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* [[Freeze Frame Bonus]]: All over the place, and the main form of world-building for the homicide squad.
* [[Freeze Frame Bonus]]: All over the place, and the main form of world-building for the homicide squad.
* [[Happily Married]]: Well, not married, but Jane is happily living with her boyfriend, even trying to get his son to stay over.
* [[Happily Married]]: Well, not married, but Jane is happily living with her boyfriend, even trying to get his son to stay over.
* [[Hey It's That Voice]]: Hey, it's [[American Dragon Jake Long|Jake Long]]! ...I mean Dante Basco.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Hey, it's [[American Dragon Jake Long|Jake Long]]! ...I mean Dante Basco.
* [[Hollywood Heart Attack]]: Somewhat averted. The detective manages to choke out a sound and the others think he's still joking before he collapses.
* [[Hollywood Heart Attack]]: Somewhat averted. The detective manages to choke out a sound and the others think he's still joking before he collapses.
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Jane is a ''homicide detective'', thank you very much. One reason she does this is that the men she works with sometimes intentionally call her something else to try to diminish her.
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Jane is a ''homicide detective'', thank you very much. One reason she does this is that the men she works with sometimes intentionally call her something else to try to diminish her.
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* [[Karma Houdini]]: In the second episode, Duffy doesn't suffer any (on screen) consequences for {{spoiler|ruining the life of the innocent ex-child molester, to the point that the man ''killed himself'' even after he was cleared}} and when confronted about it, says that he still considers the outcome favorable. See [[Jerkass]], above.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: In the second episode, Duffy doesn't suffer any (on screen) consequences for {{spoiler|ruining the life of the innocent ex-child molester, to the point that the man ''killed himself'' even after he was cleared}} and when confronted about it, says that he still considers the outcome favorable. See [[Jerkass]], above.
* [[Ladette]]: Jane, though unlike the usual uses of this trope, at least at the start of the series she is ''not'' [[One of the Boys]] and has to work to earn the respect of the other (male) detectives, and as the series progresses they seem to be warming up to her.
* [[Ladette]]: Jane, though unlike the usual uses of this trope, at least at the start of the series she is ''not'' [[One of the Boys]] and has to work to earn the respect of the other (male) detectives, and as the series progresses they seem to be warming up to her.
* [[Married to The Job]]: Completely averted. Many of the detectives seem to be fairly happily married, and at least Calderon and Keating have children. Jane herself is happily living with her boyfriend, Matt, and is even willing to endure the company of his [[Psycho Ex Girlfriend|ex-wife]] so he can spend time with his son.
* [[Married to The Job]]: Completely averted. Many of the detectives seem to be fairly happily married, and at least Calderon and Keating have children. Jane herself is happily living with her boyfriend, Matt, and is even willing to endure the company of his [[Psycho Ex-Girlfriend|ex-wife]] so he can spend time with his son.
* [[Magical Database]]: Averted. The police have the killer's semen, so they can get a DNA test. Instead of it taking a day, however, it takes considerably longer and so is almost of no use.
* [[Magical Database]]: Averted. The police have the killer's semen, so they can get a DNA test. Instead of it taking a day, however, it takes considerably longer and so is almost of no use.
* [[My Beloved Smother]]: Her boyfriend's ex-wife spends almost all of her screentime in the first two episodes fussing about whether their son will be safe at Jane's house, which leads to a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] in the second episode where Jane puts her in her place by reminding her of the various things she and her new husband have done wrong, having looked at their records.
* [[My Beloved Smother]]: Her boyfriend's ex-wife spends almost all of her screentime in the first two episodes fussing about whether their son will be safe at Jane's house, which leads to a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] in the second episode where Jane puts her in her place by reminding her of the various things she and her new husband have done wrong, having looked at their records.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Jane's often seen wearing one (it's a porkpie).
* [[Nice Hat]]: Jane's often seen wearing one (it's a porkpie).
* [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]]: The killer at the end of the pilot ''charges'' at Jane and manages to knock away her gun. Jane manages to get some punches in, but she's on the receiving end of a lot more and it looks like it ''hurts''.
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: The killer at the end of the pilot ''charges'' at Jane and manages to knock away her gun. Jane manages to get some punches in, but she's on the receiving end of a lot more and it looks like it ''hurts''.
* [[Old Shame]]: Jane had an affair with a higher ranking police official several years into the past. She regrets it immensely, but her fellow detectives might not let her live it down.
* [[Old Shame]]: Jane had an affair with a higher ranking police official several years into the past. She regrets it immensely, but her fellow detectives might not let her live it down.
* [[Paedo Hunt]]: In the second episode, the investigators go after a known child molester who lives in the area where a little girl was abducted after her mother was killed, and was seen at a distance by the girl's nanny. {{spoiler|The guy was innocent, but his life gets so messed up by them casting suspicion on him that he takes his girlfriend and her daughter hostage, and even after Jane tells him that they know he didn't do it he opts to kill himself, so this counts as a ''very'' cynical deconstruction}}.
* [[Paedo Hunt]]: In the second episode, the investigators go after a known child molester who lives in the area where a little girl was abducted after her mother was killed, and was seen at a distance by the girl's nanny. {{spoiler|The guy was innocent, but his life gets so messed up by them casting suspicion on him that he takes his girlfriend and her daughter hostage, and even after Jane tells him that they know he didn't do it he opts to kill himself, so this counts as a ''very'' cynical deconstruction}}.