History Series / Pulsaciones

* AbsenteeActor: Part of the reason why most of Rodrigo's takes are POV's is because Juan Diego Botto was also busy filming ''Good Behavior''.

* FunctionalAddict: Why Álex could do more than half of the operations in his department: the drugs he took allowed him to stay active for longer. But eventually RealityEnsues (see below).

* RealityEnsues: Álex's drug abuse eventually takes a major toll on his heart, causing a heart attack that leaves it irreparably damaged, and him in need of a transplant he only gets because his wife, who still works at his former hospital, rigged the blood test results to remove the drugs from them. She resigns from the hospital on the third episode when this is discovered.
** Also the fact that nobody except for Olga believes him when he starts seeing Rodrigo's memories due to his drug abuse history.

''Pulsaciones'' (''Pulses'') is a Spanish single-season thriller series with fantastic elements currently airing on Antena 3. Created by Emilio Aragón, and noticeably DarkerAndEdgier than his previous television works. Picked up under the title ''Lifeline'' by Creator/Channel4-backed VOD service Walter Presents for the UK and the US.

* AbsenteeActor: Most of Rodrigo's takes are POV's because Juan Diego Botto was also busy filming ''Good Behavior''.

''Pulsaciones'' (''Pulses'') is a Spanish single-season thriller series with fantastic elements currently airing on Antena 3. Created by Emilio Aragón, and noticeably DarkerAndEdgier than his previous television works.

* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Rodrigo was well aware of how dangerous his investigation was and got away from Marian so that whoever was behind the disappearances wouldn't go after her.

* ArcWords: Rodrigo's final words to Lara were "choose wisely who you trust", right after he had handed her his gun. She writes these words at the top of her cork board when she starts investigating his death... and believes Álex when he sees the very same words written down on his notebook of Rodrigo's memories.

* ChekhovsGunman / TheManBehindTheMan: The mastermind behind the disappearances [[spoiler:is Carlos Meyer, the son of the owner of the Meyer clinic that nearly hired Álex]].

* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Rodrigo was well aware of how dangerous his investigation was and got away from Marian so that the people behind the disappearances wouldn't go after her.

* MasterOfDisguise: [[spoiler:The killer]] is one. [[spoiler:At the end of the third episode, he removes his wig and colored lenses, and deliberately burns his wrist to erase the tattoo he had been identified by at first. And on the fourth he manages to pose as a police agent to get to the prostitute.]]

* ArcWords: Rodrigo's final words to Lara were "choose wisely who you trust", right after he had handed her his gun. She writes these words at the top of her cork board when she starts investigating his death.

* DrugsAreBad: A point that is driven home with Álex's heart attack.

* MasterOfDisguise: The ending of the third episode suggests [[spoiler:the killer]] is one. [[spoiler:He removes his wig and colored lenses, and deliberately burns his wrist to erase the tattoo he had been identified by at first.]]

* StalkerWithACrush: Álex also experiences Rodrigo's own feelings after the transplant, so he develops a powerful attraction towards Marian, Rodrigo's widow, that causes him to start becoming this.

* MasterOfDisguise: The ending of the third episode suggests the killer is one. He removes his wig and colored lenses, and deliberately burns his wrist to erase the tattoo he had been identified by at first.

* RealityEnsues: Álex's drug abuse eventually takes a major toll on his heart, causing a heart attack that leaves it irreparably damaged, and him in need of a transplant he only gets because his wife, who still works at his former hospital, rigged the blood test results to remove the drugs from them.

* ByTheBookCop: Rodrigo's informer in the police force, Santiago Ariza. When Lara goes to him after her house was broken into and the flash drive Rodrigo had left for her was stolen, he simply insists that there are no evidences of a break-in, and that "without evidence there's no case".

* NothingPersonal: In the second episode, the as-of-yet-nameless SerialKiller tells this to Irene, his contact with whoever is paying him, after staging a kidnap to her to get the money he feels he's owed.

* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: In the second episode, Álex sees Rodrigo staring back at him from a mirror.

** Also the fact that nobody except for Olga believes him when he starts seeing Rodrigo's memories due to his drug abuse history.

* NothingPersonal: In the second episode, the nameless SerialKiller tells this to Irene, his contact with whoever is paying him, after staging a kidnap to her to get the money he feels he's owed.

* RealityEnsues: Álex's drug abuse eventually takes a major toll on his heart, causing a heart attack that leaves it irreparably damaged, and him in need of a transplant he only gets because his wife, who still works at his former hospital, rigged the blood test results to remove the drugs from them.