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* CoolHouse: [[spoiler: Before he moves in with Jenny,]] Liam resides in a treehouse in the woods.

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* CoolHouse: [[spoiler: Before [[spoiler:Before he moves in with Jenny,]] Liam resides in a treehouse in the woods.



* JerkassHasAPoint: In "No Justice No Peace", Detective West is an obviously racist cop who is clearly this particular episode's [[InspectorLestrade Lestrade]]. [[spoiler: However, given the very strong circumstantial evidence against Ross -- he's found in the same room as the VictimOfTheWeek, he's wearing bloodstained clothes, he claims to have no memory of what happened and he has in his possession ''a bloodstained screwdriver that fits the description of the murder weapon'' -- West surely has no choice ''but'' to arrest him on suspicion of murder.]]

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* JerkassHasAPoint: In "No Justice No Peace", Detective West is an obviously racist cop who is clearly this particular episode's [[InspectorLestrade Lestrade]]. [[spoiler: However, [[spoiler:However, given the very strong circumstantial evidence against Ross -- he's found in the same room as the VictimOfTheWeek, he's wearing bloodstained clothes, he claims to have no memory of what happened and he has in his possession ''a bloodstained screwdriver that fits the description of the murder weapon'' -- West surely has no choice ''but'' to arrest him on suspicion of murder.]]



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Jenny's public announcement that all of Ian Peterson's old cases will be reopened leads to a rush of appeals against previous convictions. Among them is Gerald Henry Jones, who was convicted of murdering a vagrant but, as Peterson had worked on his case, he gets to go free. [[spoiler: Turns out he's a [[SerialKiller serial killer]] -- [=McAvoy=] was only able to nail him for one of the many murders he committed -- and once he's out, it's not long before he kills again.]]
* NotTheFirstVictim: The later part of season one has Detective [=McAvoy=] dealing with [[spoiler: Gerald Henry Jones, a wealthy banker whom [=McAvoy=] arrested several years earlier for murdering Floyd Shipman, whose case is being reopened. He meets with Shipman's daughter, who reveals to him her theory that Jones is in fact a serial killer, due to there being four other unsolved murders that occurred in the same area where her father was killed. Whilst [=McAvoy=] is initially sceptical (not least because he remembers how difficult it was to convict Jones of a single murder), the resulting investigation not only proves her right, but establishes that Jones is far more prolific than anyone imagined, having slaughtered people all over Ontario -- with Shipman being his ''twenty-third'' victim. His first victim, as Jenny eventually discovers, was none other than his own father who Jones stabbed to death whilst in his teens.]]

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Jenny's public announcement that all of Ian Peterson's old cases will be reopened leads to a rush of appeals against previous convictions. Among them is Gerald Henry Jones, who was convicted of murdering a vagrant but, as Peterson had worked on his case, he gets to go free. [[spoiler: Turns [[spoiler:Turns out he's a [[SerialKiller serial killer]] -- [=McAvoy=] was only able to nail him for one of the many murders he committed -- and once he's out, it's not long before he kills again.]]
* NotTheFirstVictim: The later part of season one has Detective [=McAvoy=] dealing with [[spoiler: Gerald [[spoiler:Gerald Henry Jones, a wealthy banker whom [=McAvoy=] arrested several years earlier for murdering Floyd Shipman, whose case is being reopened. He meets with Shipman's daughter, who reveals to him her theory that Jones is in fact a serial killer, due to there being four other unsolved murders that occurred in the same area where her father was killed. Whilst [=McAvoy=] is initially sceptical (not least because he remembers how difficult it was to convict Jones of a single murder), the resulting investigation not only proves her right, but establishes that Jones is far more prolific than anyone imagined, having slaughtered people all over Ontario -- with Shipman being his ''twenty-third'' victim. His first victim, as Jenny eventually discovers, was none other than his own father who Jones stabbed to death whilst in his teens.]]



* PortentOfDoom: The [[HellHound black dog]] that only Jenny can see in series one. [[spoiler: Averted, though, as it's actually the family pet from when she was a little girl -- her father shot it but she has repressed her memory of this, in addition to repressing her memory of accidentally causing the death of her sister]].

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* PortentOfDoom: The [[HellHound black dog]] that only Jenny can see in series one. [[spoiler: Averted, [[spoiler:Averted, though, as it's actually the family pet from when she was a little girl -- her father shot it but she has repressed her memory of this, in addition to repressing her memory of accidentally causing the death of her sister]].



* ShowWithinAShow: In Season Two, some of the characters enjoy watching a TV show about a coroner called ''Fernandes''. [[spoiler: In "The Flipside", John Fernandes, the main character from the show, appears to Jenny while she's asleep and helps her solve a case ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]), although she doesn't figure out who he is, or even that she was actually asleep at the time, until the end of the episode.]] Bonus points for the show being named as a tribute to a real-life consultant on ''Coroner'' who had died.
* {{Sleepwalking}}: Jenny does this ''a lot'' in Season Two. She almost burns her house down, nearly gets run over, takes a gun from the examining room safe and even [[spoiler: ''solves a case'' ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]])]] while asleep.

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* ShowWithinAShow: In Season Two, some of the characters enjoy watching a TV show about a coroner called ''Fernandes''. [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In "The Flipside", John Fernandes, the main character from the show, appears to Jenny while she's asleep and helps her solve a case ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]), case, although she doesn't figure out who he is, or even that she was actually asleep at the time, until the end of the episode.]] Bonus points for the show being named as a tribute to a real-life consultant on ''Coroner'' who had died.
* {{Sleepwalking}}: Jenny does this ''a lot'' in Season Two. She almost burns her house down, nearly gets run over, takes a gun from the examining room safe and even [[spoiler: ''solves [[spoiler:''solves a case'' ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]])]] case'']] while asleep.



* TraumaInducedAmnesia: At the end of the first season, [[spoiler: Jenny uncovers a repressed childhood memory of accidentally killing her sister.]]

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* TraumaInducedAmnesia: At the end of the first season, [[spoiler: Jenny [[spoiler:Jenny uncovers a repressed childhood memory of accidentally killing her sister.]]
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* MaskingTheDeformity: Subverted in "LGND". The head of Surmount (a major support group for individuals who had a near-death experience), Tim Whitman, always wears a stylish silver mask, officially to cover up scars he received following a near-fatal fall whilst mountain climbing. However, as Jenny and Donavon realise, the real Tim was murdered years ago, and the present leader of Surmount is a con artist who is impersonating him. This is confirmed in the climax when Donavon manages to fight him off and his mask slips, revealing his intact face.
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* SentimentalHomemadeToy: Darkly subverted in "The Bridges" confronted by [[SerialKiller Gerald Henry Jones]], Jenny tries to appeal to his sentimentality arguing despite his faults his father must have loved him as he whittled him a toy out of wood. Only for Jones to reveal his father never gave him anything and that it was himself who whittled it, years later using the same Chisel to kill his father and all his other victims.

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* NotTheFirstVictim: The later part of season one has Detective [=McAvoy=] dealing with [[spoiler: Gerald Henry Jones, a wealthy banker whom [=McAvoy=] arrested several years earlier for murdering Floyd Shipman, whose case is being reopened. Meeting with Shipman's daughter she reveals to him her theory that Jones is in fact a serial killer, due to there being four other unsolved murders that occurred in a similar area to her father's death. Whilst [=McAvoy=] is initially sceptical (not least because he remembers how difficult it was to convict Jones of a single murder), the resultant investigation not only proves her right but that Jones is far more prolific than anyone imagined, having slaughtered people all other Ontario with Shipman being his ''twenty-third'' victim. His first victim, as Jenny eventually discovers, was none other than his own father who Jones stabbed to death whilst in his teens.]]

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* NotTheFirstVictim: The later part of season one has Detective [=McAvoy=] dealing with [[spoiler: Gerald Henry Jones, a wealthy banker whom [=McAvoy=] arrested several years earlier for murdering Floyd Shipman, whose case is being reopened. Meeting He meets with Shipman's daughter she daughter, who reveals to him her theory that Jones is in fact a serial killer, due to there being four other unsolved murders that occurred in a similar the same area to where her father's death. father was killed. Whilst [=McAvoy=] is initially sceptical (not least because he remembers how difficult it was to convict Jones of a single murder), the resultant resulting investigation not only proves her right right, but establishes that Jones is far more prolific than anyone imagined, having slaughtered people all other over Ontario -- with Shipman being his ''twenty-third'' victim. His first victim, as Jenny eventually discovers, was none other than his own father who Jones stabbed to death whilst in his teens.]]



* {{Sleepwalking}}: Jenny does this ''a lot'' in Season Two. She almost burns her house down, nearly gets run over, [[spoiler: takes a gun from the examining room safe]] and even [[spoiler: ''solves a case'' ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]])]] while asleep.

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* {{Sleepwalking}}: Jenny does this ''a lot'' in Season Two. She almost burns her house down, nearly gets run over, [[spoiler: takes a gun from the examining room safe]] safe and even [[spoiler: ''solves a case'' ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]])]] while asleep.



* UltimateJobSecurity: Jenny manages to escape punishment (as far as the audience is aware) for taking a gun from the examining room safe and leaving it in her desk drawer. Granted, she was sleepwalking at the time and so didn't do it deliberately, but still a serious breach of regulations. Later on, she tries to interfere when her son becomes a murder suspect, even though she is told she has to recuse herself from the investigation as it's an obvious conflict of interests. Again, she faces no disciplinary procedures that we know of.

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* UltimateJobSecurity: Jenny manages to escape punishment (as far as the audience is aware) for taking a gun from the examining room safe and leaving it in her desk drawer. Granted, she was sleepwalking at the time and so didn't do it deliberately, but it's still a serious breach of regulations. Later on, she tries to interfere when her son becomes a murder suspect, even though she is told she has to recuse herself from the investigation as it's an obvious conflict of interests. Again, she faces no disciplinary procedures that we know of.

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* UltimateJobSecurity: Jenny manages to escape punishment (as far as the audience is aware) for taking a gun from the examining room safe and leaving it in her desk drawer. Granted, she was sleepwalking at the time and so didn't do it deliberately, but still a serious breach of regulations. Later on, she tries to interfere when her son becomes a murder suspect, even though she is told she has to recuse herself from the investigation as it's an obvious conflict of interests. Again, she faces no disciplinary procedures that we know of.
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* NotTheFirstVictim: The later part of season one deals with Detective Donavon McAvoy dealing with Gerald Henry Jones, a wealthy banker whom McAvoy arrested several years earlier for murdering Floyd Shipman, whose case is being reopened. Meeting with Shipman's daughter she reveals to him her theory that Jones is in fact a serial killer, due to their being four other unsolved murders that occurred in a similar area to her fathers death. Whilst Donavon is initially sceptical (partially due to how difficult it was to convict Jones of a single murder) the resultant investigation not only proves her right but that Jones is far more prolific than anyone imagined, having slaughtered people all other Ontario with Shipman being his twenty-third victim. His first victim as Jenny Copper eventually discovers was none other than his own father who Jones stabbed to death whilst in his teens.

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* NotTheFirstVictim: The later part of season one deals with has Detective Donavon McAvoy [=McAvoy=] dealing with [[spoiler: Gerald Henry Jones, a wealthy banker whom McAvoy [=McAvoy=] arrested several years earlier for murdering Floyd Shipman, whose case is being reopened. Meeting with Shipman's daughter she reveals to him her theory that Jones is in fact a serial killer, due to their there being four other unsolved murders that occurred in a similar area to her fathers father's death. Whilst Donavon [=McAvoy=] is initially sceptical (partially due to (not least because he remembers how difficult it was to convict Jones of a single murder) murder), the resultant investigation not only proves her right but that Jones is far more prolific than anyone imagined, having slaughtered people all other Ontario with Shipman being his twenty-third ''twenty-third'' victim. His first victim victim, as Jenny Copper eventually discovers discovers, was none other than his own father who Jones stabbed to death whilst in his teens.]]



* StrugglingSingleMother: Jenny Cooper. The show kicks off six months after her husband's untimely death, and she is struggling to hold it all together.

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* StrugglingSingleMother: Jenny Cooper.Jenny. The show kicks off six months after her husband's untimely death, and she is struggling to hold it all together.
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* NotTheFirstVictim: The later part of season one deals with Detective Donavon McAvoy dealing with Gerald Henry Jones, a wealthy banker whom McAvoy arrested several years earlier for murdering Floyd Shipman, whose case is being reopened. Meeting with Shipman's daughter she reveals to him her theory that Jones is in fact a serial killer, due to their being four other unsolved murders that occurred in a similar area to her fathers death. Whilst Donavon is initially sceptical (partially due to how difficult it was to convict Jones of a single murder) the resultant investigation not only proves her right but that Jones is far more prolific than anyone imagined, having slaughtered people all other Ontario with Shipman being his twenty-third victim. His first victim as Jenny Copper eventually discovers was none other than his own father who Jones stabbed to death whilst in his teens.
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* DuctTapeForEverything: In "Round and Round", Liam uses duct tape as a makeshift wound dressing. On himself.

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* DuctTapeForEverything: In "Round and Round", Liam uses duct tape as a makeshift wound dressing. On himself.''On himself''.
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* DuctTapeForEverything: In "Round and Round", Liam uses duct tape as a makeshift wound dressing. On himself.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: In "No Justice No Peace", Detective West is an obviously racist cop who is clearly this particular episode's [[InspectorLestrade Lestrade]]. [[spoiler: However, given that Ross is found in the same room as the VictimOfTheWeek, is wearing bloodstained clothes, claims to have no memory of what happened and has in his possession a bloodstained screwdriver that fits the description of the murder weapon, West surely has no choice but to arrest him on suspicion of murder.]]

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* JerkassHasAPoint: In "No Justice No Peace", Detective West is an obviously racist cop who is clearly this particular episode's [[InspectorLestrade Lestrade]]. [[spoiler: However, given that the very strong circumstantial evidence against Ross is -- he's found in the same room as the VictimOfTheWeek, is he's wearing bloodstained clothes, he claims to have no memory of what happened and he has in his possession a ''a bloodstained screwdriver that fits the description of the murder weapon, weapon'' -- West surely has no choice but ''but'' to arrest him on suspicion of murder.]]



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Jenny's public announcement that all of Ian Peterson's old cases will be reopened leads to a rush of appeals against previous convictions. Among them is Gerald Henry Jones, who was convicted of murdering a vagrant but, as Peterson had worked on his case, he gets to go free. [[spoiler: Turns out he's a [[SerialKiller serial killer]] -- [=McAvoy=] was only able to nail him for one of the many murders he committed -- and it's not long before he kills again.]]

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Jenny's public announcement that all of Ian Peterson's old cases will be reopened leads to a rush of appeals against previous convictions. Among them is Gerald Henry Jones, who was convicted of murdering a vagrant but, as Peterson had worked on his case, he gets to go free. [[spoiler: Turns out he's a [[SerialKiller serial killer]] -- [=McAvoy=] was only able to nail him for one of the many murders he committed -- and once he's out, it's not long before he kills again.]]



* ShowWithinAShow: In Season Two, some of the characters enjoy watching a TV show about a coroner called ''Fernandes''. [[spoiler: In "The Flipside", John Fernandes, the main character in the show, appears to Jenny while she's asleep and helps her solve a case ([NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]), although she doesn't figure out who he is until the end of the episode.]] Bonus points for the show being named as a tribute to a real-life consultant on ''Coroner'' who had died.

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* ShowWithinAShow: In Season Two, some of the characters enjoy watching a TV show about a coroner called ''Fernandes''. [[spoiler: In "The Flipside", John Fernandes, the main character in from the show, appears to Jenny while she's asleep and helps her solve a case ([NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]), although she doesn't figure out who he is is, or even that she was actually asleep at the time, until the end of the episode.]] Bonus points for the show being named as a tribute to a real-life consultant on ''Coroner'' who had died.



* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Happens when Jenny and Ian Peterson, the older guy who she sacked in "Black Dog", are forced by circumstance to work together in "The Suburbs". [[spoiler: He has manipulated the situation in order to try and get into her good books and so convince her to close the investigation into his old cases, though.]]

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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Happens when Jenny and Ian Peterson, the older guy who she sacked in "Black Dog", are forced by circumstance to work together in "The Suburbs". [[spoiler: He has manipulated the situation in order to try and get into her good books and so convince her to close the investigation into his old cases, though.]]

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