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What To Know About The True Story Behind Netflix's 'The Waterfront'
What To Know About The True Story Behind Netflix's 'The Waterfront'

The Waterfront is one of Netflix’s newest original shows that’s already making waves across the streamer. Viewers are plunged into the stormy waters of the Buckley family, whose name and reputation are championed in the crumbling Southern fishing town where they own several businesses. Despite their bright and shiny outward appearance, the Buckley family is deep in debt, leaving their name and dynasty teetering on the brink of collapse. With patriarch Harlan Buckley (Holt McCallany) recovering from two heart attacks, the family seems doomed to fall from the ranks of local royalty. That is, until Harlan moves forward with expanding their enterprise to save his grown children from ruin. These new endeavors include illegal drug smuggling , which only makes things more complicated for the family as suspicion begins to rise. Where is Netflix’s ‘The Waterfront’ set? The Waterfront is set in the crumbling North Carolina fishing town of Havenport, which doesn’t actually exist, as Moviedelic...

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