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* {{BrotherSisterIncest}}: [[spoiler:the Doshi siblings in "Squaring the Circle" and teenage siblings in "Domestic" (though in defence of the latter, they didn't realise they were blood related).]]
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* {{BrotherSisterIncest}}: {{BrotherSisterIncest}}:
** [[spoiler:the Doshi siblings in "Squaring theCircle" and teenage Circle"]]
** Teenage siblings in [[spoiler: "Domestic" (though in their defenceof the latter, , they didn't realise they were blood related).]]
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* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Played with. Most of the main characters aren't really that bothered by grisly crime scenes and horrific murders, because it's part of their job, though there are occasionally cases that get to them, [[KidsAreInnocent usually if there's kids involved]].
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* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Played with. Most of the main characters aren't really that bothered by grisly crime scenes and horrific murders, because it's part of their job, though there are occasionally cases that get to them, [[KidsAreInnocent [[ChildrenAreInnocent usually if there's kids involved]].
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* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Played with. Most of the main characters aren't really that bothered by grisly crime scenes and horrific murders, because it's part of their job, though there are occasionally cases that get to them, [[KidsAreInnocent usually if there's kids involved]].
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* {{Badass}}: Jack Hodgson moonlights as a cage-fighter, which tends to come in very handy against criminals (even fully armed and/or much physically stronger ones.)
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** A murder suspect in "In a Lonely Place" finds out the hard way that openly admitting to hitting and then insulting a recently murdered woman around Jack is a bad idea.
** In "Redhill", the usually levelheaded Leo punches a corrupt prison in the face for threatening his girlfriend.
** In "Redhill", the usually levelheaded Leo punches a corrupt prison in the face for threatening his girlfriend.
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** A murder suspect in "In a Lonely Place" finds out the hard way that openly admitting to hitting hitting, and then insulting insulting, a recently murdered woman around Jack is a bad idea.
** In "Redhill", the usually levelheaded Leo punches a corrupt prison guard in the face for threatening his girlfriend.
** In "Redhill", the usually levelheaded Leo punches a corrupt prison guard in the face for threatening his girlfriend.
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** In "Falling Angels, a detective discovered he repressed his memories of [[spoiler: fatally stabbing his abusive father to protect his mother, who then took the blame to protect him. He is devastated and ridden with guilt when he realises this]].
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** In "Falling Angels, Angels", a detective discovered he repressed his memories of [[spoiler: fatally stabbing his abusive father to protect his mother, who then took the blame to protect him. He is devastated and ridden with guilt when he realises this]].
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** [[spoiler:Miranda, Hannah, and Kelly]] in '"Supernova", young schoolgirls who murder multiple people. One of their victims also counts as this trope: at 14 she was sexually active and a drug abuser.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: TheUKArmedForces, their superiors at the Home Office, other coppers.
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* The90's: The first four or so seasons took place then.
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* The90's: TheNineties: The first four or so seasons took place then.
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* {{The 90's}}: The90's: The first four or so seasons took place then.
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* The90s: {{The 90's}}: The first four or so seasons took place then.
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** Thomas Chamberlain experiences this when he learns a sniper on a killing spree could be targetting the school his daughter attends.
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** Thomas Chamberlain experiences this when he learns a sniper on a killing spree could be targetting targeting the school his daughter attends.
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* BerserkButton: A murder suspect in "In a Lonely Place" finds out the hard way that openly admitting to hitting and then insulting a recently murdered woman around Jack is a bad idea.
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* BerserkButton: BerserkButton:
** A murder suspect in "In a Lonely Place" finds out the hard way that openly admitting to hitting and then insulting a recently murdered woman around Jack is a badidea.idea.
** In "Redhill", the usually levelheaded Leo punches a corrupt prison in the face for threatening his girlfriend.
** A murder suspect in "In a Lonely Place" finds out the hard way that openly admitting to hitting and then insulting a recently murdered woman around Jack is a bad
** In "Redhill", the usually levelheaded Leo punches a corrupt prison in the face for threatening his girlfriend.
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* LeaveNoWitnesses: In "River's Edge", it turns out that this is the reason [[spoiler: the family were murdered. They were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time]]. Later, the killer also murders [[spoiler: DCI Guillam]] and tries to kill Jack and Nikki after they find evidence of the crimes.
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* SadisticChoice: In "Squaring the Circle", Council leader [[ManipulativeBitch Justine Greenwood]] gives one to DI Sarah Parks - charge a man she knows is innocent with [[spoiler: the murder of Greenwood's daughter]] and she'll give her the money she desperately needs for her daughter's cancer treatment, or stick to her principles and look for the real killer, potentially dooming her daughter. [[spoiler: Sarah chooses the former, but Jack later [[{{WhatTheHellHero}} calls her out on it]] and she finds the real killer. She is discredited and fired in the process, but she is able to keep the money due to having already moved it to another account - meaning Greenwood can't take it back without implicating herself - so there's still hope for her daughter]].
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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 targetting the school his daughter attends.
** 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 targetting the school his daughter attends.
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* TraumaticCSection: In "Undertone", it is revealed that a murdered woman was heavily pregnant when she died and the killer performed a crude C-section to remove the baby (she was already dead or at least unconscious at the time, but everyone is still horrified). Much of the story revolves around the team trying to find the missing baby as well as locate the killer.
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* TraumaticCSection: In "Undertone", it is revealed that a murdered woman was heavily pregnant when she died and the killer performed a crude C-section with a kitchen knife to remove the baby (she was already dead or at least unconscious at the time, but everyone is still horrified). Much of the story revolves around the team trying to find the missing baby as well as locate the killer.
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* EnfantTerrible: In one story, it is revealed that a spree killer's accomplice is a very mentally disturbed sixteen year old boy.
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** Craig Cross from "Sniper's Nest", even before [[spoiler: TheReveal that he was the sniper's accomplice]].
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: Comes up occasionally, often overlapping with HarmfultoMinors.
** In the very first episode, "Buried Lies", a young boy [[spoiler: repeatedly stabs his abusive stepfather]].
** In "Protection", a sixteen year old boy threatens his social worker and his stepfather with a knife whilst trying to reunite his siblings. This is somewhat justified in the latter case, as he had been lead to believe his stepfather had abused his younger sister. He's later suspected of [[spoiler: murdering his stepfather and grandfather]]. In the same episode, it is revealed that the real killer of a dead paedophile found at the beginning of the episode was [[spoiler: the little girl he'd been abusing, who stabbed and inadvertently killed him trying to get away from him]].
** In "Falling Angels, a detective discovered he repressed his memories of [[spoiler: fatally stabbing his abusive father to protect his mother, who then took the blame to protect him. He is devastated and ridden with guilt when he realises this]].
** "Double Dare" features a young woman recently released from jail for participating in the brutal murder of a woman when she was a teenager, alongside her boyfriend; [[spoiler: it later turns out she herself didn't take part in the actual killing, but even so...]]
** In the very first episode, "Buried Lies", a young boy [[spoiler: repeatedly stabs his abusive stepfather]].
** In "Protection", a sixteen year old boy threatens his social worker and his stepfather with a knife whilst trying to reunite his siblings. This is somewhat justified in the latter case, as he had been lead to believe his stepfather had abused his younger sister. He's later suspected of [[spoiler: murdering his stepfather and grandfather]]. In the same episode, it is revealed that the real killer of a dead paedophile found at the beginning of the episode was [[spoiler: the little girl he'd been abusing, who stabbed and inadvertently killed him trying to get away from him]].
** In "Falling Angels, a detective discovered he repressed his memories of [[spoiler: fatally stabbing his abusive father to protect his mother, who then took the blame to protect him. He is devastated and ridden with guilt when he realises this]].
** "Double Dare" features a young woman recently released from jail for participating in the brutal murder of a woman when she was a teenager, alongside her boyfriend; [[spoiler: it later turns out she herself didn't take part in the actual killing, but even so...]]
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The series now revolves around the activities of three Home Office pathologists (Nikki Alexander, Jack Hodgson and Thomas Chamberlain 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 series now revolves around the activities of three (later four) Home Office pathologists (Nikki Alexander, Jack Hodgson and 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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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: A platonic example with Clarissa and Jack. Clarissa (Liz Carr) is under 5' and looks even shorter at times due to using a wheelchair, whilst Jack (David Caves) is over 6' and quite muscular.
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* {{Fanservice}}: Jack gets to take his shirt off on several occasions (often justified in that cage fighters often fight shirtless, but still).
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** Also arguably the strip club scene in the Season 17 story "In A Lonely Place", seeing as most of the half naked girls performing lap dances and the like are being exploited by sleazy guys, physically attacked by some punters and [[spoiler: stalked by a serial killer]].
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** Also arguably the strip club scene scenes in the Season 17 story "In A Lonely Place", seeing as most of the half naked girls performing lap dances and the like are being exploited by sleazy guys, physically attacked by some punters and [[spoiler: stalked by a serial killer]].
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* FanDesservice: The majority of the nudity depicted on the show consists of naked corpses in autopsy scenes.
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* FanDesservice: FanDisservice: The majority of the nudity depicted on the show consists of naked corpses in autopsy scenes.
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** Also arguably the strip club scene in the Season 17 story "In A Lonely Place", seeing as most of the half naked girls performing lap dances and the like are being exploited by sleazy guys, physically attacked by some punters and [[spoiler: stalked by a serial killer]].
** Also arguably the strip club scene in the Season 17 story "In A Lonely Place", seeing as most of the half naked girls performing lap dances and the like are being exploited by sleazy guys, physically attacked by some punters and [[spoiler: stalked by a serial killer]].
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** 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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* PutOnABus: Happens to lots of recurring characters. Some major examples would be:
** [[spoiler: Harry Cunningham]], who is revealed to have left to accept a new job in New York at the beginning of [[spoiler: Season 16]].
** [[spoiler: Sam Ryan]], who returns to her home country to be with her [[spoiler: long lost son at the beginning of Season 8]].
** [[spoiler: Janet Mander]], who apparently moved away after [[spoiler: Leo breaks up with her in Season 15]].
** Victor Alexander, Nikki's father, who turned up in Season 9, then disappeared, before turning up again in Season 11, then going away again. It's implied he kept in contact with Nikki off-screen, before [[spoiler: dying]] off-screen in Season 15. He's one of the few characters in the series to have actually come back once being PutOnABus.
*** Considering how long its been since most of these characters have been seen or even mentioned (in [[spoiler: Sam's]] case, over ten years), it could be considered a LongBusTrip.
** [[spoiler: Harry Cunningham]], who is revealed to have left to accept a new job in New York at the beginning of [[spoiler: Season 16]].
** [[spoiler: Sam Ryan]], who returns to her home country to be with her [[spoiler: long lost son at the beginning of Season 8]].
** [[spoiler: Janet Mander]], who apparently moved away after [[spoiler: Leo breaks up with her in Season 15]].
** Victor Alexander, Nikki's father, who turned up in Season 9, then disappeared, before turning up again in Season 11, then going away again. It's implied he kept in contact with Nikki off-screen, before [[spoiler: dying]] off-screen in Season 15. He's one of the few characters in the series to have actually come back once being PutOnABus.
*** Considering how long its been since most of these characters have been seen or even mentioned (in [[spoiler: Sam's]] case, over ten years), it could be considered a LongBusTrip.
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* {{Retirony}}: In "River's Edge", DCI Malcolm Guillam is murdered a week before he was due to retire.
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* {{Retirony}}: In "River's Edge", [[spoiler: DCI Malcolm Guillam Guillam]] is murdered a week before he [[spoiler: he]] was due to retire.
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* NotQuiteTheRightThing: Poor Louise Marsh, the social worker in "Protection", seems to suffer from this. As she herself points out, her attempts to protect innocent children from abusive or neglectful parents often unintentionally makes things much worse for everyone involved.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Nikki. [[spoiler: 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 her best friend (and possible love interest) to run off to the US for a better job and her father figure is then blown up in front of her trying to save her life. And then she gets framed for murder.]]
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* TraumaCongaLine: Nikki. [[spoiler: 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 job]] and her father figure is then [[spoiler:is blown up in front of her trying to save her life. And then she gets framed for murder.]]
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* {{Brother-SisterIncest}}: [[spoiler:the Doshi siblings in "Squaring the Circle" and teenage siblings in "Domestic" (though in defence of the latter, they didn't realise they were blood related).]]
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* {{Brother-SisterIncest}}: {{BrotherSisterIncest}}: [[spoiler:the Doshi siblings in "Squaring the Circle" and teenage siblings in "Domestic" (though in defence of the latter, they didn't realise they were blood related).]]
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*BatmanGambit: In "After the Fall" [[spoiler: Lydia's plan to frame Nikki for murder heavily revolves around this. It fails, though only just]].
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* Brother-SisterIncest: [[spoiler:the Doshi siblings in "Squaring the Circle" and teenage siblings in "Domestic" (though in defence of the latter, they didn't realise they were blood related).]]
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* Brother-SisterIncest: {{Brother-SisterIncest}}: [[spoiler:the Doshi siblings in "Squaring the Circle" and teenage siblings in "Domestic" (though in defence of the latter, they didn't realise they were blood related).]]
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* KarmaHoudini: Although most of his accomplices are arrested, [[spoiler: Strader in ''After the Fall'' gets off scot-free for drugging, raping and ordering the murders of at least three women and being complicit in the murder of a family and the attempted murder of at least three other people.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: Although most of his accomplices are arrested, [[spoiler: Strader in ''After the Fall'' ''River's Edge'' gets off scot-free for drugging, raping and ordering the murders of at least three women and being complicit in the murder of a family and the attempted murder of at least three other people.]]
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** They actually do get called out on it sometimes, but again, this doesn't stop them from playing detective.
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*DisproportionateRetribution: In "After the Fall", the villain [[spoiler: tried to frame Nikki for murder and have her killed because she blamed Nikki for getting her husband convicted of a crime he didn't commit. Nikki herself points out that she was just doing her job by offering expert testimony, that she can't control what the judge and jury decide and that it certainly didn't warrant the murders of three innocent people.]]
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*HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Leo in "Greater Love", by dragging a suicide bomber away from the crowds to prevent any casualties and getting blown up in the process.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Nikki in "Coup de Grace". Her testimony at a trial gets a convicted murderer acquitted...only for more people to turn up murdered in the same way. Subverted as it turns out that [[spoiler: the man's lawyer was the real killer and he manipulated Nikki into helping him get his client acquitted so he could start killing again. The man Nikki helped acquit really was innocent; it wasn't really her fault his laywer was using him to get away with murder. She also helps identify and catch the real killer.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Nikki NiceJobBreakingItHero:
**Nikki in "Coup de Grace". Her testimony at a trial gets a convicted murderer acquitted...only for more people to turn up murdered in the same way.Subverted Played with as it turns out that [[spoiler: the man's lawyer was the real killer and he manipulated Nikki into helping him get his client acquitted so he could start killing again. The man Nikki helped acquit really was innocent; it wasn't really her fault his laywer lawyer was using him to get away with murder. She also helps identify and catch the real killer.]]]]
**Jack in "Fraternity".
**Nikki in "Coup de Grace". Her testimony at a trial gets a convicted murderer acquitted...only for more people to turn up murdered in the same way.
**Jack in "Fraternity".
*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 change now.
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