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Courtesy of boston_bruiser's mun:

Berserk buttons. Lots of characters have them. Does yours? What is it? What's the one or more things guaranteed to send them into a frothing rage?

Further information on berserk buttons is available on TV Tropes, but search it yourself if you want it. I won't be responsible for you being sucked in by a link.

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[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Hahaha.

a) Damn you for making me go on TV TRopes (even though you didn't really).

Anyway. Gene has a link on there to 'Berserk Button' from his very own 'Gene Hunt Interrogation Technique'. I will C&P.

Episode 2.06: Four Words — Gene and the crane.

To wit, a corrupt businessman's thugs have come after both Gene and Alex, beating Gene with a baseball bat in an alley and intending to do the same to Alex if she hadn't hidden. One does not hurt women around Gene Hunt, especially women for whom he has feelings. Gene goes to find Riley, the businessman, handcuffs him to the inside of a car, and picks the car up with a forklift-crane, interrogating him about the murders they're investigating. Every time Riley denies all knowledge, Gene lowers the car nearer to the crusher. Just in time, Alex, Ray and Chris get to him with new evidence that proves Riley's innocence.

I should add - when Alex pointed out he could have killed him, his response was 'better luck nest time, eh?'

So, yeah. Do not hurt women around Gene. Particularly the 80s version thereof.

I would also recommend not being a drug addict/dealer/offering him drugs/mentioning the subject of drugs. Particularly around the 70s version, in this case - by the 80s, the problem is so widespread he's more numb to it. In '73, heroin is new, and he's still got enough rage in him to take most drug cases personally.

Also, slow drivers. Stupid people. Anyone who gets in his way, on a bad day. Criminals in general. Supporters of Man. United. People he doesn't like.

He's quite an angry man, when all's said and done.