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''The Escape Artist'' is a 2013 BBC drama/thriller miniseries that centres around the life of a defence barrister in the Crown Courts, William Burton (Creator/DavidTennant), who is known for never losing a case, and for being able to get criminals out of "tight legal corners". This comes back to haunt him when he agrees to host the defence case for notorious murder suspect Liam Foyle (Toby Kebbell) and gets him off on a technicality. In the meantime, fellow barrister Maggie Gardner (Creator/SophieOkonedo) has spent most of her career under Burton's shadow. When a horrific turn of events leads her to stand up as Foyle's barrister, she finds herself in danger as well.
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''The Escape Artist'' is a 2013 BBC drama/thriller miniseries that centres around the life of a defence barrister in the Crown Courts, William Burton (Creator/DavidTennant), who is known for never losing a case, and for being able to get criminals out of "tight legal corners". This comes back to haunt him when he agrees to host the defence case for notorious murder suspect Liam Foyle (Toby Kebbell) (Creator/TobyKebbell) and gets him off on a technicality. In the meantime, fellow barrister Maggie Gardner (Creator/SophieOkonedo) has spent most of her career under Burton's shadow. When a horrific turn of events leads her to stand up as Foyle's barrister, she finds herself in danger as well.
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* BestServedCold: In the climax of the third episode, [[spoiler:Will murders Foyle by making him die painfully from a minor stab wound... which gets infected by a kind of seafood that Foyle is allergic to, as revenge for Foyle murdering his wife]].
* BigBad: Foyle fills this role, for lack of a better position.
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wife]]. The cherry on the top? It looks like he's being heroic.
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** 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. She could easily have gone to the courts and pieced together her theory, but chooses not to for reasons that are left unclear]].
** [[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.]]
** [[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.]]
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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. She While she could easily have gone to the courts and pieced together her theory, but she chooses not to for reasons to]]. RealityEnsues in that are left unclear]].
** [[spoiler:The[[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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* 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 that you'd need to have a body to test that hadn't just been cremated.]]
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* 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.]]
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* 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.works - though he is hampered by not being familiar with Scottish court proceedings, which are different from the Old Bailey.]]
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* BlackAndGreyMorality: [[Foyle's murder at the hands of Will is downright horrific, but it certainly feels well-deserved.]]
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* HeroicFireRescue: Will carries a stricken Foyle out of a burning building. [[It's a ploy to paint himself as doing his utmost to try and save him when in fact he's doing the opposite.]]
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* HeroicFireRescue: Will carries a stricken Foyle out of a burning building. [[It's [[spoiler:It's a ploy to paint himself as doing his utmost to try and save him when in fact he's doing the opposite.]]
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* BadassBookworm: Will. [[spoiler:He manages to successfully murder Foyle by making it look like Foyle struck first (technically true) and causing him to die painfully from a minor stab wound which gets infected by a kind of seafood that Foyle is allergic to]].
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* BadassBookworm: Will. [[spoiler:He As well as being an incredibly skilled and erudite barrister who is continually rattling off precedent from case law, [[spoiler:he manages to successfully murder Foyle by making it look like Foyle struck first (technically true) and causing him to die painfully from a minor stab wound which gets infected by a kind of seafood that Foyle is allergic to]].
* BlackAndGreyMorality: [[Foyle's murder at the hands of Will is downright horrific, but it certainly feels well-deserved.]]
* GainingTheWillToKill: [[spoiler:It takes Kate being murdered, Will finding out that Kate was ''pregnant'' when she was murdered, and Foyle going free to get to the point where he considers killing him. After that point he's completely OK with the idea]].
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* JustBetweenYouAndMe: An inversion over the usual mechanic; at the climax, Maggie explains to Will 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 that you'd need to have a body to test that hadn't just been cremated.]]
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* PoisonedWeapons: [[spoiler:Will bribes a former client to life Foyle's medical records whereupon he finds out he's allergic to a certain shellfish, and then deliberately uses his knife on them and later slashes Foyle with it.]]
* RefugeInAudacity: [[spoiler:Will cold-bloodedly murders Foyle whilst operating under the guise of ''saving his life''. It works.]]
* TheReveal: Several near the climax.
** Maggie twigs exactly how Will ''might'' have [[spoiler:murdered Foyle, interspersed with scenes of Will doing exactly that]].
** The final scene shows Will's mother has an allergy tag on her necklace [[spoiler:and therefore it was her EpiPen that was used to hold the extra dose and she was likely in on the plot as well]].
* RefugeInAudacity: [[spoiler:Will cold-bloodedly murders Foyle whilst operating under the guise of ''saving his life''. It works.]]
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** Maggie twigs exactly how Will ''might'' have [[spoiler:murdered Foyle, interspersed with scenes of Will doing exactly that]].
** The final scene shows Will's mother has an allergy tag on her necklace [[spoiler:and therefore it was her EpiPen that was used to hold the extra dose and she was likely in on the plot as well]].
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* BecauseImGoodAtIt: A large part of what's led Will's career to its heights; he makes precious little disguise of disapproving of some of his clients but sincerely believes in the law and that everyone deserves a defence and he happens to be brilliant at it.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: In-universe; [[spoiler:the barrister prosecuting Will points out that the chances of Will meeting Foyle accidentally, and then stabbing him with a knife that's coated in the juices of a specific shellfish he's deathly allergic to, are far too remote to be considered accidental and therefore Will's actions must be premeditated murder.]]
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* HeroesGoneFishing: Outside of his ultra-serious courtroom persona, we see a lot of Will's home life that's played for considerably more laughs such as his [[MenCantKeepHouse continued inability to operate the dishwasher]]. [[spoiler:This later gets a dark callback after Kate is killed when he tries to turn on the dishwasher and breaks down crying.]]
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* 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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* OffOnATechnicality: PlayedStraight but seriously - Foyle is released due to this trope, but not because of any nefarious, underhanded tactic by Will, but instead due to [[spoiler:the trial judge's initial refusal to give Will's expert time to prepare his submissions]]. When this later becomes quite critical to the case, coupled with the leaking of details, the judge accepts that Foyle cannot get a fair trial and is forced to stay the indictment.
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* OffOnATechnicality: {{Played straight}} but seriously - Foyle is released due to this trope, but not because of any nefarious, underhanded tactic by Will, but instead due to [[spoiler:the trial judge's initial refusal to give Will's expert time to prepare his submissions]]. When this later becomes quite critical to the case, coupled with the leaking of details, the judge accepts that Foyle cannot get a fair trial and is forced to stay the indictment.
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* OffOnATechnicality: Played straight but seriously - Foyle is released due to this trope, but not because of any nefarious, underhanded tactic by Will, but instead due to [[spoiler:the Trial Judge's initial refusal to give Will's expert time to prepare his submissions]]. When this later becomes quite critical to the case, coupled with the leaking of details, the Judge accepts that Foyle cannot get a fair trial and is forced to stay the indictment.
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* ButtMonkey: Almost nothing goes right for Will. He's more or less forced to defend a client that he can barely stand, has an unpleasant time doing so, then [[spoiler:has his wife and son stalked with said wife then gets killed with Foyle getting off scot free. He then ends up arrested for murder even though logic dictates he'd have no reason to save a man he wanted dead]].[[note]]Though he manages to weasel out of that last one, and it turns out that he murdered Foyle after all, and gets to live a life with his son[[/note]].
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* ButtMonkey: Almost nothing goes right for Will. He's more or less forced to defend a client that he can barely stand, has an unpleasant time doing so, then [[spoiler:has his wife and son stalked stalked, with said wife Kate then gets killed with while Foyle getting gets off scot free. He then ends up arrested for murder even though logic dictates he'd have no reason to save a man he wanted dead]].[[note]]Though he manages Life eventually decides to weasel out of that last one, and it turns out that he murdered Foyle after all, and gets to live a life with his son[[/note]].ThrowTheDogABone, but things will never be the same for him.
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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]].
* OffOnATechnicality: Played straight but seriously - Foyle is released due to this trope, but not because of any nefarious, underhanded tactic by Will, but instead due to [[spoiler: the Trial Judge's initial refusal to give Will's expert time to prepare his submissions]]. When this later becomes quite critical to the case, coupled with the leaking of details, the Judge accepts that Foyle cannot get a fair trial and is forced to stay the indictment.
* OffOnATechnicality: Played straight but seriously - Foyle is released due to this trope, but not because of any nefarious, underhanded tactic by Will, but instead due to [[spoiler: the Trial Judge's initial refusal to give Will's expert time to prepare his submissions]]. When this later becomes quite critical to the case, coupled with the leaking of details, the Judge accepts that Foyle cannot get a fair trial and is forced to stay the indictment.
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technicality, though unlike Foyle he moves on to a more peaceful life]].
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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.
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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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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Will's position forces him to defend criminals who may well be horribly unpleasant sociopaths. [[spoiler:By the end, he ends up murdering Foyle and successfully getting ''himself'' out of a murder charge]].
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** This is the reaction that most people have to finding out that Will is on trial.
** In the third episode, Will is called out by [[spoiler:the Scottish court judges he stands before, because he mentions that Foyle murdered his wife as part of his defence. They state matter-of-factly that Will confronted Foyle, but it's obvious that they are unapproving]].
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''The Escape Artist'' is a 2013 BBC drama/thriller miniseries that centres around the life of a defence barrister in the Crown Courts, William Burton (Creator/DavidTennant), who is known for never losing a case, and for being able to get criminals out of "tight legal corners". This comes back to haunt him when he agrees to host the defence case for notorious murder suspect Liam Foyle (Toby Kebbell) and gets him off on a technicality. In the meantime, fellow barrister Maggie Gardner (Sophie Okonedo) (Creator/SophieOkonedo) has spent most of her career under Burton's shadow. When a horrific turn of events leads her to stand up as Foyle's barrister, she finds herself in danger as well.
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''The Escape Artist'' is a 2013 BBC drama/thriller miniseries that centres around the life of a defence barrister in the Crown Courts, William Burton (Creator/DavidTennant), who is never known for never losing a case, and for being able to get criminals out of "tight legal corners". This comes back to haunt him when he agrees to host the defence case for notorious murder suspect Liam Foyle (Toby Kebbell) and gets him off on a technicality. In the meantime, fellow barrister Maggie Gardner (Sophie Okonedo) has spent most of her career under Burton's shadow. When a horrific turn of events leads her to stand up as Foyle's barrister, she finds herself in danger as well.
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* UngratefulBastard: Foyle. [[spoiler:Towards both Will ''and Maggie'']].Maggie''; he murders the former's wife and threatens his son because ''he didn't shake his hand'', and stalks the latter by breaking into her apartment even after she ''did'' shake his hand.]]
** A subversion happens in the third act when Will has just [[spoiler:injected Foyle with an epi-pen and therefore tried to save him in spite of everything, and Foyle's response is to whack Will in the back of the head with a large object. It later turns out that Will injected him with ''more'' of the substance he was allergic to and he was probably very aware of it while dying painfully]].
** A subversion happens in the third act when Will has just [[spoiler:injected Foyle with an epi-pen and therefore tried to save him in spite of everything, and Foyle's response is to whack Will in the back of the head with a large object. It later turns out that Will injected him with ''more'' of the substance he was allergic to and he was probably very aware of it while dying painfully]].
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* WouldHurtAChild: At one point, Foyle [[spoiler:stalks Jamie, WIll's son, with several disturbing implications]].
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* WouldHurtAChild: At one point, Foyle [[spoiler:stalks Jamie, WIll's Will's son, with several disturbing implications]].
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* UngratefulBastard: Foyle. [[spoiler:Towards both Will ''and Maggie'']].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:[[spoiler:Will gets to live as normal a family life as he can, and he's got more of his family to support him, but the fact remains that he murdered Foyle ([[AssholeVictim although you're unlikely to find anyone who can blame him]]) and that his wife is dead.]]
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* ButtMonkey: Almost nothing goes right for Will. He's more or less forced to defend a client that he can barely stand, has an unpleasant time doing so, then [[spoiler:has his wife and son stalked with said wife then gets killed with Foyle getting off scot free. He then ends up arrested for murder even though logic dictates he'd have no reason to save a man he wanted dead]].[[note]]Though he manages to weasel out of that last one, and it turns out that he murdered Foyle after all, and gets to live a life with his son[[/note]].
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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]].
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler:Having your wife and children stalked, and then having your wife ''murdered'' as a huge case of DisproportionateRetribution.]]
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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.]]
* AgentScully: Maggie falls into this when Will tries to tell her how dangerous Foyle is.
* AgentScully: Maggie falls into this when Will tries to tell her how dangerous Foyle is.
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-->'''Foyle:''' Here's the thing, Mister Burton. I don't know whether you've picked it up or perhaps your sixth sense might've... spotted it. I don't like people very much. I'm just not a very nice person.//
-->'''Will:''' I'm not going to judge you.//
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-->'''Foyle:''' Here's the thing, Mister Burton. I don't know whether you've picked it up or perhaps your sixth sense might've... spotted it. I don't like people very much. I'm just not a very nice person.//
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-->'''Will:''' I'm not going to judge you.//
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* EvilSoundsDeep: Foyle speaks with a rather low voice.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Maggie has spent most of her career in Will's shadow, and she's not entirely happy about it.
* TheRival: Maggie to Will, although for the most part they get on reasonably well.
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* [[spoiler:StalkerWithoutACrush: Foyle starts stalking Will Burton's family just because Will didn't shake his hand. His later stalking of Maggie may or may not delve into StalkerWithACrush territory]].
* WouldHitAGirl: Foyle is accused of murdering a woman in a particularly vicious way before the story starts, and later goes on to murder [[spoiler:Will's wife, Kate, simply because Will did not shake his hand]].
* WouldHurtAChild: At one point, Foyle [[spoiler:stalks Jamie, WIll's son, with several disturbing implications]].
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* WouldHitAGirl: Foyle is accused of murdering a woman in a particularly vicious way before the story starts, and later goes on to murder [[spoiler:Will's wife, Kate, simply because Will did not shake his hand]].
* WouldHurtAChild: At one point, Foyle [[spoiler:stalks Jamie, WIll's son, with several disturbing implications]].
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''The Escape Artist'' is a 2013 BBC drama/thriller miniseries that centres around the life of a defence barrister in the Crown Courts, William Burton (Creator/DavidTennant), who is never known for losing a case, and for being able to get criminals out of "tight legal corners". This comes back to haunt him when he agrees to host the defence case for notorious murder suspect Liam Foyle (Toby Kebbell) and gets him off on a technicality. In the meantime, fellow barrister Maggie Gardner (Sophie Okonedo) has spent most of her career under Burton's shadow. When a horrific turn of events leads her to stand up as Foyle's barrister, she finds herself in danger as well.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* TheAce: William Burton, described as being the best barrister that a criminal could want to get out of a tight legal corner. This backfires on him when he takes Foyle's case.
* AdultFear: [[spoiler:Having your wife and children stalked, and then having your wife ''murdered'' as a huge case of DisproportionateRetribution.]]
* 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.
* BadassBookworm: Will. [[spoiler:He manages to successfully murder Foyle by making it look like Foyle struck first (technically true) and causing him to die painfully from a minor stab wound which gets infected by a kind of seafood that Foyle is allergic to]].
* BigBad: Foyle fills this role, for lack of a better position.
* BlatantLies: Foyle at one point denies watching more twisted forms of pornography; he might have gotten away with this had Will not been given his credit card records, so in this case it's not him being a BadLiar and more there being concrete proof. He ''then'' goes on to claim that credit cards can lie, but Will obviously doesn't believe him and refuses to press on with that particular part of the conversation.
* BrutalHonesty: 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:''' Here's the thing, Mister Burton. I don't know whether you've picked it up or perhaps your sixth sense might've... spotted it. I don't like people very much. I'm just not a very nice person.//
-->'''Will:''' I'm not going to judge you.//
-->'''Foyle:''' No. The man in red does that.
* 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]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: Liam Foyle may talk politely and seldom raise his voice, but he's not a pleasant person and he can easily drop the mask when he wants to. His quote for BrutalHonesty shows he's fully aware of it.
* GenreSavvy: Both Will and Foyle show moments of this.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Will's position forces him to defend criminals who may well be horribly unpleasant sociopaths. [[spoiler:By the end, he ends up murdering Foyle and successfully getting ''himself'' out of a murder charge]].
* 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.
* KnightOfCerebus: Foyle is ''not'' played for laughs at any point in the series.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:Will murders Foyle as he killed his wife, and he feels that the man robbed him of a joyful life, as well as likely the lives of quite a few others]].
* SecretKeeper: At the end, Maggie tells Burton [[spoiler:that she knows how he killed Foyle and plans to get away with it. She could easily have gone to the courts and pieced together her theory, but chooses not to for reasons that are left unclear]].
* 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.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Foyle almost never raises his voice.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* TheAce: William Burton, described as being the best barrister that a criminal could want to get out of a tight legal corner. This backfires on him when he takes Foyle's case.
* AdultFear: [[spoiler:Having your wife and children stalked, and then having your wife ''murdered'' as a huge case of DisproportionateRetribution.]]
* 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.
* BadassBookworm: Will. [[spoiler:He manages to successfully murder Foyle by making it look like Foyle struck first (technically true) and causing him to die painfully from a minor stab wound which gets infected by a kind of seafood that Foyle is allergic to]].
* BigBad: Foyle fills this role, for lack of a better position.
* BlatantLies: Foyle at one point denies watching more twisted forms of pornography; he might have gotten away with this had Will not been given his credit card records, so in this case it's not him being a BadLiar and more there being concrete proof. He ''then'' goes on to claim that credit cards can lie, but Will obviously doesn't believe him and refuses to press on with that particular part of the conversation.
* BrutalHonesty: 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:''' Here's the thing, Mister Burton. I don't know whether you've picked it up or perhaps your sixth sense might've... spotted it. I don't like people very much. I'm just not a very nice person.//
-->'''Will:''' I'm not going to judge you.//
-->'''Foyle:''' No. The man in red does that.
* 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]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: Liam Foyle may talk politely and seldom raise his voice, but he's not a pleasant person and he can easily drop the mask when he wants to. His quote for BrutalHonesty shows he's fully aware of it.
* GenreSavvy: Both Will and Foyle show moments of this.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Will's position forces him to defend criminals who may well be horribly unpleasant sociopaths. [[spoiler:By the end, he ends up murdering Foyle and successfully getting ''himself'' out of a murder charge]].
* 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.
* KnightOfCerebus: Foyle is ''not'' played for laughs at any point in the series.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:Will murders Foyle as he killed his wife, and he feels that the man robbed him of a joyful life, as well as likely the lives of quite a few others]].
* SecretKeeper: At the end, Maggie tells Burton [[spoiler:that she knows how he killed Foyle and plans to get away with it. She could easily have gone to the courts and pieced together her theory, but chooses not to for reasons that are left unclear]].
* 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.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Foyle almost never raises his voice.
