Wisting: Season 1
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Task: Produce a JSON object for "Wisting" Season 1. Keys: overview (160-220 words), primer (array of exactly 4 concise bullet points). Constraints: Use ONLY provided synopsis and sources. No invented facts. No markdown/asterisks/headings/bullets in the prose (though primer is an array). Output valid JSON only. Target: overview must be 160-220 words. Series Title: Wistin
Season overview
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Produce a JSON object for "Wisting" Season 1.
Keys: overview (160-220 words), primer (array of exactly 4 concise bullet points).
Constraints: Use ONLY provided synopsis and sources. No invented facts. No markdown/asterisks/headings/bullets in the prose (though primer is an array). Output valid JSON only.
Target: overview must be 160-220 words.
Series Title: Wisting (2019).
Genre: Drama and Crime.
Protagonist: William Wisting, a senior homicide detective in Larvik, Norway.
Character Traits: Empathetic, meticulous, and relentless.
Plot Point 1: Wisting is struggling with the two toughest cases of his career.
Plot Point 2: Two mysterious deaths interrupt Wisting's Christmas, starting with a corpse discovered among the spruces at a Norwegian Christmas tree farm.
Plot Point 3: These deaths lead to a showdown with a deadly serial killer.
Plot Point 4: The serial killer investigation crosses paths with his daughter's news story.
Daughter: Line Wisting, a crime journalist.
Stakes: The investigation puts Line Wisting in grave danger.
Cast: Sven Nordin (William Wisting), Thea Green Lundberg (Line Wisting), Mads Ousdal, Lars Berge, Carrie-Anne Moss (Maggie Gray).
Creators: Trygve Allister Diesen, Kathrine Valen Zeiner.
Drafting Overview:
William Wisting is a senior homicide detective based in Larvik, Norway, characterized as an empathetic, meticulous, and relentless investigator. In the first season of this Norwegian police procedural, Wisting faces the two most difficult cases of his professional career. The narrative begins when two mysterious deaths interrupt Wisting's Christmas, initiated by the terrifying discovery of a corpse among the spruces at a Norwegian Christmas tree farm. This discovery marks the beginning of a high-stakes showdown with a deadly serial killer. As Wisting pursues the investigation into Norway's most notorious criminals, his work becomes deeply personal. His serial killer investigation eventually crosses paths with a news story being covered by his daughter, Line Wisting, who is a crime journalist. This intersection of professional duty and family life puts Line in grave danger. The series, created by Trygve Allister Diesen and Kathrine Valen Zeiner, follows Wisting as he struggles to balance his relentless hunt for criminals with the difficulty of maintaining a
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Apr 11, 2019 · 42 min
Investigator William Wisting makes a frightening discovery: A corpse has been found among the spruce trees in a Norwegian Christmas tree field, and turns out to have links to a sou
Episode 2
Apr 11, 2019 · 43 min
With the help of FBI agents Maggie and John, Wisting tracks serial killer Robert Godwin to a remote farm, but do they keep the mission secret from the press before Godwin runs?
Episode 3
Apr 18, 2019 · 44 min
Wisting and the FBI suspect that Godwin may be behind twelve cases of missing persons in Norway. Vidar Haglund is released from prison, and Line questions the circumstances surroun
Episode 4
Apr 25, 2019 · 43 min
Line's obsession with Viggo's death leads to a quarrel with her father. Wisting and the FBI find more of Godwin's victims, and the FBI agent John makes a mistake that has serious c
Episode 5
May 2, 2019 · 46 min
Lines and Wistings investigations are linked, and the search for the serial killer becomes increasingly intense. At the same time, Wisting's worst nightmare becomes reality.
Episode 6
May 9, 2019 · 43 min
Just as Wisting is hailed as a hero, he faces accusations of evidence tampering in a previous murder case, leading to Vidar Haglund's potentially wrongful conviction. Line tries to
Episode 7
May 16, 2019 · 44 min
An internal investigation of Wisting begins after his suspension. Torunn leads the investigation about a missing woman. Line runs into an ex when she works on her Ravneberg article
Episode 8
May 23, 2019 · 43 min
Wisting tries to save his reputation by conducting his own secret investigation into the Cecilia case. Torunn believes that Linnea is behind her own disappearance, but her parents
Episode 9
May 30, 2019 · 44 min
Wisting takes desperate methods to show his innocence, while the internal investigation looks more closely at his entire department. Benjamin examines who can lie behind Linnea's d
Episode 10
Jun 6, 2019 · 46 min
Wisting takes the help of a former colleague to solve Cecilia's murder, and to figure out who fiddled with the evidence. Line finds a video that links the charges against Wisting t