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Midnight Caller
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Midnight Caller was an American drama television series that aired for three seasons (1988–91) on NBC.Months after accidentally shooting his partner dead, former San Francisco cop Jack Killian (Gary Cole) is recruited by Devon King (Wendy Kilbourne), the manager of a local radio station, to host a midnight radio talk-back show to offer knowledge to listeners that wish to keep themselves safe from the city’s growing criminal world. Ever the humanitarian, Jack can’t help but get personally involved with the plight of those who call into his show. | |
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The Gambling Addict | |
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The Gambling Addict: Deacon's girlfriend in "Blood Red" can't stop gambling even when she's hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt because it's the only thing that makes her feel alive. | |
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Ripped from the Headlines | |
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Ripped from the Headlines: "End of Innocence," about a woman who allows herself to be imprisoned and sends her daughter into hiding to protect her from her abusive father, is based on the Elizabeth Morgan case. | |
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Salt and Pepper | |
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Salt and Pepper: Jack and Deacon, when they work together. Deacon is more relaxed and outgoing than Jack, but he takes his job very seriously, which can lead to conflict when his priorities conflict with Jack's. | |
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Guilt by Coincidence | |
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Guilt by Coincidence: In "A Snitch in Time," a man who matches Jack's description commits a hit-and-run while driving a car that looks like Devon's. | |
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Shout-Out Theme Naming | |
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Shout-Out Theme Naming: The villain of "Evil Is Live Spelled Backward" named his poodles Crockett and Tubbs. They even live on a boat, like Sonny Crockett. | |
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The Fagin | |
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The Fagin: Sly, an abandoned teenager, is taken in by a man named Harry who lives in a mansion with his gang of teenaged thieves. He has his "family" do all his work for him, including selling the merchandise, so nothing can be traced back to him. Sly ends up turning him in to the police after he is beaten for messing up a car theft. | |
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Calling Card | |
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Calling Card: A hitman in "Protection" leaves little stick figures, apparently made out of white wire, at every crime scene. | |
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Gas Chamber | |
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Gas Chamber: One episode had Jack interviewing a condemned man before his execution via gas chamber. | |
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Chase-Scene Obstacle Course | |
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Chase-Scene Obstacle Course: While Jack is running away from a shooter in "With Malice Towards One," he knocks over a trash can to delay him. | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners: Before Rusty was killed, he and Jack were best friends who could finish each other's sentences. | |
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Fingore | |
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Fingore: The mobster Ricky Roses has hated Nick Clemente ever since Clemente cut his thumb off. | |
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Named Like My Name | |
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Named Like My Name: Jack's priest is named Joe DeMaggio. The father of Devon's child is named Richard Clark. He insists on being called Richard and not Dick. | |
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Special Guest | |
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Special Guest: Roger Daltrey guest stars in "Can't Say N-N-No" as a drug-addicted rock singer who used to be in a relationship with Nicky Molloy. | |
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Literary Allusion Title | |
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Literary Allusion Title: "Wait Until Midnight" is a reference to Wait Until Dark, which is also about a blind woman who uses her disability to her advantage. | |
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Porn Stache | |
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Porn Stache: Zymak grows one in the third season. Deacon approves, since he has a mustache himself, but Jack thinks it looks like a caterpillar. He shaves it off two episodes later. | |
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Career-Ending Injury | |
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Career-Ending Injury: Hank from "Twelve Gauge" used to work in construction. After becoming paralyzed from the waist down in an accident, he feels that he has nothing left to live for. | |
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Disappeared Dad | |
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Disappeared Dad: Jack's father walked out on him and his siblings when he was seven, leaving them $486 and an overdue rent bill. | |
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The Illegal | |
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The Illegal: Kid Salinas, aka Carlos Mendez, came to America illegally before falling under the control of a corrupt boxing promoter. Alicia Flores from "Uninvited Guests" fled to America after her brother was murdered by military police. When she witnesses a murder, she doesn't want to go to the police for fear of being deported. | |
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Self-Proclaimed Love Interest | |
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Self-Proclaimed Love Interest: Hank from "Twelve Gauge" is convinced that his ex Arden was the love of his life, but cruelly dumped him. Turns out Arden was only his physical therapist, and the two were never in a relationship at all. | |
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How Unscientific! | |
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How Unscientific!: The crying Jesus statue from "Do You Believe In Miracles?" is apparently a genuine miracle, even though nothing remotely supernatural happens in any other episode. | |
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Trespassing to Talk | |
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Trespassing to Talk: In "Play Blotto... And Die," an acquaintance of Jack's picks his lock while he's at work. Jack comes home to find him asleep on the couch. | |
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Catapult Nightmare | |
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Catapult Nightmare: In "Blame It On Midnight," Jack sits upright and gasps after dreaming that his Love Interest Marie is killed. | |
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Throwing the Distraction | |
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Throwing the Distraction: In "Wait Until Midnight," Annie manages to knock the villain unconscious and steal his gun. When he regains consciousness, he throws his shoes across the room to make her fire in the wrong direction. | |
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Dead Guy Junior | |
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Dead Guy Junior: Lola Atkins from "A Cry in the Night" names her daughter Rayna, after her murdered husband Ray. | |
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Previously on… | |
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Previously on…: "A Snitch in Time (Part 2)" opens this way. "Sale Away" opens with a recap of the previous episode, "Ain't Too Proud to Beg." | |
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Title Theme Drop | |
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Title Theme Drop: A snippet of the Midnight Caller theme plays during "Based on a True Story." | |
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Good-Guy Bar | |
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Good-Guy Bar: Carmen's, where Jack hangs out with Billy after work and meets up with Deacon and Zymak to share information. | |
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Tragic AIDS Story | |
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Tragic AIDS Story: Tina, who gets AIDS from a one-night stand in "After it Happened," sells most of her belongings to pay for healthcare, and finally dies in a hospice in "Someone to Love." Also, a number of side characters from "Someone to Love," including a woman who got it from a blood transfusion, another woman who tells her family she has cancer because of the stigma, and a man who was abandoned by his lover after he got sick. | |
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Instrumental Theme Tune | |
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Instrumental Theme Tune | |
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Tomboyish Name | |
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Tomboyish Name: Devon's third-season replacement Nicky Molloy. | |
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Face Death with Dignity | |
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Face Death with Dignity: In "The Execution of John Saringo," the titular murderer resolves to die calmly. | |
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Preppy Name | |
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Preppy Name: While investigating a stolen statue, J. J. Killian participates in an art auction under the name Roland Smythe Hide. His performance is so over-the-top, and his British accent so unconvincing, that his cover is blown almost immediately. | |
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Grave Clouds | |
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Grave Clouds: When Rusty's son Ethan visits his grave, the sky is bleak and overcast. | |
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Flatline | |
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Flatline: Devon's father in "Fathers and Sins." | |
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Badbutt | |
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Badbutt: The villain of "Kid Salinas" calls another character a "worthless sack of poop." | |
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Thoroughly Mistaken Identity | |
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Thoroughly Mistaken Identity: One old man from "Old Friends" is convinced that it's 1945, and Jack is his friend Duncan Ingleheart who was wounded in Normandy. | |
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Under New Management | |
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Under New Management: After Devon moves to Tahiti, KJCM is bought by a young businesswoman named Nicky Molloy. She's a lot more business-minded and ruthless than Devon, and less willing to give Jack free rein. | |
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Fainting | |
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Fainting: Jack faints upon entering the OR and seeing Devon in labor. When he was a cop, Jack once fainted in the coroner's office. He insists it was just the smell of the formaldehyde. | |
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Career Versus Man | |
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Career Versus Man: In "Nighthawk's Got the Blues," Devon's boyfriend buys a sailboat so he can fulfill his lifelong dream of sailing around the world. He wants Devon to abandon KJCM to come with him, while she wants him to abandon his dream and stay in San Francisco. In the end they break up, and he goes without her. | |
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Hostage Situation | |
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Hostage Situation: In "Bank Job," Jack and several bystanders are taken hostage by bank robbers. In "Life Without Possibility," prisoners riot and take a number of guards hostage, demanding better conditions. Jack persuades them to let the guards go and take him as a hostage instead. | |
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Teen Pregnancy | |
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Teen Pregnancy: Laurie Windrow is the daughter of Jack's high school prom date. | |
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Cradling Your Kill | |
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Cradling Your Kill: Jack does this to Rusty after accidentally shooting him dead. | |
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Shirtless Scene | |
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Shirtless Scene: Jack gets a couple. | |
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Dead Animal Warning | |
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Dead Animal Warning: In "Take Back the Streets," drug dealers kill an anti-drug protestor's cat and leave the body in her bed. | |
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Music Video Syndrome | |
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Music Video Syndrome: Many episodes contain a scene set to popular music. | |
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From Camouflage to Criminal | |
| Midnight Caller / int_46f3f271 | comment |
From Camouflage to Criminal: Tex, one of the bank robbers from "Bank Job," served as a marine in Vietnam. He spent months as a POW, locked in a tiger cage, and developed severe claustrophobia as a result. He and his brother plan to flee to Mexico and get a boat, since the sea is the only place where he feels comfortable. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Midnight Caller / int_479d4e5a | type |
Would Hurt a Child | |
| Midnight Caller / int_479d4e5a | comment |
Would Hurt a Child: A drug dealer in "A Cry in the Night" dangles his client's toddler in the air and threatens to drop him if he isn't paid. | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_479d4e5a | |
| Midnight Caller / int_496569e8 | type |
Race Against the Clock | |
| Midnight Caller / int_496569e8 | comment |
Race Against the Clock: In "Baby Chase," a woman kidnaps a diabetic baby who has only a few days to live without insulin. The kidnapper makes the time limit even shorter by feeding her sugary formula. By the time she's finally rescued, she's on the verge of a coma. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_496569e8 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_49d5f48f | type |
Of Corpse He's Alive | |
| Midnight Caller / int_49d5f48f | comment |
Of Corpse He's Alive: In "Wait Until Midnight," a murderer puts his victim in a wheelchair, covers him with a blanket, and wheels him out to be disposed of. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_49d5f48f | |
| Midnight Caller / int_4ba29ebb | type |
Lost Him in a Card Game | |
| Midnight Caller / int_4ba29ebb | comment |
Lost Him in a Card Game: J. J. won his second "wife" by gambling, and lost her the same way. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_4ba29ebb | |
| Midnight Caller / int_4bc2095b | type |
One Head Taller | |
| Midnight Caller / int_4bc2095b | comment |
One Head Taller: Jack and Tina, since Gary Cole is 6 feet tall and Kay Lenz is only 5'1". | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_4bc2095b | |
| Midnight Caller / int_4cca4ac7 | type |
Trapped by Gambling Debts | |
| Midnight Caller / int_4cca4ac7 | comment |
Trapped by Gambling Debts: In one episode, an artist played by Pam Grier starts creating counterfeit paintings to pay off her gambling debts. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_4cca4ac7 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_4eb2ef02 | type |
Vehicle Vanish | |
| Midnight Caller / int_4eb2ef02 | comment |
Vehicle Vanish: In "The Added Starter," a hitman prepares to shoot a woman who is checking the mail when a truck drives between them. By the time it's gone, she's already vanished into an apartment. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_4eb2ef02 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_505a1021 | type |
The Farmer and the Viper | |
| Midnight Caller / int_505a1021 | comment |
The Farmer and the Viper: J. J. Killian tells Jack "The Scorpion and the Frog," with himself as the scorpion and Jack as the frog, to explain that it's in his nature to gamble even when it hurts himself and everyone around him. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_505a1021 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_5111ff0 | type |
Kill the Poor | |
| Midnight Caller / int_5111ff0 | comment |
Kill the Poor: G. Gordon Liddy's character in "City of Lost Souls" arranges for homeless people to be murdered because he sees them as leeches. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_5111ff0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_5111ff0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_52488c54 | type |
Drowning My Sorrows | |
| Midnight Caller / int_52488c54 | comment |
Drowning My Sorrows: After Rusty's death, Jack "climbed into a bottle" for six months. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_52488c54 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_52488c54 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_52831ea | type |
Shock Jock | |
| Midnight Caller / int_52831ea | comment |
Shock Jock: Kingston Rivers, who gets into a feud with Jack in "Trash Radio." | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_52831ea | |
| Midnight Caller / int_52fc4d4b | type |
Daddy Didn't Show | |
| Midnight Caller / int_52fc4d4b | comment |
Daddy Didn't Show: Lieutenant Zymak's job causes him to miss things like his son's school play. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_52fc4d4b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_52fc4d4b | |
| Midnight Caller / int_57980ca0 | type |
Smoking Hot Sex | |
| Midnight Caller / int_57980ca0 | comment |
Smoking Hot Sex: Jack and Marie smoke after they have sex in "Blame It On Midnight." | |
| Midnight Caller / int_57980ca0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_57980ca0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_590eb583 | type |
Domestic Abuse | |
| Midnight Caller / int_590eb583 | comment |
Domestic Abuse: One of the first calls Jack gets is from a woman beaten by her husband. Jack tells her to leave as soon as possible. Later in the season, she calls back to thank him. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_590eb583 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_590eb583 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_598513bb | type |
Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling | |
| Midnight Caller / int_598513bb | comment |
Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Devon inherited the near-bankrupt station when she was twenty-one and was turning a profit in three years. Her brother Jimmy was an incompetent businessman and an alcoholic who died in a drunk driving accident. Jack is a responsible, law-abiding citizen with no criminal record who has been working since he got out of high school. His brother Frankie is a small-time thief who spent time in prison. His sister Katie clearly has borderline personality disorder; she has a long history of short-lived relationships that failed because she rushed into them too quickly, then freaked out when her boyfriend wanted to slow down. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_598513bb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_598513bb | |
| Midnight Caller / int_5d86966a | type |
Man on Fire | |
| Midnight Caller / int_5d86966a | comment |
Man on Fire: The villains of "City of Lost Souls" murder homeless people by setting them on fire. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_5d86966a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_5d86966a | |
| Midnight Caller / int_5e4cb57a | type |
Tears from a Stone | |
| Midnight Caller / int_5e4cb57a | comment |
Tears from a Stone: In "Do You Believe in Miracles?" a statue of Baby Jesus starts crying, attracting throngs of tourists. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_5e4cb57a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_5e4cb57a | |
| Midnight Caller / int_5f52cfcf | type |
Intrepid Reporter | |
| Midnight Caller / int_5f52cfcf | comment |
Intrepid Reporter: Deacon Bridges, a reporter played by Mykelti Williamson, sometimes helps Jack investigate. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_5f52cfcf | |
| Midnight Caller / int_5ff8aab9 | type |
Self-Offense | |
| Midnight Caller / int_5ff8aab9 | comment |
Self-Offense: How Rusty is killed. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_5ff8aab9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_5ff8aab9 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6065ea75 | type |
Does Not Drive | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6065ea75 | comment |
Does Not Drive: Jack doesn't like to drive, preferring to rely on public transportation and rides from friends. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6065ea75 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_6065ea75 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_60fa92ac | type |
Names to Run Away from Really Fast | |
| Midnight Caller / int_60fa92ac | comment |
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: The crime lord Nathan Dread in "Play Blotto... And Die." | |
| Midnight Caller / int_60fa92ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_60fa92ac | |
| Midnight Caller / int_61313315 | type |
Off the Wagon | |
| Midnight Caller / int_61313315 | comment |
Off the Wagon: Nearly happens in "Based on a True Story." Jack puts a cigarette in his mouth and raises the lighter, pauses for a moment, then mutters "Nah," and spits the cigarette out. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_61313315 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_61313315 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_616a4c | type |
Give the Baby a Father | |
| Midnight Caller / int_616a4c | comment |
Give the Baby a Father: Part of Jack's reason for proposing to Devon. He remembers what it was like to grow up fatherless and doesn't want Devon's baby to go through the same thing. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_616a4c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_616a4c | |
| Midnight Caller / int_61996785 | type |
Sacrificial Lamb | |
| Midnight Caller / int_61996785 | comment |
Sacrificial Lamb: Jack's partner Rusty, who is killed off within minutes of his introduction. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_61996785 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_61996785 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_61996785 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6220d661 | type |
Loony Fan | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6220d661 | comment |
Loony Fan: Angel from the first episode, who is convinced that she and Jack were meant to be because they both experienced their first kill of an innocent (well, relatively speaking for Angel) on the same date. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6220d661 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_6220d661 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_64972c10 | type |
Flashback Effects | |
| Midnight Caller / int_64972c10 | comment |
Flashback Effects: In "Payback," a cop remembers her partner's murder in black and white, with echoey, discordant background music. Once she is able to picture the killer's face, she starts remembering in color. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_64972c10 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_64972c10 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_680f950 | type |
Gilligan Cut | |
| Midnight Caller / int_680f950 | comment |
Gilligan Cut: After Tina Cassidy becomes too ill to teach, Jack suggests she still attend her students' Christmas pageant. Tina refuses, but the next shot is of the pageant, with Tina in the audience. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_680f950 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_680f950 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6a100f22 | type |
Recognizable by Sound | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6a100f22 | comment |
Recognizable by Sound: As Jack says in the first episode, "I may forget a face, but I never forget a voice." His ability comes in handy when criminals call the station or when he meets callers in person. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6a100f22 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_6a100f22 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6bccf2ba | type |
Supreme Chef | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6bccf2ba | comment |
Supreme Chef: Aldo Marino from "That's Amore" is such a great chef that an American mobster hired him after eating only one meal at the Sicilian restaurant where he worked. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6bccf2ba | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_6bccf2ba | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6bda9a30 | type |
Meaningful Name | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: Ricky Roses from "Do You Believe In Miracles?" runs a 24-hour flower shop. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6bda9a30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_6bda9a30 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6e287af | type |
Janitor Impersonation Infiltration | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6e287af | comment |
Janitor Impersonation Infiltration: In "Payback," a hitman disguises himself as an orderly in order to kill a cop who is recovering from a previous murder attempt. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6e287af | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_6e287af | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6e8b95dc | type |
The Teaser | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6e8b95dc | comment |
The Teaser: Every episode starts with one. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6e8b95dc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_6e8b95dc | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6ef9d3fe | type |
Christmas Episode | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6ef9d3fe | comment |
Christmas Episode: "Someone to Love" is an unusual example. The episode aired on November 14, 1989, but most of it is a flashback to the previous December. "Do You Believe In Miracles?" from later in the season is a more traditional example. It aired on December 19, it's more lighthearted than most Midnight Caller episodes, and the plot revolves around a statue of Baby Jesus. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_6ef9d3fe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_6ef9d3fe | |
| Midnight Caller / int_70638525 | type |
Luke, You Are My Father | |
| Midnight Caller / int_70638525 | comment |
Luke, You Are My Father: In "City of Lost Souls," a seventeen-year-old girl named Laurie Windrow tells Jack he's her father. Turns out she's not actually his - she's the daughter of his high school best friend, Sonny Rote. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_70638525 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_70638525 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_709d5e74 | type |
Parent Never Came Back from the Store | |
| Midnight Caller / int_709d5e74 | comment |
Parent Never Came Back from the Store: Jack's father went out to buy a pack of cigarettes and never returned. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_709d5e74 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_709d5e74 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_70bdac19 | type |
Honest John's Dealership | |
| Midnight Caller / int_70bdac19 | comment |
Honest John's Dealership: Boxing promoter Ralston J. Cashdollar from "Kid Salinas" has a long history of scams, including a used car dealership where he would turn back the odometers. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_70bdac19 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_70bdac19 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_70bdac19 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_744e3311 | type |
Police Brutality | |
| Midnight Caller / int_744e3311 | comment |
Police Brutality: Zymak is accused of beating up a black teenager in "The Reverend Soundbite." He was actually beaten during a gang initiation, and made up the lie to avoid getting in trouble with his parents. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_744e3311 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_744e3311 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_74e2ef76 | type |
Orphaned Punchline | |
| Midnight Caller / int_74e2ef76 | comment |
Orphaned Punchline: A caller tells a joke that ends with "Pitbulls don't wear lip balm!" Irritated, Jack hangs up. . . | |
| Midnight Caller / int_74e2ef76 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_74e2ef76 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_754df088 | type |
Put on a Bus | |
| Midnight Caller / int_754df088 | comment |
Put on a Bus: Wendy Kilbourne temporarily quit acting in 1990 to raise her family. As a result, Devon spends most of Season 3 in Tahiti. She's replaced by Nicky Molloy (Lisa Eilbacher). | |
| Midnight Caller / int_754df088 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_754df088 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_754df088 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_758c4e2c | type |
Prison Riot | |
| Midnight Caller / int_758c4e2c | comment |
Prison Riot: In "Life Without Possibility," prisoners hear that a convict who had gained their respect has died of cancer because he was denied healthcare. They respond by rioting and taking over the cell block. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_758c4e2c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_758c4e2c | |
| Midnight Caller / int_766de4dc | type |
To Absent Friends | |
| Midnight Caller / int_766de4dc | comment |
To Absent Friends: In "Ethan's Call," Ethan and Jack talk about their memories of Rusty while looking through photographs of him. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_766de4dc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_766de4dc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_766de4dc | |
| Midnight Caller / int_77918cdf | type |
Vehicular Kidnapping | |
| Midnight Caller / int_77918cdf | comment |
Vehicular Kidnapping: The villains of "With Malice Towards One" drive a windowless blue van. They use it to kidnap Billy and beat him almost to death, and later to try to run Jack down. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_77918cdf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_77918cdf | |
| Midnight Caller / int_79a60aec | type |
For Want of a Nail | |
| Midnight Caller / int_79a60aec | comment |
For Want of a Nail: In "Blues for Mr. Charlie," the shards from a broken bottle give a man and his girlfriend a flat tire. This sets off a chain of events that ends in two deaths and several ruined lives. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_79a60aec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_79a60aec | |
| Midnight Caller / int_7f0f19e5 | type |
I Coulda Been a Contender! | |
| Midnight Caller / int_7f0f19e5 | comment |
I Coulda Been a Contender!: Skip Fillmore from "The Fall" went to college on a basketball scholarship. Five years and a failed tryout for the pros later, he returned to San Francisco a failure. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_7f0f19e5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_7f0f19e5 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_8163e2bb | type |
Dramatic Drop | |
| Midnight Caller / int_8163e2bb | comment |
Dramatic Drop: Annie from "Wait Until Midnight" drops her wineglass when she hears a man being murdered. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_8163e2bb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_8163e2bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_8163e2bb | |
| Midnight Caller / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
| Midnight Caller / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: "Do You Believe in Miracles?" involves a feud between two extremely hammy mob bosses, Nick "The Chef" Clemente and Ricky Roses. Especially Nick. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_823c6e3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_823c6e3e | |
| Midnight Caller / int_8387bb18 | type |
Good Girls Avoid Abortion | |
| Midnight Caller / int_8387bb18 | comment |
Good Girls Avoid Abortion: Averted by Tina, who reluctantly decides to have an abortion to avoid giving AIDS to her daughter. Later played straight by Devon, who decides to keep her baby even though the father is gone and having a child could seriously mess up her career. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_8387bb18 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_8387bb18 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_86a5c427 | type |
Kiddie Kid | |
| Midnight Caller / int_86a5c427 | comment |
Kiddie Kid: "Do You Believe in Miracles?" has a thirteen-year-old girl who spouts adorable one-liners like "Maybe he was grumpy because his hair hurt. It looked really sharp!" Surprising, since other episodes have kids her age who act more realistically adolescent. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_86a5c427 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_88e7f8b8 | type |
Batman Cold Open | |
| Midnight Caller / int_88e7f8b8 | comment |
Batman Cold Open: A number of episodes open with a short scene of Jack at work that have little or nothing to do with the episode's main plot. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_88e7f8b8 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_89dcfbdb | type |
Quitting to Get Married | |
| Midnight Caller / int_89dcfbdb | comment |
Quitting to Get Married: Devon sells KJCM early in the third season so she can move to Tahiti with her husband and baby. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_89dcfbdb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_89dcfbdb | |
| Midnight Caller / int_8b4f2a4f | type |
'80s Hair | |
| Midnight Caller / int_8b4f2a4f | comment |
'80s Hair: Jack's producer Billy Po's mullet, and his friend Deacon's flattop. | |
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1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_8b4f2a4f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_8b4f2a4f | |
| Midnight Caller / int_8b68d9a7 | type |
Stalker with a Crush | |
| Midnight Caller / int_8b68d9a7 | comment |
Stalker with a Crush: In "Watching Me, Watching You," a man sees Devon while stuck next to her in a traffic jam and becomes so infatuated that he tracks her down and bugs her apartment. | |
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1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_8b68d9a7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_8b68d9a7 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_90bc139e | type |
Justified Title | |
| Midnight Caller / int_90bc139e | comment |
Justified Title: "City of Lost Souls" sounds like it refers to San Francisco, but it's actually the name of a homeless camp. | |
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1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_90bc139e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_90bc139e | |
| Midnight Caller / int_93789581 | type |
Elder Abuse | |
| Midnight Caller / int_93789581 | comment |
Elder Abuse: A minor character from "Old Friends" is an old woman whose finger was cut off to steal her wedding ring. Also, an orderly is euthanizing very elderly patients, and smothers one man who witnesses one of the murders. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_93789581 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_93789581 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_97b4c1fd | type |
Cut Himself Shaving | |
| Midnight Caller / int_97b4c1fd | comment |
Cut Himself Shaving: When Jack has a black eye from being punched in the face by someone he was trying to help, he tells Zymak that a book fell on him after he dozed off. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_97b4c1fd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_97b4c1fd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_97b4c1fd | |
| Midnight Caller / int_984763bb | type |
555 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_984763bb | comment |
555: When a caller's number is shown, it's usually this. The show's number is 555-TALK. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_984763bb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_984763bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_984763bb | |
| Midnight Caller / int_984ef9ef | type |
"Not So Different" Remark | |
| Midnight Caller / int_984ef9ef | comment |
"Not So Different" Remark: John Saringo accuses the people gathered outside the prison of being as bad as he is, since they're celebrating another human being's death. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_984ef9ef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_984ef9ef | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_984ef9ef | |
| Midnight Caller / int_99010fab | type |
Maternity Crisis | |
| Midnight Caller / int_99010fab | comment |
Maternity Crisis: Devon goes into labor in the middle of her wedding. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_99010fab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_99010fab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_99010fab | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9a14941e | type |
Zipping Up the Bodybag | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9a14941e | comment |
Zipping Up the Bodybag: In "The Language Barrier," a Chinese man is killed in a hate crime. A cop pulls a sheet over his head before his body is carried away. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9a14941e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9a14941e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_9a14941e | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9d6e002e | type |
Whole Episode Flashback | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9d6e002e | comment |
Whole Episode Flashback: In "Someone to Love," Jack hears that Tina is about to die of AIDS. He spends most of the episode flashing back to the previous December, when he briefly cared for her while her condition worsened. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9d6e002e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9d6e002e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_9d6e002e | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9e5369d1 | type |
Orphaned Setup | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9e5369d1 | comment |
Orphaned Setup: . . .only for the next caller to start with "Two ducks and a nun get on a bus. . ." | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9e5369d1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_9e5369d1 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9fb5d589 | type |
Not Now, Kiddo | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9fb5d589 | comment |
Not Now, Kiddo: The cops think Annie imagined the murder she heard. No one believes her except Jack. Meanwhile, the cops don't pay attention to Jack, either, since they have so much other work to do. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9fb5d589 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9fb5d589 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_9fb5d589 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9fe35833 | type |
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9fe35833 | comment |
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Clemente's motivation in "Do You Believe In Miracles?" His mother sees the missing Jesus statue as a symbol of her dead husband's salvation and would be devastated if she found out it was missing. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9fe35833 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_9fe35833 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_9fe35833 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a1c0b132 | type |
Scrap Heap Hero | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a1c0b132 | comment |
Scrap Heap Hero: After he shoots Rusty, Jack quits the force and falls into a deep depression, spending six months drowning his sorrows and letting his life fall apart. He doesn't start to recover until Devon hires him. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a1c0b132 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a1c0b132 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_a1c0b132 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a3673c4c | type |
It Gets Easier | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a3673c4c | comment |
It Gets Easier: After she committed her first murder, Angel couldn't sleep for two days. After that, she grew to enjoy killing. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a3673c4c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a3673c4c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Midnight Caller / int_a3673c4c | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a4d6dad2 | type |
Live but Delayed | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a4d6dad2 | comment |
Live but Delayed: Jack's show works like this. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a4d6dad2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a4d6dad2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_a4d6dad2 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a4ecfcbf | type |
Dead Partner | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a4ecfcbf | comment |
Dead Partner: Implied with Officer Slocum in "Uninvited Guests." Zymak says that a dead INS agent was very close to his partner. Slocum replies, "That's why I don't like working with a partner." | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a4ecfcbf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a4ecfcbf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_a4ecfcbf | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a536f3a3 | type |
Gender-Blender Name | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a536f3a3 | comment |
Gender-Blender Name: Devon King. Devon was actually a fairly popular girls' name in the late 1980s, but it's rather anachronistic for someone her age. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a536f3a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a536f3a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_a536f3a3 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a5e0c01 | type |
As Himself | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a5e0c01 | comment |
As Himself: Jerry Vale makes an appearance in "That's Amore," causing a mob boss to practically Squee with excitement. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a5e0c01 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a5e0c01 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_a5e0c01 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a6bd0685 | type |
Died in Your Arms Tonight | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a6bd0685 | comment |
Died in Your Arms Tonight: Jack's ex-girlfriend Tina Cassidy dies of AIDS in his arms. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a6bd0685 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_a6bd0685 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_a6bd0685 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_aa0ed8a9 | type |
Look Both Ways | |
| Midnight Caller / int_aa0ed8a9 | comment |
Look Both Ways: In "Play Blotto... And Die," a hitman runs right into the path of a bus while fleeing the scene of a failed hit. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_aa0ed8a9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_aa0ed8a9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_aa0ed8a9 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_aa5b4f2c | type |
Wedding Episode | |
| Midnight Caller / int_aa5b4f2c | comment |
Wedding Episode: Devon marries Richard Clark in "Sale Away." She goes into labor in the middle of the ceremony, causing the priest to rush through the rest of it as quickly as possible. By the time he says, "You may kiss the bride," everyone has run out of the room. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_aa5b4f2c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_aa5b4f2c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_aa5b4f2c | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ab9d55f1 | type |
Foot-Dragging Divorcee | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ab9d55f1 | comment |
Foot-Dragging Divorcee: Eddie from "Blame It On Midnight" is divorced, but his ex-wife is still the sole beneficiary of his life insurance policy. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ab9d55f1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ab9d55f1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_ab9d55f1 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ad0071e7 | type |
Window Watcher | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ad0071e7 | comment |
Window Watcher: Devon's stalker spies on her and takes pictures from the next apartment building. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ad0071e7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ad0071e7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_ad0071e7 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ae0e2472 | type |
Contrasting Replacement Character | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ae0e2472 | comment |
Contrasting Replacement Character: Jack's original boss Devon King pretty much gave him free rein and seemed more interested in well-researched, even-handed coverage of social issues than in ratings. Her replacement Nicky Molloy is much tougher and stricter and cares about building the business above all else. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ae0e2472 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ae0e2472 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_ae0e2472 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_b41b9606 | type |
Never One Murder | |
| Midnight Caller / int_b41b9606 | comment |
Never One Murder: In "The Added Starter," a prostitute vanishes. Since there's no evidence, the police don't believe the witness who says she was murdered, until her madam is murdered too. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_b41b9606 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_b41b9606 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_b41b9606 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_b5785433 | type |
ColdOpen | |
| Midnight Caller / int_b5785433 | comment |
During the Cold Open of "Kid Salinas," a boxer punches the camera in the face. The screen goes black, followed by the Title Sequence. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_b5785433 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_b5785433 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_b5785433 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_b7b0c10d | type |
Phone-Trace Race | |
| Midnight Caller / int_b7b0c10d | comment |
Phone-Trace Race: In "Twelve Gauge," a man calls the station to talk about his plan to kill his ex-girlfriend and himself. He hangs up when he realizes he's being traced, but Jack is able to talk him into calling again. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_b7b0c10d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_b7b0c10d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_b7b0c10d | |
| Midnight Caller / int_be5247e5 | type |
Signing-Off Catchphrase | |
| Midnight Caller / int_be5247e5 | comment |
Signing Off Catchphrase: "Goodnight, America, wherever you are." | |
| Midnight Caller / int_be5247e5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_be5247e5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_be5247e5 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_beca6919 | type |
Empty Chair Memorial | |
| Midnight Caller / int_beca6919 | comment |
Empty Chair Memorial: Months after his death, Rusty's chair still sits empty at the Collins family dining room table. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_beca6919 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_beca6919 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_beca6919 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_bf4a5862 | type |
Woobie of the Week | |
| Midnight Caller / int_bf4a5862 | comment |
Woobie of the Week: Every episode has at least one. Even the villains are usually somewhat sympathetic. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_bf4a5862 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_bf4a5862 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_bf4a5862 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c02925f0 | type |
Wingding Eyes | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c02925f0 | comment |
Wingding Eyes: Referenced by Jack: "I've heard so much about money lately, I could puke. You know, multi-million dollar ball players, multi-million dollar business deals... What the hell is wrong with this country? It's like everybody's wearing contact lenses shaped like dollar bills or something." | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c02925f0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c02925f0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_c02925f0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c0961831 | type |
Interrupted Suicide | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c0961831 | comment |
Interrupted Suicide: Katie Killian tries to swallow a handful of pills after her relationship with Deacon fails, since she thinks she'll never be able to have a relationship without immediately screwing it up. Jack and Deacon find her at the last minute and knock the pills out of her hand. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c0961831 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c0961831 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_c0961831 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c2cedc1c | type |
Big "NO!" | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c2cedc1c | comment |
Big "NO!": Jack does this twice after he kills Rusty. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c2cedc1c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c2cedc1c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_c2cedc1c | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c2d978fe | type |
Car Fu | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c2d978fe | comment |
Car Fu: The villains of "With Malice Towards One" try to kill Jack by smashing their van into a phone booth he's using. After he dives out of the way, they chase him down the street until he escapes into a building. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c2d978fe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c2d978fe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_c2d978fe | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c3c3771c | type |
Sting | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c3c3771c | comment |
Sting: A seven-note sting taken from the theme song's bass line plays every time Jack's show goes to commercial. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c3c3771c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c3c3771c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_c3c3771c | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c40c8b74 | type |
And Starring | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c40c8b74 | comment |
And Starring: "And Arthur Taxier as Lt. Carl Zymak." | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c40c8b74 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c40c8b74 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_c40c8b74 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c48a0fe6 | type |
Actually, That's My Assistant | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c48a0fe6 | comment |
Actually, That's My Assistant: In "Promise to a Dead Man," a detective asks Devon if her boss, Mr. Killian, knows she's using his office. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c48a0fe6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c48a0fe6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_c48a0fe6 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c74c35f4 | type |
Monochrome Past | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c74c35f4 | comment |
Monochrome Past: "Promise to a Dead Man" revolves around a murder that took place 40 years ago, with flashbacks in black and white. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c74c35f4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c74c35f4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_c74c35f4 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c78c0896 | type |
Big Friendly Dog | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c78c0896 | comment |
Big Friendly Dog: In one episode, Billy brings his St. Bernard to work. The dog drools all over the equipment, causing the On The Air light to go out. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c78c0896 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c78c0896 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_c78c0896 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c83a589c | type |
Luke, I Am Your Father | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c83a589c | comment |
Luke, I Am Your Father: 27 years after abandoning his family, Jack's father hears his son's radio show. He calls in to tell him, "I think I may be your father." | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c83a589c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c83a589c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_c83a589c | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c84e56a2 | type |
Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c84e56a2 | comment |
Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You: The villain of "Blood Red" fires his gun into the camera. During the Cold Open of "Kid Salinas," a boxer punches the camera in the face. The screen goes black, followed by the Title Sequence. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c84e56a2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c84e56a2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_c84e56a2 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c868a42a | type |
Freudian Excuse | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c868a42a | comment |
Freudian Excuse: John Saringo was molested by his father, and his mother was an alcoholic prostitute. He didn't even learn to read until after he was first arrested. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c868a42a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_c868a42a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_c868a42a | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ca803242 | type |
Power Hair | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ca803242 | comment |
Power Hair: Devon does her hair like this in the first season, although she grows it out in the second. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ca803242 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ca803242 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_ca803242 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ca95473c | type |
Series Continuity Error | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ca95473c | comment |
Series Continuity Error: Most of the second-season episode "Someone to Love" is a flashback to the previous year, but Jack and Devon both have their second-season haircuts. | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ca95473c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller / int_ca95473c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midnight Caller | hasFeature |
Midnight Caller / int_ca95473c | |
| Midnight Caller / int_cd2cf2e3 | type |
Typhoid Mary | |
| Midnight Caller / int_cd2cf2e3 | comment |
Typhoid Mary: Mike Barnes from "After It Happened" has tested positive for HIV, but he continues to have promiscuous, unprotected sex, thinking that if he doesn't acknowledge his disease, he won't die from it. | |
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Every Episode Ending | |
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Every Episode Ending: Every episode ended with Jack signing off on his radio show. And every episode of that ended with "Goodnight, America, wherever you are." | |
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Littlest Cancer Patient | |
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Littlest Cancer Patient: Emily from "Do You Believe in Miracles?" Her father even steals a statue of Jesus in the hopes that it will heal her, inadvertently kicking off the episode's plot. | |
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Unwilling Suspension | |
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Unwilling Suspension: The villains of "With Malice Towards One" handcuff Jack to a pipe on the ceiling while they beat and taser him. | |
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Gangland Drive-By | |
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Gangland Drive-By: One of the protestors from "Take Back the Streets" dies this way. | |
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Struggling Single Mother | |
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Struggling Single Mother: Teri Scanlon from "Blood Ties" holds jobs as a secretary and a waitress to support herself and her eleven-year-old son Brian. | |
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Recovered Addict | |
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Recovered Addict: Jack's struggles to quite smoking are a minor subplot in the second half of the first season. | |
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Famed In-Story | |
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Famed in Story: Jack is well-known enough, at least in the Bay Area, that most of the people he meets have heard of him. When he's chosen to select the winning numbers in the lottery, the host refers to him as a "celebrity number-puller." | |
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Reasonable Authority Figure | |
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Reasonable Authority Figure: Devon and Zymak. | |
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Affectionate Nickname | |
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Affectionate Nickname: Nicky calls Jack "Ace." | |
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I Was Quite a Fashion Victim | |
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I Was Quite a Fashion Victim: In "City of Lost Souls," Jack and Laurie look at some pictures of Jack during his high school years in the early 1970s. | |
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Cat Scare | |
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Cat Scare: In "Watching Me, Watching You," Devon is looking around her apartment for her stalker when a cat she's taking care of meows and knocks something off a shelf behind her. | |
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Tattooed Crook | |
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Tattooed Crook: Carlos "Cha Cha" Valenzuela, an inmate from "Life Without Possibility," has the name Rosa tattooed on his fingers, a marijuana leaf on his neck, and some other tattoos on his arms that are harder to see. | |
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Drugs Are Bad | |
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Drugs Are Bad: In "The Fall," a failed basketball player copes by becoming a cocaine addict, ruining his job prospects. In "Take Back the Streets," the inhabitants of a neighborhood that has been ruined by the drug trade start protesting the drug dealers. The dealers respond by threatening the protestors and even killing one of them. In "A Cry in the Night," a crack addict gives birth to a baby girl with a low birth weight and Apgar score and probable brain damage. She's so horrified by what she's done that she agrees to go into rehab. | |
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Insurance Fraud | |
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Insurance Fraud: In "Blame It On Midnight," Jack's Love Interest arranges for her ex-husband to be murdered and pins it on Jack so she can get the $2 million payout from his life insurance policy. | |
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Amateur Sleuth | |
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Amateur Sleuth: Jack often solves his callers' mysteries. | |
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Calling the Old Man Out | |
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Calling the Old Man Out: When Jack's brother Frankie meets their father J. J. for the first time since Frankie was a baby, the first thing he does is punch him in the face, knocking him to the floor. | |
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While You Were in Diapers | |
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While You Were in Diapers: Television mogul Kenneth Miller tells Devon, "I was interviewing presidents when you were in diapers!" | |
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Lamaze Class | |
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Lamaze Class: Devon and Jack attend one in the third season, after Devon gets pregnant. She tells the teacher Jack is her husband to avoid having to explain the truth. | |
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Follow That Car | |
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Follow That Car: Jack tries this with two police officers in "City of Lost Souls." Unfortunately, he's dressed as a homeless man at the time, so he only succeeds in getting himself arrested. | |
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Dirty Cop | |
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Dirty Cop: Sawyer from "Blame It On Midnight," the best cop money can buy. He's happy to help commit insurance fraud, even when that means murdering his former accomplice. | |
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Delivery Guy | |
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Delivery Guy: Jack tries to be this when Devon gives birth, but he faints as soon as he sees her in labor. | |
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Conspicuous Trenchcoat | |
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Conspicuous Trenchcoat: In "Play Blotto... And Die," a snitch in witness protection wanders around in a trench coat, hat, sunglasses, and fake beard. | |
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Addiction Displacement | |
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Addiction Displacement: While trying to quit smoking, Jack tries chewing gum and playing with wooden balls. | |
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Autopsy Snack Time | |
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Autopsy Snack Time: Officer Martin Slocum likes to spend his lunch breaks in the morgue. | |
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One-Steve Limit | |
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One-Steve Limit: "Do You Believe in Miracles?" has two characters named Bob Johnson. They go by Big Bob and Little Bob. | |
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Never a Self-Made Woman | |
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Never a Self-Made Woman: Jack's boss, Devon King, received KJCM as a twenty-first birthday present from her father Mel, the "Laundromat King." | |
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Friend on the Force | |
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Friend on the Force: Jack's adventures frequently bring him into contact with his former coworkers, especially Lieutenant Carl Zymak. | |
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Bachelor Auction | |
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Bachelor Auction: Jack participates in one in "Class of 1980." Naturally, the woman who buys him is a murder suspect. | |
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Da Editor | |
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Da Editor: Deacon's boss, Chesleigh Brant. | |
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Happier Home Movie | |
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Happier Home Movie: In "Mercy Me," a man watches videos of his now-comatose son learning to walk and playing baseball. | |
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You Killed My Father | |
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You Killed My Father: Said word-for-word by Ethan after Jack is accused of deliberately murdering Rusty. | |
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Titled After the Song | |
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Titled After the Song: "Midnight Caller" was originally a Badfinger song, which was actually about a High-Class Call Girl (the show's creator Richard DiLello worked with Badfinger when he had an office job at Apple Records, a job he later wrote about in the memoir The Longest Cocktail Party). The episode "Blame It On Midnight" gets its title from a line in the Bob Seger song "Blame It On The Moon," which was used several times in "The Fall." | |
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Survivor Guilt | |
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Survivor Guilt: Jack suffers from this, and even dedicates an episode of his show to the subject. | |
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