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So Roger calls Lee and, well, it's a fake-out all the way, with his finger on whatever we used to call those things on the old phones that disconnects the line as he "acts" his way through a mock conversation with Garner Jr.
William Bradley: Mad Men: Breach One "Chinese Wall' and You Just Want to Breach Another One an Hour Later William Bradley 2010
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So Roger calls Lee and, well, it's a fake-out all the way, with his finger on whatever we used to call those things on the old phones that disconnects the line as he "acts" his way through a mock conversation with Garner Jr.
William Bradley: Mad Men: Breach One "Chinese Wall' and You Just Want to Breach Another One an Hour Later William Bradley 2010
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NATALIE: That wasn't a fake-out in the finale; Peter is gone and forgotten.
Mega Buzz: House's Jail Stay, Ringer's Double Trouble and Finn's Tough Glee Choices 2011
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A task that nearly drives him to drink — yet another fake-out as we watch Tommy down some Scotch and trash the office, except he really didn't.
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And Travis deserves to die for not seeing that fake-out coming.
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Question: I know that all of this season on How I Met Your Mother is leading up to Barney's wedding, but I was wondering if it is all a big fake-out.
Ask Matt: Walking Dead, Homeland, Terra Nova, Dexter and More! 2011
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ADAM: I don't think fake-out is necessarily the right word, but I wouldn't expect a happily ever after either.
Mega Buzz: A Glee Romance Update, a Bones Death, and Office Drinking 2011
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Tell me it's not going to be a fake-out. —Leslie
Mega Buzz: A Glee Romance Update, a Bones Death, and Office Drinking 2011
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But Don Eladio cannot approve of their underground shenanigans and in a fake-out, Max gets shot in the head while Gus is forced to watch his lifeless partner bleed out into a pool.
Top Moments: Rescue Me's Happy Ending, Kate Gosselin's Food Fight and Kimmel's Teary Tribute 2011
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It's riveting train-wreck TV, but it's also a big fake-out.
Top Moments: Barbara Walters Touches Trump's "Onion Loaf" and Horror Story's Brutal Birth 2011
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