History YMMV / Broadchurch

** After David Tennant played a hero and James D'Arcy an antagonist in this show, they joined the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse as the opposite.

** See the Doctors of [[Creator/DavidTennant the past]] and [[Creator/JodieWhittaker the future]] together!

* SeasonalRot: Series 2 is considered to be far inferior to the first. The less compelling mystery and multiple legal faults tend to be the largest points of contention. Series 3 seems to be an improvement on Series 2.

** The opening theme is incredibly beautiful and sad.

* SeasonalRot: Series 2 is considered to be far inferior to the first. The less compelling mystery and multiple legal faults tend to be the largest points of contention.

* TrappedByMountainLions: Mark, Paul and Maggie all exist in minor subplots in Series 3 with no connection to the case of rape that drives this final series, clearly just to keep the actors in the cast ([[spoiler:Mark tracks down Joe and tries to kill himself, Paul is in a rut because church attendance has gone down after it increased in the wake of Danny's murder, and Maggie struggles with the new owner of her magazine's tasteless approach to journalism]]).

* TrappedByMountainLions: Mark, Paul and Maggie all exist in minor subplots in Series 3 with no connection to the case of rape that drives the series, clearly just to keep the actors in the cast ([[spoiler:Mark tracks down Joe and tries to kill himself, Paul is in a rut because church attendance has gone down after it increased in the wake of Danny's murder, and Maggie struggles with her the new owner of her magazine's tasteless approach to journalism]]).

* TrappedByMountainLions: Mark, Paul and Maggie all exist in minor subplots in Series 3 with no connection to the case that drives the series, clearly just to keep the actors in the cast ([[spoiler:Mark tracks down Joe and tries to kill himself, Paul is in a rut because church attendance has gone down after it increased in the wake of Danny's murder, and Maggie struggles with her the new owner of her magazine's tasteless approach to journalism]]).

* CatharsisFactor: In the middle of endless doom and gloom, Ellie verbally tearing Tom a new one over his perjury to help his worthless pederast and murderer father beat the rap, and after he'd been such a jerk to her the whole series, is incredibly satisfying.

* HilariousInHindsight: After David Tennant played a hero and James D'Arcy an antagonist in this show, they joined the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse as the opposite.

** Jack. [[spoiler:He got jailed and his reputation tarnished for a consensual relationship. He married his lover only for their son to die at a young age. He moves to Broadchurch to start anew only for his conviction to resurface and get twisted, culminating in the town turning on him and forming a ''lynch mob'' when some former members of his club provide some maligned "evidence" to him being a pedophile. And even after he reveals the truth, his house is vandalized and he gets a picture of his dead son and ex-wife thrown into his face. He's DrivenToSuicide, and to rub salt in the wound we get to hear Chloe complain about how she doesn't care about his funeral since she never liked him anyway, and nobody pays for basically hounding him to his death.]]

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv97mpO5mBc main theme]], which is incredibly beautiful and sad at the same time. It was even used in the teaser trailer for ''Film/FantasticFour2015''.

* EvilIsSexy: In season two, many viewers found [[spoiler:Lee and Claire]] to be scorchingly hot, both together and separately.

* TheWoobie: Jack. [[spoiler:Got jailed and his reputation tarnished for a consensual relationship. He married his lover only for their son to die at a young age. He moves to Broadchurch to start anew only for his conviction to resurface and get twisted, culminating in the town turning on him and forming a ''lynch mob'' when some former members of his club provide some maligned "evidence" to him being a pedophile. And even after he reveals the truth, his house is vandalized and he gets a picture of his dead son and ex-wife thrown into his face. He's DrivenToSuicide, and to rub salt in the wound we get to hear Chloe complain about how she doesn't care about his funeral since she never liked him anyway, and nobody pays for basically hounding him to his death.]]

* IdiotPlot: The entire courtroom plotline of Series 2 relies entirely on judge, jury and prosecution all suffering from severe, writer-inflicted brain damage. Even if HollywoodLaw were not in effect, vital evidence (such as Hardy's illness, which would have prevented him from physically assaulting the defendant) goes unmentioned, timelines are ignored (Q: are we sure that the defendant's injuries did not occur before rather than after the confession? A: ''yes'', because both events are on police camera), and the net result is a trial that [[RuleOfDrama takes up the whole series]].

** [[spoiler:Ellie]]'s return home to collect her things in the final episode is a very poignant scene until she detours into the living room to step on a slug. Was it meant to convey rage, tragedy, senselessness? The problem here is it's tough to combine a squashed slug with piano music and slo-mo. (@BroadchurchSlug has its own [[https://twitter.com/BroadchurchSlug twitter account]]. #slugjustice!)

** [[spoiler:Ellie]]'s return home to collect her things in the final episode is a very poignant scene until she detours into the living room to step on a slug. Was it meant to convey rage, tragedy, senselessness? The problem here is it's tough to combine a squashed slug with piano music and slo-mo.

** [[spoiler: followed by Jack's breakdown and tragic suicide.]]

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* {{Narm}}: Lee Ashworth's love of standing on distant hills to threateningly stare at people. It works pretty well the first time, but then he just keeps doing it until it's impossible to take seriously. Especially when he appears to sprint like his life depended on it to get in position a few seconds after ringing Claire's doorbell to drop her favorite dish off.

** Jack makes a point to note that [[spoiler:had he waited a few weeks for his 15-year-old lover's birthday, their romance would have been perfectly legal. In many places, however, the girl was more than two years too young to be having sex with any adult, even ignoring the fact that he was 40]].