History Series / HemlockGrove

Rounding out the main cast of characters of the first season are Norman's daughter (and Roman's cousin), the beautiful Letha Godfrey (Creator/PenelopeMitchell) who claims the father of her unborn child is an angel from Heaven; and Christina Wendall (Freya Tingley), a lonely girl who becomes interested in Peter.

Based on [[Literature/HemlockGrove the novel of the same name]] and executive produced by Creator/EliRoth, the show premiered April 19, 2013, with all 13 episodes made immediately available for online viewing on {{Creator/Netflix}}. On June 19, 2013, Netflix renewed ''Hemlock Grove'' for a second season of 10 episodes, to air in 2014. The second season premiered on July 11, 2014. The third and final season was released on October 23, 2015.

* BrainUploading: Dr. Pryce devises a method of mapping a person's entire neural network and then download it into other bodies. He specifically designed a lab-grown human with a BlankSlate mind for that purpose, as it tends to wear of when applied to people with existing personalities.

* NoPreggarsSex: Averted, Letha has sex with Peter whilst pregnant.

%%* AnAxeToGrind: Olivia's gift to Roman.

* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: Subverted. When Roman tells his uncle Norman (a clinical psychiatrist) the truth about the werewolf terrorizing the town, he asks him if he's gonna call for the men in white coats. Norman chooses to believe him, given all the bizarre stuff he's already witnessed.

* AdultFear: Since all of the victims were high school girls, everyone with a child was appropriately worried.

* BrotherSisterIncest: Roman somehow ends up sleeping with two different half-sisters. The first time, he was brainwashed and had no recollection of the incident. This resulted in pregnancy, but she later died in childbirth. The second time, the other sister--who was a vampire just like him--knew that they were siblings but chose not to tell him until after the fact.

--> Alyssa: She sees. Mom. She sees what you do for us.

* PetTheDog/ EveryoneHasStandards: Alexa and Alyssa are among those who seem to believe Peter may be a werewolf, but when they see a group of bullies beating him up, out of that same paranoia, they yell for them to stop (in the novel, one of them also yelled out a warning to Peter when one of the bullies was about to grab him from behind]].

* YourCheatingHeart:
** Olivia and Norman have been cheating with each other for years. J.R. was well aware of it before he shot himself. [[spoiler:Roman is actually Norman's son.]]
** [[spoiler:Andreas was cheating on Destiny with at least one other woman.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: How early did [[spoilers: Christina know that she was a vargulf]]. and is everything we see through her eyes and memories real, or is some of it hallucinations.

* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Inverted. [[spoiler:There are only two male characters that die in Season 1, ''and JR's death happens in a flashback''.]]

* NoBisexuals: Jury's out with Destiny; she's more than happy to have sex with anyone as long as there's cash involved, but she seemed to really enjoy her time with [[spoiler: Chasseur]]. She gets a new boyfriend in Andrea in the second season.

* TwoferTokenMinority: Chasseur is both black and a lesbian!

* VampireWerewolfLoveTriangle: Zigzagged. Vampire Roman Godfrey and werewolf Peter Rumancek were already best friends ''before'' they met the human Miranda. When she convinces them to have a threeway with her, they both feel weird about it the next morning, but they're never shown fighting over her.

* VampireWerewolfLoveTriangle: Subverted. Vampire Roman Godfrey and werewolf Peter Rumancek were already best friends ''before'' they met the human Miranda. When she convinces them to have a threeway with her, they both feel weird about it the next morning, but they're never shown fighting over her.

* WorkingClassWerewolves: Werewolf Peter Rumancek lives in a dilapidated trailer and tends to wear the same outfit every day (partly justified in that his family are gypsies, so not having a steady job and moving around a lot comes with the lifestyle). He's contrasted with upir (a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent type of vampire]]) Roman Godfrey, who's [[VampiresAreRich absolutely rolling in it]] (to the point where his mother once casually rented out an entire theme park for him and his cousin for a night).

%%* ConspicuousCG: Transformation scenes and Shelley's eye.

%%* DeadpanSnarker: Peter.

* PetTheDog/ EveryoneHasStandards: Alexa and Alyssa are among those who seem to believe Peter may be a werewolf, but when they see a group of bullies beating him up, out of that same paranoia, they yell for them to stop (in the novel, one of them also yelled out a warning to Peter when one of the bulleis was about to grab him from behind]].

%%* ThemeTwinNaming: Alyssa and Alexa.

* TookALevelInKindness: Alyssa and Alexa Sworn are fairly catty early on, and mock Shelley a little, but show a more tender and loyal side when Christina is going crazy, making sure to be there for her, and also attempt to intervene when Roman is getting beat up by students convinced he's behind the killings.

‘’Alyssa: She sees. Mom. She sees what you do for us.
The Twins race up and hug him’’

* RedemptionFailure: In the second season Olivia Godfrey starts to regain her emotions and tries to make amends for what a horrible person she's been when she learns that she's dying, even deciding to give up her own life so her daughter Shelley can be happy. Nobody buys it, and her lover Norman is so livid when he discovers that [[spoiler:Olivia killed his wife]] that he decides to rub her miserable fate in her face. Olivia then decides to screw over everyone out of spite and go back to being the same cold-hearted monster she was before.

* BadCopIncompetent Cop: Most of the scenes featuring the Hemlock Grove deputies have them being abrasive, thick-skulled, and quick to fall victim to mob hysteria against either Peter or the Godfrey's.

* BadCop/IncompotentCop: Most of the scenes featuring the Hemlock Grove deputies have them being abrasive, thick-skulled, and quick to fall victim to mob hysteria against either Peter or the Godfrey's.

* BadCop: Most of the scenes featuring the Hemlock Grove deputies have them being abrasive, thick-skulled, and quick to fall victim to mob hysteria against either Peter or the Godfrey's.

** In season 3, Roman (after he's become a vampire) and Annie (also a vampire) break into a blood bank to feed on the stored supplies. They both end up dousing each other in blood while having sex.