History Series / TheEvent

* TooSoon: Jetliner SuicideAttack as a weapon against the United States complete with screaming passengers. Obviously NBC's hope is that nine years is enough for this to just be a credible dramatic threat and not [[YourMilageMayVary stomach-turning to most of the audience]].

* VillainProtagonist: Wait, we're supposed to root for the ''[[HumansAreBastards humans]]'' in this show? Thus far, the aliens' bad acts are all in response to the ''humans''' 66-year-long preemptive viciousness.

** At least some episodes titles are lines from episode.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Thomas, the free leader of Sophia's "people."

* DarkActionGirl: Vicky.

None of these incidents are "The Event". [[spoiler:Nor are they [[SpellMyNameWithAnS "THE]] [[LuckyCharmsTitle EV3NT"]].]]

None of these incidents are "The Event". [[supersecretspoiler:Nor are they [[SpellMyNameWithAnS "THE]] [[LuckyCharmsTitle EV3NT"]].]]

--> '''Lee''': "''We may have a problem. He thinks he can buy his freedom back. Trade it for information...''"

'''Lee''': "''He's going to tell them[[DramaticPause ... about The Event]].''"\\

* [[BigBadWannabe BigBadWannabes]]: [[spoiler: Thomas and Isabelle]] find out that neither of them has quite what it takes to usurp Sophia.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Simon Lee is thought by many to be the best character on the show so far.

--> '''Maguire''': "''What kind of information?''"
--> '''Lee''': "''He's going to tell them[[DramaticPause ... about The Event]].''"

* CIAEvilFBIGood: Subverted in agent Simon Lee (played by Ian Anthony Dale), who seems genuinely interested in saving lives and is implied to be the person who leaked the files about the secret prison to President Martinez, although he is an alien and TheMole. Possibly played straight with Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Blake Sterling who kept the information from the president, though it's hard to gauge his motives without knowing who the prisoners are and why they're being held.

* KnightTemplar: At first it looks like Director Sterling is this. However as the series progresses his paranoia is looking increasingly reasonable.

* CIAEvilFBIGood: Subverted in agent Simon Lee (played by Ian Anthony Dale), who seems genuinely interested in saving lives and is implied to be the person who leaked the files about the secret prison to President Martinez. Possibly played straight with CIA Director Blake Sterling who kept the information from the president, though it's hard to gauge his motives without knowing who the prisoners are and why they're being held.
** Played with by the two FBI agents that capture Sean Walker. Though they don't believe a word he says, they appear to be sympathetic and not a part of any conspiracy. By the third episode, the female agent has been converted to Sean's side.
** For the sake of accuracy Sterling is the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) ''not'' the CIA director. In fact Federal law forbids the DNI to be simultaneously the CIA director. The CIA director reports to the DNI as does the head of Homeland Security and other intelligence and law enforcement offices.

* PresidentMinority: President Elias Martinez (played by Blair Underwood) is Cuban, referenced by the head of the CIA while he tries to dissuade the president from his decision to release the prisoners from their secret prison. Also seems to be a President Personable.

* InterspeciesRomance: Revealed in a flashback between the HumanAlien Simon Lee and his human lover decades in the past. Later we learn that quite a few got to the [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean ultimate conclusion]]; [[spoiler: their offspring are the kidnapped girls.

* LetsGetDangerous: Both Sean and Leila are proving quite adept at this

* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler: Sophia finds out that Isabelle wanted to have her assassinated. She then forces Isabelle to maim herself.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Dempsey]].
* [[BigBadWannabe BigBadWannabes]]: [[spoiler: Thomas and Isabelle find out that neither of them has quite what it takes to usurp Sophia]].

* [=~E.T. Gave Us Wi-Fi~=]: [[spoiler:Thomas' involvement helped to push ahead the development of the atomic bomb by several decades.]]

* [[spoiler: HalfHumanHybrid]]: [[spoiler: Leilah, Samantha and all the kidnapped girls]]
* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: Vicki]]

* HumanAliens: [[spoiler: The 97 prisoners.]]

* InterspeciesRomance: Revealed in a flashback between the HumanAlien Simon Lee and his human lover decades in the past.
** Also [[spoiler: Leilah, Samantha and all the kidnapped girls are results of this.]]

* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: Leila discovers that she and her sister are [[HalfHumanHybrid half-alien.]]]]

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Agent Lee, judging by the [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil previews]].]]
** [[spoiler: [[IGotBetter Well, turns out not]].]]

* HumanAliens: The 97 prisoners. Probably.

* [[spoiler: HalfHumanHybrid]]: [[spoiler: Leilah, Sarah and all the kidnapped girls]]

** Also [[spoiler: Leilah, Sarah and all the kidnapped girls are results of this.]]

* InterspeciesRomance: Revealed in a flashback between the HumanAlien Simon Lee and his human lover decades in the past.

CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: [[MoralEventHorizon Experiments on little girls]]]] Dempsey? Really?

* ActionSurvivor: Leila becomes this by episode four.

* DamselInDistress: Leila tends to be this although [[ActionGirl she can also kick ass when she has to.]]

* XanatosPlannedThisIndex: There are some serious plans going on in this show.

* [[spoiler: EvilChancellor: Raymond Jarvis is an Evil Vice President - but he thinks he's doing the right thing.]]