United States of Tara: Difference between revisions

** It's revealed in the season 2 finale that {{spoiler|when Tara was five-years-old, her and Charmaine's parents took in her father's son from a previous marriage, who was "troubled" and was implied to have repeatedly sexually abused her. Tara and Charmaine were moved to a foster home for a while; the woman who took them in inspired one of Tara's alters, Alice}}.

* [[Ghost in The Machine]]: Probably not in the actual series proper, but the title sequence stylistically represents the three alters living in a house that turns into Tara's head. It won an Emmy.

** Not to mention Tara's husband is [[Sex and The City|Aidan]].

** In addition, [[Recess|Andy Lawrence]] of the [[Disney Channel|Lawrence brothers]] played Jason.

** [[Eddie Izzard]] is Tara's psychology professor.

** Grandma Sandi is [[Six Feet Under|Ruth Fisher]].

* [[I Call It Vera]]: Buck has a gun called Persephone.

* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: [[Tear Jerker|Excruciatingly]] subverted in "Crunchy Ice".

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Buck will kick your ass if you mess with his loved ones. [[Unstoppable Rage|Ask Kate's ex-boyfriend]]. And like Alice, he is also defensive of Tara as seen in the season 1 finale when {{spoiler|he tried to jump one of the guys who raped Tara/T in high school}}.

* [[Romantic False Lead]]: Charmaine's new boyfriend, "Fake Uncle" Nick, is a Nice RFL with regards to the relationship between her and Neil, {{spoiler|until the wedding}}.

* [[Slasher Smile]]: {{spoiler|This is how you know [[Ax Crazy|Bryce]] has come out to play}}.

* [[Soap Punishment]]: Alice, one of Tara's alters who is a 1950s housewife, invokes this trope after Kate gives her [[Ethical Slut]] rant. Alice follows through on the threat, driving Kate to get a job so she can move out (which becomes a major subplot for the next two seasons).

*** Actually, she does appear in the penultimate episode of the second season, if only briefly. {{spoiler|She comes out before Chicken at the Parmeters' house, to accuse Mimi's husband Dwayne of abusing Tara.}}

* [[Woman Scorned]]: {{spoiler|Marshall's reaction to his crush making out with T is to set her shed on fire and watch as it burns. It's very Medea}}.

* [[You Keep Using That Word]]: "Multiple personalities is DID, and schizophrenia is hearing voices."

 

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