History YMMV / LawAndOrderUK

* FanonDiscontinuity:
** Most fans reaction to anything after "Deal". The number of fanfics in which Matt recovers from his wounds and marries Alesha ''vastly'' outnumbers those that focus on the aftermath of his death.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Yes, ''Franchise/StarWars'' fans, [[Film/TheForceAwakens Finn]] and [[Creator/JohnBoyega Matt's killer]] are one and the same. At least he managed to redeem himself.

* FanonDiscontinuity[=/=]HesJustHiding:

** A literal example of the second trope in the story "[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7712514/1/Happy-New-Year Happy New Year]]", when it turns out that he was sequestered away to recover from his injuries and protect him from his would be killers, being brought back in time for their trial.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Jamal Clarkson of "Survivor's Guilt". Yes, his brother's murder was tragic. Yes, he has every right to be angry at his killer and at the racist cops who botched the investigation. But instead of going after any of them, he deliberately targets someone who had nothing to do with it--thus completely failing in his goal of avenging his brother--smearing him with the same--''undeserved''--"bigot" label and has now caused even more agony, devastating not only Matt's loved ones, but ruining his own life and causing his mother to lose both of her sons.
* WhatAnIdiot: Yes, [[spoiler:Sam]], sleeping with the "victim" was a brilliant move.

* CompleteMonster: Paul Darnell. A serial rapist out on parole who claims to have gone on the straight and narrow with the help of his new girlfriend, but is in actuality completely unrepentant and ends up raping and murdering Ashanti Walker in her apartment, only getting away because James’s [[TheUnfettered dogged]] tendencies allow Darnell’s defense to claim that he’s being unfairly persecuted for his history and win over the jury to get him cleared of all charges. Luckily he gets his comeuppance - he’s loathed by the public and when he tries to kill the teenage daughter of a friend who let him stay at her house to escape harassment, she ends up caving his head in.

* FanonDiscontinuity[=/=]HesJustHiding: Most fans reaction to anything after "Deal". The number of fanfics in which Matt recovers from his wounds and marries Alesha ''vastly'' outnumbers those that focus on the aftermath of his death.

* HarsherInHindsight: DI Chandler comments to Ronnie and Matt that whoever cleaned a crime scene "must be a fan of CSI". Shortly after leaving the show, Creator/JamieBamber, who played Matt, guest-starred on an episode of ''Series/CSIMiami''. Even "funnier", after several years of playing a by-the-book cop, he was now playing a criminal. . .named Ronnie.[[note]] To top it off, he killed someone named [[Series/{{NCIS}} Ellie]][[/note]]

* ReplacementScrappy: Sam, both out and in-universe. He wasn't a bad guy, he just wasn't Matt. Some of his less-than-stellar moves--sarcastically pretending to be racist, sleeping with a victim who turns out to be the killer they're after, rebuffing Ronnie's efforts at mentoring and friendship--didn't do him any favors either. It's telling that he only lasted 2 series and disappeared without any explanation.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Yes, Franchise/StarWars fans, [[Film/TheForceAwakens Finn]] and [[Creator/JohnBoyega Matt's killer]] are one and the same. At least he managed to redeem himself.

* StoicWoobie: Alesha. When Matt tries to comfort her following her rape, she simply hands him a videotape of her assault and asks that he arrest her attacker. Later, she manages to keep it together during the investigation into Matt's death and the prosecution of his killer, and in the episode "Line Up", she conducts a virtually flawless prosecution of a young girl's gang rape. Although she's clearly motivated by her own experience, she shows no signs of letting it adversely affect her.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment[=/=]HilariousInHindsight: DI Chandler comments to Ronnie and Matt that whoever cleaned a crime scene "must be a fan of CSI". Shortly after leaving the show, Creator/JamieBamber, who played Matt, guest-starred on an episode of ''Series/CSIMiami''. Even "funnier", after several years of playing a by-the-book cop, he was now playing a criminal. . .named Ronnie.[[note]] To top it off, he killed someone named [[Series/{{NCIS}} Ellie]][[/note]]
** The {{Crossover}} fanfic "[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7222094/1/A-Tale-of-Two-Cities A Tale Of Two Cities]]", which had Matt and Ronnie venturing to Washington, DC to work with the ''{{Series/NCIS}}'' team became this after (1) Creator/JamieBamber began a recurring role as Ellie Bishop's husband--named Jake, incidentally, and (2) an NCIS storyline which had the team working with UsefulNotes/BritishCoppers, culminating in one of them joining the crew.
* HarsherInHindsight:

** In the fanfic "[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/6281118/1/Safety-Catch Safety Catch]]", Matt is shot but ultimately recovers. This was written a year before it actually happened on the show.

* EstrogenBrigade: The young cops. Some would say Ronnie as well, and the HelloAttorney s James and Jake also.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Jamal Clarkson of "Survivor's Guilt". Yes, his brother's murder was tragic. Yes, he has every right to be angry at his killer and at the racist cops who botched the investigation. But instead of going after any of them, he deliberately targets someone who had nothing to do with it, smearing him with the same--''undeserved''--"bigot" label and has now caused even more agony, devastating not only Matt's loved ones, but ruining his own life and causing his mother to lose both of her sons.

** And an "out-show" example: Matt was killed by someone seeking revenge against the police for bungling the investigation into his brother's murder--something he had ''nothing'' to do with. The December 2014 murders of two NYPD officers by a man who wanted to avenge the death of Eric Garner (a man suffocated by the cops as they attempted to restrain and arrest him for selling loose cigarettes. The officer who applied the fatal chokehold was not indicted) bears an eerie similarity, right down to the fact that the officers in question had nothing to do with the aforementioned incident and that their killer was intentionally targeting the police.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment[=/=]HilariousInHindsight: DI Chandler comments to Ronnie and Matt that whoever cleaned a crime scene "must be a fan of CSI". Shortly after leaving the show, Creator/JamieBamber, who played Matt, guest-starred on an episode of ''Series/CSIMiami''. Even "funnier", after several years of playing a by-the-book cop, he was now playing a criminal. . .named Ronnie.
** The {{Crossover}} fanfic "[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7222094/1/A-Tale-of-Two-Cities A Tale Of Two Cities]]", which had Matt and Ronnie venturing to Washington, DC to work with the ''{{Series/NCIS}}'' team became this after (1) Creator/JamieBamber began a recurring role as Ellie Bishop's husband--named Jake, incidentally, and (2) a storyline which had the NCIS team working with UsefulNotes/BritishCoppers, culminating in one of them joining the crew.

** A literal example of the second trope in the story "[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7582058/1/ Happy New Year]]", when it turns out that he was sequestered away to recover from his injuries and protect him from his would be killers, being brought back in time for their trial.

** The {{Crossover}} fanfic "[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7222094/1/A-Tale-of-Two-Cities A Tale Of Two Cities]]" had Matt and Ronnie venturing to Washington, DC to work with the ''{{Series/NCIS}}'' team became this after (1) Creator/JamieBamber began a recurring role as Ellie Bishop's husband--named Jake, incidentally, and (2) a storyline which had the NCIS team working with UsefulNotes/BritishCoppers, culminating in one of them joining the crew.

** A {{Crossover}} fanfic with ''{{Series/NCIS}}'' that had Matt and Ronnie venturing to Washington, DC became this after (1) Creator/JamieBamber began a recurring role as Ellie Bishop's husband--named Jake, incidentally, and (2) a storyline which had the NCIS team working with UsefulNotes/BritishCoppers, culminating in one of them joining the crew.

** A literal example of the second trope in the story "Happy New Year", when it turns out that he was sequestered away to recover from his injuries and protect him from his would be killers, being brought back in time for their trial.

** A fanfic in which Matt was shot but ultimately recovered was written a year before it actually happened on the show. With a much sadder outcome.

* FirstInstallmentWins: The first batch of 26 episodes with the original cast are considered the best; the replacements in the subsequent seasons while not bad, just didn't have the same chemistry as the original cast.

* MostWonderfulSound: The recurring two-note sound heard across the ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' franchise.

* SeasonalRot: Starting with Series 5, following the departures of Ben Daniels and Bill Patterson, kicking into high gear in Series 6 with JamieBamber's defection before maxing out in Series 7 with only one original cast member remaining -- Bradley Walsh. Their replacements, while not bad actors or characters in their own right, simply did not have the flawless chemistry of the original cast--in particular, Ronnie and Sam never had the rapport that Ronnie and Matt did. As such, the episodes, while still very good overall--"Deal[=/=]"Survivor's Guilt" are unanimously considered among the best--were not as good as those from the first several series.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Yes, Franchise/StarWars fans, [[Film/TheForceAwakens Finn]] and Matt's killer are one and the same. At least he managed to redeem himself.

** Another had Matt being shot but ultimately recovering. This was written a year before it actually happened on the show. With a much sadder outcome.

** A {{Crossover}} fanfic with ''{{Series/NCIS}}'' that had Matt and Ronnie venturing to Washington, DC became this after (1) Creator/JamieBamber began a recurring role as Ellie Bishop's husband--named Jake, incidentally, and (2) a storyline which had the NCIS team working with UsefulNotes/BritishCoppers.