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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:After Minister Miller's suicide, Horatio Pharmaceuticals takes advantage of the outrage over her actions and releases a statement claiming that she was responsible for suppressing the cure, sparing themselves any legal consequences and turning her into their scapegoat posthumously.]]
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* ArmiesAreEvil: Averted. It’s brought up that the military is being lied to just like the residents are, and [[spoiler:they refuse to follow orders from Minister Miller to attack Pretty Lake after seeing video evidence of the government’s lies]].

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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: The series released in 2015-2016, but an email from Minister Miller in season two (which is set the winter after the outbreak begins) mentions the date February 7, 2014, placing the first season in late 2013.



* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: The series released in 2015-2016, but an email from Minister Miller in season two (which is set the winter after the outbreak begins) mentions the date February 7, 2014, placing the first season in late 2013.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: The series released in 2015-2016, but an email from Minister Miller in season two (which is set the winter after the outbreak begins) mentions the date February 7, 2014, placing the first season in late 2013.
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* HealingFactor: [[spoiler:The cure Liam brought apparently gives those injected with it one. Wiley’s tumor heals within hours, Chuck heals from severe head trauma after drunkenly falling into a glass table, and Renee is able to recover from a gunshot wound.]]

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* HealingFactor: [[spoiler:The cure Liam brought apparently gives those injected with it one. Wiley’s tumor heals within hours, Chuck heals from severe head trauma after drunkenly falling into a glass table, and Renee is able to recover from a gunshot wound. The finale also reveals that the cure can reverse conditions like Harrison’s diabetes.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Franny innocently takes home a box of food she discovers outside the orphanage, as well as a backpack she finds with it. This lands her in hot water with Renee when the latter recognizes the backpack as [[spoiler:belonging to her late brother Eric and assumes Franny killed him]] and also leads to [[spoiler:Gord’s death]].


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* WouldHurtAChild: Renee has no qualms about threatening and nearly kidnapping the twelve-year-old Franny [[spoiler:when she thinks Franny is involved in her little brother Eric’s murder]].
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* PetTheDog:
** Ellen comes back to let Mark out of his cell after reading his file. He repays her by knocking her out.
** When [[spoiler:the inoculated survivors are being evacuated]], Adam tells Dexter to wait for Wiley, who is running late [[spoiler:after retrieving Jason from the Mennonites]]. Dexter refuses, but Wiley finally arrives just as the truck is pulling away from the gate. After a few moments, Dexter tells the driver to go back for them.
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''Between'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} and Creator/{{Citytv}} drama starring Creator/JennetteMcCurdy. It follows a town which is stricken by a mysterious ailment that kills everyone over 22 year of age.

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''Between'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} and Creator/{{Citytv}} drama created by Michael [=McGowan=] and starring Creator/JennetteMcCurdy. It follows a the town of Pretty Lake, which is suddenly stricken by a mysterious ailment that kills everyone over 22 year 21 years of age.



* OnlyFatalToAdults: The mysterious disease kills everybody over the age of 22.

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* OnlyFatalToAdults: The mysterious disease kills everybody over the age of 22.21. Once a person reaches their 22nd birthday, it's a matter of ''hours'' before they die.

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* AllForNothing: Renee is [[spoiler:injected with the potential cure]] on her 22nd birthday so that Liam can prove [[spoiler:the cure works on those past the threshold age.]] However, [[spoiler:Franny accidentally shoots Renee]], rendering it pointless. [[spoiler:Until her gunshot wound heals.]]

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* AllForNothing: AllForNothing:
** Chuck, Harrison and Samantha make a plan to escape Pretty Lake using a stolen military van. Samantha is shot by a sniper [[spoiler:and killed]] once they get past the fence, forcing them to drive back into town.
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Renee is [[spoiler:injected with the potential cure]] on her 22nd birthday so that Liam can prove [[spoiler:the cure works on those past the threshold age.]] However, [[spoiler:Franny accidentally shoots Renee]], rendering it pointless. [[spoiler:Until her gunshot wound heals.]]
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* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:Tracey chooses to stay in Pretty Lake to look after the town’s children.]]

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* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:Tracey chooses to stay in Pretty Lake to look after the town’s children. Mark also stays behind, giving the only other available vaccine to Stacy and lying to her that he was already vaccinated so she wouldn’t feel guilty about taking it.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Franny and Harrison discuss where they’ll end up if they ever leave Pretty Lake, Harrison says he will likely be sent to a foster home [[spoiler:since the now-deceased Samantha was his only other relative after their parents died]]. Franny tells him that he can stay with her and her aunt instead. [[spoiler:In the finale when the group is assigned new identities by Crane, Harrison is sent to a foster home while Franny ends up at an all-girls school.]]
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* ApocalypticLog: Adam records one, which contains evidence of the deaths and poor conditions in Pretty Lake as well as the government’s efforts to cover it up. He uses it as leverage to Dexter Crane, threatening to release it if the latter doesn’t help him. [[spoiler:In the finale, he has Daisy leak it anyway.]]
--> '''Adam''': My name is Adam Jones. And this will be my last day in this hellhole.

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** Liam Cullen. He shows up in Pretty Lake [[spoiler:claiming to have a cure for the virus, four weeks after Adam’s father (who Liam also claims to have worked with) told him that there was no curing the virus]]. The mysterious text messages he sends at the end of “Us vs. Them” don’t exactly help his case, neither does [[spoiler:his name being in Ellen’s contacts and the reveal he’s actually working for Horatio Pharmaceuticals]].

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** Liam Cullen. He shows up in Pretty Lake [[spoiler:claiming to have a cure for the virus, four weeks after Adam’s father (who Liam also claims to have worked with) told him that there was no curing the virus]]. The mysterious text messages he sends at the end of “Us vs. Them” don’t exactly help his case, neither does [[spoiler:his name being in Ellen’s contacts and the reveal he’s actually working for Horatio Pharmaceuticals]]. He ultimately turns out to be [[spoiler:a pretty morally decent guy, just working with some very shady people]].



* ApocalypseAnarchy: By episode 2 there are cars and piles of junk around town. Kids are all out playing in the streets.

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* ApocalypseAnarchy: ApocalypseAnarchy:
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By episode 2 there are cars and piles of junk around town. Kids are all out playing in the streets.streets.
** Harrison takes advantage of this in the second season, forming a posse of the younger kids that bet on fights and only answer to themselves.



* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Wiley, Adam, Chuck, Ronnie, Stacey, Franny, Harrison, and Renee all escape Pretty Lake and the military strikes are called off. However, the group is split up and forced to assume new identities, the fates of those left behind (including Tracey and the children) are uncertain, and another outbreak is seemingly engineered by Horatio just a day before the cure was supposed to be released.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Wiley, Adam, Chuck, Ronnie, Stacey, Franny, Harrison, and Renee all escape Pretty Lake and the military strikes are called off. However, the group is split up and forced to assume new identities, the fates of those left behind (including Tracey Tracey, Mark and the children) are uncertain, and another outbreak is seemingly engineered by Horatio just a day before the cure was supposed to be released.]]

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* OffscreenTeleportation: When Mr. Lott and his son are tracking the stolen truck, they make a single turn to end up ahead of Pat and Ronnie. While the camera is elsewhere, the former end up far enough ahead that by the time Pat and Ronnie find their car, they’ve set up flares.

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* OffscreenTeleportation: OffscreenTeleportation:
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When Mr. Lott and his son are tracking the stolen truck, they make a single turn to end up ahead of Pat and Ronnie. While the camera is elsewhere, the former end up far enough ahead that by the time Pat and Ronnie find their car, they’ve set up flares.flares.
** When Brooks shoots at Daisy, she’s disappeared from the alley in the time it takes for two cars to pass by.
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* OneWordTitle: The series as a whole, as well as the individual episodes “War” (Season One), “Hope” and “Extraction” (Season Two).
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Wiley, Adam, Chuck, Ronnie, Franny, Harrison, and Renee all escape Pretty Lake and the military strikes are called off. However, the group is split up and forced to assume new identities, the fates of those left behind (including Tracey and the children) are uncertain, and another outbreak is seemingly engineered by Horatio just a day before the cure was supposed to be released.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Wiley, Adam, Chuck, Ronnie, Stacey, Franny, Harrison, and Renee all escape Pretty Lake and the military strikes are called off. However, the group is split up and forced to assume new identities, the fates of those left behind (including Tracey and the children) are uncertain, and another outbreak is seemingly engineered by Horatio just a day before the cure was supposed to be released.]]
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** Franny accidentally shoots [[spoiler:Renee]] when the latter has her pinned to a wall.

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** Franny accidentally shoots [[spoiler:Renee]] when the latter has her pinned to a wall. [[spoiler:Subverted when Renee heals afterward, thanks to being given the cure.]]
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* AccidentalMurder:
** Pat accidentally [[spoiler:hits Amanda with his car when she runs into the road]].
** Mark accidentally kills [[spoiler:Renee’s younger brother, Eric]] when the kid tries to stab him and stabs himself instead.
** Franny accidentally shoots [[spoiler:Renee]] when the latter has her pinned to a wall.
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* CosyCatastrophe: The utilities are still running, cellphones can still be used, the Internet is up, and the parents are out of the picture. Also, people still drive as though they could get gas at the corner store when they need to fill up.

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* CosyCatastrophe: The utilities are still running, cellphones can still be used, the Internet is up, and the parents are out of the picture. Also, people still drive as though they could get gas at the corner store when they need to fill up. Averted as time goes on; radios and phones mysteriously stop working, preventing communication with the outside world [[spoiler:with the exception of those with special equipment, like Ellen and Liam]], and the second season opener reveals the town is starting to run out of food as winter sets in. One episode also shows Wiley being forced to abandon a car when its engine dies, stranding her and baby Jason.
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* AbortedArc: The second season ends with [[spoiler:Crane giving the escaped teens new identities to re-enter society while Horatio Labs works on engineering a cure. While Wiley and Adam are shopping in a supermarket six months later, someone near them succumbs to the virus.]] With the series being QuietlyCanceled, this is never elaborated on.

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* AbortedArc: The second season ends with [[spoiler:Crane giving the escaped teens new identities to re-enter society while Horatio Labs works on engineering a cure. While Wiley and Adam are shopping in a supermarket six months later, someone near them succumbs to the virus.virus, and Adam realizes Horatio must be behind it because they are the only ones with access to the cure.]] With the series being QuietlyCanceled, this is never elaborated on.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Minister Miller]] commits suicide in the second season finale after [[spoiler:the military defies her and calls off the attacks on Pretty Lake]].

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Wiley, Adam, Chuck, Ronnie, Franny, Harrison, and Renee all escape Pretty Lake and the military strikes are called off. However, the group is split up and forced to assume new identities, and another outbreak is seemingly engineered by Horatio.]]

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* BigBad: [[spoiler:The last scenes of the second season finale set up Dexter Crane and Horatio Pharmaceuticals as this.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Wiley, Adam, Chuck, Ronnie, Franny, Harrison, and Renee all escape Pretty Lake and the military strikes are called off. However, the group is split up and forced to assume new identities, the fates of those left behind (including Tracey and the children) are uncertain, and another outbreak is seemingly engineered by Horatio.Horatio just a day before the cure was supposed to be released.]]
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* FlashbackCut: When Harrison is playing in the now-deserted bowling alley, he has a brief flashback to a time when he bowled there with Samantha.
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--> '''[[spoiler: Clarence]]''': Because I worked on it.

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--> '''[[spoiler: Clarence]]''': Because I worked on it.it.
* XanatosGambit: Adam’s deal with Dexter Crane. [[spoiler:Either Dexter agrees to extract those already vaccinated and for Horatio Pharmaceuticals to proceed with mass-producing the cure, or Adam leaks everything he has on their involvement in Pretty Lake to the public, damaging their reputation.]] Either way, Adam gets the company’s attention and at least a slight chance at his friends getting rescued.

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* AbortedArc: The second season ends with [[spoiler:Crane giving the escaped teens new identities to re-enter society while Horatio Labs works on engineering a cure. While Wiley and Adam are shopping in a store, someone near them succumbs to the virus.]] With the series being QuietlyCanceled, this is never elaborated on.

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* AbortedArc: The second season ends with [[spoiler:Crane giving the escaped teens new identities to re-enter society while Horatio Labs works on engineering a cure. While Wiley and Adam are shopping in a store, supermarket six months later, someone near them succumbs to the virus.]] With the series being QuietlyCanceled, this is never elaborated on.



** Dexter Crane agrees to [[spoiler:extract the inoculated teens out of Pretty Lake]] if Adam gives him Liam’s research. [[spoiler:Once the extraction is successful, he gives them new identities so that they can re-enter society, but not before having them sent to an offsite facility where they’re injected with an unknown substance (supposedly an anti-viral) as part of medical tests to observe their [[HealingFactor newfound self-healing powers]].]] Adam also accuses him of [[spoiler:holding back the cure out of greed]], but Crane himself claims that [[spoiler:the cure is not ready]].

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** Dexter Crane agrees to [[spoiler:extract the inoculated teens out of Pretty Lake]] if Adam gives him Liam’s research. [[spoiler:Once the extraction is successful, he gives them new identities so that they can re-enter society, but not before having them sent to an offsite facility where they’re injected with an unknown substance (supposedly an anti-viral) as part of medical tests to observe their [[HealingFactor newfound self-healing powers]].]] Adam also accuses him of [[spoiler:holding back the cure out of greed]], but Crane himself claims that [[spoiler:the cure is not ready]]. The ending of the series has him declaring revenge on Adam after [[spoiler:Adam leaks his video diary to the world]], and six months later [[spoiler:another outbreak occurs, but it’s not clear if he had anything direct to do with it]].


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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Wiley, Adam, Chuck, Ronnie, Franny, Harrison, and Renee all escape Pretty Lake and the military strikes are called off. However, the group is split up and forced to assume new identities, and another outbreak is seemingly engineered by Horatio.]]
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** Dexter Crane agrees to [[spoiler:extract the inoculated teens out of Pretty Lake]] if Adam gives him Liam’s research. [[spoiler:Once the extraction is successful, he gives them new identities so that they can re-enter society, but not before having them sent to an offsite facility where they’re injected with an unknown substance (supposedly an anti-viral) as part of medical tests.]] Adam also accuses him of [[spoiler:holding back the cure out of greed]], but Crane himself claims that [[spoiler:the cure is not ready]].

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** Dexter Crane agrees to [[spoiler:extract the inoculated teens out of Pretty Lake]] if Adam gives him Liam’s research. [[spoiler:Once the extraction is successful, he gives them new identities so that they can re-enter society, but not before having them sent to an offsite facility where they’re injected with an unknown substance (supposedly an anti-viral) as part of medical tests.tests to observe their [[HealingFactor newfound self-healing powers]].]] Adam also accuses him of [[spoiler:holding back the cure out of greed]], but Crane himself claims that [[spoiler:the cure is not ready]].
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* HealingFactor: [[spoiler:The cure Liam brought apparently gives those injected with it one. Wiley’s tumor heals within hours, and Renee is able to recover from a gunshot wound.]]

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* HealingFactor: [[spoiler:The cure Liam brought apparently gives those injected with it one. Wiley’s tumor heals within hours, Chuck heals from severe head trauma after drunkenly falling into a glass table, and Renee is able to recover from a gunshot wound.]]
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* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:Tracey chooses to stay in Pretty Lake to look after the town’s children.]]
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* AllForNothing: Renee is [[spoiler:injected with the potential cure]] on her 22nd birthday so that Liam can prove [[spoiler:the cure works on those past the threshold age.]] However, [[spoiler:Franny accidentally shoots Renee]], rendering it pointless.

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* AllForNothing: Renee is [[spoiler:injected with the potential cure]] on her 22nd birthday so that Liam can prove [[spoiler:the cure works on those past the threshold age.]] However, [[spoiler:Franny accidentally shoots Renee]], rendering it pointless. [[spoiler:Until her gunshot wound heals.]]
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* HealingFactor: [[spoiler:The cure Liam brought apparently gives those injected with it one. Wiley’s tumor heals within hours, and Renee is able to recover from a gunshot wound.]]

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