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'''''Hit & Miss''''' is a 2012 six-episode Sky Atlantic drama starring [[Chloe Sevigny]]. It follows transgender hitman Mia as she discovers that she has a son by her late former girlfriend, Wendy, and Mia's attempts to bring her family together. |
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* [[Dead Guy, Junior]]: Sort of. Mia's son Ryan is named after her male identity. So "Ryan" would have been dead to Wendy. |
* [[Dead Guy, Junior]]: Sort of. Mia's son Ryan is named after her male identity. So "Ryan" would have been dead to Wendy. |
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* [[Easy Sex Change]]: Completely subverted. Mia has to take hormone pills and use hormone cream; she starts to panic when she misses them for a single day. |
* [[Easy Sex Change]]: Completely subverted. Mia has to take hormone pills and use hormone cream; she starts to panic when she misses them for a single day. |
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* [[Gender Reveal]]: Within the first five minutes, in a piece of full-frontal nudity. |
* [[Gender Reveal]]: Within the first five minutes, in a piece of full-frontal nudity. |
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* [[Hitman with a Heart]]: Mia turns out to one of these, especially when she adopts the kids as her own. |
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* [[Jerkass]] The Landlord (and his son). |
* [[Jerkass]] The Landlord (and his son). |
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* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: Mia gives one to the Landlord who's been giving her trouble. |
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: Mia gives one to the Landlord who's been giving her trouble. |
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Hit & Miss is a 2012 six-episode Sky Atlantic drama starring Chloe Sevigny. It follows transgender hitman Mia as she discovers that she has a son by her late former girlfriend, Wendy, and Mia's attempts to bring her family together.
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Tropes used in Hit & Miss include:
- Dead Guy, Junior: Sort of. Mia's son Ryan is named after her male identity. So "Ryan" would have been dead to Wendy.
- Easy Sex Change: Completely subverted. Mia has to take hormone pills and use hormone cream; she starts to panic when she misses them for a single day.
- Gender Reveal: Within the first five minutes, in a piece of full-frontal nudity.
- Hitman with a Heart: Mia turns out to one of these, especially when she adopts the kids as her own.
- Jerkass The Landlord (and his son).
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Mia gives one to the Landlord who's been giving her trouble.
- Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Averted so far. It's almost impossible to tell that Sevigny is American.
- Oop North: Set and filmed in Manchester.
- Professional Killer: Mia.
- Something's Different About You Now: Par for the course, really.
- Trans Equals Gay: Assumed by Wendy's children; defied by Mia.
- Underestimating Badassery: Something everyone does to Mia. Especially the Landlord.