History YMMV / CloakAndDagger2018

* OneTruePairing: The show is called "Cloak & Dagger".

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[EmotionEater D'Spayre]], real name Andre Deschaine, the BigBad of Season 2, was once an aspiring jazz musician who received powers from the Roxxon oil rig explosion, which allowed him to remove his headache pain by feeding off the despair of others. To cultivate this despair, he [[ManipulativeBastard manipulates]] a nurse named Avandalia "Lia" Dewan into abandoning her life for him, and together they cultivate a sexual slavery ring under the guise of a community support group for abuse victims, using the group to find more victims. Once Ty and Tandy destroy the ring, D'Spayre feeds off Avandalia one more time, and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness abandons her barely-living body on the side of the road]]. After visiting the voodoo priestess Chantelle, who he later murders, D'Spayre uses his powers to rise to godhood, abducting people from across New Orleans to his PocketDimension so he can feed off their despair forever. While on the surface a helpful community support worker, D'Spayre is truly a sociopathic monster who inflicts unimaginable horrors on anyone who isn't himself in order to fuel his own power.]]

* DieForOurShip: Evita. Ty/Tandy shippers talk about her like she's the devil incarnate, suspecting she's somehow involved with the bad guys or will betray Tyrone, or just criticise her for pushing herself on him by... trying to be friendly and offering support for his troubles. One common justification is to bring up how anyone defending her character/relationship with Tyrone are "ignorant of the comics lore" and Ty/Tandy are meant to be together. This is despite the fact that ''[[CriticalResearchFailure the two aren't a couple in the comics half of the time]]'' (being PlatonicLifePartners mixed with PlatonicWritingRomanticReading and UnresolvedSexualTension.) However, recently any ambiguity regarding their relationship in comics has been cleared up with the reveal that they had been dating canonically [[WorkingWithTheEx on and off during the duration of their partnership]]. The latest arc has ended with them breaking up with their current partners, [[OneTrueLove after realizing that no matter what they were always meant to be together]]. If the show follows suit remains to be seen.

* DieForOurShip: Evita. Ty/Tandy shippers talk about her like she's the devil incarnate, suspecting she's somehow involved with the bad guys or will betray Tyrone, or just criticise her for pushing herself on him by... trying to be friendly and offering support for his troubles. One common justification is to bring up how anyone defending her character/relationship with Tyrone are "ignorant of the comics lore" and Ty/Tandy are meant to be together. This is despite the fact that ''[[CriticalResearchFailure the two aren't a couple in the comics half of the time]]'' (being PlatonicLifePartners mixed with RelationshipWritingFumble and UnresolvedSexualTension.) However, recently any ambiguity regarding their relationship in comics has been cleared up with the reveal that they had been dating canonically [[WorkingWithTheEx on and off during the duration of their partnership]]. The latest arc has ended with them breaking up with their current partners, [[OneTrueLove after realizing that no matter what they were always meant to be together]]. If the show follows suit remains to be seen.

* DieForOurShip: Evita. Ty/Tandy shippers talk about her like she's the devil incarnate, suspecting she's somehow involved with the bad guys or will betray Tyrone, or just criticise her for pushing herself on him by... trying to be friendly and offering support for his troubles. One common justification is to bring up how anyone defending her character/relationship with Tyrone are "ignorant of the comics lore" and Ty/Tandy are meant to be together. This is despite the fact that ''[[CriticalResearchFailure the two aren't a couple in the comics half of the time]]'' (being PlatonicLifePartners mixed with RelationshipWritingFumble and UnresolvedSexualTension.) However, recently any ambiguity regarding their relationship in comics has been cleared up with the reveal that they had been dating canonically [[WorkingWithTheEx on and off during the duration of their partnership]]. The latest arc has ended with them breaking up with their current partners, [[OneTrueLove after realizing that no matter what they were always meant to be together.]] If the show follows suit remains to be seen.

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[EmotionEater D'Spayre]], real name Andre Deschaine, the BigBad of season 2, was once an aspiring jazz musician who received powers from the Roxxon oil rig explosion, which allowed him to remove his headache pain by feeding off the despair of others. To cultivate this despair, he [[ManipulativeBastard manipulates]] a nurse named Avandalia "Lia" Dewan into abandoning her life for him, and together they cultivate a sexual slavery ring under the guise of a community support group for abuse victims, using the group to find more victims. Once Ty and Tandy destroy the ring, D'Spayre feeds off Avandalia one more time, and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness abandons her barely-living body on the side of the road]]. After visiting the voodoo priestess Chantelle, who he later murders, D'Spayre uses his powers to rise to godhood, abducting people from across New Orleans to his PocketDimension so he can feed off their despair forever. While on the surface a helpful community support worker, D'Spayre is truly a sociopathic monster who inflicts unimaginable horrors on anyone who isn't himself in order to fuel his own power.]]
* DieForOurShip: Evita. Ty/Tandy shippers talk about her like she's the devil incarnate, suspecting she's somehow involved with the bad guys or will betray Tyrone, or just criticise her for pushing herself on him by... trying to be friendly and offering support for his troubles. One common justification is to bring up how anyone defending her character/relationship with Tyrone are "ignorant of the comics lore" and Ty/Tandy are meant to be together. This is despite the fact that ''[[CriticalResearchFailure the two aren't a couple in the comics half of the time]]'' (being PlatonicLifePartners mixed with RelationshipWritingFumble and UnresolvedSexualTension.) However, recently any ambiguity regarding their relationship in comics has been cleared up with the reveal that they had been dating canonically [[WorkingWithTheEx on and off during the duration of their partnership.]] The latest arc has ended with them breaking up with their current partners, [[OneTrueLove after realizing that no matter what they were always meant to be together.]] If the show follows suit remains to be seen.

* ShockingMoments: [[spoiler:O'Reilly and Mayhem are actually two separate people, due to the former's exposure to Lightforce and Darkforce energies]]. Many were shocked at this plot twist, as they were under the assumption from [[NeverTrustATrailer promotional materials]] that [[spoiler:Mayhem was a split personality instead]].

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As to be expected given the source material, the show delves into the social disadvantages plaguing African-Americans and lower-class women, which are used to both provide motivation for their characters and for how they end up crossing paths. Tyrone's ethnicity provides justification for his mother's MyBelovedSmother tendencies and characterisation, as well as the DeathByOriginStory treatment for his brother, who was pursued and killed by a cop despite being clearly unarmed. Likewise the dangers Tandy encounters thanks to being a young woman on the street (such as nearly being raped) help highlight ''why'' she's such a jaded BrokenBird while the classism issues she faces by being poor justify why she both has to steal and why she can't seek justice so easily for the things done against her.

* WinBackTheCrowd: While the show was generally praised, there were complaints that it was slow-paced at times. Then, the seventh episode "Lotus Eaters" won everyone over for its MentalWorld scenario and inventive action sequences.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While Tandy ''did'' have a hard life, some viewers think the outright ''cruel'' way she treats many people close to her erases any kind of sympathy, as she is simply too [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] without much regard for the pain ''other'' people might have.

* HolyShitQuotient: [[spoiler:O'Reilly and Mayhem are actually two separate people, due to the former's exposure to Lightforce and Darkforce energies]]. Many were shocked at this plot twist, as they were under the assumption from [[NeverTrustATrailer promotional materials]] that [[spoiler:Mayhem was a split personality instead]].

** The season finale makes fantastic use of various arrangements of Styx's Come Sail Away, finishing off with a full cover by [[TheCastShowOff Olivia Holt]].

* DieForOurShip: Evita. Ty/Tandy shippers talk about her like she's the devil incarnate, suspecting she's somehow involved with the bad guys or will betray Tyrone, or just criticise her for pushing herself on him by... trying to be friendly and offering support for his troubles. One common justification is to bring up how anyone defending her character/relationship with Tyrone are "ignorant of the comics lore" and Ty/Tandy are meant to be together. This is despite the fact that ''[[CriticalResearchFailure the two aren't a couple in the comics half of the time]]'' (being PlatonicLifePartners mixed with RelationshipWritingFumble and UnresolvedSexualTension.) However recently any ambiguity regarding their relationship in comics has been cleared up with the reveal that they had been dating canonically [[WorkingWithTheEx on and off during the duration of their partnership.]] The latest arch has ended with them breaking up with their current partners, [[OneTrueLove after realizing that no matter what they were always meant to be together.]] If the show follows suit remains to be seen.

* JerkassWoobie: Tandy is a thief and a con woman who steals from anyone she can, but primarily from the rich, thanks to resentment over their wealth. That doesn't stop her gaining sympathy thanks to just how utterly ''brutal'' her life became when she was incredibly young and how much crap she has to deal with just getting by, and even her most unsympathetic moments earn pity thanks to being motivated by her fears. On top of that, despite targeting the ''very'' wealthy, its shown that she can only just barely afford to get by on that; given her only other options in her position would be ''far'' less profitable, one can hardly blame her.

* DieForOurShip: Evita. Ty/Tandy shippers talk about her like she's the devil incarnate, suspecting she's somehow involved with the bad guys or will betray Tyrone, or just criticise her for pushing herself on him by... trying to be friendly and offering support for his troubles. One common justification is to bring up how anyone defending her character/relationship with Tyrone are "ignorant of the comics lore" and Ty/Tandy are meant to be together. This is despite the fact that ''[[CriticalResearchFailure the two aren't a couple in the comics half of the time]]'' (being PlatonicLifePartners mixed with RelationshipWritingFumble and UnresolvedSexualTension.) However recently any ambiguity regarding their relationship in comics has been cleared up with the reveal that they had been dating canonically [[WorkingWithTheEx on and off during the duration of there partnership.]] The latest arch has ended with them breaking up with their current partners, [[OneTrueLove after realizing that no matter what they were always meant to be together.]] If the show follows suit remains to be seen.

* DieForOurShip: Evita. Ty/Tandy shippers talk about her like she's the devil incarnate, suspecting she's somehow involved with the bad guys or will betray Tyrone, or just criticise her for pushing herself on him by... trying to be friendly and offering support for his troubles. One common justification is to bring up how anyone defending her character/relationship with Tyrone are "ignorant of the comics lore" and Ty/Tandy are meant to be together. This is despite the fact that ''[[CriticalResearchFailure the two aren't a couple in the comics half of the time]]'' (being PlatonicLifePartners mixed with RelationshipWritingFumble and UnresolvedSexualTension.)

* DieForOurShip: Evita. Ty/Tandy shippers talk about her like she's the devil incarnate, suspecting she's somehow involved with the bad guys or will betray Tyrone, or just criticise her for pushing herself on him by... trying to be friendly and offering support for his troubles. One common justification is to bring up how anyone defending her character/relationship with Tyrone are "ignorant of the comics lore" and Ty/Tandy are meant to be together. This is despite the fact that ''[[CriticalResearchFailure the two aren't a couple in the comics most of the time]]'' (being PlatonicLifePartners mixed with RelationshipWritingFumble and UnresolvedSexualTension.)

* GeniusBonus: "Colony Collapse" uses [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_collapse_disorder colony collapse disorder]] as a metaphor for the decline in New Orleans's fortunes. It's mostly associated with honeybees (an import from Europe), but [[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-american-bumblebee-is-crashing-too-293832/ American bumblebees are affected, too]].

* GeniusBonus: "Colony Collapse" uses [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_collapse_disorder colony collapse disorder]] as a metaphor for the decline in New Orleans's fortunes.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The season finale makes fantastic use of various arrangements of Styx's Come Sail Away, finishing off with a full cover by [[TheCastShowOff Olivia Holt]].
* DieForOurShip: Evita. Ty/Tandy shippers talk about her like she's the devil incarnate, suspecting she's somehow involved with the bad guys or will betray Tyrone, or just criticise her for pushing herself on him by... trying to be friendly and offering support for his troubles. One common justification is to bring up how anyone defending her character/relationship with Tyrone are 'ignorant of the comics lore' and Ty/Tandy are meant to be together. This is despite the fact that ''[[CriticalResearchFailure the two aren't a couple in the comics most of the time]]'' (being PlatonicLifePartners mixed with RelationshipWritingFumble and UnresolvedSexualTension)

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While Tandy ''did'' have a hard life, some viewers think the outright ''cruel'' way she treats many people close to her erases any kind of sympathy, as she is simply to [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] without much regard for the pain ''other'' people might have.