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* LiteralCliffhanger: Max dangles off a cliff at the end of ‘Honour Amongst Thieves’.
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* TakeMyHand: Miranda pulls Max off the edge of a cliff in ‘Honour Amongst Thieves’.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: One of the criminal gang Max and Miranda are talking to is killed with his own golf club while out playing.
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* Patricide: featured in 'The Outlaw José Rey'.
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* RevisitingTheColdCase: Max and Miranda receive a tip-off that a suspected murderer who has been on the run for four years is back on the island in 'Mallorca's Most Wanted'.
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* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Max and Miranda talk the murderer down from throwing themselves off the the top of a football stand in 'The Beautiful Game'.
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* FreshClue: The grizzly stable manager announces to Max and Miranda that some horse dung they have found while tracking a suspect is fresh, meaning they are hot on his trail.
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* IdentificationByDentalRecords: Roberto identifies the body of a woman in 'The Maestro' in this way.
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* FinallyFoundTheBody: Max pieces some clues about dates and building works together in 'Sour Grapes', leading to the discovery of the bodies of two teenagers who had supposedly run away together.
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* ExactWords: Max makes a breakthrough with the case in 'A Dish Served Cold' when he recalls a suspect saying about a recipe that 'everyone born on the island knows it', when she was actually born on the Spanish mainland.
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: The murderer gives themselves away in 'Death in the Morning' when they talk about how a the murder weapon might have got chipped. Miranda replies 'I said the sword was damaged. I never said it was chipped'.
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: The murderer gives themselves away in 'Death in the Morning' when they talk about how a the murder weapon might have got chipped. Miranda replies 'I said the sword was damaged. I never said it was chipped'.
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: The murderer gives themselves away in 'Death in the Morning' when they talk about how a the murder weapon might have got chipped. Miranda replies 'I said the sword was damaged. I never said it was chipped'.
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* FakeRussian: None of the Russians in 'The Oligarch's Icon' is actually played by a Russian.
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* NotThatKindOfPartner: Miranda states that she and Max are professional partners on multiple occasions.
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* StrictlyProfessionalRelationship: In 'Death in the Morning', Max tells a suspect that he and Miranda are 'professional partners, end of story'. Later in the same episode, Miranda tells Max that they shouldn't discuss their almost-kiss: 'some things are better left'.
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* ActionGirl: In 'The Oligarch's Icon' Miranda says has a green belt in an unspecified martial art. She frequently chases after suspects, often throwing them to the ground.
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* ActionGirl: In 'The Oligarch's Icon' Miranda says she has a green belt in an unspecified martial art. She frequently chases after suspects, often throwing them to the ground.
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* NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize: The murderer in 'Son of a Pig' is played by a well-known actor.
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* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: Unpopular wealthy playboy and son of a fascist Diego Gris is missing, suspected dead in 'Son of a Pig'. One suspect says that 'half the town think he's no better than a cockroach' and that Max and Miranda are 'going to find a lot of people who hated [him]'. In 'A Dish Served Cold', the victim, an arrogant food critic, is described as 'an idiot', 'pompous' and 'very demanding', with one interview saying the detectives will 'find a lot of suspects'.
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* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: Unpopular wealthy playboy and son of a fascist Diego Gris is missing, suspected dead in 'Son of a Pig'. One suspect says that 'half the town think he's no better than a cockroach' and that Max and Miranda are 'going to find a lot of people who hated [him]'. In 'A Dish Served Cold', the victim, an arrogant food critic, is described as 'an idiot', 'pompous' and 'very demanding', with one interview interviewee saying the detectives will 'find a lot of suspects'.
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* SeriesContinuityError: Episodes 2 (‘King of the Mountains’) and 5 (‘Sour Grapes’) of Series 1 were swapped during production, meaning that Episode 1 (‘Honour Amongst Thieves’) ends with Miranda saying their next case is to investigate a dog killer, which now doesn’t happen until Episode 5. It also means that Miranda says that Max has previously claimed that all great artists take drugs in Episode 2, something he doesn’t say until Episode 4 (‘Number One Fan’).
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* SiblingMurder: averted with Max and Miranda’s intervention in ‘King of the Mountains’.
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Made to stay on the Spanish island of Mallorca after a witness transfer goes wrong, uptight and introverted Welsh police detective Miranda Blake finds herself partnered with the relaxed bon vivant German Max Winter. Together they solve varied cases across the island, initially focussing mainly on cases involving the international community.
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Made to stay on the Spanish island of Mallorca after a witness transfer goes wrong, uptight and introverted Welsh police detective Miranda Blake finds herself partnered with the relaxed bon vivant German officer, Max Winter. Together they solve varied cases across the island, initially focussing mainly on cases those involving the international community.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The murder weapon in ‘A Dish Served Cold’ is a poisoned sobrasada.
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* TheCorpseStopsHere: When José Rey is found leaning over the body with blood on his hands it is assumed he is the killer.
* TrackingDevice: Christian helps Max and Miranda find an elusive suspect by planting a tracker in her bag in ‘To Kill a Stag’.
* TrackingDevice: Christian helps Max and Miranda find an elusive suspect by planting a tracker in her bag in ‘To Kill a Stag’.
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* Catchphrase: Miranda often mutters or yells ‘what the hell, Max!’
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* Catchphrase: Miranda often mutters or yells ‘what the hell, Max!’
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* NoFullNameGiven: Max’s friend Christian never has his surname revealed, even in the credits.
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* BilingualBonus: In the room in the quarry where Tony Ball is caged in ‘The Blue Feather’, a sign reads ‘el tiempo se agota’ or ‘time is running out’, which is a nod to Ball’s grave medical condition.
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* NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize: The murderer in 'Son of a Pig' is played by a well-known actor.
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* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Inés teases Miranda by referring to Max as her boyfriend and gives knowing looks about them at other points. Hostage-taker Jens Schmidt continually confuses them for being a couple in 'Ex Factor'. There are hints that Carmen can also see that there is something more than friendly between Max and Miranda: she gets jealous of Max risking his life for Miranda in 'Ex Factor', saying that actions speak louder than words.
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* MomentKiller: Max and Miranda's dance and almost-kiss in 'Death in the Morning' are interrupted by another dancer crashing into them, and then ended by max stamping on Miranda's foot.
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* OppositesAttract: Max and Miranda are opposites in character and policing style. She is reserved and prefers to follow the rules, while he is outgoing and going with his instinct.
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* TapOnTheHead: Miranda is knocked unconscious by a single blow to the head from behind in 'Mallorca's Most Wanted'. She appears to be largely unaffected later on and protests against going to the hospital to be checked over.
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* UnconventionalVehicleChase: Max and Miranda chase a suspect using a golf cart in 'Honour Amongst Thieves'. In 'A Dish Served Cold', Max avoids having to run up a very long set of steps by hijacking an Ape.
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: This thread runs through both series. Viewers' hopes are raised for Max and Miranda eventually getting together when Carmen rejects his proposal in 'Ex Factor' and later indicates to Miranda that she doesn't see a long-term future with him in 'The Maestro'. As of the end of Series 2, there is no sign of either Max or Carmen actually breaking the relationship off.
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* SleepCute: Miranda wakes in 'The Outlaw José Rey' to find Max spooning her with his arm across her body. She places her hand over his.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: There are examples of this between Max and Miranda in almost every episode. They are prevented from admitting to or acting upon their feelings because Max is with Carmen.
* UptightLovesWild: The series teases that buttoned-up introvert Miranda is falling for laidback, fun-loving Max.
* UptightLovesWild: The series teases that buttoned-up introvert Miranda is falling for laidback, fun-loving Max.
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* UndercoverAsLovers: Max and Miranda pose as a married couple in 'Honour Amongst Thieves' in order to infiltrate a wake.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: In 'Honour Amongst Thieves', criminal-on-the-run Niall Taylor shoots the dirty cop in his pay without warning and pushes him off a cliff, having no further use for him.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: Miranda is displeased in 'Honour Amongst Thieves' when she is told she must remain on the island indefinitely; she has previously sarcastically called it 'a charming place' and remarked 'who'd want to live in a place like this?' to Max.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: Miranda is displeased in 'Honour Amongst Thieves' when she is told she must remain on the island indefinitely; while Max loves Mallorca, she has previously sarcastically called it 'a charming place' and remarked 'who'd want to live in a place like this?' to Max.this?'.
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* TwinSwitch: Pro-cyclist Esteban Domenech uses his supposedly-dead twin brother to cover up for his use of performance-enhancing drugs in 'King of the Mountains'.
* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: Unpopular wealthy playboy and son of a fascist Diego Gris is missing, suspected dead in 'Son of a Pig'. One suspect says that 'half the town think he's no better than a cockroach' and that Max and Miranda are 'going to find a lot of people who hated [him]'. In 'A Dish Served Cold', the victim, an arrogant food critic, is described as 'an idiot', 'pompous' and 'very demanding', with one interview saying the detectives will 'find a lot of suspects'.
* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: Unpopular wealthy playboy and son of a fascist Diego Gris is missing, suspected dead in 'Son of a Pig'. One suspect says that 'half the town think he's no better than a cockroach' and that Max and Miranda are 'going to find a lot of people who hated [him]'. In 'A Dish Served Cold', the victim, an arrogant food critic, is described as 'an idiot', 'pompous' and 'very demanding', with one interview saying the detectives will 'find a lot of suspects'.
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Miranda frequently needs to be filled in on the world of celebrity and pop culture; her parents thought TV rotted the brain. Max has to explain a famous German music mogul and his reality show in 'Ex Factor'.
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Miranda frequently needs to be filled in on the world of celebrity and pop culture; her parents thought TV rotted the brain. Max has to explain a famous German music mogul and his reality show in 'Ex Factor'. She is also unaware of top cyclist Esteban Domenech and leading model Valentina.
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* LetOffByTheDetective: Miranda lets dog-killer and sender of threatening letters Margalida Byass escape after talking her down from killing herself in front of a train in 'Sour Grapes'.
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* LetOffByTheDetective: Miranda lets dog-killer and sender of threatening letters Margalida Byass escape after talking her down from killing herself in front of a train in 'Sour Grapes'. Inés quietly files the case away in 'The Maestro'.
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* IAmSpartacus: 27 women confess to the murder in 'The Maestro', most of them in a scene on the stage of the opera house in which they step forward to say it wasn't the previous confessor, but they who committed the crime.
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* NoSocialSkills: Miranda can be awkward and comes off cold, as in 'Death in the Morning', when Max more than once has to encourage her to comfort a grieving widow. In 'The Maestro', to Max's horror she insensitively tells another grieving widow that she is the likeliest suspect, according to data.
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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Max and Miranda have a heated argument in 'The Oligarch's Icon', in which the criticise each other's policing styles and skills.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Miranda is displeased in 'Honour Amongst Thieves' when she is told she must remain on the island indefinitely; she has previously sarcastically called it 'a charming place' and remarked 'who'd want to live in a place like this?' to Max.
* SceneryPorn: The series heavily features sweeping shots of the Mallorcan landscape.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Miranda is displeased in 'Honour Amongst Thieves' when she is told she must remain on the island indefinitely; she has previously sarcastically called it 'a charming place' and remarked 'who'd want to live in a place like this?' to Max.
* SceneryPorn: The series heavily features sweeping shots of the Mallorcan landscape.
