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* TheScrappy: Lesley Vickerage's Helen, who is by and large considered a whiny, selfish milquetoast. Catherine Russell's incarnation of the character is generally considered likeable enough[[note]]the chief complaint being "she isn't Emma"[[/note]](if a bit bland), but virtually everyone wants Emma Fielding from the pilot back.

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* TheScrappy: Lesley Vickerage's Helen, who is by and large considered a whiny, selfish milquetoast. Catherine Russell's incarnation of the character is generally considered likeable enough[[note]]the chief complaint being "she isn't Emma"[[/note]](if Emma"[[/note]] (if a bit bland), but virtually everyone wants Emma Fielding from the pilot back.
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* FanPreferredCouple: Lynley and Havers, naturally. The fandom outliers are those who ''don't'' ship it! [[Creator/NathanielParker The star of the show himself]] declared outright that he wanted to see the show end with [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Lynley and Havers holding hands and walking into the sunset]].

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* IKnewIt: Clever viewers may find themselves shouting this, especially since whodunnit is often not who you'd expect and therefore being right is all the more exciting.
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** Creator/IdrisElba and Creator/JamesMcAvoy were guest stars on the same episode, "[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS01E02PaymentInBlood Payment in Blood.]]" [[spoiler:{{Averted}} as neither one was the killer, and one became the third victim]].



** Creator/RichardArmitage played the role of Philip Turner in "[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS04E01InDivineProportion In Divine Proportion]]". [[spoiler: Again, {{averted}}, as he wasn't guilty of anything other than [[MrFanService fanservice]]]].
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* RetroactiveRecognition: ''Tons'' of current stars started out as minor characters on this show, including Creator/HenryCavill (Superman in ''Film/ManOfSteel''), Creator/RichardArmitage (Thorin in ''Film/TheHobbit''), Creator/JamesMcAvoy (Professor Charles Xavier in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''), Creator/SamuelWest (Siegfried Farnon in ''[[Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall2020 All Creatures Great and Small]]'', and Creator/MatthewGoode (''Series/ADiscoveryOfWitches'') as Lynley's younger brother. Catherine Russell, meanwhile, would go on to break into the British TV mainstream as Serena Campbell on ''Series/HolbyCity''.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: ''Tons'' of current stars started out as minor characters on this show, including Creator/HenryCavill (Superman in ''Film/ManOfSteel''), Creator/RichardArmitage (Thorin in ''Film/TheHobbit''), Creator/JamesMcAvoy (Professor Charles Xavier in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''), Creator/SamuelWest (Siegfried Farnon in ''[[Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall2020 All Creatures Great and Small]]'', Small]]''), and Creator/MatthewGoode (''Series/ADiscoveryOfWitches'') as Lynley's younger brother. Catherine Russell, meanwhile, would go on to break into the British TV mainstream as Serena Campbell on ''Series/HolbyCity''.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: ''Tons'' of current stars started out as minor characters on this show, including Creator/HenryCavill (Superman in ''Film/ManOfSteel''), Creator/RichardArmitage (Thorin in ''Film/TheHobbit''), Creator/JamesMcAvoy (Professor Charles Xavier in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''), and Creator/MatthewGoode (''Series/ADiscoveryOfWitches'') as Lynley's younger brother. Catherine Russell, meanwhile, would go on to break into the British TV mainstream as Serena Campbell on ''Series/HolbyCity''.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: ''Tons'' of current stars started out as minor characters on this show, including Creator/HenryCavill (Superman in ''Film/ManOfSteel''), Creator/RichardArmitage (Thorin in ''Film/TheHobbit''), Creator/JamesMcAvoy (Professor Charles Xavier in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''), Creator/SamuelWest (Siegfried Farnon in ''[[Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall2020 All Creatures Great and Small]]'', and Creator/MatthewGoode (''Series/ADiscoveryOfWitches'') as Lynley's younger brother. Catherine Russell, meanwhile, would go on to break into the British TV mainstream as Serena Campbell on ''Series/HolbyCity''.
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* RelationshipWritingFumble: If the writers wanted viewers to believe Havers and Lynley aren't falling head-over-heels in love throughout the course of the show, they ''really'' shouldn't have had them call each other [[spoiler:their reason to get up in the morning]], or given them the infamous CryIntoChest at the end of "[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS04E01InDivineProportion In Divine Proportion]]" that looks like nothing so much as a man comforting his traumatized lover. Many, ''many'' fans have pointed out that Lynley has much better chemistry -- and a much healthier relationship -- with Barbara than he ever did with [[SatelliteLoveInterest Helen]].

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* RelationshipWritingFumble: PlatonicWritingRomanticReading: If the writers wanted viewers to believe Havers and Lynley aren't falling head-over-heels in love throughout the course of the show, they ''really'' shouldn't have had them call each other [[spoiler:their reason to get up in the morning]], or given them the infamous CryIntoChest at the end of "[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS04E01InDivineProportion In Divine Proportion]]" that looks like nothing so much as a man comforting his traumatized lover. Many, ''many'' fans have pointed out that Lynley has much better chemistry -- and a much healthier relationship -- with Barbara than he ever did with [[SatelliteLoveInterest Helen]].

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