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The Philanthropist
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A tragically short-lived (eight episodes) 2009 NBC series about a billionaire playboy, Teddy Rist, who, after the death of his young son and a life-changing experience in Nigeria, decides to start using his wealth for good and jets around the globe doing good deeds, much to the admiring exasperation of his business partners and friends. Every episode focuses on a different specific area of the world, and is told by Teddy in a flashback. Based on the life of Bobby Sager and filmed primarily in South Africa. | |
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Church Militant | |
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Church Militant: Rayburn, in "Kashmir," as well as the would-be suicide bomber. | |
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Crimefighting with Cash | |
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Crimefighting with Cash: Somewhat, but also subverted in that Teddy likes to jet off to foreign countries and get his hands dirty. | |
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money! | |
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Kind of the point, except now he's doing it to help people and the rules are usually negative ones. | |
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Patriotic Fervor | |
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Patriotic Fervor: the Jerkass DJ in "Kashmir" has this, demanding why Teddy helps other countries and not America. | |
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Semper Fi | |
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Semper Fi: Dax is a former Marine, and in "San Diego," when Teddy wonders if he should save a Marine from having to go to Afghanistan, Dax angrily tells him that he can't deny the guy the honor of serving his country. | |
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Money to Throw Away | |
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Money to Throw Away: Dean Fitzsimmons has this in "San Diego"—mostly because he stole Teddy's credit card—but he ends up using it to do lots of charity. | |
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AmicablyDivorced | |
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Amicably Divorced: Teddy and Julia seem to be this; they divorced out of grief over the death of their son and seem to have other issues, but they're seen being very affectionate in "Kosovo". | |
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Scenery Porn | |
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Scenery Porn: In a few episodes, especially "Paris," of course. | |
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A Death in the Limelight | |
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A Death in the Limelight: Rhada in "Kashmir," and Isabelle in "Paris," although to a lesser extent (that was more of a Red Herring). | |
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Driven to Suicide | |
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Driven to Suicide: Perovich in "Kosovo," except not, because Rayburn probably killed him. | |
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But Not Too Foreign | |
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But Not Too Foreign: Teddy is half-American, half-British, which comes up in several episodes. | |
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Grey-and-Gray Morality | |
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Grey-and-Gray Morality: Collin argues this to Teddy after he shoots Bayonne instead of arresting him, and Teddy more or less agrees. | |
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Easy Impersonation | |
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Easy Impersonation: When Pvt. Dean Fitzsimmons steal Teddy's credit card and runs around pretending to be him, no one seems to notice, even though they don't look much alike and Teddy's quite famous. However, as he's spending lots of money and also doing lots of charity, no one really bothers to check. | |
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Left Hanging | |
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Left Hanging: Several things, because it was canceled suddenly, most notably the story behind the death of Teddy and Julia's son, Bobby. | |
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Necessarily Evil | |
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Necessarily Evil: Bankole in "Nigeria (Part II)"—he can be "severe," but it's all in the name of protecting and repairing his country. | |
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy | |
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: Everyone shoots at Teddy (he lampshades this in the final episode), but no one ever seems to hit him | |
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I Did What I Had to Do | |
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I Did What I Had to Do: Said a few times, notably by Jean, Philip's brother in "Haiti" after he destroys the tanker carrying thousands of pounds of rice to feeding the starving country. | |
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Badass Bookworm | |
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Badass Bookworm: Teddy just might be this, given the way he quotes "The Double" in "San Diego" and the philosophy of Nund Rishi in "Kashmir". | |
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One-Woman Wail | |
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One-Woman Wail: In "Kosovo," when a bomb goes off, killing several people and injuring Philip. | |
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Protagonist Title | |
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Protagonist Title: The titular philanthropist is Teddy. Doubles as Job Title. | |
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Fake Guest Star | |
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Fake Guest Star: Jesse L. Martin is credited as a guest star in every episode, even though he almost always has a more prominent role than Neve Campbell, who is billed second. | |
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Grief-Induced Split | |
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Grief-Induced Split: Teddy and Julia divorced after the death of their son. | |
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We Need a Distraction | |
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We Need a Distraction: In "Paris," Teddy says he'll cause "a diversion" while Dax escapes with a young kidnapped girl—he ends up burning the place to the ground. | |
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished | |
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Happens to Teddy a few times, and to Bankole in "Nigeria (Part II)", and to Philip in the same episode when he tries to help his friend James. | |
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Beleaguered Assistant | |
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Beleaguered Assistant: A.J., and more so, Dax, because he's usually the one who has to bail Teddy out of his misadventures. | |
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Shown Their Work | |
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Shown Their Work: Most of the political problems and current/historical events discussed are pretty close to accurate, including the terminology. | |
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