"When I first took a deal to become an undercover informant in a biker gang, I did it to save my own skin. But over the next three years, putting bad guys away became my personal mission. I saw it as a chance to make amends for my past mistakes. But I paid a heavy price. I'm Charles Falco, and this is my story."
—Charles Falco
Gangland Undercover American factual based drama television miniseries written and created by Charles Falco, a former ATF confidential informant (C/S) who infiltrated an outlaw motorcycle gang. The series is based on Falco's 2013 memoir, Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws: My Infiltration of America's Deadliest Biker Gangs. It debuted on Tuesday, February 24, 2015, on the The History Channel.
Tropes found in Gangland Undercover are:
- Axe-Crazy: Most of the Vagos bikers fits this trope but Stash is way worse than all of them.
- Bald of Evil: Schizo!
- Butt-Monkey: Being a Vagos prospect. Just ask Stash and Falco, who luckily are patched in after said experience.
- Dramatic Irony: The audience is only aware of Falco's true status as an informant, unbeknownst to the Vagos chapter he's infiltrating.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: Schizo's name? Schizophrenia?
- Everybody Knew Already: Lizard and Green already knew from the beginning that Falco was an informant. Lizard found out, locating the serial of the latter's bike while Green automatically knew from the "Lompoc" story Falco fabricated to get into the club.
- In-Series Nickname: Falco is referred to as "Quick" numerous times by the club.
- Jerkass: Stash, Darko, Schizo would qualify.
- Oh, Crap!: Falco has this moment when Felix wants to smoke out of the meth pipe. It doesn't help the fact that he's also a recovering meth addict!
- Only Sane Man: Next to Falco, Kid was also this.
