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3	''Jekyll & Hyde'' is a 2015 Creator/{{ITV}} fantasy drama that ran for a single season of ten episodes. Created by Charlie Higson (Literature/TheEnemy, Literature/YoungBond) and based on ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', it follows Robert Jekyll, grandson of the late Dr. Henry Jekyll, as he grapples with his violent alter-ego, Mr. Hyde. Vowing to discover the secrets of his identity and his family legacy, Jekyll becomes entangled in a web of secrecy that threatens his life as well as those he loves.
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5	Not to be confused with the 2006 TV series ''Series/{{Jekyll}}'', which is also a British Jekyll and Hyde-based series.
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8	!!This show contains examples of:
9	* ActionGirl: Multiple occurrences: Bella is a good example; Olalla [[spoiler:when Hyde]], Lily [[spoiler:after her reveal as an MIO agent]] and Robert's [[spoiler: distant relative Renata Jezequiel]] who can [[spoiler:transform into a giant black dog]]. Even Hils to some extent, shown visibly in a scene in the finale.
10	* AerithAndBob: Olalla and [[spoiler: Robert Jekyll]].
11	* AllMythsAreTrue: And most of them appear to be evil, according to Bulstrode:
12	--> '''Bulstrode''': [[Myth/CanaaniteMythology Baal, Moloch]], [[Myth/NorseMythology Fenrir, Loki]], {{Beelzebub}}, [[WesternZodiac most of the creatures in the Zodiac]].
13	* BettyAndVeronica: Lily Clarke and Bella Charming, respectively.
14	* BigDamnHeroes: In the first episode Robert saves a young girl pinned under a lorry with a superhuman show of strength.
15	* BodyHorror:
16	** The Harbinger in the first episode is quite literally a grotesque dog-like creature with a human head.
17	** The way the [[PuppeteerParasite Reaper Bug]] - effectively a giant spider - exits its hosts: by crawling, very slowly, ''out of their mouths''.
18	** In Episode 2, we get a lovely shot of Captain Dance stripping off his shirt, only to reveal a skeletal, translucent torso, complete with a visible beating heart.
19	* BritishBrevity: Ran for ten episodes, before a second season was cancelled by ITV.
20	* BullyingADragon: Some local ruffians accosting Hyde under the belief he's [[SpringHeeledJack Spring-Heeled Jack]] in Episode 6 get what's coming to them. One of them even flips almost 360 degrees because Hyde hits him so hard.
21	* CallBack: In Episode 5, Robert muses about seeing "[[Literature/TheGreatGodPan the face of the Great God Pan]]," after finding the Pan mural in the Jezequiel Crypt, something Dance said to him in the previous episode.
22	* CanonForeigner: Basically everyone in the show, apart from the rare appearances of the original Jekyll/Hyde, Gabriel Utterson and Sir Danvers Carew.
23	* CollateralAngst: Robert's foster family is killed in episode 1 to motivate him into learning about his past, and also to facilitate his first transformation into Hyde.
24	* ComboPlatterPowers: Hyde possesses inhuman strength, speed, durability, and a healing factor.
25	* CutShort: While plans for season 2 were made, the series stopped at season 1 on a cliffhanger.
26	* DownerEnding: Due to the series ending abruptly, the final episode ends with [[spoiler:everyone apparently dead]].
27	* FamousAncestor: Robert is the grandson of Dr. Jekyll, Max is the son of Gabriel Utterson, and [[spoiler:Lily is the granddaughter of Sir Danvers Carew]].
28	* FemmeFatale: Olalla appears to be portraying one, being the [[spoiler:'vampire' from the beginning of Episode 8, seducing and murdering young men.]] However, she soon drops this.
29	* {{Flashback}}: Flashbacks to the original story are sometimes shown, such as Edward Hyde's murder of Sir Danvers Carew and Henry Jekyll changing his will.
30	* GreaterScopeVillain: Lord Trash, an unseen evil entity that the villains are trying to resurrect.
31	* HealingFactor: Hyde can heal injuries Jekyll receives.
32	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each episode is named after a prominent feature, such as a monster ("Mr. Hyde", "The Cutter", "Spring-Heeled Jack) or an object ("The Calyx", "The Heart of Lord Trash").
33	* IJustWantToBeNormal: At first Robert just wants to be a good, ordinary doctor and wants nothing to do with his grandfather's estate or lineage.
34	* JekyllAndHyde: Robert involuntarily transforms into Hyde when his emotions (especially negative ones) peak. He later discovers he can both suppress and induce this transformation via his grandfather's monocane potion.
35	* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Episode 8 revolves around Robert finding his sister, who can also become a Hyde]].
36	* TheMedic: Robert is first seen in Ceylon treating sick children.
37	* OffhandBackhand: Hyde does this in the series trailer, taken from a clip in Episode 3.
38	* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: Jekyll runs into two of them early one, one a good monster-hunting organization and the other a sinister cult. Both sides try to use him as they see fit.
39	* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They appear in the form of the person you love most, before sucking out your life force.
40	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Ordinary humans capable of turning into enormous black dogs, and [[spoiler: distantly related to the Jekyll bloodline.]]
41	* ParentalAbandonment: Robert was abandoned as a baby and raised by a foster father. [[spoiler:This turns out to be (somewhat) untrue, as he was definitely older when delivered to the Najarans, although he can't remember it.]]
42	** Additionally, [[spoiler:his sister Olalla]] was also abandoned by [[spoiler:their father]], who could only save one when Tenebrae cornered them both.
43	* PuppeteerParasite: The Reaper Bug is an enormous spider capable of [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong impregnating a human]] before seemingly dying and allowing its offspring to take over the body and repeat the cycle ad infinitum. [[spoiler:It's the culprit of the SpringHeeledJack murders, whilst the real Jack is a monster-hunter out to stop it and restore his family legacy.]]
44	* SecretUndergroundPassage: There's one leading from Dr. Jekyll's lab farther into the city.
45	* ShoutOut:
46	** The JekyllAndHyde drug is colloquially referred to as monocane, just like the drug from [[Film/TheInvisibleMan1933 The Invisible Man.]]
47	** Olalla is one to a short story by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson that has elements of vampirism.
48	** [[SarcasmMode Take a wild guess]] [[Creator/RobertLouisStevenson who]] Robert Jekyll and Louis Hyde are named after.
49	** [[TheMenInBlack Bulstrode]] is named after Charlie Higson's character in the Series/RandallAndHopkirkDeceased remake from 2000.
50	* SpringHeeledJack: Appears in Episode 6 and 7, although it turns out [[spoiler:he's actually an [[GadgeteerGenius engineer's apprentice]] named Burton, who invented a special suit to hunt monsters like his grandfather, [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade the ''original'' Spring-Heeled Jack]], and restore the family name.]]
51	* WhamEpisode: Episode 5, where [[spoiler:Max Utterson dies]].
52	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Curiously averted; despite Silas' repeated displays of incompetence, Dance never gets around to killing him for it, and even [[spoiler:gives him a seeing toad, a mystical creature that grants him remote viewing abilities]].

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