History Series / Colony

''Colony'' is a 2016 drama/science fiction television series broadcasted by Creator/USANetwork, created by Carlton Cuse and Ryan J. Condal. The show stars Creator/JoshHolloway, Creator/SarahWayneCallies, Peter Jacobson and Amanda Righetti. It had an early bird preview on December 21, 2015 when the pilot episode was aired on the network's official website. Otherwise, the show officially made its premiere on January 14, 2016 with a 10 episode first season. A second season was soon ordered.

* IHaveYourWife: If found guilty of a crime or any form of rebellion, standard operating procedure for the Authority is to ship the perpetrator and their entire family off to The Factory, assuming they don't simply shoot you on sight.

* ILied: Snyder goes back on his word, [[spoiler:when he has the false Geronimo executed in public to satisfy his bosses that he is effectively crushing dissent.]]

* [[spoiler: InvadingRefugees]]: What it turns out [[spoiler: The Hosts are. They were driven off their homeworld by another alien race, and forced to flee to Earth. Their invasion was in fact a ''very'' one sided defensive alliance, facilitated by the Collaborators because of the warnings of just how vicious the other alien race was.]]

* [[spoiler: PenalColony]][=/=]TheGulag: The Factory. There are also labor camps outside the walls, which are considered a slightly better alternative to the Factory.

* PoliceBrutality: CTA-controlled interior affairs/homeland affairs/homeland security departments/ministries are used to control potential dissent against their rule. Anyone who is suspected of having anti-CTA thoughts is subjected to forced disappearances.

* CIAEvilFBIGood: {{Zigzagged}}; Will worked for the UsefulNotes/{{FBI}} Fugitive Task Force prior to the invasion and suspects his new boss Phyllis is ex-{{CIA}} based on her attitude.

* BlackShirt: Some LesCollaborateurs seem to enjoy their jobs under the occupation a little ''too much''. As implied by Everett Kynes, This seems to be by design actually. The hosts preferred to put brownosing, social climbers in in high places of power.

* LesCollaborateurs: Known as "The Proxies", they're placed in charge of governing the occupied cities (known as ''Blocs'').

* BlackShirt: Some LesCollaborateurs seem to enjoy their jobs under the occupation a little ''too much''.

** The Red Berets are also motivated to [[spoiler: let Snyder and the Bowman family leave after they're told they'll be left behind with their families when the rendition of LA takes place.]]

** Martha, grieving mother of Frankie and [[spoiler: leader of the violent and fanatical Red Hand rebel group, is willing to kill off other rebels for not going far enough in their efforts to resist.]]

A third season is set to premiere on May 2, 2018.

* GreaterScopeVillain: The unseen aliens known only as the Hosts. The only information known is that they apparently perceive time quite differently than humans do. [[spoiler:They have a humanoid shape as well, though their exact appearance is not yet revealed.]]

** Nolan insists that he'll protect Maddie from being implicated in her sister's rebel activities. [[spoiler:But when push comes to shove, he turns her into the authorities to save himself.]]

* FinalSolution: The colony blocs are not cities, [[spoiler:they are giant concentration camps, with the LA bloc scheduled to be emptied of people within 2 years.]] By the end of season 2, [[spoiler: the Hosts decide move up the timetable and ship everyone off to The Factory immediately.]] The CTA even has a term for it: Total Rendition.

* BlackShirt: Some LesCollaborateurs seems to enjoy their jobs under the occupation a little ''too much''.

** CTA themselves are paranoid to the point of cartoonish, contrived, absurdity. Given the power of "The Hosts" it's kinda understandable that they would be breathing down everyone necks, even other CTA members. Will even poointed out that he couldn't even get a drink of Cofee without them asking questions. It's doubtful he was joking.

The second season began airing on January 12, 2017.

** The people running the Colonial Transition Authority spend more time stabbing each other in the back and jockeying for position than actually running the occupation.

** When [[spoiler: the Rap ship is blown up, Snyder face conveys this, and its his attitude through most of the next episode, again with good reason.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: "Gateway" reveals that the "Hosts" tend towards this. [[spoiler:Dallas was nuked after two "Hosts" were kidnapped and killed.]]

** When [[spoiler: the Rap ship is blown up, Snyder face conveys this, and its his attitude through most of the next episode.]]

* CIAEvilFBIGood: {{Zigzagged}}; Will worked for the {{FBI}} Fugitive Task Force prior to the invasion and suspects his new boss Phyllis is ex-{{CIA}} based on her attitude.

** The [[spoiler:utter destruction of Dallas]] is reminiscent of the total erasure of Lidice and Oradour by the Nazis in response to the capture or assassination of highly-placed officials (in Lidice's case, it was [[TheDreaded Reinhard Heydrich]] who was killed).

** Season 2 introduces the "Blackjacks", who work as enforcers of the global level of the Authority.

** In "Ronin", this is also why the Hosts decide to [[spoiler: enact Total Rendition on the LA bloc -- the local CTA efforts to provide stability have been dismal failures, so for them, it's easier to just ship everyone, Red Hats and CTA officials included (except a few [=VIPs=]) off to the Factory.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Lindsay, the Bowman family's tutor and a devout member of The Greatest Day. When [[spoiler:Charlie resists her indoctrination methods, she makes it very clear she has no problem reporting him and the rest of his family as 'uncooperative' to the authorities.]]
** Martha, grieving mother of Frankie and [[spoiler: leader of the violent and fanatical Red Hand rebel group, which is willing to kill off other rebels for not going far enough in their efforts to resist.]]