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In the intervening years after the events of the first film, Delta City has become fully owned and operated by OCP, while Robocop/Alex Murphy (Fletcher) has remained in service for over a decade. Murphy's also showing his age, and is scheduled to be retired by OCP because his parts are out of warranty. In addition, his now-grown son James has become an OCP executive, and his old partner John Cable has returned to the city to become the company's new security commander. By the end of the first episode, Robo is forced to kill Cable, who is subsequently reborn as Robocable, the second prototype for the once-defunct Robocop program. Murphy teams up with an anarchist group led by Ann R. Key ([[
The production was filmed and produced in [[California Doubling|Toronto, Canada]], and featured a number of well-known Canadian actors. Richard Eden (who played the title character on ''Robocop: The Series'') was asked to reprise his role, but backed out. The producers hired Page Fletcher instead, who devised his own movement system to reflect where the character was at that point in his life.
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''Prime Directives'' is a polarizing work for fans of the franchise. Some praised the miniseries for throwing out the "kid-friendly" elements of the previous series and third movie in favor of ultra-dark storytelling and copious amounts of violence, while others derided it for the acting, production values and comic book-like plot.
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▲* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: Murphy has become quasi-suicidal and angsty in the intervening years between the first film and the miniseries, while Robocable gets a conscience twice during the series (once when he decides to assist Murphy in "Meltdown", and again in "Crash And Burn").
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Damian attempts to leave the OCP building in "Crash And Burn"', and first gets shoved down an elevator shaft by Sara Cable (breaking his legs) and then gets his legs and hands cut off by the building's automated laser defense system before dying.
* [[Bash Brothers]]: Murphy and Cable, in both their human and cyborg forms.
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* [[Darker and Edgier]]: After the 1994 television series, the creators of ''Prime Directives'' went the other way and loaded the miniseries with just as much violence (implied/on-screen) as the films, including such instances as an extended sequence where Murphy and Cable discover a man who's been butchering young women and many other people being blown to pieces, shot and vaporized.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Kaydick was fired by OCP for illegal experiments, so he decides to get back at them by creating a nanite virus and killing all organic matter in Detroit.
* [[Drunk
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: Detroit is now stuck in total darkness (thanks to {{spoiler|Robo-Cable activating the EMP}}), and several people have died to stop the corrupted S.A.I.N.T. computer program from destroying the city, but Murphy does get to make up for lost time with his son and continue in his role as a protector, free of his overriding directives.
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]
* [[Executive Meddling]]: In-universe with Murphy being reprogrammed by The Trust to kill John Cable (as part of an plan to make him the new enforcer for the company).
* [[Fingore]]: The OCP special force commander's hand when Robo-Cable blows it to pieces with his gun.
* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: Murphy killing Bone Machine by stabbing him repeatedly with his datajack (also serves as a [[Call Back]] to the way he killed Boddicker in the original), {{spoiler|Damian}} getting a laser drilled through the back of his head and Robocable destroying the OCP commander's head with a sledgehammer, among many others.
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: Robocable, who wields two Auto-9's.
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* [[Heroic BSOD]]: The activation of Murphy's locked memories causes him to scream for several seconds before literally shutting down.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Ann goes in to the SAINT processing room in "Crash And Burn" to kill Kaydick, despite full well knowing that she'll die in the process. Robocable also sacrifices himself to stop SAINT so that Murphy and his son (and the rest of the city) can live.
* [[How Many Fingers?]]: Ann's sidekick says this to Murphy once he reactivates in "Resurrection".
* [[Impossibly Cool Weapon]]: Robo has his standard "Auto-9" a fully automatic pistol which holds more ammunition than the weapon should be physically capable of, and has selectable ammunition types from his HUD. Robocable gets two.
** Ann's blue electronic staff.
* [[Ironic Echo]]: Robocable's comment to the OCP soldier who almost destroyed him earlier in the series: "Now '''I''' own your black ass."
** In "Meltdown", Murphy remembers a phrase Cable once told him, "[[The Dark Knight Returns|The world only makes sense when you force it to]]." The quote returns as the coda for the third episode, "Resurrection".
* [[Kent Brockman News]]: The ''Media Break'' segments return from the original films, and go much farther with the satire, lampooning the lengths OCP will go to [[Merchandise
* [[Law of Inverse Fertility]]: John and Sara Cable tried several times to have a child, and when she finally did give birth, the baby was stillborn.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: A prominent social and political commentator who is staunchly against Robocop goes by the name Archie Nemesis on his broadcasts.
** [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Ann R. Key]]
* [[Mind Control Device]]: Kaydick uses a variant on Robocable, and uses it to make him follow his commands.
* [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup]]: Averted - Damian and Sara use the old notes and documentation used for the original prototype (Alex Murphy) to create Robocable.
* [[Obstructive Code of Conduct]]: Played with. Murphy still has his original directives, but is unknowingly given a directive to kill John Cable as well (which he must carry out). At the end of the miniseries, Robocable purges the original directives from Murphy's software.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Murphy has put up with a lot of crap over the last decade, but do not, under any circumstances, threaten his son or there will be ''hell to pay''.
* [[Please Wake Up]]: Jordan to her mother several times over the course of the final three episodes.
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* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Like her predecessor, The Old Woman is generally supportive of Robo and the Delta City Police Department, and denies Damian's request to send a team to destroy Robo.
* [[Smug Snake]]: OCP's top brass, Damian Lowe and Sara Cable. James Murphy starts out as this, but once he talks to his father and learns what really happened, he becomes incredibly helpful.
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