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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Should not be confused confused]] with ''Film/TheNightFlier'', a 1997 horror film adapted from a Creator/StephenKing short story.
story. Or with ''Literature/FlyByNightSeries'', a children book series by Creator/FrancesHardinge.
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Mel doesn't believe in limiting herself to just one relationship at a time, and thus hooks up with Roy Eris after he rescues her from certain peril. Lommie is pissed when she finds out, and breaks up with Mel.]]]]
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* CreepilyLongArms: [[spoiler: Holo!Skye does this when Cynthia hacks Karl's memory reading.]]
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* CreepyChild: The hologram of Karl's deceased daughter, Skye.
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* SapientShip: [[spoiler:Cynthia Eris uploaded herself into the ship. She's still very aware of what's going on.]]
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* AdaptationDistillation: The reveal that [[spoiler:Eris's sociopathic mother has lived on in a computer program that runs the ''Nightflyer'']] is revealed much earlier on the show than in the book.
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* AdaptationDistillation: The reveal that [[spoiler:Eris's sociopathic mother has lived on in a computer program that runs as the ''Nightflyer'']] ''Nightflyer'''s AI]] is revealed much earlier on the show than in the book.
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* BubbleBoy: Roy Eris, the captain of the ''Nightflyer'', was born in space and has spent his whole life there. He stays sequestered to his private cabin, only communicating with others on the ship via holograms [[spoiler: because he's actually a mutant floating in a tank. The Roy Eris we see physically walking around the ship as of episode 3 is a RemoteBody]].
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* BubbleBoy: Roy Eris, the captain of the ''Nightflyer'', was born in space and has spent his whole life there. He stays sequestered to his private cabin, only communicating with others on the ship via holograms [[spoiler: because [[spoiler:because he's actually a mutant floating in a tank. The Roy Eris we see physically walking around the ship as of episode 3 is a RemoteBody]].
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* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The Volcryn turns out to be a single massive, space-based organism. Proximity to it can cause insanity, and it appears to provide access to alternate realities.]]
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* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The Volcryn turns out to be a single massive, space-based organism. Proximity to it can cause insanity, and it appears to provide access to alternate realities.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: TrappedInContainment with a pathogen that is rapidly eating its way out, [[spoiler: Tessia]] insists that the [[KillItWithFire decontamination protocol]] be activated.
** [[spoiler: Agatha's suicide saves Thale's life. A psychic feedback loop between them was threatening both their lives.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: TrappedInContainment with a pathogen that is rapidly eating its way out, [[spoiler: Tessia]] [[spoiler:Tessia]] insists that the [[KillItWithFire decontamination protocol]] be activated.
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler: Auggie turns on Cynthia when he realizes she was going to abandon him on the doomed ''Nightflyer''.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Rowan is horrified when he discovers that he was responsible for Dr. Matheson's death.]]
* NeckSnap: How the deranged Hartley Suczek meets hisend. end.
* OppositeSexClone: [[spoiler:Roy Eris is a male clone of Cynthia Eris.]]
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* OppositeSexClone: [[spoiler:Roy Eris is a male clone of Cynthia Eris.]]
* RemoteBody: [[spoiler:The version of Roy Eris that is seen walking on the ship is actually an android; the real Roy Eris is floating in a tank in a hidden chamber.]]
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* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler: DesignerBaby [[spoiler:DesignerBaby Melantha always thought that her parents were also her base genetic contributors. Turns out she's actually a clone of Cynthia Eris.]]
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* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:Roy survives an organic decontamination, and his eyes are destroyed to reveal cybernetic sensors underneath. [[TomatoInTheMirror He seems as surprised as anyone]].]]
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* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:Roy survives an organic decontamination, and his eyes are destroyed to reveal cybernetic sensors underneath. [[TomatoInTheMirror He seems as surprised as anyone]].It later turns out that his whole body is a robot remotely operated by the real Roy.]]
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* BubbleBoy: Roy Eris, the captain of the ''Nightflyer'', was born in space and has spent his whole life there. He stays sequestered to his private cabin, only communicating with others on the ship via holograms [[spoiler:until finally emerging near the end of Episode 3]].
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* BubbleBoy: Roy Eris, the captain of the ''Nightflyer'', was born in space and has spent his whole life there. He stays sequestered to his private cabin, only communicating with others on the ship via holograms [[spoiler:until finally emerging near [[spoiler: because he's actually a mutant floating in a tank. The Roy Eris we see physically walking around the end ship as of Episode 3]].episode 3 is a RemoteBody]].
* HeroicSacrifice: TrappedInContainment with a pathogen that is rapidly eating its way out, [[spoiler: Tessia]] insists that the [[KillItWithFire decontamination protocol]] be activated.
** [[spoiler: Agatha's suicide saves Thale's life. A psychic feedback loop between them was threatening both their lives.]]
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* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:Roy survives an organic decontamination, are and his eyes are destroyed to reveal cybernetic sensors underneath. [[TomatoInTheMirror He seems as surprised as anyone]].]]
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* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:To say that Rowan doesn't take the death of his lover and unborn child well would be an understatement. He grabs an ax and goes on a rampage, killing Roy Eris and trying to murder Agatha.]]
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* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Cynthia lures Lommie into her virtual world and locks her inside it, before downloading herself into Lommie's now-empty body.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Agatha kills herself in order to reduce the psychic feedback between her and Thale, which threatened to kill Thale.]]
* GrandTheftMe:[[spoiler: Cynthia [[spoiler:Cynthia lures Lommie into her virtual world and locks her inside it, before downloading herself into Lommie's now-empty body.]]
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* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler: Roy [[spoiler:Roy survives an organic decontamination, are his eyes are destroyed to reveal cybernetic sensors underneath. [[TomatoInTheMirror He seems as surprised as anyone]].]]
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* AdaptationExpansion: The show adds the subplot of D'Branin's dead daughter and the visual hallucinations, which aren't in the original novella.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Thale in the show is an emotionally maladjusted piece of work who is unpleasant to anyone around him and doesn't hesitate to inflict MindRape or worse. Thale in the novella appears to be nicer in comparison, and [[spoiler:is also the first character to die]].
* AdaptationalJerkass: Thale in the show is an emotionally maladjusted piece of work who is unpleasant to anyone around him and doesn't hesitate to inflict MindRape or worse. Thale in the novella appears to be nicer in comparison, and [[spoiler:is also the first character to die]].
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* AdaptationDistillation: The reveal that [[spoiler:Eris's sociopathic mother has lived on in a computer program that runs the ''Nightflyer'']] is revealed much earlier on the show than in the book.
* AdaptationExpansion: The show adds the subplot D'Brannin's dead daughter and the visual hallucinations, which aren't in the original novella.
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* RaceLift: Eris is described as being a white male with long hair in the original novella, while he's played by an African-British actor on the show.
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* BrokenPedestal: In "The Sacred Gift", the crew finds an old ship that still has people on it, and Mel meets Dr. Constance Brighthead, the woman who created the processes that created Mel. She's clearly in awe of Dr. Brighthead... until [[spoiler:she discovers that Brighthead is insane.]]
* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler:Rowan and Tessia were planning to name their unborn child "Skye", after Karl's deceased daughter, because Karl made their relationship possible by recruiting Rowan.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:The crew of the ''Eagle'' have survived by creating deliberately-flawed clones, which they then carve up for meat.]]
* MadScientist: Dr. Constance Brighthead was once one of the most brilliant minds in the field of genetic engineering. [[spoiler:Now she's the leader of a cannibal cult in deep space.]]
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* NeckSnap: How the deranged Hartley Suczek meets his end.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Lommie grew up in a Luddite cult that severely punished anyone who used technology. When she was a teenager, she was compelled to shatter her own father's hands after he broke the cult's rules.
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Mel doesn't believe in limiting herself to just one relationship at a time, and thus hooks up with Roy Eris after he rescues her from certain peril.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Mel doesn't believe in limiting herself to just one relationship at a time, and thus hooks up with Roy Eris after he rescues her from certain peril. Lommie is pissed when she finds out, and breaks up with Mel.]]
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* BrainUploading: [[spoiler: Eris' mother uploaded her consciousness into the ''Nightflyer'' in order to survive the death of her body.]]
* BubbleBoy: Roy Eris, the captain of the ''Nightflyer'', was born in space and has spent his whole life there. He stays sequestered to his private cabin, only communicating with others on the ship via holograms [[spoiler: until finally emerging near the end of Episode 3]].
* BubbleBoy: Roy Eris, the captain of the ''Nightflyer'', was born in space and has spent his whole life there. He stays sequestered to his private cabin, only communicating with others on the ship via holograms [[spoiler: until finally emerging near the end of Episode 3]].
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* BrainUploading: [[spoiler: Eris' [[spoiler:Eris' mother uploaded her consciousness into the ''Nightflyer'' in order to survive the death of her body.]]
* BubbleBoy: Roy Eris, the captain of the ''Nightflyer'', was born in space and has spent his whole life there. He stays sequestered to his private cabin, only communicating with others on the ship via holograms[[spoiler: until [[spoiler:until finally emerging near the end of Episode 3]].
* BubbleBoy: Roy Eris, the captain of the ''Nightflyer'', was born in space and has spent his whole life there. He stays sequestered to his private cabin, only communicating with others on the ship via holograms
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Realizing that he's going to lose Joy, Karl sends her a message offering his blessing for her to remove her memories of him.]]
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* MyBelovedSmother: [[spoiler:Roy Eris' mother took her smothering to an entirely new level, uploading her consciousness into the ''Nightflyer'' itself so that she could continue to control her son's life long after her death. Now she's sabotaging the ship in order to discourage Roy from his efforts to make contact with the Volcryn.]]
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* MyBelovedSmother: [[spoiler:Roy Eris' mother Cynthia took her smothering to an entirely new level, uploading her consciousness into the ''Nightflyer'' itself so that she could continue to control her son's life long after her death. Now she's sabotaging the ship in order to discourage Roy from his efforts to make contact with the Volcryn.]]
* RescueRomance: [[spoiler:Mel becomes smitten with Roy after he saves her from a near-death experience.]]
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* TwoferTokenMinority: Melantha Jhirl is black and in a relationship with Lommie.
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* TwoferTokenMinority: Melantha Jhirl is black and in a relationship with Lommie.Lommie.
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Mel doesn't believe in limiting herself to just one relationship at a time, and thus hooks up with Roy Eris after he rescues her from certain peril.]]
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* BrainUploading: [[spoiler: Eris' mother uploaded her consciousness into the ''Nightflyer'' in order to survive the death of her body.]]
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* ConspiracyTheorist: Rowan, the ship's resident xenobiologist, is deeply skeptical of the merits of the mission, and suspects that the Volcryn are probably not interested in meeting humans.
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* PetTheDog: As nasty as Thale is towards other people, he is incredibly gentle with Ralphy the bunny.
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''Nightflyers'' is a miniseries airing on [=Syfy=], adapted from the [[Literature/{{Nightflyers}} novella of the same name]] by Creator/GeorgeRRMartin.
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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Thale tries to read Lommie's mind and gets his head flooded with violent, disturbing imagery.
* MindRape: This is one of Thale's abilities.
* PsychopathicManchild: Thale has spent most of his life in captivity, and has very little idea of how to interact with people. As a consequence, he has a tendency to lash out at anyone who presents the slightest threat to him.
* {{Technopath}}: Lommie has an implant in her arm that allows her to communicate with the ship.
* MindRape: This is one of Thale's abilities.
* PsychopathicManchild: Thale has spent most of his life in captivity, and has very little idea of how to interact with people. As a consequence, he has a tendency to lash out at anyone who presents the slightest threat to him.
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''Nightflyers'' is a miniseries airing on [=Syfy=], adapted from the [[Literature/{{Nightflyers}} novella of the same name]] by Creator/GeorgeRRMartin.
In the late 21st century, Earth is on its last legs, its resources almost completely depleted. In a last-ditch effort to save mankind, the ''Nightflyer'' embarks on a mission to make contact with the Volcryn, a mysterious race with access to advanced technology.
This being a George R.R. Martin story, naturally, things go wrong.
Should not be confused with ''Film/TheNightFlier'', a 1997 horror film adapted from a Creator/StephenKing short story.
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* AnyoneCanDie: It's Creator/GeorgeRRMartin. Expect a sizable body count.
* BubbleBoy: Roy Eris, the captain of the ''Nightflyer'', was born in space and has spent his whole life there. He stays sequestered to his private cabin, only communicating with others on the ship via holograms.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Rowan, the ship's resident xenobiologist, is deeply skeptical of the merits of the mission, and suspects that the Volcryn are probably not interested in meeting humans.
* TokenTwoferMinority: Melantha Jhirl is black and in a relationship with Lommie.
In the late 21st century, Earth is on its last legs, its resources almost completely depleted. In a last-ditch effort to save mankind, the ''Nightflyer'' embarks on a mission to make contact with the Volcryn, a mysterious race with access to advanced technology.
This being a George R.R. Martin story, naturally, things go wrong.
Should not be confused with ''Film/TheNightFlier'', a 1997 horror film adapted from a Creator/StephenKing short story.
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!!This series contains examples of:
* AnyoneCanDie: It's Creator/GeorgeRRMartin. Expect a sizable body count.
* BubbleBoy: Roy Eris, the captain of the ''Nightflyer'', was born in space and has spent his whole life there. He stays sequestered to his private cabin, only communicating with others on the ship via holograms.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Rowan, the ship's resident xenobiologist, is deeply skeptical of the merits of the mission, and suspects that the Volcryn are probably not interested in meeting humans.
* TokenTwoferMinority: Melantha Jhirl is black and in a relationship with Lommie.
