History Heartwarming / InspectorLynley

* Nathaniel Parker's comment after the end of the show that the worst part about leaving ''Lynley'' behind was not working five months of the year with Sharon any more. When he did a guest spot on ''Series/{{Lewis}}'', another crime drama, he noted that he kept looking around for her and being puzzled when she wasn't there.

* Any episode in which Havers acts as TheConfidant to Lynley.

** This delightful conversation between Lynley and Havers, when they try to show their concern for each other but feel awkward about it:

---> '''Havers''': "Welcome back, you."

** This delightful conversation between Lynley and Havers, when they show their concern for each other but feel awkward about it:

---> '''Havers''': ''[suprised]'' I'm fine. I'm fine.
---> '''Lynley''': ''[taking Havers' arm]'' You will tell me if you're not, won't you?
---> '''Havers''': ''[pleased but embarrassed]'' Yeah. We should go speak to [the suspect].
* "[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS04E04WordOfGod WordOfGod]]":

** The last lines.

-->'''Lynley''': You saved our ''lives'' out there. It was an amazing thing you did.
-->'''Barbara''': I wanted to kill her. [''she sniffles''] You know, I was so proud of working with her. She was everything I ever wanted to be.
-->'''Lynley''': [''holding back tears''] Sometimes people let you down.
-->'''Barbara''': You haven't. Ever.
-->[cue meaningful HeldGaze]

-->'''Havers''': Webberley wants [[spoiler: a coverup]], and he's relying on your loyalty to him to get it.
-->'''Lynley''': No, see, that's the thing I think you've got wrong. ''I'' think he's counting on my loyalty to ''you''.
-->'''Havers''': To ''me?''
-->'''Lynley''': ''[nods, smiles]''

-->'''Lynley''': You are not meant to know this. Weberly wanted to have you sacked. I had to ''persuade'' him to let you stay. Which is why I wasn't going to let you throw it all away. ''[hands her her resignation letter]''

-->'''Lynley''': All I'm saying is, if you're leaving - if you're ''really leaving'' - I'm going to miss you.

* ''[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS00E01AGreatDeliverance A Great Deliverance]]'':

* ''[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS01E01WellSchooledInMurder Well-Schooled In Murder]]'':

* ''[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS01E02PaymentInBlood Payment In Blood]]'':

* ''[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS01E03ForTheSakeOfElena For The Sake Of Elena]]'':

* ''[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS01E04MissingJoseph Missing Joseph]]'':

* ''[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS02E04DeceptionOnHisMind Deception on His Mind]]'':

* ''[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS03E02ATraitorToMemory A Traitor To Memory]]'':

* ''[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS03E03ACryForJustice A Cry For Justice]]'':

* ''[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS04E01InDivineProportion In Divine Proportion]]'':

* ''[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS04E04WordOfGod WordOfGod]]'':

* ''[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS05E01NaturalCauses Natural Causes]]'':

* ''[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS06E01Limbo Limbo]]'':

* ''[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS05E01NaturalCauses Natural Causes]]''

---> "When I can, Tommy, I'll send you a postcard."

* "Well Schooled in Murder":

--> "I'm so sorry. Can you ever forgive me?"
--> "When I can, Tommy, I'll send you a postcard."

* "Missing Joseph": "One thing you are ''not'' is an inadequate human being!" Lynley to Havers, after Havers is upset at herself for considering having her mother committed to a nursing home.
** Also, just prior to this, although they were supposed to head to Cambridge immediately, Lynley puts that all on hold to help Havers look for her missing mum.
* "Deception On His Mind": Barbara and Lynley, at the end.

* "A Traitor To Memory":
-->'''Havers''': Weberly wants [[spoiler: a coverup]], and he's relying on your loyalty to him to get it.

* "A Cry for Justice": The look on Lynley's face when Barbara tells him [[spoiler:she's been reinstated]].
-->'''Lynley''': Oh, Havers. That is... that's... [beaming smile]

* "In Divine Proportion": Barbara is [[spoiler:held hostage at gunpoint - on her first case back after taking a bullet to the stomach in the series 3 finale]]. She's terrified out of her skin, but largely keeps in control until she is rescued - at which point she whales the tar out of the [[spoiler:hostage-taker]] until Lynley pulls her off, then bursts into tears and [[CryIntoChest cries herself out against Lynley's chest]] as he [[CooldownHug holds her]]. The kicker? ''He kisses the top of her hair as she cries.'' The scene, in full, is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07pN5KHK268 here.]]
* "Word of God": Lynley shows up at Barbara's flat in the middle of the night. Heartfelt and emotional baring of souls ensues, concluding with the mutual admission that they are each other's reason to get up in the morning.
* "Natural Causes": "I couldn't have wished for a better colleague - or friend."
* "Limbo": "Welcome back, you."

* "A Great Deliverance":

* "Payment in Blood": Lynley is convinced he's acted unprofessionally during the Case of the Week and tells Barbara he's thinking of resigning. Her flat response? "[[UndyingLoyalty You resign, I resign]]."

* "Limbo": "Welcome back, you."

** Lynley has earlier damaged his friendship with his best friend, a teacher at the school, after having to officially ask him on the record about his sexual orientation, forcing his friend to come out of the closet. From that time on, his friend has been addressing him coldly as Inspector. Their last scene together:

-> "I'm so sorry. Can you ever forgive me?"
-> "When I can, Tommy, I'll send you a postcard."
* "Missing Joseph": "One thing you are ''not'' is an inadequate human being!"

-->'''Barbara''': I wanted to kill her. [she sniffles] You know, I was so proud of working with her. She was everything I ever wanted to be.
-->'''Lynley''': [holding back tears] Sometimes people let you down.

* "A Cry for Justice": The look on Lynley's face when Barbara tells him [[spoiler:she's been reinstated]]. His breathless "Oh, ''Havers!''" says it all.

* "In Divine Proportion": Barbara is [[spoiler:held hostage at gunpoint - on her first case back after taking a bullet to the stomach in the series 3 finale]]. She's terrified out of her skin, but largely keeps in control until she is rescued - at which point she whales the tar out of the [[spoiler:hostage-taker]] until Lynley pulls her off, then bursts into tears and [[CryIntoChest cries herself out against Lynley's chest]] as he [[CooldownHug holds her]]. The kicker? ''He kisses the top of her hair as she cries.'' The scene, in full, is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07pN5KHK268 here.]]
* "Word of God": Lynley shows up at Barbara's flat in the middle of the night. Heartfelt and emotional baring of souls ensues, concluding with the mutual admission that they are each other's reason to get up in the morning.
* "Natural Causes": "I couldn't have wished for a better colleague - or friend."
* "Limbo": "Welcome back, you."

** This is capped off by the final moments of the episode, with the two of them [[ItMakesSenseInContext standing next to a bonfire]]. After they've finished burning what they came there to burn, he turns to go - and she stills him by placing a hand on his chest, then throws her resignation letter into the fire. No words are exchanged. They don't need to be. From that moment on, their trust in each other is absolute.

** When they're sitting in the pub going over case notes and discussing how to deal with the annoying Yorkshire policemen working with them, and plot to make them dig up the entire farm as revenge. It's the first moment we see them ''truly'' get along, and foreshadows just what their relationship will become.

** This is capped off by the final moments of the scene, with the two of them [[ItMakesSenseInContext standing next to a bonfire]]. After they've finished burning what they came there to burn, he turns to go - and she stills him by placing a hand on his chest, then throws her resignation letter into the fire. No words are exchanged. They don't need to be. From that moment on, their trust in each other is absolute.

-->'''Lynley''': All I'm saying is, if you're leaving - if you're ''really leaving'' - I'm going to miss you.

-->'''Lynley''': You are not meant to know this. [[spoiler: Weberly wanted to have you sacked. I had to ''persuade'' him to let you stay.]] Which is why I wasn't going to let you throw it all away. ''[hands her [[spoiler:her resignation letter]]]''

-->'''Lynley''': You are not meant to know this. [[spoiler: Weberly wanted to have you sacked. I had to ''persuade'' him to let you stay.]] Which is why I wasn't going to let you throw it all away. ''[hands her [[spoiler:her resignation letter]]]''

-->'''Havers''': Weverly wants [[spoiler: a coverup]], and he's relying on your loyalty to him to get it.

-->'''Lynley''': ''[nods, smiles]''

* "Limbo": "Welcome back, you."

* "In Divine Proportion": Barbara is [[spoiler:held hostage at gunpoint - on her first case back after taking a bullet to the stomach in the series 3 finale]]. She's terrified out of her skin, but largely keeps in control until she is rescued - at which point she whales the tar out of the [[spoiler:hostage-taker]] until Lynley pulls her off, then bursts into tears and [[CryIntoChest cries herself out against Lynley's chest]] as he [[CooldownHug holds her]]. The kicker? ''He kisses the top of her hair as she cries.''

* "In Divine Proportion": Barbara is [[spoiler:held hostage at gunpoint - on her first case back after taking a bullet to the stomach in the series 3 finale]]. She's terrified out of her skin, but largely keeps in control until she is rescued - at which point she whales the tar out of the [[spoiler:hostage-taker]] until Lynley pulls her off, then bursts into tears and cries herself out against Lynley's chest as he [[CooldownHug holds her]]. The kicker? ''He kisses the top of her hair as she cries.''

* "Word of God": Lynley shows up at Barbara's flat in the middle of the night. Heartfelt and emotional bearing of souls ensues, concluding with the mutual admission that they are each others' reason to get up in the morning.