Troubled WATER

What to expect as a family saga charts a battle to keep a business afloat

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Batten down the hatches! A storm is brewing in new Netflix drama The Waterfront, which explores a powerful but dysfunctional family's battle to keep their floundering empire from going under.

Set in the fictional coastal town of Havenport in North Carolina, the eight-episode series plunges into the lives of the Buckley clan, whose once-thriving fishing and restaurant business is on the brink of collapse.

Patriarch Harlan Buckley (Mindhunter's Holt McCallany) is recovering from two heart attacks, leaving his no-nonsense wife Belle (NCIS star Maria Bello) and hot-headed son Cane (Pretty Little Liars' Jake Weary) to take the helm. But their efforts lead to murky dealings as they become entangled in drug smuggling.

Then when one of their boats washes ashore with the crew missing, the Buckleys come under pressure as local sheriff Clyde Porter (The Mentalist's Michael Gaston) and Drug Enforcement Administration agent Marcus Sanchez (How to Get Away with Murder's Gerardo Celasco) arrive to investigate.

REEL TROUBLE

As the sharks begin to circle and Harlan learns the truth about Belle and Cane's sideline, will he clean up their act or dive straight in himself?