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The series follows a suburban housewife (Creator/GingerGonzaga) who discovers her husband (Creator/SteveHowey) is secretly an international super spy, and begins to join him on his missions. The series will premiere on Creator/{{CBS}} March 1, 2023.
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The series follows a suburban housewife (Creator/GingerGonzaga) who discovers her husband (Creator/SteveHowey) is secretly an international super spy, and begins to join him on his missions. The series will premiere premiered on Creator/{{CBS}} March 1, 2023.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Helen teases her teenage kids by acting like she'll show people photos with them and a teen they knew as little children bathing in a tub together.
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* MoralSociopathy: The Wolf is an assassin who doesn't feel empathy or remorse when he kills people. But he only kills people that Omega Sector determines are global threats.
--> '''The Wolf''': It's like being an accountant. You don't just pick random people off the streets and do their taxes.
--> '''The Wolf''': It's like being an accountant. You don't just pick random people off the streets and do their taxes.
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* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: Harry appears to work for Telynox Solutions, a run-of-the-mill computer company that's a front for Omega Sector. Banter between Harry and a desk assistant indicates that the front office staff honestly believe they're working for a computer company and no idea this is a government spy agency.
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** Harry appears to work for Telynox Solutions, a run-of-the-mill computer company that's a front for Omega Sector. Banter between Harry and a desk assistant indicates that the front office staff honestly believe they're working for a computer company and no idea this is a government spy agency.
** "Working Vacation" confirms most of the office staff is unaware the annual company retreat in Mexico is a cover for Omega Sector brass meeting. Thus, when the resort is attacked, Maria has to keep employees safe and unaware of what's happening.
** Harry appears to work for Telynox Solutions, a run-of-the-mill computer company that's a front for Omega Sector. Banter between Harry and a desk assistant indicates that the front office staff honestly believe they're working for a computer company and no idea this is a government spy agency.
** "Working Vacation" confirms most of the office staff is unaware the annual company retreat in Mexico is a cover for Omega Sector brass meeting. Thus, when the resort is attacked, Maria has to keep employees safe and unaware of what's happening.
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* ThoughtTheyKnewAlready: The team is surprised when a low-level tech reveals Gib's father knows all about Omega Sector and founded an arms company as the woman relates she just figured they knew all about their teammate.
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* CallingParentsByTheirName: Gib only calls his father "Al" starting out in "Independent Dependents" as a mark of their poor relationship, which he started doing in middle school. By the end, they've patched things up and he calls him "Dad" again.
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* DeadlyGas: "Independent Dependents" has an arms manufacturing company's headquarters seized by some armed men, with it being revealed they had made nerve gas with the attackers planning to sell this on the black market. It's tested on one unfortunate hostage, who dies very quickly.
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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Harry (Creator/SteveHowey, 6'4) is much taller than Helen (Creator/GingerGonzaga, 5'5) which is very noticeable whenever they kiss, stand right by each other etc.
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->'''Harry:''' I'm Harry Tasker, husband, dad, computer salesman, and for 17 years the most important person in my life didn't know I was also something else: Omega Sector's top spy.
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->'''Harry:''' I'm Harry Tasker, husband, dad, computer salesman, and salesman. And for 17 years the most important person in my life didn't know I was also something else: Omega Sector's top spy.
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* ProfessionalKiller: The Wolf is an assassin whom Omega Sector has hired to do wet work in the past, but also consult on preventing assassinations by him thinking about how he would do this, uncovering the plans this way.
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* TheSociopath: Nathan, a hitman called "The Wolf", tells Helen he doesn't feel emotions like happiness and has never considered whether he liked his work. He's very skilled at acting normal though, with Helen thinking he's good at heart and he acts quite friendly with other people.
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* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: The Wolf is a notorious hitman who is described as horrifying. It turns out he looks like just a nerdy, friendly man who's quite average, though his darker side does show to Harry. He tells Helen that his first name is also [[TomTheDarkLord Nathan]].
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* SpottingTheThread: The team find e-mails pointing them to a chemical plant used by arms dealers. But Helen's language skills let her see that while the e-mails are in English, their sentence structure indicates they were in German first and translated. The team thus realizes this is all a trap and able to turn the tables on the terrorists.
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: In Episode 4, the team realizes the assassination of a Serbian official is the work of some arms dealers who want to start a war in the Balkans and sell to both sides.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: In the trailer, Harry claims that the old woman from next door they left watching their kids is actually a trained assassin. The same woman is shown calmly talking to their kids showing them pictures of cats.
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** In the trailer, Harry claims that the old woman from next door they left watching their kids is actually a trained assassin. The same woman is shown calmly talking to their kids showing them pictures ofcats.cats.
** At first, no one can believe "The Wolf," a notorious contract killer, comes off as a nerdy guy geeking out over everyone. Then he gets in the field and transforms into a stone-cold assassin whose ruthlessness horrifies even veteran agents.
** In the trailer, Harry claims that the old woman from next door they left watching their kids is actually a trained assassin. The same woman is shown calmly talking to their kids showing them pictures of
** At first, no one can believe "The Wolf," a notorious contract killer, comes off as a nerdy guy geeking out over everyone. Then he gets in the field and transforms into a stone-cold assassin whose ruthlessness horrifies even veteran agents.
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* RaceLift: Helen in the series is played by biracial (Dutch/Filipina) actress Creator/GingerGonzaga. Of course her kids with Harry are also thus mixed, and look far more like her.
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->'''Harry:''' I'm Harry Tasker, husband, dad, computer salesman, and for 17 years the most important person in my life didn't know I was also something else: Omega Sector's top spy.
->'''Helen:''' I'm Helen Tasker, wife, mom and professor. After an unfortunate incident where I found out our whole life was a lie, now I'm also a spy.
->'''Harry:''' Honey, all those things are true. They're just, you know...
->'''Helen:''' What?
->'''Harry:''' True Lies.
->'''Helen:''' I'm Helen Tasker, wife, mom and professor. After an unfortunate incident where I found out our whole life was a lie, now I'm also a spy.
->'''Harry:''' Honey, all those things are true. They're just, you know...
->'''Helen:''' What?
->'''Harry:''' True Lies.
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* GotVolunteered: Omega Sector boss Spencer Trilby makes it clear to Helen there is no such thing as someone only "knowing" about Omega Sector, they have to be a full agent. Before she knows it, Helen is being trained to join Harry on his missions.
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* GotVolunteered: Omega Sector boss Spencer Susan Trilby makes it clear to Helen there is no such thing as someone only "knowing" about Omega Sector, they have to be a full agent. Before she knows it, Helen is being trained to join Harry on his missions.
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* HiddenDepths: A key reason Helen is recruited to Omega Sector is how her skills come in handy. Growing up in Northern Spain means she can understand one terrorist complaining his leg is injured, giving Harry an opening to take him down. Also, her yoga training surprisingly works well for handling herself in a fight.
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* HiddenDepths: A key reason Helen is recruited to Omega Sector is how her skills come in handy. Growing up in Northern Spain means As a language teacher who's multilingual, she can understand one terrorist complaining his leg is injured, giving Harry an opening to take him down. Also, her yoga training surprisingly works well for handling herself in a fight.
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* GotDrafted: Omega Sector boss Spencer Trilby makes it clear to Helen there is no such thing as someone only "knowing" about Omega Sector, they have to be a full agent. Before she knows it, Helen is being trained to join Harry on his missions.
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* GotDrafted: GotVolunteered: Omega Sector boss Spencer Trilby makes it clear to Helen there is no such thing as someone only "knowing" about Omega Sector, they have to be a full agent. Before she knows it, Helen is being trained to join Harry on his missions.
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* DressingAsTheEnemy: Amazingly, it's Helen who comes up with the idea of having Harry dress like one of the downed thugs in the pilot to walk her out and help them escape.
* HiddenDepths: A key reason Helen is recruited to Omega Sector is how her skills come in handy. Growing up in Northern Spain means she can understand one terrorist complaining his leg is injured, giving Harry an opening to take him down. Also, her yoga training surprisingly works well for handling herself in a fight.
* HiddenDepths: A key reason Helen is recruited to Omega Sector is how her skills come in handy. Growing up in Northern Spain means she can understand one terrorist complaining his leg is injured, giving Harry an opening to take him down. Also, her yoga training surprisingly works well for handling herself in a fight.
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* SkewedPriorities: Among Helen's peeves about Harry lying to her all these years on being a spy is that he's been going around the world to exotic locales while she's been stuck at home all the time.
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** When Harry says he can fly a helicopter, Helen complains on his claims of being "airsick" keeping them from seeing a volcano in Hawaii.
** Helen won't accept Harry saving the President's life in Argentina as a valid excuse for missing their anniversary.
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-->'''Harry''': Yeah, I figured.
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** When Harry says he can fly a helicopter, Helen complains on his claims of being "airsick" keeping them from seeing a volcano in Hawaii.
** Helen won't accept Harry saving the President's life in Argentina as a valid excuse for missing their anniversary.
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-->'''Harry''': Yeah, I figured.
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* SureLetsGoWithThat: When held captive, Harry admits being a spy but that Helen is his supervisor as "[[DidYouActuallyBelieve what idiot brings a useless college teacher on a mission?"]] Assuming this is some odd bluff, Helen goes with it only to realize Harry actually is a spy.
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* ImplausibleDeniability: When Harry fights off guys in a restaurant, he claims he's just going off tae kwon do classes he took and barely knows how to handle a gun. It takes Helen no time to see through those lies.
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* ImplausibleDeniability: When Harry fights off guys in a restaurant, he claims he's just going off tae kwon do classes he took and barely knows how to handle a gun. It takes Helen no time He also tries to see through those lies.keep up the cover of a computer salesman to guys who know all about Omega Sector.
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* CovertGroupMundaneFront: Harry appears to work for Telynox Solutions, a run-of-the-mill computer company that's a front for Omega Sector. Banter between Harry and a desk assistant indicates that the front office staff honestly believe they're working for a computer company and no idea this is a government spy agency.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Helen feels bored with her suburban life and openly wanting more excitement. She sure got it...
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* MistakenForCheating: The pilot has Helen becoming convinced Harry is having an affair thanks to always being away and parts of his stories on his "business trips" don't add up. When confronted, Harry is forced to claim he's been planning a surprise trip to Paris to invite Helen along, which ends up revealing his spy life.
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* RemakeCameo: As seen in one of the commercials, Tom Arnold (who played Gib in the original film) appears in the series.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: In the trailer, Harry claims that the old woman from next door they left watching their kids is actually a trained assassin. The same woman is shown calmly talking to their kids showing them pictures of cats.
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* TrueLoveIsBoring: In the trailer, Helen admits that while she does love Harry, she can find him somewhat boring. This is before the reveal that he’s a spy, of course.
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''True Lies'' is a 2023 action series developed by Matt Nix (''Series/BurnNotice'', ''Series/TheGifted'') based on [[Film/TrueLies the 1994 film]] of the same name written and directed by Creator/JamesCameron. Cameron, Nix, and [[Creator/McG McG]] executive produce.
The series follows a suburban housewife (Creator/GingerGonzaga) who discovers her husband (Creator/SteveHowey) is secretly an international super spy, and begins to join him on his missions. The series will premiere on Creator/{{CBS}} March 1, 2023.
'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/iCBAyTHzlvw Trailer]]
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''True Lies'' is a 2023 action series developed by Matt Nix (''Series/BurnNotice'', ''Series/TheGifted'') based on [[Film/TrueLies the 1994 film]] of the same name written and directed by Creator/JamesCameron. Cameron, Nix, and [[Creator/McG McG]] executive produce.
The series follows a suburban housewife (Creator/GingerGonzaga) who discovers her husband (Creator/SteveHowey) is secretly an international super spy, and begins to join him on his missions. The series will premiere on Creator/{{CBS}} March 1, 2023.
'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/iCBAyTHzlvw Trailer]]
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