History YMMV / TheBlackDonnellys

* ActorAllusion[=/=]RetroactiveRecognition: Joey Ice Cream and Samson [[Series/ThePacific are Marine buddies.]]
** Young Jenny is [[Creator/ElizabethGillies Jade]] [[Series/{{Victorious}} West]]

* FanPreferredCouple: Tommy and Jenny, by far

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The DrugsAreBad message found in Jimmy and Joanie's AddledAddict states and the effects it has on their lives.

* SomeAnvilNeedToBeDropped: The DrugsAreBad message found in Jimmy and Joanie's AddledAddict states and the effects it has on their lives.

** While his falling out with Jimmy was foreshadowed from his first appearance, Whitey kind of made an entertaining addition to the Donnelly's circle, being fairly competent, and resisting a chance to sell them out to his EvilUncle. It would have been nice to see him survive and be part of the core group by the finale, maybe even having him and Tommy connect over their mutual misses chances to get out of the neighborhood. His[[spoiler: sleeping with Janie]] also came out of nowhere.

* MoralEventHorizon: Dokey Farrell is aways a sinister character, but he can seem vaguely sympathetic for most of the show, as he is right to distrust Tommy, does want to avenge his brother (who Tommy did kill) and actually comes across as less brutal and mean-spirited than Jimmy and Kevin can at times. Then comes the second to last episode, where we find out that [[spoiler: he killed their dad years before the series]].* TearJerker: A few times, notably Tommy, Kevin, and Jimmy finding Sean after he's attacked, and the ending of the last episode.

* MoralEventHorizon: Dokey Farrell is aways a sinister character, but he can seem vaguely sympathetic for most of the show, as he is right to distrust Tommy, does want to avenge his brother (who Tommy did kill) and actually comes across as less brutal and mean-spirited than Jimmy and Kevin can at times. Then comes the second to last episode, where we find out that [[spoiler: he killed their dad years before the series]].
** This is also a bit of a BigLippedAlligatorMoment though, as it is never brought up in the next and final episode despite ample chances for it to be.
* TearJerker: A few times, notably Tommy, Kevin, and Jimmy finding Sean after he's attacked, and the ending of the last episode.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: While it was foreshadowed from his first appearance, Whitey kind of made a nice addition to the Donnelly's circle, being fairly competent, and resisting a chance to sell them out to his EvilUncle. It might have bene nice to see him survive and be part of the core group by the finale. His[[spoiler: sleeping with Janie]]. also came out of nowhere.
** Although Shawn's second girlfriend Nadine was a great character, Kim, from the first few episodes does feel a little wasted, given her ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend moment, and how she could have had an interesting dynamic out of having dated Tommy first but ended up with Shawn. The fact that we don't get to see that much of her and Shawn together also means that a lot of the more appealing aspects of Nadine's character could have still been incorporated into hers.

* MoralEventHorizon: Dokey Farrell is aways a sinister character, but he can seem vaguely sympathetic for most of the show, as he is right to distrust Tommy, does want to avenge his brother (who Tommy did kill) and actually comes across as less brutal and mean-spirited than Jimmy and Kevin can at times. Then comes the second to last episode, where we find out that [spoiler: he killed their dad]].

* TearJerker: A few times, notably Tommy, Kevin, and Jimmy finding Sean after he's attacked, and the ending of the last episode.

** Young Jenny is [[Creator/LizGillies Jade]] [[Series/{{Victorious}} West]]

* ActorAllusion[=/=]RetroactiveRecognition: Joey Ice Cream and Samson [[ThePacific are Marine buddies.]]

* TooGoodToLast

* CrowningMusic: Snow Patrol's "Open Your Eyes" played at the end of the pilot, in its entirety, to a montage of [[spoiler: Kevin and Tommy killing the mob bosses, Jimmy being arrested, Sean in the hospital, sad Jenny, and Joey Ice Cream narrating.]]