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* YetAnotherBabyPanda: The episode closes with Tony listening to the news on the radio, which mentions the Sowerville estate and the death of Tinker, who was best known for playing the TV character, Wondermutt.
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* YetAnotherBabyPanda: The episode closes with Tony listening to the news on the radio, which mentions the Sowerville estate and the death of Tinker, who was best known for playing the TV character, Wondermutt.Wondermutt.
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** The scenario of an intellectually disabled young man being killed by the state because of judgement made by police about his AmbiguousSyntax is similar to the RealLife case of Derek Bentley, as dramatised in the 1991 film, ''Film/LetHimHaveIt''.
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** The scenario of an intellectually disabled young man being killed by the state because of a snap judgement made by police about his AmbiguousSyntax is similar to the RealLife case of Derek Bentley, as dramatised in the 1991 film, ''Film/LetHimHaveIt''.
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* BathroomStallOfAngst: After the shooting Jelks hides in the bathroom at Coverdale Road and sobs while he listens to a couple of officers joke that it wouldn't be worth the £200 per week salary to get shot at.
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* BathroomStallOfAngst: After the shooting Jelks hides in the bathroom at Coverdale Road and sobs while he listens to a couple of officers joke that it wouldn't be worth the £200 per week salary to get shot at.
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* BathroomStallOfAngst: After the shooting Jelks hides in the bathroom at Coverdale Road and sobs while he listens to a couple of officers joke that it wouldn't be worth the £200 per week salary to get shot at.
* MarriedToTheJob: Sue gets upset when she realises that working in Complaints won't necessarily mean that she and Tony will get to spend more time together.
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** When Jameson hears about Mo and Tony, he heads out while whistling "Ride of the Valkyries".
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** When Harry watches the tape of Vernon getting shot, he quips that they "won't be sending this to Jeremy Beadle", Beadle being a TV host at the time known for his CandidCameraPrank shows.
** Harry also says "[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes that's all, folks]]" while watching the tape.
** When Tony sees the troops at Coverdale Road getting ready to go out onto the estate in riot gear, he asks them if they're "tooling up for [[UsefulNotes/TheSecondBoerWar the Relief of Mafeking.]]"
** When Jameson hears about Mo andTony, Tony going onto the estate without backup, he heads out while whistling "Ride of the Valkyries".Valkyries". The colour of the later riot sequence does seem to owe something to ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.
** Deakin references the Poll Tax riots when chewing out Tony for nearly triggering a riot on the Sowerville estate.
** Harry also says "[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes that's all, folks]]" while watching the tape.
** When Tony sees the troops at Coverdale Road getting ready to go out onto the estate in riot gear, he asks them if they're "tooling up for [[UsefulNotes/TheSecondBoerWar the Relief of Mafeking.]]"
** When Jameson hears about Mo and
** Deakin references the Poll Tax riots when chewing out Tony for nearly triggering a riot on the Sowerville estate.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: After brushing off Tony's concerns about Jameson's leadership at Coverdale Road, Huxtable suggests that Jameson ought to be recommended for a commendation for his handling of the unrest on the estate.
* VomitingCop: Jelks throws up when he catches sight of Vernon's shot-out head.
* VomitingCop: Jelks throws up when he catches sight of Vernon's shot-out head.
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-->"Inform Her Majesty that the Union Jack and the white ensign are once again flying over the Sowerville estate."
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-->"Inform Her Majesty that the Union Jack and the white ensign are once again flying over the Sowerville estate.""
* YetAnotherBabyPanda: The episode closes with Tony listening to the news on the radio, which mentions the Sowerville estate and the death of Tinker, who was best known for playing the TV character, Wondermutt.
* YetAnotherBabyPanda: The episode closes with Tony listening to the news on the radio, which mentions the Sowerville estate and the death of Tinker, who was best known for playing the TV character, Wondermutt.
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'''DS Roper''': "As far as Vern was concerned, Mikey had a solar ring-piece. You couldn't have got him to come in on his brother, not if his life depended on it."
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* ColdOpen: The episode opens with a family on the Sowerville estate recording a child's birthday party on a camcorder before cutting to that same camcorder capturing footage of the shooting.
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* ColdOpen: CopHater: The police are widely despised on the estate, which in turn has led Jameson to foster a culture of contempt amongst his officers for the people they've ostensibly been charged to protect.
* DamselInDistress: Mo doesn't have very much to do in this episodeopens with besides hide behind Tony once a family riot breaks out on the Sowerville estate recording a child's birthday party on a camcorder before cutting to that same camcorder capturing footage of the shooting.estate.
* DamselInDistress: Mo doesn't have very much to do in this episode
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* TheDragon: Inspector Reith, who seems quite happy to smugly do Jameson's bidding.
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Mikey claims that even if word got out on the estate that he called the police on his own brother, his neighbours would support him because they'd see it as a case of him doing what he had to in order to protect Darren.
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* TheStoolPigeon: {{Subverted|Trope}}. DS Roper tells Tony that he had previously leaned on Vernon by threatening to [[FrameUp frame him]] for up to thirty burglaries in the area unless he gave them information on where Mikey had stashed a gun he'd used in a couple of robberies, but Vernon refused.
'''DS Roper''': "As far as Vern was concerned, Mikey had a solar ring-piece. You couldn't have got him to come in on his brother, not if his life depended on it."
'''DS Roper''': "As far as Vern was concerned, Mikey had a solar ring-piece. You couldn't have got him to come in on his brother, not if his life depended on it."
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Station Under Investigation: Coverdale Road
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* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Tony puts it to Mikey that he's actually the biological father of Vernon's son, Darren, but Mikey brushes this off.
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* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Tony puts it to Mikey that he's actually the biological father of Vernon's son, Darren, but Mikey brushes shrugs this off.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Jameson blames some poor anonymous female PC for the fact that the gun Vernon had was actually a replica:
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Jameson blames some poor anonymous female PC for the fact that none of his officers knew the gun Vernon had was actually a replica:
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** The scenario of an intellectually disabled young man being killed by the state because of judgement made by police about his AmbiguousSyntax is similar to the RealLife case of Derek Bentley, as dramatised in the 1991 film, ''Film/LetHimHaveIt''.
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** The scenario of an intellectually disabled young man being killed by the state because of judgement made by police about his AmbiguousSyntax is similar to the RealLife case of Derek Bentley, as dramatised in the 1991 film, ''Film/LetHimHaveIt''.''Film/LetHimHaveIt''.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, but as the episode goes on, it seems as though Jameson is losing touch with the reality of his situation, particularly when rides out into the riot on the estate like a Victorian admiral surveying the battlefield:
-->"Inform Her Majesty that the Union Jack and the white ensign are once again flying over the Sowerville estate."
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, but as the episode goes on, it seems as though Jameson is losing touch with the reality of his situation, particularly when rides out into the riot on the estate like a Victorian admiral surveying the battlefield:
-->"Inform Her Majesty that the Union Jack and the white ensign are once again flying over the Sowerville estate."
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* DisappointedByTheMotive: Tony is pretty disgusted when he realises that Mikey set Vernon up to get shot by the police so he could get with Vernon's girlfriend.
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* DisappointedByTheMotive: Tony is pretty disgusted when he realises that Mikey set Vernon up to get shot by the police just so he could get with Vernon's girlfriend.
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* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Tony puts it to Mikey that he's actually the biological father of Vernon's son, Darren, but Mikey brushes this off by saying he can't prove it.
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* IDontPayYouToThink: Deakin's reaction when he learns that Tony's trying to investigate where the replica came from instead of just wrapping things up once it's been established that there are no charges to bring against Jelks and Webb.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Tony puts it to Mikey that he's actually the biological father of Vernon's son, Darren, but Mikey brushes thisoff by saying off.
* ManlyTears:
** Jelks tears up as hecan't prove it.goes over the sequence of events in the shooting with Tony.
** Tony seems pretty close to tears when he delivers the news of the shooting to the Brandells.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Tony puts it to Mikey that he's actually the biological father of Vernon's son, Darren, but Mikey brushes this
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* PottyEmergency: Webb mentions when Tony and Mo come to see him at his house that he's been running back and forth constantly to the bathroom, presumably as a result of the stress he's been under. He jokes that he "must have an arsehole the size of a frying pan."
* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: It's only after Vernon is shot and killed that the police learn that the gun he had was actually a replica.
* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: It's only after Vernon is shot and killed that the police learn that the gun he had was actually a replica.
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* BriefAccentImitation: Mo briefly puts on a London accent to pretend to be a friendly neighbour in order to trick Vernon's girlfriend into her and Tony into her flat to speak to Mikey.
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* DisappointedInTheMotive: Tony is pretty disgusted when he realises that Mikey set Vernon up to get shot by the police so he could get with Vernon's girlfriend.
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* DisappointedInTheMotive: DisappointedByTheMotive: Tony is pretty disgusted when he realises that Mikey set Vernon up to get shot by the police so he could get with Vernon's girlfriend.
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* ColdOpen: The episode opens with a family on the Sowerville estate recording a child's birthday party on a camcorder before cutting to that same camcorder capturing footage of the shooting.
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* DisappointedInTheMotive: Tony is pretty disgusted when he realises that Mikey set Vernon up to get shot by the police so he could get with Vernon's girlfriend.
* DownerEnding: Webb and Jelks are left traumatised by the shooting, Mikey gets away with killing his brother and Jameson gets to continue his heavy-handed approach to policing on his patch with public approval.
* DownerEnding: Webb and Jelks are left traumatised by the shooting, Mikey gets away with killing his brother and Jameson gets to continue his heavy-handed approach to policing on his patch with public approval.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Tony puts it to Mikey that he's actually the biological father of Vernon's son, Darren, but Mikey brushes this off by saying he can't prove it.
* MistakenIdentity: The police initially believe that they've shot Mikey Brandell, when they in fact shot his brother, Vernon.
* MistakenIdentity: The police initially believe that they've shot Mikey Brandell, when they in fact shot his brother, Vernon.
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** There's a ''[[Film/TheBluesBrothers Blues Brothers]]'' poster on one of the doors in the Brandells' flat.
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** There's a ''[[Film/TheBluesBrothers Blues Brothers]]'' poster on one of the doors in the Brandells' flat.flat.
** The scenario of an intellectually disabled young man being killed by the state because of judgement made by police about his AmbiguousSyntax is similar to the RealLife case of Derek Bentley, as dramatised in the 1991 film, ''Film/LetHimHaveIt''.
** The scenario of an intellectually disabled young man being killed by the state because of judgement made by police about his AmbiguousSyntax is similar to the RealLife case of Derek Bentley, as dramatised in the 1991 film, ''Film/LetHimHaveIt''.
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* DueToTheDead: Tony suggests that the Brandells should have a closed casket at the wake, only for Mrs Brandell to angrily refuse because she wants everyone to see what the police had done to her son.
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* DueToTheDead: Tony suggests that the Brandells should have a closed casket at the wake, only for Mrs Brandell to angrily refuse because she wants everyone to see what the police had have done to her son.
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-->"Some soppy plonk passed me the wrong info. You know what they're like. Sitting on their fannies all day
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thinking about cock, minds only half on the job."
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-->"Some soppy plonk passed me the wrong info. You know what they're like. Sitting on their fannies all day
day thinking about cock, minds only half on the job."
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** There's a ''[[Film/The BluesBrothers Blues Brothers]]'' poster on one of the doors in the Brandells' flat.
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** There's a ''[[Film/The BluesBrothers ''[[Film/TheBluesBrothers Blues Brothers]]'' poster on one of the doors in the Brandells' flat.
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When a youth is shot by armed police, years of resentment are set to explode into violence.
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-->"You point a gun at someone, odds are you're gonna be taken out of the game."
-->--'''Tony Clark'''
When a youth is shot by armed police, years of resentment are set to explode intoviolence.violence.
!!Provides examples of:
* DeadpanSnarker: Jameson, when he finds Deacon reading over Mikey's criminal record:
-->'''Deakin''': Just reading Michael Brandell's biography.
-->'''Jameson''': Won't spoil it for you if I tell you how it ends?
* DownerEnding: Webb and Jelks are left traumatised by the
* DueToTheDead: Tony suggests that the Brandells should have a closed casket at the wake, only for Mrs Brandell to angrily refuse because she wants everyone to see what the police had done to her son.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Jameson blames some poor anonymous female PC for the fact that the gun Vernon had was actually a replica:
-->"Some soppy plonk passed me the wrong info. You know what they're like. Sitting on their fannies all day
thinking about cock, minds only half on the job."
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** "Goddess" by Patrick Wilson & Adam Routh can be heard playing on the kitchen radio of one of the estate residents when the police back-up arrives after Mikey's been shot.
** There's a ''[[Film/The BluesBrothers Blues Brothers]]'' poster on one of the doors in the Brandells' flat.
-->--'''Tony Clark'''
When a youth is shot by armed police, years of resentment are set to explode into
!!Provides examples of:
* DeadpanSnarker: Jameson, when he finds Deacon reading over Mikey's criminal record:
-->'''Deakin''': Just reading Michael Brandell's biography.
-->'''Jameson''': Won't spoil it for you if I tell you how it ends?
* DownerEnding: Webb and Jelks are left traumatised by the
* DueToTheDead: Tony suggests that the Brandells should have a closed casket at the wake, only for Mrs Brandell to angrily refuse because she wants everyone to see what the police had done to her son.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Jameson blames some poor anonymous female PC for the fact that the gun Vernon had was actually a replica:
-->"Some soppy plonk passed me the wrong info. You know what they're like. Sitting on their fannies all day
thinking about cock, minds only half on the job."
* ShoutOut:
** "Goddess" by Patrick Wilson & Adam Routh can be heard playing on the kitchen radio of one of the estate residents when the police back-up arrives after Mikey's been shot.
** There's a ''[[Film/The BluesBrothers Blues Brothers]]'' poster on one of the doors in the Brandells' flat.
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