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* CallingTheOldManOut: Half of Juliet’s dialogue is her chewing Frank out, or occasionally chewing Shawn out for bringing Frank back into her life.

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* CallingTheOldManOut: Half of Juliet’s dialogue is her chewing Frank out, or occasionally chewing Shawn out for bringing Frank back into her life. When she realizes that Frank planted the stolen penny on Chad, she gets so fed up with his behavior that she tells him that she doesn’t want him in her life anymore.
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* TheCon: [[spoiler: Frank intended to pull a heist, and reconnect with Juliet at the same time, pretending to help with the case to regain her trust.]]

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* TheCon: [[spoiler: Frank intended to pull a heist, and reconnect with Juliet at the same time, pretending to help with the case to regain her trust.]]



* DaddyDidntShow: Juliet’s mother kicked Frank out of the house when Juliet was a child, and his involvement in Juliet’s life afterwards was just one long string of broken promises. [[spoiler: Except it turns out, near the end, that DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou. Frank was secretly watching from afar because he didn’t want Juliet to resent her well-adjusted, supportive stepfather in favor of him.]]
* FalselyReformedVillain: Zigzagged; Frank legitimately wants to reform if it’ll let him reconnect with Juliet, but his years as a con man and criminal mean that he can’t resist when an opportunity to pull another heist falls into his lap. He tries going for both, [[spoiler: and it blows up in his face… until the very end.]]

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* DaddyDidntShow: Juliet’s mother kicked Frank out of the house when Juliet was a child, and his involvement in Juliet’s life afterwards was just one long string of broken promises. [[spoiler: Except it turns out, near the end, that DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou. Frank was secretly watching from afar because he didn’t want Juliet to resent her well-adjusted, supportive stepfather in favor of him.]]
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* FalselyReformedVillain: Zigzagged; Frank legitimately wants to reform if it’ll let him reconnect with Juliet, but his years as a con man and criminal mean that he can’t resist when an opportunity to pull another heist falls into his lap. He tries going for both, [[spoiler: and it blows up in his face… until the very end.]]



* NotMyDriver: [[spoiler: A rare heroic example at the very end; Lassiter takes over the thieves’ van and drives them straight to the police station.]]

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* NotMyDriver: [[spoiler: A rare heroic example at the very end; Lassiter takes over the thieves’ van and drives them straight to the police station.]]



* OhCrap: [[spoiler: When Frank realizes Juliet has figured out he set up Chad, his face turns to an expression of horror that his plan has come crashing down around his ears.]]

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* OhCrap: [[spoiler: When Frank realizes Juliet has figured out he set up Chad, his face turns to an expression of horror that his plan has come crashing down around his ears.]]
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* TheCon: [[spoiler: Frank intended to pull a heist, and reconnect with Juliet at the same time, pretending to help with the case to regain her trust.]]



* TheTale: [[spoiler: Frank intended to pull a heist, and reconnect with Juliet at the same time, pretending to help with the case to regain her trust.]]
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''Season 6, Episode 07''
!In For a Penny…
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/in_for_a_penny.JPG]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"I'm not embarrassed by you. Disappointed, but never embarrassed."]]
-> Directed by Mel Damski
-> Written by Todd Harthan
Juliet’s long-estranged father Frank O’Hara has come to Santa Barbara to see if he can reconnect with Juliet. Shawn tries to get them together, but he soon learns that Frank is a con artist who skipped out on most of Juliet’s childhood. However, Frank seems sincere about wanting to reform, and much to Juliet’s horror, Shawn invites him to help on a case. It seems a series of strange, well-thought-out and efficient robberies in the area are building up to a much bigger heist… and Frank’s past may be the only way to figure out what they’re up to. That is, if he’s not taking Shawn and Gus for a ride, too…
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* AMacGuffinFullOfMoney: The main things the thieves are looking to steal.
* TheAtoner: Frank really does want to change for the better if it means being part of Juliet’s life again. Juliet is unimpressed, since he’s attempted this so many times over the years she’s pretty much stopped caring.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Half of Juliet’s dialogue is her chewing Frank out, or occasionally chewing Shawn out for bringing Frank back into her life.
* ChekhovsGun: The small heists the thieves pull in the beginning – stealing oxygen tanks, power tools, and construction equipment – turn out to be them gathering equipment for a couple much bigger heists.
* ConMan: Frank O’Hara is one, and he’s been one all his life. At this point, it’s practically a compulsion for him.
* DaddyDidntShow: Juliet’s mother kicked Frank out of the house when Juliet was a child, and his involvement in Juliet’s life afterwards was just one long string of broken promises. [[spoiler: Except it turns out, near the end, that DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou. Frank was secretly watching from afar because he didn’t want Juliet to resent her well-adjusted, supportive stepfather in favor of him.]]
* FalselyReformedVillain: Zigzagged; Frank legitimately wants to reform if it’ll let him reconnect with Juliet, but his years as a con man and criminal mean that he can’t resist when an opportunity to pull another heist falls into his lap. He tries going for both, [[spoiler: and it blows up in his face… until the very end.]]
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: Juliet is so furious that Shawn brought Frank back into her life, she claims he’s going to have to work his way back up to being in the doghouse. Shawn wonders where he is, initially considering the yard before deciding he’s at the dog pound, and Gus is in there with him.
* NerdyInhaler: Sheldon Gates has an asthma attack and pulls one out in horror when he realizes the coin has already been stolen.
* NotMyDriver: [[spoiler: A rare heroic example at the very end; Lassiter takes over the thieves’ van and drives them straight to the police station.]]
* OddFriendship: Hardass cop Lassiter gets along surprisingly well with shlubby con man Frank, even after Juliet reveals what Frank is really like.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: When Frank realizes Juliet has figured out he set up Chad, his face turns to an expression of horror that his plan has come crashing down around his ears.]]
* RareMoney: The 1943 bronze penny. Only 12 are known to exist, and it’s worth 2 million dollars.
* {{Safecracking}}: Jimmy Fitz is one of the best safe-crackers in the game, and breaking him out is a sign that the thieves are up to something big.
* SpiesInAVan: Both the heroes and villains get in on this; the former during stakeouts, the latter during sneaky heists.
* TheTale: [[spoiler: Frank intended to pull a heist, and reconnect with Juliet at the same time, pretending to help with the case to regain her trust.]]
* WhiteMaskOfDoom: The thieves wear them to their heists, and dress all in black otherwise.

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