, while cruel, are so brilliantly executed that he is, on some level, hard not to like.
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* MagnificentBastard: The second series brings us [[spoiler:Kalil]], a DangerouslyGenreSavvy, FauxAffablyEvil mercenary with some {{Badass}} points to boot. His actions, while cruel, are so brilliantly executed that he is, on some level, hard not to like.
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* MagnificentBastard: The second series brings us [[spoiler:Kalil]], a DangerouslyGenreSavvy, clever, FauxAffablyEvil mercenary with some {{Badass}} badass points to boot. His actions, while cruel, are so brilliantly executed that he is, on some level, hard not to like.
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** Lizzie, come Series 2. [[spoiler:Her boyfriend suddenly disappears without warning and is presumed dead. She gets signs he might still be alive, and keeps campaigning outside the police headquarters for answers that will never be given to her.]]
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** Lizzie, come Series 2. [[spoiler:Her boyfriend suddenly disappears without warning and is presumed dead. She gets signs he might still be alive, and keeps campaigning outside the police headquarters for answers that will never be given to her.]]]]
* {{Determinator}} Kalil chases the duo from Slovakia to Berkshire stealing any vehicle and crossing any boarder he has to to do so.
* {{Determinator}} Kalil chases the duo from Slovakia to Berkshire stealing any vehicle and crossing any boarder he has to to do so.
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** Scarlett goes from sympathetic to detestable when she [[spoiler:accidentally murders her own husband]], then blames Sam and Phil for it. In this case, the spoilered action in question is still bad, but she was somewhat traumatised at the time; the event horizon in this case is blaming two innocents that had gone through a lot to get her safe.
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* JerkassWoobie:
** Paul Smoke may be [[spoiler:somewhat unstable and a traitor]], but his breakdown in the series one finale, when he rants about his family, makes him somewhat pitiable.
** Sam, come the start of the second series. While Phil appears to have adapted to their new surroundings rather well, making many new friends, Sam has been dragged away from his own life after it was about to turn around. He's turned to alcohol (almost becoming [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]] in the process), constantly has his MeanBoss hitting on him in between bouts of abuse and just desperately wants to go home. It's not hard to blame him for being bitter and cynical, and while he and Phil do go to some extreme lengths to return home, such as [[spoiler:forcing a French parachute plane to do a skydive with them and then abandoning their helpers]], they still come across as the world's punching bags.
** The unnamed [[spoiler:Russian mook]] that holds Sam at gunpoint in the climax of the second series. While he doesn't appear to be particularly rational, he just [[spoiler:misses his brother]] and asks why Sam did what he did, in a downright tragic aversion of WhatMeasureIsAMook.
* MagnificentBastard: The second series brings us [[spoiler:Kalil]], a DangerouslyGenreSavvy, FauxAffablyEvil mercenary with some {{Badass}} points to boot. His actions, while cruel, are so brilliantly executed that he is, on some level, hard not to like.
* MoralEventHorizon:
** Carlos Espinosa crosses the line when he threatens Sam and Phil to a gruesome death should they refuse to kill a much stronger inmate.
** [[spoiler:Kalil]] crosses the line when he murders the rest of his team to try and make a bigger profit from selling [[spoiler:the chemical weapons]].
* [[RetroactiveRecognition Retroactive "Retroactive Recognition"]]: David Harewood has a brief cameo in the first episode; the scene was originally shot for the pilot three years earlier, before he became well-known for ''Series/{{Homeland}}''. They've admitted in an interview that because of this "it looks like the biggest bit of StuntCastingever".ever".
* TearJerker:
** The funeral at the opening of the second series.
** Phil's phoning home to find out that his mother's heart is getting worse, and that she might not have long.
** TheReveal that [[spoiler:the unnamed part of the BigBadEnsemble is the brother of the mook that Paul Smoke killed via NeckSnap]].
** [[spoiler:Phil and his mum]] reuniting, particularly when he gets to the hospital bed and finds it empty. While it turns out that she was just coming back from surgery, for a moment it looked like the writers [[AvertedTrope actually were]] [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt going to go through with it]].
* TheWoobie:
** Both Sam and Phil in Series 1. Phil in particular looks crushed when nobody in the office, bar Sam, shows any interest in socialising with him.
** Phil's mother in series 2. Because of [[spoiler:Phil having to fake his death]], her health has gone downhill and her heart problems may well mean she doesn't last till Christmas.
** Lizzie, come Series 2. [[spoiler:Her boyfriend suddenly disappears without warning and is presumed dead. She gets signs he might still be alive, and keeps campaigning outside the police headquarters for answers that will never be given to her.]]
** Paul Smoke may be [[spoiler:somewhat unstable and a traitor]], but his breakdown in the series one finale, when he rants about his family, makes him somewhat pitiable.
** Sam, come the start of the second series. While Phil appears to have adapted to their new surroundings rather well, making many new friends, Sam has been dragged away from his own life after it was about to turn around. He's turned to alcohol (almost becoming [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]] in the process), constantly has his MeanBoss hitting on him in between bouts of abuse and just desperately wants to go home. It's not hard to blame him for being bitter and cynical, and while he and Phil do go to some extreme lengths to return home, such as [[spoiler:forcing a French parachute plane to do a skydive with them and then abandoning their helpers]], they still come across as the world's punching bags.
** The unnamed [[spoiler:Russian mook]] that holds Sam at gunpoint in the climax of the second series. While he doesn't appear to be particularly rational, he just [[spoiler:misses his brother]] and asks why Sam did what he did, in a downright tragic aversion of WhatMeasureIsAMook.
* MagnificentBastard: The second series brings us [[spoiler:Kalil]], a DangerouslyGenreSavvy, FauxAffablyEvil mercenary with some {{Badass}} points to boot. His actions, while cruel, are so brilliantly executed that he is, on some level, hard not to like.
* MoralEventHorizon:
** Carlos Espinosa crosses the line when he threatens Sam and Phil to a gruesome death should they refuse to kill a much stronger inmate.
** [[spoiler:Kalil]] crosses the line when he murders the rest of his team to try and make a bigger profit from selling [[spoiler:the chemical weapons]].
* [[RetroactiveRecognition Retroactive "Retroactive Recognition"]]: David Harewood has a brief cameo in the first episode; the scene was originally shot for the pilot three years earlier, before he became well-known for ''Series/{{Homeland}}''. They've admitted in an interview that because of this "it looks like the biggest bit of StuntCasting
* TearJerker:
** The funeral at the opening of the second series.
** Phil's phoning home to find out that his mother's heart is getting worse, and that she might not have long.
** TheReveal that [[spoiler:the unnamed part of the BigBadEnsemble is the brother of the mook that Paul Smoke killed via NeckSnap]].
** [[spoiler:Phil and his mum]] reuniting, particularly when he gets to the hospital bed and finds it empty. While it turns out that she was just coming back from surgery, for a moment it looked like the writers [[AvertedTrope actually were]] [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt going to go through with it]].
* TheWoobie:
** Both Sam and Phil in Series 1. Phil in particular looks crushed when nobody in the office, bar Sam, shows any interest in socialising with him.
** Phil's mother in series 2. Because of [[spoiler:Phil having to fake his death]], her health has gone downhill and her heart problems may well mean she doesn't last till Christmas.
** Lizzie, come Series 2. [[spoiler:Her boyfriend suddenly disappears without warning and is presumed dead. She gets signs he might still be alive, and keeps campaigning outside the police headquarters for answers that will never be given to her.]]
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* [[RetroactiveRecognition Retroactive "Retroactive Recognition"]]: David Harewood has a brief cameo in the first episode; the scene was originally shot for the pilot three years earlier, before he became well-known for ''Series/{{Homeland}}''. They've admitted in an interview that because of the Retroactive Recognition, this "it looks like the biggest bit of StuntCasting ever".
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I\'m not sure who you meant, so please clarify. (There\'s no one called Matthew Corden)
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* [[RetroactiveRecognition Retroactive "Retroactive Recognition"]]: David Harewood has a brief cameo in the first episode; the scene was originally shot for the pilot three years earlier, before he became well-known for ''Series/{{Homeland}}''. Matthew Corden They've admitted in an interview that because of the Retroactive Recognition, "it looks like the biggest bit of StuntCasting ever".
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