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* DetectiveMole: Agnew and Geddes spend many episodes investigating the murder they committed.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: In "No Rounds", [[spoiler: Agnew and Geddes attempt to discredit a witness by confusing him with questions and uncovering his personal secrets.]]
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: In "No Rounds", [[spoiler: Agnew and Geddes attempt to discredit a witness by [[BreakThemByTalking confusing him with questions and uncovering his personal secrets.]]secrets]]]].
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* ThePerfectCrime: Deconstructed. [[spoiler: Agnew and Geddes believed that they left no evidence behind, but later episodes showed that it was not true.]]
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* ThePerfectCrime: Deconstructed. [[spoiler: Agnew and Geddes believed that they left no evidence behind, their killing of [=McCann=] was perfect, but later episodes showed that it was not true.they overlooked certain pieces of evidence.]]
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* FollowTheLeader: Certainly owes plenty to ''[[Series/TheWire The Wire]]'' (urban desolation) and ''[[Series/TheShield The Shield]]'' (morally bankrupt characters).
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* FollowTheLeader: Certainly owes plenty to ''[[Series/TheWire The Wire]]'' (urban desolation) and ''[[Series/TheShield The Shield]]'' (morally bankrupt characters).with
* HeKnowsTooMuch: In "No Rounds", [[spoiler: Agnew and Geddes attempt to discredit a witness by confusing him with questions and uncovering his personal secrets.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: In "No Rounds", [[spoiler: Agnew and Geddes attempt to discredit a witness by confusing him with questions and uncovering his personal secrets.]]
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* SlidingScaleOfLawEnforcement: Pretty much all over the scale. [[spoiler: Boyd and Kahlil appear to be on the positive end; Agnew is also portrayed as by-the-book until the events of the show. [=McCann=], Geddes, and Dawson appear on the negative end]].
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* ThePerfectCrime: Deconstructed. [[spoiler: Agnew and Geddes believed that they left no evidence behind, but later episodes showed that it was not true.]]
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* VillainousBreakdown: In "Surrender", when [[spoiler: Boyd's case against Agnew and Geddes is overruled by the deputy mayor]].
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* VillainousBreakdown: In "Surrender", when after [[spoiler: Boyd's case against Agnew and Geddes is overruled by the deputy mayor]].
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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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* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: In "Revelations", [[spoiler: Agnew drives to the house in Chicago where he believes Katia is staying and uses his Detroit PD badge to impersonate a Chicago Police detective to gain entry]].
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* TheScapegoat: [[spoiler: Sean Foster]].
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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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* VillainousBreakdown: In "Surrender", when [[Boyd's case against Agnew and Geddes is overruled by the deputy mayor]].
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* VillainousBreakdown: In "Surrender", when [[Boyd's [[spoiler: Boyd's case against Agnew and Geddes is overruled by the deputy mayor]].
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Unrelentingly bleak.
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Unrelentingly bleak.bleak.
* VillainousBreakdown: In "Surrender", when [[Boyd's case against Agnew and Geddes is overruled by the deputy mayor]].
* VillainousBreakdown: In "Surrender", when [[Boyd's case against Agnew and Geddes is overruled by the deputy mayor]].
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* DrivenToSuicide: Averted in "Ann Arbor"; [[spoiler: Agnew nearly [[AteHisGun does it]] after his ex-wife admits [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech how miserable she was during their marriage]]]].
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* Internal AffairsInternalAffairs
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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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* FakeNationality: Geddes and Agnew are both played by Lennie James and Mark Strong, who are British.
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''Low Winter Sun'' is dark CopShow/crime thriller from AMC, set in the ruins of modern 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 dark CopShow/crime thriller from AMC, Creator/{{AMC}}, set in the ruins of modern 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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* JurisdictionFriction: Frank tries to invoke this to keep Internal Affairs away from the investigation into Brendan's murder. It doesn't work.
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* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Frank and Joe have to help their department investigate the murder of Brendan while covering up the fact that they are the killers.
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''Low Winter Sun'' is dark CopShow/crime thriller from AMC, set in the ruins of modern 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 murder 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 dark CopShow/crime thriller from AMC, set in the ruins of modern 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 murder 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 story of murder, deception, revenge and corruption that starts with the murder of a cop by fellow Detroit detective, Frank Agnew. Starring MarkStrong as Frank and Lennie James as Joe 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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''Low Winter Sun'' is a dark CopShow/crime thriller from AMC, set in the ruins of modern Detroit on both sides of the law and the spaces in between. A story of murder, deception, revenge and corruption that starts corruption, the show begins on a stark cold open with the murder of a cop DirtyCop Brendan [=McCann=] by his partner Joe Geddes and fellow Detroit detective, detective Frank Agnew. Agnew, ostensibly as revenge for the murder 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.
Starring MarkStrong asFrank Agnew and Lennie James as Joe Geddes, the show is a [[ForeignRemake remake]] of a British miniseries from 2006 that also starred Strong in the lead role.
Starring MarkStrong as
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: The show opens with one dirty cop tricking another into helping him kill a third one and kicks off from there.
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* DirtyCop: Joe, Brendan Joe and Frank.Brendan. Frank probably counts too after his actions in the opening scenes.
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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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* DirtyCop
AdaptationExpansion: A one-off miniseries developed into a ten episode season and intended to run for several more.
* AssholeVictim: Brendan was up to his knees in murder and corruption.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: The show opens with one dirty cop tricking another into helping him kill a third one and kicks off from there.
* CrapsackWorld
* DirtyCop: Joe, Brendan and Frank.
* FollowTheLeader: Certainly owes plenty to ''[[Series/TheWire The Wire]]'' (urban desolation) and ''[[Series/TheShield The Shield]]'' (morally bankrupt characters).
* TheLostLenore: Frank's motivation for the murder of a fellow cop.* [[spoiler: As of Episode 3 she's not really dead.]]]]
* SceneryGorn: Loving shots of some of Destroit's most miserable scenery.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Unrelentingly bleak.
* AssholeVictim: Brendan was up to his knees in murder and corruption.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: The show opens with one dirty cop tricking another into helping him kill a third one and kicks off from there.
* CrapsackWorld
* DirtyCop: Joe, Brendan and Frank.
* FollowTheLeader: Certainly owes plenty to ''[[Series/TheWire The Wire]]'' (urban desolation) and ''[[Series/TheShield The Shield]]'' (morally bankrupt characters).
* TheLostLenore: Frank's motivation for the murder of a fellow cop.* [[spoiler: As of Episode 3 she's not really dead.
* SceneryGorn: Loving shots of some of Destroit's most miserable scenery.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Unrelentingly bleak.
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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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* MommasBoy: Joe
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* TheLostLenore: Frank's motivation for the murder of a fellow cop.
* TheLostLenore: Frank's motivation for the murder of a fellow cop.
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Murder, deception, revenge and corruption that starts with the murder of a cop by fellow Detroit detective, Frank Agnew.
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Murder, deception, revenge and corruption that starts with the murder of a cop by fellow Detroit detective, Frank Agnew.
Agnew. Starring Stars Mark Strong (Frank), and Lennie James (Joe Geddes).
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Murder, deception, revenge and corruption that starts with the murder of a cop by fellow Detroit detective, Frank Agnew.
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