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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })In a post-O.J. world, when people really wanted their vengeance served to them on a silver platter, ABC delivered: a 1998 series that starred Michael Madsen as Mr. Chapel, a vigilante who makes sure those bad guys who thought they got away don't really get away. Someone killed your father and blamed your husband? Someone cashing in on a book deal after getting away with offing someone you hold dear? One quick call to Chapel, and he'll make all your problems go away. Even better, he doesn't use guns, nor does he kill anyone.There is, as with all sweet deals, one slight hitch. His fee is $1 million. Oh, don't worry, you don't actually have to give him any money. However, in lieu of the fee, you are on the hook for a favor to be called in at any time in the future. And believe you, he will call you for it.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })He does have help: K.C. Griffin (Kathleen York), a former client who has long since paid off her favor, but feels what Chapel feels: A desire to set wrongs right...with torture if necessary. (Hey, torture's not killing, is it?)The series was quite critically panned for its subject matter, as Chapel did some mighty bad things, and the timing of its release—as noted, right after the O.J. trial. ABC thought it good enough to go up against the juggernauts on Thursday nights. Unfortunately, the gambit failed, and the series was canceled after 16 episodes, the last of which was named "Friends", in deference to the show that vanquished it.Compare Stingray (1985) and Leverage. | |
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Diegetic Soundtrack Usage: In "Clique," Chapel at one point walks out of a room while humming the Vengeance Unlimited theme song. | |
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Pay Evil unto Evil | |
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Pay Evil unto Evil: All of the targets are Asshole Victims who hurt people and got away with it. | |
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We Help the Helpless: Chapel and KC...and if you can't pay, just be ready for a favor. | |
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Thou Shalt Not Kill | |
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Thou Shalt Not Kill: As noted, Chapel never kills his victims, at least not personally. However, he's open to anything else. | |
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Open Heart Dentistry | |
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Open Heart Dentistry: When Mr. Chapel gets shot, he calls in a favor. Problem is, no doctors owe him a favor...but a veterinarian does. | |
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Engineered Public Confession: This is how Chapel gets one persistent fangirl off his back, by making the perp who she idolizes admit to the murder he's targeting him for, with her watching via hidden camera. | |
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Technical Pacifist | |
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Technical Pacifist: Chapel doesn't use guns or kill. He lets other people take care of that. | |
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Doesn't Like Guns | |
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Doesn't Like Guns: Played with. Chapel never uses guns, but he will hand you over to people who do. | |
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Fake Kill Scare | |
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Fake Kill Scare: Mr Chapel captures two bad guys and ties them up on chairs in separate rooms. He shows up in front of one, puts on an apron, grabs a chainsaw, and heads to the next room. There he ungags the second prisoner and threatens him with the running chainsaw, eliciting loud screams of terror, before gagging him again, turning to a table bearing a big slab of juicy meat, and chainsawing through that. Then he comes back to the first prisoner, now much more talkative... | |
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You Owe Me | |
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You Owe Me: A million dollars or a favor. Most go for the favor. Turned around on Chapel by the computer genius in "Critical", who could've turned him in...but didn't. The same ep had the only client in the series who paid the million rather than the favor. | |
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Danger Takes a Backseat | |
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Danger Takes A Back Seat: A "heroic" example, as Chapel downs an accomplice with formaldehyde this way. | |
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Shout-Out: One of Chapel's previous clients is Boone Paladin, who always gives Chapel free lodging in his chain of motel to repay his favor. The name is an allusion to (Richard) Boone, who played Paladin on Have Gun – Will Travel. As well as in "Friends": | |
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Vigilante Man | |
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Vigilante Man: Chapel provides a rough, brutal form of justice to evildoers who have defied the legal system. | |
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Dark and Troubled Past | |
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Dark and Troubled Past/Mysterious Past: Why has Chapel chosen this line of work? He refers to once having had "a really bad Monday", but never elaborates. | |
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