History BrokenPedestal / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/LawAndOrderOrganizedCrime'': Stabler looks up to his late father, who'd been in the NYPD too, although they didn't see entirely eye to eye on how police should operate. He speaks proudly of the fact that his father had once been awarded for TakingTheBullet to save his partner. Donnelly, a {{dirty cop}} who runs a gang of other corrupt cops like him, later tells him that his father had in fact covered up his partner's mistaken killing of an unarmed suspect, shooting himself to make it look like self-defense. Stabler is visibly shaken and disturbed by this revelation.

* ''Series/{{Hightown}}'': Jackie is [[DaddysGirl very close with her dad]]. So when he urges her to flirt with a dealer for drugs after using all his money, she looks quite betrayed and distraught before refusing.

* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower become estranged after she learns of Alicent's betrothal to King Viserys. After three years of being queen, she is still distant with Rhaenyra despite her attempts to rebuild their old relationship. However, their relationship becomes a RebuiltPedestal as Rhaenyra realizes Alicent had no choice in the matter and admits she misses their old friendship. Alicent even furiously defends Rhaenyra at every turn, slowly earning Rhaenyra's trust back. However, the pedestal begins to chip once she's told that the Maester brought Rhaenyra FantasyContraception tea at the request of the King, and it breaks permanently when Alicent discovers that, while Daemon didn't take her virginity, Ser Criston Cole did, and Rhaenyra had lied to her. This all takes place against the backdrop of her father's warnings that unless she 100% unquestionably trusts Rhaenyra, she better start fending for herself.

** Also, Walt gets it from [[spoiler:''everyone'' who learns his true nature. Skyler goes from loving him to fighting him and trying to give him cancer, Marie goes from supporting him to wanting him dead, Hank takes it so hard he compromises his integrity and turns catching Heisenberg as personal, and Junior, the boy who idolized his father, hating him due to him supposedly murdering Hank, wanting to do nothing with him anymore and screaming at him to die already.]]

* ''Series/FellowTravelers'': In the early 1950s, millions of American Catholics regard Senator UsefulNotes/JosephMcCarthy as a saint, including Timothy Laughlin, who is initially very enthusiastic about working for his hero. However, over time, Tim notices the underhanded strategies that his employer and his team use to combat anti-communism, which violate Tim's principles. He quits the job a couple of years later after he becomes disillusioned with the dark side of [=McCarthyism=]. Despite recognizing [=McCarthy=]'s faults, Tim still feels some sadness after his former boss passes away.

* ''Series/FellowTravelers'': In the early 1950s, millions of American Catholics regard Senator UsefulNotes/JosephMcCarthy as a saint, including Timothy Laughlin, who is very enthusiastic about working for his hero at first. However, over time, Tim notices the underhanded strategies that his employer and his team use to combat anti-communism, which violate Tim's principles. He quits the job a couple of years later after he becomes disillusioned with the dark side of [=McCarthyism=]. Despite recognizing [=McCarthy=]'s faults, Tim still feels some sadness after his former boss passes away.

* ''Series/ColdCase'': In "The Hen House," David Pool is heartbroken to find out his cousin and PaternalSubstitute is an imposter and a former Nazi