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* [[Jerkass]]: Harry Ricks, newly minted commander of ''USS Maine'', is a hardcase engineer with a bad case of [[Miles Gloriosus]] when it comes to actual command. Elizabeth Elliot, Fowler's National Security Adviser, is worse, attempting to ruin Ryan's life on the basis of a petty vendetta and driving Fowler to the brink of nuclear war through sheer paranoia.
* [[Life Imitates Art]]: It's mentioned that local wags near the [[Peace Through Superior Firepower|Strategic Air Command]] HQ joked that the relatively new (at the time) Command Center was made so that the actual place matched up with the common Hollywood depictions of the facility, which were better than the original structure.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Both Fowler and Elliot go into full BSOD mode when they realize how close they came to starting [[World War Three]]. Fowler resigns his presidency immediately afterwards and Elliot gets taken to a mental hospital.
* [[Rich Bitch]]: Elizabeth Elliot, made worse because of her relationship with President Fowler. She becomes his most trusted advisor but her paranoid insecurity causes her to lead him to the brink of nuclear war. She has a full on breakdown afterwards.
* [[Super Bowl]]: Where the terrorists plan to detonate their nuclear bomb.
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