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* ManOfTheCity: Hugh Holmes dedicates his life to making Delano a good place to live in, seeking to hire industrious police chiefs and show {{Small Town Tyrants}}s the door. In the book, [[SparedByTheAdaptation though not the series,]] he has a heart attack due to depression over the horrific tragedy of the {{Serial Killer}}'s crimes and how they will forever taint the town that he has done so much for.
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* ManOfTheCity: Hugh Holmes dedicates his life to making Delano a good place to live in, seeking to hire industrious police chiefs and show {{Small Town Tyrants}}s Tyrant}}s the door. In the book, [[SparedByTheAdaptation though not the series,]] he has a heart attack due to depression over the horrific tragedy of the {{Serial Killer}}'s crimes and how they will forever taint the town that he has done so much for.
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* MarketBasedTitle: When this aired on Creator/{{ITV}} in the UK, it was called ''Once Upon A Murder''.
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* CorruptHick: Sheriff Skeeter Willis, Sonny Butts, and the various sheriffs of the neighboring county. Averted in the case of the Mayor Hugh Holmes.
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* ManOfTheCity: Hugh Holmes dedicates his life to making Delano a good place to live in, seeking to hire industrious police chiefs and show {{Corrupt Hick}}s {{Small Town Tyrants}}s the door. In the book, [[SparedByTheAdaptation though not the series,]] he has a heart attack due to depression over the horrific tragedy of the {{Serial Killer}}'s crimes and how they will forever taint the town that he has done so much for.
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* SmallTownTyrant: Sheriff Skeeter Willis, Sonny Butts, and the various sheriffs of the neighboring county. Averted in the case of the Mayor Hugh Holmes.
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* AgeLift: In the book, Sonny is a baby the first time Chief Lee shows up to investigate a domestic violence case against Mr. Butts, while he's a CreepyChild in the show.
* BigotWithABadge: Sonny Butts is a violent thug and Klansman who arrests and beats up an African-American prisoner for no reason before his deputy shoots the man. He does have a FreudianExcuse of sorts (an abusive home life and some bloody action in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII) and is genuinely affected by the {{Serial Killer}}'s murders (at least in the book), but he never changes his attitude toward African-Americans and never displays any remorse for his appalling actions toward them.
* BigotWithABadge: Sonny Butts is a violent thug and Klansman who arrests and beats up an African-American prisoner for no reason before his deputy shoots the man. He does have a FreudianExcuse of sorts (an abusive home life and some bloody action in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII) and is genuinely affected by the {{Serial Killer}}'s murders (at least in the book), but he never changes his attitude toward African-Americans and never displays any remorse for his appalling actions toward them.
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Sonny is a BigotWithABadge who is a VillainProtagonist at best, but he does spend time with his mother and displays sadness at how she still loves the memory of her abusive husband.
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* EnlightenedSelfInterest: Sonny Butts' interest capturing the pedophiliac SerialKiller who has plagued the county for decades peaks when he realizes that such a high-profile arrest might be enough to keep from being fired over the suspicious death of one of his prisoners.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: The racist town council members hire Watts based on his prestigious resume without meeting him. When they find out that he's African-American, they are far from thrilled.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: The racist town council members hire Watts based on his prestigious resume without meeting him. When they find out that he's African-American, they are far from thrilled.
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* LikeADuckTakesToWater: Will Lee is a simple farmer with no police experience, but once he's made police chief, he proves to be a good peacekeeper and investigator.
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* NotTheFirstVictim: Chief Lee's episode mainly focuses on the investigation into the death of a boy who fell off a cliff while running away from someone who sexually abused him. Lee then discovers evidence that many boys of around the same age have disappeared under similar circumstances, and correctly suspects that they were killed after being raped.
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* ManOfTheCity: Hugh Holmes dedicates his life to making Delano a good place to live in, seeking to hire industrious police chiefs and show {{Corrupt Hick}}s the door. In the book, [[SparedByTheAdaptation though not the series,]] he has a heart attack due to depression over the horrific tragedy of the {{Serial Killer}}'s crimes and how they will forever taint the town that he has done so much for.
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''Chiefs'' is a three-part 1983 Creator/{{CBS}} miniseries adapted from the novel of the same name by Stuart Woods, directed by Jerry London and starring Creator/CharltonHeston, Creator/KeithCarradine, Creator/WayneRogers, Creator/StephenCollins, Creator/BillyDeeWilliams, Creator/PaulSorvino, and Creator/DannyGlover.
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''Chiefs'' is a three-part 1983 Creator/{{CBS}} miniseries MiniSeries adapted from the novel of the same name by Stuart Woods, directed by Jerry London and starring Creator/CharltonHeston, Creator/KeithCarradine, Creator/WayneRogers, Creator/StephenCollins, Creator/BillyDeeWilliams, Creator/PaulSorvino, and Creator/DannyGlover.
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''Chiefs'' is a 1983 miniseries starring Charlton Heston, Keith Carradine, Stephen Collins, Danny Glover, Wayne Rogers, and Billy Dee Williams. It takes place in a small town in the deep south between 1924 and 1963, and follows three generations of police chiefs. During this 40 year period, there is a series of murders of young boys that each police chief attempts to solve, against the backdrop of the deep racial tensions of that time.
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''Chiefs'' is a three-part 1983 Creator/{{CBS}} miniseries adapted from the novel of the same name by Stuart Woods, directed by Jerry London and starringCharlton Heston, Keith Carradine, Stephen Collins, Danny Glover, Wayne Rogers, Creator/CharltonHeston, Creator/KeithCarradine, Creator/WayneRogers, Creator/StephenCollins, Creator/BillyDeeWilliams, Creator/PaulSorvino, and Billy Dee Williams. It takes place Creator/DannyGlover.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sheriff Willis delivers one to Chief Lee shortly after he is appointed.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sheriff Willis delivers one to Chief Lee shortly after he is appointed.appointed.
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* AbusiveParents: In Part 1, Sonny Butts' father regularly got drunk and beat his mother. Plays a significant role in Part 2.
* MuggingTheMonster: In Part 3, a racist "cowboy cop" pulls over a black motorist and threatens and harasses him for no good reason. The victim of his harassment turned out to be the new Chief of Police.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The villains are all racists, members of the KKK, and liberal users of the N-word.
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* PermanentElectedOfficial: No matter how oppressive and corrupt is may be, Sheriff Skeeter Willis keeps getting re-elected over the decades. As does the benevolent Mayor Hugh Holmes.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The villains are all racists, members of the KKK, and liberal users of theN-word.N-word.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sheriff Willis delivers one to Chief Lee shortly after he is appointed.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The villains are all racists, members of the KKK, and liberal users of the
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sheriff Willis delivers one to Chief Lee shortly after he is appointed.
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''Chiefs'' is a 1983 miniseries starring Charlton Heston, Keith Carradine, Stephen Collins, Danny Glover, Wayne Rogers, and Billy Dee Williams. It takes place in a small town in the deep south between 1924 and 1963, and follows three generations of police chiefs. During this 40 year period, there is a series of murders of young boys that each police chief attempts to solve, against the backdrop of the deep racial tensions of that time.
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!!''Chiefs'' contains examples of the following tropes:
* CorruptHick: Sheriff Skeeter Willis, Sonny Butts, and the various sheriffs of the neighboring county. Averted in the case of the Mayor Hugh Holmes.
* TheKlan: Plays a prominent role in the series. All of the villains seem to be members.
* LonersAreFreaks: Foxy does not get the job as police chief because he is a loner and nobody trusts him. It turns out, they were right not to trust him.
* OppressedMinorityVeteran: Several of the black characters who are targets of harassment and lynchings are war heros.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The villains are all racists, members of the KKK, and liberal users of the N-word.
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!!''Chiefs'' contains examples of the following tropes:
* CorruptHick: Sheriff Skeeter Willis, Sonny Butts, and the various sheriffs of the neighboring county. Averted in the case of the Mayor Hugh Holmes.
* TheKlan: Plays a prominent role in the series. All of the villains seem to be members.
* LonersAreFreaks: Foxy does not get the job as police chief because he is a loner and nobody trusts him. It turns out, they were right not to trust him.
* OppressedMinorityVeteran: Several of the black characters who are targets of harassment and lynchings are war heros.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The villains are all racists, members of the KKK, and liberal users of the N-word.
