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This is a show caught in among [[Dramedy]], [[Fantasy]] and [[The Musical]].
Eli Stone (played by [[Jonny Lee Miller]]) is a lawyer for one of those scum-sucking firms, who develops an [[Lamarck Was Right|inherited]] and inoperable (supposedly) brain aneurysm. The [[Disability Superpower|brain aneurysm]] gives him all kinds of hallucinations, many of which involve song and end with everyone in the room staring at Eli as he's just dive-bombed the carpet during a meeting. These visions tend to have something to do with a case he's working on, indicating that the aneurysm gave Eli [[Psychic Powers]]. Eli's hallucinations start somewhat [[Freak-Out|wrecking his life]], leading him to break up with his fiancee, take on charity/pro bono cases, nearly lose his job/career, etc.
At the end of the first season, Eli [[I Just Want to Be Normal|had an operation to remove the aneurysm anyway.]] Thanks to [[Status Quo Is God]], he got it back...but [[I Just Want to Be Special|this time he wants it]], and gets a [[Mission
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* [[Handsome Lech]] / [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Matt
* [[Hollywood Law]]: So very, very much. Particularly bad in the episode "Sonoma" which not only has half the lawyers thrown in jail because the [[Hanging Judge]] used to date one of them, it forces two sets of lawyers from opposing firms to ALL be working for the same woman. Conflict of interest much? Also has [[Surprise Witness]] and [[Smoking Gun|Smoking Painting With Matching Necklace]].
** Not to mention the time where Eli switched sides and suddenly prosecuted a case against his own law firm ("Chinese wall"). Note: According to [[wikipedia:Chinese wall#Law|this article]] from [[The Other Wiki]], the Chinese Wall actually exists, so it's not as though the writers simply made up a law. The real issue is that, Chinese Wall or no, it's illegal in the U.S. for one firm to represent two conflicting parties.
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: George Michael songs in the first season
* [[It's Not You, It's Me]]: Eli breaks up with Taylor because he thinks the aneurysm is a relationship-killer, even though she's willing to stick with him.
* [[Lamarck Was Right]]: Eli inherited the aneurysm from his father. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] because both Eli and his father were chosen to receive the aneurysm.
* [[Law Procedural]]
* [[Love Triangle]]: Eli, Taylor and Maggie. Later, Eli, Maggie and Scott and then Eli, Maggie and Paul.
* [[Magical Native American]]: "Dr. Chen" kind of operates as one, though he's not Native American (and may not exactly be Chinese, either). Real name: Frank Leibokowski. "They want incense, mystique, foreign accent, they want the "Dr. Chen."
* [[Make the Dog Testify|Make The Gay Chimp Testify]]
* [[Mental Time Travel]]
* [[Missed the Call]]: After Eli's [[Refusal of the Call|surgery]], his brother briefly seems to be picking up Eli's visions for him. {{spoiler|"God's fiduciary" says essentially that one Stone brother is going to get the visions, period. And if Eli doesn't take 'em, Nate will do just as well.}}
* [[Musical Episode]]: Most of them
* [[Neurodiversity Is Supernatural]]: The inexplicable actions of an autistic child are a way God communicates with Eli.
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* [[Or Was It a Dream?]]: All the time. It's not.
* {{spoiler|[[Our Angels Are Different]] (see [[There Are No Therapists]])}}
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Jordan actually drove Taylor's mom off after they split up.
* [[Parental Marriage Veto]]: Not actually involving marriage, but Jordan indicates he'd put the smackdown on Matt dating Taylor.
* [[Posthumous Character]]: Eli's dad
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* [[Psychic Powers]]
* [[Sassy Secretary]]: Patti
* [[Secret Legacy]]: Eli's dad, who everyone thought was just a drunk, also had a brain aneurysm that gave him [[Psychic Powers]].
* [[Self-Defeating Prophecy]]: Eli can sometimes prevent his visions from coming true.
* [[Ship Tease]]: The show makes you think Eli and Beth will date again. She ends up dating his brother.
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* [[Ultimate Job Security]]: ''Constantly.'' It's a frequent plot point that Eli should be canned and yet can't be. [[Justified]] in the pilot, when Beth specifically put into her settlement agreement that Eli can't be fired no matter what he does. {{spoiler|Jordan apparently doesn't have this, though.}}
* [[Tyrant Takes the Helm]]: When Marci takes over
* [[Vision Quest]]
* [[Writer on Board]] (Maggie!)
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