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''Tom Swift'' is a ScienceFiction series airing on Creator/TheCW, starring Creator/TianRichards as the titular character. It is a SpinOff from ''Series/NancyDrew2019'', and an adaptation of the [[Literature/TomSwift classic book series]] by Victor Appleton.[[labelnote:*]]Who did not actually exist, it was simply the house name used by dozens upon dozens of ghostwriters.[[/labelnote]] Creator/AshleighMurray, Marquise Vilson, April Parker Jones, and Albert Mwangi also star, along with Creator/LevarBurton as the voice of Barclay. It aired on the CW on May 31, 2022.
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''Tom Swift'' is a ScienceFiction series airing on Creator/TheCW, starring Creator/TianRichards as the titular character. It is a SpinOff from ''Series/NancyDrew2019'', and an adaptation of the [[Literature/TomSwift classic book series]] by Victor Appleton.[[labelnote:*]]Who did not actually exist, it was simply the house name used by dozens upon dozens of ghostwriters.[[/labelnote]] Creator/AshleighMurray, Marquise Vilson, April Parker Jones, Creator/AprilParkerJones, and Albert Mwangi also star, along with Creator/LevarBurton as the voice of Barclay. It aired on the CW on May 31, 2022.
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* IdleRich: Tom has this reputation within Swift Enterprises; despite his inventions and technical know-how. It's a useful cover for Tom to use while trying to piece together what happened to his father.
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* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Tom has this reputation within Swift Enterprises; despite his inventions and technical know-how. It's a useful cover for Tom to use while trying to piece together what happened to his father.
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* LeftHanging: The creators were clearly anticipating on a season two being the show was canceled, so several plot lines are left open in the season turned series finale with new cliffhangers. [[spoiler:Congressman Eskol may have killed by The Road Back. Lorraine discovers Claire was using the gel to get secrets from her, but then Claire blackmails her, gunning to be Swift Enterprises CEO. What's going on with Lino and his visions isn't made clear. And biggest of all, Rowan reveals he is ''from the year 2096'' and reveals Tom's father traveled through a wormhole through time and to the future with Tom's rescue drone and sent Rowan back in time to the current year to make sure his and Tom's lives are saved]].
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* LeftHanging: The creators were clearly anticipating on a season two being before the show was canceled, so several plot lines are left open in the season turned series finale with new cliffhangers. [[spoiler:Congressman Eskol may have killed by The Road Back. Lorraine discovers Claire was using the gel to get secrets from her, but then Claire blackmails her, gunning to be Swift Enterprises CEO. What's going on with Lino and his visions isn't made clear. And biggest of all, Rowan reveals he is ''from the year 2096'' and reveals Tom's father traveled through a wormhole through time and to the future with Tom's rescue drone and sent Rowan back in time to the current year to make sure his and Tom's lives are saved]].
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''Tom Swift'' is a ScienceFiction series airing on Creator/TheCW, starring Creator/TianRichards as the titular character. It is a SpinOff from ''Series/NancyDrew2019'', and an adaptation of the [[Literature/TomSwift classic book series]] by Victor Appleton. Creator/AshleighMurray, Marquise Vilson, April Parker Jones, and Albert Mwangi also star, along with Creator/LevarBurton as the voice of Barclay. It aired on the CW on May 31, 2022.
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''Tom Swift'' is a ScienceFiction series airing on Creator/TheCW, starring Creator/TianRichards as the titular character. It is a SpinOff from ''Series/NancyDrew2019'', and an adaptation of the [[Literature/TomSwift classic book series]] by Victor Appleton. [[labelnote:*]]Who did not actually exist, it was simply the house name used by dozens upon dozens of ghostwriters.[[/labelnote]] Creator/AshleighMurray, Marquise Vilson, April Parker Jones, and Albert Mwangi also star, along with Creator/LevarBurton as the voice of Barclay. It aired on the CW on May 31, 2022.
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* BittersweetEnding: Due to the series being CutShort. [[spoiler:Tom decides to save his father, but it comes at the expense of losing Barclay. The Road Back is still out there and Claire is still planning on taking over Swift Enterprises by blackmailing Lorraine. However, Barclay could still possibly be saved with an old backup, The Road Black gets fully exposed to the public, and Tom has finally grown from his flaky, immature self and finally forgives his father for how he treated him, especially after he gets an apology from him. But then there's the time-traveling twist/cliffhanger...]]
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* BittersweetEnding: Due to the series being CutShort. [[spoiler:Tom decides to save his father, but it comes at the expense of losing Barclay. The Road Back is still out there and Claire is still planning on taking over Swift Enterprises by blackmailing Lorraine. However, Barclay could still possibly be saved with an old backup, The Road Black Back gets fully exposed to the public, and Tom has finally grown from his flaky, immature self and finally forgives his father for how he treated him, especially after he gets an apology from him. But then there's the time-traveling twist/cliffhanger...]]
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* InNameOnly: The tone is far more adult than the books ever got, and despite over a century of characters and plots to draw from, the only characters to carry over from the books were Tom and Barton. And even then, their personalities are wildly different from their book counterparts.
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* BittersweetEnding: Due to the series being CutShort. [[spoiler:Tom decides to save his father, but it comes at the expense of losing Barclay. The Road Back is still out there and Claire is still planning on taking over Swift Enterprises by blackmailing Lorraine. However, Barclay could still possibly be saved with an old backup, The Road Black gets fully exposed to the public, and Tom finally forgives his father for how he treated him for being gay, especially after he gets an apology from him. But then there's the time-traveling twist/cliffanger that was left...twist/cliffhanger...]]
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* LeftHanging: The creators were clearly anticipating on a season two being the show was canceled, so several plot lines are left open in the season turned series finale with new cliffhangers. [[spoiler:Congressman Eskol may have killed by The Road Back. Lorraine discovers Claire was using the gel to get secrets from her, but then Claire blackmails her, gunning to be Swift Enterprises CEO. What's going on with Lino and his visions isn't made clear. And biggest of all, Rowan reveals he is ''from the year 2096'' and reveals Tom's father traveled through a wormhole through time with Tom's rescue drone to the future and sent Rowan back in time to the current year to make sure his and Tom's life is saved]].
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* LeftHanging: The creators were clearly anticipating on a season two being the show was canceled, so several plot lines are left open in the season turned series finale with new cliffhangers. [[spoiler:Congressman Eskol may have killed by The Road Back. Lorraine discovers Claire was using the gel to get secrets from her, but then Claire blackmails her, gunning to be Swift Enterprises CEO. What's going on with Lino and his visions isn't made clear. And biggest of all, Rowan reveals he is ''from the year 2096'' and reveals Tom's father traveled through a wormhole through time and to the future with Tom's rescue drone to the future and sent Rowan back in time to the current year to make sure his and Tom's life is lives are saved]].
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* BittersweetEnding: Due to the series being CutShort. [[spoiler:Tom decides to save his father, but it comes at the expense of losing Barclay. The Road Back is still out there and Claire is still planning on taking over Swift Enterprises by blackmailing Lorraine. However, Barclay could still possibly be saved with an old backup, The Road Black gets fully exposed to the public, and Tom finally forgives his father for how he treated him for being gay, especially after he gets an apology from him. But then there's the time-traveling twist/cliffanger that was left...]]
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In June 2022, [[https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/tom-swift-canceled-the-cw-1235307513/ it was announced the show has been canceled by The CW after one season]]. The CW continued to air the series throughout summer 2022 until its season-turned-series finale.
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In June 2022, [[https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/tom-swift-canceled-the-cw-1235307513/ it was announced the show has been canceled by The CW after one season]]. The Despite the cancellation, the CW continued to air the series throughout summer 2022 until its season-turned-series finale.
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* BittersweetEnding: Due to the series being CutShort. [[spoiler:Tom decides to save his father, but it comes at the expense of losing Barclay. The Road Back is still out there and Claire is still planning on taking over Swift Enterprises by blackmailing Lorraine. However, Barclay could still possibly be saved with an old backup, The Road Black is gets fully exposed to the public, and Tom finally forgives his father for how he treated him for being gay, especially after he gets an apology from him.]]
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Nancy Drew is a white straight girl, and Tom is a gay Black man, to point out an obvious difference. Also Nancy is used to dealing paranormal phenomenon, whereas Tom is science-minded and doubted the existence of ghosts, a contrast that was shown in the PoorlyDisguisedPilot. Their series' genres also contrast with each other; ''Nancy Drew'' being a supernatural horror series and ''Tom Swift'' being science fiction.
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Nancy Drew is a white straight girl, girl and Tom is a gay Black man, to point out an obvious difference. Also Nancy is used to dealing paranormal phenomenon, whereas Tom is science-minded and doubted the existence of ghosts, a contrast that was shown in the PoorlyDisguisedPilot. Their series' genres also contrast with each other; ''Nancy Drew'' being is a supernatural horror series and ''Tom Swift'' being deals with science fiction.
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* TheMole: Rowan is a double-agent, spying on both Tom Swift and The Road Back. [[spoiler:There's also Barclay, who has been compromised by double-agent; he works for The Road Back and is being used to spy on Tom for Swift, but he's working in Tom's interests. [[spoiler:As well as Barton's interests since Rowan is from the first few episodes.future and Barton is stuck there.]]
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* {{Gayngst}}: Not so much within himself, as Tom accepted his sexuality as a child. But his father's constant disappointment in him, [[spoiler:not to mention him trying change Tom's sexuality with experimental drugs]] has caused Tom a lot of angst.
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* TheConspiracy: The Road Back is an extremist organization that seeks to turn back technological progress. They have members everywhere, including Nathan Eskol, a congressman who's also a friend of the Swift family, his bodyguard Rowan, and [[spoiler:Barclay (albeit unwilling)]].
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* TheConspiracy: The Road Back is an extremist organization that seeks to turn back technological progress. They have has members everywhere, including Nathan Eskol, a congressman who's also a friend of the Swift family, his bodyguard Rowan, and [[spoiler:Barclay (albeit unwilling)]].
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Well, [[spoiler: ''woman'' in this case; Investor Susannah Robb turns out to be at the head of The Road Back and not Congressman Eskol. Eskol, as it turns out is TrappedInVillainy as The Road Back helped him with his campaign and has dirt on him]].him and made him kill someone to keep him in line]].
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In June 2022, [[https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/tom-swift-canceled-the-cw-1235307513/ it was announced the show has been canceled by The CW after one season]]. The CW will air the remaining episodes, and the CBS Studios is currently shopping the series around for renewal.
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