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* Scene in DarkerAndEdgier episode "Night Witness", where Amelina after being raped few days ago, comes back to her rapist's house door only to know that he left the country. Oksana bursts into tears dropping the knife.
* Another longer DarkerAndEdgier episode, "Game of Bones", has Anotonova understanding that one of the skulls used for installations belongs to Maryana, daughter of the anthropologist helping FES in the case. Seeing him devastated is very hard to take.

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* Scene in DarkerAndEdgier episode "Night Witness", where Amelina Amelina, after being raped few days ago, comes back to her rapist's house door only to know that he left the country. Oksana bursts into tears dropping the knife.
* Another longer DarkerAndEdgier episode, "Game of Bones", has Anotonova Antonova understanding that one of the skulls used for installations belongs to Maryana, daughter of the anthropologist helping FES in the case. Seeing him devastated is very hard to take.
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* Another longer DarkerAndEdgier episode, "Game of Bones", has Anotonova understanding that one of the skulls used for installations belongs to Maryana, daughter of the anthropologist helping FES in the case. Seeing him devastated is very hard to take.

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* Another episode with Oksana Amelina is "Female Instincts". She fell in love with Investigative Commitee detective Ilya Kolchin only to find out that he [[spoiler: covered his former wife in case of baby kidnapping (she needed the baby because her illegitimate baby was kidnapped earlier)]]. [[BigDamnHeroes Oksana saved the baby from flat set on fire.]] The final dialogue was very sad:

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* Another episode with Oksana Amelina is "Female Instincts". She fell in love with Investigative Commitee detective Ilya Kolchin only to find out that he [[spoiler: covered his former wife in case of baby kidnapping (she needed the baby because her illegitimate baby was kidnapped earlier)]].earlier). [[BigDamnHeroes Oksana saved the baby from flat set on fire.]] The final dialogue was very sad:



* Another scene from "Deposit" where someone must interrogate [[spoiler: Liza, long-lost daughter of Vlasova who killed her biological father and was ready to kill her newly-found brother (whom he used as HumanShield]]. Vlasova's emotions:

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* Another scene from "Deposit" where someone must interrogate [[spoiler: Liza, long-lost daughter of Vlasova who killed her biological father and was ready to kill her newly-found brother (whom he used as HumanShield]].HumanShield. Vlasova's emotions:



* Ending of "Black on White", where Belaya [[spoiler: waking from stasis]] knows the truth about her stepfather [[spoiler: being serial child molester driving his stepdaughters to suicide]]. She looks completely devastated and breaks into tears.
* "Morgue Explosion" shows Tikhonov's hacker friends [[spoiler: wiped out by bank executive for their past deeds]]. It ends with Tikhonov driving to morgue in wheelchair, covering six glasses with slices of rye bread (it's one of mourning symbols in Russia) and drinking vodka from the bottle.

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* Ending of "Black on White", where Belaya [[spoiler: waking from stasis]] stasis knows the truth about her stepfather [[spoiler: being serial child molester driving his stepdaughters to suicide]].suicide. She looks completely devastated and breaks into tears.
* "Morgue Explosion" shows Tikhonov's hacker friends [[spoiler: wiped out by bank executive for their past deeds]].deeds. It ends with Tikhonov driving to morgue in wheelchair, covering six glasses with slices of rye bread (it's one of mourning symbols in Russia) and drinking vodka from the bottle.



* Fate of Gleb Skvortsov, [[VictimOfTheWeek victim ofthe day in "Everybody Hates Gleb"]]. He was a trans teenager constantly bullied in school. He was brutally beaten by school bullies just before being stabbed to death [[spoiler: by his only girlfriend who just couldn't accept him leaving to China for a sex reassignment surgery]]. His mother saying that she wasn't surprised by er son's death is very hard to take.
* In "The Dead Hour", [[spoiler:nine-year-old Nikita]] dies in a HeroicSacrifice after singlehandedly figuring out the killer, tracking the latter down through the woods for two days, and finally helping the police catch [[spoiler:him]].
* Meta-example: The untimely death of Oleg Valkman, who played Boris Selivanov, in February 2021. He was just 52.

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* Fate of Gleb Skvortsov, [[VictimOfTheWeek victim ofthe day in "Everybody Hates Gleb"]]. He was a trans teenager constantly bullied in school. He was brutally beaten by school bullies just before being stabbed to death [[spoiler: by his only girlfriend who just couldn't accept him leaving to China for a sex reassignment surgery]].surgery. His mother saying that she wasn't surprised by er son's death is very hard to take.
* In "The Dead Hour", [[spoiler:nine-year-old Nikita]] nine-year-old Nikita dies in a HeroicSacrifice after singlehandedly figuring out the killer, tracking the latter down through the woods for two days, and finally helping the police catch [[spoiler:him]].
* Meta-example: The untimely death of Oleg Valkman, who played Boris Selivanov, in February 2021. He was just 52.
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* In "The Dead Hour", [[spoiler:nine-year-old Nikita]] dies in a HeroicSacrifice after singlehandedly figuring out the killer, tracking the latter down through the woods for two days, and finally helping the police catch [[spoiler:him]].
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* Fate of Gleb Skvortsov, [[VictimOfTheWeek victim ofthe day in "Everybody Hates Gleb"]]. He was a trans teenager constantly bullied in school. He was brutally beaten by school bullies just before being stabbed to death [[spoiler: by his only girlfriend who just couldn't accept him leaving to China for a sex reassignment surgery]]. His mother saying that she wasn't surprised by er son's death is very hard to take.

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* Ending of "Black on White", where Belaya [[spoiler: waking from stasis]] knows the truth about her stepfather [[spoiler: being serial child molester driving his stepdaughters to suicide]]. She looks completely devastating and breaks into tears.

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* Ending of "Black on White", where Belaya [[spoiler: waking from stasis]] knows the truth about her stepfather [[spoiler: being serial child molester driving his stepdaughters to suicide]]. She looks completely devastating devastated and breaks into tears.tears.
* "Morgue Explosion" shows Tikhonov's hacker friends [[spoiler: wiped out by bank executive for their past deeds]]. It ends with Tikhonov driving to morgue in wheelchair, covering six glasses with slices of rye bread (it's one of mourning symbols in Russia) and drinking vodka from the bottle.
* "Real Indians" features this dialogue between Tikhonov and Dunaeva:
--> '''Tikhonov''': Every policeman, just like every doctor, has his wn little graveyard.
--> '''Dunaeva''': (Sadly) And there's one more place now at mine...
* Meta-example: The untimely death of Oleg Valkman, who played Boris Selivanov, in February 2021. He was just 52.
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* Beginning of two-parter "Don't Trust Anyone" where Danilov's sister and niece (who even called him "daddy") die isn shopping mall fire. Danilov is shown to be ready to shoot himself. And, given his background of losing parents and going through strings of horrible relationships, it 's extremely hard to see him this way.

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* Beginning of two-parter "Don't Trust Anyone" where Danilov's sister and niece (who even called him "daddy") die isn in a shopping mall fire. Danilov is shown to be ready to shoot himself. And, given his background of losing parents and going through strings of horrible relationships, it 's extremely hard to see him this way.

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* Beginning of two-parter "Don't Trust Anyone" where Danilov's sister and niece (who even called him "daddy") die isn shopping mall fire. Danilov is shown to be ready to shoot himself. And, given his background of losing parents and going through strings of horrpible relationships, it 's extremely hard to see him this way.
* Two-parter "Deposit", somewhat connected with "Don't Trust Anyone" shows Vlasova's bay daughter abducted 20 years ago. Later in the episode, we see her son Gleb, who lives with his father and stepmother. It's stated that Rita demoted herself to holiday mother because '''she couldn't cope with trauma'''.

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* Beginning of two-parter "Don't Trust Anyone" where Danilov's sister and niece (who even called him "daddy") die isn shopping mall fire. Danilov is shown to be ready to shoot himself. And, given his background of losing parents and going through strings of horrpible horrible relationships, it 's extremely hard to see him this way.
* Two-parter "Deposit", somewhat connected with "Don't Trust Anyone" shows Vlasova's bay daughter abducted 20 years ago. Later in the episode, we see her son Gleb, who lives with his father and stepmother. It's stated that Rita demoted herself to holiday mother because '''she couldn't cope with trauma'''.trauma'''.
* Another scene from "Deposit" where someone must interrogate [[spoiler: Liza, long-lost daughter of Vlasova who killed her biological father and was ready to kill her newly-found brother (whom he used as HumanShield]]. Vlasova's emotions:
--> '''Vlasova''': It's your case, so come and talk to her. [[IHaveNoDaughter I'm not intersted in her anymore]].
* And, during the interrogation, when Danilov talks to her about Rita:
--> '''Liza''': She's cool.
--> '''Danilov''' But for her, you are nothing.
* Ending of "Black on White", where Belaya [[spoiler: waking from stasis]] knows the truth about her stepfather [[spoiler: being serial child molester driving his stepdaughters to suicide]]. She looks completely devastating and breaks into tears.

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* Ending of "Property", where Amelina returns from assignment in Interpol's Tel Aviv office. Tikhonov is shown holding velvet jewellery box in his hand, but CannotSpitItOut.

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* Ending of "Property", where Amelina returns from assignment in Interpol's Tel Aviv office. Tikhonov is shown holding velvet jewellery box in his hand, but he CannotSpitItOut.



* Another episode with Oksana Amelina is "Female Instincts". She fell in love with Investigative Commitee detective Ilya Kolchin only to find out that he [[spoiler: covered his former wife in case of baby kidnapping (she needed the baby because her illegitimate baby was kidnapped earlier)]]. Oksana saved the baby from flat set on fire. The final dialogue was very sad:

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* Another episode with Oksana Amelina is "Female Instincts". She fell in love with Investigative Commitee detective Ilya Kolchin only to find out that he [[spoiler: covered his former wife in case of baby kidnapping (she needed the baby because her illegitimate baby was kidnapped earlier)]]. [[BigDamnHeroes Oksana saved the baby from flat set on fire. fire.]] The final dialogue was very sad:



--> '''Tikhonov''': Maybe someone looks at you just like that.

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--> '''Tikhonov''': Maybe someone looks at you just like that.that.
* Beginning of two-parter "Don't Trust Anyone" where Danilov's sister and niece (who even called him "daddy") die isn shopping mall fire. Danilov is shown to be ready to shoot himself. And, given his background of losing parents and going through strings of horrpible relationships, it 's extremely hard to see him this way.
* Two-parter "Deposit", somewhat connected with "Don't Trust Anyone" shows Vlasova's bay daughter abducted 20 years ago. Later in the episode, we see her son Gleb, who lives with his father and stepmother. It's stated that Rita demoted herself to holiday mother because '''she couldn't cope with trauma'''.
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Being DetectiveDrama dealing with difficult cases as well as [[LongRunner one of the longest-running TV shows]], ''Trace'' is full of sad and heart-wrenching moments. Let's remember some of them.
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* Ending of "Property", where Amelina returns from assignment in Interpol's Tel Aviv office. Tikhonov is shown holding velvet jewellery box in his hand, but CannotSpitItOut.
* Scene in DarkerAndEdgier episode "Night Witness", where Amelina after being raped few days ago, comes back to her rapist's house door only to know that he left the country. Oksana bursts into tears dropping the knife.
* Another episode with Oksana Amelina is "Female Instincts". She fell in love with Investigative Commitee detective Ilya Kolchin only to find out that he [[spoiler: covered his former wife in case of baby kidnapping (she needed the baby because her illegitimate baby was kidnapped earlier)]]. Oksana saved the baby from flat set on fire. The final dialogue was very sad:
--> '''Amelina''': But now I know what I want. When I looked at him, my heart was full of joy.
--> '''Tikhonov''': Maybe someone looks at you just like that.

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