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'''''Wire in the Blood''''' was a British crime thriller series, based on the ''Tony Hill'' novel series by Val McDermid, that ran for six seasons from 2002 to 2008 on [[ITV]]. The central character is an eccentric clinical psychologist named Tony Hill. Tony has such great insight into the minds of the criminals that he often seems sympathetic to them. He is able to mentally become the killer for the purposes of catching him.
There is often tension between Tony and members of the police in the fictional town of Bradfield: Many don't trust his methods, others are put off by his manner. Sometimes Tony himself manages to get himself suspected of a major crime.
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The series was cancelled in 2009 due to ITV's financial troubles.
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* [[Alone
* [[Bald of Evil]]: Peter Vancliff in "Nocebo."
* [[Benevolent Boss]]: Brandon in seasons 1 and 2. Carol becomes one upon her promotion to DCI.
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* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Killers are given unusually long periods of screentime to give speeches on their worldview.
* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: Tony has acknowledged he has reached this point, though in "Bad Seed", Carol worries she's becoming one as well.
* [[Identification
* [[Jurisdiction Friction]]: When crimes go into other jurisdictions, you can imagine how well a maverick like Tony goes over. Carol -- and later Alex -- both encounter internal [[Jurisdiction Friction]] from ACC's Brandon and Eden. In "Nothing But the Night", Carol [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|sticks her foot in it]] when she tells off Yorkshire CID's DCI.
* [[The Killer Was Left-Handed]]: Often. The standard ''Wire In The Blood'' killer would be an impotent left-hander.
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* [[Loud of War]]: Tony's paranoid neighbour played loud music all night as a way of getting back at Tony.
* [[Mama Bear]]: Alex (with her son, Ben) and Carol (with her team).
* [[Married to
* [[Murderer POV]]: One way for the show to start seeing the murder from the murderer's point of view. Alternatively we get to see a highly significant but cryptic action taken just before or just after.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Angelica Bane.
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* [[Not So Different]]: Tony is cleared of the crimes he's suspected of, but he's weird enough that everyone suspects he ''could'' be guilty. Mack the Knife in "Bad Seed" points out that Tony really isn't all that different from "the nutters he studies".
* [[The Profiler]]: Tony.
* [[Put
** Annie Reiss between seasons one and two.
** Don Merrick between seasons two and three.
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* [[Start of Darkness]]: Explored in some detail and often key to cracking the case.
* [[Student Teacher Romance]]: Laura wants one with Tony in "Still She Cries."
* [[Talking to
* [[To Know Him I Must Become Him]]: Tony goes way beyond dry analysis to a form of channelling, and there are even scenes where he imagines himself killing -- these scenes are emblematic of the series.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Carol gives Tony hell in "Bad Seed" for withholding information that almost got a team member killed and might lead to their killer committing suicide.
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