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* HurtingHero: Street is still clearly grieving for his foster brother Nate, with Chris and Luca doing their best to help him through it.
-->'''Luca''': ''[after Street has left the room]'' That's the longest conversation I've had with him since I got back.
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* GenericCopBadges: The uniforms of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police are correct, but the emblems on their peaked caps don't show the MPD's Asahikage seal. Which is ironic since the episode was filmed on location in Tokyo.



* {{Yakuza}}: The episode revolves around finding a former Yakuza enforcer willing to testify against his former employers before [[HeKnowsTooMuch they kill him]].

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* {{Yakuza}}: The episode revolves around finding a former Yakuza enforcer willing to testify against his former employers before [[HeKnowsTooMuch they kill him]].him]].
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* DeathGlare: Lynch gives Luca one because of a deal he cut with someone who had a key piece of evidence that she now has to honour.


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* HurtingHero: Street is still clearly grieving for his foster brother Nate, with Chris and Luca doing their best to help him through it.
-->'''Luca''': ''[after Street has left the room]'' That's the longest conversation I've had with him since I got back.

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* DefectorFromDecadence: It turns out the warrant for the prisoner's arrest was issued after he initially agreed to testify against against the Yakuza in exchange for [[WitnessProtection protection for himself and his girlfriend]], only to get cold feet and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere flee to L.A.]] because he feared the police couldn't protect him from the Yakuza's [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves retribution]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The prisoner has a girlfriend he loves, is quite protective of his foster mother and is willing to fight the Yakuza hit squad that comes to kill him when they threaten to burn down the orphanage where he grew up ([[WouldHurtAChild with the children inside]]).
* FantasticRacism: Tan experiences a little of it during his time in Tokyo. The [[DaChief Tokyo Police Chief]], after being [[WhatTheHellHero called out over it by Hicks]], apologises to Tan, admitting his parents and grandparents were vocal in their [[UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar reasons]] for disliking the Chinese.

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* DefectorFromDecadence: It turns out the warrant for the prisoner's Kenji's arrest was issued after he initially agreed to testify against against the Yakuza in exchange for [[WitnessProtection protection for himself and his girlfriend]], only to get cold feet and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere flee to L.A.]] because he feared the police couldn't protect him from the Yakuza's [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves retribution]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The prisoner Kenji has a girlfriend he loves, is quite protective of his foster mother and is willing to fight the Yakuza hit squad that comes to kill him when they threaten to burn down the orphanage where he grew up ([[WouldHurtAChild with the children inside]]).
* FantasticRacism: Tan experiences a little of it during his time in Tokyo. The [[DaChief Tokyo Police Chief]], after being [[WhatTheHellHero called out over it by Hicks]], apologises to Tan, admitting his parents and grandparents were vocal in their [[UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar reasons]] for disliking the Chinese.Chinese.
* ScrewYourUltimatum: The head of the Yakuza clan targeting Kenji demands his surrender or they'll kill all the children in the orphanage. Kenji retorts that if he does, they'll kill him and then the children, then starts shooting.
* TattooedCrook: Kenji, to be expected, given he's a former Yakuza enforcer.
* {{Yakuza}}: The episode revolves around finding a former Yakuza enforcer willing to testify against his former employers before [[HeKnowsTooMuch they kill him]].
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After apprehending a Yakuza criminal with an international warrant for his arrest in Japan, Hondo, Deacon, Tan and Hicks travel to Tokyo to oversee the extradition. But when their fugitive escapes custody, the group must work with their Japanese counterparts to track him down, while Chris, Street and Luca pursue connections the escapee had in Los Angeles to try and work out his whereabouts.

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* BilingualBonus: "Ekitai Rashku" means "[[{{Catchphrase}} Stay liquid]]" in Japanese.
* DefectorFromDecadence: It turns out the warrant for the prisoner's arrest was issued after he initially agreed to testify against against the Yakuza in exchange for [[WitnessProtection protection for himself and his girlfriend]], only to get cold feet and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere flee to L.A.]] because he feared the police couldn't protect him from the Yakuza's [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves retribution]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The prisoner has a girlfriend he loves, is quite protective of his foster mother and is willing to fight the Yakuza hit squad that comes to kill him when they threaten to burn down the orphanage where he grew up ([[WouldHurtAChild with the children inside]]).
* FantasticRacism: Tan experiences a little of it during his time in Tokyo. The [[DaChief Tokyo Police Chief]], after being [[WhatTheHellHero called out over it by Hicks]], apologises to Tan, admitting his parents and grandparents were vocal in their [[UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar reasons]] for disliking the Chinese.

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