Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

The North Water

 The North Water
type
 TVTItem
 The North Water
label
 The North Water
 The North Water
page
 TheNorthWater
 The North Water
comment
 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The North Water is a BBC Two five-part television series, based on Ian McGuire's novel of the same name, Starring Colin Farrell, Jack O'Connell and Stephan Graham, focusing on the voyage of a ill-fated whaling crew to the remote locations of the far north, and the personal struggles between two members of the crew diametrically opposed to each other. The series premiered on AMC+ on July 15, 2021.In Hull, 1859, Patrick Sumner (O'Connell), a cashiered Irish army surgeon boards the whaling ship Volunteer as its ship's surgeon under Captain Brownlee (Graham) in search of better fortunes after his dishonourable discharge from the army following a disasterous campaign in India. Unknown to Sumner, There is a sinister plan afoot for this voyage between the captain and those who would seek greater profits than can be reaped from the whaling industry. Also on board is Henry Drax (Farrell), a murderous and psychopathic brute concerned only with sating his own desires and wants, without regard for the consequences of his actions, and whose intense savagery may doom the crew before they ever reach their destination...Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
 The North Water
fetched
 2022-06-13T13:56:33Z
 The North Water
parsed
 2022-06-13T13:56:33Z
 The North Water
isPartOf
 DBTropes
 The North Water / int_3b5fcbb7
type
 Artifact of Doom
 The North Water / int_3b5fcbb7
comment
 Artifact of Doom: The ring Sumner finds on the ill-fated treasure hunt his superior Corbyn sent him on turns out to be this, albeit understated in the story's context. Not soon after finding it, his squad is ambushed and killed to the last man, save Sumner himself, and he is instead framed for 'abandoning his post' and dishonourably discharged by Corbyn to cover up the fact he ordered the the mission in the first place, incidentally giving Sumner his Laudanum addiction to sooth his pain from the wounds he took as well as to intentionally addle his wits from the drug. Sumner's attempt to barter the ring to a young boy for water only ended up getting the child shot by his fellow soldiers coming to rescue him, and he kept the ring around with him in part for penance over being unable to protect him. The ring's presence motivates Drax and Cavendish to attempt to discreetly kill Sumner so they can pawn off the ring along with his possessions, resulting in Sumner almost dying, and anybody else who handles the ring but Sumner ends up dead. This eventually includes Drax himself, who presumably sold the ring for passage or drink thereafter, removing it from Sumner's life for good. It's implied that the only reason that Sumner isn't killed despite handling the ring is that he's Born Lucky, and even then, he certainly goes through hell throughout the story regardless.
 The North Water / int_3b5fcbb7
featureApplicability
 1.0
 The North Water / int_3b5fcbb7
featureConfidence
 1.0
 The North Water
hasFeature
 The North Water / int_3b5fcbb7
 The North Water / int_dfe687c9
type
 Alone with the Psycho
 The North Water / int_dfe687c9
comment
 Alone with the Psycho: Downplayed, as Sumner isn't truly alone with Drax aboard the Volunteer but the fact he's onboard a wooden sailing vessel with a murderous psychopath willing to kill him for riches— or because it happens to take his fancy— miles from civilisation still plays to this trope. It starts getting played increasingly straight as the Volunteer's misfortunes continue to mount and the body count rises with it, and is ironically fully played straight once Sumner returns to Hull and civilisation, being stalked throughout a darkened warehouse by Drax after Baxter tries to silence all loose ends.
 The North Water / int_dfe687c9
featureApplicability
 1.0
 The North Water / int_dfe687c9
featureConfidence
 1.0
 The North Water
hasFeature
 The North Water / int_dfe687c9
 The North Water / int_name
type
 ItemName
 The North Water / int_name
comment
 The North Water / int_name
featureApplicability
 1.0
 The North Water / int_name
featureConfidence
 1.0
 The North Water
hasFeature
 The North Water / int_name
 The North Water / int_name
itemName
 The North Water

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 The North Water
hasFeature
 Series of the 2020s / int_6e2fa09c