History Series / EmeraldCity

* WomanInWhite: Glinda wears entirely white and silver.

** The Wicked Witches of the East and West were depicted as old hags in the books, but are played here by 40-year-old Creator/FlorenceKasumba and 32-year-old Creator/AnaUlaru respectively. However, they are also hinted to be OlderThanTheyLook.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Killing the Witch of the East means [[spoiler:there's nobody in charge of stabilizing the weather in Oz]].

* {{Hypocrite}}: The Wizard has imposed a BanOnMagic on Oz... and yet makes use of it himself when Mistress East employs it to create a hellish prison for his regime to use against magic users.
** There is also Glinda. She preaches for sexual abstinance within her acolytes, even going so far as to[[spoiler:lock up one of her own acolytes for breaking her vow of chastity in "They Came First."]] The very next episode shows thats she enjoys a lot of sexytime with [[spoiler:Lucas, who at this point had lost his amnesia and remembered himself as Roan.]]

Dorothy Gale (Adria Arjona) is a headstrong woman in her twenties who is transported to Oz, where the powerful Wizard (Creator/VincentDOnofrio) rules over the land after winning a GreatOffscreenWar and has [[BanOnMagic banned magic]]. Accompanied by a police dog who she names Toto, Dorothy travels for the Emerald City in the hope that the Wizard can send her home. Along the way, she meets Lucas, an [[LaserGuidedAmnesia amnesiac man]] she finds tied to a post. However, Dorothy's dramatic arrival into Oz, as per the novel, leads to the death of the Wicked Witch of the East and causes fireworks in the land.

* ADogNamedDog: This incarnation of Toto takes his name from the Munja'kin word for "dog."

* DaughterOfAWhore: Anna is dismayed to learn her mother was one of the prostitutes in West's brothel. It seems the Wizard was a favorite client, though West claims he isn't her father.

Dorothy Gale (Adria Arjona) is a headstrong woman in her twenties who is transported to Oz, where the powerful Wizard (Creator/VincentDOnofrio) rules over the land after winning a GreatOffscreenWar and has banned magic. Accompanied by a police dog who she names Toto, Dorothy travels for the Emerald City in the hope that the Wizard can send her home. Along the way, she meets Lucas, an [[LaserGuidedAmnesia amnesiac man]] she finds tied to a post. However, Dorothy's dramatic arrival into Oz, as per the novel, leads to the death of the Wicked Witch of the East and causes fireworks in the land.

-->-- '''{{SelfDemonstrating/West}}'''

-->-- '''West'''

** The Wicked Witches of the East and West were depicted as old hags in the books, but are played here by 40-year-old Creator/FlorenceKasumba and 31-year-old Creator/AnaUlaru respectively. However, they are also hinted to be OlderThanTheyLook.

* ConLang: For this show, linguist David J. Peterson created the Munja'kin language spoken by the people of the same name, and Inha, the tongue the witches use to cast their spells.

* BoomHeadshot: How the Witch of the West accidentally kills herself. In something of an oddity, they show [[YourHeadASplode her actual brains blowing out of the back of her head]] - a trope that doesn't usually apply to women.

* BoomHeadshot: How the Witch of the West accidentally kills herself. In something of an oddity, they show [[YourHeadASplode her actual brains blowing out of the back of their head]] - a trope that doesn't usually apply to women.

* BoomHeadshot: How the Witch of the West accidentally kills herself. In something of an oddity, they show [[YourHeadASplode her actual brains blowing out of the back of their head - a trope that doesn't usually apply to women.

Due to low ratings the show was cancelled after one season after ten episodes.

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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"Definitely not in Kansas."'' ]]

* LoveTriangle: One developed between [[spoiler:Dorothy, Lucas/Rowan, and Glinda]], but never truly resolved.

%% * CostumePorn: Expected from a Tarsem Signh production. Special mention to East's dresses and Lady Ev's masks.

%% * FirstKiss: Dorothy and Lucas share their first kiss near the end of "Science and Magic".

%% * LoveTriangle: One develops between [[spoiler:Dorothy, Lucas/Rowan, and Glinda]].

%% * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Killing the Witch of the East means [[spoiler:there's nobody in charge of stabilizing the weather in Oz]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: During her search for someone to control the stone giants, Dorothy [[spoiler:unknowingly releases the true Beast Forever from the Prison of the Abject]].

%% * TrueBlueFemininity: Glinda's followers dress in matching blue robes.

%% * WomanInWhite: Glinda wears entirely white and silver.

%% * WhamLine: At the end of Everyone Lies, [[spoiler:The Wizard sees Dorothy and says: "Dorothy, you've come home!"]]

** The Wicked Witches of the East and West were depicted as old hags in the books, but are played here by 40-year-old Florence Kasumba and 31-year-old Ana Ularu respectively. However, they are also hinted to be OlderThanTheyLook.

''Emerald City'' is a 2017 fantasy television series airing on NBC, based very loosely on L. Frank Baum's ''Literature/LandOfOz'' books and giving a (much) DarkerAndEdgier spin on them.

* NeckSnap: West casually snaps a guard's neck with a [[MindOverMatter wave of her hand]], when he tries to attack [[spoiler:Tip/Ozma]].