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* [[Complete Monster]]: Jerry Boorman; a complete sociopath of a CIA agent who will ruin lives for the purpose of saving his ass, as far as the vile things he has done as part of the "War On Terror". His most notable moment of cruelty comes when he is torturing an innocent Muslim-American into taking the fall for a murder attempt he carried out, at which point he admits to the man he is torturing, that he doesn't give a damn about America and only cares about himself.
** Walter Kendrick in
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* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Ray Fiske. Tom Shayes and Uncle Pete as well
* [[First Installment Wins]]: While subsequent seasons (excluding
* [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel]]: ''[[Wham! Episode|There Is No "We" Anymore]]'', particularly the scene depicting {{spoiler|David's murder}}.
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Patty Hewes is an exemplary example, as is her [[Worthy Opponent]] Arthur Frobisher.
** [[Magnificent Bastard|Magnificent Bitch]]: There are several good examples of Patty's [[Buffy-Speak|magnificent bastardry...]] but arguably the best example is in the resolution to Season 2 wherein not only does she win the case but manages to use it as an opportunity to {{spoiler|gain immunity and nullify the case that the FBI and Ellen were building against her}}.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: In Season 3, the Tobin's start out as a reasonably sympathetic family, but they get progressively worse as the story progresses. You lose all sympathy with them when they
* [[Not So Different]]: Patty is, if anything, ''more'' ruthless than Ray Fiske in the first season.
* [[Seasonal Rot]]:
* [[Series Fauxnale]]: While the producers have [[Word of God|denied this]], the
* [[Tear Jerker]]: Poor {{spoiler|Ray Fiske's}} final scenes.
** Chris's scenes at the end of the
* [[Wangst]]: An interesting dramatic version. Arthur Frobisher acts as though the world is against him, with him being a poor innocent victim of circumstance. The characters (and hell, the audience) knows he's full of crap, and feels about as much sympathy for him as you'd expect.
* [[What the Hell, Casting Agency?]]: Martin Short for the most part, though viewers were pleasantly surprised.
* [[The Woobie]]: {{spoiler|Ray Fiske}} by the end of his character arc.
** Season
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