History Series / Annika2021

* PutOnABus: DS Tyrone Clarke gets a promotion to detective inspector in 2x3 and leaves the series to head up another MHU unit. He's replaced by DS Harper Weston, [[WelcomeEpisode who is introduced that episode]].

Creator/{{PBS}} began running the series on ''Series/{{Masterpiece}} Mystery'' in the United States on 16 October 2022.

* GenderBlenderName: A plot point in episode 2.4. Annika and the MHU are looking for a woman named Tina, sister of the murder victim. It's not until Chris, the woman who works for the hotel, gets a phone call that they realize that "Chris" is actually Christina, the dead

* GenderBlenderName: A plot point in episode 2.4. Annika and the MHU are looking for a woman named Tina, sister of the murder victim. It's not until Chris, the woman who works for the hotel, gets a phone call that they realize that "Chris" is actually Christina, the dead man's sister.
* GeniusBonus: Annika's fourth-wall-breaking side comments each episode include discussion of a work of literature or mythology which she relates to the episode's case. Some of the connections she draws are more oblique than others, but familiarity with the work in question can tip a well-read audience off to upcoming twists in the episode.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Annika regularly addresses the camera directly, sharing her thoughts, talking about her life. In season 2, she expands this to cover a different work of classic literature each episode.

* NotMyFather: In episode 2.6, Morgan takes her driving test. The instructor in the driving test is actually Gary Nair, ex-con and a prime suspect in that episode's murder.
* OneWordTitle

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* RooftopConfrontation: A low-key one in episode 2.3, when Annika is trying to rig up a lawn chair on the roof to get some son. Michael comes up to the roof to confront her, in the first episode after Annika has revealed the truth about Morgan.

** Annika's Saab. [[spoiler:She gets carjacked by the suspect in 1x6, who blows himself up with a grenade while still inside.]]

* In episode 2.1, DS Tyrone Clarke chases a suspect into a hotel kitchen. While the two of them are wrestling on the kitchen floor, the hotel chef clouts the suspect over the back of the head with a frying pan, knocking him out.

* DumpedViaTextMessage: Erin dumps Morgan by text in 2x3 rather than come to a friend's birthday party with her. This leads to Morgan taking Annika's police boat on a joyride to distract herself, which gets her grounded after she forgets to anchor it after bringing it back and it drifts across the bay.

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[[caption-width-right:350:The Scotland Police Marine Homicide Unit team in Glasgow.]]

''Annika'' is a 2021 crime drama series set in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on the BBC 4 Radio drama ''Radio/AnnikaStranded'', it's directed by Philip John and Fiona Walton. It stars Creator/NicolaWalker, Jamie Sives, Creator/KatieLeung, Ukweli Roach, Kate Dickie, Silvie Furneaux and Creator/PaulMcGann. Commissioned for the Alibi channel and later airing on Creator/{{BBC}} 1, the show has aired two seasons to date.

* HerosClassicCar: A 1993 Saab for Annika. [[spoiler:Becomes ThePreciousPreciousCar in episode 6 when a murderer blows himself up after having earlier kidnapped Annika and held her captive in the trunk.]]

* ThePreciousPreciousCar:
** Annika's Saab. [[spoiler:She gets carjacked by the suspect in 1x6, who blows himself up with a grenade while still inside.]]
** DCI Oban loans her VW Touareg to Annika while she looks for another car. It promptly gets its taillight knocked out while parked when a suspect fleeing Annika and Michael backs a delivery van into it.

* PoorlyTimedConfession: At the end of episode 2.2, Annika tells Michael that he's Morgan's father during a surprise open mic session. In fairness, it was partly Michael's own fault for signing her up without her knowledge.

* ImmediateSequel: Season 2 starts up within hours of Season 1, with the cops off on another murder case. Everyone is worried about Annika, who is still working right after she was held captive in the trunk of her car.

* PoorlyTimedConfession: At the end of episode 2.2, Annika tells Michael that he's Morgan's father during a surprise open mic session.

* WorkingWithTheEx: Michael is Annika's ex-boyfriend from when they were police cadets. He's now HappilyMarried and their past relationship doesn't pose a huge issue, [[spoiler:until Annika reveals in the series 1 finale that [[LukeYouAreMyFather he's Morgan's biological father]]]].