History Series / TheRain

* DeathBySex: [[spoiler:Double subverted. Beatrice dies the morning after she and Rasmus sleep together. Initially, we're led to think that it might've had something to do with the rain she was hit with the previous night, but she PassedInTheirSleep when a nearby dog licked her and gave her the virus.]]

''The Rain'' is a Danish post-apocalyptic {{Netflix}} original series, released onto the streaming platform in May of 2018.

* AfterTheEnd: A biological weapon escaped into the atmosphere, contaminating all rainwater with a deadly pathogen. The bulk of the story happens six years later, in the shattered remnants of Scandinavia.

* NoOSHACompliance: [[Spoiler:Anyone immune to a disease can very well still be an asymptomatic carrier, but none of the doctors handling Rasmus are wearing any Hazmat suits. Reality ensues and one of them naturally gets infected. Considering how many precautions Appolon seems to have taken to mitigate the spread of the disease this comes across as a rather puzzling oversight on their part.]]

* NoOSHACompliance: [[Anyone immune to a disease can very well still be an asymptomatic carrier, but none of the doctors handling Rasmus are wearing any Hazmat suits. Reality ensues and one of them naturally gets infected. Considering how many precautions Appolon seems to have taken to mitigate the spread of the disease this comes across as a rather puzzling oversight on their part.]]

** Apollon has been experimenting on random survivors, including a noteworthy case of a father and his young eight year-old daughter. [[spoiler:It turns out that Frederik was fine with it and technically responsible for it, because he didn't want Apollon killing his own son for the cure.]]

[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture In the very-near future]], a deadly plague sweeps across Scandinavia, carried by the rain and killing everyone that contracts it. Two siblings, Simone and Rasmus, manage to survive for six years by themselves in an underground bunker their parents led them to on the day the virus came, and emerge back on the surface to discover a world they do not recognize. In the hopes that they can get answers and safety from their father, a doctor for the [[MegaCorp pharmaceutical company]] Appolon, Simone and Rasmus ally themselves with a group of survivors, including the cold and pragmatic Martin, the cheerful and spiritual Lea, the meek and quiet Jean, the stoic and aloof Beatrice, and the hot-headed Patrick. Together, they'll need to contend with other survivors driven mad by the apocalypse, the mysterious armed "strangers", and the elements themselves.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: One of Apollon's mook recruits panicked shortly after ingesting a smart capsule that infects them with a fast-acting virus and tried to run out the building. Needless to say, he was proof that it worked.

* ComputerEqualsMonitor: Or tablet interface, in this case. One of the bunker's tablets which is connected to the bunker's servers was smashed by Simone. Of course, anyone with the most basic tech skills would just grab another tablet and browse, but she leveraged this knowledge to join the raiders. [[spoiler:Turns out they needed her anyway.]]

%%* NotTheBiteThatKillsYou: [[spoiler:The virus stopped using water as a vector at some point, but it can still be passed via animal vectors like dogs. And of course, you can be injected by it.]]

* DaddyHasAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:Frederik never retrieved his children from the bunker because Apollon would have Rasmus killed in order to produce a cure.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: The dog in Episode 6. It can survive in the rain, and though the characters don't question it, you are led to assume that either the virus only affects humans or the dog is asymptomatic. [[spoiler:While it isn't made clear if the virus affects non-humans, it turns out that the dog is a vector for the virus. The dog accidentally kills Beatrice when it enters the cabin and licks her face in her sleep.]]

** In episode 7, [[spoiler:Rasmus, heartbroken over Beatrice's death, is DrivenToSuicide and injects himself with the virus. However, he awakens after taking the dose, completely unharmed: he's immune! When one of the Appolon soldiers kisses him on the forehead when he says his goodbyes before Rasmus and company are taken to Appolon, however, the soldier dies from the virus due to the fact that Rasmus is not actually immune, but had become an asymptomatic carrier.]]

** Simone asks [[spoiler:her father why he never came back for her and Rasmus.]]

* ADayInTheLimelight:

* DeathBySex: [[spoiler:Double subverted. Beatrice dies the morning after she and Rasmus sleep together. Initially, we're led to think that it might've had something to do with the rain she was hit with the previous night, but she PassedInHerSleep when a nearby dog licked her and gave her the virus.]]

* NotTheBiteThatKillsYou: [[spoiler:The virus stopped using water as a vector at some point, but it can still be passed via animal vectors like dogs. And of course, you can be injected by it.]]

Siblings emerge from the safety of their bunker six years after a rain-carried virus wipes out almost everyone in Scandinavia; they join a group of survivors and set out on a dangerous quest through the abandoned land, searching for signs of life.

* AesopAmnesia: Averted. After [[spoiler:eating the meat from the cannibal cult]], the group is more wary about what they eat when [[spoiler:an Apollon scientist]] gives them 'nutritional supplements'.

* DeathBySex: [[spoiler:Beatrice dies from the rain the morning after she and Rasmus sleep together.]]

* MacGuffinPerson: [[spoiler:Rasmus was given a pure form of the virus, making him immune and the cure. However; it is contained in his brain and bone marrow/spine, so extracting it would kill him.]]

* breakHisHeartToSaveHim: [[spoiler:Frederik was unable to return to his children out of fear that Apollon would go after them. He visits their bunker one last time to falsely determine them as dead and supposedly shut down the bunker, which was when Rasmus caught a glimpse of him.]]

''The Rain'' is a Danish post-apocalyptic Creator/{{Netflix}} original series, released onto the streaming platform in May of 2018.

[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture In the very-near future]], a deadly plague sweeps across Scandinavia, carried by the rain and killing everyone that contracts it. Two siblings, Simone and Rasmus, manage to survive for six years by themselves in an underground bunker their parents led them to on the day the virus came, and emerge back on the surface to discover a world they do not recognize. In the hopes that they can get answers and safety from their father, a doctor for the [[MegaCorp pharmaceutical company]] Appolon, Simone and Rasmus ally themselves with a group of survivors, including the cold and pragmatic Martin, the cheerful and spiritual Lea, the meek and quiet Jean, the stoic and aloof Beatrice, and the hot-headed Patrick. Together, they'll need to contend with other survivors driven mad by the apocalypse, the mysterious armed "strangers", and the elements themselves.

!!Tropes
* {{Cult}}: Episode 5 sees the protagonists taking up refuge with a group of cultists who offer shelter and food, including a monthly banquet. [[spoiler:Said banquet feature fresh [[ImAHumanitarian human stew]] as the main course before one member is selected to offer their body for the next banquet.]]
* ADayInTheSpotlight: Most episodes have a focus on one particular character, with flashbacks to who they were and what they did before and after the plague came.
** Episode 2 focuses on Martin: [[spoiler:Martin was in the military around the time the plagues came, and was in charge of protecting a checkpoint from anyone infected, with lethal force if necessary. Young and scared, Martin couldn't bring himself to shoot at a woman carrying a child who crossed the checkpoint. His hesitation caused everyone in his unit to become infected and die.]]
** Episode 3 focuses on Beatrice: [[spoiler:Beatrice was traveling with Lea and Jean when she was confronted by Martin and Patrick, who demanded their food. Beatrice manages to keep herself and her friends alive by offering to cook for them, then during the night, seducing Martin, manipulating him into keeping them along.]]
** Episode 4 puts the spotlight on Jean: [[spoiler:Jean had lived with a kind family that took him in after the plague came, and made fast friends with their cheerful and deaf daughter. One day, the strangers came. Jean hid in the cottage with the daughter, holding a hand over her mouth to silence her protests and protect her as he watched, in horror, how the strangers murder the father when he refused to cooperate with them, then abduct the mother. After they leave, he realizes, to his horror, that he accidentally suffocated the daughter to death when he kept his hand over her mouth.]]
** Episode 5 shows us Lea's story: [[spoiler:Lea's mother was a very strict and conservative Christian who protested against her daughter going to a party. Lea insisted, wanting to seem normal to her peers, and attended the party, where drugs and alcohol were served. She woke up the following morning to discover that not only did she have sex in her drunken stupor with three boys, but they recorded video of it and uploaded it to social media, embarrassing her mother. Lea desperately begged God for His forgiveness, right around the time the plague came, killing not only all of the other party-goers, but her mother as well when she stepped out to pick her up.]]
** Episode 6 is about Patrick: [[spoiler:Before the plague, Patrick was an unmotivated stoner who found himself kicked out of his house by his father one fateful day. He spent the remainder of his day in his car, parked by the beach and smoking pot. When he awakens the next day, he finds the beach lined with corpses. He rushes back home, where he runs into Martin, back then a solo survivalist who had come in search of food, the two forming a bond and sticking together up to the present day.]]
** Episode 7 shows some backstory on the mysterious "strangers": [[spoiler:They are actually private soldiers in the employ of Appolon, come to Scandinavia to find anyone immune to the virus. To ensure their compliance, each soldier took a pill containing nano-capsules that would release the virus into their bloodstream, killing them instantly, if they left the quarantine zone. In essence, Scandinavia is their prison until the cure is found.]]
** Episode 8 provides insight into [[spoiler:Frederick, Simone and Rasmus's father: after the plague was released, Frederick was tasked with retrieving his son, who had been injected with a pure strain of the virus as a child to help create a cure. Knowing that the process of extracting the cure would kill Rasmus, Frederick claimed that his children had already died to keep them safe and started performing experiments with the virus on others to find anyone else who might be immune. When one of his colleagues realizes that he lied about his son's fate and goes to retrieve him, Frederick brutally murders him.]]
* DescentIntoAddiction: After he gets stabbed, Simone offers Rasmus morphine that she found in Copenhagen to cope with the pain. Rasmus quickly becomes addicted to it, sneaking pills behind his sister's back to stave off both pain from his wound and withdrawal.
* HopeSpot:
** It is revealed in Episode 6 that [[spoiler:the rain is no longer dangerous after Simone is exposed to it. Martin and Lea also join her in the rain, to no ill effect. Rasmus and Beatrice are also exposed, but Rasmus remains right as rain. Unfortunately, Beatrice still contracts the virus from another vector and dies.]]
** In episode 7, [[spoiler:Rasmus, heartbroken over Beatrice's death, is DrivenToSuicide and injects himself with the virus. However, he awakens after taking the dose, completely unharmed: he's immune! When one of the Appolon soldiers kisses him on the forehead when he says his goodbyes before Rasmus and company are taken to Appolon, however, the soldier dies from the virus due to the fact that Rasmus is not actually immune, but had become an asymptomatic carrier.]]
* {{Manchild}}: A downplayed example: Rasmus spent his formative years isolated from the world with his sister. As such, at sixteen, he is still very naive and almost childlike.
* ThePlague: It's carried by the winds and quickly induces violent vomiting and seizures before death.

''The Rain'' is a Danish post-apocalyptic {{Netflix}} original series, released onto the streaming platform in May of 2018.

** Episode 3 focuses on Beatrice: [[spoiler:Beatrice was traveling with Lea and Jean when she was confronted by Martin and Patrick, who demanded their food. Beatrice manages to keep herself and her friends alive by offering to cook for them, then during the night, seducing Patrick, manipulating him into keeping them along.]]