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It may be time to consider that Mike is just a masochist. He chose the one option that destroys any credibility he would have easily had. And for the hat trick, only after Tom has finished covering up his crime and put his gun back in his holster, does Mike finally decide to kill him with a shot to the head. Then Mike watches Tom cover up the murder at a casual pace, doing nothing to stop him. Mike does not take this easy opportunity to shoot him. Tom pulls out said gun, pointing the gun away from Gray and then points it back at Gray. After bursting in on Tom Card and Gray after finding out it was a set up, Mike points out that Tom has a gun on Gray.

Mike was juggling idiot balls at the end of 'Means & Ends'.

When Sam asks Fiona why she doesn't charge Michael for her help, she responds that she expects 'other things' from Michael.

and decides to drive his patrol car over the bridge. Word Of God mentions one story where a police officer who was supposed to prevent anyone from crossing the fake bridge that gets blown up (it was basically a little concrete on either bank with thin wood and such to create the middle - in no way a safe support structure for cars or such) decides that he'd like to guard the bridge from the other side.

Occasionally occurs to some of the crew.

He is shot in the arm for his pains and Michael immediately lampshades the stupidity of the action by pointing out that, even if he had succeeded, he would have caused a bloodbath.

Agent Bly grabs the ball firmly in 'Bad Breaks,' attempting to wrestle away a bank robber's gun while the rest of the criminals are within ear and eyeshot.

The fact that this comes out right before an 'I'm tougher than I look' speech only serves to heighten the effect.

In the season 3 finale, Management grabs onto it with both hands- landing his helicopter on what he knows to be the only helipad in the area when he also knows that a revenge-hungry psychotic killer ex-agent has had ample opportunity to set up an ambush.Some are based on a Title Drop like 'False Flag' (the first time Michael is deceived by a client) or are fairly intuitive like 'Center of the Storm' (which dealt with the aftermath of a hurricane) but most are only semi-related to the story and not entirely indicative like 'Best Laid Plans,' 'Hot Spot' and 'Eyes Open.' Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Each episode name is made of short and punchy labels, possibly in reference to simple Operation: names.I Was Told There Would Be Cake: Sam's bastardly method of luring some cubicle monkeys away from their office.Also invoked by Sam on occasion, usually when he wants to avoid talking to Fiona and usually involving buying Mike some yogurt.Michael's gloss on what he does for a living.Played straight in a Season 2 episode, where Michael and Jason Bly split a pint of vodka after a harrowing experience.If he isn't drinking, there's serious trouble. I Need a Freaking Drink: Inverted with Sam.I Know You Know I Know: Michael's conversations with Brennen tend to devolve into this.While holding a gun, with his finger actually on the trigger. When 'playing' a sociopath, he briefly gestures between someone and himself rapidly while laughing.Said baddie immediately swats Michael's hand away once he realizes what he's doing.

While it's pointed directly at the Villain of the Week's head. At one point, he demands a gun from the pirates, and then loads the bullet into the chamber by pulling the slide. One episode had Michael pretending to be an asthmatic, neurotic lab rat.

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Generally speaking, any military-trained characters or professional criminals have proper gun safety habits, while a lot of thugs, lowlifes, and inexperienced people/civilians fail to exercise proper gun safety. I Just Shot Marvin in the Face: Michael noticeably only does this while maintaining a cover.In a mild variation, Sam deliberately tried to get himself killed so Michael wouldn't try and rescue him. I Have Your Wife: Happens to several clients, requiring some delicate work, and to Michael twice, once with Sam and once with Nate.In 'Eyes Open', Jesse blows up Fiona's house with a bomber in it, to both save Michael's life and keep the bomber from ever killing anyone else, even though the team had been willing to let the guy be taken in by the police and/or otherwise be taken of in less ruthless fashion.I Did What I Had to Do: Michael, all the time.I Can See You: In 'Dead to Rights', Larry pulls this on Fiona and Sam as they attempt to break into the facility he is holed up in.