The Event: Difference between revisions

* [[Genre Blind]]: Jarvis' one weakness. He is an excellent manipulator, constantly makes everyone swallow his [[Blatant Lies]] and keeps up his flawless act ''even when he is called out on it'' - but in the finale he falls for one of [[The Oldest Tricks in The Book]].

* [[Genre Savvy]]: '''''James Dempsey'''''. Let's see, he understands that Martinez will be a good President, but further predicts both his and Sophia's shifts to [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]. Even better, he ''successfully identifies Sean as'' ''[[The Hero]]'', lures Sean in by putting his partner in [[Unresolved Sexual Tension|UST]] in a [[Death Trap]], and then offers him anything he needs to save the world. {{spoiler|When Sean [[Determinator|refuses to forget about chasing Dempsey]], Dempsey kills himself so Sean will move on to [[Bigger Bad|the true threat]]}}.

'''Dempsey:''' Because every time I put an obstacle in his path, he destroys it. }}

* [[Genre Shift]]: The show appears to be a conspiracy thriller (albeit one in [[Anachronic Order]]) until the very end when it shifts to science fiction when the kamikaze plane disappears into a big ol' ball of spacetime. On the other hand, the title itself is a pretty big hint. After all, you don't refer to things you understand (like terrorist threats or natural disasters) as "the Event."

* [[Tomato Surprise]]: {{spoiler|Leila discovers that she and her sister}} are [[Half-Human Hybrid|half-alien.]]

* [[Title Drop]]: In an exchange between CIA agent Simon Lee and Sophia Maguire during the pilot episode.

'''Lee''': "''He's going to tell them[[Dramatic Pause|... about The Event]].''" }}

** At least some episodes titles are lines from that episode.

** And the Vice President both as first Dempsey's then Sophia's pawn thinks he is acting for the best interests of his country.

* [[We Will Meet Again]]: Dempsey regarding Sean:

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Where's Leila's sister?

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Simon Lee to Sophia after {{spoiler|she destroyed the Washington Monument}}