History Series / MestoTienov

''Mesto tienov'' ("The City of Shadows") is a [[{{UsefulNotes/Slovakia}} Slovak]] [[CrimeAndPunishmentSeries TV crime drama]] [[http://dnaproduction.sk/en/work/view/8 made by]] DNA Production and broadcast on TV Markíza. It's set in the capital, Bratislava, and focuses on the daily work and lives of the members of a (mildly fictionalized) homicide investigation department. The show has had two seasons. The main characters are Major Ivan Tomeček (Pavel Višňovský), First Lieutenant Tomáš Benkovský (Marián Mitaš) and the team's forensic psychologist, Jana Holíková (Soňa Norisová).

* OddCouple: First Lieutenants Sergej Kopriva and Oliver Bachratík, who are opposites personality-wise. And TheyFightCrime!

* SpiritualSuccessor: A live-action one to DNA Production's earlier docudrama series ''Najväčšie kriminálne prípady Slovenska'' ("The Biggest Crime Cases of Slovakia"), which focused on notorious Slovak crime cases of the 20th century (some famous, some [[TheGreatestHistoryNeverTold nearly forgotten]]).

** Then, the penultimate episode of the season has Tomeček's daughter Eva gone missing while ''a recent investigation reveals disfigured female corpses linked to a series of brutal murders''. Naturally, Ivan is worried. [[spoiler:Eva's found alive and well in the following episode, but the incident still influences the relationship between Eva and her parents in the second season. Tomeček was a PapaWolf already before her abduction and he and his wife are [[ProperlyParanoid all the more protective of Eva after her rescue]].]]

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* ResetButton [=/=] StatusQuoIsGod: Averted. While the plots are episode-specific, there is some continuity between them and the two seasons (mainly when it comes to the personal issues of the characters).

* [[BritainIsOnlyLondon Slovakia Is Only Bratislava]]: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged.]] The series focuses on the capital and its immediate surroundings, so [[JustifiedTrope it's kind of justified]], but the characters [[AvertedTrope don't act]] as if nothing else was going on in the rest of the country. Furthermore, the season one episode "The Robbery" had the crew investigating in a small town in the wider Bratislava [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bratislava_Region administrative region]].

%% * CoolOldGuy: Ivan Tomeček isn't ''that'' old, but among his mostly young co-workers, he definitely qualifies.

%% * DeadpanSnarker: At least half of the main cast, Kopriva and Holíková in particular.

%% * GreyAndGrayMorality

* PoliceProcedural: The show is about work of Slovak crime investigators. Tough it does focus quite a bit on the personal lives of the characters as well.

* TeamDad: Ivan Tomeček, the chief of the department, id very protective of his people. He's also a PapaWolf (especially in private and when it comes to his family).

* ForeignRemake: ''Kriminálka Anděl'', a fairly rare example of a Czech remake of a Slovak series. It's more of a BroadStrokes remake than a redressed adaptation, though.

* OddCouple: First Lieutenants Sergej Kopriva and Oliver Bachratík, who are opposites personality-wise. And TheyFightCrime !

* RealIsBrown: A variation in that the more stylized and most of the outdoor scenes are shown in somewhat desaturated colours (REAL IS BLUE !).

''Mesto tienov'' ("The City of Shadows") is a [[{{UsefulNotes/Slovakia}} Slovak]] [[CrimeAndPunishmentSeries TV crime drama]] [[http://dnaproduction.sk/en/work/view/8 made by]] DNA Production and broadcast on TV Markíza. It's set in the capital, Bratislava, and focuses on the daily work and lives of the members of a (mildly fictionalized) homicide investigation department. It's currently in its second season. The main characters are major Ivan Tomeček (Pavel Višňovský), first lieutenant Tomáš Benkovský (Marián Mitaš) and the team's forensic psychologist, Jana Holíková (Soňa Norisová).

!!Tropes seen in this series :

* BittersweetEnding: Pretty much every episode, especially for many of the relatives of the convicted murderers. Sometimes a more DownerEnding, even for the series' main cast.

* CoolOldGuy: Ivan Tomeček isn't ''that'' old, but among his mostly young co-workers, he definitely qualifies.

* DeadpanSnarker: At least half of the main cast, Kopriva and Holíková in particular.

* GreyAndGrayMorality

* {{Jerkass}}: First lieutenant Sergej Kopriva. Also a mild case of CowboyCop (though only in behaviour, not his actions).
* MoodWhiplash
* OddCouple: First lieutenants Sergej Kopriva and Oliver Bachratík, who are opposites personality-wise. And, yeah... TheyFightCrime !
* PoliceProcedural: Though it does focus quite a bit on the personal lives of the characters as well.
* PowerTrio: Tomeček, Benkovský and Holíková.

* RealityEnsues

* ShamingTheMob: Invoked by the cast in the episode "The Robbery", where some of the local residents of a small town want to take justice into their own hands and punish a man they suspect is behind the brutal robbery that happened recently.
* ShoutOut: In one of the first episodes, one of the suspects is a fan of John Woo's ''HardBoiled''.

* TeamDad: Ivan Tomeček, the chief of the department. Also a PapaWolf (especially in private and when it comes to his family).
* ThematicThemeTune: Also doubles as an EndingTheme.

** Then, the penultimate episode of the season has Tomeček's daughter Eva gone missing while ''a recent investigation reveals disfigured female corpses linked to a series of brutal murders''. Naturally, Ivan is worried. [[spoiler:Eva's found alive and well in the following episode, but the incident still influences the relationship between Eva and her parents in the second season. Tomeček was a PapaWolf already before her abduction and he and his wife are [[ProperlyParanoid all the more protective of Eva after her rescue]].]]

* ByTheBookCop : Though not to the level of British coppers, Slovak cops and inspectors rarely draw their weapons both in RealLife and in-universe.
* BittersweetEnding : Pretty much every episode, especially for many of the relatives of the convicted murderers. Sometimes a more DownerEnding, even for the series' main cast.
* CityNoir : Despite the series' title and the often desaturated look of the shots, this is more often than not subverted. Most episodes are set in broad daylight and though the more brutal cases show the [[WretchedHive city's seedy underbelly]], the general tone is balanced and not over-stylized.
* CoolOldGuy : Ivan Tomeček isn't ''that'' old, but among his mostly young co-workers, he definitely qualifies.
* DarkAndTroubledPast : Tomáš Benkovský. His relationship with his father Jozef is strained ever since his mother got seriously injured during a hike in the mountains and ended up in a wheelchair. Tomáš [[MisBlamed blames]] his father for the accident. Worse yet, his father is the department's medical examiner (coroner), so they often quietly [[CallingTheOldManOut clash]] in private. Tomáš is largely unaware that Jozef lobbied for him at the department so he could join. Despite Tomáš thinking otherwise, his dad is secretly an IronWoobie and TheAtoner, but [[TheStoic decided to keep to himself]] [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption instead of trying]] to persuade his son about being equally scared by the accident and Anna's fate.
* DeadpanSnarker : At least half of the main cast, Kopriva and Holíková in particular.
* EiffelTowerEffect : Averted. Opening shots of well-known Bratislavan landmarks are shown OnceAnEpisode, but the series prefers a more grittier look at the city and its quarters and suburbs.
* ForeignRemake : ''Kriminálka Anděl'', a fairly rare example of a Czech remake of a Slovak series. It's more of a BroadStrokes remake than a redressed adaptation, though.

* HollywoodScience : Averted. The methods portrayed on screen are all real ones. However, the disclaimer at the end of each episode mentions that while most of the methods shown are usualy used by Slovak investigators, some aren't.
* {{Jerkass}} : First lieutenant Sergej Kopriva. Also a mild case of CowboyCop (though only in behaviour, not his actions).

* OddCouple : First lieutenants Sergej Kopriva and Oliver Bachratík, who are opposites personality-wise. And, yeah... TheyFightCrime !
* PoliceProcedural : Though it does focus quite a bit on the personal lives of the characters as well.
* PowerTrio : Tomeček, Benkovský and Holíková.
* ProductPlacement : [[EverybodyOwnsAFord Everyone of the main cast drives a Kia]]. Kind of [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by Kia having a plant in northern Slovakia and Slovak police often purchasing Kias as patrol cars, but it's still a bit jarring to see everyone from the department driving a civilian version.
* PutOnABus : Tomáš's father Jozef retires before the start of the second season and is replaced by a DistaffCounterpart, Irena Rakúska.
* RealIsBrown : A variation in that the more stylized and most of the outdoor scenes are shown in somewhat desaturated colours (REAL IS BLUE !).

* ResetButton / StatusQuoIsGod : Averted. While the plots are episode-specific, there is some continuity between them and the two seasons (mainly when it comes to the personal issues of the characters).
* ShamingTheMob : Invoked by the cast in the episode "The Robbery", where some of the local residents of a small town want to take justice into their own hands and punish a man they suspect is behind the brutal robbery that happened recently.
* ShoutOut : In one of the first episodes, one of the suspects is a fan of John Woo's ''HardBoiled''.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism : Quite dark and cynical at times, though generally somewhere to the middle. The {{Wham Episode}}s tend to be DarkerAndEdgier.
* [[BritainIsOnlyLondon Slovakia Is Only Bratislava]] : [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged.]] The series focuses on the capital and its immediate surroundings, so [[JustifiedTrope it's kind of justified]], but the characters [[AvertedTrope don't act]] as if nothing else was going on in the rest of the country. Furthermore, the season one episode "The Robbery" had the crew investigating in a small town in the wider Bratislava [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bratislava_Region administrative region]].
* SpiritualSuccessor : A live-action one to DNA Production's earlier docudrama series ''Najväčšie kriminálne prípady Slovenska'' ("The Biggest Crime Cases of Slovakia"), which focused on notorious Slovak crime cases of the 20th century (some famous, some [[TheGreatestHistoryNeverTold nearly forgotten]]).
* TeamDad : Ivan Tomeček, the chief of the department. Also a PapaWolf (especially in private and when it comes to his family).
* ThematicThemeTune : Also doubles as an EndingTheme.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory / RomanAClef : All of the cases are {{inspired by}} RealLife ones to varying degrees. They're slightly modified, but usualy follow the events of the original case faithfully. Most of the inspirations for the in-universe cases are at least 10-15 years old. Some of the episodes' basic plots are inspired by cases from the 1990s, some even by decades old crimes. The disclaimer shown during each episode's EndingTheme is keen to remind the viewers about this.
* WhamEpisode :

''Mesto tieňov'' ("The City of Shadows") is a [[{{UsefulNotes/Slovakia}} Slovak]] [[CrimeAndPunishmentSeries TV crime drama]] [[http://dnaproduction.sk/en/work/view/8 made by]] DNA Production and broadcast on TV Markíza. It's set in the capital, Bratislava, and focuses on the daily work and lives of the members of a (mildly fictionalized) homicide investigation department. It's currently in its second season. The main characters are major Ivan Tomeček (Pavel Višňovský), first lieutenant Tomáš Benkovský (Marián Mitaš) and the team's forensic psychologist, Jana Holíková (Soňa Norisová).

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!!Tropes seen in this series :
* ByTheBookCop : Though not to the level of British coppers, Slovak cops and inspectors rarely draw their weapons both in RealLife and in-universe.
* BittersweetEnding : Pretty much every episode, especially for many of the relatives of the convicted murderers. Sometimes a more DownerEnding, even for the series' main cast.
* CityNoir : Despite the series' title and the often desaturated look of the shots, this is more often than not subverted. Most episodes are set in broad daylight and though the more brutal cases show the [[WretchedHive city's seedy underbelly]], the general tone is balanced and not over-stylized.
* CoolOldGuy : Ivan Tomeček isn't ''that'' old, but among his mostly young co-workers, he definitely qualifies.
* DarkAndTroubledPast : Tomáš Benkovský. His relationship with his father Jozef is strained ever since his mother got seriously injured during a hike in the mountains and ended up in a wheelchair. Tomáš [[MisBlamed blames]] his father for the accident. Worse yet, his father is the department's medical examiner (coroner), so they often quietly [[CallingTheOldManOut clash]] in private. Tomáš is largely unaware that Jozef lobbied for him at the department so he could join. Despite Tomáš thinking otherwise, his dad is secretly an IronWoobie and TheAtoner, but [[TheStoic decided to keep to himself]] [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption instead of trying]] to persuade his son about being equally scared by the accident and Anna's fate.
* DeadpanSnarker : At least half of the main cast, Kopriva and Holíková in particular.
* EiffelTowerEffect : Averted. Opening shots of well-known Bratislavan landmarks are shown OnceAnEpisode, but the series prefers a more grittier look at the city and its quarters and suburbs.
* ForeignRemake : ''Kriminálka Anděl'', a fairly rare example of a Czech remake of a Slovak series. It's more of a BroadStrokes remake than a redressed adaptation, though.
* GreyAndGrayMorality
* HollywoodScience : Averted. The methods portrayed on screen are all real ones. However, the disclaimer at the end of each episode mentions that while most of the methods shown are usualy used by Slovak investigators, some aren't.
* {{Jerkass}} : First lieutenant Sergej Kopriva. Also a mild case of CowboyCop (though only in behaviour, not his actions).
* MoodWhiplash
* OddCouple : First lieutenants Sergej Kopriva and Oliver Bachratík, who are opposites. And, yeah... TheyFightCrime !
* PoliceProcedural : Though it does focus quite a bit on the personal lives of the characters as well.
* PowerTrio : Tomeček, Benkovský and Holíková.
* ProductPlacement : [[EverybodyOwnsAFord Everyone of the main cast drives a Kia]]. Kind of [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by Kia having a plant in northern Slovakia and Slovak police often purchasing Kias as patrol cars, but it's still a bit jarring to see everyone from the department driving a civilian version.
* PutOnABus : Tomáš's father Jozef retires before the start of the second season and is replaced by a DistaffCounterpart, Irena Rakúska.
* RealIsBrown : A variation in that the more stylized and most of the outdoor scenes are shown in somewhat desaturated colours (REAL IS BLUE !).
* RealityEnsues
* ResetButton / StatusQuoIsGod : Averted. While the plots are episode-specific, there is some continuity between them and the two seasons (mainly when it comes to the personal issues of the characters).
* ShamingTheMob : Invoked by the cast in the episode "The Robbery", where some of the local residents of a small town want to take justice into their own hands and punish a man they suspect is behind the brutal robbery that happened recently.
* ShoutOut : In one of the first episodes, one of the suspects is a fan of John Woo's ''HardBoiled''.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism : Quite dark and cynical at times, though generally somewhere to the middle. The {{Wham Episode}}s tend to be DarkerAndEdgier.
* [[BritainIsOnlyLondon Slovakia Is Only Bratislava]] : [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged.]] The series focuses on the capital and its immediate surroundings, so [[JustifiedTrope it's kind of justified]], but the characters [[AvertedTrope don't act]] as if nothing else was going on in the rest of the country. Furthermore, the season one episode "The Robbery" had the crew investigating in a small town in the wider Bratislava [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bratislava_Region administrative region]].
* SpiritualSuccessor : A live-action one to DNA Production's earlier docudrama series ''Najväčšie kriminálne prípady Slovenska'' ("The Biggest Crime Cases of Slovakia"), which focused on notorious Slovak crime cases of the 20th century (some famous, some [[TheGreatestHistoryNeverTold nearly forgotten]]).
* TeamDad : Ivan Tomeček, the chief of the department. Also a PapaWolf (especially in private and when it comes to his family).
* ThematicThemeTune : Also doubles as an EndingTheme.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory / RomanAClef : All of the cases are {{inspired by}} RealLife ones to varying degrees. They're slightly modified, but usualy follow the events of the original case faithfully. Most of the inspirations for the in-universe cases are at least 10-15 years old. Some of the episodes' basic plots are inspired by cases from the 1990s, some even by decades old crimes. The disclaimer shown during each episode's EndingTheme is keen to remind the viewers about this.
* WhamEpisode :
** The two-parter "The End of the World" has Tomáš Benkovský taken hostage by a notorious SerialKiller of homeless people. The episode was based on the infamous 1990s case of a serial killer who sadistically tortured and murdered homeless people in the vicinity of Bratislava.
** Then, the penultimate episode of the season has Tomeček's daughter Eva gone missing while ''a recent investigation reveals disfigured female corpses linked to a series of brutal murders''. Naturally, Ivan is worried. [[spoiler:Eva's found alive and well in the following episode, but the incident still influences the relationship between Eva and her parents in the second season. Tomeček was a PapaWolf already before her abduction and he and his wife are [[ProperlyParanoid all the more protective of Eva after her rescue]].]]

* OddCouple : First lieutenants Sergej Kopriva and Oliver Bachratík, who are DifferentAsNightAndDay. And, yeah... TheyFightCrime !

** Then, the penultimate episode of the season has Tomeček's daughter Eva gone missing while ''a recent investigation reveals disfigured female corpses linked to a series of brutal murders''. Naturally, [[{{Understatement}} Ivan is worried]]. [[spoiler:Eva's found alive and well in the following episode, but the incident still influences the relationship between Eva and her parents in the second season. Tomeček was a PapaWolf already before her abduction and he and his wife are [[ProperlyParanoid all the more protective of Eva after her rescue]].]]

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory / RomanAClef : All of the cases are {{inspired by}} RealLife ones to varying degrees. They're slightly modified, but usualy follow the events of the original case faithfully. Most of the inspirations for the in-universe cases are at least 10-15 years old. Some of the episodes' basic plots are inspired by cases from the 1990s, some even by decades old crimes. The disclaimer shown during each episode's EndingThemeTune is keen to remind the viewers about this.

''Mesto tieňov'' ("City of Shadows") is a [[{{UsefulNotes/Slovakia}} Slovak]] [[CrimeAndPunishmentSeries TV crime drama]] [[http://dnaproduction.sk/en/work/view/8 made by]] DNA Production and broadcast on TV Markíza. It's set in the capital, Bratislava, and focuses on the daily work and lives of the members of a (mildly fictionalized) homicide investigation department. It's currently in its second season. The main characters are major Ivan Tomeček (Pavel Višňovský), first lieutenant Tomáš Benkovský (Marián Mitaš) and the team's forensic psychologist, Jana Holíková (Soňa Norisová).

* EiffelTowerEffect : Averted. Opening shots of well-known Bratislavan landmarks are shown OnceAnEpisode, but the series perefers a more grittier look at the city and its quarters and suburbs.