History Series / DayBreak2006

* BigDamnHeroes: In the last possible moment [[TeethClenchedTeamwork Hopper and Chad]] storm the motel room door and shoot Detweiler who was about to kill Billy and possibly Rita.

-->'''Hopper:''' If you take her anywhere near a motel, you're both going to die!

* IsThatAThreat: Chad understandably misinterprets some of Hopper's assertions that Rita is going to die as a threat.

* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: [[spoiler:Detweiler prepares to shoot Rita's brother Billy, only for Hopper and Chad to burst in and shoot him instead. Hopper actually interrupts him right in the middle of his "Decisions, Consequences" mantra, retorting with "Consequences, bitch!"]]

* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch

** Fencik and Buchalter are former sheriff's deputies, and seem to have been into some shady dealings even when they were still on the force.

* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Fencik and Buchalter are former sheriff's deputies, but they don their old uniforms when they're preparing to [[spoiler:stage a hit on the Grand Jury meeting]].

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Fencik and Buchalter are former sheriff's deputies who have since become HiredGuns for Booth. They're also apparently part of some sort of Neo-Nazi gang; when Choi walks into their BadGuyBar, they kidnap and nearly murder him.

''Day Break'' was a 2006 action thriller television series starring Taye Diggs (''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'', ''Film/TheWayOfTheGun'') as a cop framed for murder. He's on the run from the police, a local Latin gang who want to track down the key witness he's hidden away, and the shady mobsters who want him to take the fall. With each loop Hopper gets another chance to [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong fix all his mistakes]] and try to escape the day.

* AbusiveParents: Miguel Dominguez, a notorious ProfessionalKiller working for the conspiracy, went to prison for [[SelfMadeOrphan murdering his own parents]]. Hopper originally thinks that Dominguez is just a total psycho who targeted his sister afterwards and forced her into hiding. However, when he tracks her down and questions her, she reveals that her brother was protecting her from their father, who slashed up her face with a knife while the mother watched. She's adored him ever since [[spoiler:and is his contact in Los Angeles]].

* ChekhovsGunman: Hippo. He shows up at LAPD as a random stranger at the vending machine but later turns out to be Uncle Nick's dragon and FriendOnTheForce.

* ParanormalGamblingAdvantage: When Hopper takes Rita to Las Vegas, he uses the GroundhogDayLoop to predict the results of that day's football match and win enough to finance the entire trip.

* AngelUnaware: [[spoiler:One possible interpretation of Jared Pryor. The end of the series confirms that at the very least he was also a part of the loop, but it's also hinted that he was really behind it despite appearing to be a paranoid schizophrenic earlier on.]]

* DeadAlternateCounterpart: Almost all of Hopper's loved ones and aquaintances are killed at least once in alternate timelines before he finally achieves a day where EveryoneLives, including his girlfriend, his sister, his partner, and his informant. This can become pretty disturbing at times, to both the audience and Hopper himself, such as when he witnesses Rita being executed in front of him at the Quarry... then cut to the next day, where she's smiling and having dinner with him.

* FlashSideways: It's not fully explained how other characters besides Hopper are affected by the time loop, but [[spoiler:Andrea, Jennifer, and Rita]] all seem to have vague recollections of memories or emotions after significant events in previous loop cycles, causing them to behave differently and "change the day".

* RedHerring: Jared seems to be part of the solution to the looping problem but he is not seen again after episode 7. He comes back though as the MysteriousWatcher at the very end.

* HostageSituation: Of all the places to have one, Hopper starts one in his own police station in downtown L.A. during one of the time loops. He needed a case file which happened to be checked out by an InternalAffairs agent who hates Hopper. And the agent chooses to be obstructive out of spite and couldn't be persuaded (let alone bribed, since he's I.A.). The first time Hopper tried force to get his way it immediately got him arrested, the second time he actually had to take the agent hostage in his own office, resulting in an hours-long armed stand-off with his colleagues.

* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Detweiler shows Hopper the footage of Rita being assassinated. Then he reminds Hopper of what could happen to his sister and her children if he didn't play along and confess to Garza's murder.