History Series / Oyevitne

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Almost everyone -- rare for a NordicNoir. Ronny is outed as the killer and commits suicide before he can harm Philip; Anne Britt is saved from a staged suicide; Henning recovers from his coma and is reunited with Philip; Despite taking a bullet, Helen is expected to make a full recovery and she and Philip are now bonded closer than ever.

* TheHero: Helen Sikkeland -- a ByTheBookCop who's struggling to raise her foster son Philip whilst conducting an inquest into the quarry murders, as Oslo's OC unit begins to muscle in on her case. Her truly heroic side emerges in the finale where, having learned from both Henning and later Philip that Ronny is the quarry killer, she confronts Ronny (who has kidnapped the titular 'eyewitness' Philip) and pleads with him, sotto voce, to let her foster son go -- even resorting to completely uncharacteristic bribery (offering Ronny an alibi) if he'll let Philip go.

* LeaveNoWitnesses: After Ronny has murdered his captors in the quarry, he realises Henning and Philip have witnessed the whole thing from the cabin. The boys force their escape, with Henning knocking Ronny out with a frying pan. When Ronny joins the investigation (into the murder ''he'' committed, no less), he firstly dispatches his under-age lover Zana, faking her suicide, and then when he learns that Henning was one of the witnesses in the cabin, he stages a motorbike accident that puts Henning into a coma. Finally, after an unwitting Camilla blabs that Philip ''also'' witnessed his murderous rampage, he stages a kidnap, likely with the intent of setting up Philip's suicide too.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Once Ronny is made aware that Henning was one of the witnesses to his murderous rampage, he sets up an ambush on his motocross trail. As Henning approaches a jump over a waterfall, Ronny fires a taser into Henning's chest, which causes him to flip over the handlebars and tumble into the pool below, the bike then landing on him and pinning him underwater. He's down for a good ''seven'' minutes before Philip and his protection officer can get him free and almost doesn't make it, going into cardiac arrest at least three times before stabilising and recovering.

* NeverSuicide: Ronny kills Zana and makes it look like suicide when she starts blabbing openly about their paedophilic relationship.

** When Philip identifies Ronny as the killer, Helen realises that she has been completely unknowingly feeding him information on the case -- including the identity of the key witnesses, Henning and her foster son Philip.

* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: Mysen is a small rural town which Helen keeps peaceful in her capacity as sheriff. The murders in the quarry, perpetrated by Ronny, shock the close-knit town.

* OhCrap: Whilst chatting with Camilla in hospital, as she stands watch over the comatose Henning, Philip asks to borrow her mobile. As he's playing ''Angry Birds'' a call comes through from none other than Ronny, aka the killer he witnessed in the quarry, who Camilla airily and unknowingly explains is her boyfriend. Utterly panicked, Philip calls Helen to tell her he knows the killer's identity.

* ReverseWhoDunnit: In the very first scenes, young lovers Philip and Henning witness a bound, naked man being pulled from the boot of a car by four bikers, before skillfully breaking free and murdering them all. This abductee is soon revealed to the viewers to be Oslo's Head of Organised Crime, Ronny Berg Larsen, but it takes the full six episodes for lead investigator Helen Sikkeland and the rest of her team (with witness help from Philip and Henning) to identify him as the killer.
* SayingTooMuch: Camilla, '''incarnate'''. She begins a casual fling with Ronny, of course not realising he is the killer, but also feeding him literally ''all'' the information he needs to stay one step ahead of the investigation, and the identity of the key witnesses, Henning and Philip, whom Ronny then directly targets.
* SceneryPorn: Norway at the height of mid-summer, where it stays light even at midnight. Despite the moody plot, the countryside and vast pine forests are impressively beautiful.
* SecretRelationship: Philip and Henning's relationship, mostly due to the latter's brief, but strong internalised homophobia. After Philip's scare on the railway line in episode 4, the pair make up and Henning is much more openly affectionate. In the finale, Philip chokes out that he and Henning are in love to a supportive Sven, who notes he thins it's wonderful.

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: Following the murder of four bikers in a quarry as the series begins, a large part of the early plot is given over to the uneasy truce between local Balkan club-owner Hamit Milonkovic's crime syndicate and the "Ferrymen" -- a biker chapter who Hamit employs to kidnap and kill his daughter Zana's paedophile lover "Nixon", later revealed to be Ronny Berg Larsen.

* BuryYourGays: Mercifully averted, though the series plays at this at least three of four times during its latter half via Philip's near-miss drunken encounter with a train, and Henning's hospitalisation following the motorbike accident Ronny stages, where he goes into cardiac arrest at least ''three'' times. The series happily concludes where it started; with Philip and Henning happy together.

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: Following the murder of four bikers' in the quarry as the series begins, a large part of the early plot is given over to the uneasy truce between local Balkan club-owner Hamit Milonkovic's crime syndicate and the "Ferrymen" -- a biker chapter who Hamit employs to kidnap and kill his daughter Zana's paedophile lover "Nixon", later revealed to be Ronny Berg Larsen.

''Øyevitne'' (''Eyewitness'' in English) is a 2014 NordicNoir crime mini-series written and directed by Jarl Emsell Larsen, produced by Norwegian public broadcaster NRK and starring Anneke von der Lippe, who won an International Emmy for Best Actress for her role as Helen Sikkeland. The series also features the debut of young Norwegian actors Axel Bøyum and Odin Haage in co-starring roles. For the 2016 American remake, please go here: ''Series/Eyewitness2016''.\\\

* TheHero: Helen Sikkeland -- a ByTheBookCop who's struggling to raise her foster son Philip whilst conducting an inquest in to the quarry murders, as Oslo's OC unit begins to muscle in on her case. Her truly heroic side emerges in the finale where, having learned from both Henning and later Philip that Ronny is the quarry killer, she confronts Ronny (who has kidnapped the titular 'eyewitness' Philip) and pleads with him, sotto voce, to let her foster son go -- even resorting to completely uncharacteristic bribery (offering Ronny an alibi) if he'll let Philip go.

* TheHero: Helen Sikkeland -- a ByTheBookCop who's struggling to raise her foster son Philip whilst conducting an inquest in to the quarry murders, whilst Oslo's OC unit muscle in on her case. Her truly heroic side emerges in the finale where, having learned from both Henning and later Philip that Ronny is the quarry killer, she confronts Ronny (who has kidnapped the titular 'eyewitness' Philip) and pleads with him, sotto voce, to let her foster son go -- even resorting to completely uncharacteristic bribery (offering Ronny an alibi) if he'll let Philip go.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Philip, whose mother Anne Britt is an immature medication-addict who can barely look after herself, let alone a teenage son. Philip mentions to a shocked Sven that he’s seen a dead bidy up close and personal, when he discovered his mother’s friend Øyvind dead on their sofa – presumably from an overdose.

* StraightGay: Philip, who whilst being sensitive and romantic, doesn't exhibit any particularly identifiable 'gay' mannerisms. Henning, being a LoveableJock and a star motocross biker, is something of a ManlyGay, even.

** Hamit Milonkovic, a local Balkan crime-boss employs the services of local biker gang The Ferrymen (with whom he is usually at odds) to hunt down, kidnap and murder his daughter Zana's paedophile lover "Nixon", aka Ronny Berg Larsen, the killer in the quarry.

** Hamit Milonkovic, a local Balkan crime-boss
* TwoLinesNoWaiting:
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Henning at the dinner table.

''Øyevitne'' (“Eyewitness” in English) is a 2014 Norwegian NordicNoir crime miniseries written and directed by Jarl Emsell Larsen, produced by Norwegian public broadcaster NRK and starring Anneke von der Lippe, who won an International Emmy for Best Actress for her role as Helen Sikkeland. The series also features the debut of actors Axel Bøyum and Odin Haage in co-starring roles. For the 2016 American remake, please go here: ''Series/Eyewitness2016''.\\\

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: Following the murder of four bikers' in the quarry as the series begins, a large part of the early plot is given over to the uneasy truce between local club-owner Hamit's crime syndicate and the "Ferrymen" -- a biker chapter who Hamit employs to kidnap and kill his daughter Zana's paedophile lover "Nixon", later revealed to be Ronny Berg Larsen.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Philip identifies Ronny as the killer, Helen realises that she has completely unknowingly been feeding him information on the case -- including the identity of the key witnesses, Henning and her foster son Philip.

* ReverseWhoDunnit: In the very first scenes, young lovers Philip and Henning witness a bound, naked man being pulled from the boot of a car by four bikers, before skillfully breaking free and murdering them all. This abductee is soon revealed to the viewers to be Oslo's Head of Organised Crime, Ronny Berg Larsen, but it takes the full six episodes for lead investigator Helen Sikkeland and the rest of her team (with witness help from Philip and Henning) to identify Ronny as the killer.
* SayingTooMuch: Camilla INCARNATE.
* SceneryPorn: Norway.
* SecretRelationship: Lukas and Philip have one. Not so secret after the finale. In the epilogue, Lukas has fully embraced his sexuality and isn't afraid to be affectionate with Philip in public.
* ShellShockSilence: When Helen wakes up after the explosion. The same effect is used to signify Lukas’s fragile mental state, as well as the killer’s when his secret gets closer to being exposed.
* ShutUpKiss: When Philip threatens to tell Helen everything, Lukas pushes him up against the wall and kisses him, begging him not to.
* StraightGay: Philip and Lukas.
* SuicideByCop: In the finale, Ryan raised his gun as if he intended to shoot Helen and Philip, but she shoots first. When she examines his body she finds out that his gun wasn't loaded.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork:

* CoversAlwaysLie: Many of the series' promotional images revolved around Zana, with her walking along moody-looking city streets looking mysterious and FinalGirl-ish. However, apart from her brief encounter with Ronny, and subsequent staged-suicide, she doesn't feature heavily in the plot.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Almost everyone -- rare for a NordiNoir. Ronny is outed as the killer and commits suicide before he can harm Philip; Anne Britt is saved from a staged suicide; Henning recovers from his coma and is reunited with Philip; Despite taking a bullet, Helen is expected to make a full recovery and she and Philip are now bonded closer than ever.

* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: Mysen is a small rural town which Helen keeps peaceful in her capacity as sheriff. The murders in the quarry, perpetrated by Ronny, shock the close-knot town.

* ReverseWhoDunnit: In the very first scenes, young lovers Philip and Henning witness a bound, naked man being pulled from the trunk of a car by four bikers, before skillfully breaking free and murdering them all. This abductee is soon revealed to the viewers to be Oslo's Head of Organised Crime, Ronny Berg Larsen, but it takes the full six episodes for Helen and the rest of her team, with witness help from Philip and Henning, to identify him as the killer.

Philp and Henning make a pact to tell no one what they have witnessed, lest their sexual experimentation be discovered, but as Philip’s foster mother Helen (Anneke von der Lippe) is the local sheriff and heading up the murder investigation, their silence on what they both witnessed proves increasingly difficult. As the plot builds, a runaway girl begs the killer for help, an undercover cop tries to conceal her connections to the drug-dealing biker gang, and the new head of Oslo’s Organised Crime Unit seems mysteriously intent on burying the case…

* PapaWolf: Hamit might be a morally corrupt heroin kingpin, but he loves his daughter Zana and would go through great lengths to protect her -- including orchestrating the local biker gang to kidnap and kill her paedophile lover, revealed to be the killer, Ronny.
* ReverseWhoDunnit:

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Once Ronny is made aware that Henning was one of the witnesses to his murderous rampage, he sets up an ambush on his motor-cross track. As Henning approaches a jump over a waterfall, Ronny fires a taser into Henning's chest, which causes him to flip over the handlebars and tumble into the pool below, the bike then landing on him and pinning him underwater. He's down for a good ''seven'' minutes before Philip and his protection officer can get him free and almost doesn't make it, going into cardiac arrest at least three times before stabilising and recovering.
* MamaBear:
* MaternallyChallenged: Helen is obviously uncomfortable with parenthood, listening to audiobooks on the subject and speaking tersely with Philip. Gabe, by contrast, is warm, easygoing, and communicates well with his foster son.
* MenDontCry: Lukas sneaks away from a memorial assembly because he doesn’t want people to see him cry.
-->'''Lukas:''' I can’t be crying like some bitch, not in front of the whole school.
* MoodLighting: The colors in the show are dark and desaturated. Not surprising, as [[Film/{{Twilight}} Catherine Hardwicke]] is one of the directors and executive producers.
* NeverSuicide: Ronny killed Bella and made it look like suicide, and when Helen was getting close to finding the real killer he planned to do the same thing to her, even going to far as to use her old suicide note, but changed his mind when he heard that she never ended up finding the gun.
* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: Being a cop in Tivoli is extremely boring, which is the way Helen likes it.
* PapaWolf: might be a morally corrupt heroin kingpin, but he loves his daughter and would go through great lengths to protect her.

* ClosetKey: Philip, for Henning. It’s pretty clear that prior to their sexual experimentation in the cabin, Henning hadn’t yet confronted his sexuality, or feelings for Philip. It takes Philip’s gently sincere admittance of attraction and a little bit of comfortable suggestion – “what would you do if I was your babe?” – to get Henning to reveal his feelings.

* DrivenToSuicide: Ronny Berg Larsen, having been exposed as the killer in the quarry and Zana's murderer, shoots himself in the head after Helen passionately pleads with him (even bribing him with an alibi) not to harm Philip.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: The killer, Ronny, is revealed and commits suicide before he can harm Philip; Anne Britt is saved from a staged suicide; Henning recovers from his coma and is reunited with Philip; and despite taking a bullet, Helen is expected to make a full recovery and she and Philip are now bonded closer than ever.

* {{Gayngst}}: Henning massively struggles to accept his sexuality, calling Philip a "homo" and a "fag" on a couple of occasions whilst he deals with his internalised homophobia, which is hugely exacerbated due to him witnessing several people getting shot right after his first kiss with a boy.

* LeaveNoWitnesses: After Ronny has murdered his captors in the quarry, he realises Henning and Philip have witnessed the whole thing from the cabin. The boys force their escape, with Henning knocking Ronny out with a frying pan. When Ronny joins the investigation (into the murder ''he'' comitted, no less)
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident:
* MamaBear: Helen

* BigBad: Ronny Berg Larsen, the Head of Oslo's Organised Crime Unit is [[ReverseWhoDunnit revealed to be the killer from the very first few scenes]]. As well as relentlessly trying to suppress the investigation into the murders in the quarry that he committed, he also conducts a paedophilic relationship with a local crime boss' daughter before staging her suicide. When he's made aware that Henning and Philip witnessed his murdering rampage in the quarry, he stages a bike accident that puts Henning in a coma and abducts Philip to presumably make it look like he killed himself too. Luckily, his EvilPlan is thwarted by Helen, whose impassioned speech (in which she actually offers him a way out) and he's DrivenToSuicide.

* DrivenToSuicide: Ronny Berg Larsen, having been exposed as the killer in the quarry and Zana's murderer, shoots himself in the head after Helen passionately pleads (even bribing him) not to harm Philip.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: The killer is revealed to be Ronny who commits suicide before he can harm Philip; Anne Britt is saved from a staged suicide; Henning recovers from his coma and is reunited with Philip; and despite taking a bullet, Helen is expected to make a full recovery and she and Philip are now bonded closer than ever.

* {{Gayngst}}: Henning massively struggles to accept his sexuality, calling Philip a "home" and a "fag" on a couple of occasions whilst he deals with his internalised homophobia, which is hugely exacerbated via him witnessing several people getting shot right after his first kiss with a boy.
* GayMoment: The first scene in the cabin where Lukas compliments Philip’s camera work. Followed by some soulful eye gazing that makes Philip mistake Lukas’s intentions and make a move.
-->'''Lukas:'''
* GoodbyeCruelWorld: Philip train tracks.
* TheHero: Helen.
* HeroicBSOD: Because Helen refuses to believe him and Lukas pushes him away and humiliates him, Philip breaks down and calls Social Services, demanding to be relocated. He then gets drunk and tries to crash Rose’s party, but ends up passing out by a car on her lawn.
* HappilyMarried: Helen and Gabe certainly are.
* IncompatibleOrientation: Lukas and Rose.
* LeaveNoWitnesses: The killer would have shot Philip, if Lukas hadn’t intervened. [[spoiler: He goes back to finish the job, but ends up killing the wrong kids because one of them borrowed Philip’s distinct bomber jacket, which is the only detail the killer saw of Philip. When he finds out that Lukas was the actual witness, he tries to kill him too.]]

* AffectionateNickname: Camilla Lara Croft,
* AlwaysMurder: The killer, having conducted a paedophilic relationship with 15 year old Zana, stages her suicide by hanging when she becomes carelessly chatty and clinging.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: The killer is revealed to be Ronny who commits suicide before he can harm Philip; Anne Britt is saved from a staged suicide; Henning recovers from his coma and is reunited with Philip; and despite taking a bullet, Helen is expected to make a full recovery and she and Philip are now bonded closer than ever.
* TheBeard: AlphaBitch Mia, for Henning, which he basically admits to Philip after the latter witnesses them kissing at a party.
* BigBad: Ronny Berg Larsen; Head of Oslo's Organised Crime Unit is

* EarnYourHappyEnding: The killer is revealed and kills himself; Anne Britt is saved from a staged suicide by overdose; Henning recovers from his coma and is reunited with Philip; and despite taking a bullet, Helen is expected to make a full recovery and she and Philip are now bonded closer than ever.

* TheBeard: Mia, for Henning, which he basically admits to Philip after the latter witnesses them kissing at a party.

* DrivenToSuicide: Ronny
* FairCop: Local Mysen sheriff Helen is a fine looking woman, as are undercover OC cops Camilla Bjerke and Lars Strømme (well, he ‘’is’’ played by Tobias Santelmann).
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Camilla, whilst being a little indiscrete, is a police officer with a sense of protective duty. Her sister Siri is a biker chick party girl, who
* FosterKid: Philip Shea.
* GayGuySeeksPopularJock: Philip and Lukas. Although according to [[WordOfSaintPaul Tyler Young and James Paxton]], Lukas was the one to approach Philip first.
* {{Gayngst}}: Lukas struggles to accept his sexuality, and witnessing several people getting shot right after his first kiss with a boy doesn’t help at all.

* PapaWolf: Mithat might be a morally corrupt heroin kingpin, but he loves his daughter and would go through great lengths to protect her.
* PlayingGertrude:
* PluckyComicRelief: Tony, Helen’s eager but inexperienced deputy.
* ScenaryPorn: Norway.