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* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: The amnesiac patient of the second season premiere.

* [[Baker's Dozen]]: The first season was thirteen episodes. Same with the second season.

* [[Blessed ~~With~~ Suck]]: Toby; {{spoiler|the extra electrical activity from reading people's minds is literally going to kill him if he continues doing it.}}

* [[Blessed with Suck]]: Toby; {{spoiler|the extra electrical activity from reading people's minds is literally going to kill him if he continues doing it.}}

* [[Blue Eyes]]: Toby. There will often be a blue tinge to scenes (like in ''[[CSI: NY]]'') that emphasizes his eyes.

* [[Bound and Gagged]]: Marks in "One Way or Another".

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* [[Corrupt Cop]]: Mike Henderson in the first episode.

* [[Cover-Blowing Superpower]]: Subverted in that when he's kidnapped in "Desperate Hours", his fellow hostage (Oz) knows about his powers and no explaining is needed. Unfortunately, his power is more subtler than most and barely kept them alive.

* [[Cursed ~~With~~ Awesome]]: Toby decides that his telepathy is a gift rather than a curse.

* [[Cursed with Awesome]]: Toby decides that his telepathy is a gift rather than a curse.

* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead(?) Little Brother]]: Toby remembers a baby brother.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Mercer.

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* [[Fair Cop]]: Det. Marks.

* [[Foster Kid]]: Toby is one.

* [[Friend On the Force]]: First Charlie Marks, now Sgt. McCluskey.

* [[Friend on the Force]]: First Charlie Marks, now Sgt. McCluskey.

* [[Healing Hands]]: Iris. {{spoiler|Supposedly.}}

* [[Heroic Fatigue]] : This turns out to be a plot point in that {{spoiler|Toby will die if he continues to use his powers and in the second season finale, shuts off his telepathy}}

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'''Toby:''' Is that what it's called nowadays? }}

* [[Jerkass]]: Holy crap, Marks.

* [[Jumped At the Call]]: Unlike [[Heroes (TV)|Ando]], Oz starts off both relieved to know he's not crazy and anxious to help Toby out.

* [[Jumped At the Call]]: Unlike [[Heroes (TV series)|Ando]], Oz starts off both relieved to know he's not crazy and anxious to help Toby out.

* [[Mind Rape]]: Marks initially ''thinks'' Toby's power is this, but relents.

* [[Mixed Metaphor]]: In "Inner Circle":

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* [[Phone Trace Race]]: In "Vanished," a kidnapper freaks out at her partner when he stays on the phone longer than 15 seconds, believing that this will allow the police to trace them. (They can't get a trace anyway.)

* [[Psychic Powers]]: Obviously.

* [[Rape As Backstory]]: Charlie was raped by a teacher. This is used to explain why she is so upset about Toby being able to read her mind, because no-one who hasn't been raped is ever protective of their privacy, no sir.

* [[Rape as Backstory]]: Charlie was raped by a teacher. This is used to explain why she is so upset about Toby being able to read her mind, because no-one who hasn't been raped is ever protective of their privacy, no sir.

* [[Screwed By the Network]]: [[Yu-Gi-Oh ~~the~~ Abridged Series|In America!]] Killed by NBC in favor of ''[[Law and Order]]'' reruns.

* [[Screwed by the Network]]: [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|In America!]] Killed by NBC in favor of ''[[Law and Order]]'' reruns.

* [[Secret Keeper]]: Mercer, and later Oz, Marks, and Olivia. In the second season, they are joined by Michelle McCluskey and Dev Clark.

* [[Shout Out]]: Toby is confidential informant number [[THX 1138 (Film)|A1138]]. (Probably more of a shout out to ''[[Star Wars]]'', which frequently references the number 1138.)

* [[Shout-Out]]: Toby is confidential informant number [[THX 1138 (Film)|A1138]]. (Probably more of a shout out to ''[[Star Wars]]'', which frequently references the number 1138.)

* [[Straight Man and Wise Guy]]: Usually between Ryder and Oz.

* [[Suicide By Cop]]: {{spoiler|The kidnapper}} in "A Voice in the Dark".

* [[Suicide by Cop]]: {{spoiler|The kidnapper}} in "A Voice in the Dark".

* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: McCluskey for Marks in the second season -- both police detectives with similar personalities. {{spoiler|She even learns his secret by the second episode she's in.}}

* [[Take My Hand]]: In the first episode.

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* [[Truncated Theme Tune]]: For the second season, the full theme tune and credits sequence is reduced to a few notes and a title, and the main cast credits are shown over the next scene.

* [[Turn in Your Badge]]: Happens to Marks in "One Way or Another".

* [[We Have to Get ~~The~~ Bullet Out]]: [[Zig Zagged]] in "Desperate Hours," in which Toby and Oz get kidnapped and forced to help a man who was shot. The kidnapper makes Toby perform surgery to remove the bullet, which he believes is the only way to save the man's life, despite the fact that Toby is a ''paramedic''. Toby gets them to call Olivia, an actual surgeon, who advises that the safest way to handle the bullet wound is just to stitch it up and leave the bullet in. Then Toby finds the bullet lodged against an artery; removing it could either be necessary to save him or make things fatally worse. They end up removing the bullet to find little damage in the artery, meaning he's in the clear. {{spoiler|He then goes into cardiac arrest and dies anyway.}}

* [[We Have to Get the Bullet Out]]: [[Zig Zagged]] in "Desperate Hours," in which Toby and Oz get kidnapped and forced to help a man who was shot. The kidnapper makes Toby perform surgery to remove the bullet, which he believes is the only way to save the man's life, despite the fact that Toby is a ''paramedic''. Toby gets them to call Olivia, an actual surgeon, who advises that the safest way to handle the bullet wound is just to stitch it up and leave the bullet in. Then Toby finds the bullet lodged against an artery; removing it could either be necessary to save him or make things fatally worse. They end up removing the bullet to find little damage in the artery, meaning he's in the clear. {{spoiler|He then goes into cardiac arrest and dies anyway.}}