History Series / Cracked

** In "Old Soldiers" we meet a support group of shellshocked Afghan vets, one of whom robbed a bank, then suffered a flashback and opened fire in the middle of the street.

* EnfanteTerrible: Eli from "The Light in Black" was sociopathic even as a child, and was shipped off to boarding school after he broke his little sister's arm. Blessing from "What We Can't See" is a milder example who, having been raised in a bizarre alien cult, suffers from mood swings, violent outbursts, and delusions.

* {{Narcissist}}: "Joy" the cult leader from "What We Can't See," who maintains absolute control over his deluded followers as a way of nursing his own ego.

* DrivenToSuicide: The girl from Episode 9 of Season 1 offed herself due to torment from her classmates. Linette believes that this will eventually happen to Aiden.

* WorkingWithTheEx: Aiden and Daniella both have to do this in Season 1: he with ex-girlfriend Liz Linette, and she with ex-boyfriend Sean [=McCray=].

* TeenAreMonsters: Episode 9 of Season 1 has a teenage girl DrivenToSuicide by bullying from the AlphaBitch, who is characterised as a sociopath with a penchant for underage drinking. Said AlphaBitch is subsequently the victim of a practical joke turned lethal from the suicide victim's friends. There's also teen mother Isabel from "Spirited Away" who is simply insane, though she's counterbalanced by the presence of the young man with Tourettes' syndrome who looked after her child when he found it.

* TeenAreMonsters: Episode 9 of Season 1 has a teenage girl DrivenToSuicide by bullying from the AlphaBitch, who is characterised as a sociopath with a penchant for underage drinking. Said AlphaBitch is subsequently the victim of a practical joke turned lethal from the suicide victim's friends.

* ConflictingLoyalty: Danielle is asked by Calligra, her friend and superior, to report to her on Aiden, her partner. [[spoiler:She struggles with it but eventually agrees, which comes back to bite her when it's revealed.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: The girl from Episode 9 of Season 1 offed herself due to torment from her classmates.

* TheMentallyDisturbed: Goes without saying given the premise of the show. So far we've seen schizophrenics, bipolars, a variety of paranoids, Tourettes' syndrome, an obsessive woman with histrionic features, PTSD, and one bona fide psychopath.

It stars David Sutcliff as Detective Aidan Black, a SWAT officer suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who is transferred to the newly-formed Psych Crimes and Crisis Unit after an outburst involving barnyard noises in a diner. He and his new partner, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Daniella Ridley, and another pair consisting of Detective Poppy Wisnefski and psychiatric nurse Leo Beckett are called in to investigate any crime that seems likely to involve an emotionally disturbed person.

As of the start of Season 2, Daniella Ridley has taken a leave of absence, and Aidan has been partnered with Dr. Clara Malone.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Dr. Sean [=McCray=]

* ConflictingLoyalty: Danielle is asked by Calligra, her friend and superior, to report to her on Aiden, her partner. [[spoiler: She struggles with it but eventually agrees, which comes back to bite her when it's revealed.]]

* InsaneEqualsViolent: Averted. Most of the mentally ill people shown are acting violently, but only because the taskforce is called in on police incidents involving emotionally unstable people. In the second episode, despite finding a knife-waving bipolar man covered in a murdered woman's blood, they don't think he killed her. [[spoiler: He didn't.]]

* OddCouple: [[DefectiveDetective Detective]] [[StepfordSnarker Aiden]] [[BunnyEarsLawyer Black]] and [[TheShrink Dr.]] [[TheHeart Danielle]] [[HiddenDepths Ridley]].

* TheShrink: Forensic psychiatrist Danielle Ridley and psychiatric nurse Leo Beckett, of the Awesome variety. Aiden's instincts are almost as good, but he's closer to the WarriorTherapist.

* StrictlyProfessionalRelationship: Danielle and Aiden.

* StepfordSnarker: Aiden. His tendency to deflect with jokes led to his long-time girlfriend leaving him.

* JustPartners: Danielle and Aiden.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Dr. Sean McCray

It stars David Sutcliff as Detective Aidan Black, a SWAT officer suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who is transferred to the newly-formed Psych Crimes and Crisis Unit after an outburst involving barnyard noises in a diner. He and his new partner, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Daniella Ridley, and another pair consisting of Detective Poppy Wisnefski and psychiatric nurse Leo Beckett are called in to investigate any crime that seems likely to involve an emotionally disturbed person.

Not to be confused with [[WebOriginalCracked Cracked]].

* StopOrIllShootMyself: In the climax of the pilot episode, Aiden puts a gun to his own head to talk down a schizophrenic who is about to stab himself.

* DefectiveDetective: Aiden.
* StepfordSnarker: Aiden.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted and defied. Not only is the main character in therapy, he is partnered with a psychiatrist who is supposed to keep an eye on him, two of the main characters are psychiatrists, and the unit's purpose is to deal with crimes likely to involve mentally ill people and ensure their fair treatment.

It stars Detective Aidan Black, a police officer suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. He started out in the Emergency Task Force, but he has transferred to the Psych Crimes and Crisis Unit.