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* EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:Sarah, Cable's pregnant friend, uses their connection and her vulnerability to trick Cable into using a flash drive with a virus that deletes everything incriminating Malcolm.]]
* FunWithAcronyms: Cable notices the name "JANET" while comparing Malcolm's digital signature, provided in a flash drive by Sarah, with the hacker's. [[spoiler:It stands for "Joint Air Network Employee Transportation", and is a secret, discreet method of transporting military personnel across the country.]]
* InfractionDistraction: [[spoiler:The hack turns out to have been a distraction while downloading information on a secret government project worth hundreds of millions of dollars.]]
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The data on the flash drive, which carried the virus meant to free Malcolm, also revealed Malcolm's true crime.]]
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Despite the fact that Cable's actions ultimately revealed the true reason behind the hack attack on the air traffic control and got all involved convicted, she still committed evidence tampering in a case against the FBI and so Bull fires her -- and she's noted as being lucky to have avoided going to jail.]]
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Cable is presented with the dilemma of choosing between talking to Sarah, an old friend in clear distress (Good), or walking away from her, as her confidentiality clause demands (Lawful). She chooses to be Good, which sets her up for a second Lawful vs. Good choice; does she take the flash drive that Sarah offers her with an exact copy of Malcom's digital signature, which will guarantee the absolute best comparison and could be what exonerates Malcom, who is the father of Sarah's child, or does she refuse it and walk away, which is what the law requires her to do? In the end, Cable chooses to be Good rather than Lawful a second time. [[spoiler: Which comes back to bite her when the flash drive is actually a hacking tool primed to erase the FBI server containing copies of the hacker's signature from the event.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: In trying to prove Malcolm's innocence for her desperate, pregnant friend, Cable [[spoiler:unwittingly unleashes a virus on a server that deletes all vital information, committing the crime of evidence tampering, and Bull ultimately fires her for it]].

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* EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:Sarah, Sarah, Cable's pregnant friend, uses their connection and her vulnerability to trick Cable into using a flash drive with a virus that deletes everything incriminating Malcolm.]]
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* FunWithAcronyms: Cable notices the name "JANET" while comparing Malcolm's digital signature, provided in a flash drive by Sarah, with the hacker's. [[spoiler:It It stands for "Joint Air Network Employee Transportation", and is a secret, discreet method of transporting military personnel across the country.]]
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* InfractionDistraction: [[spoiler:The The hack turns out to have been a distraction while downloading information on a secret government project worth hundreds of millions of dollars.]]
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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The The data on the flash drive, which carried the virus meant to free Malcolm, also revealed Malcolm's true crime.]]
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Despite Despite the fact that Cable's actions ultimately revealed the true reason behind the hack attack on the air traffic control and got all involved convicted, she still committed evidence tampering in a case against the FBI and so Bull fires her -- and she's noted as being lucky to have avoided going to jail.]]
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* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Cable is presented with the dilemma of choosing between talking to Sarah, an old friend in clear distress (Good), or walking away from her, as her confidentiality clause demands (Lawful). She chooses to be Good, which sets her up for a second Lawful vs. Good choice; does she take the flash drive that Sarah offers her with an exact copy of Malcom's digital signature, which will guarantee the absolute best comparison and could be what exonerates Malcom, who is the father of Sarah's child, or does she refuse it and walk away, which is what the law requires her to do? In the end, Cable chooses to be Good rather than Lawful a second time. [[spoiler: Which comes back to bite her when the flash drive is actually a hacking tool primed to erase the FBI server containing copies of the hacker's signature from the event.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: In trying to prove Malcolm's innocence for her desperate, pregnant friend, Cable [[spoiler:unwittingly unwittingly unleashes a virus on a server that deletes all vital information, committing the crime of evidence tampering, and Bull ultimately fires her for it]].it.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Despite the fact that Cable's actions ultimately revealed the true reason behind the hack attack on the air traffic control and got all involved convicted, she still committed evidence tampering in a case against the FBI and so Bull fires her -- and she's noted as being lucky to have avoided going to jail.]]
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Cable is presented with the dilemma of choosing between talking to Sarah, an old friend in clear distress (Good), or walking away from her, as her confidentiality clause demands (Lawful). She chooses to be Good, which sets her up for a second Lawful vs. Good choice; does she take the flash drive that Sarah offers her with an exact copy of Malcom's digital signature, which will guarantee the absolute best comparison and could be what exonerates Malcom, who is the father of Sarah's child, or does she refuse it and walk away, which is what the law requires her to do? In the end, Cable chooses to be Good rather than Lawful a second time. [[spoiler: Which comes back to bite her when the flash drive is actually a hacking tool primed to erase the FBI server containing copies of the hacker's signature from the event.]]
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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The data on the flash drive that carried the virus meant to free Malcolm, also revealed Malcolm's true crime.]]

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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The data on the flash drive that drive, which carried the virus meant to free Malcolm, also revealed Malcolm's true crime.]]
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Someone hacking into air traffic control at [=LaGuardia=] Airport nearly causes a crash between two planes. Bull assists in the FBI's case against security analyst Malcolm Smith, but Cable learns that the accused is the husband of her (pregnant) old college roommate, and risks everything to prove his innocence.

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Someone hacking into air traffic control at [=LaGuardia=] Airport nearly causes a crash between two planes. Bull assists in the FBI's case against security analyst Malcolm Smith, Swift, but Cable learns that the accused is the husband of her (pregnant) old college roommate, and risks everything to prove his innocence.



* InfractionDistraction: [[spoiler:The hack turns out to have been a distraction while downloading information on a secret government project.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: In trying to prove Malcolm's innocence for her desperate, pregnant friend, Cable [[spoiler:unwittingly unleashes a virus on a server that deletes all vital information, and Bull fires her for it]].

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* InfractionDistraction: [[spoiler:The hack turns out EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:Sarah, Cable's pregnant friend, uses their connection and her vulnerability to have been trick Cable into using a distraction while downloading information on flash drive with a secret government project.virus that deletes everything incriminating Malcolm.]]
* FunWithAcronyms: Cable notices the name "JANET" while comparing Malcolm's digital signature, provided in a flash drive by Sarah, with the hacker's. [[spoiler:It stands for "Joint Air Network Employee Transportation", and is a secret, discreet method of transporting military personnel across the country.]]
* InfractionDistraction: [[spoiler:The hack turns out to have been a distraction while downloading information on a secret government project worth hundreds of millions of dollars.]]
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The data on the flash drive that carried the virus meant to free Malcolm, also revealed Malcolm's true crime.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: In trying to prove Malcolm's innocence for her desperate, pregnant friend, Cable [[spoiler:unwittingly unleashes a virus on a server that deletes all vital information, committing the crime of evidence tampering, and Bull ultimately fires her for it]].
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* DefectorFromCommieLand: Malcolm's family originated from the Soviet Union, and their poor treatment from the CIA is speculated as a motive for the hack when initially looking into the case.

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* DefectorFromCommieLand: Malcolm's family originated from the Soviet Union, and their poor treatment from the CIA is speculated as a motive for the hack when initially looking into the case.case.
* InfractionDistraction: [[spoiler:The hack turns out to have been a distraction while downloading information on a secret government project.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: In trying to prove Malcolm's innocence for her desperate, pregnant friend, Cable [[spoiler:unwittingly unleashes a virus on a server that deletes all vital information, and Bull fires her for it]].
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Someone hacking into air traffic control at [=LaGuardia=] Airport nearly causes a crash between two planes. Bull assists in the FBI's case against them, but Cable learns that the accused is her friend's husband, and risks everything to prove his innocence.

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Someone hacking into air traffic control at [=LaGuardia=] Airport nearly causes a crash between two planes. Bull assists in the FBI's case against them, security analyst Malcolm Smith, but Cable learns that the accused is the husband of her friend's husband, (pregnant) old college roommate, and risks everything to prove his innocence.



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** DefectorFromCommieLand: Malcolm's family originated from the Soviet Union, and their poor treatment from the CIA is speculated as a motive for the hack when initially looking into the case.
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'''Season 2, Episode 14'''
!! Keep Your Friends Close

Someone hacking into air traffic control at [=LaGuardia=] Airport nearly causes a crash between two planes. Bull assists in the FBI's case against them, but Cable learns that the accused is her friend's husband, and risks everything to prove his innocence.

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