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** So do Guerrero and Winston, and FBI Agent Vance, in "Imbroglio."

* [[Fake American]]: Ames is played by British Janet Montgomery.

* [[Faking Amnesia]]: Inverted. A client who has amnesia takes part in a sting to trick the bad guys by pretending not to have amnesia. To do this he has to convince them that he was faking it. It makes sense in context.

* [[Fan Nickname]]: G-Man - Guerrero.

** Because, unlike Guerrero, she's willing to take a check. Nevertheless, being that she was a notable thief before joining the team, paying taxes was probably something she conveniently forgot to do.

* [[Heroic Sociopath]]: Guerrero, though he's not so much heroic as he is loyal to Chance.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: Guerrero is a big fan of opera. Big enough that when he misses a show in "Imbroglio", he's ready to dish out pain with as much grumpiness as when, say, 'retrieving' information from an uncooperative captive. {{spoiler|He's also initially smitten with Ilsa's sister-in-law despite the rather obvious differences between the two of them; credit to Jackie Earle Haley for slipping in just the slightest bit of excitement over getting to join Ilsa and her sister to the opera as well as just the slightest bit of politeness to her compared to the way he normally talks to people. And then he goes and gets a date to Venice with her...}}

* [[Hidden Villain]]: The man known so far only as "Chance's old boss".

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Guerrero very reluctantly sets up Ames with a tab at a bad guy bar he visits.

** In a later episode, he's gives Ilsa and her sister time to talk in private over personal matters (though to be fair, he's also smitten with said sister). In the same episode, he also trusts Ilsa enough at this point to toss his earpiece to her before being captured. Considering his generally open disdain or indifference for her prior, this is a huge step in how he thinks of Ilsa. {{spoiler|Though some of it may be due to the events of "Communications Breakdown" as it's not out of the question to think that his opinion of Ilsa was improved by her being capable of killing Lopez on her own.}}

* [[Please Put Some Clothes On]]: Lightheartedly [[Hangs a Lampshade|lampshaded]] by Chance, who was the reason she got naked in the first place.

* [[Psycho for Hire]]: If Baptiste comments on your watch, run immediately. If you take his watch (or a watch he really really likes)... run faster.

* [[Rule of Cool]]: The show runs on it.

* [[Rule of Symbolism]]: In "Baptiste", Chance and Baptiste's episode-long conversation takes place in front of a picture of Lucifer's fall from grace. It's interesting to note that Chance is sitting in front of Lucifer and Baptiste in front of the host of angels tossing Lucifer out.

* [[Scary Black Man]]: Baptiste

* [[Second Season Downfall]]

* [[Sherlock Scan]]: Subverted. At the end of "Tanarak", Chance knows that the girl of the week is leaving the country, and where she is headed, before she tells him anything. He tries to explain how he knows, using his knowledge of her character, then a bandage on her arm that looks like an immunization, before admitting her mother told him.

* [[The Short Guy With Glasses]]: Guerrero to a tee.

** In "Sanctuary", the head of a robbery gang's name is [[Splinter Cell|Sam Fisher.]] Looks like the guy decided to retire and be a crook instead.

** In "Lockdown", Layla's username is [[Watchmen (Film)|"Nite Owl"]]. Granted, she's a security guard, but still...

* [[We Help the Helpless]]

** Everything else is just for fun.

* [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him]]: Hilariously lampshaded in the opening scenes of the first episode: "Word of advice: never make threats. If you wanna do something, don't talk about it, do it."

* [[Wilhelm Scream]]