History Series / TheRising

* ParentalSubstitute: William Wyatt takes a fatherly role towards his nephew Joe, since his brother Michael, Joe's dad, is less successful and reliable than William and Joe is a prominent racer in William's motocross club.

Neve Kelly, a promising young motorcross racer in rural England, finds herself alone after she had been to a party with a confused state. It soon turns out, to her shock, that she died and has become a ghost. Worse, it's evident her death was murder. As her family struggles to handle her loss and the police investigate, Neve soon becomes determined she'll help find her murderer. With the help of the few people who can see her, Neve tries to solve her murder, even if the guilty party is someone very close...

* BadassBiker: Neve was a motorcross competitor and is shown performing impressive feats during flashbacks against other bikers. She often wore a [[BadassLongcoat long leather coat]] while alive and not in driving gear, being a tough young woman overall. Neve doesn't permit a little thing like being dead stop her from trying to find her killer either, and [[OurGhostsAreDifferent luckily for her it doesn't stop her riding]].

* BoyishShortHair: Neve, an ActionGirl and professional motorcross competitor, has a short haircut with it hanging to her jawline. She's also attracted to women along with men it turns out.

* LesbianJock: Neve is a skilled motorcross racer who had a boyfriend. She also becomes attracted to her boyfriend Joe's cousin Alex as well ([[GenderBlenderName a woman]]), so a bisexual jock.

* ParentalSubstitute: William Wyatt takes a fatherly role towards his nephew Joe, since his brother Michael, Joe's dad, is less successful and reliable and Joe is a prominent racer in William's motorcross club.

* TakingTheHeat: [[spoiler:It turns out Danny's death wasn't entirely Alex's fault, as Joe had covered her eyes playfully when she was speeding, helping to cause the car crash. Alex took the blame entirely due to him and her dad pressuring her into it.]]

* TrackingDevice: Neve's last recorded location gets revealed using a tracking app that Katie put on her phone. It turns out that she's not there though.

* ISeeDeadPeople: Neve's dad sees her as a ghost, though at first he thinks it's due to his drinking (being TheAlcoholic, he's frequently drunk) or going nuts. Later it turns out Alex, her boyfriend Joe's cousin, sees Neve as well (while sober). [[spoiler:It turns out she's also visible to William Wyatt]]. Neve's stepbrother Max and Sergeant Diana Aird also get strange feelings and throw looks in her direction when Neve's around, without being able to actually see her.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Alex drove recklessly way over the speed limit and the car crashed, killing her friend Danny. She had to do three years in juvie for this. Due to coming from a small town, everyone knows and many gossip as a result. Alex is [[ItsAllMyFault distraught at what she did as well]].

* ItsAllMyFault: Alex is wracked with guilt over accidentally having killed her friend Danny while speeding, causing them to crash.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Neve at first doesn't realize she's dead and a ghost, due to feeling just the same initially. She [[TheNeedless doesn't feel hungry, thirsty or tired though]], and also has marks from her fatal injuries but [[FeelNoPain feels no pain]]. Neve is even capable of riding her bike too, and changing clothes, along with affecting material things in other ways. However, people are unable to feel her touch. [[EvilDetectingDog Dogs and birds can sense her]], while only [[ISeeDeadPeople a couple humans can]]. When she gets very emotional, it [[EmotionalPowers can affect nearby electronics]], such as making the lights flicker. She's unable to sleep as well. It appears she's still around to [[UnfinishedBusiness solve her murder]]. Neve is also solid and tangible (thus her ability to ride a motorbike), making her dad believe she isn't a ghost in fact but something else. [[spoiler:Victoria also turns out to be a ghost, with the reveal both of them have lost memories. Initially in Victoria's case she forgot about even her family, while both she and Neve can't initially remember how they died. They realize they're blocking it out, though, and remember Michael murdered them both. They can also harm living people when their emotions are strong.]]

Neve Kelly, a promising young motorcross racer in rural England, finds herself alone after she had been to a party with a confused state. It soon turns out, to her shock, that she died and has become a ghost. Worse, it's evident her death was murder. As her family struggles to hangle her loss and the police investigate, Neve soon becomes determined she'll help find her murderer. With the help of the few people who can see her, Neve tries to solve her murder, even if the guilty party is someone very close...

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: [[spoiler:Neve tells Michael flat out she's not interested in any issues in his childrood or anything of that kind when demanding an explanation as to why he'd murdered her.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Neve finds her murderer, who's killed by the ghost of his other female victim, so he can't murder anyone else. She has to move on into the afterlife, with her loved ones left behind, though not without haope that they'll be together again someday.]]

* RidingIntoTheSunset: [[spoiler:In a variation, Neve rides off on her motor bike into the distance right at the end of the series, off into the afterlife, with the sun making its ascent.]]

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Neve at first doesn't realize she's dead and a ghost, due to feeling just the same initially. She [[TheNeedless doesn't feel hungry, thirsty or tired though]], and also has marks from her fatal injuries but [[FeelNoPain feels no pain]]. Neve is even capable of riding her bike too, and changing clothes, along with affecting material things in other ways. However, people are unable to feel her touch. [[EvilDetectingDog Dogs and birds can sense her]], while only [[ISeeDeadPeople a couple humans can]]. When she gets very emotional, it [[EmotionalPowers can affect nearby electronics]], such as making the lights flicker. She's unable to sleep as well. It appears she's still around to [[UnfinishedBusiness solve her murder]]. Neve is also solid and tangible (thus her ability to ride a motorbike), making her dad believe she isn't a ghost in fact but something else. [[spoiler:Victoria also turns out to be a ghost, with the reveal both of them have lost memories. Initially in Victoria's case she forgot about even her family, while both she and Neve can't initially remember how they died. They realize they're blocking it out, though, and remember Michael murdered them both.]]

* TheAlcoholic: Neve's dad Tom often drinks heavily, even out in public right from the bottle (in fact, he's rarely without one). He later starts going to a support group for alcoholics.

* FramingTheGuiltyParty: [[spoiler:After hearing from Neve that William killed her, Tom claims to have seen him talking to her at the bonfire that night so that the police will have testimony placing them together, although William wasn't actually at the party. Although it later turns out that William's brother Michael was the real murderer, though William was an accessory after the fact by covering it up]].