History Series / FallingWater

''Falling Water'' is a supernatural series airing on USA Network starring Creator/DavidAjala, Lizzie Brochere, and Will Yun Lee.

''Falling Water'' is a supernatural series airing on USA Network starring Creator/DavidAjala, Lizzie Brochere, and Will Yun Lee. Three unrelated people - a detective, a trend spotter, and a corporate security consultant - start having increasingly vivid dreams, and soon begin to believe that their dreams are part of a larger puzzle.

* {{Cult}}: The Green certainly seems like a cult, and has been investigated as such in the past. With their green sneakers, they're clearly based in part on Heaven's Gate.

* YourMindMakesItReal: [[spoiler:People who die in the dream world end up dead in real life.]]

* NamedByALaterInstallment: In the first season, the main characters are only known by one name each (Tess, Taka, Burton, The Boy, etc.) in order to preserve a sense of surrealism. The second season, which is more grounded, reveals most of their names - Tess is Tess Brighton, Taka is Taka Matsuyama, Burton is Burton Mann, and The Boy is named James.

''Falling Water'' is a supernatural series airing on USA Network. Three unrelated people - a detective, a trend spotter, and a corporate security consultant - start having increasingly vivid dreams, and soon begin to believe that their dreams are part of a larger puzzle.

* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Taylor Bennett dies after Shadowman manipulates one of her bodyguards into stabbing her in the eye.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Among the reasons Shadowman works for Bennett is so that he can afford to send his daughter to NYU on a full scholarship.]]

* IncestSubtext: Charlotte is constantly going on about her daughter Tess' supposed promiscuity and bisexuality, and one of her darker fantasies involves forcing Tess to submit to a pelvic exam. One might infer that Charlotte's love for her daughter goes well beyond the maternal. [[spoiler:It later turns out that Charlotte is not actually Tess' mother; Tess was left at Aeskyton and Charlotte raised her as her daughter in the hopes of taking advantage of her powers.]]

** Taka's relationship with his catatonic mother is also...complex.

** Burton spent time in UsefulNotes/{{Darfur}} when he was still in the army. Throughout season 2, he keeps having flashbacks to a mission that went horribly wrong.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tess spent some time in a mental hospital.

* LipstickLesbian: In season 2, Taka's new female partner mentions having a girlfriend at home.

* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Mr. Song is actually a front for Bill Boerg]].

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: In "Drom", Tess and Burton declare a temporary truce with Bill Boerg in order to get help in finding Lainie Whicker, a powerful Dreamer who's been kidnapped by Taylor Bennett.

* IncestSubtext: Charlotte is constantly going on about her daughter Tess' supposed promiscuity and bisexuality, and one of her darker fantasies involves forcing Tess to submit to a pelvic exam. One might infer that Charlotte's love for her daughter goes well beyond the maternal.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: In the first season, many of the characters, including Burton, Taka, Tess, Isla, The Boy, and The Woman in Red, are only known by their first names or a nickname. Season 2 unravels many of these mysteries - Burton is [[spoiler:Burton Mann]], Tess is [[spoiler:Tess Brighton]], Taka is [[spoiler:Taka Matsuyama]], The Boy is [[spoiler:James]], and the Woman in Red is [[spoiler:Olivia Watson]].

** Taylor Bennett's plan for removing Elizabeth Bennett from power involves exposing her extramarital affair.

** [[spoiler:Sabine is manipulated by the Shadowman into murdering Kumiko.]]

* SlutShaming: Charlotte constantly harps on Tess's supposed promiscuity... [[spoiler:in order to cover up the fact that she and her friends in the Green forced Tess to give birth to a child and then took him away from her.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:One of Olivia's other targets was a doctor involved with a mysterious job that he wanted out of. Olivia was paid to observe him, but he ended up dead. She is horrified to think that she was responsible.]]

* ArcWords: "His Name Is [[spoiler:John.]]"

* {{Cult}}: The Green certainly seems like a cult, and has been investigated as such in the past.
** With their green sneakers, they're clearly based in part on Heaven's Gate.

* MindRape: Woody, an Aeskyton alum, has been using his powers to enter the dreams of his co-worker's wife and carry on an affair with her in order to gather intel on the co-worker. When she realizes what he's done, she explicitly compares it to rape.
* MyBelovedSmother: Tess's mother Charlotte kept ridiculously detailed records of everything that was supposedly wrong with her when she was growing up. [[spoiler:In reality, she was studying Tess, because Tess was born with the ability to enter dreams.]]

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Kumiko's peephole-covered sculpture was a prototype for a device that the Green uses to monitor Tess' dreams.]]

* MyBelovedSmother: Tess' mother Charlotte kept ridiculously detailed records of everything that was supposedly wrong with her when she was growing up. [[spoiler:In reality, she was studying Tess, because Tess was born with the ability to enter dreams.]]

* SlutShaming: Charlotte constantly harps on Tess' supposed promiscuity... [[spoiler:in order to cover up the fact that she and her friends in the Green forced Tess to give birth to a child and then took him away from her.]]

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Kimiko's peephole-covered sculpture was a prototype for a device that the Green uses to see into other people's dreams.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: One of Burton's coworkers kills himself in the first episode after being caught up in a scandal.

* MyBelovedSmother: Tess' mother kept ridiculously detailed records of everything that was supposedly wrong with her when she was growing up. [[spoiler:In reality, she was studying Tess, because Tess was born with the ability to enter dreams.]]

* MyBelovedSmother: Tess' mother kept ridiculously detailed records of everything that was supposedly wrong with her when she was growing up.
* SlutShaming: Charlotte constantly harps on Tess' supposed promiscuity.
* TermsOfEndangerment: Isla likes to call people "dear". She also likes to use her abilities to enter other people's dreams and screw with their heads.

''Falling Water'' is a supernatural series airing on USA Network. Three unrelated people - a detective, an trend spotter, and a corporate security consultant - start having increasingly vivid dreams, and soon begin to believe that their dreams are part of a larger puzzle.

* YourMindMakesItReal: [[spoiler:People who die in the dreams end up dead in real life.]]