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* AssholeVictim: Brendan was up to his knees in murder and corruption.
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''Low Winter Sun'' is dark CopShow/crime thriller from Creator/{{AMC}}, set in the ruins of modern UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} on both sides of the law and the spaces in between. A story of murder, deception, revenge and corruption, the show begins on a stark cold open with the murder of DirtyCop Brendan [=McCann=] by his partner Joe Geddes and fellow detective Frank Agnew, ostensibly as revenge for the killing of Agnew's girlfriend. When internal affairs show up the next day to investigate [=McCann=], however, it soon becomes clear that Geddes had his own reasons for wanting his partner dead.
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''Low Winter Sun'' is a dark CopShow/crime thriller from Creator/{{AMC}}, set in the ruins of modern UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} on both sides of the law and the spaces in between. A story of murder, deception, revenge and corruption, the show begins on a stark cold open with the murder of DirtyCop Brendan [=McCann=] by his partner Joe Geddes and fellow detective Frank Agnew, ostensibly as revenge for the killing of Agnew's girlfriend. When internal affairs show up the next day to investigate [=McCann=], however, it soon becomes clear that Geddes had his own reasons for wanting his partner dead.
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* {{Swirlie}}: In "There Was A Girl" Agnew and Geddes attempt to use this [[spoiler: to force a confession from Damon]].
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* {{Swirlie}}: In "There Was A Girl" Agnew and Geddes attempt to use this [[spoiler: to force a confession from Damon]].
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* TheLostLenore: Frank's motivation for the murder of a fellow cop. [[spoiler: It's a [[SubvertedTrope}}, as it is revealed in the third episode that Katia is not really dead, and Joe had manipulated Frank.]]
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* TheLostLenore: Frank's motivation for the murder of a fellow cop. [[spoiler: It's a [[SubvertedTrope}}, SubvertedTrope, as it is revealed in the third episode that Katia is not really dead, and Joe had manipulated Frank.]]
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* FakeNationality: Geddes and Agnew are played by Lennie James and Mark Strong, who are both English (and Strong played the Scottish Agnew in the original miniseries). Israeli Alon Aboutboul also plays the Greek crime boss Skelos.
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''Low Winter Sun'' is dark CopShow/crime thriller from Creator/{{AMC}}, set in the ruins of modernDetroit UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} on both sides of the law and the spaces in between. A story of murder, deception, revenge and corruption, the show begins on a stark cold open with the murder of DirtyCop Brendan [=McCann=] by his partner Joe Geddes and fellow detective Frank Agnew, ostensibly as revenge for the killing of Agnew's girlfriend. When internal affairs show up the next day to investigate [=McCann=], however, it soon becomes clear that Geddes had his own reasons for wanting his partner dead.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: When Reverend Lowdown's masked goons kill Damon, his last words are "Nice mask asshole."]]
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Starring MarkStrong as Agnew and Lennie James as Geddes, the show is a [[ForeignRemake remake]] of a British miniseries from 2006 that also starred Strong in the lead role.
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Starring MarkStrong Creator/MarkStrong as Agnew and Lennie James Creator/LennieJames as Geddes, the show is a [[ForeignRemake remake]] of a British miniseries from 2006 that also starred Strong in the lead role.
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* VillainousBreakdown: In "Surrender", after [[spoiler: Boyd's case against Agnew and Geddes is overruled by the deputy mayor]].
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* VillainousBreakdown: In "Surrender", after [[spoiler: Boyd's case against Agnew and Geddes is overruled by the deputy mayor]].mayor]].
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* AdaptationExpansion: A one-off miniseries developed into a ten episode season, with planned before the show was cancelled.
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AMC [[CutShort cancelled]] the show after a single 10-episode season due to fairly abysmal ratings and lukewarm at best critical reaction. Despite this, very little was LeftHanging and the show rolls pretty well as a self-contained one-off.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Geddes.]]
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* SanitySlippage: Frank has a ''spectacularly'' bad day in "Ann Arbor" that sees him gradually losing his already shaky grip on things. Already missing a night's sleep after [[spoiler: informing the families of [=McCann=]'s victims of the cover up]], he gets beaten up after aggravating a group of workmen, seems to have a mild heart attack after a failed attempt to flee the country, car-jacks a woman trying to help him out, and finally comes close to suicide after an emotional confrontation with his ex-wife.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler: In the dying seconds of the last episode, Frank is completely taken aback when asked to confirm Katia's name while identifying her body. It throws in to question [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation how well he actually knew]] a woman he supposedly loved when he couldn't even be sure Katia was her real name.]]
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* TheLostLenore: Frank's motivation for the murder of a fellow cop.* [[spoiler: As of Episode 3 she's not really dead.]]
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* PlotTriggeringDeath: The [=McCann=] murder sets everything in motion.
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* FollowTheLeader: Certainly owes plenty to ''[[Series/TheWire The Wire]]'' (urban desolation) and ''[[Series/TheShield The Shield]]'' (morally bankrupt characters).with
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* KillerCop: When Agnew looks through old case files, it's implied that [[spoiler: McCann had killed many and had made them appear as suicides in the subsequent investigation, with collaboration from Geddes and possibly Dawson]].
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* KillerCop: When Agnew looks through old case files, it's implied that [[spoiler: McCann [=McCann=] had killed many and had made them appear as suicides in the subsequent investigation, with collaboration from Geddes and possibly Dawson]].
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* TheDon: Alexander Skelos and Reverend Lowdown.
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* TheBoxingEpisode: "Cake on the Way."
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* TheBoxingEpisode: "Cake on the Way."
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* TheScapegoat: [[spoiler: Sean Foster]].
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* FakeNationality: Geddes and Agnew are both played by Lennie James and Mark Strong, who are British.
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* HeroAntagonist: Simon Boyd of Internal Affairs.
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* JustOneLittleMistake: In "Surrender", [[spoiler: Boyd appears to present a strong case against Agnew and Geddes, but is unable to account for the "mystery woman" who can corroborate his evidence]].
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* JustOneLittleMistake: In "Surrender", [[spoiler: Boyd appears to present a strong case against Agnew and Geddes, but is unable to account for the "mystery woman" [[SmokingGun mystery woman (Katia)]] who can corroborate his evidence]].
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* ByTheBookCop: Detective Kahlil is shown to be one of the least corrupt in the department, [[spoiler: even willing to alienate her relationship with Agnew by wearing a wire to get information for Internal Affairs.]]
