History Series / Debris

''Debris'' is a NBC science fiction series similar to ''[[Franchise/TheXFiles The X-Files]]'' that premiered March 1st, 2021.

* ArmsDealer: A brisk trade has sprung up in debris, most or all of which are harmful to humans and may well be weaponized; the first episode has INFLUX meeting with one such dealer.

* MoralityPet: Maddox, the hard-nosed and secret-keeping CIA agent, has a disabled son whom he loves a great deal: Maddox is willing to leave work unexpectedly when his son's keeper has an appointment and is shown patiently trying to teach his son to catch a ball.

* WomenAreWiser: Fin is the more empathetic of the main duo, trying to connect with Bryan and openly sympathizing with those involved in their cases: She tries to calm a frantic clone in Episode 2, realizing that the clones are attempts to protect the original Eric's "heart," and she insists on trying to save the trapped people in Episode 3 despite the team's scientist trying to prioritize preserving the debris.

* BackFromTheDead: What Amy Morrison and her husband initially think is happening when their deceased son reappears. [[spoiler:He's actually some sort of debris-spawned projection that feeds on the energy of others to sustain himself.]]

* CloneDegeneration: As the ORBITAL technicians begin to shut down the clone-spawning debris fragment, [[spoiler:it starts rapidly producing [[BodyHorror deformed hybrid Eric-Bryan clones]] that seem aware of their surroundings but incapable of movement or speech.]]

* CueTheSun: The sun rises after the debris is packed up at the end of Episode 4, burning away the clouds and the [[{{Terraform}} terraforming]] rain.

* GravityScrew: The debris in the pilot levitates its victims and draws them to [[spoiler:the ditch where the real Kieran died]], where they whirl about with various other detritus like leaves in an updraft.

* HiveMind: Kieran's victims in the first episode are apparently "dead," yet they speak in unison and respond to stimuli received by Kieran/[[spoiler:the debris that spawned him]].
* HostileTerraforming: Finola hypothesizes that this is what the debris in Episode 4 is doing, making the affected atmosphere fit for lifeforms that breathe chloroform instead of oxygen.

* TheLonelyDoor: Episode 3 has one that doubles as a PortalDoor to the dimension/s where various "missing" persons are trapped, though it looks less like a door and more like a wall-sized slab of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerogel aerogel]] standing in a field.

* MentalMonster: [[spoiler:The reality of "Kieran" in the pilot episode, formed from the memories and the guilt of the real Kieran's grieving mother and given "life" by the debris.]]

* MoralityPet: Maddox, the hard-nosed and secret-keeping CIA agent, has a disabled son whom he loves a great deal: Maddox is willing to leave work unexpectedly when he son's keeper has an appointment and is shown patiently trying to teach his son to catch a ball.

* HighTechHexagons: The larger pieces of debris are composed of metallic hexagons.

* FakingTheDead: Apparently the case with [[spoiler:Fin's father. His body was replaced with a convincing double, which is made apparent by missing security footage and the double wearing a watch which his daughter took from the original]].

* CloneDegeneration: As the ORBITAL technicians begins to shut down the clone-spawning debris fragment, [[spoiler:it starts rapidly producing [[BodyHorror deformed hybrid Eric-Bryan clones]] that seem aware of their surroundings but incapable of movement or speech.]]

* FakingTheDead: Apparently the case with [[spoiler:Fin's father]].

* CloneDegeneration: As the Orbital technicians begins to shut down the debris fragment spawning clones, it starts rapidly producing [[BodyHorror deformed hybrid Eric-Bryan clones]] that seem aware of their surroundings but incapable of movement or speech.]]

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Fin is the Responsible Sibling, having pursued an academic/scientific career and taken on the task of handling their late father's affairs, while her sister Dee is the Foolish Sibling; Fin claims that Dee was their father's favorite and got away with everything, and she's currently living with (and possibly is) a drug addict.

* HiveMind: Kieran's victims in the first episode are apparently "dead," yet they speak simultaneously and respond to stimuli received by Kieran/[[spoiler:the debris that spawned him]].

* MentalMonster: [[spoiler:The reality of "Kieran" in the pilot episode, formed from the memories and the guilt of the real Kieran's grieving mother ''via'' the debris.]]

* TeleFrag: A pair of Influx agents escape through debris-powered teleportation, but one winds up with half his body inside a concrete pillar, necessitating the MercyKill above.

* WeAREStrugglingTogether: The US and the UK are collaborating on ORBITAL, but neither side makes any secret about the fact that both have their own best interests in mind: Finola's superior warns her to remember this, as they know the CIA is keeping secrets, one of which is that [[spoiler:they have footage of Fin's supposedly-dead father]] which Bryan is ordered to keep to himself.

* BackFromTheDead: What Amy Morrison and her husband initially think is happening when their deceased son reappears. [[spoiler:He's actually some sort of debris-spawned projection.]]
* CloningBlues: Episode 2 involves multiple copies of a man named Eric appearing in a debris-affected town. [[spoiler:After Bryan finds the debris, it starts cloning him too.]]
** CloneDegeneration: [[spoiler:The debris starts producing [[BodyHorror deformed hybrid Eric-Bryan clones]] that seem aware of their surroundings but incapable of movement or speech.]]

* TeleporterAccident: A pair of Influx agents escape through debris-powered teleportation, but one winds up with half his body inside a concrete pillar, necessitating the MercyKill above.

* YearOutsideHourInside: A teenage girl disappears in 2019 and is released from the dimension where she'd been trapped, believing that she'd only been gone a few hours while in reality several years had passed. Time is implied to have been drastically slowed within the dimension, possibly halting the aging of those within, as two others became trapped in the 1980s and 1970s and don't appear to have aged after decades.

* TheLonelyDoor: Episode 3 has one that doubles as a PortalDoor to the dimension/s where various "missing" persons are trapped, though it looks less like a door and more like a wall-sized slab of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerogel aerogel]] standing in a field.

Three years ago, Earth spotted the wreck of a derelict spacecraft drifting high above the planet. Six months ago, wreckage from that spacecraft began to rain down on Earth, causing bizarre effects wherever they fell. As countries and private dealers race to harvest the [[TitleDrop debris]], the CIA and [=MI6=] form a joint organization, Orbital, to keep the debris out of the wrong hands.

Three years ago, Earth spotted the wreck of a derelict spacecraft drifting high above the planet. Six months ago, wreckage from that spacecraft began to rain down on Earth, causing bizarre effects whenever they fell. As various countries and private dealers race to harvest the [[TitleDrop debris]], the CIA and [=MI6=] form a joint organization, Orbital, to keep the debris out of the wrong hands.

Enter Bryan Beneventi (Jonathan Tucker), [[ShellShockedVeteran plucked from a military prison]], and Finola Jones (Riann Steele), whose [[DisappearedDad late father]] was the leading expert on the debris. They travel across the United States, [[TheyFightCrime investigating debris-caused incidents]], while the member organizations of Orbital balance cooperation with national interests and attempt to thwart a ring of debris-smugglers known as [[TheConspiracy Influx]].

* ArmsDealer: A brisk trade has sprung up in debris, most or all of which are harmful to humans and may well be weaponized; the first episode has Influx meeting with one such dealer in which the usual firearms are replaced by a fragment of debris.

* ParentalSubstitute: WordOfGod says that Bryan sees Maddox, Orbital's lead CIA representative, as a father figure, which may explain why Bryan's in Orbital at all [[spoiler:and is willing to keep Fin in the dark about her father despite his misgivings]].

* ShellShockedVeteran: The first episode mentions that Bryan was in a military prison in Afghanistan before being recruited by Orbital and the second reveals that he carries a photo of an unknown woman he presumably met while stationed there; whatever happened left him cynical and unwilling to share his past with Fin.

* WeAREStrugglingTogether: The US and the UK are collaborating on Orbital, but neither side makes any secret about the fact that both have their own best interests in mind: Finola's superior warns her to remember this, as they know the CIA is keeping secrets, one of which is that [[spoiler:they have footage of Fin's supposedly-dead father]] which Bryan is ordered to keep to himself.

* TrappedInAnotherWorld: TheLonelyDoor above leads to one or more dimensions where multiple people have been trapped for varying lengths of time; while those standing outside the Door can see them as shadowy figures standing side-by-side, the trapped individuals themselves can't perceive each other at all.
* WeAREStrugglingTogether: The US and the UK are collaborating on Orbital, but neither side makes any secret about the fact that both sides having their own best interests in mind: Finola's superior warns her to keep this in mind and they know the CIA is keeping secrets, one of which is that [[spoiler:they have footage of Fin's supposedly-dead father]] and Bryan is specifically ordered to keep it from Fin.

* YearOutsideHourInside: A teenage girl disappears in 2019 and, by the end of Episode 3, is released from the other dimension where she'd been trapped, believing that she'd only been gone a few hours while in reality several years had passed. Time is implied to have been drastically slowed within the alternate dimension, possibly even halting the aging of those within, as two others became trapped in the 1980s and 1970s and don't appear to have aged and haven't starved to death even decades later.

* WomanAreWiser: Fin is the more empathetic of the main duo, trying to connect with Bryan and openly sympathizing with those involved in their cases: She tries to calm a frantic clone in Episode 2, realizing that the clones are attempts to protect the original Eric's "heart," and she insists on trying to save the trapped people in Episode 3 despite the team's scientist trying to prioritize preserving the debris.

* FakingTheDead: Implied to be the case with [[spoiler:Fin's father]].
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Fin is the Responsible Sibling, having pursued an academic/scientific career and taken on the task of handling their late father's affairs, while her sister Dee is the Foolish Sibling; Fin claims that Dee was their father's favorite and got away with everything, and is currently living with (and possibly is) a drug addict.

* LiteralSplitPersonality: Ultimately the case in Episode 2, as [[spoiler:the Eric clones embody the strongest emotions felt at specific points in Eric's life, like his anger at being passed over for a promotion and his desperation to reunite with his girlfriend after she ended their relationship]].

Enter Bryan Beneventi (Jonathan Tucker), [[ShellShockedVeteran plucked from a military prison]], and Finola Jones (Riann Steele), whose [[DisappearedDad late father]] was an astrophysicist and the leading expert on the debris. They travel across the United States, [[TheyFightCrime investigating debris-caused incidents]], while the member organizations of Orbital balance cooperation with national interests and attempt to thwart a ring of debris-smugglers known as [[TheConspiracy Influx]].

Three years ago, Earth spotted the wreck of a derelict spacecraft in the skies above the planet. Six months ago, wreckage from that spacecraft began to rain down on the planet, causing bizarre effects whenever they fell. As various countries and private dealers race to harvest the [[TitleDrop debris]], the CIA and [=MI6=] form a joint organization, Orbital, to keep the debris out of the wrong hands.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Fin is the Responsible Sibling, having pursued an academic/scientific career and taken on the task of handling their late father's affairs, while her sister Dee is the Foolish Sibling, as Fin claims that Dee was their father's favorite and got away with everything, and is currently living with (and possibly is) a drug addict.
* GravityScrew: The debris in the pilot levitates its victims and draws them to [[spoiler:the ditch where the real Kieran died]], where they whirl about with various other detritus like leaves in an updraft. Episode 2 also has

Six months ago, wreckage from an alien spacecraft passed through Earth's atmosphere and began to rain down across the planet, causing bizarre effects whenever they fell. As various countries and private dealers race to harvest the [[TitleDrop debris]], the CIA and [=MI6=] form a joint organization, Orbital, to keep the debris out of the wrong hands.

* ArmsDealer: A brisk trade has sprung up in debris, most or all of which are harmful to humans and may well be weaponized; the first episode has Influx meeting with one such dealer in which the usual firearms are replaced by a single fragment of debris.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Fin is the Responsible Sibling, having pursued an academic/scientific career and taken on the task of handling their late father's affairs, while her sister Dee is the Foolish Sibling, as Fin claims that Dee was their father's favorite and got away with everything, and is currently living with a drug addict (and may be a drug user herself).

* SweetTooth: Implied with Bryan, who waxes rhapsodic about the chicken-shaped, sugar-coated Peeps marshmallows in Episode 2.

* WeAREStrugglingTogether: The US and the UK are collaborating on Orbital, but neither side makes any secret about the fact that both sides having their own best interests in mind: Finola's superior warns her to keep this in mind and Fin herself says that she knows the CIA is keeping secrets, one of which is that [[spoiler:they have footage of Fin's supposedly-dead father]] and Bryan is specifically ordered to keep it from Fin.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The first several clones from Episode 2 appear to be sentient and each considers himself the "real" Eric [[spoiler:and the Bryan clone also seems self-aware, but all subsequent clones are unceremoniously dispatched via headshot immediately after spawning]].

* ShellShockedVeteran: The first episode mentions that Bryan was in a military prison in Afghanistan before being recruited by Orbital and the second episode reveals that he carries a photo of an unknown woman he presumably met while stationed in the Middle East; whatever happened left him cynical and unwilling to share his past with Fin.
* SweetTooth: Implied with Bryan, who waxes lyrical about the chicken-shaped, sugar-coated Peeps marshmallows in Episode 2.

* WeAREStrugglingTogether: The US and the UK are collaborating on Orbital, but neither side makes any secret about the fact that both sides having their own best interests in mind: Finola's superior warns her to keep this in mind and Fin herself says that she knows the CIA is keeping secrets, one of which is that [[spoiler:they have footage of Fin's supposedly-dead father]] and Bryan is specifically ordered to keep it from Fin.

* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: The US and UK governments hope to use the titular debris to advance science and technology.

* MentalMonster: [[spoiler:The reality of "Kieran" in the pilot episode, formed from the memories and the guilt of the real Kieran's grieving mother.]]

* ShellShockedVeteran: The first episode mentions that Bryan was in a military prison in Afghanistan before being recruited by Orbital, and the second episode reveals that he carries a photo of an unknown woman he presumably met while stationed in the Middle East; it's left him cynical and unwilling to share his past with Fin.

* YourMindMakesItReal:

''Debris'' is a NBC science fiction series similar to the X-files that premiered march 1st, 2021.

The plot follows Bryan Beneventi (Jonathan Tucker) and Finola Jones (Riann Steele) a CIA and [=MI6=] agent working for a joint organization formed from both called Orbital, as they travel across the United States investigating fallen [[TitleDrop debris]] from an alien spacecraft 6 months ago.

These pieces of Debris have varied effects on their environment, such as causing people to pass through solid matter as if it was air, or making different things float as if weightless.

* PhlebotinumBreakdown: The debris was already broken when it was discovered out in space. On Earth, the fragments act in mysterious ways that are harmful to humans.

The plot follows Bryan Beneventi (Jonathan Tucker) and Finola Jones (Riann Steele) a CIA and [=MI6=] agent working for a joint organization formed from both called Orbital, as they travel across the United States investigating fallen [[TitleDrop Debris]] from an alien spacecraft 6 months ago.

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Debris is a NBC science fiction series similar to the X-files that premiered march 1st, 2021.

the plot follows Bryan Beneventi (johnathan Tucker) and Finola Jones (Riann Steele) a Cia and MI 6 agent working for a joint organization formed from both called Orbital, as they travel across the United States investigating fallen Debris from an alien spacecraft 6 months ago.

these pieces of Debris have varied effects on their environment, such as causing people to pass through solid matter as if it was air, or make things float as if weightless.

the plot follows Bryan Beneventi (johnathan Tucker) and Finola Jones (Riann Steele) a Cia and MI6 agen working for a joint organization form from both called Orbital, as they travel across the United States investigating fallen Debris from an alien spacecraft 6 months ago.