A rich, powerful family with control issues? Welcome back, “Succession.” Sort of.
The Buckley family controls everything down in their corner of Havenport, North Carolina — the name graces restaurants while also supporting a significant fishing industry in the scenic, coastal town — but faces financial trouble in Netflix‘s “The Waterfront.”
Father Harlan (Holt McCallany) is recovering from not one, but two heart attacks, and even that won’t keep him from taking the reins when he feels that no one else has what it takes to lead the family (seriously, welcome back “Succession” — the trailer shows him knocking his son to the ground!). The series comes from “Scream,” “Dawson’s Creek,” and “The Vampire Diaries” showrunner Kevin Williamson.
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The family is rounded out by Harlan’s wife Belle (Maria Bello), son Cane (Jake Weary) — who gets a hit in later in the trailer — and daughter Bree (Melissa Benoist). While mother and son do their best to keep the lights on and the Buckley name untarnished, Bree is navigating her own family problems, like losing custody of her son and a potential new relationship that may or may not complicate things further. The Buckleys have three months to raise two million dollars in order to keep their various ventures afloat, but they will hinder as much as help each other on what Netflix describes as “treacherous waters” (a harbor town pun!).
As the trailer shows, they take an all-too-familiar television shortcut to cash and get tangled up in the drug business. Topher Grace shows up and uses the phrase “opium start-up.” What could go wrong?
“Selling drugs is a drug,” Harlan says, over clips of him torturing (possibly killing?) a person. Blood will be spilled, bullets fired, and if you’re hoping for at least one cool explosion: congratulations.
The eight-episode series also stars Rafael L. Silva, Humberly González, Danielle Campbell, and Brady Hepner, with guest stars Topher Grace, Dave Annable, Michael Gaston, Gerardo Celasco, and Zach Roerig. Ben Fast, Michael Narducci, and Marcos Siega serves as executive producers alongside Williamson.
All eight episodes of “The Waterfront” premiere June 19 on Netflix. Watch the full trailer below.
