Line #8 YMMV/MajorCrimes


1	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Rusty's Father. Was he a guy that only cared about his image or was he a guy that just found out he had a teenaged son and tried to be right by him but did not do a good job.
2	* BrokenBase: The arrival of Jackson, Sharon's absent husband, has caused a lot of disagreements within the fandom.
3	* CompleteMonster: See [[Monster/TheCloser here]].
4	* DesignatedVillain:
5	** Bo [=McLaren=] in N.S.F.W, to some. The police dislike him because he pulls barely legal women into pornography and generally acts scuzzy about it, but they're so intent on finding a crime to prosecute him for that it comes across as a bit of a witch hunt. [[spoiler: At least until they find out he was knowingly having sex with drugged women.]]
6	** Pretty much anyone who thinks major crimes needs to be reigned in is often treated as being unreasonable or just looking to step on someone for a career booster. This despite the fact that the unit has often used unethical to downright illegal methods to catch criminals.
7	* HilariousInHindsight: Flynn's health kick becomes more amusing when you recall Provenza's similar habit in Season 5 of The Closer, and how their positions are turned.
8	* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Take another look at the entry for ShipToShipCombat, and notice that ''every'' pairing on the list involves Sharon Raydor in some capacity. There ''are'' pairings that don't involve her, but they are few and far between.
9	* MoralEventHorizon: Rusty's mother. It seems like every episode that focuses on her shows her she passes another one. First time she tries to trick Rusty into getting her pills that would hide the fact she was still using by filling a fake prescription (which, by the way, is illegal, so not only did she try to get him to enable her but also to commit a crime). Next she admits to Rusty that she allowed her boyfriends to beat Rusty up because she believed that would "beat the gay out of him" and yells that he should do whatever she says because him being gay made raising him hard. And most recently she is in prison and asks Rusty to prostitute himself again to get her bail money. All the while she continues to [[NeverMyFault blame Rusty for all of her own problems]]. In a particular satisfying scene, Sharon discovers this and [[TranquilFury swiftly offers]] a CruelMercy bargain for her (take one year in prison and remain sober ''entirely'' or get no bail at all) and leaves her to throw a tantrum and make ineffectual threats for not enabling her.
10	* NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize: In "There's No Place Like Home", the five suspects are [[Series/TheCarolBurnettShow Tim Conway]], [[Series/BarneyMiller Ron]] [[Series/{{Firefly}} Glass]], [[Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond Doris Roberts]], [[Film/{{Popeye}} Paul]] [[Film/BreakingAway Dooley]], and [[Series/HappyDays Marion Ross]].
11	* PortmanteauCoupleName: Shandy, for Sharon Raydor and Andy Flynn. There's also O'Flyer, which is a mashup of his surname and her maiden name (O'Dwyer).
12	* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap:
13	** Seems to be happening to Rusty. By the second season premiere, fans and characters alike all adore him, thanks to some serious character development. The fourth season features Rusty choosing to pursue a career in law and getting a recurring boyfriend in Gus.
14	** Sykes was helped by keeping hold of the bad guy's gun even as he's smashing her head against the pavement--giving her a concussion and dislocated jaw. By season 4, she's a damn competent detective, bona fide ActionGirl, and has lost her ProfessionalButtKisser tendencies entirely.
15	** ADA Rios seems to be starting to become more likable, but for most she isn't rescued yet. Though considering that this is a recurring trope of both this show and ''Series/TheCloser,'' it seems inevitable.
16	* RetroactiveRecognition: "[=#FindKaylaWeber=]" features Creator/WinstonDuke in one of his earliest roles, playing the bodyguard of a baseball player.
17	* TheScrappy:
18	** Rusty and Sykes are starting out as this. The first is whiny and ungrateful, the second can't seem to not screw up the task she was assigned or reveal vital information to third parties. See above for both.
19	** ''Major Crimes'' seems to be making a trend out of introducing new characters that aren't well-liked by ''anyone''. The new ADA in season 2, Emma Rios, has not made a good impression on either the audience or the in-series cast. In her first interview with Rusty about his testimony she calls him a "whorephan" to the shock of everyone present, arguing that the defense would call him it too, so he'd better get used to it.[[note]]She seems to forget such a term is ''incredibly'' prejudicial and any lawyer who called him such would be punished by the judge[[/note]]. Rusty even felt sorry for Sanchez since he had an obvious crush on her and not only did she not realize this, she didn't even remember his name. Only time will tell if she gets rescued like Rusty and Sykes did.
20	** The City Attorney, who was introduced in "Two Options", is pretty much a colossal bitch to everyone, and is only concerned about liability issues.
21	* ShipToShipCombat: Sharon/Andy shippers vs Sharon/Andrea shippers vs Sharon/Provenza shippers vs Sharon/Fritz[[note]]Yes, really[[/note]] shippers vs Sharon/Brenda shippers still holding on from ''Series/TheCloser''. It can get messy.

Context YMMV / MajorCrimes