History Series / TidelandsNetflix

* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:Not long after they find out that Violca is pregnant, Colton's killed.]]

* SurprisePregnancy: Violca gets pregnant by Colton, to her surprise since Adrielle told her hybrids like them were all infertile.

* BoobsOfSteel: Leandra is the bustiest and also probably the most competent female fighter in the cast.

** [[spoiler:Leandra later murders [[FriendOnTheForce Officer Corey Welch]], Cal [=McTeer=]'s ally and lover.]]

** [[spoiler:Leandra later murders [[HonestCop Corey]].]]

* TheSyndicate: L'Attente, a commune which doubles as a drug trafficking organization, serves as this for the Orphelin Bay region.

* CoitusEnsues: While it seems unlikely that Laura Maney would quite so readily sleep with Augie when she just suspected he killed her husband, [[ComfortingTheWidow they proceed anyway]].

Calliope "Cal" [=McTeer=] (Charlotte Best) returns to her hometown of Orphelin Bay from prison, getting involved with the local drug trade alongside her estranged brother, Augie. After an attempted drowning awakens her siren powers, she finds herself in a conspiracy involving the queen of the sirens, Adrielle Cuthbert (Creator/ElsaPataky), and her nefarious goals involving a destructive horn created by sirens.

* DesignatedGirlFight: Cal, the heroine who is in an ActionGirl, fights and [[spoiler:kills Leandra]], her enemy who's a DarkActionGirl, in the season 1 finale.

* ShesGotLegs: Cal, Adrielle and minor female characters often wear outfits that display their long bare legs.

* ActionGirl: Cal is established as one early on when she fights off two other inmates who assault her while she's preparing to leave prison (both of the women outweigh her). Later she's also shown capably taking down larger male opponents as well.

* QuestionableConsent: Adrielle and Augie having sex does not seem entirely consensual on his part has she just springs it on him, although this could be roleplaying, albeit he goes along with this and she doesn't stop when he protests while she's [[MurderousThighs pressing his torso hard between her thighs]] while getting his penis inside her. The fact that she's also a murderous gangster and his drug supplier just make this more sketchy.

* FailedASpotCheck: Bill is so overjoyed to see Genoveva back, he doesn't notice is Adrielle and Leandra come up behind him, with the latter quickly knocking him down. [[spoiler:Adrielle then kills Genoveva while he's {{forced to watch}}.]]

* DramaticIrony: Augie sends Colton to protect Cal, not knowing he nearly murdered her recently and and at the time his intent on trying again.

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* QuestionableConsent: Adrielle and Augie having sex does not seem entirely consensual on his part has she just springs it on him, although this could be roleplaying, albeit he goes along with this and she doesn't stop when he protests while she's [[MurderousThighs pressing her torso hard between her thighs]] while getting his penis inside her. The fact that she's also a murderous gangster and his drug supplier just make this more sketchy.

* RuthlessForeignGangsters: Grigori Stolin is a Serbian drug lord who runs drug rings in Sydney and Melbourne. Rosa calls him in hoping he'll take out Adrielle. However, though he has a ruthless reputation they're soon working together because she's something he wants.

* WaterIsWomanly: The sirens are water beings and depicted being [[OneGenderRace all female]]. Most of their half human children are women as well (though some men exist too) well they got more focus. Hybrids have [[MakingASplash abilities to manipulate water]] from their siren heritage.

** Hybrids live for many decades with no signs of aging at least if in regular contact with seawater. The sirens the other hand appear to live forever.

* OneGenderRace: Sirens are all female and they reproduce by mating with human men. Hybrids which result appear human, both male and female. It's left unclear where original sirens come from, the Bill says they've been in the waters forever.

* HumanMomNonhumanDad: {{Inverted}} for the Tidelanders, who are the result of the sirens ([[OneGenderRace all female]]) mating with human men.