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* RaceAgainstTheClock: In "Baby Chase," a woman kidnaps a diabetic baby who has only a few days to live without insulin. The kidnapper makes the time limit even shorter by feeding her sugary formula. By the time she's finally rescued, she's on the verge of a coma.
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* EmptyChairMemorial: Months after his death, Rusty's chair still sits empty at the dining room table.
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* EmptyChairMemorial: Months after his death, Rusty's chair still sits empty at the Collins family dining room table.
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* EightiesHair: The engineer Billy Po has a rather impressive mullet.
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* EightiesHair: The engineer Jack's producer Billy Po has a rather impressive mullet.
* BigFriendlyDog: In one episode, Billy brings his St. Bernard to work. The dog drools all over the equipment, causing the On The Air light to go out.
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* DomesticAbuse: One of the first calls Jack gets is from a woman beaten by her husband. Jack tells her to leave as soon as possible.
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* DomesticAbuse: One of the first calls Jack gets is from a woman beaten by her husband. Jack tells her to leave as soon as possible. Later in the season, she calls back to thank him.
* EmptyChairMemorial: Months after his death, Rusty's chair still sits empty at the dining room table.
* EmptyChairMemorial: Months after his death, Rusty's chair still sits empty at the dining room table.
* GraveClouds: When Rusty's son Ethan visits his grave, the sky is bleak and overcast.
* ToAbsentFriends: In "Ethan's Call," Ethan and Jack talk about their memories of Rusty while looking through photographs of him.
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* YouKilledMyFather: Said word-for-word by Rusty's son Ethan after Jack is accused of deliberately murdering Rusty.
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* YouKilledMyFather: Said word-for-word by Rusty's son Ethan after Jack is accused of deliberately murdering Rusty.
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* CatapultNightmare: In "Blame It On Midnight," Jack sits upright and gasps after dreaming that his LoveInterest Marie is killed.
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* DirtyCop: Sawyer from "Blame It On Midnight," the best cop money can buy. [[spoiler: He's happy to help commit insurance fraud, even when that means murdering his former accomplice.]]
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* FootDraggingDivorcee: Eddie from "Blame It On Midnight" is divorced, but his ex-wife is still the sole beneficiary of his life insurance policy.
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* InsuranceFraud: In "Blame It On Midnight," [[spoiler:Jack's LoveInterest arranges for her ex-husband to be murdered and pins it on Jack so she can get the $2 million payout from his life insurance policy.]]
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* SmokingHotSex: Jack and Marie smoke after they have sex in "Blame It On Midnight."
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* EightiesHair: The engineer Billy Po has a rather impressive mullet.
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* EightiesHair: The engineer Billy Po has a rather impressive mullet.
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* WoobieOfTheWeek: Almost every episode is like this. Even the villains are usually somewhat sympathetic.
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* WoobieOfTheWeek: Almost every Every episode is like this.has at least one. Even the villains are usually somewhat sympathetic.
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* ActuallyThatsMyAssistant: In "Promise to a Dead Man," a detective asks Devon if her boss, Mr. Killian, knows she's using his office.
* MonochromePast: "Promise to a Dead Man" revolves around a murder that took place 40 years ago, with flashbacks in black and white.
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* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Jack's boss, Devon King, inherited the station from her father.father Mel, the "Laundromat King."
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* FiveFiveFive: When a caller's number is shown, it's usually this.
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* FiveFiveFive: When a caller's number is shown, it's usually this. The show's number is 555-TALK.
* EightiesHair: The engineer Billy Po has a rather impressive mullet.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Skip Fillmore from "The Fall" went to college on a basketball scholarship. Five years and a failed tryout for the pros later, he returned to San Francisco a failure.
* MusicVideoSyndrome: Almost every episode contains a scene set to popular music.
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** The episode "Blame It On Midnight" gets its title from a line in the Music/BobSeger song "Blame It On The Moon," which was used several times in "The Fall."
** "Midnight Caller" was originally a Music/{{Badfinger}}
** The episode "Blame It On Midnight" gets its title from a line in the Music/BobSeger song "Blame It On The Moon," which was used several times in "The Fall."
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* DisappearedDad: Jack's father walked out on him and his siblings when they were kids, leaving them $486 and an overdue rent bill.
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* {{Flatline}}: [[spoiler:Devon's father]] in "Fathers and Sins."
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Devon inherited the near-bankrupt station when she was twenty-one and was turning a profit in three years. Her brother Jimmy was an incompetent businessman and an alcoholic who died in a drunk driving accident.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Devon inherited the near-bankrupt station when she was twenty-one and was turning a profit in three years. Her brother Jimmy was an incompetent businessman and an alcoholic who died in a drunk driving accident.
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* LukeIAmYourFather: 27 years after abandoning his family, Jack's father hears his son's radio show. He calls in to tell him, "I think I may be your father."
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* RaisedCatholic: It's implied that Jack was, since it's mentioned in "Fathers and Sins" that his sister went to Catholic school.
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* AndStarring: "And Arthur Taxier as Lt. Carl Zymak."
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* NoNameGiven: Rusty Collins' last name isn't mentioned until episode 8.
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* ShirtlessScene: Jack gets one in "Trash Radio."
* ShockJock: Kingston Rivers, who gets into a feud with Jack in "Trash Radio."
-->'''Kingston:''' Well, frankly, Tijuana, I don't really care if I offend geeks, or gimps, or other sorry folk. And if I believed in God, I certainly wouldn't believe he created everyone equal.
* ShockJock: Kingston Rivers, who gets into a feud with Jack in "Trash Radio."
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* YouKilledMyFather: Said word-for-word by Rusty's son Ethan after Jack is accused of deliberately murdering Rusty.
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* NotSoDifferent: John Saringo thinks the people gathered outside the prison to celebrate his death are as bad as he is.
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* NotSoDifferent: John Saringo thinks accuses the people gathered outside the prison to celebrate his death are of being as bad as he is.is, since they're celebrating another human being's death.
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* FreudianExcuse: The titular murderer in "The Execution of John Saringo" was molested by his father, and his mother was an alcoholic prostitute. He didn't even learn to read until after he was first arrested.
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* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Tex, one of the bank robbers from "Bank Job," served as a marine in Vietnam. He spent months as a POW, locked in a tiger cage, and developed severe claustrophobia as a result. He and his brother plan to flee to Mexico and get a boat, since the sea is the only place where he feels comfortable.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: One of the bank robbers from "Bank Job" was a marine in the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar. He was captured and spent months locked in a tiger cage.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: One of the bank robbers from "Bank Job" was a marine in the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar. He was captured and spent months locked in a tiny cage.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: One of the bank robbers from "Bank Job" was a marine in the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar. He was captured and spent months locked in a tiny tiger cage.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: One of the bank robbers from "Bank Job" was a marine in the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar. He was captured and spent months locked in a tiger cage.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: One of the bank robbers from "Bank Job" was a marine in the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar. He was captured and spent months locked in a tiger tiny cage.
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* {{Fainting}}: Jack faints upon entering the OR and seeing Devon in labor.
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* {{Fainting}}: {{Fainting}}:
** Jack faints upon entering the OR and seeing Devon inlabor.labor.
** When he was a cop, Jack once fainted in the coroner's office. He insists it was just the smell of the formaldehyde.
** Jack faints upon entering the OR and seeing Devon in
** When he was a cop, Jack once fainted in the coroner's office. He insists it was just the smell of the formaldehyde.
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* HostageSituation: In "Bank Job," Jack and several bystanders are taken hostage by bank robbers.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Devon and Zymak.
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* SurvivorsGuilt: Jack suffers from this, and even dedicates an episode of his show to the subject.
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* SurvivorsGuilt: ShellShockedVeteran: One of the bank robbers from "Bank Job" was a marine in the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar. He was captured and spent months locked in a tiger cage.
* SurvivorGuilt: Jack suffers from this, and even dedicates an episode of his show to the subject.
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* WhileYouWereInDiapers: Television mogul Kenneth Miller tells Devon, "I was interviewing presidents when you were in diapers!"
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* FlashbackEffects: In "Payback," a cop remembers her partner's murder in black and white, with echoey, discordant background music. Once she is able to picture the killer's face, she starts remembering in color.
* FriendOnTheForce: Jack's adventures frequently bring him into contact with his former coworkers, especially Lieutenant Carl Zymak.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Before Rusty was killed, he and Jack were best friends who could finish each other's sentences.
* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: In "Payback," a hitman disguises himself as an orderly in order to kill a cop who is recovering from a previous murder attempt.
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* PowerHair: Devon, who took over the near-bankrupt station when she was twenty-one and was able to bring it into the black in three years.
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* PowerHair: Devon, Devon does her hair like this.
* SacrificialLamb: Jack's partner Rusty, whotook over the near-bankrupt station when she was twenty-one and was able to bring it into the black in three years.is killed off within minutes of his introduction.
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Months after accidentally shooting his partner dead, former San Francisco cop Jack Kilian Killian (Creator/GaryCole) is recruited by Devon King, the manager of a local radio show, to host a midnight radio talk-back show to offer knowledge to listeners that wish to keep themselves safe from the city’s growing criminal world. Ever the humanitarian, Jack can’t help but get personally involved with the plight of those who call his show.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted by Jack's friend Tina Cassidy, who reluctantly decides to have an abortion to avoid giving AIDS to her daughter.
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* TyphoidMary: Mike Barnes from "After It Happened" has tested positive for HIV, but he continues to have promiscuous, unprotected sex, thinking that if he doesn't acknowledge his disease, he won't die from it.
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* CareerEndingInjury: Hank from "Twelve Gauge" used to work in construction. After becoming paralyzed from the waist down in an accident, he feels that he has nothing left to live for.
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* DomesticAbuse: One of the first calls Jack gets is from a woman beaten by her husband. Jack tells her to leave as soon as possible.
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* PhoneTraceRace: In "Twelve Gauge," a man calls the station to talk about his plan to kill his ex-girlfriend and himself. He hangs up when he realizes he's being traced, but Jack is able to talk him into calling again.
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* SelfProclaimedLoveInterest: Hank from "Twelve Gauge" is convinced that his ex Arden was the love of his life, but cruelly dumped him. Turns out Arden was only his physical therapist, and the two were never in a relationship at all.
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* BleedEmAndWeep: Jack cries when he realizes Rusty is dead.
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* ItGetsEasier: After she committed her first murder, Angel couldn't sleep for two days. After that, she grew to enjoy killing.
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* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Jack's boss, Devon King, inherited the station from her father.
* PowerHair: Devon, who took over the near-bankrupt station when she was twenty-one and was able to bring it into the black in three years.
* PowerHair: Devon, who took over the near-bankrupt station when she was twenty-one and was able to bring it into the black in three years.
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* EveryEpisodeEnding: Every episode ended with Jack signing off on his radio show. And every episode of ''that'' ended with "Goodnight, America, wherever you are."
* GasChamber: One episode had Jack interviewing a condemned man before his execution via gas chamber.
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* TomboyishName: Devon King.
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* LoonyFan: Angel from the first episode, who is convinced that she and Jack were meant to be because they both experienced their first kill of an innocent (well, [[YourCheatingHeart relatively speaking]] for Angel) on the same date.
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* LoonyFan: Angel from the first episode, who is convinced that she and Jack were meant to be because they both experienced their first kill of an innocent (well, [[YourCheatingHeart relatively speaking]] for Angel) on the same date.date.
* TitledAfterTheSong: "Midnight Caller" was originally a Music/{{Badfinger}} song.
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* CradlingYourKill: Jack does this to Rusty after accidentally shooting him dead.
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* FriendlyFire: Believing that the suspect was about to pull a gun on him, Jack shot him to death. It turns out that the guy he saw in the distance was ''his partner'', who was pulling his gun out to save Jack because the suspect was right behind him.
* LoonyFan: Angel from the first episode, who is convinced that she and Jack were meant to be because they both experienced their first kill of an innocent (well, [[YourCheatingHeart relatively speaking]] for Angel) on the same date.
* LoonyFan: Angel from the first episode, who is convinced that she and Jack were meant to be because they both experienced their first kill of an innocent (well, [[YourCheatingHeart relatively speaking]] for Angel) on the same date.
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!!Tropes in this series include:
* {{Fainting}}: Jack faints upon entering the OR and seeing Devon in labor.
* LoonyFan: Angel from the first episode, who is convinced that she and Jack were meant to be because they both experienced their first kill on the same date.
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Months after accidentally shooting his partner dead, former San fr Francisco cop Jack Kilian (Creator/GaryCole) is recruited by Devon King, the manager of a local radio show, to host a midnight radio talk-back show to offer knowledge to listeners that wish to keep themselves safe from the city’s growing criminal world. Ever the humanitarian, Jack can’t help but get personally involved with the plight of those who call his show.
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''Midnight Caller'' was an American drama television series that aired on Creator/{{NBC}} from 1988-1991.
Months after accidentally shooting his partner dead, former San fr cop Jack Kilian (Creator/GaryCole) is recruited by Devon King, the manager of a local radio show, to host a midnight radio talk-back show to offer knowledge to listeners that wish to keep themselves safe from the city’s growing criminal world. Ever the humanitarian, Jack can’t help but get personally involved with the plight of those who call his show.
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Months after accidentally shooting his partner dead, former San fr cop Jack Kilian (Creator/GaryCole) is recruited by Devon King, the manager of a local radio show, to host a midnight radio talk-back show to offer knowledge to listeners that wish to keep themselves safe from the city’s growing criminal world. Ever the humanitarian, Jack can’t help but get personally involved with the plight of those who call his show.
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