History Series / StarCrossed

* BettyAndVeronica: Emery between Grayson (Betty) and Roman (Veronica) and Taylor between [[spoiler: Sophia]] (Betty) and Drake (Veronica)

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** It seemed to be going this way with Lukas and Sophia, [[spoiler: however she only thinks of him as a friend as she is attracted to LovableAlphaBitch Taylor.]]

* JerkAss: Grayson becomes one after Emery starts going out with Roman. [[spoiler: Though it may have more to do with Emery getting his mother arrested for planning a terrorist attack.]]

* ShipSinking: [[spoiler: Taylor, despite experimenting before, is not attracted to Sophia.]]
* ShipTease: Between Sophia and Lukas. [[spoiler: Though it goes to them being JustFriends.]]

* TheMole: [[spoiler: Several guards in the Sector are working for Atrian extremist groups.]]

Although the series has a similar premise to ''Roswell'', it's based on a Spanish format. Unlike ''Roswell'', however, [[ShortRunner it didn't get renewed for a second season]].

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Atrians age much faster than Humans.

* IllGirl: Julia. She gets better at the end of the pilot. Emery also used to be before the series.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted - the series is both set and filmed in Louisiana.
* ConLang: Sondiv, created by David Peterson, who created the languages for ''Series/GameOfThrones''.

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* MoralDissonance: [[spoiler:Emery]] is joining Grayson's New Red Hawks, for reasons as yet unspecified; the plot angle was dropped and barely referred to again, but could have been explored in more detail had the series lasted another season.

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''Star-Crossed'' (formerly known as ''Oxygen'') is a series that aired on the Creator/TheCW from February-May 2014 about a group of aliens that are sent to a suburban high school. The show stars Creator/AimeeTeegarden, Creator/MattLanter, Grey Damon, Creator/MaleseJow, Titus Makin Jr., Creator/NatalieHall, Chelsea Gilligan, Creator/GregFinley, and Creator/BrinaPalencia.

''Star-Crossed'' (formerly known as ''Oxygen'') is a series that aired on the Creator/TheCW from February-May 2014 about a group of aliens that are sent to a suburban high school. The show stars Creator/AimeeTeegarden, Creator/MattLanter, Grey Damon, Creator/MaleseJow, Titus Makin Jr., Creator/NatalieHall, Chelsea Gilligan, Greg Finley, and Creator/BrinaPalencia.

''Star-Crossed'' (formerly known as ''Oxygen'') is a series that aired on the Creator/TheCW from February-May 2014 about a group of aliens that are sent to a suburban high school. Although the series has a similar premise to ''Roswell'', it's based on a Spanish format. Unlike ''Roswell'', however, [[ShortRunner it didn't get renewed for a second season]].

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Grayson is the eternal iwap blocker, according to Roman.

* ShipSinking: [[spoiler: Taylor, despite [[BiTheWay experimenting before]], is not attracted to Sophia.]]

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every episode after the pilot is named after a line from ''RomeoAndJuliet''.

* StarCrossedLovers: [[CaptainObvious Obviously]].

* {{Expy}}: Taylor is basically [[TheVampireDiaries Caroline Forbes]]

* DawsonCasting: Matt Lanter, who portrayed the 16-year old Roman, was two months shy of his 31st birthday when the show premiered.

* XMeetsY:
** ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' meets ''Series/AlienNation'' meets ''Series/{{Roswell}}''.
** Also, ''Series/TheEvent'' meets ''Series/AlienNation''.
** Or Romeo and Juliet meets The Little Rock Nine.

* ConLang: Sondiv, created by David Peterson, who created the languages for [[Series/GameOfThrones]].

* RescueRomance: Roman and Emery.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: A makeup line is visible on Drakes arms around his tattoos in some scenes.

* MoralDissonance: [[spoiler:Emery is joining Grayson's New Red Hawks, for reasons as yet unspecified; the plot angle was dropped and barely referred to again, but could have been explored in more detail had the series lasted another season.]]

* OneDialogueTwoConversations: [[spoiler:When Drake thinks Taylor is the Trag operative, but she's actually just hitting on him and wants to get in his pants.]]

* SadisticChoice: Offered to [[spoiler:Julia by the EvilutionaryBiologist Miss Benton.]]