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* ChekhovsGunman: Vadim, Will's client in the beginning. [[spoiler:Turns out he's an ambulance driver with criminal connections. When planning Foyle's murder, Will gets him to illegally access his medical records to find his allergy, and his credit card information to find his holiday home.]]
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** Will is introduced piling into a London cab and having an animated conversation on the phone about a shotgun murder involving cocaine, pausing only to assure the cabbie that he's a lawyer. He gets out at his destination, which turns out to be his son's school, where he's giving a talk about being a barrister.
** Foyle is first seen feeding his many birds with a really creepy smile on his face. He then has his own breakfast, only to be interrupted by the police with a search warrant. He laughingly tells them to return after breakfast. When they insist, he screams, [[SuddenlyShouting "AFTER BREAKFAST!!!"]]
** Will is introduced piling into a London cab and having an animated conversation on the phone about a shotgun murder involving cocaine, pausing only to assure the cabbie that he's a lawyer. He gets out at his destination, which turns out to be his son's school, where he's giving a talk about being a barrister.
** Foyle is first seen feeding his many birds with a really creepy smile on his face. He then has his own breakfast, only to be interrupted by the police with a search warrant. He laughingly tells them to return after breakfast. When they insist, he screams, [[SuddenlyShouting "AFTER BREAKFAST!!!"]]
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-->'''Jamie:''' Dad? You're trembling.
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* {{Irony}}: Will illustrates his job for his son's class with the example of a classmate being accused of stealing a pen; his job in that context would be convincing everyone that whoever saw him take the pen was mistaken. Examples of it being dark and the witness having bad eyesight are mentioned. [[spoiler:This is how Will's own testimony against Foyle is discredited, when Maggie says he was emotionally compromised, that it was dark and that he ''wanted'' it to be Foyle for career reasons.]]
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* AbortedArc: Perhaps an InvokedTrope, in keeping with the theme of misdirection.
** Early on, Kate says something about Will's brain, describing it as a "hard drive" that is "full" and needs to be "backed up." It sounds as if she's talking about an issue of Will's capability that has gone undiscovered by his colleagues, but is never mentioned again.
** Tara, an ambitious member of Will's Chambers, suspects Will is interfering with the case when less-brilliant colleague Harris has [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness "an uncharacteristic burst of competence."]] It's made clear she can ruin everyone's careers if she proves it, and at one point she follows Harris to a meeting with Will that barely breaks up in time. She spots Will, Harris and Danny leaving separately, but nothing comes of it.
** Early on, Kate says something about Will's brain, describing it as a "hard drive" that is "full" and needs to be "backed up." It sounds as if she's talking about an issue of Will's capability that has gone undiscovered by his colleagues, but is never mentioned again.
** Tara, an ambitious member of Will's Chambers, suspects Will is interfering with the case when less-brilliant colleague Harris has [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness "an uncharacteristic burst of competence."]] It's made clear she can ruin everyone's careers if she proves it, and at one point she follows Harris to a meeting with Will that barely breaks up in time. She spots Will, Harris and Danny leaving separately, but nothing comes of it.
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* EffectiveKnockoff: Maggie watches Will defend Foyle and [[HoistOnTheirOwnPetard uses his same methods]] almost play-for-play when [[spoiler:defending Foyle herself on Kate's murder charge]]. Will describes Foyle as a "convenient" murder suspect due to his unlikeable manner and unsavoury tastes; [[spoiler:Maggie describes him as a "convenient" murder suspect due to his legal actions undermining Will's career]]. Will gets Foyle OffOnATechnicality due to an issue with the expert testimony; [[spoiler:Maggie does the same by finding an issue with the warrant]]. She even uses the exact same phrases.
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* EffectiveKnockoff: Maggie watches Will defend Foyle and [[HoistOnTheirOwnPetard [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard uses his same methods]] almost play-for-play when [[spoiler:defending Foyle herself on Kate's murder charge]]. Will describes Foyle as a "convenient" murder suspect due to his unlikeable manner and unsavoury tastes; [[spoiler:Maggie describes him as a "convenient" murder suspect due to his legal actions undermining Will's career]]. Will gets Foyle OffOnATechnicality due to an issue with the expert testimony; [[spoiler:Maggie does the same by finding an issue with the warrant]]. She even uses the exact same phrases.
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** Foyle should have paid more attention to his own creepy monologuing. During his and Will's first meeting, he asks Will if he knows about grey squirrels killing the reds. When Will says yes, Foyle expands that a species of black squirrel has now emerged and is killing the greys, meaning the predators have become prey, "which just goes to show, you can never be too careful." [[spoiler:during the final confrontation, Foyle describes himself as a "lion" who should be allowed to attack sheep at will; in other words, a predator who doesn't know he's become prey.]]
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** Foyle should have paid more attention to his own creepy monologuing. During his and Will's first meeting, he asks Will if he knows about grey squirrels killing the reds. When Will says yes, Foyle expands that a species of black squirrel has now emerged and is killing the greys, meaning the predators have become prey, "which just goes to show, you can never be too careful." [[spoiler:during [[spoiler:During the final confrontation, Foyle describes himself as a "lion" who should be allowed to attack sheep at will; in other words, a predator who doesn't know he's become prey.]]
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* EffectiveKnockoff: Maggie watches Will defend Foyle and [[HoistOnTheirOwnPetard uses his same methods]] almost play-for-play when [[spoiler:defending Foyle herself on Kate's murder charge]]. Will describes Foyle as a "convenient" murder suspect due to his unlikeable manner and unsavoury tastes; [[spoiler:Maggie describes him as a "convenient" murder suspect due to his legal actions undermining Will's career]]. Will gets Foyle OffOnATechnicality due to an issue with the expert testimony; [[spoiler:Maggie does the same by finding an issue with the warrant]]. She even uses the exact same phrases.
-->'''Will/ Maggie:''' M'Lord, I raised this issue in good time.
-->'''Will/ Maggie:''' M'Lord, I raised this issue in good time.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Danny visits Will at the cottage where he's staying, he says that people are worried about Will because it's [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness "not like him"]] to just take off "without a plan." He says this as they prepare the limpets Will has just gathered with his son, [[spoiler:using the knife he will soon use on Foyle, which he's just "innocently" loaded with limpet. The plan is already on stage two or three]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Foyle should have paid more attention to his own creepy monologuing. During his and Will's first meeting, he asks Will if he knows about grey squirrels killing the reds. When Will says yes, Foyle expands that a species of black squirrel has now emerged and is killing the greys, meaning the predators have become prey, "which just goes to show, you can never be too careful." [[spoiler:during the final confrontation, Foyle describes himself as a "lion" who should be allowed to attack sheep at will; in other words, a predator who doesn't know he's become prey.]]
** When Danny visits Will at the cottage where he's staying, he says that people are worried about Will because it's [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness "not like him"]] to just take off"without a plan."on the fly." He says this as they prepare after they've eaten the limpets Will has just gathered with his son, [[spoiler:using the knife he will soon use on Foyle, which he's just "innocently" loaded with limpet. The plan is already on stage two or three]].
** Foyle should have paid more attention to his own creepy monologuing. During his and Will's first meeting, he asks Will if he knows about grey squirrels killing the reds. When Will says yes, Foyle expands that a species of black squirrel has now emerged and is killing the greys, meaning the predators have become prey, "which just goes to show, you can never be too careful." [[spoiler:during the final confrontation, Foyle describes himself as a "lion" who should be allowed to attack sheep at will; in other words, a predator who doesn't know he's become prey.]]
** When Danny visits Will at the cottage where he's staying, he says that people are worried about Will because it's [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness "not like him"]] to just take off
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-->''When you're locked in a safe at the bottom of the ocean, you don't call Paul Daniels. You call Creator/HarryHoudini.''
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* AdmiringTheAbomination: [[spoiler:As he starts going into anaphylactic shock and realises exactly what Will has done, Foyle compliments him on the cleverness of his murder plan.]]
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* AdmiringTheAbomination: [[spoiler:As he starts going into anaphylactic shock and realises exactly what Will has done, Foyle compliments him on the cleverness of his murder plan. He doesn't even ''know'' the full plan yet.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Danny visits Will at the cottage where he's staying, he says that people are worried about Will because it's [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness "not like him"]] to just take off "without a plan." He says this as they prepare the limpets Will has just gathered with his son, [[spoiler:using the knife he will soon use on Foyle, which he's just "innocently" loaded with limpet. The plan is already on stage two or three]].
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* ILoveTheDead: At one point during Will and Foyle's meeting, one of the various things gathered about him is that he watches porn involving "sexual inteference with a human corpse". This mercifully is not shown onscreen... however, the corpse of Mullens, a woman he murdered, ''is'' shown brutalised and described as having been sexual interfered with>
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* ILoveTheDead: At one point during Will and Foyle's meeting, one of the various things gathered about him is that he watches porn involving "sexual inteference with a human corpse". This mercifully is not shown onscreen... however, the corpse of Mullens, a woman he murdered, ''is'' shown brutalised and described as having been sexual interfered with>with.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Maggie, when Will approaches her to warn her of the dangers of representing Foyle (he'd know, after all) just snaps that "you can't ''stand'' seeing me succeed!" as if their professional rivalry is the only possible factor in a case involving his wife's murder.
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* ShameIfSomethingHappened: There are hints as Maggie lays out her "hypothetical" scenario of how Will could have killed Foyle that she might intend to advance her career by extorting him. Her theory leaves three possible means of discovery; [[spoiler:the doctored Epipen (thrown out of the ambulance window in the middle of nowhere)]], the [[spoiler:person whose Epipen he used (his mother, unlikely to come forward)]], and [[spoiler:swelling at the site of the Epipen injection]]. The way she presses the point about the hypothetical murderer having to live in fear that [[spoiler:''someone'' could order a second post mortem that reveals the swelling]], as well as her OhCrap face when [[spoiler:Will tells her that said murderer has nothing to fear if the body has been cremated]], seem to confirm her intent.
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* AdmiringTheAbomination: [[spoiler:As he starts going into anaphylactic shock and realises exactly what Will has done, Foyle compliments him on the cleverness of his murder plan.]]
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: [[spoiler:While Foyle is on his rant about lions, savvy viewers may be wondering why Will hasn't picked himself up after being knocked to the floor. Maybe he's frozen with shock... or maybe he's not doing anything because he's already done it.]]
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* InUniverseFactoidFailure: Will proceeds in [[spoiler:his own murder trial]] as if he's at the Old Bailey, not aware that Scottish courts are different.
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler:Having your wife stalked, and then having your wife ''murdered'' as a huge case of DisproportionateRetribution. Also, learning that said murderer is on bail and may potentially be near your son - who is in fact being stalked - is enough to send you panicking.]]
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* DisposableWoman: [[spoiler:Kate, Will's wife, is murdered by Foyle in the first episode to set up the rest of the plot.]]
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* StuffedInTheFridge: [[spoiler:Kate, Will's wife, is murdered by Foyle in the first episode to set up the rest of the plot.]]
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* RealityEnsues:
** Will at one point tries citing the law he's familiar with [[spoiler:while forgetting Scottish law does ''not'' work that way.]]
** Maggie deduces how [[spoiler:Will killed Foyle and covered it up... but even if she ''did'' want to expose this (and she almost certainly ''didn't''), there's no way of finding the evidence as the corpse is cremated]].
** Will at one point tries citing the law he's familiar with [[spoiler:while forgetting Scottish law does ''not'' work that way.]]
** Maggie deduces how [[spoiler:Will killed Foyle and covered it up... but even if she ''did'' want to expose this (and she almost certainly ''didn't''), there's no way of finding the evidence as the corpse is cremated]].
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* SecretKeeper: At the end, Maggie tells Burton [[spoiler:that she knows how he killed Foyle and plans to get away with it. While she could have gone to the courts and pieced together her theory, she chooses not to]]. RealityEnsues in that [[spoiler:the courts can't order a new trial of Will's case unless new evidence comes to light. And as he pointed out, the cremated remains mean there will ''never'' be any evidence of the deed. If Maggie went to the police with a salacious theory with zero evidence, it would only be damaging for her own credibility.]] Also, she was probably as glad that [[spoiler:Foyle was dead]].
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* SecretKeeper: At the end, Maggie tells Burton [[spoiler:that she knows how he killed Foyle and plans to get away with it. While she could have gone to the courts and pieced together her theory, she chooses not to]]. RealityEnsues Reality bites in that [[spoiler:the courts can't order a new trial of Will's case unless new evidence comes to light. And as he pointed out, the cremated remains mean there will ''never'' be any evidence of the deed. If Maggie went to the police with a salacious theory with zero evidence, it would only be damaging for her own credibility.]] Also, she was probably as glad that [[spoiler:Foyle was dead]].
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Foyle spends a good amount of the series believing he and Will are NotSoDifferent. [[spoiler:Will ends up proving he's not entirely wrong... by murdering him and then ensuring there's no evidence, while framing it as if he's trying to save his life. Then, to rub salt in the wound, Will goes on to live a fairly normal life, moving on from any darkness he may have held.]]
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Foyle spends a good amount of the series believing he and Will are NotSoDifferent.aren't so different. [[spoiler:Will ends up proving he's not entirely wrong... by murdering him and then ensuring there's no evidence, while framing it as if he's trying to save his life. Then, to rub salt in the wound, Will goes on to live a fairly normal life, moving on from any darkness he may have held.]]
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* NotSoDifferent: During one of their confrontations, Foyle claims to Will that he's the way he is and shouldn't be judged for it, pointing out that a lion is not judged for being born a lion. [[spoiler:Will also invokes this by murdering him and getting off on a technicality, though unlike Foyle he moves on to a more peaceful life]].
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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: During one of their confrontations, Foyle claims to Will that he's the way he is and shouldn't be judged for it, pointing out that a lion is not judged for being born a lion. [[spoiler:Will also invokes this by murdering him and getting off on a technicality, though unlike Foyle he moves on to a more peaceful life]].
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler:Having your wife and children stalked, and then having your wife ''murdered'' as a huge case of DisproportionateRetribution. Also, learning that said murderer is on bail and may potentially be near your son is enough to send you panicking.]]
* AFoolForAClient: Will defends himself when he's charged with Foyle's murder. [[spoiler: Since he's a skilled barrister already, plus has set things up to make it look like self-defense, it works - though he is hampered by not being familiar with Scottish court proceedings, which are different from the Old Bailey.]]
* AFoolForAClient: Will defends himself when he's charged with Foyle's murder. [[spoiler: Since he's a skilled barrister already, plus has set things up to make it look like self-defense, it works - though he is hampered by not being familiar with Scottish court proceedings, which are different from the Old Bailey.]]
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler:Having your wife and children stalked, and then having your wife ''murdered'' as a huge case of DisproportionateRetribution. Also, learning that said murderer is on bail and may potentially be near your son - who is in fact being stalked - is enough to send you panicking.]]
* AFoolForAClient: Will defends himself when he's charged with Foyle's murder.[[spoiler: Since [[spoiler:Since he's a skilled barrister already, plus has set things up to make it look like self-defense, it works - though he is hampered by not being familiar with Scottish court proceedings, which are different from the Old Bailey.]]
* AFoolForAClient: Will defends himself when he's charged with Foyle's murder.
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* AntiHero: William Burton himself. While for the most part a NiceGuy, he is known for getting criminals off on technicalities. It's his job and he's supposed to represent them to the best of the ability as the law instructs him to, and because he honestly believes everyone deserves a fair trial, but his loophole for Foyle delves into this territory. [[spoiler:He later shows that he's capable of murder, after Foyle gets away with the murder of his wife]].
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* AntiHero: AntiHero:
** William Burton himself. While for the most part a NiceGuy, he is known for getting criminals off on technicalities. It's his job and he's supposed to represent them to the best of the ability as the law instructs him to, and because he honestly believes everyone deserves a fair trial, but his loophole for Foyle delves into this territory. [[spoiler:He later shows that he's capable of murder, after Foyle gets away with the murder of hiswife]].wife]].
** Maggie is also a public defender barrister, and like Will she believes in doing her job to the best of the ability. Unlike Will, she's more cynical and is fuelled partly by her rivalry.
** William Burton himself. While for the most part a NiceGuy, he is known for getting criminals off on technicalities. It's his job and he's supposed to represent them to the best of the ability as the law instructs him to, and because he honestly believes everyone deserves a fair trial, but his loophole for Foyle delves into this territory. [[spoiler:He later shows that he's capable of murder, after Foyle gets away with the murder of his
** Maggie is also a public defender barrister, and like Will she believes in doing her job to the best of the ability. Unlike Will, she's more cynical and is fuelled partly by her rivalry.
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* TheRival: Maggie to Will, although for the most part they get on reasonably well.
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* TheSociopath: Foyle shows little to no reaction to being told that he's been found watching porn that's slightly on the disturbing side, calmly saying that he doesn't do that sort of thing.
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* TheSociopath: Foyle shows little to no reaction to being told that he's been found watching porn that's slightly both illegal and on the disturbing side, calmly saying that he doesn't do that sort of thing.
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* AntiHero: William Burton himself. While for the most part a NiceGuy, he is known for getting criminals off on technicalities. It's his job and he's supposed to represent them to the best of the ability as the law instructs him to, but his loophole for Foyle delves into this territory. [[spoiler:He later shows that he's capable of murder, after Foyle gets away with the murder of his wife]].
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* AmoralAttorney:
** Averted by Will. He defends unpleasant clients, but that's because he is obliged to under the law and sincerely believes in everyone deserving a fair trial even if you don't like them. Most of his colleagues are pretty decent people too.
** Maggie Gardner is a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] version of this. She doesn't actually break any laws in her defence of Foyle for [[spoiler:Kate's murder]] and like Will is just doing her job, but she's clearly fuelled by her rivalry towards Will and in exploiting OffOnATechnicality she ends up [[KickTheDog exploiting the emotional trauma he's going through while also raising the BSB complaint fraudulently filed against him]].
* AntiHero: William Burton himself. While for the most part a NiceGuy, he is known for getting criminals off on technicalities. It's his job and he's supposed to represent them to the best of the ability as the law instructs him to, and because he honestly believes everyone deserves a fair trial, but his loophole for Foyle delves into this territory. [[spoiler:He later shows that he's capable of murder, after Foyle gets away with the murder of his wife]].
** Averted by Will. He defends unpleasant clients, but that's because he is obliged to under the law and sincerely believes in everyone deserving a fair trial even if you don't like them. Most of his colleagues are pretty decent people too.
** Maggie Gardner is a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] version of this. She doesn't actually break any laws in her defence of Foyle for [[spoiler:Kate's murder]] and like Will is just doing her job, but she's clearly fuelled by her rivalry towards Will and in exploiting OffOnATechnicality she ends up [[KickTheDog exploiting the emotional trauma he's going through while also raising the BSB complaint fraudulently filed against him]].
* AntiHero: William Burton himself. While for the most part a NiceGuy, he is known for getting criminals off on technicalities. It's his job and he's supposed to represent them to the best of the ability as the law instructs him to, and because he honestly believes everyone deserves a fair trial, but his loophole for Foyle delves into this territory. [[spoiler:He later shows that he's capable of murder, after Foyle gets away with the murder of his wife]].
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Foyle spends a good amount of the series believing he and Will are NotSoDifferent. [[spoiler:Will ends up proving he's not entirely wrong... by murdering him and then ensuring there's no evidence, while framing it as if he's trying to save his life. Then, to rub salt in the wound, Will goes on to live a fairly normal life, moving on from any darkness he may have held.]]
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* BigBad: Foyle is the psychotic murderer who goes on a vengeance crusade against his defending lawyer, Will Burton, for [[DisproportionateRetribution not shaking his hand]].
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* BigBad: Foyle is the psychotic murderer who goes on a vengeance crusade against his defending lawyer, Will Burton, for [[DisproportionateRetribution not shaking his hand]]. He then starts targeting others who weren't evil guilty of that.
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** Foyle is told he needs to change his presentation style if he wants to get off the murder charge. He doesn't outright confess to it, but says this:
** Foyle is told he needs to change his presentation style if he wants to get off the murder charge. He doesn't outright confess to it, but says this:
** Later, when on trial, Will openly admits that he rejoices at [[spoiler:Foyle dying]] as part of his defence.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Will refuses to shake Foyle's hand when they part ways for the first time. Foyle's response is [[spoiler:to begin stalking his family, starting with his wife, and then kill his wife]].
* EvilIsPetty: Don't shake Foyle's hand? Beware the consequences. [[spoiler:''Do'' shake his hand?]] Beware the consequences regardless.
* EvilIsPetty: Don't shake Foyle's hand? Beware the consequences. [[spoiler:''Do'' shake his hand?]] Beware the consequences regardless.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Will refuses to shake Foyle's hand when they part ways for the first time. Foyle's response is [[spoiler:to begin stalking his family, starting with stalk his wife, and then kill his wife]].
her and threaten Will's son]].
* EvilIsPetty: Foyle makes an art form out of this. Solicitor tells him that he needs to be less ObviouslyEvil? Ask him to leave the room immediately. Don't shakeFoyle's his hand? Beware the consequences. [[spoiler:''Do'' shake his hand?]] Beware the consequences regardless.
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* GenreSavvy: Both Will and Foyle show moments of this.
* HandshakeRefusal: Will refuses to shake Foyle's hand when he gets him released. This inspires Foyle to [[spoiler: stalk and eventually murder Will's wife, Kate.]] Later on, Maggie ''does'' shake his hand, but it doesn't help her with him.
* HandshakeRefusal: Will refuses to shake Foyle's hand when he gets him released. This inspires Foyle to [[spoiler: stalk and eventually murder Will's wife, Kate.]] Later on, Maggie ''does'' shake his hand, but it doesn't help her with him.
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this. Foyle at least seems aware of JustBetweenYouAndMe and mocks Will for thinking he'd be stupid enough to just confess when he could be recorded... [[spoiler: Unfortunately for him, he didn't consider the possibility Will wasn't there for a chat.]]
* HandshakeRefusal: Will refuses to shake Foyle's hand when he gets him released. This inspires Foyle to[[spoiler: stalk [[spoiler:stalk and eventually murder Will's wife, Kate.]] Later on, Maggie ''does'' shake his hand, but it doesn't help her with him.
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* ILoveTheDead: At one point during Will and Foyle's meeting, one of the various things gathered about him is that he watches porn involving "sexual inteference with a human corpse". This mercifully is not shown onscreen.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: An inversion over the usual mechanic; at the climax, Maggie explains a "hypothetical" scenario whereupon a criminal barrister in a position not unlike Will's could engineer a murder and MakeItLookLikeAnAccident. [[spoiler:Will, after sitting stony-faced at having this all laid out to him, points out with a certain degree of smugness that you'd need to have a body to test that hadn't just been cremated.]]
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: An inversion over the usual mechanic; at the climax, Maggie explains a "hypothetical" scenario whereupon a criminal barrister in a position not unlike Will's could engineer a murder and MakeItLookLikeAnAccident. [[spoiler:Will, after sitting stony-faced at having this all laid out to him, points out with a certain degree of smugness that you'd need to have a body to test that hadn't just been cremated.]]
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* ILoveTheDead: At one point during Will and Foyle's meeting, one of the various things gathered about him is that he watches porn involving "sexual inteference with a human corpse". This mercifully is not shown onscreen.
onscreen... however, the corpse of Mullens, a woman he murdered, ''is'' shown brutalised and described as having been sexual interfered with>
*JustBetweenYouAndMe: IronicEcho: Maggie probably regrets telling Will that he should've been more careful defending Foyle.
* {{Jerkass}}: Foyle is this whenever he's not being FauxAffablyEvil, best shown when he asks his own solicitor to leave the room out of spite.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe:
** Subverted by Foyle, who seems ready to explain his motive but then tackles Will and finds his phone recording
** An inversion over the usual mechanic; at the climax, Maggie explains a "hypothetical" scenario whereupon a criminal barrister in a position not unlike Will's could engineer a murder and MakeItLookLikeAnAccident. [[spoiler:Will, after sitting stony-faced at having this all laid out to him, points out with a certain degree of smugness that you'd need to have a body to test that hadn't just been cremated.]]
* KarmicDeath: After evading justice twice, [[spoiler:Foyle dies ''painfully'' while his murderer manages to "prove" he's not guilty.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: Foyle is this whenever he's not being FauxAffablyEvil, best shown when he asks his own solicitor to leave the room out of spite.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe:
** Subverted by Foyle, who seems ready to explain his motive but then tackles Will and finds his phone recording
** An inversion over the usual mechanic; at the climax, Maggie explains a "hypothetical" scenario whereupon a criminal barrister in a position not unlike Will's could engineer a murder and MakeItLookLikeAnAccident. [[spoiler:Will, after sitting stony-faced at having this all laid out to him, points out with a certain degree of smugness that you'd need to have a body to test that hadn't just been cremated.]]
* KarmicDeath: After evading justice twice, [[spoiler:Foyle dies ''painfully'' while his murderer manages to "prove" he's not guilty.]]
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* OnceMoreWithClarity / TheSummation: Maggie lays out to Will how she thinks such a murder might have come about. [[spoiler: It's intercut with flashbacks to Will doing exactly those things.]]
to:
* OnceMoreWithClarity / TheSummation: OnceMoreWithClarity: Maggie lays out to Will how she thinks such a murder might have come about. [[spoiler: It's intercut with flashbacks to Will doing exactly those things.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: At one point, Foyle [[spoiler:stalks Jamie, Will's son, with several disturbing implications]].
to:
* WouldHurtAChild: At one point, Foyle [[spoiler:stalks Jamie, Will's son, plus one of his friends, with several disturbing implications]].implications]]. Nothing actually happens in the end, but not because he has a change of heart.
