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A 2015 BlackComedy HBO series focusing on a political crisis in Pakistan, starring JackBlack as a low level Foreign Service Officer and Tim Robbins as the US Secretary of State. Each series will examine a new geopolitical crisis through the same cast.
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A 2015 Political BlackComedy HBO series focusing on HBO, which will focus on a political different international crisis each season. It focuses on three main sets of characters; a low level State Department officer played by JackBlack and his driver, the philandering US Secretary of State along with the presidential cabinet, and an ActionDuo of two bumbling US Navy pilots.
The first season focuses on a crisis in Pakistan,starring JackBlack as after it is taken over by a low MilitaryCoup. Low level Foreign Service Officer and Tim Robbins State Department employee Alex Talbot must act as the US governments [[TheMole guy on the inside]], as the only he is the only diplomat outside of the sealed US Embassy, whilst also dealing with his driver, Rafiq, and his family he has dragged into the problem. Meanwhile, Secretary of State. Each series will examine State Walter Larson must battle stateside to ensure a new geopolitical crisis through peaceful resolution, much to the same cast.
chagrin of the WarHawk Secretary of Defense, who endeavours to use AcePilot Zeke and his partner to bomb Pakistani nuclear sites and potentially start WorldWarIII.
The first season focuses on a crisis in Pakistan,
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Captain Naseer, after the army executes [[spoiler: Pakistan's democratically elected Prime Minister]].
--> '''Naseer:''' You can't install a corpse as [[spoiler: Prime Minister]] now, can you?
--> '''Naseer:''' You can't install a corpse as [[spoiler: Prime Minister]] now, can you?
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* CoitusInterruptus: Larson's early morning sexcapade is interrupted by his aide, and to an extent the threat of an unstable Pakistani general gaining control of nukes.
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* CoitusInterruptus: Larson's early morning sexcapade is interrupted by his aide, and to an extent the threat of an unstable Pakistani general gaining control of nukes. nukes.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: General Zuman is against the use of drones over Pakistan not because of the many civilians they kill via bombing, but because he believes they spread electromagnetic radiation that sterilises Pakistani women and feminises the countries men.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: General Zuman is against the use of drones over Pakistan not because of the many civilians they kill via bombing, but because he believes they spread electromagnetic radiation that sterilises Pakistani women and feminises the countries men.
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* AttackDrone: The use of drones over Pakistan is one of the main qualms of the leader of the coup, but only because he believes they are a Zionist conspiracy to render Pakistani's infertile.
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* AttackDrone: The AttackDrone:
**The use of drones over Pakistan is one of the main qualms of the leader of the coup, but only because he believes they are a Zionist conspiracy to render Pakistani'sinfertile.infertile.
**Glenn [[spoiler: accidentally shoots down an Indian Air Force drone whilst high on morphine pills Zeke accidentally gives him]]. This sparks international tensions even further.
**The use of drones over Pakistan is one of the main qualms of the leader of the coup, but only because he believes they are a Zionist conspiracy to render Pakistani's
**Glenn [[spoiler: accidentally shoots down an Indian Air Force drone whilst high on morphine pills Zeke accidentally gives him]]. This sparks international tensions even further.
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* PretextForWar: The Indian government blames Pakistan for shooting down one of their drones, and Larson fears they will use it as an excuse to invade Kashmir. [[spoiler: The drone was actually shot down by Glenn, who mistakenly fired a missile whilst cleaning vomit off his trigger, whilst high]].
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* ImpossibleTask: Lampshaded by Larson when the president announces he wants to destroy compromised Pakistani nuclear sites with zero civilian casualties.
--> '''President Navarro:''' I want zero civilian casualties.
--> '''Larson:''' Yeah, and I want to fuck ScarlettJohansson.
--> '''President Navarro:''' I want zero civilian casualties.
--> '''Larson:''' Yeah, and I want to fuck ScarlettJohansson.
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** Walter Larson may be a philandering alcoholic and sex addict, but as Secretary of State he is adamant about avoiding war and casualties in the Middle East.
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** Walter Larson may be a an adulterous, philandering alcoholic and sex addict, but as Secretary of State he is adamant about avoiding war and casualties in the Middle East.
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--> '''Rafiq:''' I wouldn't get too cute with these guys, because they're ''kind of like out Gestapo''.
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--> '''Rafiq:''' I wouldn't get too cute with these guys, because they're ''kind of like out our Gestapo''.
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* WarForFunAndProfit: Lampshaded by Larson after the President decides to take direct action against his advice to wait.
--> '''General:''' I have a high degree of confidence in the full array of assets we've deployed.
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* WarForFunAndProfit: Lampshaded by Larson after the President goes against his advice and decides to take direct action against his advice to wait.
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-->'''General:''' '''Admiral:''' I have a high degree of confidence in the full array of assets we've deployed.
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** Zeke initially appears as an uncaring, gung-ho American pilot, lamenting on where he gets to 'bomb the shit out of' today. However, he is later very concerned to find out his mission is to bomb a heavily populated area.
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** Zeke initially appears as an uncaring, gung-ho American pilot, lamenting on where he gets to 'bomb the shit out of' today. However, he is later very concerned to find out his mission is to bomb a heavily populated area.area and says he hates being used as 'cheap muscle' by politicians.
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* AcePilot: Lt Zeke 'Z-PAK' Tilson.
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* AcePilot: Lt Zeke 'Z-PAK' 'Z-Pak' Tilson.
* BitsOfMeKeepPassingOut: One of the side effects Glenn feels after accidentally taking a morphine pill instead of Xanax.
* EnhancedInterrogationTechniques: Used on Talbot by the Pakistani military after they become convinced he is a spy.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: The [[spoiler: democratically elected Pakistani Prime Minister]], thrown into the same army truck as Alex, is saddened but accepting of his inevitable fate at the hands of General Zaman.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: The [[spoiler: democratically elected Pakistani Prime Minister]], thrown into the same army truck as Alex, is saddened but accepting of his inevitable fate at the hands of General Zaman.
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* PresidentMinority: Julian Navarro, the hispanic US President.
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* PresidentMinority: OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Julian Navarro, the hispanic US President.President of the United States, is hispanic, making him a President Minority. He also starts out as President Clueless, but thats only due to the media blackout in Pakistan preventing the government from knowing what is happening.
* SecretPolice: How Rafiq and his family view the Pakistani military.
--> '''Rafiq:''' I wouldn't get too cute with these guys, because they're ''kind of like out Gestapo''.
--> '''Rafiq:''' I wouldn't get too cute with these guys, because they're ''kind of like out Gestapo''.
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* TheWarRoom: The White House Situation Room, where President Navarro and his cabinet watch the crisis unfold.
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* TheWarRoom: The White House Situation Room, where President Navarro and his cabinet watch the crisis unfold.unfold.
* UnfortunateItemSwap: Zeke and Glenn accidentally take morphine pills instead of Xanax before their mission, which leads to Glenn puking all over the cockpit and [[spoiler: accidentally shooting down an Indian Air Force drone, over Pakistani airspace]].
* UnfortunateItemSwap: Zeke and Glenn accidentally take morphine pills instead of Xanax before their mission, which leads to Glenn puking all over the cockpit and [[spoiler: accidentally shooting down an Indian Air Force drone, over Pakistani airspace]].
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** Zeke bombing an Iranian arms shipment, an action that made him a 'celebrity' on the aircraft carrier.
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--> '''Gray:''' General, who is the tip of the spear?
--> '''Larson:''' Tip of the spear? What a tool.
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--> '''Larson:''' Tip of the spear? What a tool.
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* WarForFunAndProfit: Lampshaded by Larson after the President decides to take direct action against his advice to wait.
--> '''General:''' I have a high degree of confidence in the full array of assets we've deployed.
--> '''Larson:''' Ah, I see that golf jockey you took with your wife courtesy of [[MegaCorp Lockheed Martin]] is really starting to pay off.
--> '''General:''' I have a high degree of confidence in the full array of assets we've deployed.
--> '''Larson:''' Ah, I see that golf jockey you took with your wife courtesy of [[MegaCorp Lockheed Martin]] is really starting to pay off.
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* [[InsaneAdmiral Insane General]]: Umar Zaman, the leader of the coup, previously had a psychotic break and bouts of schizophrenia.
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* [[InsaneAdmiral Insane General]]: Umar Umair Zaman, the leader of the coup, previously had a psychotic break and bouts of schizophrenia.
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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Secretary of State Larson issues a brief but effective one to Secretary of Defense Pierce Gray regarding his lack of military experience and warmongering attitude.
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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Secretary of State Larson issues a brief but effective one to Secretary of Defense Pierce Gray regarding his lack of military experience and warmongering attitude.
--> '''Gray:''' You're out of line, Walter.
--> '''Larson:''' Am I? [[BadassBoast I was on the goddamn roof defending the last chopper out of Saigon before my 19th birthday]]. When you were 19 you were [[DateRape date raping]] Radcliffe girls.
--> '''Gray:''' Fuck you.
--> '''Gray:''' Or was it Harvard boys? Lucky for you your prick was so small they didn't have the heart to press charges!
--> '''Gray:''' You're out of line, Walter.
--> '''Larson:''' Am I? [[BadassBoast I was on the goddamn roof defending the last chopper out of Saigon before my 19th birthday]]. When you were 19 you were [[DateRape date raping]] Radcliffe girls.
--> '''Gray:''' Fuck you.
--> '''Gray:''' Or was it Harvard boys? Lucky for you your prick was so small they didn't have the heart to press charges!
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--> '''Gray:''' We need to remove those weapons now.
--> '''Larson:''' Spoken like a true chicken hawk.
--> '''Larson:''' Spoken like a true chicken hawk.
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* CellPhonesAreUseless: The first thing the Pakistani Army does during the coup is block cell phone reception. This prevents Talbot and Rafiq from contacting the embassy, and the US presidential cabinet from contacting anyone in the country.
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* CellPhonesAreUseless: The first thing ContrivedCoincidence: Rafiq's uncle, a psychologist, having treated the Pakistani Army does during general leading the coup is block cell phone reception. This prevents years before. He still has the mans medical file, which Talbot and Rafiq from contacting the embassy, and is able to fax to the US presidential cabinet from contacting anyone in the country.government who have little information about him.
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* [[InsaneAdmiral Insane General]]: The leader of the coup previously had a psychotic break and bouts of schizophrenia.
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* ProperlyParanoid: PlayedForLaughs. The General Zaman, the man leading the coup coup, believes the use of US drones in a Zionist conspiracy, and that the electromagnetic waves released by them are to cause sterility to the Pakistani people.
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* MistakenForSpies: Rafiq's uncle is convinced Alex is a CIA plant in the US embassy, when he is actually a low level Foreign Service officer. [[spoiler: It is later revealed he applied to the CIA twice, but was rejected for not seeming tough enough]].
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being an ass to Rafiq, Alex Talbot confesses he joined the State Department to genuinely make a difference in the world. He is also the only person in the embassy who bothered to learn Rafiq's name.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
**Despite being an ass to Rafiq, Alex Talbot confesses he joined the State Department to genuinely make a difference in the world. He is also the only person in the embassy who bothered to learn Rafiq's name.
**Despite being an ass to Rafiq, Alex Talbot confesses he joined the State Department to genuinely make a difference in the world. He is also the only person in the embassy who bothered to learn Rafiq's name.
**Zeke initially appears as an uncaring, gung-ho American pilot, lamenting on where he gets to 'bomb the shit out of' today. However, he is later very concerned to find out his mission is to bomb a heavily populated area.
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* WarHawk: Secretary of Defense Pierce Gray. Larson calls him out on it in the pilot episode.
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* WarHawk: Secretary of Defense Pierce Gray. Larson calls him out on it in the pilot episode.episode.
* TheWarRoom: The White House Situation Room, where President Navarro and his cabinet watch the crisis unfold.
* TheWarRoom: The White House Situation Room, where President Navarro and his cabinet watch the crisis unfold.
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*AcePilot: Lt Zeke 'Z-PAK' Tilson.
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* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Larsons aide, Kendra, finds him in the pilot episode in a hotel room, with an Asian hooker, wearing nothing but a red ribbon around his wrists.
* CoitusInterruptus: Larson's early morning sexcapade is interrupted by his aide, and to an extent the threat of an unstable Pakistani general gaining control of nukes.
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* GuyInBack: Lt Glenn Taylor.
* HookersAndBlow: How Alex Talbot knows Larson. He procured him various hookers during a diplomatic visit to Islamabad before the events of the show.
* HookersAndBlow: How Alex Talbot knows Larson. He procured him various hookers during a diplomatic visit to Islamabad before the events of the show.
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* MorallyBankruptBanker: What most of Talbot's buddies from Dartmouth went on to be. Talbot instead joined the Foreign Service as he actually wanted to help people.
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* TheAlcoholic: Larson, so much that he gets his aide to smuggle it into the Situation Room.
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* DrinkingOnDuty: Larson gets his aide, Kendra, to bring him booze in the ''White House Situation Room''.
--> '''Larson:''' I need hair of the dog, pronto.
--> '''Kendra:''' Yeah, well there is no alcohol in the Situation Room.
--> '''Larson:''' Then make it look like orange juice! You really think LBJ fought the Vietnam War down here sober?
--> '''Kendra:''' Yeah, well [[RealityEnsues we lost that one]], didn't we?
--> '''Larson:''' I need hair of the dog, pronto.
--> '''Kendra:''' Yeah, well there is no alcohol in the Situation Room.
--> '''Larson:''' Then make it look like orange juice! You really think LBJ fought the Vietnam War down here sober?
--> '''Kendra:''' Yeah, well [[RealityEnsues we lost that one]], didn't we?
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* AmbiguousSyntax: Between the Director of the CIA and President Navarro in the pilot.
--> '''[=SecState=] Larson:''' Smells like a coup d'etat.
--> '''President Navarro:''' Led by who?
--> '''CIA Director:''' I can't tell you that.
--> '''President Navarro:''' I'm the ''president''.
--> '''CIA Director:''' No, I mean, we don't know.
--> '''[=SecState=] Larson:''' Smells like a coup d'etat.
--> '''President Navarro:''' Led by who?
--> '''CIA Director:''' I can't tell you that.
--> '''President Navarro:''' I'm the ''president''.
--> '''CIA Director:''' No, I mean, we don't know.
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*CellPhonesAreUseless: The first thing the Pakistani Army does during the coup is block cell phone reception. This prevents Talbot and Rafiq from contacting the embassy, and the US presidential cabinet from contacting anyone in the country.
* [[InsaneAdmiral Insane General]]: The leader of the coup previously had a psychotic break and bouts of schizophrenia.
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* SexyScandanavian: Talbot mentions wanting to hook up with Melina, an attractive woman who works at the Danish Embassy.
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** Walter Larson may be a philandering alcoholic and sex addict, but as Secretary of State he is adamant about avoiding war and casualties in the Middle East.
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* TheRestOfTheNuclearClub: Pakistan possessing nukes is one of the main concerns of the US government throughout the series.
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* FunctionalAddict: Lt Zeke Tilson, and apparently half of the aircraft carrier he is stationed on are addicted to prescription meds to keep them awake and focused.
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* TheAlcoholic: Secretary of State Walter Larson, so much that he gets his aide to smuggle it into the Situation Room.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being an ass to Rafiq and various others, Alex Talbot confesses he joined the State Department to geniunely make a difference in the world (unlike his friends from Dartmouth who went on to 'screw over the poor and middle class' as stockbrokers).
* MilitaryCoup: The main focus of the series. Pakistan is taken over by a radical former general after the general election didn't go his way.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being an ass to Rafiq and various others, Alex Talbot confesses he joined the State Department to geniunely make a difference in the world (unlike his friends from Dartmouth who went on to 'screw over the poor and middle class' as stockbrokers).
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* TheAlcoholic: Secretary of State Walter Larson, so much that he gets his aide to smuggle it into the Situation Room.
* CaptainObvious: Talbot, when he sees an angry, anti-American mob on the streets of Islamabad.
--> '''Talbot:''' Thats no gay pride parade.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Walter Larson, the US Secretary of State, is introduced tied to a bed having sex with a prostitute [[EroticAsphyxiation smothering him with a pillow]], which he later refers to as an 'important meeting'.
* FunctionalAddict: Lt Zeke Tilson, and apparently half of the aircraft carrier he is stationed on are addicted to prescription meds to keep them awake and focused.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being an ass toRafiq and various others, Rafiq, Alex Talbot confesses he joined the State Department to geniunely genuinely make a difference in the world (unlike his friends from Dartmouth world. He is also the only person in the embassy who went on bothered to 'screw over the poor and middle class' as stockbrokers).learn Rafiq's name.
* MilitaryCoup: The main focus of the series. Pakistan is taken over by a radical former generalafter in the general election didn't go his way.Pakistan Army, due to him losing the recently held democratic election.
* CaptainObvious: Talbot, when he sees an angry, anti-American mob on the streets of Islamabad.
--> '''Talbot:''' Thats no gay pride parade.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Walter Larson, the US Secretary of State, is introduced tied to a bed having sex with a prostitute [[EroticAsphyxiation smothering him with a pillow]], which he later refers to as an 'important meeting'.
* FunctionalAddict: Lt Zeke Tilson, and apparently half of the aircraft carrier he is stationed on are addicted to prescription meds to keep them awake and focused.
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A 2015 BlackComedy HBO series focusing on a political crisis in Pakistan, starring JackBlack as a low level Foreign Service Officer and Tim Robbins as the US Secretary of State. Each series will examine a new geopolitical crisis through the same cast.
!!This show contains examples of:
*TheAlcoholic: Secretary of State Walter Larson, so much that he gets his aide to smuggle it into the Situation Room.
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being an ass to Rafiq and various others, Alex Talbot confesses he joined the State Department to geniunely make a difference in the world (unlike his friends from Dartmouth who went on to 'screw over the poor and middle class' as stockbrokers).
*MilitaryCoup: The main focus of the series. Pakistan is taken over by a radical former general after the general election didn't go his way.
*NoodleIncident: Involving Talbot, an embassy SUV, multiple women and a cricket match.
*WarHawk: Secretary of Defense Pierce Gray. Larson calls him out on it in the pilot episode.
!!This show contains examples of:
*TheAlcoholic: Secretary of State Walter Larson, so much that he gets his aide to smuggle it into the Situation Room.
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being an ass to Rafiq and various others, Alex Talbot confesses he joined the State Department to geniunely make a difference in the world (unlike his friends from Dartmouth who went on to 'screw over the poor and middle class' as stockbrokers).
*MilitaryCoup: The main focus of the series. Pakistan is taken over by a radical former general after the general election didn't go his way.
*NoodleIncident: Involving Talbot, an embassy SUV, multiple women and a cricket match.
*WarHawk: Secretary of Defense Pierce Gray. Larson calls him out on it in the pilot episode.
