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imdb tv didn't pick it up for a new season, just licensed the previous seasons.
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It was canceled after two seasons, but was picked up for a third by Website/{{IMDB}} TV.
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* AcceptableTargets: Both the New York State Attorney General and the Bronx District Attorney are portrayed as corrupt, power-hungry white men. In RealLife, both of these offices are (at the time the show aired) held by black women.
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Based On A True Story is the index-Very Loosely Based On A True Story is the specific trope. I'm combining the details which were here and expanding them slightly.
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* BasedOnATrueStory: Aaron Wallace is based on Isaac Wright, Jr., a man wrongly convicted of being a drug kingpin, became a lawyer while in prison, was exonerated and became a full-time defense attorney.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Each episode ends with a disclaimer saying that the show was inspired by Issac Wright, Jr.'s life, but that the plot is fictional.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Each episode ends with a disclaimer saying that the show was inspired by Issac Wright, Jr.'s life, but that the plot is fictional. Aaron Wallace is based on Isaac Wright, Jr., a man wrongly convicted of being a drug kingpin, became a lawyer while in prison, was exonerated and became a full-time defense attorney. Aside from that however, not only do the specific plots differ, but many details of his life too.
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Fixing the link.
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Based on the true story of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Wright_Jr. Isaac Wright, Jr.]] the show is centered around Aaron Wallace, a former nightclub owner who was arrested, sentenced and incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit.
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Based on the true story of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Wright_Jr. org/wiki/Isaac_Wright_Jr Isaac Wright, Jr.]] the show is centered around Aaron Wallace, a former nightclub owner who was arrested, sentenced and incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit.
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Fixing the link.
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Based on the true story of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Wright_Jr Isaac Wright, Jr.]] the show is centered around Aaron Wallace, a former nightclub owner who was arrested, sentenced and incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit.
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Based on the true story of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Wright_Jr org/wiki/Isaac_Wright_Jr. Isaac Wright, Jr.]] the show is centered around Aaron Wallace, a former nightclub owner who was arrested, sentenced and incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit.
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This only applies to fictional characters having their race changed.
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* RaceLift: Overlaps with AcceptableTargets. Both the Bronx District Attorney and the New York State Attorney General are portrayed as corrupt, power-hungry white men. In RealLife, both of these offices are (at the time the series aired) held by black women.
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* RaceLift: Overlaps with AcceptableTargets. Both the Bronx District Attorney and the New York State Attorney General are portrayed as corrupt, power-hungry white men. In RealLife, both of these offices are (at the time the series aired) held by black women.
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* CutShort: With the series' cancellation, viewers will not find out [[spoiler: whether Aaron was able to appeal Jamal's conviction]].
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* CutShort: With the series' cancellation, viewers will not find out [[spoiler: whether Aaron was able to appeal Jamal's conviction]].get a new trial for Jamal]].
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* CutShort: With the series' cancellation, viewers will not find out [[spoiler: whether Aaron was able to appeal Jamal's conviction]].
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* ShortRunners: The series lasted 23 episodes over two seasons.
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Expanding.
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* DirtyCop: Officer Lindsley and Lieutenant Diaz.
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* DirtyCop: Officer Lindsley and Lieutenant Diaz. Together they make up a better reason for Lindsley stopping Andi Josiah, whom he then shot, and Diaz gets rid of video evidence (or so he thinks) that could contradict his story.
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* ForbiddenLove: Prison homophobia is {{played for drama}} in one episode, with an Aryan Brotherhood member turns out to have been so terrified of his "brothers" finding out he and his cellmate (who's also Asian, so even worse in their eyes) were lovers he got himself into solitary for hitting a guard so he'd be safe.
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* ForbiddenLove: Prison homophobia is {{played for drama}} in one episode, with when an Aryan Brotherhood member turns out to have been so terrified of his "brothers" finding out he and his cellmate (who's also Asian, so even worse in their eyes) were lovers he got himself into solitary for hitting a guard so he'd be safe.
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real life
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**In its second season, the show has incorporated the COVID-19 pandemic as a plot point (the outbreak in the prison) and more generally, as characters are seen wearing masks, social distancing, and video conferencing.
**The death of George Floyd is also addressed, with characters referring to the event (although he is not mentioned by name, Jasmine is shown watching a video and saying "they're kneeling on his neck!")
**In its second season, the show has incorporated the COVID-19 pandemic as a plot point (the outbreak in the prison) and more generally, as characters are seen wearing masks, social distancing, and video conferencing.
**The death of George Floyd is also addressed, with characters referring to the event (although he is not mentioned by name, Jasmine is shown watching a video and saying "they're kneeling on his neck!")
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* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Henry]] does this when a gunman shoots at [[spoiler:Aaron]], but luckily survives.
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* CategoryTraitor: Veronica Marshall, a Black female defense lawyer, is accused of being this after she defends White police officer Edgar Lindsley for shooting Black man Andy Josiah in the back. She vehemently defends herself in an exchange with Aaron from the charge, but gets hate mail claiming this.
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* PoliceBrutality: Season 2 is largely about Aaron prosecuting NYPD officer Edgar Lindsley, who's White, over shooting unarmed Black motorist Andy Josiah in the back after a "routine" traffic stop for reaching inside of his car (to get his son's toy). [[spoiler:Lindsley gets convicted of criminally negligent homicide.]]
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with great power...
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* WifeBasherBasher: Jamal is in prison because he beat the tar out of his sister's abusive husband.
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* WifeBasherBasher: Jamal is in prison because he beat the tar out of his sister's abusive husband.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: Elaine Josiah refers to this in her statement to the court, telling Officer Lindsley that his power as a cop means that he has to be even more careful to avoid "accidents" such as shooting her unarmed husband.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: Elaine Josiah refers to this in her statement to the court, telling Officer Lindsley that his power as a cop means that he has to be even more careful to avoid "accidents" such as shooting her unarmed husband.
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dirty cops
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* DirtyCop: Officer Lindsley and Lieutenant Diaz.
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bus came back
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* TheBusCameBack: After [[spoiler:Cassius]] was attacked by Jamal in the middle of the first season, he did not return, and it could be assumed that he was dead. However, he comes back in the second season fit as ever.
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didn't kill him
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* TheDogBitesBack: In the second half of the first season, Jamal gets caught in the crossfire as Aaron's actions causes conflict among the many prison factions. When coerced into [[spoiler:killing Aaron in the yard, he instead kills Cassius, one of his tormentors, and decides to leverage that notoriety to become a shot caller]].
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* TheDogBitesBack: In the second half of the first season, Jamal gets caught in the crossfire as Aaron's actions causes conflict among the many prison factions. When coerced into [[spoiler:killing Aaron in the yard, he instead kills attacks Cassius, one of his tormentors, and decides to leverage that notoriety to become a shot caller]].
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* MilitaryMoonshiner: Jamal makes hooch in his cell. This leads to the start of his and Aaron's friendship after Aaron abuses the wording of prison regulations to get the two of them out of trouble after guards find Jamal's stash of potatoes.
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* BurnerPhones: Aaron has a hidden one while in prison so he can communicate with his wife and daughter.
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* BurnerPhones: BurnerPhones:
** Aaron has a hidden one while in prison so he can communicate with his wife and daughter.
** Aaron has a hidden one while in prison so he can communicate with his wife and daughter.
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* ForbiddenLove: Prison homophobia is {{played for drama}} in one episode, with an Aryan Brotherhood member turns out to have been so terrified of his "brothers" finding out he and his cellmate (who's also Asian, so even worse in their eyes) were lovers he got himself into solitary for hitting a guard so he'd be safe.
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* SecretRelationship: Two prisoners were involved, which is highly taboo-not only due to prevalent prison homophobia, but one's in the especially homophobic Aryan Brotherhood. They're a mixed race couple as well, since one was Asian, even worse in their eyes. When he fears he's been found out, the white guy tries to get in Protective Custody, then hits a guard so he's put into solitary when it doesn't happen soon enough.
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* TwoferTokenMinority: Safiya Masry is an Arab-American (specifically from Egyptian descent) woman who's also a lesbian, as we learn early on.
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Safiya is back
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* OutOfFocus: Safiya Masry, Glen Maskins, Jamal, and other recurring characters from the first season are hardly to be seen (if at all) in the second season, since Aaron is out of prison. Only his family and his associate Henry carried over.
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* OutOfFocus: Safiya Masry, Glen Maskins, Jamal, Huey, and other recurring characters from the first season are hardly to be seen (if at all) in the second season, since Aaron is out of prison. Only his family and his associate Henry carried over.over, and later Safiya Masry rejoined in her capacity as a lawyer.
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* TheDogBitesBack: In the second half of the first season, Jamal gets caught in the crossfire as Aaron's actions causes conflict among the many prison factions. When coerced into [[spoiler:killing Aaron in the yard, he instead kills Cassius, one of his tormentors tormentors, and decides to leverage that notoriety to become a shot caller]].
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''For 0Life'' is a 2020 ABC legal/prison drama produced by Music/FiftyCent.
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''For 0Life'' Life'' is a 2020 ABC legal/prison drama produced by Music/FiftyCent.
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* EnemyMine: Aaron has no interest in pledging to any of the prison's factions, but is willing to work with them and trade favors if it means progressing the cases he's trying.
