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One of Cassie's colleagues at Imperial Atlantic airlines, who she has a close relationship with. Though she seems somewhat stable at first, [[spoiler: she's revealed to be working with the North Koreans to sabotage the tech company her husband is working at.]]

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One of Cassie's colleagues at Imperial Atlantic airlines, who whom she has a close relationship with. Though she seems somewhat stable at first, [[spoiler: she's revealed to be working with the North Koreans to sabotage the tech company her husband is working at.]]



Cassie's lawyer friend who she contacts to figure out how to deal with the Bangkok incident.

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Cassie's lawyer friend who whom she contacts to figure out how to deal with the Bangkok incident.
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* CorruptedCharacterCopy: Cassie is one to Penny from ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. Both are portrayed by Creator/KaleyCuoco, who plays a HardDrinkingPartyGirl with [[WaitingForABreak unrealistic aspirations]]. However, Penny’s drinking habits are PlayedForLaughs and not given much focus, while having a group of nerdy friends that help keep her grounded. On the other hand, Cassie’s drinking is PlayedForDrama and the main focus of her character while lacking the support network Penny had, resulting in Cassie’s worst qualities spiraling out of control.

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* CrusadingLawyer: Deconstructed. After Cassie tells her about what happened in Bangkok, Ani does everything she can to sort the mess out legally. Unfortunately, Cassie's poorly plotted shenanigans to find more information on Alex Sokolov make her job even more difficult, and it ultimately escalates to her nearly getting disbarred. [[spoiler: By the series end, Ani decides to quit the firm and starts drifting around to find a new job.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Ani deals with a lot of Cassie's erratic behavior and stupid decisions that make her job as a lawyer harder, but the event that ultimately causes her to give up on Cassie completely is when [[spoiler: she causes Max to nearly die in a car accident]]. At that point, Ani ends their friendship on the spot and forces her out of her house. [[spoiler: After Max makes a recovery and Cassie is nearly killed in Rome, they make up by the series' end.]]

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* CrusadingLawyer: Deconstructed. After Cassie tells her about what happened in Bangkok, Ani does everything she can to sort the mess out legally. Unfortunately, Cassie's poorly plotted shenanigans to find more information on Alex Sokolov make her job even more difficult, and it ultimately escalates to her nearly getting disbarred. [[spoiler: By the series end, Ani decides to quit the firm and starts drifting around to find a new job.]]
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Ani deals with a lot of Cassie's erratic behavior and stupid decisions that make her job as a lawyer harder, but the event that ultimately causes her to give up on Cassie completely is when [[spoiler: she causes Max to nearly die in a car accident]]. At that point, Ani ends their friendship on the spot and forces her out of her house. [[spoiler: After Max makes a recovery and Cassie is nearly killed in Rome, they make up by the series' end.]]



* {{Flanderization}}: In Season 1, Ani shows a nervousness to admit to Cassie that she's actually dating Max, but when the chips are down, she admits her love to him. Come Season 2, and Ani's noncommittal behavior is brought to the forefront where she not only is she subconscious of wearing Max's engagement ring (to the point of straight-up lying to his parents when they ask her about it), but she completely botches a job interview because of her lack of self-confidence.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Ani acting belligerent to Max's parents regarding her engagement to their son in Season 2 was pretty atrocious behavior from her, but Ani does have a point in that Max's family was being far too nosy into their personal life, to the point of speculating about their future grandchildren aloud and outright announcing to Ani that they're giving her tea that increases fertility, despite Ani not wanting children.



* EveryoneHasStandards: While Max is willing to help Cassie by staying up all night to put pieces of paper together, he draws the line at breaking into Alex's apartment for clues. Eventually subverted when he relents and proves to be incredibly helpful.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: EvenTheGuysWantHim: Played for laughs in Season 2, where Max constantly sings praise for Cassies's boyfriend Marco and considers him a very cool guy to hang around. Ani lampshades this, and asking why Max is so interested in a man he only met a few minutes ago.
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While Max is willing to help Cassie by staying up all night to put pieces of paper together, he draws the line at breaking into Alex's apartment for clues. Eventually subverted when he relents and proves to be incredibly helpful.helpful.
** While Max is generally okay with Ani being shy about admitting her relationship with him, he gets ''really'' angry in Season 2 when Ani makes a scene and tries to downplay their engagement status to his parents, indicating her words have really hurt him.


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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Max is generally a talkative, jokey guy who doesn't care all that much about Ani's noncommittal behavior for the most part. So when he stews in quiet TranquilFury towards Ani after the social disaster at his parents' house, you know he's been seriously offended.

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* DrunkDriver: [[spoiler:Him downing several beers while driving with Cassie is what results in his incredibly predictable death.]]

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* DrunkDriver: [[spoiler:Him Him downing several beers while driving with Cassie is what results in his incredibly predictable death.]]



* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Hank meets his end after crashing his pickup trunk in a bout of AlcoholInducedIdiocy with his daughter. Given how terrible of a dad he was to both his kids however, it's not exactly easy to feel sorry for him.]]

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* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Hank Hank meets his end after crashing his pickup trunk in a bout of AlcoholInducedIdiocy with his daughter. Given how terrible of a dad he was to both his kids however, it's not exactly easy to feel sorry for him.]]



* ConsummateLiar: [[spoiler: Megan is scarily competent at telling lies to her husband about why she needs his laptop and why it might be malfunctioning. It's only when she finds out that his computer now has malware on it that the mask finally slips.]]
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: She's been working with North Korea to smuggle malware onto her husband's computer in exchange for cash.]]
* DangerousDeserter: [[spoiler: At the end of the series, she gets on a train and flees Rome to escape justice for her crimes against the U.S government.]]

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* ConsummateLiar: [[spoiler: Megan is scarily competent at telling lies to her husband about why she needs his laptop and why it might be malfunctioning. It's only when she finds out that his computer now has malware on it that the mask finally slips.]]
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: She's been working with North Korea to smuggle malware onto her husband's computer in exchange for cash.]]
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* DangerousDeserter: [[spoiler: At the end of the series, Season 1, she gets on a train and flees Rome to escape justice for her crimes against the U.S government.]]



* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler: Yes Megan, that creepy North Korean guy you've been meeting in public places with the intention to sabotage your husband's laptop ''totally'' has your family's best interests at heart. [[SarcasmMode What could possibly go wrong?]]]]

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler: Yes Megan, that creepy North Korean guy you've been meeting in public places with the intention to sabotage your husband's laptop ''totally'' has your family's best interests at heart. [[SarcasmMode What could possibly go wrong?]]]]wrong?]]



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: The realization of how terrible her crimes were only hits Megan when her husband calls her in a panic about how badly screwed up his laptop is with malware.]]
* RegretfulTraitor: [[spoiler: Though she initially enjoys doing corporate espionage on behalf of North Korea at first, Megan eventually realizes how much damage she's done to her family after her husband calls her completely terrified out of his mind. Her final phone call with her son has her tearfully telling him how to get rid of the malware in his dad's computer, while telling him how much she loves him.]]

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: The realization of how terrible her crimes were only hits Megan when her husband calls her in a panic about how badly screwed up his laptop is with malware.]]
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* RegretfulTraitor: [[spoiler: Though she initially enjoys doing corporate espionage on behalf of North Korea at first, Megan eventually realizes how much damage she's done to her family after her husband calls her completely terrified out of his mind. Her final phone call with her son has her tearfully telling him how to get rid of the malware in his dad's computer, while telling him how much she loves him.]]



* TookALevelInBadass: Spending a year on the run from the U.S and North Korea in Iceland has made Megan quite more formidable. She's learned how to make a special type of poison with the mushrooms in the area, and even manages to subdue an agent with a pipe wrench when she's back in Newark.



* WhatTheHellHero: Shane is not pleased to learn that Cassie dragged him to Alex's memorial service to hang out at, pointing out that the place is ''filled with grieving relatives'' that he doesn't know. He still has a fling with one of the staff workers though.

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* WhatTheHellHero: PetTheDog: After spending much of his time trying to find and incarcerate Megan for much of Season 2, he decides to give her and her family Witness Protection after she trades him some information on North Korea.
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Shane is not pleased to learn that Cassie dragged him to Alex's memorial service to hang out at, pointing out that the place is ''filled with grieving relatives'' that he doesn't know. He still has a fling with one of the staff workers though.though.
** In Season 2, Shane is nothing short of displeased when he finds out Cassie has been communicating and assisting Megan with remaining on the run, despite her treasonous dealings with the North Koreans. He's further angered when she relapses on alcohol and drunkenly reveals to Shane's boyfriend that he's in the CIA, permanently ruining their relationship.



* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: GenderInvertedExample with Max. Despite the fact that Cassie just met him for the first time showering in her house, she has the gall to claim that she and Max are not dating. Ani quickly drops this attitude a few episodes later, and especially [[spoiler: when he ends up in the hospital after getting hit by a car.]] In the second season, it becomes "he is not my fiancee," as Max has given her an engagement ring, which she wears, but insists they are not engaged. This too eventually ends up going by the wayside. In the finale of the second season, they get married.

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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: GenderInvertedExample with Max. Despite the fact that Cassie just met him for the first time showering in her house, she has the gall to claim that she and Max are not dating. Ani quickly drops this attitude a few episodes later, and especially [[spoiler: when [[spoiler:when he ends up in the hospital after getting hit by a car.]] In This starts to become deconstructed in the second season, it becomes "he is not my fiancee," as as Ani's terror of committing to her relationship to Max has given her an engagement ring, which really starts to hurt him personally when she wears, but insists that they're not engaged, including to Max's own parents. Thankfully, they are not engaged. This too eventually ends up going commit themselves to one another and get married by the wayside. In the finale of the second season, season finale.
* TookALevelInBadass: In Season 1, Ani never was involved in the show's action parts, due to being primarily focused on trying to help Cassie through legal means. In Season 2, Ani's forced to deal with a crazy bounty hunter couple, and successfully manages to taze them when
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** [[spoiler:He also bears resemblance to [[Machinima/RedVsBlue a similarly named psychopathic mercenary]] who pretends to be a friendly ally of the hero before revealing his true nature as a sadistic killer and [[ItsPersonalWithTheDragon serving as their most personal enemy in spite of being]] TheDragon.]]

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** [[spoiler:He also bears resemblance to [[Machinima/RedVsBlue [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue a similarly named psychopathic mercenary]] who pretends to be a friendly ally of the hero before revealing his true nature as a sadistic killer and [[ItsPersonalWithTheDragon serving as their most personal enemy in spite of being]] TheDragon.]]
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MichaelHuisman

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->'''Portrayed By:''' Jason Jones

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->'''Portrayed by:''' Alberto Frezza

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->'''Portrayed by:''' Alberto Frezza
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Michael Huisman

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* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler: Someone presenting himself as the charming perfect man, but is in truth a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] stalker, that has killed people and is [[StalkerWithACrush obsessed with a blond woman]]. It would not be surprising if Greg Berlanti based Feliks off of [[Series/You2018 Joe Goldberg]]]].

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* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler: {{Expy}}:
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Someone presenting himself as the charming perfect man, but is in truth a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] stalker, that has killed people and is [[StalkerWithACrush obsessed with a blond woman]]. It would not be surprising if Greg Berlanti based Feliks off of [[Series/You2018 Joe Goldberg]]]].Goldberg]]]].
** [[spoiler:He also bears resemblance to [[Machinima/RedVsBlue a similarly named psychopathic mercenary]] who pretends to be a friendly ally of the hero before revealing his true nature as a sadistic killer and [[ItsPersonalWithTheDragon serving as their most personal enemy in spite of being]] TheDragon.]]
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* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler: Someone presenting himself as the charming perfect man, but is in truth a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] stalker, that has killed people and is [[StalkerWithACrush obsessed with a blond woman]]. It would not be surprising if Greg Berlanti based Feliks off of [[Series/You2018 Joe Goldberg]].

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* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler: Someone presenting himself as the charming perfect man, but is in truth a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] stalker, that has killed people and is [[StalkerWithACrush obsessed with a blond woman]]. It would not be surprising if Greg Berlanti based Feliks off of [[Series/You2018 Joe Goldberg]].Goldberg]]]].
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* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler: Someone presenting himself as the charming perfect man, but is in truth a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] stalker, that has killed people and is [[StalkerWithACrush obsessed with a blond woman]]. It would not be surprising if Feliks is based on Joe Goldberg from Greg Berlanti's other show, ''Series/You2018'']].

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* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler: Someone presenting himself as the charming perfect man, but is in truth a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] stalker, that has killed people and is [[StalkerWithACrush obsessed with a blond woman]]. It would not be surprising if Greg Berlanti based Feliks is based on off of [[Series/You2018 Joe Goldberg from Greg Berlanti's other show, ''Series/You2018'']].Goldberg]].
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* StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler: The season finale reveals that he had been following Cassie the entire time she was in Bangkok, as well as a few moments when she returns to the States. He’s also adamant that up until Cassie faked being attacked by him in the airport he was supposedly genuinely invested in their relationship.]]

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* StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler: The season finale reveals that he had been following Cassie the entire time she was in Bangkok, as well as a few moments when she returns to the States. He’s also adamant that up until Cassie faked being attacked by him in the airport he was supposedly genuinely invested in their relationship. The finale of the second season reveals that even in prison, he still can't get her out of his head.]]
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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: GenderInvertedExample with Max. Despite the fact that Cassie just met him for the first time showering in her house, she has the gall to claim that she and Max are not dating. Ani quickly drops this attitude a few episodes later, and especially [[spoiler: when he ends up in the hospital after getting hit by a car.]] In the second season, it becomes "he is not my fiancee," as Max has given her an engagement ring, which she wears, but insists they are not engaged. This too eventually ends up going by the wayside.

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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: GenderInvertedExample with Max. Despite the fact that Cassie just met him for the first time showering in her house, she has the gall to claim that she and Max are not dating. Ani quickly drops this attitude a few episodes later, and especially [[spoiler: when he ends up in the hospital after getting hit by a car.]] In the second season, it becomes "he is not my fiancee," as Max has given her an engagement ring, which she wears, but insists they are not engaged. This too eventually ends up going by the wayside. In the finale of the second season, they get married.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: It's not entirely clear what Miranda's fate is after Feliks is subdued in Rome. In the very least, we know that she somehow managed to escape the hotel room during the commotion and got to Alex's money, but it's unknown if she managed to get medical help, or where she even is.]]

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: It's not In the first season, it was entirely clear what Miranda's fate is after Feliks is subdued in Rome. In the very least, we know knew that she somehow managed to escape the hotel room during the commotion and got to Alex's money, but it's it was unknown if she managed to get medical help, or where she even is.went. The second season reveals that she made it out okay and continued to run her own network. She returns to help Cassie with smuggling Megan Briscoe out of Iceland.]]
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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: GenderInvertedExample with Max. Despite the fact that Cassie just met him for the first time showering in her house, she has the gall to claim that she and Max are not dating. Ani quickly drops this attitude a few episodes later, and especially [[spoiler: when he ends up in the hospital after getting hit by a car.]]

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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: GenderInvertedExample with Max. Despite the fact that Cassie just met him for the first time showering in her house, she has the gall to claim that she and Max are not dating. Ani quickly drops this attitude a few episodes later, and especially [[spoiler: when he ends up in the hospital after getting hit by a car.]]]] In the second season, it becomes "he is not my fiancee," as Max has given her an engagement ring, which she wears, but insists they are not engaged. This too eventually ends up going by the wayside.
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* OffTheWagon: [[spoiler:She falls off hard in Season 2, and later admits she didn't in fact make a year of sobriety and slipped several times]].

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Hank meets his end after crashing his pickup trunk in a bout of AlcoholInducedIdiocy with his daughter. Given how terrible of a dad he was to both his kids however, it's not exactly easy to feel sorry for him.]]


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* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Hank meets his end after crashing his pickup trunk in a bout of AlcoholInducedIdiocy with his daughter. Given how terrible of a dad he was to both his kids however, it's not exactly easy to feel sorry for him.]]

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[[folder:Enrico]]
!!Enrico
->'''Portrayed by:''' Alberto Frezza

An Italian OldFlame of Cassie's who currently lives as a bartender in Rome.

* ChekhovsGunman: He's introduced early on as a former lover and friend of Cassie's, with no relevance outside of establishing how Cassie really gets around. When Cassie learns about how dangerous [[spoiler:Feliks]] is though, Enrico is the first person she turns to for protection, which he happily does. Bonus points in that Enrico gets a revolver from his grandmother for Cassie's defense, thus making the "gunman" part quite literal.
* ChivalrousPervert: Enrico initially seems to be mostly interested in getting back into Cassie's pants once she reunites with him in Rome for the first time. But when Cassie makes it clear that she's seeing someone else, he immediately backs off and wishes Cassie the best for her future. He also drops everything to help keep Cassie safe when he learns about Feliks, showing he does genuinely care about her.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Enrico is more than willing to break off their sexual relationship when he finds out Cassie is seeing someone else.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:He's stabbed by Feliks in order to demonstrate just how dangerous the man is towards Cassie. [[SubvertedTrope Though he's later revealed to have survived shortly after]], with him giving Cassie a fatigued thumbs up as he's being hauled away to an ambulance.]]
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* DeadPersonConversation: Kind of. While the real Alex is most certainly

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* DeadPersonConversation: Kind of. While the real Alex is most certainly definitely dead with no way of speaking to Cassie posthumously, she nonetheless hallucinates the man and speaks with him constantly during the "Mind Palace" sequences.


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* ProperlyParanoid: Mind Palace Alex is at least perceptive enough to notice how strange and suspicious Buckley is, to the point of constantly referring to him as "dead cat guy".
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* ChekhovsGun: His copy of Crime and Punishment contains a clue to get to his missing cash.

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* ChekhovsGun: His copy of Crime and Punishment ''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment'' contains a clue to get to his missing cash.



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* DefrostingIceQueen: She is initially only after Cassie for an opportunity to get Alexander Sokolov’s cash, and doesn’t care much at all about her well being. After she's forced to work with Cassie to escape the country and/or find Alex’s money, she finds that Cassie's starting to grow on her, and actively wants to keep her safe. [[spoiler: At the end of the series, Miranda even sends her Alex's copy of Crime and Punishment minus the coordinates to the money as a gift, promising Cassie she'll see her again.]]

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* DefrostingIceQueen: She is initially only after Cassie for an opportunity to get Alexander Sokolov’s cash, and doesn’t care much at all about her well being. After she's forced to work with Cassie to escape the country and/or find Alex’s money, she finds that Cassie's starting to grow on her, and actively wants to keep her safe. [[spoiler: At [[spoiler:At the end of the series, Miranda even sends her Alex's copy of Crime and Punishment ''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment'' minus the coordinates to the money as a gift, promising Cassie she'll see her again.]]



* ProfessionalKiller: [[spoiler: He’s the one who is sent to kill Alexander Sokolov in Bangkok, and later executes Sabrina and Agent Chavez.]]

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* ProfessionalKiller: [[spoiler: He’s [[spoiler:He’s the one who is sent to kill Alexander Sokolov in Bangkok, and later executes Sabrina and Agent Chavez.]]
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: Ani's name is actually pronounced "Ah-knee", but she eventually switched to "Annie" due to kids at her school calling her that as a kid.
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* TheAlcoholic: Hank is shown to be a heavy drinker in Cassie's ChildhoodFlashback scenes, and he's directly responsible for his daughter picking up the trope in the present day.

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* TheAlcoholic: Hank is shown to be a heavy drinker in Cassie's ChildhoodFlashback childhood {{Flashback}} scenes, and he's directly responsible for his daughter picking up the trope in the present day.

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