US EditionWhat Parts of Kevin Williamson's Drug Trade Show 'The Waterfront' Are Real?
- Netflix premiered The Waterfront, an eight-episode crime drama about the Buckley family in fictional Havenport, North Carolina, on June 19, 2025.
- The series draws from creator Kevin Williamson's own family history during the 1980s collapse of the fishing industry, which led his father into drug smuggling to support the family.
- The show follows the once-powerful Buckley fishing family as they face addiction, violence, and conspiracies while taking drastic measures to maintain control amid their unraveling legacy.
- Williamson revealed that his father was involved in smuggling over 20,000 pounds of marijuana using fishing boats and shared that he had held back from sharing this story until after his father had passed away.
- The Waterfront offers a raw, personal narrative about survival and family secrets, marking Williamson’s most intimate series yet with implications for how hardship forces difficult choices.
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Writer Kevin Williamson is back on the screen with this series about a family clan involved in drug trafficking, posted on Netflix on June 19th. An idea born of his father's own condemnation but whose result on screen disappoints.
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What Parts of Kevin Williamson's Drug Trade Show 'The Waterfront' Are Real?
Kevin Williamson‘s life inspired his new Netflix show The Waterfront — but which details about the world of drug trafficking actually happened? The prolific screenwriter, director and producer got his start in the horror space with Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer before eventually pivoting to the small screen. Williamson has been synonymous with shows about life in a small town, including Dawson’s Creek, The Vampire Diaries and more. …
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