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* WhatAnIdiot: Lily somehow gets it into her head that the strange Indian man holding up her mother's necklace must have done something bad to her and decides screaming her head off at him (and thus alerting her kidnappers) is a good idea and rids the girls of any chance of being rescued they might've had.
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* BrokenBase: Some viewers were not happy with the ending of the first series, mostly because of [[spoiler: just how damn ''[[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy depressing]]'' it was]], especially as the final scene itself is [[spoiler: what really cinches it as a DownerEnding]]. By contrast, the second series, whilst far from HappilyEverAfter, has a more uplifting ending.
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* BrokenBase: Some viewers were not happy with the ending of the first series, mostly because of [[spoiler: just how damn ''[[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy ''[[TooBleakStoppedCaring depressing]]'' it was]], especially as the final scene itself is [[spoiler: what really cinches it as a DownerEnding]]. By contrast, the second series, whilst far from HappilyEverAfter, has a more uplifting ending.
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* CaptainObviousReveal: [[spoiler:That the girl who came back to the Websters was not actually Alice but Sophie.]]
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: She has a point, but Emily often comes across as unlikeable for her preference not to know how Olly died.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Julien Baptiste is one of the standout characters of the show. Tchéky Karyo's performance is one of the things most commonly praised about the series and he's popular with many viewers for being a [[RetiredBadass badass]], yet vulnerable detective and CoolOldGuy, who manages to be emotionally complex whilst avoiding being a cliched, [[DefectiveDetective overly-dysfunctional cop]].
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Julien Baptiste is one of the standout characters of the show. Tchéky Karyo's performance is one of the things most commonly praised about the series and he's popular with many viewers for being a [[RetiredBadass badass]], yet vulnerable detective and CoolOldGuy, who manages to be emotionally complex whilst avoiding being a cliched, [[DefectiveDetective overly-dysfunctional cop]]. This was the basis for the creation of ''Series/{{Baptiste}}''.
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* ItWasHisSled: Let's face it, did anyone ''really'' believe [[spoiler: the girl who came home to the Websters was actually Alice]]?
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Julien Baptiste is one of the standout characters of the show. Tchéky Karyo's performance is one of the things most commonly praised about the series and he's popular with many viewers for being a [[RetiredBadass badass]], yet vulnerable detective and CoolOldGuy, who manages to be emotionally complex whilst avoiding being a cliched, [[DefectiveDetective overly-dysfunctional {{Jerkass}} cop.cop]].
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Julien Baptiste is one of the standout characters of the show. Tchéky Karyo's performance is one of the things most commonly praised about the series and he's popular with many viewers for being a badass, yet vulnerable detective and CoolOldGuy, who manages to be emotionally complex whilst avoiding being a stereotypical, dysfunctional HardboiledDetective.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Julien Baptiste is one of the standout characters of the show. Tchéky Karyo's performance is one of the things most commonly praised about the series and he's popular with many viewers for being a badass, [[RetiredBadass badass]], yet vulnerable detective and CoolOldGuy, who manages to be emotionally complex whilst avoiding being a stereotypical, dysfunctional HardboiledDetective. cliched, overly-dysfunctional {{Jerkass}} cop.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Julien Baptiste is one of the standout characters of the show. Tchéky Karyo's performance is one of the things most commonly praised about the series and he's popular with many viewers for being a badass, yet vulnerable detective and CoolOldGuy, who manages to be emotionally complex whilst avoiding being a stereotypical, dysfunctional HardboiledDetective.
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** Emily and Tony finding out [[spoiler: their son is dead and how he died, after spending years searching for him and even being given hope he might be alive]]. James Nesbit and Frances O'Connor really give it their all and heartbreakingly believable as grief-stricken parents.
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** Emily and Tony finding out [[spoiler: their son is dead and how he died, after spending years searching for him and even being given hope he might be alive]]. James Nesbit and Frances O'Connor really give it their all in that scene and are heartbreakingly believable as grief-stricken parents.
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* BrokenBase: Some viewers were not happy with the ending of the first series, mostly because of [[spoiler: just how damn ''[[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy depressing]]'' it was]], especially as the final scene itself is [[spoiler: what really cinches it as a DownerEnding]]. By contrast, the second series, whilst far from HappilyEverAfter, has a more uplifting ending.
* NightmareFuel: Good ''god'', where to begin? The very premise alone is every parent's worst nightmare come true.
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** Emily and Tony finding out [[spoiler: their son is dead and how he died, after spending years searching for him and even being given hope he might be alive]]. James Nesbit and Frances O'Connor really give it their all and heartbreakingly believable as grief-stricken parents.
** The last scene of Series 1, where it's revealed [[spoiler: Tony is ''still'' searching for Oliver, refusing to accept that's gone because they NeverFoundTheBody]].
** At [[spoiler: her wedding to Mark]], Emily looks up whilst giving her speech and sees Oliver smiling at her. She gives a tearful, heartwrenching smile in return [[spoiler: especially as this is after she found out he's most likely dead, possibly [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane implying]] this is his spirit come to visit her]].
** In the finale of the second series, Sam [[spoiler: being taken past his daughter on a stretcher after being shot. Even though he's in agony and needs ''immediate'' attention, all he cares about is seeing his daughter. The look of absolute relief on his face when he realises that not only is Alice alive after all but is safe at last is very poignant]]. Especially when it's later revealed [[spoiler: he died of his wounds. It's incredibly bittersweet, that he died knowing he'd found Alice at last, after suffering so much over her abduction]].
* TheWoobie:
** The families of the missing children. They go through absolute hell, practically tearing themselves apart psychologically trying to find their lost children, not knowing what happened to them, fearing the worst, finding out horrible things were done to them etc.
** Sophie and Alice. Both girls were abducted, held prisoner for years, brainwashed, abused and repeatedly raped by a psychopath. [[spoiler: Sophie is so traumatised, she can barely cope with living like a normal person again, believes her kidnapper ''loves'' her and ''goes back to him'' after being released and, when he's arrested and her daughter is taken from her, briefly considers ''suicide''. Although she is rescued in the end, it's obvious she's never going to be able to fully get over what was done to her. Meanwhile, Alice sees her father again for the first time in years...as he's being rushed away to hospital after being shot by her captor whilst trying to find her. He dies of his wounds, meaning that this was both the first time Alice had seen her father in a long time ''and'' the last time she ever saw him in her life]].
** Vincent Broug. It's a credit to his actor and the writers that he manages to come across as one despite being ''a paedophile''. He is utterly disgusted and filled with self-loathing by this, has no real friends, tries his hardest to avoid acting on his impulses and eventually starts a treatment that suppresses them, giving him hope that he can live a relatively normal life. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, he has a bad reaction to the treatment and is doesn't work as well as hoped. Finally, believing there is no cure, he loses hope of ever being normal and kills himself]].
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* BrokenBase: Some viewers were not happy with the ending of the first series, mostly because of [[spoiler: just how damn ''[[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy depressing]]'' it was]], especially as the final scene itself is [[spoiler: what really cinches it as a DownerEnding]]. By contrast, the second series, whilst far from HappilyEverAfter, has a more uplifting ending.
* NightmareFuel: Good ''god'', where to begin? The very premise alone is every parent's worst nightmare come true.
* {{Tearjerker}}:
** Emily and Tony finding out [[spoiler: their son is dead and how he died, after spending years searching for him and even being given hope he might be alive]]. James Nesbit and Frances O'Connor really give it their all and heartbreakingly believable as grief-stricken parents.
** The last scene of Series 1, where it's revealed [[spoiler: Tony is ''still'' searching for Oliver, refusing to accept that's gone because they NeverFoundTheBody]].
** At [[spoiler: her wedding to Mark]], Emily looks up whilst giving her speech and sees Oliver smiling at her. She gives a tearful, heartwrenching smile in return [[spoiler: especially as this is after she found out he's most likely dead, possibly [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane implying]] this is his spirit come to visit her]].
** In the finale of the second series, Sam [[spoiler: being taken past his daughter on a stretcher after being shot. Even though he's in agony and needs ''immediate'' attention, all he cares about is seeing his daughter. The look of absolute relief on his face when he realises that not only is Alice alive after all but is safe at last is very poignant]]. Especially when it's later revealed [[spoiler: he died of his wounds. It's incredibly bittersweet, that he died knowing he'd found Alice at last, after suffering so much over her abduction]].
* TheWoobie:
** The families of the missing children. They go through absolute hell, practically tearing themselves apart psychologically trying to find their lost children, not knowing what happened to them, fearing the worst, finding out horrible things were done to them etc.
** Sophie and Alice. Both girls were abducted, held prisoner for years, brainwashed, abused and repeatedly raped by a psychopath. [[spoiler: Sophie is so traumatised, she can barely cope with living like a normal person again, believes her kidnapper ''loves'' her and ''goes back to him'' after being released and, when he's arrested and her daughter is taken from her, briefly considers ''suicide''. Although she is rescued in the end, it's obvious she's never going to be able to fully get over what was done to her. Meanwhile, Alice sees her father again for the first time in years...as he's being rushed away to hospital after being shot by her captor whilst trying to find her. He dies of his wounds, meaning that this was both the first time Alice had seen her father in a long time ''and'' the last time she ever saw him in her life]].
** Vincent Broug. It's a credit to his actor and the writers that he manages to come across as one despite being ''a paedophile''. He is utterly disgusted and filled with self-loathing by this, has no real friends, tries his hardest to avoid acting on his impulses and eventually starts a treatment that suppresses them, giving him hope that he can live a relatively normal life. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, he has a bad reaction to the treatment and is doesn't work as well as hoped. Finally, believing there is no cure, he loses hope of ever being normal and kills himself]].
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* CompleteMonster: The evil [[MagicalNativeAmerican Native American "witch"]] Pesh-Chidin, aka El Brujo ("The Sorcerer"), is a {{sadist}}ic murderer who leads a group of killers through the territories where he ritualistically murders those he encounters and kidnaps attractive young ladies to sell into {{sex slave}}ry in Mexico. Chidin has the women mistreated, his only concern being he fears seven is an "unlucky number, " making him opt to capture an eighth girl before they go to Mexico when one dies. When he learns a girl has killed herself thanks to the aid of Lily, Chidin restrains himself from beating her only because he won't gain money for a swollen face, but forces sand into her mouth while snarling "this is what the rest of your life will taste like." Chidin murders a photographer via a powder that makes him bleed out through his ears, eyes, nose and mouth, [[TeamKiller slaughters his Mexican partners]] when they anger him and finally simply attempts to murder the heroes. A vicious, brutal monster [[TheDreaded feared even by other Native tribes]], Chidin is a loathed figure to all who know him.
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* CompleteMonster: The evil [[MagicalNativeAmerican Native American "witch"]] Pesh-Chidin, aka El Brujo ("The Sorcerer"), is a {{sadist}}ic murderer who leads a group of killers through the territories where he ritualistically murders those he encounters and kidnaps attractive young ladies to sell into {{sex slave}}ry in Mexico. Chidin has the women mistreated, his only concern being he fears seven is an "unlucky number, " making him opt to capture an eighth girl before they go to Mexico when one dies. When he learns a girl has killed herself thanks to the aid of Lily, Chidin restrains himself from beating her only because he won't gain money for a swollen face, but forces sand into her mouth while snarling "this is what the rest of your life will taste like." Chidin murders a photographer via a powder that [[CruelAndUnusualDeath makes him bleed out through his ears, eyes, nose and mouth, mouth]], [[TeamKiller slaughters his Mexican partners]] when they anger him and finally simply attempts to murder the heroes. A vicious, brutal monster [[TheDreaded feared even by other Native tribes]], Chidin is a loathed figure to all who know him.
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* CompleteMonster: The evil [[MagicalNativeAmerican Native American "witch"]] Pesh-Chidin, aka El Brujo ("The Sorcerer"), is a {{sadist}}ic murderer who leads a group of killers through the territories where he ritualistically murders those he encounters and kidnaps attractive young ladies to sell into {{sex slave}}ry in Mexico. Chidin has the women mistreated, his only concern being he fears seven is an "unlucky number, " making him opt to capture an eighth girl before they go to Mexico. When he learns a girl has killed herself thanks to the aid of another, Chidin restrains himself from beating the girl only because he won't gain money for a swollen face, but forces sand into her mouth while snarling "this is what the rest of your life will taste like." Chidin murders a photographer via a powder that makes him bleed out through his ears, eyes, nose and mouth, [[TeamKiller slaughters his Mexican partners]] when they anger him and finally simply attempts to murder the heroes. A vicious, brutal monster [[TheDreaded feared even by other Native tribes]], Chidin is a loathed figure to all who know him.
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* CompleteMonster: The evil [[MagicalNativeAmerican Native American "witch"]] Pesh-Chidin, aka El Brujo ("The Sorcerer"), is a {{sadist}}ic murderer who leads a group of killers through the territories where he ritualistically murders those he encounters and kidnaps attractive young ladies to sell into {{sex slave}}ry in Mexico. Chidin has the women mistreated, his only concern being he fears seven is an "unlucky number, " making him opt to capture an eighth girl before they go to Mexico. Mexico when one dies. When he learns a girl has killed herself thanks to the aid of another, Lily, Chidin restrains himself from beating the girl her only because he won't gain money for a swollen face, but forces sand into her mouth while snarling "this is what the rest of your life will taste like." Chidin murders a photographer via a powder that makes him bleed out through his ears, eyes, nose and mouth, [[TeamKiller slaughters his Mexican partners]] when they anger him and finally simply attempts to murder the heroes. A vicious, brutal monster [[TheDreaded feared even by other Native tribes]], Chidin is a loathed figure to all who know him.
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* CompleteMonster: The evil [[MagicalNativeAmerican Native American "witch"]] Pesh-Chidin, aka El Brujo ("The Sorcerer"), is a {{sadist}}ic murderer who leads a group of killers through the territories where he ritualistically murders those he encounters and kidnaps attractive young ladies to sell into {{sex slave}}ry in Mexico. Chidin has the women mistreated, his only concern being he fears seven is an "unlucky number, " making him opt to capture an eighth girl before they go to Mexico. When he learns a girl has killed herself thanks to the aid of another, Chidin restrains himself from beating the girl only because he won't gain money for a swollen face, but forces sand into her mouth while snarling "this is what the rest of your life will taste like." Chidin murders a photographer via a powder that makes him bleed out through his ears, eyes, nose and mouse, slaughters his Mexican partners when they anger him and finally simply attempts to murder the heroes. A vicious, brutal monster [[TheDreaded feared even by other Native tribes]], Chidin is a loathed figure to all who know him.
* WhatAnIdiot: Lily somehow gets it into her head that the strange Indian man holding up her mother's necklace must have done something bad to her and decides screaming her head off at him (and thus alerting her kidnappers) is a good idea and rids the girls of any chance of being rescued they might've had.
* WhatAnIdiot: Lily somehow gets it into her head that the strange Indian man holding up her mother's necklace must have done something bad to her and decides screaming her head off at him (and thus alerting her kidnappers) is a good idea and rids the girls of any chance of being rescued they might've had.
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* CompleteMonster: The evil [[MagicalNativeAmerican Native American "witch"]] Pesh-Chidin, aka El Brujo ("The Sorcerer"), is a {{sadist}}ic murderer who leads a group of killers through the territories where he ritualistically murders those he encounters and kidnaps attractive young ladies to sell into {{sex slave}}ry in Mexico. Chidin has the women mistreated, his only concern being he fears seven is an "unlucky number, " making him opt to capture an eighth girl before they go to Mexico. When he learns a girl has killed herself thanks to the aid of another, Chidin restrains himself from beating the girl only because he won't gain money for a swollen face, but forces sand into her mouth while snarling "this is what the rest of your life will taste like." Chidin murders a photographer via a powder that makes him bleed out through his ears, eyes, nose and mouse, mouth, [[TeamKiller slaughters his Mexican partners partners]] when they anger him and finally simply attempts to murder the heroes. A vicious, brutal monster [[TheDreaded feared even by other Native tribes]], Chidin is a loathed figure to all who know him.
* WhatAnIdiot: Lily somehow gets it into her head that the strange Indian man holding up her mother's necklace must have done something bad to her and decides screaming her head off at him (and thus alerting her kidnappers) is a good idea and rids the girls of any chance of being rescued they might'vehad.had.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Lily somehow gets it into her head that the strange Indian man holding up her mother's necklace must have done something bad to her and decides screaming her head off at him (and thus alerting her kidnappers) is a good idea and rids the girls of any chance of being rescued they might've
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