History TearJerker / Filth

* The scene at the supermarket where Bruce found Carole and Stacey with another man (implied to be Carole's new husband). Bruce tries to call Stacey only for Carole and her new husband bring her away from Bruce. At this point Bruce realises his life already pointless.

** There is also the fact that Bruce's inner dialogue refers to the dying man as "the boy", despite the man being in his forties. Bruce was having a full-on flashback to the tragic death of his brother as the whole thing happened.

* Bruce's story in general is a heartbreaking tale. He was a ChildByRape and as such was ostracized from his home village, raised by an abusive father, spent his life as TheUnfavorite to his younger brother, has to live with the guilt of accidentally(?) getting said brother killed, as well as accidentally killing his first love, then he loses his wife and daughter, which seemed to be the turning point towards his final downward spiral and anytime he tries to be good or nice to anybody it only backfires, leading to him continuing his unhealthy coping mechanisms of drugs, alcohol and sex. The story is a beautifully, realistically bleak portrayal of an intense, untreated mental illness and it showcases all of the issues that come with it. Bruce really had no chance from the start.

* When Bruce futility tries to save a man's life, while the man's wife and child are watching over, begging for him to be saved. It's one of the few good things Bruce tries to do in the entire story with no pretense of manipulation or self gain and it just doesn't work.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[VillainousBSoD I wasn’t gonna hurt you...]]]]

* When Bruce futility tries to save a man’s life, while the man’s wife and child are watching over, begging for him to be saved. It’s one of the few good things Bruce tries to do in the entire story with no pretense of manipulation or self gain and it just doesn’t work.
* The disastrous results of Bruce and Blade’s trip to Hamburg that send Bruce past the point of no return. Bruce slips ecstasy into Blades’ drink, and everything goes fine for a while; Blades begins dancing around and seems to be enjoying himself. Then Blades does what anyone with little to no experience with street drugs being heavily spiked would do: he starts ''freaking the fuck out''. Bruce tries in vain to get Blades to calm down but when it doesn’t work, he gives up and Bruce is left hiding in another room, desperately trying to drown out Blades‘ screams. After an unsettling moment of Bruce hallucinating his reflection being a demented pig-man, he stumbles through the streets in a haze, bumping into people, at some point attempting to start a fight, before he eventually falls to the ground, whereupon he looks up and mistakes a woman for his estranged wife. Bruce desperately grabs the stranger and pleads for her to tell him where their daughter is, begs for a second chance, and then the woman slaps him away from her, seemingly breaking him from his trance. The scene ends with Bruce meekly walking away, looking like a miserable, lost puppy.
* Bruce’s breakdown during his argument with DS Drummond after he realizes he’s hurting her, where he laments about how he used to be a good person and tearfully admits that he knows he’s going insane and that his wife left him for reasons he can’t even remember. Unfortunately, his demons grab hold of him again as he hallucinates Drummond as a witch and screams at her to go suck someone off and to “stop playing the amateur fucking psychologist” and storms out of the station, continuing his downward spiral.
* The ending, Bruce [[DespairEventHorizon loses any hope for redeeming himself]] and [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide]] with the scarf his wife made for him in a vain attempt to get revenge on her after leaving a tape apologizing to Blades, capped off with Clint Mansell’s cover of “Creep” by Music/{{Radiohead}} playing in the background. You would never expect to shed any tears over a misanthropic, racist, sexist, homophobic, [[DirtyCop corrupt sergeant detective]] but lo and behold.
* Bruce‘s story in general is a heartbreaking tale. He was a ChildByRape and as such was ostracized from his home village, raised by an abusive father, spent his life as TheUnfavorite to his younger brother, has to live with the guilt of accidentally(?) getting said brother killed, as well as accidentally killing his first love, then he loses his wife and daughter, which seemed to be the turning point towards his final downward spiral and anytime he tries to be good or nice to anybody it only backfires, leading to him continuing his unhealthy coping mechanisms of drugs, alcohol and sex. The story is a beautifully, realistically bleak portrayal of an intense, untreated mental illness and it showcases all of the issues that come with it. Bruce really had no chance from the start.

* Bruce’s breakdown during his argument with DS Drummond after he realizes he’s hurting her, where he laments about how he used to be a good person and tearfully admits that he knows he’s going insane and that his wife left him for reasons he can’t even remember. Unfortunately his demons grab hold of him again as he hallucinates Drummond as a witch and screams at her about how she fucked her way through her promotions and storms out of the station, continuing his downward spiral.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[VillainousBreakdown I wasn’t gonna hurt you...]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[HeelRealization You see, there’s something wrong with me...there’s something seriously wrong with me.]]]]

* The disastrous results of Bruce and Blade’s trip to Hamburg that send Bruce past the point of no return. Bruce slips ecstasy into Blades’ drink, and everything goes fine for a while; Blades begins dancing around and seems to be enjoying himself. Then Blades does what anyone with little to no experience with street drugs being heavily spiked would do: he starts ''freaking the fuck out''. Bruce tries in vain to get Blades to calm down but when it doesn’t work, he gives up and Bruce is left hiding in another room, desperately trying to drown out Blades‘ screams. After an unsettling moment of Bruce hallucinating his reflection being a demented pig-man, he stumbles through the streets in a haze, bumping into people, attempting to start a fight, and eventually falls to the ground, whereupon he looks up and mistakes a local woman for his estranged wife. Bruce desperately grabs the stranger and pleads for her to tell him where their daughter is, pleads for a second chance, and then the woman slaps him away from her, seemingly breaking him from his trance. The scene ends with Bruce meekly walking away, looking like a miserable, lost puppy.

* The disastrous results of Bruce’s trip to Germany that send him past the point of no return. He winds up experimenting too much with hard drugs and stumbling through the streets freaking people out and gets slapped by a woman he’s convinced is his estranged wife.

* The ending, Bruce [[DespairEventHorizon loses any hope for redeeming himself]] and [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide]] with the scarf his wife made for him in a vain attempt to get revenge on her after leaving a tape apologizing to Blades, capped off with Clint Mansell’s cover of “Creep” by Music/{{Radiohead}} playing in the background. You would never expect to shed any tears over a misanthropic, racist, sexist, homophobic, [[DirtyCop corrupt sergeant detective]] but low and behold.
* Bruce‘s story in general is a heartbreaking tale. He was a ChildByRape and as such was ostracized from his home village, raised by an abusive father, spent his life as TheUnfavorite to his younger brother, has to live with the guilt of accidentally(?) getting said brother killed, then he loses his wife that only worsens his downward spiral and anytime he tries to be good or nice to anybody it only backfires, leading to him continuing his unhealthy coping mechanisms of drugs, alcohol and sex. The story is a beautifully, realistically bleak portrayal of an intense untreated mental illness and it showcases all of the issues that come with it. Bruce really had no chance from the start.

* When Bruce futility tries to save a man’s life while the man’s wife and child are watching over begging for him to be saved. It’s one of the few good things Bruce tries to do in the entire story with no pretense of manipulation or self gain and it just doesn’t work.

* The disastrous results of Bruce’s trip to Germany that send him past the point of no return. He winds up experimenting too much with hard drugs and stumbling through the streets freaking people out and get slapped by a woman he’s convinced is his estranged wife.

* The ending, Bruce [[DespairEventHorizon loses any hope for redeeming himself]] and [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide]] with the scarf his wife made for him in a vain attempt to get revenge on her after leaving a tape apologizing to Blades, capped off with Clint Mansell’s cover of “Creep” by Music/{{Radiohead}} playing in the background. You would never expect to shed any tears over a racist sexist homophobic corrupt cop but low and behold.

* The disastrous results of Bruce’s trip to Germany that send him past the point of no return after experimenting too much with hard drugs and stumbling through the streets freaking people out and thinking that a woman is his estranged wife.

* The ending, Bruce committing suicide with the scarf his wife made for him in a vain attempt to get revenge on her after leaving a tape apologizing to Blades, capped off with Clint Mansell’s cover of “Creep” by Music/{{Radiohead}} playing in the background. You would never expect to shed any tears over a racist sexist homophobic corrupt cop but low and behold.
* Bruce‘s story in general is a heartbreaking tale. He was a ChildByRape and as such was ostracized from his home village, raised by an abusive father, spent his life as TheUnfavorite to his younger brother, has to live with the guilt of accidentally(?) getting said brother killed, loses his wife that only worsens his downward spiral and anytime he tries to be good or nice to anybody it only backfires, leading to him continuing his unhealthy coping mechanisms of drugs, alcohol and sex. The story is a beautifully, realistically bleak portrayal of an intense untreated mental illness and it showcases all of the issues that come with it and his unhealthy habits. Bruce really had no chance from the start.

* Bruce’s breakdown during his argument with DS Drummond where he laments about how he used to be a good person and tearfully admits that he knows he’s going insane and that his wife left him for reasons he can’t even remember. Unfortunately his demons grab hold of him again as he hallucinates Drummond as a witch and screams at her about how she fucked her way through her promotions and storms out of the station, continuing his downward spiral.

* The ending, Bruce committing suicide with the scarf his wife made for him in a vain attempt to get revenge on her after leaving a tape apologizing to Blades, capped off with Clint Mansell’s cover of “Creep” by Music/Radiohead playing in the background. You would never expect to shed any tears over a racist sexist homophobic corrupt cop but low and behold.