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** One has to wonder how he survived long enough to meet Jim. Of course, Jim's sentinel powers may have required someone to act as bait/damsel-in-distress to activate his guardian instincts.
* [[Cowboy Cop]]: Jim was this in a big way early in his career until he ended up with Jack Pendergast as his partner. By the beginning of the series he's described by his co-workers as a lone wolf and a [[Jerkass]]. Then Blair comes along and mellows him... sorta.
* [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable]]: Averted. {{spoiler|Jim fails to revive Blair with CPR, which makes sense since Blair's heart had stopped. The panther/wolf merger though, which made less sense, succeeded.}}
* [[Cursed With Awesome]]/[[Blessed With Suck]]: Jim feels this way about his abilities a lot of the time. See also [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]; below.
* [[Da Chief]]: Captain Simon Banks. He knows about Jim's abilities and is continually having to explain away Jim's eccentricities to his superiors along with why Blair's still hanging around when his observer's pass expired years ago.
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* [[Heroic Bastard]]: Blair's mother has never told him who his father is, and may not even know.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Jim and Blair live together from episode three through the finale.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Star Trek Voyager|Jeri Ryan]] as Alex Barnes. Also Udo Kier, the go-to guy anytime anyone needs a creepy-looking German guy, as Klaus Zellar.
* [[Hippie Parents]]: Blair's mother Naomi.
* [[Ho Yay]]: Due to Blair's position as Jim's guide, he spends a lot of time touching Jim to keep him from zoning.
** The actors picked up on it and played it up in the bloopers.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Jim feels this way towards Blair's mother, much to the latter's chagrin.
* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: Blair's job is essentially to help Jim learn to master his abilities. This role becomes more nominal in later episodes, though he still has to provide Jim with advice every now and then.
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: Jim, even after he accepts his abilities help people, never stops bitching about how he's [[Blessed With Suck]].
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Blair really doesn't like guns. Instead he uses doors, vending machines, fire hoses, and anything else he can get his hands on when stuff hits the fan.
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* [[Secret Keeper]]: Blair and Simon. The fact that Blair is trying to keep Jim's secret while simultaneously writing his dissertation on it creates certain obvious problems, and in the series finale {{spoiler|Blair sacrifices his academic career to protect the secret. But, the storyline for the finale relied on implausible events}}.
* [[Serial Killer]]: David Lash from "Cypher", one of the show's most memorable villains.
* [[Strawman News Media]]: Type 4. Reporters simply broadcast rumors without doing any research. In the [
* [[Super Senses]]: The whole damn premise of the show.
* [[
* [[Vigilante Man]]: Jim skirts this a couple times. When his favorite informant/[[Big Brother Complex|little brother]] figure is killed, Jim uses some questionable methods, including an illegal wire tap, to try in bring the guy(s) down.
** The in-universe outrage that this provokes is kind of funny in retrospect.
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