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* [[Amicably Divorced]]: Whit and all three of his ex-wives. His third marriage, in particular, split up because he was [[Married to
* [[Buffy-Speak]]: In the pilot:
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* [[Character Name Alias]]: Alex's husband hides out under the aliases of famous literary figures, including [[Walt Whitman]] and [[Edgar Allan Poe]].
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* [[Clear My Name]]: The ongoing plot of the series.
* [[Courtroom Antics]]: When a possibly senile court-appointed client won't speak to anyone except through a dummy, Whit calls the ''dummy'' to the witness stand.
* [[Curse Cut Short]]:
** In the pilot, Alex tells Whit that she "studied [her] a-- butt off" to earn her law degree.
** Alex to Whit again in "Buried Past":
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* [[Cut Himself Shaving]]: Played with in "Above the Law": When Alex is talking to the crooked police officer responsible for the death of her fiend, she points out the suspicious scratches on his face and asks if he cut himself shaving.
* [[Diplomatic Impunity]]: In "Trial by Memory," diplomatic immunity protects a suspect. Oddly, the lawyers don't seem to remember it exists until the suspect invokes it.
* [[Dirty Cop]]: In "Above the Law," Alex believes corrupt police officers are behind the death of a friend who just got out of prison.
* [[Evil Lawyer Joke]]: In the pilot:
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** Doubles as [[Self Deprecating Humor]].
* [[Hollywood Law]]: Alex frequently goes undercover to gather evidence about the opposing side of a case, which usually involves talking to them without their attorney present and without identifying herself as an employee of Whit's law firm. This is completely ignored in most episodes, although she gets in trouble for it once or twice when the plot requires a conflict.
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* [[One-Hour Work Week]]: Alex's night job at the cleaning company comes across as this before she quits.
* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]:
** Lisa Lackey as Alex occasionally slips into her native Australian accent or various regional U.S. accents (particularly [[New York City]]). This is [[Lampshaded]] and [[Justified]] in the pilot when Alex tells Whit she was an army brat and traveled all over growing up, specifically mentioning [[Australia (2008 film)|Australia]], New York, and East [[Los Angeles|LA]] as places she picked up accents from.
** Also, Peter Wingfield's attempt at an American accent in "Above the Law."
* [[Pun-Based Title]]: "Dying to be Thin," in which Alex investigates unsafe diet pills.
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* [[Reverse Psychology]]: In "Human Trials," the law firm gets around a court order not to release evidence against a drug company by roundaboutly getting the file into the hands of the D.A. and then telling him not to read it.
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: When Peggy tells Ted that her car was towed in "The Last to Know," he replies:
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* [[Ship Tease]]:
** Ted and Peggy. The writers stick them together for three episodes that make it look like they're starting a relationship, beginning with him teaching her how to rollerblade and ending with her inviting him to a Christmas party at her parents' house. It's later implied that they talk regularly, although not necessarily that they're dating, but they [[Ships That Pass in
** The writers also teased Patrick/Alex in the first few episodes, with him playfully flirting and her playfully rebuffing. Instead of going the usual main couple [[UST]] route, however, they dropped it pretty quick and gave the characters more of a friendship dynamic.
* [[Smart People Wear Glasses]]:
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