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* [[Domestic Abuser]]: To Nucky and Eli. |
* [[Domestic Abuser]]: To Nucky and Eli. |
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* [[Grumpy Old Man]] |
* [[Grumpy Old Man]] |
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* {{spoiler|[[Hollywood Heart Attack]]}}: [[Averted Trope|Averted]] in "Two Boats and a Lifeguard". It's debatable if he even realized what was going on. |
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* [[Jerkass]] |
* [[Jerkass]] |
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* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}} |
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* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: He lives alone in what was once the family home, in the middle of nowhere. |
* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: He lives alone in what was once the family home, in the middle of nowhere. |
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* {{spoiler|[[Real Life Writes the Plot]]/ [[The Character Died with Him]]:}} Very narrowly averted {{spoiler|since the episode featuring the character's death was filmed mere months before the death of actor Tom Aldredge (also known to fans of [[Damages]] as Uncle Pete) from natural causes at the age of 83.}} |
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* [[Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!]]: Or as he puts it: "Ah, what do I give a shit?" |
* [[Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!]]: Or as he puts it: "Ah, what do I give a shit?" |
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* [[Shown Their Work]]: "Ethan"'s popularity as a baby name was nonexistent from the 1880s-about 1970 and spiked in the '80s to a peak around 2000. Therefore it just doesn't conjure up an old man in [[The New Tens|viewers' minds]], however it might've in [[The Roaring Twenties]]. |
* [[Shown Their Work]]: "Ethan"'s popularity as a baby name was nonexistent from the 1880s-about 1970 and spiked in the '80s to a peak around 2000. Therefore it just doesn't conjure up an old man in [[The New Tens|viewers' minds]], however it might've in [[The Roaring Twenties]]. |
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* [[All Women Are Prudes]]: She dresses conservatively and only has sex with the lights off. |
* [[All Women Are Prudes]]: She dresses conservatively and only has sex with the lights off. |
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⚫ | * [[Women Are Wiser]]: Though a conservative Christian, she has the common sense to put her beliefs aside when the situation requires. She considers surgery in order to cure her sterility and {{spoiler|she takes care of Lucy right after she gives birth instead of trying to blame her for her husband's infidelity.}} She also has an easier time displaying her emotions and showing preoccupation for her husband's well being, in contrast to her spouse's icy demeanor. |
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* [[The Dog Bites Back]]: Rose is ''not'' okay with Nelson {{spoiler|getting Lucy pregnant and intending to keep her baby and pass it off as theirs}}, no matter how desperately she wants a child. She {{spoiler|slaps and bites him in a confrontation after Abigail's birth, and two episodes later, serves Nelson with divorce papers}}. |
* [[The Dog Bites Back]]: Rose is ''not'' okay with Nelson {{spoiler|getting Lucy pregnant and intending to keep her baby and pass it off as theirs}}, no matter how desperately she wants a child. She {{spoiler|slaps and bites him in a confrontation after Abigail's birth, and two episodes later, serves Nelson with divorce papers}}. |
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* [[Extreme Doormat]] |
* [[Extreme Doormat]] |
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* [[The Fundamentalist]] |
* [[The Fundamentalist]] |
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* [[Law of Inverse Fertility]] |
* [[Law of Inverse Fertility]] |
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⚫ | * [[Women Are Wiser]]: Though a conservative Christian, she has the common sense to put her beliefs aside when the situation requires. She considers surgery in order to cure her sterility and {{spoiler|she takes care of Lucy right after she gives birth instead of trying to blame her for her husband's infidelity.}} She also has an easier time displaying her emotions and showing preoccupation for her husband's well being, in contrast to her spouse's icy demeanor. |
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'''Lenore White''' |
'''Lenore White''' |
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* [[Apron Matron]] |
* [[Apron Matron]] |
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* [[But Not Too Black]]: In the language of the times, she's referred to as "high-yellow". |
* [[But Not Too Black]]: In the language of the times, she's referred to as "high-yellow". |
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* [[Education Mama]] |
* [[Education Mama]] |
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* [[Grande Dame]]: Chalky is no [[Henpecked Husband]], though. |
* [[Grande Dame]]: Chalky is no [[Henpecked Husband]], though. |
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* [[Pass Fail]]: She wants to be seen by people (especially eligible suitors for her daughter) as upper-class, to the point of refusing to serve Hoppin' John at dinner because it is "not fit for company". Chalky really doesn't take her pretension well. |
* [[Pass Fail]]: She wants to be seen by people (especially eligible suitors for her daughter) as upper-class, to the point of refusing to serve Hoppin' John at dinner because it is "not fit for company". Chalky really doesn't take her pretension well. |
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* [[Proper Lady]] |
* [[Proper Lady]] |
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'''Esther Randolph''' |
'''Esther Randolph''' |
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* [[Number Two]]: To Eli. |
* [[Number Two]]: To Eli. |
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* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: He is racist and possibly misogynist. |
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: He is racist and possibly misogynist. |
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* {{spoiler|[[The Starscream]]}}: Becomes one in "Georgia Peaches", in contrast with his behaviour up to that point. |
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* [[Undying Loyalty]]: To Eli again. {{spoiler|Subverted ''big time'' once he realizes that Eli was complicit in his beating for talking to Esther Randolph.}} |
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: To Eli again. {{spoiler|Subverted ''big time'' once he realizes that Eli was complicit in his beating for talking to Esther Randolph.}} |
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