History Series / Hex

** Alex is quick to turn on Roxanne after [[spoiler: Jez's death. And Malachi grants her wish to become the new [[AlphaBitch Alpha Bitch]] while Roxanne becomes a [[FallenPrincess Fallen Princesss.]]

* TookALevelInJerkass: Jo starts out as a nice, maternal teacher who looks out for her students' wellbeing. [[spoiler: Once Azazeal gets to her, she becomes neglectful of her duties and then becomes the Dragon to Malachi.]]
** Alex is quick to turn on Roxanne after [[spoiler: Jez's death. And Malachi grants her wish to become the new Alpha Bitch while Roxanne becomes a Fallen Princesss.]]

* AntiquatedLinguistics: Thelma drops hilariously in and out of these as part of her attempt to convince Roxanne that she’s a messenger from god (the other parts being an angel costume and a harp that she has no idea how to play). [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments It actually works.]]

* AntiquatedLinguistics: Thelma drops hilariously in and out of these as part of her attempt to convince Roxanne that she’s a messenger from god (the other parts being an angel costume and a harp that she has no idea how to play). [[CrowningMomentOfFunny It actually works.]]

** Thelma shocks Leon out of Malachi's control by threatening to castrate him.

* BadHabits: Father Jez Herriot, the new religious education teacher, is actually Ramael The Deceiver.

* ThematicThemeTune: ''#1 Crush'' by {{Garbage}}. Given that it's a downright creepy song about a StalkerWithACrush, it fits the show's premise quite well.

* AlphaBitch: Roxanne, before her character development in late Series 2

* ButtMonkey: Leon at times. He gets to dress up as a nurse to bust Ella out of the asylum, and to be whipped by a BDSM fairy godmother.

* ElaborateUniversityHigh: Medenham Hall is supposedly a school, but has an elaborate campus, pupils who all seem to be in their late teens, and a complete lack of supervision outside classes, that make it seem more like a university.

* FallenPrincess: Ella is Type 1, Roxanne is Type 2

* MarkOfTheBeast: Malachi's tools all bear the same neck tattoo as he does.

* NoImmortalInertia: Ella near-fatally reverts to her real, 500-plus, biological age after Perie poisons her.

* RobbingTheDead: Thelma discovers in the second season that she can wear clothes if she removes them from corpses.

* WhatMeasureIsAMook: Ella has no problem with casually killing the students under Malachi's control, even though she knows that Thelma can cure them.

Originally marketed as The British ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'', which was true in much the same way that ''Series/{{Coupling}}'' was the British ''Series/{{Friends}}'' (which, again, was part of the early hype). ''Hex'' told the story of a blonde schoolgirl named Cassie who gets supernatural powers with which to fight demons, but has her style cramped by her falling in love with the leader of the aforesaid demons, Azazeal, discovering that her destiny is to give birth to his child, the Anti-Christ.

It had high production values, a pretty and talented cast, and an intriguing (if hardly original) premise. But the thing was... it wasn't as great as it could have been, running on twists and good dialogue and character emotion, but overflowing with plot holes.

And then the lead actress left, taking half the supporting cast with her as she did so.

It was then rapidly retooled into a show about a kickass red-headed immortal schoolgirl named Ella who has supernatural powers with which she fights demons. Unfortunately she was blind-sided by the Anti-Christ (Cassie's sprog Malachi)'s evil plans, the demons won, and the show's second (and final) season ended with the cast divided into the evil, the very dead, and the fleeing in terror. To call it a DownerEnding would be a gross understatement, especially as one of the three survivors was actually dead anyway. Although as it ends with the DefrostingIceQueen and JerkWithAHeartOfGold happily spooning with each other while the [[NonHumanSidekick wacky ghost]] claps her hands joyfully, none of them seem to be particularly bothered about the end of the world taking place just down the road.

In both seasons, Thelma the ghost was the heroine's sidekick and speaker of memorable quips.

Notable for characters who managed to be simultaneously GenreSavvy and TooDumbToLive.

On the other hand, it had Colin Salmon and Creator/MichaelFassbender in it. And they're always awesome.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Azazeal.

* FriendlyEnemy: Azazeal towards Ella, [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy but only to a point]].

Originally marketed as The British ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'', which was true in much the same way that ''{{Coupling}}'' was the British ''{{Friends}}'' (which, again, was part of the early hype). ''Hex'' told the story of a blonde schoolgirl named Cassie who gets supernatural powers with which to fight demons, but has her style cramped by her falling in love with the leader of the aforesaid demons, Azazeal, discovering that her destiny is to give birth to his child, the Anti-Christ.

This show provides examples of:

* BringOutYourGayDead: Subverted somewhat by Thelma, taken to [[DeaderThanDead extremes]] by Maya.
** It is probably worth noting that ''every'' ghost in the series is gay.

On the other hand, it had Colin Salmon and MichaelFassbender in it. And they're always awesome.

** Ella's seventeenth-century attempted execution as a witch, with her tied to a ladder and lowered into a fire, makes visual reference to the film ''Witchfinder General''.