History Series / Shetland

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Calum Dunwoody does this in the police cells in Season 5, leading to Sandy being investigated, and eventually suspended, over it. However, since Sandy is back at work in Series 6, with no mention about it, it appears that nothing came of the investigation into it.]]
* FalseConfession: [[Fraser Creggan confesses to the murder of Alex Galbraith in Season 6 in an attempt to protect is ShellShockedVeteran father. Jimmy knows what he’s doing, so doesn’t believe him, and let’s him go, however it soon leads to tragedy when some friends of the VictimOfTheWeek’s daughter start to attack the house, believing him guilty, and his father accidentally shoots him dead when it brings on a PTSD flashback to his time in Iraq.]]

* AdaptationExpansion: The first two series' were based on the books by Ann Cleeves. Series 3 onwards are completely original stories.

* BloodFromEveryOrifice: Eammon Gauldie in Series Six comes to a particularly nasty end with somebody deliberately lowers the pressure in the decompression chamber he's in. This causes blood to come out of his ears and nose as blood vessels burst, before he finally succumbs, and dies.

* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Tosh after she is sexually assaulted]] in Series 3.

* CarFu: In the first episode of Series six, [[VictimOfTheWeek soon to be murder victim]] Alex Galbraith is rammed off the road by [[spoiler:Kate Kilmuir, who was upset about him getting her sister's murderer released from prison on compassionate grounds.]] In episode two, [[spoiler:Sandy get's deliberately knocked out by a 4x4 that a drug dealer is driving because he doesn't want the police talking to one of his customer's about Alex's murder, in case she starts talking about where she get's her pills from instead.]]

* CloseKnitCommunity: This being the remote islands of Shetland, it's no wonder. Just in the first episode alone, the murder victim was Sandy's Grandmother. Tosh running into Drew, her ex, basically wherever she goes is kind of a RunningGag for season 1 and 2. It gets darker in Series 4 when [[spoiler:Duncan Hunter]] becomes a murder suspect.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Calum Dunwoody does this in the police cells in Series 5, leading to Sandy being investigated, and eventually suspended, over it. However, since Sandy is back at work in Series 6, with no mention about it, it appears that nothing came of the investigation into it.]]
* FramingTheGuiltyParty: [[spoiler: How Drew justifies having framed Malone for Lizzie Kilmuir's murder: Malone had the signs of having a dangerously unbalanced personality and it would only be a matter of time until he really did hurt someone.]]

* HardHead: In season 6 [[spoiler: Sandy gets knocked out by a drug dealer driving a 4x4 at him. Although he regains consciousness, and ends up in hospital, where the doctor keeps him in overnight, he’s back at work a few hours later, seemingly completely fine, with not even a headache.]]
* HumanTraffickers: The main plotline of Series 5.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Tosh works out that Norwegian Detective Lars has been on Shetland before, though he had no reason to be, when he tells her to take a detour to avoid some since completed roadworks in Series Four. The roadworks had only been there briefly and he wouldn't have known about them if he hadn't been on the island very recently before. [[spoiler:He turns out to have been the one who attacked Jo Halley, and who witnessed Sally [=McColl=] being with Duncan on the night of her murder. Then it turns out he had could be a suspect to Sally’s murder because she had evidence that he was part of a Neo Nazi group.]]
* InnocentlyInsenstive: Jimmy’s Dad in Series six. He’s suffering from dementia so ends up forgetting a lot of important things, like the fact that his wife has died, or that Jimmy’s wife is also dead,
* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler:Donna Killick. In Series Four, it was her who killed Lizzie Kilmuir, and let Thomas Malone not only take the blame, but also [[MiscarriageOfJustice serve 23 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit.]] She is finally caught and jailed. However in Series Six, she is released from prison on compassionate grounds as she is dying from cancer. She then decides to return to Shetland to die, knowing all well that this will cause the family and friends of Lizzie who still live there to be upset, and reopen old wounds. She then spends the whole time refusing [[NeverMyFault to take any responsibility for her actions,]] accuses Jimmy of lying during her trial, and tells Duncan it was his fault that Lizzie died. They call her out on her on this, telling her that she didn't have to murder Lizzie, but she remains [[TheUnapologetic unrepentant]] about it all.]]

* MamaBear: Series 5 gave us Olivia Lennox, [[spoiler: who's one woman mission to get her daughter back from the human traffickers caused all sorts of havoc on the islands, and a headache for Perez and the team. After all that, her daughter then decides she going back to Nigeria to live and not stay in Britain with her.]]

* MysteryOfTheWeek: Technically, it's a mystery of the fortnight as each mystery lasts two episodes. From Series Three, it became the mystery over six episodes instead.
* NeverOneMurder: Averted in the first couple of seasons, however the bodies really started to pile up from Series 3 onwards, to the point where Shetland could rival [[Series/MidsomerMurders Midsomer]] as the most deadly place to live in Britain.

* OneSteveLimit: Drew, Tosh's Ex, and Drew [=McColl=], Sally Henry and Sally [=McColl=]. However none of these characters appeared in the same series’ as each other.
** Series six managed to give us three Alexander’s, two of which worked in the police station. Thankfully, two of them went by variations of the name, so it wasn’t to confusing. One was Sandy, with the other’s being VictimOfTheWeek of the week Alex, and one of the uniformed copper’s who was called Alexander.

* PrefersProperNames: Crossing over into AffectionateNickname, Billy the Desk Sergeant will insist on calling Sandy by his full name of Alexander.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Logan Creggan in Series six, [[spoiler: which leads to tragedy when he accidentally shoots his son dead during a PTSD attack after some local kids attack their house.]]

* TechnoWizard: Donnie, Tosh's boyfriend in Series Six, is, in her own words: "Half man, half laptop." He get's pressed into action as an unofficial police computer expert, as the team can't wait a couple of weeks for someone on the mainland to look into computer's that may have important information on them to the crimes they are currently investigating.

The series also follows Detective Constable Sandy Wilson (Steven Robertson), Detective Sergeant Alison 'Tosh' Macintosh ([[TheDanza Alison O'Donnell]]), and Cassie Perez (Erin Armstrong).

* OneSteveLimit: Drew, Tosh's Ex, and Drew [=McColl=].

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Sally Henry who [[spoiler:is revealed to have murdered her best friend]]

''Shetland'' is a BBC British murder mystery set on the Shetland Isles in Scotland. The show follows Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez (portrayed by Douglas Henshall) and adapted from the books by Ann Cleeves, who also wrote the novels that the Creator/{{ITV}} Series/{{Vera}} is based on. The first series is a two parter based on her book Red Bones. The second series consists of three two-parter episodes based on her books Raven Black, Dead Water and Blue Lightning. From Series 3 onwards, the format was changed, so the mystery now unfolds over six episodes instead of two, and are completely original stories.

* CarFu: In the first episode of Series six, [[VictimOfTheWeek soon to be murder victim]] Alex Galbraith is rammed off the road by [[spoiler:Kate Kilmuir, who was upset about him getting her sister's murderer released from prison on compassionate grounds.]] In episode two, [[spoiler:Sandy get's deliberately knocked out by 4x4 that a drug dealer is driving because he doesn't want the police talking to one of his customer's about Alex's murder, in case she starts talking about where she get's her pills from instead.]]

* CarFu: In the first episode of Series six, [[VictimOfTheWeek soon to be murder victim]] Alex Galbraith is rammed off the road by [[spoiler:Kate Kilmuir, who was upset about him getting her sister's murderer released from prison on compassionate grounds.]] In episode two, [[spoiler:Sandy get's knocked out by 4x4 that a drug dealer is driving and who doesn't want the police talking to one of his customer's about Alex's murder, in case she starts talking about where she get's her pills from instead.]]

* OffingTheOffspring: [[Drew [=McColl=] killed his daughter Sally in Season 4.]]

''Shetland'' is a BBC British murder mystery set on the Shetland Isles in Scotland. The show follows Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez (portrayed by Douglas Henshall) and adapted from the books by Ann Cleeves, who also wrote the novels that Series/{{Vera}} is based on. The first series is a two parter based on her book Red Bones. The second series consists of three two-parter episodes based on her books Raven Black, Dead Water and Blue Lightning. From Series 3 onwards, the format was changed, so the mystery now unfolds over six episodes instead of two, and are completely original stories.

* CarFu: In the first episode of Series six, [[VictimOfTheWeek soon to be murder victim]] Alex Galbraith is rammed off the road by [[spoiler:Kate Kilmuir, who was upset about him getting her sister's murderer released from prison on compassionate grounds.]] In episode two, [[spoiler:Sandy get's run over, and knocked out, by a drug dealer who doesn't want the police talking to one of his customer's about Alex's murder, in case she starts talking about where she get's her pills from instead.]]

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Tosh works out that Norwegian Detective Lars has been on Shetland before, when he tells her to take a detour to avoid roadworks in Series Four. The roadworks had only been there briefly, and he wouldn't have known about them if he hadn't been on the island very recently before. [[spoiler:He turns out to have been the one who attacked Jo Halley, and witnessed Sally being with Duncan on the night of her murder. He was trying to get to Sally, because she had evidence that he was part of a Neo Nazi group.]]

* [[TheFilmOfTheBook The TV Show of the Book]]: Each two parter is based on a different Ann Cleves book. Season 3 onwards stories are completely original.

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Tosh works out that Norwegian detective Lars has been on Shetland before, when he tells her to take a detour to avoid roadworks in Series Four. The roadworks had only been there briefly, and he wouldn't have known about them if he hadn't been on the island very recently before. [[spoiler:He turns out to have been the one who attacked Jo Halley, and witnessed Sally being with Duncan on the night of her murder.]]

* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Jimmy and Duncan. Although sometimes it feels more like {{Amicably Divorced}} as the two have a custody agreement over Duncan's daughter (Cassie) and Jimmy's step-daughter. [[spoiler: In season 3, Duncan gets kicked out of his home and crashes at Jimmy's. This happens again in season 5, and he still seems to be living there in season six.]]

* MamaBear: Series 5 gave us Olivia Lennox, [[spoiler: who's one woman mission to get her daughter back from the human traffickers caused all sorts of havoc on the islands, and a headache for Perez and the team.]]

* PapaWolf: Both Jimmy and Duncan try to steer Cassie away from Alan Killick to protect her, though for very different reasons.

* CarFu: In the first episode of Series six, [[VictimOfTheWeek soon to be murder victim]] Alex Galbraith is rammed off the road by [[spoiler:Kate Kilmuir, who was upset about him getting her sister's murderer released from prison on compassionate grounds.]] In episode two, [[Sandy get's run over, and knocked out, by a drug dealer who doesn't want the police talking to one of his customer's about Alex's murder, in case she starts talking about where she get's her pills from instead.]]

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Tosh works out that Norwegian detective Lars has been on Shetland before, when he tells her to take a detour to avoid roadworks in Series Four. The roadworks had only been there briefly, and he wouldn't have known about them if he hadn't been on the island very recently before. [[He turns out to have been the one who attacked Jo Halley, and witnessed Sally being with Duncan on the night of her murder.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler:Donna Killick. She killed Lizzie Kilmuir in Series Four, and let Thomas Malone not only take the blame, but also [[MiscarriageOfJustice serve 23 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit.]] She is finally caught and jailed. However in Series Six, she is released from prison on compassionate grounds as she is dying from cancer. She then decides to return to Shetland to die, knowing all well that this will cause the family and friends of Lizzie who still live there to be upset, and reopen old wounds. She then spends the whole time refusing [[NeverMyFault to take any responsibility for her actions,]] accuses Jimmy of lying during her trial, and tells Duncan it was his fault that Lizzie died. They call her out on her on this, telling her that she didn't have to murder Lizzie, but she remains [[TheUnapologetic unrepentant]] about it all.]]

* CarFu: In the first episode of Series six, [[VictimOfTheWeek soon to be murder victim]] Alex Galabrith is rammed off the road by [[spoiler:Kate Kilmuir, who was upset about him getting her sister's murderer released from prison on compassionate grounds.]] In episode two, [[Sandy get's run over, and knocked out, by a drug dealer who doesn't want the police talking to one of his customer's about Alex's murder, in case she starts talking about where she get's her pills from instead.]]

* MiscarriageOfJustice: [[spoiler: Thomas Malone spent 23 years in jail for the murder of Lizzie Kilmuir - a murder he didn't commit, as she was framed for it by the then Detective Inspector Drew [=McColl=]. When he is finally freed, and cleared of the crime, he dies of a heart attack.]]

* TechnoWizard: Donnie, Tosh's boyfriend in series six, is, in her own words: "Half man, half laptop." He get's pressed into action as an unofficial police computer expert, as the team can't wait a couple of weeks for someone on the mainland to look into computer's that may have important information on them to the crimes they are currently investigating.

* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler:Donna Killick. She killed Lizzie Kilmuir in Series four, and let Thomas Malone not only take the blame, but also serve 23 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. She is finally caught and jailed. However in series six, she is released from prison on compassionate grounds as she is dying from cancer. She then decides to return to Shetland to die, knowing all well that this will cause the family and friends of Lizzie who still live there to be upset, and reopen old wounds. She then spends the whole time refusing [[NeverMyFault to take any responsibility for her actions,]] accuses Jimmy of lying during her trial, and tells Duncan it was his fault that Lizzie died. They call her out on her actions, telling her that she didn't have to murder Lizzie, but she remains [[TheUnapologetic unrepentant]] about it all.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Donna Killick [[spoiler: She killed Lizzie Kilmuir in Series four, and let Thomas Malone not only take the blame, but also serve 23 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. She is finally caught and jailed. However in series six, she is released from prison on compassionate grounds as she is dying from cancer. She then decides to return to Shetland to die, knowing all well that this will cause the family and friends of Lizzie who still live there to be upset, and reopen old wounds. She then spends the whole time refusing [[NeverMyFault to take any responsibility for her actions,]] accuses Jimmy of lying during her trial, and tells Duncan it was his fault that Lizzie died. They call her out on her actions, telling her that she didn't have to murder Lizzie, but she remains [[TheUnapologetic unrepentant]] about it all.

* MysteryOfTheWeek: Technically, it's a mystery of the fortnight as each mystery lasts two episodes. From Series Three, it became the mystery over six episode instead.
* NeverOneMurder: Averted in the first couple of seasons, however the bodies really started to pile up from Series 3 onwards, to the point where Shetland could rival [[Series/MidsommerMurders Midsommer]] as the most deadly place to live in Britain.

''Shetland'' is a BBC British murder mystery set on the Shetland Isles in Scotland. The show follows Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez (portrayed by Douglas Henshall) and adapted from the books by Ann Cleeves, who also wrote the novels that Series/{{Vera}} is based on. The first series is a two parter based on her book Red Bones. The second series consists of three two-parter episodes based on her books Raven Black, Dead Water and Blue Lightning. From Series 3 onwards, the format was changed, so the mystery now unfolds over six episodes instead of two.

* LastNameBasis: A variation- Allison Mcintosh is known simply as "Tosh".
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Jimmy and Duncan. Although sometimes it feels more like {{Amicably Divorced}} as the two have a custody agreement over Duncan's daughter (Cassie) and Jimmy's step-daughter. [[spoiler: In season 3, Duncan gets kicked out of his home and crashes at Jimmy's. This happens again in season 5, and he still seems to be living there in Series six.]]

* MysteryOfTheWeek: Technically, it's a mystery of the fortnight as each mystery lasts two episodes. From Series Three, it became Mystery over the six weeks instead.
* NeverOneMurder: Averted in the first couple of seasons, however the bodies really started to pile up from Series 3 onwards.

''Shetland'' is a BBC British murder mystery set on the Shetland Isles in Scotland. The show follows Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez (portrayed by Douglas Henshall). The show is based on the books by Ann Cleves. The first series is a two parter based on her book Red Bones. The second series consists of three two-parter episodes based on her books Raven Black, Dead Water and Blue Lightning.

* BritishBrevity: The first two seasons were four episodes each, while seasons 3, 4 and 5 were six.

* CloseKnitCommunity: This being the remote islands of Shetland, it's no wonder. Just in the first episode alone, the murder victim was related to one of the cops. Tosh running into Drew, her ex, basically wherever she goes is kind of a RunningGag for season 1 and 2. It gets darker in Series 4 when [[spoiler:Duncan Hunter]] becomes a murder suspect.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Calum Dunwoody does this in the police cells in Series 5, leading to Sandy being investigated, and eventually suspended, over it.]]

* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Jimmy and Duncan. Although sometimes it feels more like {{Amicably Divorced}} as the two have a custody agreement over Duncan's daughter (Cassie) and Jimmy's step-daughter. [[spoiler: In season 3, Duncan gets kicked out of his home and crashes at Jimmy's. This happens again in season 5.]]

* MysteryOfTheWeek: Technically, it's a mystery of the fortnight as each mystery lasts two episodes.

** WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The dog disappears for season 3 and is never brought up.

* [[TheFilmOfTheBook The TV Show of the Book]]: Each two parter is based on a different Ann Cleves book. Season 3 is completely original.

* OverTookTheSeries: The first two series' were based on the books by Ann Cleeves. Series 3 onwards are completely original stories.

* DeadpanSnarker: When a white supremacist complain to Jimmy about the immigrants "polluting" the white Northern European gene pool, he asks Jimmy if he isn't worried about the same thing. Jimmy points out his own last name.

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* MamaBear: Series 5 gave us Olivia Lennox, [[spoiler: who's one woman mission to get her daughter back from the human traffickers caused all sorts of havoc on the islands, and a headache for Perez and the team]]

* BritishBrevity: The first two seasons were four episodes each, while seasons 3 and 4 were six.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Calum Dunwoody does this in the police cells in Series 5, leading to all sorts of trouble for Sandy, who is eventually suspended over it]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Calum does this in the police cells in Series 5]]