History Series / Babylon2014

** Similarly, the Initiatives on Policing Conference mentioned in Episode Two as 'next week'. It doesn't seem to occur before or during Episode Three, and it isn't referenced afterwards. Presumably, Episode Three took place at the start of 'next week', and the conference was cancelled following [[spoiler: Richard's suicide]].

** During their short-lived truce, Liz sends Finn to handle the press at Cravenwood, saying, "I want my best brain on it." Their relationship deteriorates again soon after. In Episode Four, [[HeadButtingHeroes Charles sends Sharon]] to spearhead the operation at Victoria Park, claiming, "I need my best people on this." Things go downhill from there.

** The Clarkey/Davina/Banjo subplot concludes with Clarkey being badly beaten.

''Babylon'' is a 2014 {{Creator/Channel 4}} satirical {{Dramedy}} written by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, and directed by Danny Boyle. In the U.S., it aired on Sundance TV, sans pilot. The show focuses on two aspects of London's [[UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard Metropolitan Police Service]] - the ground forces and the PR department - and how they relate and come into conflict in the Internet-era.

** In later episodes, between [[FoeRomanceSubtext Liz and Finn.]] When the car they’re in swerves, Liz [[AccidentalHandHold clutches Finn’s hand on reflex]], and they exchange an awkward glance. Later, she purposefully grabs his hands again while appealing to him for support

''Babylon'' is a 2014 {{Creator/Channel 4}} satirical {{Dramedy}} written by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, and directed by Danny Boyle. In the U.S., it's airing on Sundance TV, sans pilot. The show focuses on two aspects of London's [[UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard Metropolitan Police Service]] - the ground forces and the PR department - and how they relate and come into conflict in the Internet-era.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the pilot, Finn tells Mia that Liz was hired because "Richard saw her TED Talk and his dick went hard". [[spoiler: At first viewing, it seems like Finn is making a [[NeverASelfMadeWoman misogynistic comment]] about Liz because he’s TheResenter. Then, come Episode Three, you learn that Richard has had multiple affairs, including at least two in the workplace - Finn has a habit of spying on everyone, and he genuinely thinks that’s the case with Liz as well.]]
** In Episode One, Richard exhibits some odd behaviour, such as telling Tom to cancel all his medical appointments, without giving a reason why. [[spoiler: It's never explained, but: either Amy was still Richard's physio at the time and he was in the process of ending it, or he was already beginning to have suicidal thoughts.]]

* EstablishingCharacterMoment

''Babylon'' is a 2014 {{Creator/Channel 4}} satirical {{Dramedy}} written by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, and directed by Danny Boyle. The show focuses on two aspects of London's [[UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard Metropolitan Police Service]] - the ground forces and the PR department - and how they relate and come into conflict in the Internet-era.

On the ground, officers from Specialists Firearms Command and the Territorial Support Group struggle to do their jobs amidst personal drama and increasing public scrutiny. To round things off, young director Matt Coward films the cops for what's meant to be a documentary portraying them in a positive light - but he has bigger plans...

** Charles nearly gets into a tense verbal stand-off with Liz after she jokes about being able to kill him.

** Inglis nearly gets into a tense verbal stand-off with Liz after she jokes about being able to kill him.

* ShipTease: Between Liz and Richard. She has a serious case of [[HeroWorshipper HeroWorship]] towards him, and lets slip to Granger that "he's not always perfect, but it's something to get out of bed for - saving an institution." Richard keeps kissing her on the cheek, and says she's the only person he trusts. [[spoiler: Nothing ever happens between them before he kills himself.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: In Episode Three, after their latest argument, Finn doubles back to suggest that Liz check "the filing cabinets on the fourth floor - you might want to see where the bodies are buried". The line seems to be a CallBack to the previous episode, when Mia joked that the PR department files press coverage about Richard in a box marked 'Richard's Massive Ego'. Liz doesn't check, and it's never brought up again.

[[caption-width-right:620:"Everyone's a racist, we're all corrupt, and at night we lock ourselves in the holding cells and fuck each other."]]

->''"Everyone's a racist, we're all corrupt, and at night we lock ourselves in the holding cells and fuck each other.''"
-->- '''Liz Garvey'''

"''Do I need to read you the Riot Act? The last line is 'do not restart the fucking riot'!"''

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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The Karl Jeffries plot was clearly inspired by the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan in 2011.

* RippedFromTheHeadlines

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: The bomber in Episodes 3 and 4.

--->‘’’Sharon’’’: I was thinking of the conceptualization of law enforcement in terms of natural law and Thomas Aquinas…

* MissingEpisode: The pilot, from the SundanceTV airing, probably due to to its doubled length.

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