History Series / ZeroZeroZero

* RogueAgent: It turns out that [[spoiler:Manuel and most of his fellow soldiers are on the take from the very cartels they're supposed to be busting]].

* OutsideContextVillain: As drug brokers, the Lynwoods are comfortable dealing with organized crime figures of all stripes. While driving through Africa, however, they have no idea what to do when they run afoul of [[MiddleEasternTerrorists jihadists]] who aren't motivated by money they way normal criminals are.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The drug deal is completed successfully, which is good or bad news depending on how much you sympathize with the villainous main characters. Meanwhile, all three main characters are left with hollow victories: Manuel has voluntarily estranged himself form his love interest and her child. Don Minu has been forced to murder his grandson and has now killed two generations of his own family. Emma has lost both her father and brother in only a few weeks and has no one left to confide in]].

* VillainProtagonist: All three storylines are told from the perspective of drug runners, though their level of villainy varies dramatically (although part of the point is that regardless of their individual involvement, they all share responsibility for the atrocities happening to further the drug trade).

* UsefulNotes/TheMafia: Of the Sicilian variety, rather than the American. Their leader, Don Minu, is the one who ordered the cocaine shipment, but a power struggle with his grandson results in the shipment being re-routed to Morocco with disastrous results for all involved.

* VillainProtagonist: All three storylines are told from the perspective of drug runners, though their level of villainy varies dramatically.