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** He also doesn't have a very close relationship with his mom, whom he calls "Mother".
* PlayingGertrude:
** Michael Sheen (Martin Whitley) is only thirteen years older than Tom Payne, who's playing his son Malcolm Bright. It isn't very noticeable though since Sheen is made to look older and Payne appears youthful enough to be around a decade younger than his true age.
** The same goes for Creator/BellamyYoung, who plays Malcolm's mother Jessica and is also only 13 years older than him. It's more noticeable in her case, as she doesn't look old enough to have children in their 30s unless she had them in her very early 20s or had a lot of plastic surgery.
** On the other hand, Creator/HalstonSage is 24/25 years younger than her on-screen parents. It seems that her character is meant to be older (just a little younger than Malcolm). She's actually a decade younger than Payne, portraying her brother.

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** He also doesn't have a very close relationship with his mom, whom he calls "Mother".
* PlayingGertrude:
** Michael Sheen (Martin Whitley) is only thirteen years older than Tom Payne, who's playing his son Malcolm Bright. It isn't very noticeable though since Sheen is made to look older and Payne appears youthful enough to be around a decade younger than his true age.
** The same goes for Creator/BellamyYoung, who plays Malcolm's mother Jessica and is also only 13 years older than him. It's more noticeable in her case, as she doesn't look old enough to have children in their 30s unless she had them in her very early 20s or had a lot of plastic surgery.
** On the other hand, Creator/HalstonSage is 24/25 years younger than her on-screen parents. It seems that her character is meant to be older (just a little younger than Malcolm). She's actually a decade younger than Payne, portraying her brother.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When J.T. is put in charge of the unit, he does his best but it's clear he's having issues handling leadership after so long as just a regular detective. He's also horrible dealing with the press.
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* RealityEnsues: When J.T. is put in charge of the unit, he does his best but it's clear he's having issues handling leadership after so long as just a regular detective. He's also horrible dealing with the press.

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* BorrowedBiometricBypass: In "Ouroboros", Malcolm cuts the hand off of one of the killer of the week's victims in order to access the man's fingerprint-protected phone. He then puts it in ice and makes sure it goes to the hospital with the victim in the hope of reattachment surgery.

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* BorrowedBiometricBypass: In "Ouroboros", the pilot, Malcolm cuts the hand off of one of the killer of the week's victims a man who's tied to a chair in order to access use his handprint to defuse a bomb when he doesn't have time to untie the man's fingerprint-protected phone.man. He then puts it in ice and makes sure it goes to the hospital with the victim in the hope of reattachment surgery.

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* BorrowedBiometricBypass: In "Ouroboros", Malcolm cuts the thumb off of one of the killer of the week's victims in order to access the man's fingerprint-protected phone.

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* BorrowedBiometricBypass: In "Ouroboros", Malcolm cuts the thumb hand off of one of the killer of the week's victims in order to access the man's fingerprint-protected phone.phone. He then puts it in ice and makes sure it goes to the hospital with the victim in the hope of reattachment surgery.
--> '''Malcolm:''' I've just got to give someone a hand.



--->'''Malcolm:''' I profiled you. That's how I knew you'd come here tonight, to kill the Rose family. Slit their throats, like you did the Catlins last week. You're the Penthouse Slasher. But when you got here tonight, something spooked you. So you ditched the knife, climbed out here, onto my ledge. ... Except you're smiling. ... ''Oh.'' You didn't ditch the knife.

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--->'''Malcolm:''' I profiled you. That's how I knew you'd come here tonight, to kill the Rose family. Slit their throats, like you did the Catlins last week. You're the Penthouse Slasher. But when you got here tonight, something spooked you. So you ditched the knife, climbed out here, onto my ledge. ... [Beat] Except you're smiling. ... smiling. [Beat] ''Oh.'' You didn't ditch the knife.
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The second season began airing in early 2021. Due to low ratings, Fox canceled the series the week before that season's finale. However, Chris Fedak and Sam Sklaver have mentioned that they are in talks with TV and streaming networks that are willing to back a potential third season. So far, HBO Max has said no to backing for a third season.

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The second season began airing in early 2021. Due to low ratings, Fox canceled the series the week before that season's finale. However, Chris Fedak and Sam Sklaver have mentioned that they are in talks with TV and streaming networks that are willing to back a potential third season. So far, HBO Max (which is owned by Creator/WarnerMedia, itself owner of show producer Creator/WarnerBros) has said no to backing for a third season.
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* DirtyCop: The second season has Malcolm and Martin investigate the Woodsman, a serial killer hiding in Vermont. [[spoiler:He also happens to be married to Sheriff Cooley, who's protecting him by using her law enforcement powers to make sure no state or federal law enforcement officers would go to the state.]]

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* DirtyCop: The second season has Malcolm and Martin investigate the Woodsman, a serial killer hiding in Vermont. [[spoiler:He also happens to be married to Sheriff Cooley, who's protecting him by using her law enforcement powers to make sure no state or federal law enforcement officers would go to the state.area.]]
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* DirtyCop: The second season has Malcolm and Martin investigate the Woodsman, a serial killer hiding in Vermont. [[spoiler:He also happens to be married to Sheriff Cooley, who's protecting him by using her law enforcement powers to make sure no state or federal law enforcement officers would go to the state.]]
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The second season began airing in early 2021. Due to low ratings, Fox canceled the series the week before that season's finale. However, Chris Fedak and Sam Sklaver have mentioned that they are in talks with TV and streaming networks that are willing to back a potential third season. So far, HBO Max has said no to back for a third season.

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The second season began airing in early 2021. Due to low ratings, Fox canceled the series the week before that season's finale. However, Chris Fedak and Sam Sklaver have mentioned that they are in talks with TV and streaming networks that are willing to back a potential third season. So far, HBO Max has said no to back backing for a third season.
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The second season began airing in early 2021. Due to low ratings, Fox canceled the series the week before that season's finale. However, Chris Fedak and Sam Sklaver have mentioned that they are in talks with TV and streaming networks that are willing to back a potential third season.

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The second season began airing in early 2021. Due to low ratings, Fox canceled the series the week before that season's finale. However, Chris Fedak and Sam Sklaver have mentioned that they are in talks with TV and streaming networks that are willing to back a potential third season. So far, HBO Max has said no to back for a third season.
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: Assuming that the show isn't renewed for a third season, then the series ends on a major one: [[spoiler: Malcolm stabs Martin in self-defense, seemingly fatally, just as Dani comes across the scene]].


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** The Season 2 finale has a killer known as "the Woodsman", who abducts women, holds them prisoner for two weeks, then kills them and leaves a sapling in their body.
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** Martin Whitley was an example himself before being exposed. He was a nice, seemingly normal family man and respected surgeon, but secretly a vicious serial killer. Even now, he's very {{affably evil}} and a charming man, who's quite manipulative, insisting that his time in a mental institution worked to cure him. Martin claims he's [[TheAtoner remorseful]] and wants to make up for his actions, but Malcolm never buys it (nor the "cured" claim).

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** Martin Whitley Whitly was an example himself before being exposed. He was a nice, seemingly normal family man and respected surgeon, but secretly a vicious serial killer. Even now, he's very {{affably evil}} and a charming man, who's quite manipulative, insisting that his time in a mental institution worked to cure him. Martin claims he's [[TheAtoner remorseful]] and wants to make up for his actions, but Malcolm never buys it (nor the "cured" claim).
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** Martin Whitley was an example himself before being exposed. He was a nice, seemingly normal family man and respected surgeon, but secretly a vicious serial killer. Even now, he's very {{affably evil}} and a charming man, who's quite manipulative, insisting that his time in a mental institution worked to cure him. Martin claims he's [[TheAtoner remorseful]] and wants to make up for his actions, but Malcolm never buys it (nor the "cured" claim).
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The second season began airing in early 2021. Due to low ratings, Fox canceled the series the week before that season's finale.

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The second season began airing in early 2021. Due to low ratings, Fox canceled the series the week before that season's finale.
finale. However, Chris Fedak and Sam Sklaver have mentioned that they are in talks with TV and streaming networks that are willing to back a potential third season.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: A constant in the series as so often, a seemingly mild-mannered and innocent figure is the killer.
** The best example is [[spoiler: Vivian, presented as a bright eager nurse seduced by Martin...until she kidnaps him and stabs herself as a frame job. To top it off, when the cops figure out the truth, it turns out she's responsible for ''eleven'' deaths at her various hospitals.]]
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** In "Sun and Fun". [[spoiler:When was the last time you mitigiate an embolism?]]

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** In "Sun and Fun". [[spoiler:When was the last time you mitigiate mitigiated an embolism?]]

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