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The first season premiered in 2022, and the second season premiered in 2023.

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The first season premiered in January 13th of 2022, and the second season premiered in October 19th of 2023.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mary was bitten by a werewolf while in Prague, then turned into one and ([[NeverFoundTheBody most likely]]) ate her husband at a rock concert that happened to be the night of a full moon. Then she transformed again while in Italy and ate an Italian family, before she fled all the way to Australia.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mary was bitten by a werewolf while in Prague, then turned into one and ([[NeverFoundTheBody most likely]]) ate her husband at a rock concert that happened to be the night of a full moon. Then she transformed again while in Italy and ate an Italian entire family, before she fled all the way to Australia.
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* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: Mary's CatapultNightmare at the beginning of season 2 has her [[spoiler: maternity]] wedding dress get ruined by [[spoiler: her unborn baby turning into a werewolf, [[ChestBurster ripping its way out of her womb]], and]] attacking everyone at the wedding. Emma's flower-girl dress in the same nightmare also gets drenched in blood.

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* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: Mary's CatapultNightmare at the beginning of season 2 has her [[spoiler: maternity]] wedding dress get ruined by [[spoiler: her unborn baby turning into a werewolf, transforming and [[ChestBurster ripping its way out of her womb]], and]] attacking everyone at the wedding. Emma's flower-girl dress in the same nightmare also gets drenched in blood.



* CannotSpitItOut: [[spoiler: In the season 1 finale, Mary is OK with telling Emma about her being pregnant, but can't muster enough courage to tell Emma that she's a werewolf. Rendered a moot point the next evening when Emma sees Mary's wolf form in action]].

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* CannotSpitItOut: [[spoiler: In the season 1 finale, Mary is OK with telling Emma about her being pregnant, but can't muster enough courage to tell Emma that she's a werewolf. Rendered a moot point the next evening night when Emma sees Mary's wolf form in action]].



* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mary was bitten by a werewolf while in Prague, then turned into a werewolf and [[NeverFoundTheBody presumably ate]] her husband at a rock concert that happened to be the night of a full moon. Then she transformed again while in Italy, and apparently ate an Italian family, before she fled all the way to Australia.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mary was bitten by a werewolf while in Prague, then turned into a werewolf one and [[NeverFoundTheBody presumably ate]] ([[NeverFoundTheBody most likely]]) ate her husband at a rock concert that happened to be the night of a full moon. Then she transformed again while in Italy, Italy and apparently ate an Italian family, before she fled all the way to Australia.



* FairyTaleWeddingDress: Mary's CatapultNightmare at the beginning of season 2 has Mary in a Fairy-Tale [[spoiler: maternity]] wedding dress, that gets [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress ruined]] when [[spoiler: her unborn baby turns into a Werewolf, [[ChestBurster rips itself out of her womb]], and]] attacks everyone at the wedding.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Emma's SecurityBlanket being a plush wolf foreshadows Mary's Lycanthropy, which is first revealed at the end of the first episode.
** That same plush wolf being placed [[spoiler: in the baby crib]], and Mary's affectionate treatment of it while she's in wolf form, also foreshadows [[spoiler: Gary and Mary's then-unborn baby is also a Werewolf]].

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* FairyTaleWeddingDress: Mary's CatapultNightmare at the beginning of season 2 has Mary in a Fairy-Tale [[spoiler: maternity]] wedding dress, that gets [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress ruined]] when [[spoiler: her unborn baby turns into a Werewolf, [[ChestBurster rips itself out of her womb]], and]] attacks everyone at the wedding.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Emma's SecurityBlanket being a plush wolf foreshadows Mary's Lycanthropy, lycanthropy, which is first revealed at the end of the first episode.
** That same plush wolf being placed [[spoiler: in the baby crib]], and Mary's affectionate treatment of it while she's in wolf form, also foreshadows [[spoiler: Gary and Mary's then-unborn baby is also a Werewolf]].werewolf]].
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* CampingEpisode: The Season 1 Finale starts with Gary, Mary, and Emma out camping in the Australian Outback, only for their car to break down before they get home. [[spoiler: The full moon rises before they can get home, and Mary eats two carjackers who try to exploit the situation]].

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* CampingEpisode: The Season 1 Finale starts with Gary, Mary, and Emma out camping in the Australian Outback, only for their car to break down before they get home. [[spoiler: The full moon rises before they can get home, fix it, and Mary eats two carjackers who try to exploit the situation]].
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* CannotSpitItOut: [[spoiler: In the season 1 finale, Mary is OK with telling Emma about her being pregnant, but can't muster enough courage to tell Emma that she's a Werewolf. Rendered a moot point the next evening when Emma sees Mary's wolf form in action]].

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* CannotSpitItOut: [[spoiler: In the season 1 finale, Mary is OK with telling Emma about her being pregnant, but can't muster enough courage to tell Emma that she's a Werewolf.werewolf. Rendered a moot point the next evening when Emma sees Mary's wolf form in action]].
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* CampingEpisode: The Season 1 Finale starts with Gary and Mary out camping in the Australian Outback, only for their car to break down before they get home. [[spoiler: The full moon rises before they can get home, and Mary eats two carjackers who try to exploit the situation]].

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* CampingEpisode: The Season 1 Finale starts with Gary Gary, Mary, and Mary Emma out camping in the Australian Outback, only for their car to break down before they get home. [[spoiler: The full moon rises before they can get home, and Mary eats two carjackers who try to exploit the situation]].
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The season 2 finale ends on this note. Mary [[spoiler: successfully gives birth to her pup and acts gentle with it]], but [[spoiler: the police are at their door]].



** [[MassOhCrap Gary, Mary, Emma, Sarah, and Ray]] when [[spoiler: Mary starts turning into a Werewolf ''while in labor, at the hospital, in broad daylight'']].
*** Sarah and Ray when [[spoiler: they witness first-hand that Gary was ''not'' kidding about Mary being a Werewolf]].

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** [[MassOhCrap Gary, Mary, Emma, Sarah, and Ray]] when [[spoiler: Mary starts turning into a Werewolf werewolf ''while in labor, at the hospital, in broad daylight'']].
*** Sarah and Ray when [[spoiler: they witness first-hand that Gary was ''not'' kidding about Mary being a Werewolf]].werewolf]].
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* ScreamingBirth: [[spoiler: Played Straight in the first half of Mary's labor. Averted once she transforms].

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* ScreamingBirth: [[spoiler: Played Straight in the first half of Mary's labor. Averted once she transforms].transforms]].

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* ScreamingBirth: [[spoiler: Played Straight in the first half of Mary's labor. Averted once she turns into a Werewolf]].

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* ScreamingBirth: [[spoiler: Played Straight in the first half of Mary's labor. Averted once she turns into a Werewolf]].transforms].


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* YouWouldntBelieveMeIfIToldYou: After Gary discovers that Mary is a werewolf, she asks is he's going to tell anyone. While he ''is'' terrified, he brings up that nobody would believe him.
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** [[spoiler: As of the season 2 finale, Lycanthropy is also shown to be hereditary, and female Werewolves apparently give birth while in wolf form, on the night of a full moon that is nearest their due date]].

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** [[spoiler: As of the season 2 finale, Lycanthropy is also shown to be hereditary, and female Werewolves werewolves apparently give birth while in wolf form, on the night of a full moon that is nearest their due date]].
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* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: As she is quick to tell Gary when he assumes otherwise, Mary can't recall her actions as a wolf. [[spoiler: Mary's ex-boyfriend Anton, who is also a Werewolf, also has this issue when he appears in season 2, basically confirming this to Gary]].

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* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: As she is quick to tell Gary when he assumes otherwise, Mary can't recall her actions as a wolf. [[spoiler: Mary's ex-boyfriend Anton, who is also a Werewolf, werewolf, also has this issue when he appears in season 2, basically confirming this to Gary]].

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* GoryDiscretionShot: Mary's transformations into a werewolf are always given this [[spoiler: until the season 2 finale]].

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* GoryDiscretionShot: Mary's transformations into a werewolf are always given this [[spoiler: until the season 2 finale]].GoryDiscretionShot:



* TransformationSequence: Averted most of the time, Mary's transformations are given a GoryDiscretionShot. [[spoiler: Played Straight when Mary transforms ''when in labor'' in broad daylight during the season 2 finale]].

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* TransformationSequence: Averted most of the time, TransformationDiscretionShot: Mary's transformations into a werewolf are always given a GoryDiscretionShot. this [[spoiler: Played Straight until the season 2 finale]].
* TransformationSequence: Mary doesn't get an on-screen one [[spoiler: until the season 2 finale,
when Mary transforms ''when in labor'' in broad daylight during the season 2 finale]].daylight]].

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In Adelaide, Australia, Gary (Gad) is a widower with a 12-year-old daughter named Emma, both of them struggling with depression after Gary's wife passed away from cancer nearly a decade before. Into their life comes Mary, a much more energetic woman whom Emma latches onto and Gary falls in love with.

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In Adelaide, Australia, Gary (Gad) is a widower with a 12-year-old daughter named Emma, both of them struggling with depression after Gary's wife passed away from cancer nearly a decade before. before; Emma also spends a lot of time with her aunt Sarah and uncle Ray, when Gary isn't up to taking care of her. Into their life comes Mary, Mary (Fisher), a much more energetic woman whom Emma latches onto and Gary falls in love with.


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* LettersToTheEditor: Mary's day-job is as a writer who responds to "Dear Adelaide" letters in the local paper. Some of Mary's monologues at the beginning of episodes are also presented in this format.

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* ShoutOut: Mary gifts Emma a copy of Literature/{{Contact}} as an apology gift for the car crash in the pilot episode. Author Creator/CarlSagan is also name-dropped, as is his relation to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record the Voyager Golden Records]].

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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Mary gifts Emma a copy of Literature/{{Contact}} as an apology gift for the car crash in the pilot episode. Author Creator/CarlSagan is also name-dropped, as is his relation to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record the Voyager Golden Records]].Records]].
** Mary's CatapultNightmare at the beginning of season 2 shows [[spoiler: a baby werewolf [[ChestBurster ripping itself out of its mother's womb]] ]]. [[Film/GoodManners Where have we seen that before]]?
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* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: Mary's CatapultNightmare at the beginning of season 2 has her [[spoiler: maternity]] wedding dress get ruined by [[spoiler: her unborn baby turning into a werewolf,[[ChestBurster ripping its way out of her womb]], and]] attacking everyone at the wedding. Emma's flower-girl dress in the same nightmare also gets drenched in blood.

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* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: Mary's CatapultNightmare at the beginning of season 2 has her [[spoiler: maternity]] wedding dress get ruined by [[spoiler: her unborn baby turning into a werewolf,[[ChestBurster werewolf, [[ChestBurster ripping its way out of her womb]], and]] attacking everyone at the wedding. Emma's flower-girl dress in the same nightmare also gets drenched in blood.



** FairyTaleWeddingDress: Mary's CatapultNightmare at the beginning of season 2 has Mary in a Fairy-Tale [[spoiler: maternity]] wedding dress, that gets [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress ruined]] when [[spoiler: her unborn baby turns into a Werewolf, [[ChestBurster rips itself out of her womb]], and]] attacks everyone at the wedding.

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** * FairyTaleWeddingDress: Mary's CatapultNightmare at the beginning of season 2 has Mary in a Fairy-Tale [[spoiler: maternity]] wedding dress, that gets [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress ruined]] when [[spoiler: her unborn baby turns into a Werewolf, [[ChestBurster rips itself out of her womb]], and]] attacks everyone at the wedding.

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* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: Mary's CatapultNightmare at the beginning of season 2 has her [[spoiler: maternity]] wedding dress get ruined by [[spoiler: her unborn baby turning into a werewolf,[[ChestBurster ripping its way out of her womb]], and]] attacking everyone at the wedding. Emma's flower-girl dress in the same nightmare also gets drenched in blood.



* CatapultNightmare: Season 2 opens with Mary having one, in which her wedding gets ruined by [[spoiler: her unborn baby turning into a werewolf, [[ChestBurster ripping its way out of her womb]], and]] attacking everyone at her and Gary's wedding.
* ChestBurster: Mary's CatapultNightmare has [[spoiler: her unborn baby turning into a werewolf and]] doing this [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress at her wedding]].



** FairyTaleWeddingDress: Mary's CatapultNightmare at the beginning of season 2 has Mary in a Fairy-Tale [[spoiler: maternity]] wedding dress, that gets [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress ruined]] when [[spoiler: her unborn baby turns into a Werewolf, [[ChestBurster rips itself out of her womb]], and]] attacks everyone at the wedding.



* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: [[spoiler: Mary is worried that her and Gary's baby will also be a werewolf. Also notable in that this is the way that Mary's pregnancy is announced to the audience in season 1]]. Ultimately, the season 2 finale [[spoiler: confirms the baby to be a werewolf]].

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* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: [[spoiler: Mary is worried that her and Gary's baby will also be a werewolf. Also notable in that this is the way that Mary's pregnancy is announced to the audience in season 1]]. 1]].
** [[spoiler: This trope is the reason for Mary's CatapultNightmare at the beginning of season 2- notably, the nightmare ends with Emma, [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress her flower-girl gown as drenched in blood as Mary's wedding dress]], exasperatedly asking why Mary got pregnant]].
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Ultimately, the season 2 finale [[spoiler: confirms the baby to be a werewolf]].

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* GoryDiscretionShot: In season 1 episode 2, Mary turning into a werewolf and eating two chickens and a goat happens entirely off-screen- all we see is Gary's reaction.

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* GoryDiscretionShot: Mary's transformations into a werewolf are always given this [[spoiler: until the season 2 finale]].
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In season 1 episode 2, Mary turning into a werewolf and eating two chickens and a goat happens entirely off-screen- all we see is Gary's reaction.


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* ShoppingCartOfHomelessness. Gary accidentally runs over a homeless man's shopping cart in season 2 episode 5, but then (assuming the homeless man was the same one that Emma gifted a sandwich to in the pilot episode), he goes through the effort of getting him a new cart.
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** Mary when [[spoiuler: another Werewolf, her ex-boyfriend Anton, crashes her baby shower]].

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** Mary when [[spoiuler: [[spoiler: another Werewolf, her ex-boyfriend Anton, crashes her baby shower]].

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* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: As she is quick to tell Gary when he assumes otherwise, Mary can't recall her actions as a wolf.

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* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: As she is quick to tell Gary when he assumes otherwise, Mary can't recall her actions as a wolf. [[spoiler: Mary's ex-boyfriend Anton, who is also a Werewolf, also has this issue when he appears in season 2, basically confirming this to Gary]].



* BrickJoke: In season 2, Gary procures a pig for Mary to eat on the night of a full moon. It gets let loose when Sarah and Ray turn up. [[spoiler: That same pig watches everyone get arrested at the end of the season 2 finale]].



* BrokenMasquerade: [[spoiler: Mary's secret is let out at the end of season 2, first when she starts to transform in public, then the police arrest everyone at the end of the episode]].



* CannotSpitItOut: [[spoiler: In the season 1 finale, Mary is OK with telling Emma about her being pregnant, but can't muster enough courage to tell Emma that she's a Werewolf. Rendered a moot point the next evening when Emma sees Mary's wolf form in action]].



* DisposableVagrant: Averted. Emma gifts a sandwich to a homeless person in season 1 episode 1, and Gary gifts a replacement ShoppingCartOfHomelessness to another homeless person (whom Gary assumed was the first one) in season 2 episode 5.



** [[spoiler: Deconstructed when this gets them named as suspects for a double homicide by the police]].



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Emma's SecurityBlanket being a plush wolf foreshadows Mary's Lycanthropy, which is first revealed at the end of the first episode.
** That same plush wolf being placed [[spoiler: in the baby crib]], and Mary's affectionate treatment of it while she's in wolf form, also foreshadows [[spoiler: Gary and Mary's then-unborn baby is also a Werewolf]].



* GoryDiscretionShot: Mary turning into a werewolf and eating two chickens and a goat happens entirely off-screen- all we see is Gary's reaction.

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* GoryDiscretionShot: In season 1 episode 2, Mary turning into a werewolf and eating two chickens and a goat happens entirely off-screen- all we see is Gary's reaction.


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* HeroInsurance: Gary and Mary liberally engage in theft, [[DrivesLikeCrazy reckless driving]], Assault, and property damage, all to [[TheMasquerade keep Mary's Lycanthropy a secret]]. [[spoiler: Averted when they all get arrested at the end of season 2]].


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* TheMasquerade: The show starts with only Mary [[spoiler: and her ex-boyfriend Anton]] knowing that Mary is a Werewolf. Gary and Emma find out over the course of season 1, and resolve to keep it a secret. [[spoiler: Sarah and Ray find out during the season 2 finale, and [[BrokenMasquerade the police find out]] when they come to arrest everyone at the end of the episode]].
* MaternityCrisis: [[spoiler: A pregnant Werewolf going into labor the day before the night of the full moon, ''and starting to transform mid-day during labor'', definitely qualifies]].


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** In season 2, [[spoiler: Mary kept a loaded gun in the glove box of Gary's car so that he could give her one if she ate their baby]].


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** Gary and Mary when they find out that Emma is in trouble for standing up to a bully at her new school in the first half of season 2.
** Gary when [[spoiler: he accidentally unlocks the basement door instead of the front door, meaning that Mary's wolf form is loose in the house and he can't pick up Emma from Sarah and Ray's]].
** Gary when [[spoiler: the Police question him on Mary eating the carjackers, which is being considered a double Homicide]].
** Mary when [[spoiuler: another Werewolf, her ex-boyfriend Anton, crashes her baby shower]].
** Gary when [[spoiler: Mary cheats on him with Anton while they're both in wolf form]].
** Mary when she realizes [[spoiler: she left a loaded gun in the glove box in Gary's car... which the police have just seized in an investigation related to the deaths of the two carjackers]].
** [[MassOhCrap Gary, Mary, Emma, Sarah, and Ray]] when [[spoiler: their arguing causes Mary to go into labor]].
** [[MassOhCrap Gary, Mary, Emma, Sarah, and Ray]] when [[spoiler: Mary starts turning into a Werewolf ''while in labor, at the hospital, in broad daylight'']].
*** Sarah and Ray when [[spoiler: they witness first-hand that Gary was ''not'' kidding about Mary being a Werewolf]].


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** [[spoiler: As of the season 2 finale, Lycanthropy is also shown to be hereditary, and female Werewolves apparently give birth while in wolf form, on the night of a full moon that is nearest their due date]].


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* ScreamingBirth: [[spoiler: Played Straight in the first half of Mary's labor. Averted once she turns into a Werewolf]].


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* TimeSkip: At least three months pass between the end of season 1 and the beginning of season 2, since [[spoiler: Mary is in her first trimester at the end of season 1, and already has a large bump by the beginning of season 2]].
* TransformationSequence: Averted most of the time, Mary's transformations are given a GoryDiscretionShot. [[spoiler: Played Straight when Mary transforms ''when in labor'' in broad daylight during the season 2 finale]].
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* NotUsingTheZWord: Season 1 only describes Mary's condition as "turning into a wolf" with the only use of the word "werewolf" said once for episode 5. Subverted when Season 2 came along, with Mary being referred to as a werewolf more frequently.
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* OhCrap: At least OncePerEpsisode.

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* OhCrap: At least OncePerEpsisode.OncePerEpisode.
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* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: As she is quick to tell Gary when he assumes otherwise, Mary can't recall her actions as a wolf.


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* MonsterDelay: Mary's wolf form is obscured from the audience completely for around 5 episodes. [[spoiler: She is revealed by the climax of the Season 1 finale, and becomes more visible in Season 2]].
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The catch is that Mary is a Werewolf, and has to work her romantic life around the full moon.

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The catch is that Mary is a Werewolf, werewolf, and has to work her romantic life around the full moon.



* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mary was bitten by a Werewolf while in Prague, then turned into a Werewolf and [[NeverFoundTheBody presumably ate]] her husband at a rock concert that happened to be the night of a full moon. Then she turned into a Werewolf again while in Italy, and apparently ate an Italian family, before she fled all the way to Australia.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mary was bitten by a Werewolf werewolf while in Prague, then turned into a Werewolf werewolf and [[NeverFoundTheBody presumably ate]] her husband at a rock concert that happened to be the night of a full moon. Then she turned into a Werewolf transformed again while in Italy, and apparently ate an Italian family, before she fled all the way to Australia.



** Averted with ''actual dogs'', a half-dozen of whom are shown happily approaching Mary in the park.
* FreakOut: Emma has a panic attack after the car crash in the pilot episode [[spoiler: and again when she sees Mary's Werewolf form kill and eat two people in the season 1 finale]].
* GoryDiscretionShot: Mary turning into a Werewolf and eating two chickens and a goat happens entirely off-screen- all we see is Gary's reaction.

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** Averted Inverted with ''actual dogs'', a half-dozen of whom are shown happily approaching Mary in the park.
* FreakOut: Emma has a panic attack after the car crash in the pilot episode [[spoiler: and again when she sees Mary's Werewolf werewolf form kill and eat two people in the season 1 finale]].
* GoryDiscretionShot: Mary turning into a Werewolf werewolf and eating two chickens and a goat happens entirely off-screen- all we see is Gary's reaction.



* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Subverted. Mary ''initially'' seems like this, coming across in public as a cheerful happy-go-lucky girl, only to be revealed to be a Werewolf with a DarkAndTroubledPast.

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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Subverted. Mary ''initially'' seems like this, coming across in public as a cheerful happy-go-lucky girl, only to be revealed to be a Werewolf werewolf with a DarkAndTroubledPast.



** Gary when he follows Mary home to retrieve his car keys... and witnesses Mary turning into a Werewolf.

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** Gary when he follows Mary home to retrieve his car keys... and witnesses Mary turning into a Werewolf.werewolf.



** Mary's dialogue with Gary in episode 5 reveals she had one off-screen [[spoiler: when she found out she was pregnant, worring [[WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe if the baby will also be a Werewolf]] or if she might accidentally eat her own child]].

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** Mary's dialogue with Gary in episode 5 reveals she had one off-screen [[spoiler: when she found out she was pregnant, worring worrying [[WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe if the baby will also be a Werewolf]] werewolf]] or if she might accidentally eat her own child]].



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The normally vegan Mary willfully eating meat when not a Werewolf [[spoiler: is one of the first [[WackyCravings signs that Mary is pregnant]] to the audience]].
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Mary is pretty much a bog-standard Werewolf, with the standard Werewolf origin story (bitten by a Werewolf, then became one herself), is a mindless hungry brute as a wolf (she takes the precaution of locking herself in the basement with some chickens every night of the full moon), and [[spoiler: is shown as quadrupedal when her wolf form is finally shown on-screen in the season 1 finale]].
* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler: The inevitable result of a female Werewolf getting pregnant, as two would-be carjackers find out the hard way]].

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The normally vegan Mary willfully eating meat when not a Werewolf in wolf form [[spoiler: is one of the first [[WackyCravings signs that Mary is pregnant]] to the audience]].
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Mary is pretty much a bog-standard Werewolf, werewolf, with the standard Werewolf werewolf origin story (bitten by a Werewolf, werewolf, then became one herself), is a mindless hungry brute as a wolf (she takes the precaution of locking herself in the basement with some chickens every night of the full moon), and [[spoiler: is shown as quadrupedal when her wolf form is finally shown on-screen in the season 1 finale]].
* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler: The inevitable result of a female Werewolf werewolf getting pregnant, as two would-be carjackers find out the hard way]].



* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: [[spoiler: Mary is worried that her and Gary's baby will also be a Werewolf. Also notable in that this is the way that Mary's pregnancy is announced to the audience in season 1]].

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* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: [[spoiler: Mary is worried that her and Gary's baby will also be a Werewolf.werewolf. Also notable in that this is the way that Mary's pregnancy is announced to the audience in season 1]]. Ultimately, the season 2 finale [[spoiler: confirms the baby to be a werewolf]].

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* CampingEpisode: The Season 1 Finale starts with Gary and Mary out camping in the Australian Outback, only for their car to break down before they get home. [[spoiler: The full moon rises before they can get home, and Mary eats two carjackers who try to exploit the situation]].



** Mary also unintentionally causes a car to crash into a bus station in the pilot episode.

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** While panickedly running home in the pilot episode, Mary also unintentionally causes a car to crash into a bus station in the pilot episode.station.



* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mary was bitten by a Werewolf while in Prague, then turned into a Werewolf and presumably ate her husband at a rock concert that happened to be the night of a full moon. Then she turned into a Werewolf while in Italy, and apparently ate an Italian family, before she fled all the way to Australia.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mary was bitten by a Werewolf while in Prague, then turned into a Werewolf and [[NeverFoundTheBody presumably ate ate]] her husband at a rock concert that happened to be the night of a full moon. Then she turned into a Werewolf again while in Italy, and apparently ate an Italian family, before she fled all the way to Australia.



* EvilDetectingDog: Sarah and Ray's cat is afraid of Mary, hissing and fleeing to the roof of the house.
** Averted with ''actual dogs'', a half-dozen of whom are shown happily approaching Mary in the park.



** [[spoiler: Mary eating the two carjackers]] happens while the camera is on the other side of the car.



* LockedInARoom: Self-imposed by Mary, who locks herself in her basement with some chickens to avoid eating people.

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* LockedInARoom: Self-imposed by Mary, who locks herself in her basement with some chickens to avoid eating people. [[spoiler: When she's unable to do this in the Season 1 finale, Gary and Emma keep themselves locked in the car while Mary eats a pair of would-be carjackers]].



* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Subverted. Mary ''initially'' seems like this, only to be revealed to be a Werewolf with a DarkAndTroubledPast.

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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Subverted. Mary ''initially'' seems like this, coming across in public as a cheerful happy-go-lucky girl, only to be revealed to be a Werewolf with a DarkAndTroubledPast.



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* NeverFoundTheBody: The fact that Mary's late husband's body was never found is why Mary believes she ate him. She also thinks she ate an Italian family for the same reason.
* OhCrap: At least OnceAnEpsisode.OncePerEpsisode.



*OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The normally vegan Mary willfully eating meat when not a Werewolf [[spoiler: is one of the first [[WackyCravings signs that Mary is pregnant]] to the audience]].



* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler: the inevitable result of a female Werewolf getting pregnant, as two would-be carjackers find out the hard way]].

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* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler: the The inevitable result of a female Werewolf getting pregnant, as two would-be carjackers find out the hard way]].



* SurpriseCarCrash: Mary's CrashIntoHello with Gary and Emma is this, happening completely out of nowhere.

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* SurpriseCarCrash: Mary's CrashIntoHello with Gary and Emma is this, happening her jeep T-boning Gary's car completely out of nowhere.nowhere. Fortunately, nobody is killed, though Emma has a panic attack.



* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: [[spoiler: Mary is worried that her and Gary's baby will also be a Werewolf. Also notable in that this is the way that Mary's pregnancy is announced to the audience]].

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* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: [[spoiler: Mary is worried that her and Gary's baby will also be a Werewolf. Also notable in that this is the way that Mary's pregnancy is announced to the audience]].
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* ShoutOut: Mary gifts Emma a copy of Literature/{{Contact}} as an apology gift for the car crash in the pilot episode. Creator/CarlSagan is also name-dropped.
* {{Streaking}}: Downplayed. Mary walks out into the street to keep talking with Gary, covered only in her ModestyBedsheet, while marathoners [[NotDistractedByTheSexy run by while paying no attention to them]]. The other time she's naked in public, [[spoiler: she's in the Australian Outback, completely alone except for Gary and Emma.

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* ShoutOut: Mary gifts Emma a copy of Literature/{{Contact}} as an apology gift for the car crash in the pilot episode. Author Creator/CarlSagan is also name-dropped.
name-dropped, as is his relation to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record the Voyager Golden Records]].
* {{Streaking}}: Downplayed. Mary walks out into the street to keep talking with Gary, covered only in her ModestyBedsheet, while marathoners [[NotDistractedByTheSexy run by while paying no attention to them]]. The other time she's naked in public, [[spoiler: she's in the Australian Outback, completely alone except for Gary and Emma.Emma]].

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[[caption-width-right:1000: [[{{Tagline}} Love can be scary]].]]



* OhCrap: Practically OncePerEpsisode.

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* OhCrap: Practically OncePerEpsisode.At least OnceAnEpsisode.



* ShoutOut: Mary gifts Emma a copy of Literature/{{Contact}} as an apology gift for the car crash in the pilot episode.

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* ShoutOut: Mary gifts Emma a copy of Literature/{{Contact}} as an apology gift for the car crash in the pilot episode. Creator/CarlSagan is also name-dropped.
* {{Streaking}}: Downplayed. Mary walks out into the street to keep talking with Gary, covered only in her ModestyBedsheet, while marathoners [[NotDistractedByTheSexy run by while paying no attention to them]]. The other time she's naked in public, [[spoiler: she's in the Australian Outback, completely alone except for Gary and Emma.


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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: A man and a woman arguing in the street, the latter only wearing a ModestyBedsheet, [[NotDistractedByTheSexy are completely ignored]] by a group of passing marathon runners.
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''Wolf Like Me'' is a Creator/{{Peacock}} Paranormal Romance series, starring Creator/JoshGad and Creator/IslaFisher.

In Adelaide, Australia, Gary (Gad) is a widower with a 12-year-old daughter named Emma, both of them struggling with depression after Gary's wife passed away from cancer nearly a decade before. Into their life comes Mary, a much more energetic woman whom Emma latches onto and Gary falls in love with.

The catch is that Mary is a Werewolf, and has to work her romantic life around the full moon.

The first season premiered in 2022, and the second season premiered in 2023.

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!!This series contains examples of the following:

* BadSamaritan: A pair of carjackers pose as auto help when Gary, Mary, and Emma are broken down in the desert, only to show their true colors when Gary tells them to leave. [[spoiler: Mary ends up eating them]].
* BrokenBird: Underneath the ManicPixieDreamGirl persona she has on in public, Mary is quite clearly broken and dysfunctional.
* CarMeetsHouse: Gary accidentally crashes his car into an Italian restaurant while trying to pull away from Mary's car.
** Mary also unintentionally causes a car to crash into a bus station in the pilot episode.
* ChronicallyCrashedCar: Gary's blue SUV is heavily dented and visibly rusting, and Gary gets into three separate car crashes (and one breakdown in the middle of the desert) in season 1 alone.
* CrashIntoHello: Gary meets Mary in a car crash at the beginning of the pilot episode, when Mary accidentally drives her car into Gary and Emma's. Gary unintentionally returns the favor at the end of season 1 episode 3.
* CensorShadow: [[spoiler: Mary's return to the car in the season 1 finale shows her outline in the night, using the darkness to hide her nudity]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mary was bitten by a Werewolf while in Prague, then turned into a Werewolf and presumably ate her husband at a rock concert that happened to be the night of a full moon. Then she turned into a Werewolf while in Italy, and apparently ate an Italian family, before she fled all the way to Australia.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Both Gary and Mary are accident-prone drivers, and Gary's car is clearly busted up as a result.
* EatsBabies: [[spoiler: Mary specifically tasks Gary with trying to prevent her from invoking this trope on their own baby]].
* FreakOut: Emma has a panic attack after the car crash in the pilot episode [[spoiler: and again when she sees Mary's Werewolf form kill and eat two people in the season 1 finale]].
* GoryDiscretionShot: Mary turning into a Werewolf and eating two chickens and a goat happens entirely off-screen- all we see is Gary's reaction.
* HadTheSillyThingInReverse: PlayedForDrama when Gary accidentally setting his car's stick-shift to third gear [[CarMeetsHouse puts him into an Italian restaurant]].
* LockedInARoom: Self-imposed by Mary, who locks herself in her basement with some chickens to avoid eating people.
* MamaBear: Mary quickly becomes one for Emma. [[spoiler: she later becomes one for her unborn baby, tasking Gary with keeping her from eating it]].
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Subverted. Mary ''initially'' seems like this, only to be revealed to be a Werewolf with a DarkAndTroubledPast.
* MercyKill: Subverted- the goat that Mary ate in episode 2 had some sort of nerve infection, and was going to be put down anyway. The goat would have probably preferred euthanasia to being eaten.
* MissingMom: Gary's previous wife (and Emma's mom) died of cancer when Emma was a toddler.
* ModestyBedsheet: Mary wears one in the opening of episode 3, having changed back from wolf to human but not having gotten dressed yet.
* OhCrap: Practically OncePerEpsisode.
** Mary when she realizes that it's almost sundown on the night of the full moon, so she has to run all the way home and lock herself in her basement.
** Gary when he follows Mary home to retrieve his car keys... and witnesses Mary turning into a Werewolf.
** Gary when he accidentally backs his car into Mary's jeep in Episode 3. And then again when he [[CarMeetsHouse crashes into the Italian restaurant]] in the opening of episode 4.
** Mary's dialogue with Gary in episode 5 reveals she had one off-screen [[spoiler: when she found out she was pregnant, worring [[WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe if the baby will also be a Werewolf]] or if she might accidentally eat her own child]].
** Mary and Gary when their car breaks down in the Australian Outback on the night of the full moon.
** Gary and Emma when they get carjacked while their car is broken down, [[spoiler: and then again when Mary shows up and eats the carjackers]].
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Mary is pretty much a bog-standard Werewolf, with the standard Werewolf origin story (bitten by a Werewolf, then became one herself), is a mindless hungry brute as a wolf (she takes the precaution of locking herself in the basement with some chickens every night of the full moon), and [[spoiler: is shown as quadrupedal when her wolf form is finally shown on-screen in the season 1 finale]].
* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler: the inevitable result of a female Werewolf getting pregnant, as two would-be carjackers find out the hard way]].
* RedHerring: Emma's panic attack after surviving an automobile accident, combined with her MissingMom, leads the audience to believe that Emma's mom died in a car crash. Gary mentions to Mary that she died of cancer instead.
* SecurityBlanket: Emma's is a plush wolf.
* SelfHarm: Emma is hospitalized in episode 2 after Gary walks in on the aftermath of her self-harming. It's also heavily implied to have been a BungledSuicide.
* ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: Mary has to quickly strip all her clothes off whenever she turns into a wolf.
* ShoutOut: Mary gifts Emma a copy of Literature/{{Contact}} as an apology gift for the car crash in the pilot episode.
* SurpriseCarCrash: Mary's CrashIntoHello with Gary and Emma is this, happening completely out of nowhere.
* SwearJar: Gary's in-laws, Sarah and Ray, have one at their house. Gary and Mary run afoul of it in episode 5.
* TimePassesMontage: Three months pass between episode 4 and episode 5 of season 1, shown by three full moons, each followed by a shot of Gary standing at the top of the basement stairs with a bathrobe for Mary.
* TraumaButton: Italian food is one for Mary, after she ate an Italian family in her backstory.
** Meat in general is also apparently one for Mary, since she became a vegan as a human, presumably to dissociate from her wolf side.
* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: [[spoiler: Mary is worried that her and Gary's baby will also be a Werewolf. Also notable in that this is the way that Mary's pregnancy is announced to the audience]].

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