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* FamilyOfChoice: The episode establishes that Hayley had no family and no real friends for most of her life. It establishes that she views Alexis (her new best friend) and Castle herself as her surrogate family. A bit strange, since they know each other for less than a year and Alexis is much younger than Hayley.

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* FamilyOfChoice: The episode establishes that Hayley had no family and no real friends for most of her life. It establishes that she views Alexis (her new best friend) and Castle herself himself as her surrogate family. A bit strange, since they know each other for less than a year and Alexis is much younger than Hayley.
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*FamilyOfChoice: The episode establishes that Hayley had no family and no real friends for most of her life. It establishes that she views Alexis (her new best friend) and Castle herself as her surrogate family. A bit strange, since they know each other for less than a year and Alexis is much younger than Hayley.
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What at first seemed to be an ordinary break-and-enter assignment for Hayley turns serious when her partner on the job turns up dead and she's being framed for a massive cyberattack that crippled London's power grid.

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What at first seemed to be an ordinary break-and-enter assignment for Hayley turns serious when her partner on the job turns up dead and she's being framed for a massive cyberattack that crippled London's {{UsefulNotes/London}}'s power grid.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The worm Hayley helped design was supposedly [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet Stuxnet]], which in real life caused severe harm to Iran's nuclear program.

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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The worm Hayley helped design was supposedly [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet Stuxnet]], which in real life caused severe harm was used to Iran's sabotage the Iranian nuclear program.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The worm Hayley helped design was supposedly Stuxnet, which was used to cause severe harm to Iran's nuclear program.

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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The worm Hayley helped design was supposedly Stuxnet, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet Stuxnet]], which was used to cause in real life caused severe harm to Iran's nuclear program.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Hayley's backstory and character are explored in this episode.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Beth's job was to seduce Ned and get him to open a connection to the secure server so that Hayley could unwittingly upload a worm into the system and crash the power grid over in London.


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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The worm Hayley helped design was supposedly Stuxnet, which was used to cause severe harm to Iran's nuclear program.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: During one of her jobs, Hayley is asked to break into an energy company's office and upload spyware to the VP's computer to prove his infidelity. In reality, she inadvertently uploaded worm that she once helped design into the company's secure servers to cause citywide blackout in London. This ends up branding her as a fugitive as she becomes the prime suspect in both the cyberattack and the death of her partner on the job.
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What at first seemed to be an ordinary break-and-enter assignment for Hayley turns serious when her partner on the job turns up dead and she's being framed for a massive cyberattack that crippled London's power grid.


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* EvilFormerFriend: The one actually responsible for the cyberattack used to be [[spoiler:Hayley's former partner at MI-6.]]

* FakingTheDead: The Iranians successfully fooled British intelligence into believing that [[spoiler:Wesley]] was dead.

* FrameUp: [[spoiler:Hayley's old partner Wesley]] framed her for the cyberattack, knowing that she would eventually discover his involvement and would then agree to go rogue with him together.
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* Secret Test of Character: [[Spoiler:Wesley]] claims to have given one to [[Spoiler Hayley.]]

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* Secret Test of Character: [[Spoiler:Wesley]] SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:Wesley]] claims to have given one to [[Spoiler Hayley.[[spoiler:Hayley.]]
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* Secret Test of Character: [[Spoiler:Wesley]] claims to have given one to [[Spoiler Hayley.]]

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CodeEmergency: Code 44 means Hayley needs to abandon the mission.

{{Main/Swirlie}}: Hayley’s enhanced interrogation technique.

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CodeEmergency: Code 44 means Hayley needs to abandon the mission.

* {{Main/Swirlie}}: Hayley’s enhanced interrogation technique.
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Swirlie: Hayley’s enhanced interrogation technique.

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CodeEmergency: Code 44 means Hayley needs to abandon the mission.

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