History YMMV / Southland

%%* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The tail end of Season 5 hits this ''hard''.

%%** [[spoiler:Sammy and Nate's wife, at the end of "Code Four"]], was if anything even more heart-wrenching.

** The last episode of Season 5: [[spoiler:John Cooper comes back to his ex's house who complains about a neighbor's noisy generator keeping her up at night. He goes to confront the neighbor, who calls the cops. Said cops come and Cooper pulls out a gun, forcing the cops to shoot and kill him. One of the cops examines the corpse and immediately recognizes Cooper, pointing out that he's a highly decorated LAPD officer.]] This would turn out to be the final scene of the entire series.

** [[spoiler:And Cooper's spontaneous suicide-by-cop after the conclusion of that incident, in what would prove to be the series' final scene.]]

* ShockingSwerve: [[spoiler: the ending to episode 3 of season 3; we learn that Sherman's mother wasn't actually being raped when his front teeth got knocked out, the sex was consensual as she was doing it to pay off Ben's father's drug debts.]] I mean really, who saw that coming?
** The last episode of Season 5: [[spoiler:John Cooper comes back to his ex's house who complains about a neighbor's noisy generator keeping her up at night. He goes to confront the neighbor, who calls the cops. Said cops come and Cooper pulls out a gun, forcing the cops to shoot and kill him. One of the cops examines the corpse and immediately recognizes Cooper, pointing out that he's a highly decorated LAPD officer.]] This would turn out to be the final scene of the entire series.

%%** [[spoiler:Sammy and Juanito/Casper]] at the end of "What Makes Sammy Run?"
%%** [[spoiler:Sammy and Nate's wife, at the end of "Code Four"]], was if anything even more heart-wrenching.

** [[spoiler:And Cooper's spontaneous suicide-by-cop after the conclusion of that incident, in what would prove to be the series' final scene.]]

** [[spoiler:Sammy and Nate's wife, at the end of "Code Four"]], was if anything even more heart-wrenching.
** What about the kid who [[spoiler: begs Cooper to adopt him?]] And then Cooper's [[spoiler: breakdown]] at the end of the episode.

** [[spoiler:Sammy and Juanito/Casper]] at the end of "What Makes Sammy Run?" Absolutely HEART-WRENCHING.
*** YMMV indeed, as this qualified as {{Narm}} for this troper. I rolled my eyes at this as well as most everything with Creater/{{Gerald McRaney}} as Cooper's former TO.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The tail end of Season 5 hits this ''hard''.

** After Cooper and new partner Lucero earlier bond over some drinks (at a gay bar, no less) the next day's shift brings [[spoiler:kidnapping, torture and the sudden murder of Lucero by two meth heads]].

* {{Anvilicious}}: Practically every cause Regina comes across in Season 4 has to do with parenting or children. [[spoiler:She's just happens to be pregnant.]]

* Anvilicious: Practically every cause Regina comes across in Season 4 has to do with parenting or children. [[spoiler:She's just happens to be pregnant.]]

** Cooper saving Mike and telling him that it gets better. [[spoiler: Sadly, it's not enough to save him and Mike jumps off the roof of the hospital.]]

** What about the kid who [[spoiler: begs Cooper to adopt him?]] And then Cooper's [[spoiler: breakdown]] at the end of the episode.

** [[spoiler:Sammy and Nate's wife, at the end of "Code Four"]], was if anything even more heart-wrenching.

* [[spoiler:Sammy and Juanito/Casper]] at the end of "What Makes Sammy Run?" Absolutely HEART-WRENCHING.