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** Invoked twice in "The David [=McNorris=] Show" [[spoiler: A {{Jerkass}} producer's son is suspected of killing his Asian-American girlfriend. The producer is visibly ''surprised'' when he learns actually ''isn't'' the kind of gigantic asshole ''he'' is. Meanwhile the real murderer is the girl's father, who saw heading off with the guy and was afraid she was selling her body to men as ''he'd'' done in Saigon, to his eternal shame...]]

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** Invoked twice in "The David [=McNorris=] Show" [[spoiler: A {{Jerkass}} producer's son is suspected of killing his Asian-American girlfriend. The producer is visibly ''surprised'' when he learns that his son actually ''isn't'' the kind of gigantic asshole ''he'' is. Meanwhile the real murderer is the girl's father, who saw heading off with the guy and was afraid she was selling her body to men as ''he'd'' done in Saigon, to his eternal shame...]]
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* FriendInThePress: In Season 1, despite being married, district attorney David [=McNorris=] is sleeping with Andrea, a reporter, who often asks for inside scoops and (sometimes) gives him more positive press because of it.
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* Tom: A second-generation LAPD cop who has his retired dad bugging him all the time. He arguably has the least screen time and development.

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* Tom: A second-generation LAPD cop who has his retired dad bugging him all the time. [[AdvertisedExtra He arguably has the least screen time time]] [[OutOfFocus and development.]]

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* FiendishFraternity: In the episode "Brotherhood", a fraternity believes that a pledge died due to excessive binge drinking, and they conceal the body in a wall to cover up their actions. Then it turns out that he wasn't dead, but simply unconscious, and instead was suffocated inside the wall.



* PoliceBrutality: In the second episode Tom says the best case scenario for a guy in a high speed chase is that they stop him and beat him with their sticks.
* RashomonStyle: The main draw for the show.

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* PoliceBrutality: In the second episode Tom says the best case best-case scenario for a guy in a high speed high-speed chase is that they stop him and beat him with their sticks.
* RashomonStyle: The main draw for the show.show, though it gets dropped in "Fearless" and then Season 2.

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* DayInTheLimelight:
** "The David [=McNorris=] Show", "Execution", and "Inadmissible" all focus on David, the DA.
** "Fearless" focuses on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Fearless]], also being the only episode told from one person's perspective. "The Freak" also focuses on Fearless.
** "Home Invasion" focuses more on Teresa.
** "Insured by Smith and Wesson" focuses on Ray.



* FormulaBreakingEpisode: The episode "Fearless" takes place entirely from Frealess's point of view.
* GenerationXerox: Invoked twice in "The David [=McNorris=] Show" [[spoiler: A {{Jerkass}} producer's son is suspected of killing his Asian-American girlfriend. The producer is visibly ''surprised'' when he learns actually ''isn't'' the kind of gigantic asshole ''he'' is. Meanwhile the real murderer is the girl's father, who saw heading off with the guy and was afraid she was selling her body to men as ''he'd'' done in Saigon, to his eternal shame...]]

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* FormulaBreakingEpisode: The episode "Fearless" takes place entirely from Frealess's Fearless's point of view.
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Invoked twice in "The David [=McNorris=] Show" [[spoiler: A {{Jerkass}} producer's son is suspected of killing his Asian-American girlfriend. The producer is visibly ''surprised'' when he learns actually ''isn't'' the kind of gigantic asshole ''he'' is. Meanwhile the real murderer is the girl's father, who saw heading off with the guy and was afraid she was selling her body to men as ''he'd'' done in Saigon, to his eternal shame...]]]]
** David's FreudianExcuse is that he feels he's becoming just like his abusive father by cheating on his wife and falling deeper into alcoholism.


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* WorkingWithTheEx: Fearless works with his ex, an insurance investigator, in "Crash".

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