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** In "Invisible", it emerges that [[spoiler:a murdered woman's "nephew" is really her son; she was addicted to drugs and couldn't take care of him, so her sister took him in. When it turns out she's not dead, she and her sister decide not to tell him the truth.]]

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** In "Invisible", it emerges that [[spoiler:a murdered woman's "nephew" is really her son; she was addicted to drugs and couldn't take care of him, so her sister took him in. When it turns out (in a case of mistaken identity) that she's not dead, she returns to her family, but she and her sister decide not to tell him the truth.]]
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* AlwaysMurder: Notably averted in "Invisible", [[spoiler:in which there are no murders at all. The initial body is a case of mistaken identity, believed to be Paula Jackson. She's still alive, and the deceased stole her identity; Paula's actions ''did'' lead to the death but she ends up not being prosecuted. The other death in the episodes is Paula's ex-boyfriend Roy, but he wasn't murdered either. After making a sarcastic comment about being able to fly, he was pushed by someone who had a learning disability and literally believed Roy could fly.]]

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* AlwaysMurder: Notably averted in "Invisible", [[spoiler:in which there are no murders at all. The initial body is a case of mistaken identity, believed to be Paula Jackson. She's still alive, and the deceased stole her identity; Paula's actions ''did'' lead to the death but it was accidental and she ends up not being prosecuted. The other death in the episodes is Paula's ex-boyfriend Roy, but he wasn't murdered either. After making a sarcastic comment about being able to fly, he was pushed by someone who had a learning disability and literally believed Roy could fly.]]
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* AlwaysMurder: Notably averted in "Invisible", [[spoiler:in which there are no murders at all. The initial body is a case of mistaken identity, believed to be Paula Jackson. She's still alive, and the deceased stole her identity; Paula's actions ''did'' lead to the death but she ends up not being prosecuted. The other death in the episodes is Paula's ex-boyfriend Roy, but he wasn't murdered either. After making a sarcastic comment about being able to fly, he was pushed by someone who had a learning disability and literally believed Roy could fly.]]
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* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo:
** [[spoiler:Averted]] in Season 24 when Jack comes to believe he may be the biological father of his niece Cara, due to him having an affair with her mother while his brother Ryan was away. [[spoiler:A DNA test proves Ryan really is Cara's father.]]
** In "Invisible", it emerges that [[spoiler:a murdered woman's "nephew" is really her son; she was addicted to drugs and couldn't take care of him, so her sister took him in. When it turns out she's not dead, she and her sister decide not to tell him the truth.]]
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** Nikki. First her father abandoned her as a kid and never acknowledges the emotional pain he caused her. Then her mother died when she was a teenager. She finally gets a surrogate family in the form of her co-workers, only for [[spoiler: her best friend (and possible love interest) to run off to the US for a better job]] and her father figure [[spoiler:is blown up in front of her trying to save her life. And then she gets framed for murder. It's also later revealed that she spent her twenty-first birthday in hospital delivering a stillborn baby.]]

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** Nikki. First her father abandoned her as a kid and never acknowledges the emotional pain he caused her. Then her mother died when she was a teenager. She finally gets a surrogate family in the form of her co-workers, only for [[spoiler: her best friend (and possible love interest) to run off to the US for a better job]] and her father figure [[spoiler:is blown up in front of her trying to save her life. And then she gets framed for murder. It's also later revealed that she spent her twenty-first birthday in hospital delivering a her stillborn baby.]]
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* WhamLine: Season 24 ends with an after credits stinger. [[spoiler: Nikki comes into the office to answer a phone call, and the scene cuts to an outside location where a grey-haired woman with blood on her face is standing next to an ambulance. She turns to face the camera and says "Nikki, it's Sam Ryan. I need your help.]]

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* WhamLine: Season 24 ends with an after credits stinger. [[spoiler: Nikki comes into the office to answer a phone call, and the scene cuts to an outside location where a grey-haired woman with blood on her face is standing next to an ambulance. She turns to face the camera and says "Nikki, it's Sam Ryan. I need your help.]]"]]



* WillTheyOrWontThey: Nikki and Harry, almost from the moment Nikki joined the show. They kept it up right up until Series 16 [[note]]that's around eight years of UnresolvedSexualTension, in all[[/note]], which actually saw Harry ''moving in with her'' (though it was only temporary after [[ItMakesSenseInContext his flat got blown up]]). Sadly for Nikki/Harry shippers, they never do get together on-screen and seeing as [[spoiler: Harry moved to America]], it's extremely unlikely they ever will. Nikki and Jack seem to headed towards this trope now, as well.

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* WillTheyOrWontThey: Nikki and Harry, almost from the moment Nikki joined the show. They kept it up right up until the end of Series 16 15 [[note]]that's around eight years of UnresolvedSexualTension, in all[[/note]], which actually saw Harry ''moving in with her'' (though it was only temporary after [[ItMakesSenseInContext his flat got blown up]]). Sadly for Nikki/Harry shippers, they never do get together on-screen and seeing as [[spoiler: Harry moved to America]], it's extremely unlikely they ever will. Nikki and Jack seem to headed towards have this trope now, as well.well, before [[spoiler:getting together in series 25]].
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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: One of Nikki's ex boyfriends gives her a particularly harsh one in "After the Fall". He later apologizes, only for Nikki to agree with some of what he said, but points out that it's probably too late for her to change now.

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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: One of Nikki's ex boyfriends ex-boyfriends gives her a particularly harsh one in "After the Fall". He later apologizes, only for Nikki to agree with some of what he said, but points out that it's probably too late for her to change now.



** Nikki has an American boyfriend and they have a LongDistanceRelationship that's transatlantic. Despite Nikki going through a TraumaCongaLine, they haven't broken up.

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** From series 21, Nikki has an American boyfriend and they have a LongDistanceRelationship that's transatlantic. Despite Nikki going through a TraumaCongaLine, they haven't broken up.don't break up [[spoiler:until series 24]].



* TallDarkAndHandsome (and [[TallDarkAndSnarky Snarky]]): Harry.

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* TallDarkAndHandsome (and [[TallDarkAndSnarky Snarky]]): Harry.Harry, and later Jack.



** Nikki. First her father abandoned her as a kid and never acknowledges the emotional pain he caused her. Then her mother died when she was a teenager. She finally gets a surrogate family in the form of her co-workers, only for [[spoiler: her best friend (and possible love interest) to run off to the US for a better job]] and her father figure [[spoiler:is blown up in front of her trying to save her life. And then she gets framed for murder.]]

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** Nikki. First her father abandoned her as a kid and never acknowledges the emotional pain he caused her. Then her mother died when she was a teenager. She finally gets a surrogate family in the form of her co-workers, only for [[spoiler: her best friend (and possible love interest) to run off to the US for a better job]] and her father figure [[spoiler:is blown up in front of her trying to save her life. And then she gets framed for murder. It's also later revealed that she spent her twenty-first birthday in hospital delivering a stillborn baby.]]



* TrueCompanions: Leo, Nikki and Harry in the later series. Leo implies to Nikki and Harry that they are as important to him as his [[spoiler:(dead)]] wife and child.

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* TrueCompanions: Leo, Nikki and Harry in the later series.Harry. Leo implies to Nikki and Harry that they are as important to him as his [[spoiler:(dead)]] wife and child.



* TwoGuysAndAGirl: From Season 6 to Season 16, the main cast consisted of this ensemble, with Sam/Nikki as the the girl, and Leo and Harry as the two guys. Surprisingly for this trope, there is no LoveTriangle; Sam's relationship with Leo and Harry (the former of whom was HappilyMarried) have a strictly platonic relationship, and whilst Nikki and Harry have bucket-loads of ShipTease, Leo was a ParentalSubstitute for Nikki, not a LoveInterest.

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* TwoGuysAndAGirl: From Season 6 to Season 16, the main cast consisted of this ensemble, with Sam/Nikki as the the girl, and Leo and Harry as the two guys. Surprisingly for this trope, there is no LoveTriangle; Sam's relationship relationships with Leo and Harry (the former of whom was HappilyMarried) have a are strictly platonic relationship, platonic, and whilst Nikki and Harry have bucket-loads of ShipTease, Leo was a ParentalSubstitute for Nikki, not a LoveInterest.
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* LongRunner: It's run for over twenty seasons since 1996.
* LongRunnerCastTurnover: None of the original main characters are left on the show by this point; however, Emilia Fox, who plays Nikki, has stuck around since Season 8 and has no plans on leaving any time soon; Tom Ward (Harry) and William Gaminara (Leo) also both starred on the show for almost a decade each. It's only in recent years that the cast has been overhauled and the current cast has remained in place for four seasons.

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* LongRunner: It's run for over twenty twenty-five seasons since 1996.
* LongRunnerCastTurnover: None of the original main characters are left on the show by this point; however, Emilia Fox, who plays Nikki, has stuck around since Season 8 and has no plans on leaving any time soon; Tom Ward (Harry) and William Gaminara (Leo) also both starred on the show for almost a decade each. It's only in recent years that David Caves (Jack) has now starred on the cast has been overhauled and the current cast has remained in place show for four seasons.over a decade.



*** Considering how long its been since most of these characters have been seen or even mentioned (in Sam's case, over ten years), it could be considered a LongBusTrip.

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*** Considering how long its been since most of these characters have been seen or even mentioned (in Sam's case, over ten years), mentioned, it could be considered a LongBusTrip.LongBusTrip, apart from for Sam Ryan, who reappeared as a guest star throughout series 25.

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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The current cast, arguably: Nikki is usually Sanguine (though not really disorganised or self-centred), Jack is usually Choleric (though more emotional than some), Thomas is Melancholic and Clarissa is Phlegmatic.

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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The current series 17-23 cast, arguably: Nikki is usually Sanguine (though not really disorganised or self-centred), Jack is usually Choleric (though more emotional than some), Thomas is Melancholic and Clarissa is Phlegmatic.



* GenderEqualEnsemble: The current main cast is this: two women (Nikki and Clarissa) and two men (Thomas and Jack).

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* GenderEqualEnsemble: The current series 16-23 main cast is casts were this: two women (Nikki and Clarissa) and two men (Thomas or Leo and Jack).



* HeadbuttOfLove: Nikki and Harry had a few.

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* HeadbuttOfLove: Nikki and Harry had a few.few, as do Nikki and Jack.



** Also [[spoiler: Thomas in "For The Greater Good", by testing a deadly sample in order to identify it and help treat Jack, who was in intensive care and close to death. The substance got through all protective gear while Thomas was testing it, and he died in the process, right in front of Nikki and Clarissa, who were helpless to save him.]]



* IndirectSerialKiller: [[ManipulativeBastard Jim Bell]] from "Deadhead" is a particularly twisted psycho who draws feelings of supremacy out of ending lives without having to lift a finger. Using an online unofficial chatroom for people suffering from suicidal thoughts, Jim targets the especially vulnerable and subtly pushes them deeper and deeper into depression, all whilst pretending to be their friend and a fellow sufferer, until they are driven to kill themselves. Its revealed that Bell's first victim was none [[{{Patricide}} other than his own loving father]].

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* IndirectSerialKiller: [[ManipulativeBastard Jim Bell]] from "Deadhead" is a particularly twisted psycho who draws feelings of supremacy out of ending lives without having to lift a finger. Using an online unofficial chatroom for people suffering from suicidal thoughts, Jim targets the especially vulnerable and subtly pushes them deeper and deeper into depression, all whilst pretending to be their friend and a fellow sufferer, until they are driven to kill themselves. Its It's revealed that Bell's first victim was none [[{{Patricide}} other than his own loving father]].
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The series now revolves around the activities of [[PowerTrio three]] (later four) Home Office pathologists (Nikki Alexander, Jack Hodgson, Thomas Chamberlain and Clarissa Mullery as of the 2014 series) as they investigate murders in London, though they sometimes help outside the city and at least one story per season will usually feature them going abroad.

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The As of 2024, the series now revolves around the activities of [[PowerTrio three]] (later four) Home Office pathologists (Nikki Alexander, Nikki Alexander and Gabriel Folukoya, forensic scientist Jack Hodgson, Thomas Chamberlain anatomical pathology technologist Velvy Schur, and Clarissa Mullery as of the 2014 series) Jack's niece, student Cara Connelly, as they investigate murders in London, though they sometimes help outside the city and several series feature at least one story per season will usually feature them going in which the team goes abroad.
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* IndirectSerialKiller: [[ManipulativeBastard Jim Bell]] from "Deadhead" is a particularly twisted psycho who draws feelings of supremacy out of ending lives without having to lift a finger. Using an online unofficial chatroom for people suffering from suicidal thoughts, Jim targets the especially vulnerable and subtly pushes them deeper and deeper into depression, all whilst pretending to be their friend and a fellow sufferer, until they are driven to kill themselves. Its revealed that Bell's first victim was none [[{{Patricide}} other than his own loving father]].
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* TerminallyIllCriminal: "World Cruise" features Doctor Josef Horowitz, a charming respected academic who was [[GenocideSurvivor the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust]]. Discovering he only has months left to live due to lung cancer, Horowitz sets out to complete his "World Cruise" that he spent years thinking about, namely getting revenge on all those responsible for the death of his twin brother Aaron in the camps.
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* HeinousnessRetcon: Nikki Alexander's father Victor was a minor recurring character between season 11 and season 15 where he's presented as a deadbeat schemer, cheater, and gambler, who is responsible for costing their family everything forcing them to leave South Africa and abandoning them when Nikki was a child. In the present, he is a remorseful man who wants to reconnect with his daughter but can't overcome his old bad habits right up until his death. Come season 23's "Seven Times" he's suddenly a vicious brute who [[DomesticAbuse regularly beat Nikki's mother]] whilst they were together, despite nothing like this even being hinted before especially in the many times Nikki [[CallingTheOldManOut called him out]]. Handwaved as Nikki being too young at the time to recognize the signs and only realizing it now due to similarities to the case. Although for several fans this was still hard to swallow, especially considering the number of other cases she'd handled that involved domestic abuse before this one (and the number of explicit flashbacks the episode showed).

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*** The family is a ‘blended’ one, consisting of a married couple, the husband's son from his previous marriage which ended in [[TheLostLenore his wife’s death]], the wife's daughter from a previous marriage that ended in divorce (though [[AmicableExes she, the ex and her new husbands are all still friends, having known each other for years]]), and the new couple’s baby daughter. Everything seems hunky dory…until one day the wife reveals to the husband that [[spoiler:[[MamasBabyPapasMaybe his son isn’t biologically his]] but ''her ex’s'' due to him having an affair with his dead wife. Why did she tell him this? Because she recently found out that [[SurpriseIncest her daughter and stepson were sleeping together]], being under the impression they were [[FlirtyStepsiblings just stepsiblings]]. The husband [[UnderStatement doesn’t take this well]] and proceeds to ''murder'' his wife and stepdaughter and tries to murder his son (he barely survives and winds up in a coma)]], leading to the events of the episode. [[spoiler:When it comes out that the husband is the killer, he reveals he even considered murdering his [[WouldHurtAChild baby daughter]], but decided not to because she was actually biologically his and “his future”…even though because he got caught, [[AllForNothing he’s going to prison for the rest of his life and will probably never see his daughter again]]. The teen son wakes up from his coma: hurray! Only, now the ex (his real father) has the [[SarcasmMode delightful]] job of telling him just why he’s been in a coma and the rest of his family have been brutally killed]]. And even before the murders [[spoiler: and the accidental incest]], the family wasn’t exactly stable, what with [[spoiler: the affairs]], the fact that the wife is implied to [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter be jealous of her husband’s dead first wife and feels he constantly compares them]] and the 'little' incident at a party a few years before the murders, where she briefly planted a kiss on [[HotScientist Harry]] whilst her husband was in the next room.

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*** The family is a ‘blended’ one, consisting of a married couple, the husband's son from his previous marriage which ended in [[TheLostLenore his wife’s death]], the wife's daughter from a previous marriage that ended in divorce (though [[AmicableExes she, the ex and her new husbands are all still friends, having known each other for years]]), and the new couple’s baby daughter. Everything seems hunky dory…until one day the wife reveals to the husband that [[spoiler:[[MamasBabyPapasMaybe his son isn’t biologically his]] but ''her ex’s'' due to him having an affair with his dead wife. Why did she tell him this? Because she recently found out that [[SurpriseIncest her daughter and stepson were sleeping together]], being under the impression they were [[FlirtyStepsiblings just stepsiblings]]. The husband [[UnderStatement doesn’t take this well]] and proceeds to ''murder'' his wife and stepdaughter and tries to murder his son (he barely survives and winds up in a coma)]], leading to the events of the episode. [[spoiler:When it comes out that the husband is the killer, he reveals he even considered murdering his [[WouldHurtAChild baby daughter]], but decided not to because she was actually biologically his and “his future”…even though because he got caught, [[AllForNothing he’s going to prison for the rest of his life and will probably never see his daughter again]]. The teen son wakes up from his coma: hurray! Only, now the ex (his real father) has the [[SarcasmMode delightful]] job of telling him just why he’s been in a coma and the rest of his family have been brutally killed]]. And even before the murders [[spoiler: and the accidental incest]], the family wasn’t exactly stable, what with [[spoiler: the affairs]], the fact that the wife is implied to [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter be jealous of her husband’s dead first wife and feels he constantly compares them]] and the 'little' incident at a party a few years before the murders, where she briefly planted a kiss on [[HotScientist Harry]] Harry whilst her husband was in the next room.



* HotScientist: Nikki Alexander, played by Creator/EmiliaFox.
** Harry Cunningham, played by Tom Ward, and Jack Hodgson, played by David Caves, have plenty of fans swooning over them too (especially in the latter's case, with Jack getting to take his shirt off on numerous occasions).
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* TattooedCrook: Taken UpToEleven with El Buitre, a hitman for the local [[TheCartel cartel]] in "Awakening", who is quite literally covered from head to toe in tattoos associated with death, including a skull tattoo across his face. The tattoos are actually real as well, El Buitre being portrayed by Rick Genest, aka Zombie Boy.

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* TattooedCrook: Taken UpToEleven Exaggerated with El Buitre, a hitman for the local [[TheCartel cartel]] in "Awakening", who is quite literally covered from head to toe in tattoos associated with death, including a skull tattoo across his face. The tattoos are actually real as well, El Buitre being portrayed by Rick Genest, aka Zombie Boy.

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* AdultFear: Several examples:
** The Season 18 story "Protection", which revolves around social services and child abuse, is full of this.
** In "Squaring the Circle", DI Sarah Parks' young daughter has cancer and she is trying desperately to raise enough money to pay for treatment which could save her life.
** Thomas Chamberlain experiences this when he learns a sniper on a killing spree could be targeting the school his daughter attends.


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* StatusQuoIsGod: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]]. Although this show is set in a universe where changes ''do'' stick, if the main characters ''do'' get into a relationship it won't last, due to [[DidNotGetTheGirl various]] [[NoRomanticResolution factors]]. Although there are some exceptions:
** Clarissa Mullery is divorced from her husband Daniel, but they remain AmicableExes who seem BetterAsFriends.
** Nikki has an American boyfriend and they have a LongDistanceRelationship that's transatlantic. Despite Nikki going through a TraumaCongaLine, they haven't broken up.

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* StatusQuoIsGod: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]]. Although this show is set in a universe where changes ''do'' stick, if the main characters ''do'' get into a relationship it won't last, due to [[DidNotGetTheGirl various]] [[NoRomanticResolution factors]]. Although there are some exceptions:
** Clarissa Mullery is divorced from her husband Daniel, but they remain AmicableExes who seem BetterAsFriends.
** Nikki has an American boyfriend and they have a LongDistanceRelationship that's transatlantic. Despite Nikki going through a TraumaCongaLine, they haven't broken up.
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** Clarissa Mullery is divorced from her husband Daniel, but they remain AmicableExes who seem BetterAsFriends.
** Nikki has an American boyfriend and they have a LongDistanceRelationship that's transatlantic. Despite Nikki going through a TraumaCongaLine, they haven't broken up.
** In general, the team of Nikki Alexander and Jack Hodgson will remain, at least since 2015, and any attempts to break that status quo seem to fail.
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* CunningLinguist: Clarissa speaks multiple languages fluently including Japanese.
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* DaddyDNATest: Features in several stories of the week. In season 24, Jack orders one secretly, believing that his brother Ryan's long-lost daughter may actually be Jack's due to him having an affair with her mother. [[spoiler:It turns out Ryan really is her father.]]


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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Adam Yuen, who's introduced in Season 24, [[spoiler: is killed off two episodes later and instantly replaced in the main cast by Simone Tyler.]]
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* WhamLine: Season 24 ends with an after credits stinger [[spoiler: Nikki comes into the office to answer a phone call, the scene cuts to an outside location where a grey haired woman with blood on her face is standing next to an ambulance, she tuns to face the camera and says "Nikki, it's Sam Ryan. I need your help.]].

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* AnonymousPublicPhoneCall: "Snipers Nest" [[ColdSniper Adrian Turner]] calls a payphone at the sight of his latest killing, simply for no other reason than to boast how they had no hope of catching him. The police attempt to track the call, but it turns out that it was made from another payphone.
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* FauxDeath: At the end of "Trust: Part 1", the forensic pathologists receive what appears to be a dead body of murder victim. However, he was actually just paralysed from pufferfish venom. In the next part, he wakes up and walks right out of the morgue, grabbing a scalpel in the process. It's just as well, because he was due to be autopsied next.

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* DeathOfAChild: Big time. If a kid goes missing on this show, there's no guarantee they'll turn up alive and well, and they don't shy away from depicting autopsies of children, either. Not even the main characters are safe: [[spoiler: Leo's daughter Cassie is killed in a car accident alongside her mother in Season 9]]. One notable case where it's played straight is [[spoiler: Season 18's "Protection"]], where the missing child is found alive after two episodes of searching, even though half the characters had given her up for dead.



* InfantImmortality: Averted, big time. If a kid goes missing on this show, there's no guarantee they'll turn up alive and well, and they don't shy away from depicting autopsies of children, either. Not even the main characters are safe: [[spoiler: Leo's daughter Cassie is killed in a car accident alongside her mother in Season 9]]. One notable case where it's played straight is [[spoiler: Season 18's "Protection"]], where the missing child is found alive after two episodes of searching, even though half the characters had given her up for dead.

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