History Recap / CSIS10E3WorkingStiffs

* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Paulie was raised to believe that hard work was the path to success, and is upset at reality proving him wrong, with Jason being highly respected and able to pawn his work off to others by using his good looks and charisma.

* ImagineSpot: The episode ends with Paulie successfully blowing the door off the high-tech safe of the company he works for, grabbing piles of money, and successfully escaping...before he sees metal flying at him, and realizes he only imagined the escape, and is actually bifurcated and pinned to the wall by the safe door.

--> ''"Fine! You want out, you're out! I don't need you to carry this off anymore anyway! ...Breathe a word of this to anyone, anywhere, and I will hunt you down and put a bullet in your head! I swear...Empty space. That's all you are."''

* {{Salaryman}}: The main plot involves figuring out what one of these is planning before getting away with their crime.

* {{Salaryman}}: The main plot involves figuring out what someone is planning before getting away with their crime.

* AssholeVictim: The victim, Jason Deverro, was fond of snooping into the files of others, which is how he learned Paulie Krill was upset enough to concoct a plan to steal from the company (but never put it into action). He then bullies Paulie into actually going through with the scheme, uses connections from his former job to get the best tools for the plan, and threatens Paulie's life when he's thinking of backing out.

* AssholeVictim: The victim, Jason Deverro, was fond of snooping into the files of others, which is how he learned Paulie Krill was upset enough to concoct a plan to steal from the company (that he never actually thought of going through with). He then bullies Paulie into actually going through with the scheme, uses connections from his former job to get the best tools for the plan, and threatens Paulie's life when he's thinking of backing out.
* ButtMonkey: Paulie was constantly ignored or belittled by his managers and coworkers, and never standing out until the scheme was concocted.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:Paulie's fate, when the heist doesn't go as planned.]]
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Paulie was raised to believe that hard work was the path to success, and is upset at reality proving him wrong, with Jason being highly respected and able to pawn his work off to others using his good looks and charisma.
* ImagineSpot: The episode ends with [[spoiler:Paulie successfully blowing the door off the high-tech safe of the company he works for, grabbing piles of money, and successfully escaping...before he sees metal flying at him, and realizes he imagined the escape, and is actually [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bifurcated and pinned to the wall by the safe door]]]].
* IllKillYou: When Paulie had cold feet about actually going through with their plan to rob the company, Jason decided to go through with it on his own, and threatened the staffer if he tried to stop him.

* OfficeRomance: Paulie has a crush on Belinda, a female coworker that gets sexually harassed by their boss, but ends up trying to frame her after learning she's already slept with Jason.

* {{Salaryman}}: The main plot involves figuring out what one is planning before getting away with their crime.

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Paulie may have been bifurcated by its door, but at least his plan to break open the safe worked.]]

* {{Salaryman}}: The main plot involves figuring out what one is planning before getting away with their crime.

* AssholeVictim: The victim, Jason Deverro, was fond of snooping into the files of others, which is how he learned Paulie Krill was upset enough to concoct a plan to steal from the company (that he never actually thought of going through with). He then bullies Paulie into becoming an integral part of the scheme, even using connections from his former job to get the best tools for the plan, and threatens Paulie's life when he's thinking of backing out.

* InMediasRes: The episode constantly flashes back to Paulie and Jason up to three weeks earlier, coming up with a plan to rob the company.

--> ''"Fine! You want out, you're out! I don't need you to carry this off anymore anyway! Breathe a word of this to anyone, anywhere, and I will hunt you down and put a bullet in your head! I swear. Empty space. That's all you are."''

* OfficeRomance: Paulie has a crush on a female coworker that gets sexually harassed by their boss, but ends up trying to frame her after learning she's already slept with Jason.

* AssholeVictim: The victim, Jason Deverro, was fond of snooping into the files of others, which is how he learned Paulie Krill was upset enough to concoct a plan to steal from the company. He then bullies Paulie into becoming an integral part of the scheme, even using connections from his former job to get the best tools for the plan, and threatens Paulie's life when he's thinking of backing out.
* ButtMonkey: Paulie was constantly ignored or belittled by his managers, and never standing out until the scheme was concocted.

* ImagineSpot: The episode ends with Paulie successfully blowing the door off the high-tech safe of the company he works for, grabbing piles of money, and successfully escaping...before he sees metal flying at him, and realizes he imagined the escape, and is actually [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bifurcated and pinned to the wall by the safe door]].

* InMediasRes: The episode constantly flashes back to Paulie and Jason three weeks earlier, coming up with a plan to rob the company.

* ButtMonkey: The support staffer culprit; constantly ignored or belittled by his managers, and never standing out until he came up with his scheme.
* ImagineSpot: The episode ends with the culprit successfully blowing the door off the high-tech safe of the company he works for, grabbing piles of money, and successfully escaping...before he sees metal flying at him, and realizes he imagined the escape, and is actually [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bifurcated and pinned to the wall by the safe door]].
* IllKillYou: When the staffer had cold feet about actually going through with their plan to rob the company, the coworker decided to go through with it on his own, and threatened the staffer if he tried to stop him.

* ImagineSpot: The episode ends with the {{Salaryman}} culprit successfully blowing the door off the high-tech safe of the company he works for, grabbing piles of money, and successfully escaping...before he sees the safe door again, and realizes he's still inside, [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bifurcated and pinned to the wall by the safe door]].