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The Beard as "fake straight relationship to hide being LGBT". Fake-dating examples that don't fit this go in Fake Relationship or one of its other subtropes. Low context/unclear examples will be deleted.
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* TheBeard: Unhappily so to Eric.
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* BigBadFriend: He takes care of his friends, such as giving Chris money and constantly looking after him, but [[spoiler:he is a serial rapist and murderer.]]
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* BigBadFriend: He takes care of his friends, such as giving Chris money and constantly looking after him, but [[spoiler:he is a serial rapist and murderer.murderer who admits he would feel nothing if his friends weren't in his life.]]
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* MurderersAreRapists: Tim primarily considers himself a rapist, saying that he only kills his victims
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* MurderersAreRapists: [[spoiler: Tim primarily considers himself a rapist, saying that he only kills his victims to stop them from talking]].
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* WidowWoman: Cassie's husband died when her children were young. It seems she hasn't remarried since.
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wrong name for actress playing Fiona Grayson
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--> '''Played by''': Liz Carr
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* AbusiveParents: He was brutally beaten up by his father when he joined the police force and he describes his family as very violent.
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* AbusiveParents: He was brutally beaten up by his father and two of his brothers when he joined the police force and he describes his family as very violent.
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* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: He was brutally beaten up and put in hospital by his father and brother and was raised in a violent criminal family, but he is an adoring father to the point that his wife says he makes her feel inadequate.
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* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: He was brutally beaten up and put in hospital by his father and brother two of his brothers and was raised in a violent criminal family, but he is an adoring father to the point that his wife says he makes her feel inadequate.
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* KnightTemplarParent: although unusually not a positive version, he covers up most of his son's indiscretions because he really believes he could be a murderer.
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* KnightTemplarParent: although Although unusually not a positive version, he covers up most of his son's indiscretions because he really believes he could be a murderer.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: James' career (but not his personal life) is clearly reminiscent of Jeremy Paxman.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: James' James's career (but not his personal life) is clearly reminiscent of Jeremy Paxman.
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler: James' sexual proclivities include sex in the woods and a possible rape fantasy]], but they have nothing to do with Hayley Reid's death.
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler: James' James's sexual proclivities include sex in the woods and a possible rape fantasy]], but they have nothing to do with Hayley Reid's death.
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* AloneAmongTheCouples: In series 3, Sunny is happy in his new relationship, her father is nearing proposing to his current beau and her son Adam is off in America with his girlfriend leaving Cassie struggling with loneliness. It's gets better though.
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* AloneAmongTheCouples: In series 3, Sunny is happy in his new relationship, her father is nearing proposing to his current beau girlfriend and her son Adam is off in America with his girlfriend girlfriend, leaving Cassie struggling with loneliness. It's It gets better better, though.
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->'''Played By''': Kevin McNally
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->'''Played By''': Kevin McNally
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* RapeLeadsToPromiscuity: [[spoiler:In the past, after David sexually abused her.]]
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* RapeLeadsToPromiscuity: PromiscuityAfterRape: [[spoiler:In the past, after David sexually abused her.]]
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* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:When she's eventually caught, she shows genuine remorse and apologises for having brought the police into disrepute.]]
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* HeelFaceRevolvingTurn: He underwent a HeelFaceTurn to join the police, only to turn back [[spoiler:after seeing Matthew Walsh.]] He then went back to his nonviolent past self.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: As horrible as Ram is, he's also totally correct (and sympathetic) when he points out that [[spoiler:he knew he would be scapegoated -- and, indeed, that's exactly what happened when Cassie and Sunny arrested Fiona and Liz.]]
* NotMeThisTime: He committed crimes including drug smuggling and [[spoiler:disposing of Walsh's body]], but he genuinely didn't [[spoiler:kill Matthew Walsh, and wanted to call the police. And he did it because he knew he would be scapegoated.]]
* NotMeThisTime: He committed crimes including drug smuggling and [[spoiler:disposing of Walsh's body]], but he genuinely didn't [[spoiler:kill Matthew Walsh, and wanted to call the police. And he did it because he knew he would be scapegoated.]]
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* PsychoPsychiatrist: Downplayed, but with a strong side of TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes. Fiona is a genuinely good therapist, but she is defective in her personal life and a criminal.
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* PsychoPsychiatrist: PsychoPsychologist: Downplayed, but with a strong side of TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes. Fiona is a genuinely good therapist, but she is defective in her personal life and a criminal.
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* AbusiveParents: While his mother loved him very much, we learn that he was brutally beaten up by his father when he joined the police force.
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* AbusiveParents: While his mother loved him very much, we learn that he He was brutally beaten up by his father when he joined the police force.force and he describes his family as very violent.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He is a genuinely nice family man [[spoiler:who also murdered Matthew Walsh.]]
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Apparently used to work as a smuggler.
** Not only that, his name was originally Dean ''Quinn'', and was part of a family heavily involved in crime. He was also effectively disowned after his family found out he was in training to become a police officer. The only member of his family who supported him through this, his brother Stephen, ended up being killed by [[spoiler:Matthew Walsh]], resulting in Dean [[spoiler:murdering Walsh in revenge]].
** Not only that, his name was originally Dean ''Quinn'', and was part of a family heavily involved in crime. He was also effectively disowned after his family found out he was in training to become a police officer. The only member of his family who supported him through this, his brother Stephen, ended up being killed by [[spoiler:Matthew Walsh]], resulting in Dean [[spoiler:murdering Walsh in revenge]].
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Apparently used to work as a smuggler.
**smuggler. Not only that, his name was originally Dean ''Quinn'', and was part of a family heavily involved in crime. He was also effectively disowned after his family found out he was in training to become a police officer. The only member of his family who supported him through this, his brother Stephen, ended up being killed by [[spoiler:Matthew Walsh]], resulting in Dean [[spoiler:murdering Walsh in revenge]].revenge.]]
* SympatheticMurderer: [[spoiler:He killed Walsh, but only because Walsh had murdered his brother in a gangland attack for no good reason.]]
* WhiteSheep: Deconstructed. He was this to the rest of his criminal family, [[spoiler:until his brother was murdered and he killed Matthew Walsh for being the killer.]] He explicitly says that the murder made him realize he could never get out.
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* SympatheticMurderer: [[spoiler:He killed Walsh, but only because Walsh had murdered his brother in a gangland attack for no good reason.]]
* WhiteSheep: Deconstructed. He was this to the rest of his criminal family, [[spoiler:until his brother was murdered and he killed Matthew Walsh for being the killer.]] He explicitly says that the murder made him realize he could never get out.
* AlasPoorVillain: He's a corrupt cop and an all-round jerk, but [[spoiler:as Sunny is arresting him]], he tells the truth and says that he could tell he was going to be scapegoated by the other officers - which is what happens when the police catch up with him. It doesn't outweigh his other crimes - like the drug smuggling or general dickishness - but it gives him a moment of genuine sympathy.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[UnreliableNarrator According to himself at least]], he's the only one who [[spoiler:wanted to call for an ambulance for Matthew Walsh the night Walsh was killed]].
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[UnreliableNarrator According to himself at least]], he's the only one who [[spoiler:wanted to call for an ambulance for Matthew Walsh the night Walsh was killed]]. (Although Dean confirms his first instinct was to call an ambulance.)
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* TheScapegoat: [[spoiler:He claims to have only covered up Walsh's murder because he knew that he would be scapegoated -- and, indeed, that's what happens when Liz and Fiona get taken in.]]
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* {{Oxbridge}}: She is famously considered to be the cleverest suspect, and she attended Balliol College, Oxford. On top of that, she is a police officer in Cambridge just to underline the Oxbridge connection.
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* {{Oxbridge}}: UsefulNotes/{{Oxbridge}}: She is famously considered to be the cleverest suspect, and she attended Balliol College, Oxford. On top of that, she is a police officer in Cambridge just to underline the Oxbridge connection.
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* MyGreatestSecondChance: Hasn't recovered from losing his daughter (after he was falsely accused of viewing child pornography), but he manages to eventually enter a stable and loving relationship with a woman who has a young son.
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* FalseFriend: In contrast to James and Chris, [[spoiler: Finch feels nothing for his friends. Despite saying to James that he loved him, Finch readily it would mean nothing if he never saw them again]].
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* FalseFriend: In contrast to James and Chris, [[spoiler: Finch feels nothing for his friends. Despite saying to James that he loved him, Finch readily said it would mean nothing if he never saw them again]].
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* DaddysGirl: Her mother was emotionally abusive to her, but she mentions being very close to her father, and she confided in him about Matthew Walsh. Although her mother still torments her about her father.
* DirtyCop: It appears numerous times that she might be this. [[spoiler:She is, but not of her own volition.]]
* {{Oxbridge}}: She is famously considered to be the cleverest suspect, and she attended Balliol College, Oxford. On top of that, she is a police officer in Cambridge just to underline the Oxbridge connection.
* PetTheDog: After Eugenia's clumsy attempt at blackmailing her, Liz actually behaves gracefully, tells Eugenia that she knows she deserves more money, and pays her what she asked.
* PrideBeforeAFall: When we first see Liz, she's going for a promotion to be the head of the police force and she attacks a mugger on the street. We later learn she is nowhere near as clean as this makes her appear.
* PsychoLesbian: Deconstructed. Liz has none of the stereotypical qualities of being a standard example (she's very calm, collected, and intelligent), but her relationship with Fiona, Fiona's [[spoiler:blackmail]], and her ongoing feelings for her makes her act more erratically and to break the law multiple times.
* {{Oxbridge}}: She is famously considered to be the cleverest suspect, and she attended Balliol College, Oxford. On top of that, she is a police officer in Cambridge just to underline the Oxbridge connection.
* PetTheDog: After Eugenia's clumsy attempt at blackmailing her, Liz actually behaves gracefully, tells Eugenia that she knows she deserves more money, and pays her what she asked.
* PrideBeforeAFall: When we first see Liz, she's going for a promotion to be the head of the police force and she attacks a mugger on the street. We later learn she is nowhere near as clean as this makes her appear.
* PsychoLesbian: Deconstructed. Liz has none of the stereotypical qualities of being a standard example (she's very calm, collected, and intelligent), but her relationship with Fiona, Fiona's [[spoiler:blackmail]], and her ongoing feelings for her makes her act more erratically and to break the law multiple times.
* AddledAddict: She was one, mentioning that she can't remember years of her life due to alcohol abuse.
* AllForNothing: She notes that her own father didn't want to be a police officer, yet she became a police officer in a misplaced attempt to impress him.
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* SanitySlippage: A mild example, but over the course of the series, Fiona appears to be getting more and more unstable until she's finally hysterically babbling to her terrified children about all the screw-ups in her life so far. [[spoiler: By the end of the final episode, she's much calmer and appears to have composed herself.]]
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* BrokenBird: A past of addiction, sexual assault, and the death of her father has left her very worse for wear.
* InformedAttractiveness: Liz and her brother-in-law both comment on her beauty, with Liz not over her decades after their breakup, and almost everybody seems to want her.
* NeverMyFault: Played with. Although Fiona does feel guilty, she's also willing to blackmail and manipulate Liz to avoid ''public'' fault.
* PsychoPsychiatrist: Downplayed, but with a strong side of TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes. Fiona is a genuinely good therapist, but she is defective in her personal life and a criminal.
* SanitySlippage: A mild example, but over the course of the series, Fiona appears to be getting more and more unstable until she's finally hysterically babbling to her terrifiedchildren stepchildren about all the screw-ups in her life so far. [[spoiler: By the end of the final episode, she's much calmer and appears to have composed herself.]]]]
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: She was sexually assaulted by Matthew Walsh, a source of much desire when she was at police college, and her brother-in-law offers her SexForServices in order to hide her DarkAndTroubledPast.
* WellDoneDaughterGirl: In the past. She joined the police solely to impress her father. It didn't end well.
* InformedAttractiveness: Liz and her brother-in-law both comment on her beauty, with Liz not over her decades after their breakup, and almost everybody seems to want her.
* NeverMyFault: Played with. Although Fiona does feel guilty, she's also willing to blackmail and manipulate Liz to avoid ''public'' fault.
* PsychoPsychiatrist: Downplayed, but with a strong side of TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes. Fiona is a genuinely good therapist, but she is defective in her personal life and a criminal.
* SanitySlippage: A mild example, but over the course of the series, Fiona appears to be getting more and more unstable until she's finally hysterically babbling to her terrified
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: She was sexually assaulted by Matthew Walsh, a source of much desire when she was at police college, and her brother-in-law offers her SexForServices in order to hide her DarkAndTroubledPast.
* WellDoneDaughterGirl: In the past. She joined the police solely to impress her father. It didn't end well.
* AbusiveParents: While his mother loved him very much, we learn that he was brutally beaten up by his father when he joined the police force.
* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: He was brutally beaten up and put in hospital by his father and brother and was raised in a violent criminal family, but he is an adoring father to the point that his wife says he makes her feel inadequate.
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** Not only that, his name was orignally originally Dean ''Quinn'', and was part of a family heavily involved in crime. He was also effectively disowned after his family found out he was in training to become a police officer. The only member of his family who supported him through this, his brother Stephen, ended up being killed by [[spoiler:Matthew Walsh]], resulting in Dean [[spoiler:murdering Walsh in revenge]].
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* ShadowArchetype: For Sunny. Both are Indian police officers, but Ram is a CowboyCop who can't play well with others and isn't sure if he wants to have kids, while Sunny is a loving father and pacifist on top of being a good partner to Cassie.
