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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Just when it looks like the team have got Carmelo backed into a corner, Rai exposes their unethical actions during the case and leaves him only facing a drug possession charge. When last heard of he's about to start negotiating his immunity deal
after all.]]
after all.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Just when it looks like the team have got Carmelo backed into a corner, Rai exposes their unethical actions during the case and leaves him only facing a drug possession charge. When last heard of he's about to start negotiating his immunity deal
deal after all.]]
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* DirtyCop: The main characters often veer into this territory, with such unethical actions as [[spoiler:faking a warrant to put down Isabel's dog to make her talk]], seriously contemplating writing off Aurora's murder as an accident because the truth is proving hard to find, and [[spoiler:setting up Carmelo on false charges of attempted murder and terrorism when he tries to cut a deal]].
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Just when it looks like the team have got Carmelo backed into a corner, Rai exposes their unethical actions during the case and leaves him only facing a drug possession charge. When last heard of he's about to start negotiating his immunity deal
after all.]]
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:After getting away with her unethical actions in the first episode, Maria gets hit with this in the final episode. Her questionably legal plan to trap Carmelo collapses at the last second thanks to Rai, leaving the man who killed her cousin a KarmaHoudini yet again and her powerless to do anything about it except impotently threaten Rai with her retribution.]]
* MercyKill: It's suggested that Carmen's murder of her severely autistic sister Aurora may have been one. [[spoiler:Turns out it was, but for a different reason: their father was going to start [[ParentalIncest raping her]] and her sister killed her to spare her.]]
* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler:Carmen's father is raping her and was about to move on to her sister Aurora before Carmen [[MercyKill saved her]].]]
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard:
** [[spoiler:Edgar]] would have gotten away with it if he had just kept his mouth shut. Instead, he decides to explain at length [[spoiler:how the bruising on the victim's arm proves he can't have done it]] just to make sure he's completely exonerated, which leads Duffy to notice something that proves he did do it. If he'd just shut up, this evidence wouldn't have been found and he would've walked out a free man.
** [[spoiler:Sandeep]]'s attempt to [[spoiler:get his sentence reduced so he gets out now instead of in four years]] is what results in the other murders he's committed being exposed, ensuring he'll be in prison for longer than if he'd just waited out the four years.
** [[spoiler:Edgar]] would have gotten away with it if he had just kept his mouth shut. Instead, he decides to explain at length [[spoiler:how the bruising on the victim's arm proves he can't have done it]] just to make sure he's completely exonerated, which leads Duffy to notice something that proves he did do it. If he'd just shut up, this evidence wouldn't have been found and he would've walked out a free man.
** [[spoiler:Sandeep]]'s attempt to [[spoiler:get his sentence reduced so he gets out now instead of in four years]] is what results in the other murders he's committed being exposed, ensuring he'll be in prison for longer than if he'd just waited out the four years.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: All the stories.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: All the stories.stories.
** "Émilie": [[spoiler:Émilie is brought to justice, but her lawyer is holding the team's misconduct over their heads and everyone thinks Audrey gave her information.]]
** "Caroline": [[spoiler:Caroline is exonerated, but has to live with the knowledge that her insane working standards caused the death of the man she loved.]]
** "Jérôme": [[spoiler:Jérôme is exonerated and gives descriptions of the real killers, but in the process he's outed as a bisexual adulterer and it's uncertain if the real killers will ever be caught.]]
** "Émilie": [[spoiler:Émilie is brought to justice, but her lawyer is holding the team's misconduct over their heads and everyone thinks Audrey gave her information.]]
** "Caroline": [[spoiler:Caroline is exonerated, but has to live with the knowledge that her insane working standards caused the death of the man she loved.]]
** "Jérôme": [[spoiler:Jérôme is exonerated and gives descriptions of the real killers, but in the process he's outed as a bisexual adulterer and it's uncertain if the real killers will ever be caught.]]
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* IronLady: Claudia is this.
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* IronLady: Claudia Caroline is this.
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* FrameUp: [[spoiler:Edgar, Julia and Sandeep]] all try to pin their crimes on other people.
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* FrameUp: [[spoiler:Edgar, Julia and Sandeep]] all try to pin their crimes on other people. [[spoiler:The real pedophile in "Danielle"]] also pulls one off, implicating his co-worker.
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* FrameUp: [[spoiler:Edgar, Julia and Sandeep]] all try to pin their crimes on other people.
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* MiscarriageOfJustice: [[spoiler:Julia's husband]] is revealed to be in prison for a murder [[spoiler:Julia]] committed.
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* IronLady: Nathalie Claudia is this.
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* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Almost all suspects have solicitors present for their interview, including [[spoiler:Alex]], who's innocent. Furthermore, [[spoiler:Sandeep]], arguably one of the evilest villains in the series, has no lawyer because he doesn't think he needs one.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Ylmaz, the second German episode, ends with the title character blackmailed to get back with his abusive spouse with the promise of parental rights, and mostly to avoid his wife abuses their son as well]].
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:"Yilmaz" sees the title character's [[DomesticAbuse abusive wife]] successfully blackmail him into keeping his mouth shut and going to prison for trying to kill her [[CrimeOfSelfDefense in self-defence]] while she keeps their child and he presumably has to get back with her.]]
* CrimeOfSelfDefense: What [[spoiler:Yilmaz]]'s crime is revealed to be. [[spoiler:He pushed his [[DomesticAbuse abusive wife]] down the stairs when she attacked him yet again.]]
* DomesticAbuse: Yilmaz is accused of doing this to his wife. [[spoiler:In fact, she abused him.]]
* DownerEnding:[[spoiler: Ylmaz, [[spoiler:Yilmaz, the second German episode, ends with the title character blackmailed to get back with his abusive spouse with the promise of parental rights, and mostly to avoid his wife abuses their son as well]].
well]].
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Yilmaz is blackmailed into not telling the truth about his wife abusing him and goes to prison [[CrimeOfSelfDefense for defending himself against her]] while she gets to keep their son and presumably goes back to abusing him when he gets out.]]
* CrimeOfSelfDefense: What [[spoiler:Yilmaz]]'s crime is revealed to be. [[spoiler:He pushed his [[DomesticAbuse abusive wife]] down the stairs when she attacked him yet again.]]
* DomesticAbuse: Yilmaz is accused of doing this to his wife. [[spoiler:In fact, she abused him.]]
* DownerEnding:
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Yilmaz is blackmailed into not telling the truth about his wife abusing him and goes to prison [[CrimeOfSelfDefense for defending himself against her]] while she gets to keep their son and presumably goes back to abusing him when he gets out.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Julia]] in the second UK season.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Julia]] Julia in the second UK season.]]
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* BottleEpisode: All of them. They take place only within the police station, and the vast majority of the time is spent inside the interrogation box and on the other side of the one-way mirror. Maybe, if they feel really extravagant, the corridor outside.
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* BottleEpisode: All of them. They take place only within the police station, and the vast majority of the time is spent inside the interrogation box and on the other side of the one-way mirror. Maybe, if they feel really extravagant, Sometimes the corridor outside.outside. In fact, ''all'' of the Criminal shows are filmed at Netflix's studios in Spain.
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* DramaticIrony: In "Julia", the title character is a convicted murderer's cuckolded wife, bought in for an interview with Vanessa. [[spoiler:Julia accidentally reveals she knows more about the murder than she should, which the other detective in the observation room notices, and he calls in the other detectives to discuss what they should do. But they ''don't'' alert Vanessa, and of course Julia can't be told. Vanessa is a tad upset when she finds out...and gets the job of the ''real'' interrogation.]]
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* BottleEpisode: All of them. They take place only within the police station, and the vast majority of the time is spent inside the interrogation box and on the other side of the one-way mirror.
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* BottleEpisode: All of them. They take place only within the police station, and the vast majority of the time is spent inside the interrogation box and on the other side of the one-way mirror. Maybe, if they feel really extravagant, the corridor outside.
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* ChristmasEpisode: "Stacey". Ends with a sad sarcastic "Merry Christmas".
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* ChristmasEpisode: "Stacey". Ends with a sad sad, sarcastic "Merry Christmas".
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* AmbiguousSyntax: A problem in "Alex". The evidence includes an angry text the alleged victim sent to her friend reading "He just kissed me". The police think she was upset because Alex kissed her without her permission, but Alex claims she meant she was angry because he ''only'' kissed her.
* AssholeVictim: The victim in "Stacey" was severely abusive to Stacey's sister.
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* BittersweetEnding: ''Alex'', from the second season, as [[spoiler: the titular suspect is cleared of the rape accusation because his accuser is found to have lied about that, but as he points out, he will never be rid of the suspicion he did do it.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: ''Alex'', from the second season, as BittersweetEnding:
** "Stacey": [[spoiler:Stacey admits what really happened and she and her sister are arrested, but they don't really deserve it.]]
** "Alex": [[spoiler: the titular suspect is cleared of the rape accusation because his accuser is found to have lied about that, but as he points out, he will never be rid of the suspicion he did do it.]]
** "Danielle": [[spoiler:The reality of her actions gets through to Danielle and she admits the truth behind Pesticide, but the life of an innocent man has been ruined and his daughter severely injured.]]
** "Stacey": [[spoiler:Stacey admits what really happened and she and her sister are arrested, but they don't really deserve it.]]
** "Alex": [[spoiler: the titular suspect is cleared of the rape accusation because his accuser is found to have lied about that, but as he points out, he will never be rid of the suspicion he did do it.]]
** "Danielle": [[spoiler:The reality of her actions gets through to Danielle and she admits the truth behind Pesticide, but the life of an innocent man has been ruined and his daughter severely injured.]]
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* FalseRapeAccusation: In "Alex", a friend of the victim used the threat of one to extort money from her employer, which makes proving her claim difficult [[spoiler:and is what she's doing]].
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* ImpliedRape: Alex's solicitor is heavily implied to be a rape victim; she tears up while explaining that internal bruising on its own cannot prove a rape has occurred and is later shown crying while the rape is being discussed.
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* ParentalIncest: Edgar is accused of molesting his stepdaughter numerous times before raping and murdering her.
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* SayingTooMuch: [[spoiler:Julia trips herself up in this way when she goes into a bit too much detail about the crime her husband was convicted of and reveals knowledge of details only released in the pathologist's report.]]
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''Criminal'' is a 2019 international European television series produced by Netflix. Taking a more psychological way to narrate a police story, the series is set in four different police stations of four different countries (UK, France, Germany and Spain), within the enclosed space of a police interrogation room.
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''Criminal'' is a 2019 international European television series produced by Netflix.Creator/{{Netflix}}. Taking a more psychological way to narrate a police story, the series is set in four different police stations of four different countries (UK, France, Germany and Spain), within the enclosed space of a police interrogation room.
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The third France story is about a man (Jeremie Renier) suspected of killing another man in an anti-gay hate crime in the Marais neighborhood.
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The third France story is about a man (Jeremie Renier) (Creator/JeremieRenier) suspected of killing another man in an anti-gay hate crime in the Marais neighborhood.
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The sixth United Kingdom story follows the interrogation of an online vigilante (Sharon Horgan) who led an operation to unmask online predators.
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The sixth United Kingdom story follows the interrogation of an online vigilante (Sharon Horgan) (Creator/SharonHorgan) who led an operation to unmask online predators.
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* ArmouredClosetGay: [[spoiler: Jérôme insults gay men with his sales team, but is actually LGBTQ+ as well.]]
* TheBeard: [[spoiler: Subverted. Jérôme says he is genuinely attracted to his wife and the life they have, but also has feelings towards men]]
* TheBeard: [[spoiler: Subverted. Jérôme says he is genuinely attracted to his wife and the life they have, but also has feelings towards men]]
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* HomophobicHateCrime: The victim in the third episode died because of this.
* IronLady: Nathalie is this.
** Subverted with Audrey, and she is actually called out for being too dependent on her team and needs to start leading.
* IronLady: Nathalie is this.
** Subverted with Audrey, and she is actually called out for being too dependent on her team and needs to start leading.
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The fifth United Kingdom story is about a young businessman (Creator/KitHarington) accused of rape by his colleague
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The fifth United Kingdom story is about a young businessman (Creator/KitHarington) accused of rape by his colleague
colleague.
The sixth United Kingdom story follows the interrogation of an online vigilante (SharonHogan) Horgan) who led an operation to unmask online predators.
The sixth United Kingdom story follows the interrogation of an online vigilante (Sharon
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* ConvenientPhotograph: Sandeep [[spoiler:gets caught for not one, but two other, murders]] because a murder victim had taken a photograph with him.
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* AmbigousEnding: Whether the [[spoiler:migrants in "Jay" escaped the truck or were kidnapped is unknown]].
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* AmbigousEnding: AmbiguousEnding: Whether the [[spoiler:migrants in "Jay" escaped the truck or were kidnapped is unknown]].
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** In the UK series, [[spoiler: one of the detectives]] turns out to be one.
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** In the UK series, [[spoiler: one of the detectives]] Hugo Duffy]] turns out to be one.
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** From the first UK story: [[spoiler:"Why does her plaster have little hexagons on it?"]]
** From the second UK story: [[spoiler:"How long were you sleeping with Roderick?"]]
** From the second UK story: [[spoiler:"How long were you sleeping with Roderick?"]]
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** From the first UK story: [[spoiler:"Why does her plaster have little hexagons on it?"]]
** From the secondUK story: [[spoiler:"How long were you sleeping with Roderick?"]]
** From the second
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* BittersweetEnding: A lot of them, including [[spoiler: all the French stories]].
** ''Alex'', from the second season, as [[spoiler: the titular suspect is cleared of the rape accusation because his accuser is found to have lied about that, but as he points out, he will never be rid of the suspicion he did do it.]]
** ''Alex'', from the second season, as [[spoiler: the titular suspect is cleared of the rape accusation because his accuser is found to have lied about that, but as he points out, he will never be rid of the suspicion he did do it.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: A lot of them, including [[spoiler: all the French stories]].
**''Alex'', from the second season, as [[spoiler: the titular suspect is cleared of the rape accusation because his accuser is found to have lied about that, but as he points out, he will never be rid of the suspicion he did do it.]]
**
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* ChekhovsGunman: In the UK series, the trainee Kyle Petit. Initially, he seems like a NaiveNewcomer and potentially a source of conflict within the team. [[spoiler:He was never a trainee; he was brought in by Natalie to help cover Hugo's alcoholism.]]
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* ChekhovsGunman: In the UK series, the trainee Kyle Petit. Initially, he seems like a NaiveNewcomer and potentially a source of conflict within the team. [[spoiler:He was never a trainee; he was brought in by Natalie to help cover Hugo's alcoholism.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Ylmaz, the second German episode, ends with the title character blackmailed to get back with his abusive spouse with the promise of parental rights, and mostly to avoid his wife abuses their son as well]].
* TheGhost: Naturally, every single episode has more than one ''significant'' character who never appears onscreen. For instance:
** Stacey's sister, Mary, who [[spoiler:really poisoned Roderick.]]
** Yilmaz's [[spoiler:abusive]] wife.
** The serial killer husband in "Claudia".
* TheGhost: Naturally, every single episode has more than one ''significant'' character who never appears onscreen. For instance:
** Stacey's sister, Mary, who [[spoiler:really poisoned Roderick.]]
** Yilmaz's [[spoiler:abusive]] wife.
** The serial killer husband in "Claudia".
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** Yilmaz's [[spoiler:abusive]] wife.
** The serial killer husband in "Claudia".
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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Edgar in the first UK story, [[spoiler:a pedophile who raped and murdered his stepdaughter.]]
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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Edgar in the first UK story, [[spoiler:a pedophile who raped and murdered his stepdaughter.]]
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* PunkInTheTrunk: injured Injured but alive alive, [[spoiler:Edgar's stepdaughter]] was transported like this.
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* ShoutOut: theoretically, Jay's lorry could have been loaded with furniture or My Little Ponies. %%forgot the first word, need to rewatch the episode later
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* ShoutOut: theoretically, Theoretically, Jay's lorry could have been loaded with furniture furniture, stationary or "[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony My Little Ponies. %%forgot the first word, need to rewatch the episode laterPonies]]".
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* WhamShot: In "Jay" (the third UK episode), Ottager's reaction when he [[spoiler:sniffs Hugo's flask]], which indicates that [[spoiler:Hugo really ''is'' an alcoholic and he's ruined the interrogation.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: All the stories.]]
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! Criminal: France
The first France story is about a woman (Sara Giraudeau) who present herself as a survivor of the Bataclan terrorist attack. Suspected to never have been there, she is accused of having defrauded the governmental victim assistance fund.
The second France story is about a middle-aged business woman (Nathalie Baye), CEO of a building company accused of killing one of her employees.
The third France story is about a man (Jeremie Renier) suspected of killing another man in an anti-gay hate crime in the Marais neighborhood.
! Criminal: Germany
The first German story is about a rich CEO of a building company from West Berlin accused of killing a East Germany neighbor and employee in the early 90s after the Wall fell.
The second German story is about German young businessman of Arab origins accused of domestic violence and attempted murder of his wife, followed into the interrogation room by a suspiciously behaving lawyer.
The third German story is an attempt to get the widow and accomplice of a deceased SerialKiller to reveal the location of their very first victim's remains so that the girl's dying mother can die knowing her daughter will be laid to rest.
! Criminal: Spain
The first Spain story is about a middle-aged woman accused of covering for her brother's murder of her one-night-stand.
The second Spain story is about a teenager with mental issues accused of her autistic younger sister's murder.
The third Spain story is about a drug lord, and how the main female detective must decide between orders from her superiors and the fact that the man orphaned her nephew, who she's taking care of.
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The first France story is about a woman (Sara Giraudeau) who present herself as a survivor of the Bataclan terrorist attack. Suspected to never have been there, she is accused of having defrauded the governmental victim assistance fund.
The second France story is about a middle-aged business woman (Nathalie Baye), CEO of a building company accused of killing one of her employees.
The third France story is about a man (Jeremie Renier) suspected of killing another man in an anti-gay hate crime in the Marais neighborhood.
! Criminal: Germany
The first German story is about a rich CEO of a building company from West Berlin accused of killing a East Germany neighbor and employee in the early 90s after the Wall fell.
The second German story is about German young businessman of Arab origins accused of domestic violence and attempted murder of his wife, followed into the interrogation room by a suspiciously behaving lawyer.
The third German story is an attempt to get the widow and accomplice of a deceased SerialKiller to reveal the location of their very first victim's remains so that the girl's dying mother can die knowing her daughter will be laid to rest.
! Criminal: Spain
The first Spain story is about a middle-aged woman accused of covering for her brother's murder of her one-night-stand.
The second Spain story is about a teenager with mental issues accused of her autistic younger sister's murder.
The third Spain story is about a drug lord, and how the main female detective must decide between orders from her superiors and the fact that the man orphaned her nephew, who she's taking care of.
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The first France story is about a woman (Sara Giraudeau) who present herself as a survivor of the Bataclan terrorist attack. Suspected to never have been there, she is accused of having defrauded the governmental victim assistance fund.
The second France story is about a middle-aged business woman (Nathalie Baye), CEO of a building company accused of killing one of her employees.
The third France story is about a man (Jeremie Renier) suspected of killing another man in an anti-gay hate crime in the Marais neighborhood.
! Criminal: Germany
The first German story is about a rich CEO of a building company from West Berlin accused of killing a East Germany neighbor and employee in the early 90s after the Wall fell.
The second German story is about German young businessman of Arab origins accused of domestic violence and attempted murder of his wife, followed into the interrogation room by a suspiciously behaving lawyer.
The third German story is an attempt to get the widow and accomplice of a deceased SerialKiller to reveal the location of their very first victim's remains so that the girl's dying mother can die knowing her daughter will be laid to rest.
! Criminal: Spain
The first Spain story is about a middle-aged woman accused of covering for her brother's murder of her one-night-stand.
The second Spain story is about a teenager with mental issues accused of her autistic younger sister's murder.
The third Spain story is about a drug lord, and how the main female detective must decide between orders from her superiors and the fact that the man orphaned her nephew, who she's taking care of.
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* WhamShot: In "Jay" (the third UK episode), Ottager's reaction when he [[spoiler:sniffs Hugo's flask]], which indicates that [[spoiler:Hugo really ''is'' an alcoholic and he's ruined the interrogation.]]]]
! Criminal: France
The first France story is about a woman (Sara Giraudeau) who present herself as a survivor of the Bataclan terrorist attack. Suspected to never have been there, she is accused of having defrauded the governmental victim assistance fund.
The second France story is about a middle-aged business woman (Nathalie Baye), CEO of a building company accused of killing one of her employees.
The third France story is about a man (Jeremie Renier) suspected of killing another man in an anti-gay hate crime in the Marais neighborhood.
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! Criminal: Germany
The first German story is about a rich CEO of a building company from West Berlin accused of killing a East Germany neighbor and employee in the early 90s after the Wall fell.
The second German story is about German young businessman of Arab origins accused of domestic violence and attempted murder of his wife, followed into the interrogation room by a suspiciously behaving lawyer.
The third German story is an attempt to get the widow and accomplice of a deceased SerialKiller to reveal the location of their very first victim's remains so that the girl's dying mother can die knowing her daughter will be laid to rest.
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! Criminal: Spain
The first Spain story is about a middle-aged woman accused of covering for her brother's murder of her one-night-stand.
The second Spain story is about a teenager with mental issues accused of her autistic younger sister's murder.
The third Spain story is about a drug lord, and how the main female detective must decide between orders from her superiors and the fact that the man orphaned her nephew, who she's taking care of.
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! Criminal: France
The first France story is about a woman (Sara Giraudeau) who present herself as a survivor of the Bataclan terrorist attack. Suspected to never have been there, she is accused of having defrauded the governmental victim assistance fund.
The second France story is about a middle-aged business woman (Nathalie Baye), CEO of a building company accused of killing one of her employees.
The third France story is about a man (Jeremie Renier) suspected of killing another man in an anti-gay hate crime in the Marais neighborhood.
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! Criminal: Germany
The first German story is about a rich CEO of a building company from West Berlin accused of killing a East Germany neighbor and employee in the early 90s after the Wall fell.
The second German story is about German young businessman of Arab origins accused of domestic violence and attempted murder of his wife, followed into the interrogation room by a suspiciously behaving lawyer.
The third German story is an attempt to get the widow and accomplice of a deceased SerialKiller to reveal the location of their very first victim's remains so that the girl's dying mother can die knowing her daughter will be laid to rest.
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! Criminal: Spain
The first Spain story is about a middle-aged woman accused of covering for her brother's murder of her one-night-stand.
The second Spain story is about a teenager with mental issues accused of her autistic younger sister's murder.
The third Spain story is about a drug lord, and how the main female detective must decide between orders from her superiors and the fact that the man orphaned her nephew, who she's taking care of.
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The first United Kingdom story is about Dr Edgar Fallon, a doctor (Creator/DavidTennant) accused of molesting and murdering his stepdaughter.
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The third United Kingdom story is an attempt to get an immigrant truck driver to locate a van full of victims.
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The third United Kingdom story is an attempt to get an immigrant truck driver (Youssef Kerkour) to locate a van full of victims.
victims.
The fourth United Kingdom story has the team interview the wife (Creator/SophieOkonedo) of a convicted murderer for details.
The fifth United Kingdom story is about a young businessman (Creator/KitHarrington) accused of rape by his colleague
The sixth United Kingdom story follows the interrogation of an online vigilante (Sharon Hogan) who led an operation to unmask online predators.
The seventh United Kingdom story is about a stoic businessman (Kunal Nayyar), already convicted for murder, being interrogated about another murder.
The fourth United Kingdom story has the team interview the wife (Creator/SophieOkonedo) of a convicted murderer for details.
The fifth United Kingdom story is about a young businessman (Creator/KitHarrington) accused of rape by his colleague
The sixth United Kingdom story follows the interrogation of an online vigilante (Sharon Hogan) who led an operation to unmask online predators.
The seventh United Kingdom story is about a stoic businessman (Kunal Nayyar), already convicted for murder, being interrogated about another murder.
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'''Criminal''' is a 2019 international European television series produced by Netflix. Taking a more psychological way to narrate a police story, the series is set in four different police stations of four different countries (UK, France, Germany and Spain), within the enclosed space of a police interrogation room.
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* ActorAllusion: Some people confessed they could not keep a straight face when detectives addressed [[Creator/DavidTennant Edgar]] as "doctor".
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* ActorAllusion: A relatively simple one; [[Creator/DavidTennant Edgar]] is a [[Series/DoctorWho doctor]]. Some people confessed they could not keep a straight face when detectives addressed [[Creator/DavidTennant Edgar]] him as "doctor".such.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Julia]] in the second UK season.
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** ''Alex'', from the second season, as [[spoiler: the titular suspect is cleared of the rape accusation because his accuser is found to have lied about that, but as he points out, he will never be rid of the suspicion he did do it.]]
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Comprising 12 stories set in four different countries, each takes place within a police interrogation room.
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Composed of twelve stories (three for each country), each episode oppose the local small interrogation team to the suspect and their attorney.
! Criminal: United-Kingdom
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The second United Kingdom story is about an aggressive suspect (Creator/HayleyAtwell) accused of poisoning her brother-in-law.
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The second United Kingdom story is about an aggressive suspect (Creator/HayleyAtwell) accused of poisoning her brother-in-law.
sister's boyfriend.
! Criminal: France
The first France story is about a woman (Sara Giraudeau) who present herself as a survivor of the Bataclan terrorist attack. Suspected to never have been there, she is accused of having defrauded the governmental victim assistance fund.
The second France story is about a middle-aged business woman (Nathalie Baye), CEO of a building company accused of killing one of her employees.
The third France story is about a man (Jeremie Renier) suspected of killing another man in an anti-gay hate crime in the Marais neighborhood.
! Criminal: Germany
The first German story is about a rich CEO of a building company from West Berlin accused of killing a East Germany neighbor and employee in the early 90s after the Wall fell.
The second German story is about German young businessman of Arab origins accused of domestic violence and attempted murder of his wife, followed into the interrogation room by a suspiciously behaving lawyer.
The third German story is an attempt to get the widow and accomplice of a deceased SerialKiller to reveal the location of their very first victim's remains so that the girl's dying mother can die knowing her daughter will be laid to rest.
! Criminal: Spain
The first Spain story is about a middle-aged woman accused of covering for her brother's murder of her one-night-stand.
The second Spain story is about a teenager with mental issues accused of her autistic younger sister's murder.
The third Spain story is about a drug lord, and how the main female detective must decide between orders from her superiors and the fact that the man orphaned her nephew, who she's taking care of.
The first France story is about a woman (Sara Giraudeau) who present herself as a survivor of the Bataclan terrorist attack. Suspected to never have been there, she is accused of having defrauded the governmental victim assistance fund.
The second France story is about a middle-aged business woman (Nathalie Baye), CEO of a building company accused of killing one of her employees.
The third France story is about a man (Jeremie Renier) suspected of killing another man in an anti-gay hate crime in the Marais neighborhood.
! Criminal: Germany
The first German story is about a rich CEO of a building company from West Berlin accused of killing a East Germany neighbor and employee in the early 90s after the Wall fell.
The second German story is about German young businessman of Arab origins accused of domestic violence and attempted murder of his wife, followed into the interrogation room by a suspiciously behaving lawyer.
The third German story is an attempt to get the widow and accomplice of a deceased SerialKiller to reveal the location of their very first victim's remains so that the girl's dying mother can die knowing her daughter will be laid to rest.
! Criminal: Spain
The first Spain story is about a middle-aged woman accused of covering for her brother's murder of her one-night-stand.
The second Spain story is about a teenager with mental issues accused of her autistic younger sister's murder.
The third Spain story is about a drug lord, and how the main female detective must decide between orders from her superiors and the fact that the man orphaned her nephew, who she's taking care of.
* TheAlcoholic:
** Stacey admits she and the victim both liked to drink too much.
** In the UK series, [[spoiler: one of the detectives]] turns out to be one.
* ArmourPiercingQuestion: Several
** From the first UK story: [[spoiler:"Why does her plaster have little hexagons on it?"]]
** From the second UK story: [[spoiler:"How long were you sleeping with Roderick?"]]
* BittersweetEnding: A lot of them, including [[spoiler: all the French stories]].
** Stacey admits she and the victim both liked to drink too much.
** In the UK series, [[spoiler: one of the detectives]] turns out to be one.
* ArmourPiercingQuestion: Several
** From the first UK story: [[spoiler:"Why does her plaster have little hexagons on it?"]]
** From the second UK story: [[spoiler:"How long were you sleeping with Roderick?"]]
* BittersweetEnding: A lot of them, including [[spoiler: all the French stories]].
* ChekhovsGun: Hugo Duffy's coffee mug with the large, obnoxious "H" on it, which he drinks from in every episode and [[spoiler:which nobody ever refills]].
* ChekhovsGunman: In the UK series, the trainee Kyle Petit. Initially, he seems like a NaiveNewcomer and potentially a source of conflict within the team. [[spoiler:He was never a trainee; he was brought in by Natalie to help cover Hugo's alcoholism.]]
* ChristmasEpisode: "Stacey". Ends with a sad sarcastic "Merry Christmas".
* ChekhovsGunman: In the UK series, the trainee Kyle Petit. Initially, he seems like a NaiveNewcomer and potentially a source of conflict within the team. [[spoiler:He was never a trainee; he was brought in by Natalie to help cover Hugo's alcoholism.]]
* ChristmasEpisode: "Stacey". Ends with a sad sarcastic "Merry Christmas".
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* ChristmasEpisode: "Stacey". Ends DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Ylmaz, the second German episode, ends with a sad sarcastic "Merry Christmas".the title character blackmailed to get back with his abusive spouse with the promise of parental rights, and mostly to avoid his wife abuses their son as well]].
* TheGhost: Naturally, every single episode has more than one ''significant'' character who never appears onscreen. For instance:
** Stacey's sister, Mary, who [[spoiler:really poisoned Roderick.]]
** Yilmaz's [[spoiler:abusive]] wife.
** The serial killer husband in "Claudia".
* TheGhost: Naturally, every single episode has more than one ''significant'' character who never appears onscreen. For instance:
** Stacey's sister, Mary, who [[spoiler:really poisoned Roderick.]]
** Yilmaz's [[spoiler:abusive]] wife.
** The serial killer husband in "Claudia".
* InsistentTerminology: The suspects will frequently give something away about their true motivations by insisting on a certain terminology.
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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Edgar in the first story, [[spoiler:a pedophile who raped and murdered his stepdaughter.]]
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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Edgar in the first UK story, [[spoiler:a pedophile who raped and murdered his stepdaughter.]]
* TheQuietOne: Paul Ottager rarely talks, which means that when he does, everyone listens.
* ScaryBlackMan: UK -
** Ottager frequently plays this role in interviews, but he doesn't fully fulfil it in regular life.
** Roderick in "Stacey" [[spoiler:allegedly abused Mary, Stacey's sister.]]
* ScaryBlackMan: UK -
** Ottager frequently plays this role in interviews, but he doesn't fully fulfil it in regular life.
** Roderick in "Stacey" [[spoiler:allegedly abused Mary, Stacey's sister.]]
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** Stacey admits she and the victim both liked to drink too much.
** In the UK series, [[spoiler: one of the detectives]] turns out to be one.
* TheGhost: victims, relatives, other suspects, other witnesses.
* TheQuietOne: Paul Ottager rarely talks, which means that when he does, everyone listens.
** Stacey admits she and the victim both liked to drink too much.
** In the UK series, [[spoiler: one of the detectives]] turns out to be one.
* TheGhost: victims, relatives, other suspects, other witnesses.
* TheQuietOne: Paul Ottager rarely talks, which means that when he does, everyone listens.
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* TheAlcoholic:
** Stacey admits she and the victim both liked to drink too much.
**WhamShot: In the "Jay" (the third UK series, [[spoiler: one of the detectives]] turns out to be one.
* TheGhost: victims, relatives, other suspects, other witnesses.
* TheQuietOne: Paul Ottager rarely talks, which means thatepisode), Ottager's reaction when he does, everyone listens.[[spoiler:sniffs Hugo's flask]], which indicates that [[spoiler:Hugo really ''is'' an alcoholic and he's ruined the interrogation.]]
** Stacey admits she and the victim both liked to drink too much.
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* TheGhost: victims, relatives, other suspects, other witnesses.
* TheQuietOne: Paul Ottager rarely talks, which means that
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* PapaWolf: Paul speaks of things he would do to a person who has abused ''his'' daughter. [[spoiler:Kind of subverted: he does not even have a daughter, but is manipulating Edgar to pretend to be a Papa Wolf, too, and to say something at last.]]
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** In the UK series, [[spoiler: one of the detectives)]] detectives]] turns out to be one.one.
* TheGhost: victims, relatives, other suspects, other witnesses.
* TheGhost: victims, relatives, other suspects, other witnesses.
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* ChristmasEpisode: "Stacey". Ends with a sad sarcastic "Merry Christmas".
* HairTriggerTemper: Edgar admits he is like this.
* HairTriggerTemper: Edgar admits he is like this.
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* PunkInTheTrunk: injured but alive [[spoiler:Edgar's stepdaughter]] was transported like this.
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* SleepingTheirWayToTheTop: Edgar claims that his stepdaughter is not a good netball player, but is in the team because of the relationship with her coach.
* TakingTheHeat: What [[spoiler:Stacey]] is trying to do.
* TakingTheHeat: What [[spoiler:Stacey]] is trying to do.
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* ActorAllusion: Some people confessed they could not keep a straight face when detectives addressed [[Creator/DavidTennant Edgar]] as "doctor".
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* TheAlcoholic:
** Stacey admits she and the victim both liked to drink too much.
** In the UK series, [[spoiler: one of the detectives (Hugo)]] turns out to be one.
* TheAlcoholic:
** Stacey admits she and the victim both liked to drink too much.
** In the UK series, [[spoiler: one of the detectives (Hugo)]] turns out to be one.
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Comprising 12 stories set in four different countries, each takes place within a police interrogation room.
The first United Kingdom story is about Dr Edgar Fallon, a doctor (Creator/DavidTennant) accused of molesting and murdering his stepdaughter.
The second United Kingdom story is about an aggressive suspect (Creator/HayleyAtwell) accused of poisoning her brother-in-law.
The third United Kingdom story is an attempt to get an immigrant truck driver to locate a van full of victims.
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* BottleEpisode: All of them. They take place only within the police station, and the vast majority of the time is spent inside the interrogation box and on the other side of the one-way mirror.
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: The police officers frequently have them when the interrogations get tough.
* MinimalistCast: Although not as minimalist as some examples, the show only ever has the suspect, their lawyers, and the police doing the interrogation.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Edgar in the first story, [[spoiler:a pedophile who raped and murdered his stepdaughter.]]
* TheQuietOne: Paul Ottager rarely talks, which means that when he does, everyone listens.
The first United Kingdom story is about Dr Edgar Fallon, a doctor (Creator/DavidTennant) accused of molesting and murdering his stepdaughter.
The second United Kingdom story is about an aggressive suspect (Creator/HayleyAtwell) accused of poisoning her brother-in-law.
The third United Kingdom story is an attempt to get an immigrant truck driver to locate a van full of victims.
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* BottleEpisode: All of them. They take place only within the police station, and the vast majority of the time is spent inside the interrogation box and on the other side of the one-way mirror.
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: The police officers frequently have them when the interrogations get tough.
* MinimalistCast: Although not as minimalist as some examples, the show only ever has the suspect, their lawyers, and the police doing the interrogation.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Edgar in the first story, [[spoiler:a pedophile who raped and murdered his stepdaughter.]]
* TheQuietOne: Paul Ottager rarely talks, which means that when he does, everyone listens.
