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** "Bad": Miri's ex Dom will sleep with AnythingThatMoves, including her mother and Miri herself.

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** "Bad": Miri's ex Dom will sleep with AnythingThatMoves, anyone, including her mother and Miri herself.

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* CountryMatters: Tossed around a lot, but most notably when Miri calls Gaia out on her treatment of Billy.



* KarmaHoudini: As of the end of S2, [[spoiler:Mandy, for the murder of John Boback to which Norah falsely confessed.]]

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* KarmaHoudini: As of the end of S2, [[spoiler:Mandy, for the murder of John Boback to which Norah falsely confessed. She had finally decided to do the right thing and confess, but the emergency services drove past her house and she made no further effort to turn herself in.]]
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* AssholeVictim: In S2, [[spoiler:John Boback. A controlling husband whose wife lives in fear of him, who had an adulterous affair with a teenager and almost certainly used his influence to stop the investigation into Lara's murder from pursuing enquiries that would expose him. He's not even a nice guy to his colleagues, to the point of indulging in MaliciousMisnaming of Tina, who idolises him. He also tries to intimidate Miri by running her off the road, and Mandy by outright threats - which finally cause Mandy to snap and kill him.]]

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* AssholeVictim: In S2, [[spoiler:John Boback. A controlling husband whose wife lives in fear of him, who had an adulterous affair with a teenager and almost certainly used his influence to stop the investigation into Lara's murder from pursuing enquiries that would expose him. He's not even a nice guy to his colleagues, to the point of indulging in MaliciousMisnaming of Tina, who idolises him. He also tries to intimidate Miri by running her off the road, and Mandy by outright threats - which finally cause Mandy to snap and kill him.]]him (or wound him allowing his wife to finish him off, it isn't made clear.)]]
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''Back To Life'' is a British sitcom that began in 2019. It has so far ran for two series.

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''Back To to Life'' is a British sitcom that began in 2019. It has so far ran for two series.



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* MyBelovedSmother: Billy’s mum Gaia puts him down at any opportunity, and frequently says about how he is wasting his life as gardener when he could be a surgeon by now. Miri [[CsllingTheOldManOut calls her out in this]].

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* MyBelovedSmother: Billy’s mum Gaia puts him down at any opportunity, and frequently says about how he is wasting his life as gardener when he could be a surgeon by now. Miri [[CsllingTheOldManOut [[CallingTheOldManOut calls her out in this]].
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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Series 1 was filmed and set in 2019. Series 2 is set just couple of weeks later, but was filmed in 2021. There are references to the November/December 2019 setting, and this also allows the makers to not have to decide the Covid 19 pandemic, which is still a few months into the future.

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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Series 1 was filmed and set in 2019. Series 2 is set just couple of weeks later, but was filmed in 2021. There are references to the November/December 2019 setting, and this also allows the makers to not have to decide depict the Covid 19 pandemic, UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, which is still a few months into the future.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Used and averted. A lot of scenes were shot on location in Hythe and the surrounding areas, but some locations (such as the road the family live in and some of the shopping streets) were shot in London, particularly in Lambeth, Bromley, Lewisham and Stretham.

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2019 British sitcom about a woman attempting to rebuild her life after 18 years in jail.

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2019 ''Back To Life'' is a British sitcom about a woman attempting to rebuild her life after that began in 2019. It has so far ran for two series.

18 years ago, teenager Miri Mattheson was sent to prison for the murder of her best friend, Lana Babcock. Now in jail.
her mid-thirties, she has been released from prison. Moving back in with her parents Oscar and Caroline, and regularly checking in with her parole office Janice, Miri must readjust to the world whilst forcing a new friendship with her neighbour Billy and dealing with the reaction from the local community in Hythe, Kent.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Series 1 was filmed and set in 2019. Series 2 is set just couple of weeks later, but was filmed in 2021. There are references to the November/December 2019 setting, and this also allows the makers to not have to decide the Covid 19 pandemic, which is still a few months into the future.
* ArtisticLicenseGeography: As a result of the series filming across much of the Folkestone and Hythe district, a lot of the locations appear closer together than they are in real life. Folkestone Harbour Arm seems to be in Hythe, and many “Hythe” locations are actually in the nearby Romney Marsh.



* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Oscar and Caroline have moments like this towards the end of Series 2. They had been drifting apart for years by this point but show signs of rediscovering their love for each other.



* CaliforniaDoubling: Used and averted. A lot of scenes were shot on location in Hythe and the surrounding areas, but some locations (such as the road the family live in and some of the shopping streets) were shot in London, particularly in Lambeth, Bromley, Lewisham and Stretham.



* DrivingTest: Miri takes her driving test [[spoiler: and passes]] in Series 2. She quips that she has been learning for 20 years, but with a bit of a gap.



* FictionalCounterpart: Hythe police station is run by the fictional “South Eastern Constabulary” instead of the real Kent Police.



* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Miri, in a non time travel example. After spending 18 years in prison, she is unfamiliar with 2019 technology such as iPhones or the internet.



* MyBelovedSmother: Billy’s mum Gaia puts him down at any opportunity, and frequently says about how he is wasting his life as gardener when he could be a surgeon by now. Miri [[CsllingTheOldManOut calls her out in this]].



* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: A striking aversion. The obvious thing to do would be to set the series in a fictional town, or at least give the place a fictional alias. But Hythe is a real place, and the exteriors are all genuine Hythe locations.

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* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: A striking aversion. The obvious thing to do would be to set the series in a fictional town, or at least give the place a fictional alias. But Hythe is a real place, and the exteriors are all mostly genuine Hythe locations.



* StepfordSmiler: Everyone, especially Caroline and Caroline's husband, Miri's father Oscar (who are both struggling with being alienated from the community), Miri (who is trying to move on from being in prison for twenty years), and Miri's best friend Mandy.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Miri's hometown. It appears to be her crime, but [[spoiler: it is later revealed to be her ''motive'' for her crime.]]

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* StepfordSmiler: Everyone, especially Miri’s parents Caroline and Caroline's husband, Miri's father Oscar (who are both struggling with being alienated from the community), Miri (who is trying to move on from being in prison for twenty years), and Miri's best friend Mandy.
* TellHimImNotSpeakingToHim: Miri is like this with Caroline after her affair with Dom is revealed.
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TownWithADarkSecret: Hythe, Miri's hometown. It appears to be her crime, but [[spoiler: it is later revealed to be her ''motive'' for her crime.]]



-->'''Don''': The rumour was that [[spoiler:Mr Boback was sleeping with Mandy]], not Miri.

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-->'''Don''': -->'''Dom:''' The rumour was that [[spoiler:Mr Boback was sleeping with Mandy]], not Miri.
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* UnseenNoMore: Thoughout S1 we learn quite a lot about DirtyCop John Boback, but he doesn't appear on screen until S2.

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* AssholeVictim: In S2, [[spoiler:John Boback. A controlling husband whose wife lives in fear of him, who had an adulterous affair with a teenager and almost certainly used his influence to stop the investigation into Lara's murder from pursuing enquiries that would expose him. He's not even a nice guy to his colleagues, to the point of indulging in MaliciousMisnaming of Tina, who idolises him.]]

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* AssholeVictim: In S2, [[spoiler:John Boback. A controlling husband whose wife lives in fear of him, who had an adulterous affair with a teenager and almost certainly used his influence to stop the investigation into Lara's murder from pursuing enquiries that would expose him. He's not even a nice guy to his colleagues, to the point of indulging in MaliciousMisnaming of Tina, who idolises him. He also tries to intimidate Miri by running her off the road, and Mandy by outright threats - which finally cause Mandy to snap and kill him.]]
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* BadCopIncompetentCop: It's hard to see how Tina ever got accepted into the police. She makes vague and (probably) empty threats to Miri, constantly misuses legal terminology, is completely flustered whenever she has to do any proper police work, and for a crowning non-achievement, lets a woman who has just confessed to murder visit the toilet unaccompanied, allowing her to simply walk straight out.

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* BadCopIncompetentCop: It's hard to see how Tina ever got accepted into the police. She makes vague and (probably) empty threats to Miri, constantly misuses legal terminology, is completely flustered out of her depth whenever she has to do any proper police work, and for a crowning non-achievement, lets a woman who has just confessed to murder visit the toilet unaccompanied, allowing her to simply walk straight out.
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* EvilIsPetty: John Boback is such a jerkass that he even sinks to MaliciousMisnaming of Tina as "Tuna". It's particularly egregious given that this is his response to her telling him how much she looks up to him.


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* MaliciousMisnaming: Chief Inspector Boback calls Tina "Tuna", right after she's told him how much she looks up to him.
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* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: A striking aversion. The obvious thing to do would be to set the series in a fictional town, or at least give the place a fictional alias. But Hythe is a real place, and the exteriors are all genuine Hythe locations.


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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler:John Boback is a pretty nasty piece of work all round: a DirtyCop and a controlling husband who had an adulterous affair with a 17-year-old and almost certainly used his influence to stop the inquiry into Lara's death from pursuing lines of enquiry that would expose him. Nothwithstanding his genuine grief, he used Lara's death to paint himself as the wronged man - and despite having moved on from Hythe, was still using the murder to exert his influence there.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: The waffle-maker that Mark attempts to brandish as a weapon in S02E01 turns up later in the series [[spoiler:when Mandy uses it to cosh John Boback.]]

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* ChekhovsGun: The waffle-maker that Mark attempts to brandish as a weapon in S02E01 [=S02E01=] turns up later in the series [[spoiler:when Mandy uses it to cosh John Boback.]]

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* ChekhovsGun: The waffle-maker that Mark attempts to brandish as a weapon in S02E01 turns up later in the series [[spoiler:when Mandy uses it to cosh John Boback.]]



* KarmaHoudini: As of the end of S2, [[spoiler:Mandy, for the murder of John Boback to which Norah falsely confessed.]]



* MoodWhiplash: The town council meeting, where it appears [[HopeSpot Miri is being reintegrated into her town]] followed immediately by her discovering the truth about Laura's anger.

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* MoodWhiplash: The town council meeting, where it appears [[HopeSpot Miri is being reintegrated into her town]] followed immediately by her discovering the truth about Laura's Lara's anger.

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* AscendedExtra: Miri's parole officer Janice has a lot more screen time in S2 and gets to interact with characters other than Miri.
* AssholeVictim: In S2, [[spoiler:John Boback. A controlling husband whose wife lives in fear of him, who had an adulterous affair with a teenager and almost certainly used his influence to stop the investigation into Lara's murder from pursuing enquiries that would expose him. He's not even a nice guy to his colleagues, to the point of indulging in MaliciousMisnaming of Tina, who idolises him.]]
* BadCopIncompetentCop: It's hard to see how Tina ever got accepted into the police. She makes vague and (probably) empty threats to Miri, constantly misuses legal terminology, is completely flustered whenever she has to do any proper police work, and for a crowning non-achievement, lets a woman who has just confessed to murder visit the toilet unaccompanied, allowing her to simply walk straight out.



* DrivingQuestion: ''Not'', as you might expect, "Did Miri do it?" (there's no mystery: she did) but rather "What caused the fight?"

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* DrivingQuestion: In S1. ''Not'', as you might expect, "Did Miri do it?" (there's no mystery: she did) but rather "What caused the fight?"



* FalseConfession: [[spoiler:Norah Boback for the murder of her controlling husband John. She thinks she's protecting Miri, having seen her leaving the scene of the crime. She doesn't know the real killer is Mandy.]]



* MysteriousWatcher: A mysterious man is seen to be snooping around Miri and her family. He is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:an AmateurSleuth trying to clear Miri's name.]]

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* MysteriousWatcher: A In S1, a mysterious man is seen to be snooping around Miri and her family. He is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:an AmateurSleuth trying to clear Miri's name.]]
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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Despite the series' publicity making a particular point of not revealing what Miri's crime was, we quickly learn that [[spoiler:she pushed a schoolfriend off a cliff to her death]].

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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: FirstEpisodeTwist: Despite the series' publicity making a particular point of not revealing what Miri's crime was, we quickly learn that [[spoiler:she pushed a schoolfriend off a cliff to her death]].
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* MoodWhiplash: The town council meeting, where it appears [[HopeSpot Miri is being reintegrated into her town]] followed immediately by her discovering the truth about Laura's anger.



* TownWithADarkSecret: Miri's hometown. It appears to be her crime, but [[spoiler: it is later revealed to be her ''motive'' for her crime.]]

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* TownWithADarkSecret: Miri's hometown. It appears to be her crime, but [[spoiler: it is later revealed to be her ''motive'' for her crime.]]]]
* WhamLine:
-->'''Don''': The rumour was that [[spoiler:Mr Boback was sleeping with Mandy]], not Miri.
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* SmallTownWithADarkSecret: Miri's hometown. It appears to be her crime, but it is later revealed to be her ''motive'' for her crime.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Everyone, especially Caroline and Caroline's husband, Miri's father Oscar (who are both struggling with being alienated from the community), Miri (who is trying to move on from being in prison for twenty years), and Miri's best friend Mandy.

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* SmallTownWithADarkSecret: Miri's hometown. It appears to be her crime, but it is later revealed to be her ''motive'' for her crime.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Everyone, especially Caroline and Caroline's husband, Miri's father Oscar (who are both struggling with being alienated from the community), Miri (who is trying to move on from being in prison for twenty years), and Miri's best friend Mandy.Mandy.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Miri's hometown. It appears to be her crime, but [[spoiler: it is later revealed to be her ''motive'' for her crime.]]
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* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery:
** "Bad": Miri's ex Dom will sleep with AnythingThatMoves, including her mother and Miri herself.
** "Good": Billy, although it makes sense because [[spoiler:Billy's wife Anna has dementia.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Miri's mother, Caroline.



* PluckyGirl: This is Miri's main character type. Daisy Haggard, who co-wrote the series and plays Miri, describes her as "an eternal optimist", but she's realistic enough not to fall into being ThePollyanna or WideEyedIdealist.

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* PluckyGirl: This is Miri's main character type. Daisy Haggard, who co-wrote the series and plays Miri, describes her as "an eternal optimist", but she's realistic enough not to fall into being ThePollyanna or WideEyedIdealist.WideEyedIdealist.
* RhetoricalRequestBlunder / IWishedYouWereDead: Billy's wife, Anna, dies just after [[TheDogBitesBack Miri finally snaps back at her]] after enduring a barrage of abuse.
* SmallTownWithADarkSecret: Miri's hometown. It appears to be her crime, but it is later revealed to be her ''motive'' for her crime.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Everyone, especially Caroline and Caroline's husband, Miri's father Oscar (who are both struggling with being alienated from the community), Miri (who is trying to move on from being in prison for twenty years), and Miri's best friend Mandy.
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* PluckyGirl: This is Miri's main character type. Daisy Haggard, who co-wrote the series and plays Miri, describes her as "an eternal optimist", but she's realistic enough not to fall into being ThePolyanna or WideEyedIdealist.

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* PluckyGirl: This is Miri's main character type. Daisy Haggard, who co-wrote the series and plays Miri, describes her as "an eternal optimist", but she's realistic enough not to fall into being ThePolyanna ThePollyanna or WideEyedIdealist.
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* MysteriousWatcher: A mysterious man is seen to be snooping around Miri and her family. He is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:an AmateurSleuth trying to clear Miri's name.]]

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* MysteriousWatcher: A mysterious man is seen to be snooping around Miri and her family. He is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:an AmateurSleuth trying to clear Miri's name.]]]]
* PluckyGirl: This is Miri's main character type. Daisy Haggard, who co-wrote the series and plays Miri, describes her as "an eternal optimist", but she's realistic enough not to fall into being ThePolyanna or WideEyedIdealist.

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* CrimeOfSelfDefense: Lara attacked Miri first.
* DirtyCop: It's suggested that Miri's claim of self defence was never properly considered because it could potentially have exposed DCI Boback's secret.
* DrivingQuestion: ''Not'', as you might expect, "Did Miri do it?" (there's no mystery: she did) but rather "Why did Lara attack Miri?"

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* CrimeOfSelfDefense: Lara Miri's crime is this. [[spoiler:Lara attacked Miri first.
first, and the fight ended with Miri pushing Lara over a cliff]].
* DirtyCop: It's suggested that Miri's claim of self defence was never properly considered because it could potentially have exposed DCI Boback's secret.secret [[spoiler:that he had been sleeping with Miri's friend Mandy]].
* DrivingQuestion: ''Not'', as you might expect, "Did Miri do it?" (there's no mystery: she did) but rather "Why did Lara attack Miri?""What caused the fight?"



* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Despite the series' publicity making a particular point of not revealing what Miri's crime was, we quickly learn that [[spoiler:she pushed a schoolfriend off a cliff to her death]].

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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Despite the series' publicity making a particular point of not revealing what Miri's crime was, we quickly learn that [[spoiler:she pushed a schoolfriend off a cliff to her death]].death]].
* MysteriousWatcher: A mysterious man is seen to be snooping around Miri and her family. He is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:an AmateurSleuth trying to clear Miri's name.]]

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* DirtyCop: It's suggested that Miri's claim of self defence was never properly considered because it would have exposed DCI Boback's secret.
* DrivingQuestion: ''Not'', as you might expect, "Did Miri do it?" (she did) but rather "Why did Lara attack Miri?"

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* DirtyCop: It's suggested that Miri's claim of self defence was never properly considered because it would could potentially have exposed DCI Boback's secret.
* DrivingQuestion: ''Not'', as you might expect, "Did Miri do it?" (she (there's no mystery: she did) but rather "Why did Lara attack Miri?"Miri?"
* ExtremeLibido: Mandy reckons her life is "80% pussy, 20% other stuff". This is initially PlayedForLaughs, but revealed to have a darker significance later on.
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2019 British sitcom about a woman attempting to rebuild her life after 18 years in jail.

!!Tropes in ''Back To Life'':
* CrimeOfSelfDefense: Lara attacked Miri first.
* DirtyCop: It's suggested that Miri's claim of self defence was never properly considered because it would have exposed DCI Boback's secret.
* DrivingQuestion: ''Not'', as you might expect, "Did Miri do it?" (she did) but rather "Why did Lara attack Miri?"
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Despite the series' publicity making a particular point of not revealing what Miri's crime was, we quickly learn that [[spoiler:she pushed a schoolfriend off a cliff to her death]].

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