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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:B000BC8SXS.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg\|frame]] {{quote\| ''My name is Thomas Veil, or at least it was. I'm a photographer, I had it all: a wife, Alyson... friends, a career. In one moment it was all taken away, all because of a single photograph. I have it, they want it, and they will do anything to get the negative. I'm keeping this diary as proof that these events are real... I know they are... they have to be..."}} The noirish action of ''Nowhere Man'' may or may not be taking place entirely in the mind of its hero, Thomas Veil ([[Bruce Greenwood]]), a photojournalist specializing in stark, brutal war shots. In the first episode, Veil attends a showing of his work, which includes "Hidden Agenda," a disturbing photo of American military personnel apparently presiding over an execution in an unnamed Third World country. Almost immediately upon its display, Veil's life is ... destroyed. Erased. Zeroed. [[Unperson\|Un Personed]]. He becomes a fugitive non-person, on the run from the mysterious forces that want the "Hidden Agenda" photo destroyed and forgotten. Line 7: The series had Veil [[Walking the Earth]], dealing with often disturbing happenings throughout middle America which were probably caused by the same organization that was targeting him, although hard truths were difficult to come by on this show, and the viewer was often left with a sense of uncertainty which mirrored Veil's own. A classic example of a show that was [[Too Good to Last]], the series may have aired too near in time to ''[[The X -Files]]'', which had absorbed a great deal of the audience's thirst for this kind of story. Not to be confused with the song by [[The Beatles]]. ~~Note:~~{{Unmarked inSpoilers}} In some cases ~~below~~, even the trope names can be spoilers. ~~----~~ ~~=== This show provides examples of: ===~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Adventure Towns]] * [[Cyberpunk]] * [[Christmas Episode]]: It's nearly Christmas when Tom sees a newspaper reporting that the FBI are looking for him to testify. His family welcomes him back for the holiday and everything seems to have been a mistake. {{spoiler\|[[Yank the ~~Dogs~~Dog's Chain\|Then he finds the house has been turned over by his wife, looking for the negatives. He takes them from the hiding place]] [[Status Quo Is God\|and goes back on the run.]]}} * [[Dramatic Hour Long]] * [[The Ending Changes Everything]] Line 34 ⟶ 32: * [[Ontological Mystery]] (of a sort) * [[Post Modernism]]: One of the Conspiracy's plots involved randomly broadcasting a television show that depicted scenes from Veil's life after his erasure. * [[Screwed Byby the Network]] : See this smart, well written show here? Canceled for Moesha re-runs and...wait for it...''Homeboys in outer space''. Is it any wonder UPN doesn't exist anymore? * [[Stern Chase]] * [[Unperson]] * [[Was It All a Lie?]]? Tom asks this question of {{spoiler\|his wife who was seemingly in on the conspiracy from day one.}} * [[X Meets Y]]: Some fans describe this show as ''[[The Fugitive (TV series)\|The Fugitive]]'' meets ''[[The Prisoner]]''. * [[Yank the ~~Dogs~~Dog's Chain]] * [[Walking the Earth]] Line 46 ⟶ 44: [[Category:American Series]] [[Category:Nowhere Man]] [[Category:TV Series]]