Blink and you miss it: Eskild takes the striped shirt that Noora was wearing in episode 1, and this is the last time we see it, so Noora never managed to snatch it back.



Subtext: Noora is really fighting herself, because she actually wants the shirt that Eva offers to give her. But it goes against her self-image to be seen as not caring for the refugees, so she has to give it up and let Eva donate it. And this is the exact same struggle she faces over William. She wants him, but it goes against her self-image to like him.



Subtext: Noora is really trying to make sure Eva finds out from Jonas that he got together with Isabell, since William told her about it.



Culture: Trysil is the biggest ski resort in Norway, which means the Penetrators spent their Easter weekend skiing, drinking, and trashing their rented cabin.



Subtext: Noora brings Vilde lunch to make sure she eats properly, and to help her fight her eating disorder. She also probably feels guilty about it, because if she could be honest with Vilde about William, Vilde wouldn’t be stuck obsessing over him.



Subtext: None of the other girls think the hook-up auction is a good idea, they’re all just humouring Vilde at this point, and waiting for Noora to shoot down the idea. Also, the reason Vilde suggests they use money from the bus to pay for her to hook up with William is that she can’t afford it herself, but she really wants it. “Out of solidarity” is the biggest lie ever.



Lost in translation: Sometime in the last decade, Norwegian teenagers borrowed the phrase “hooking up” from English, and in doing so they changed the word to follow Norwegian language rules (at hooke, et hook, bare litt hooking), and they also changed the meaning of it from “having sex” to “making out”. This is very confusing for adult Norwegians, because if your first contact with the word was in an English context, you’d assume the meaning was preserved when borrowed into Norwegian. The purpose of this piece of dialogue in the show is to explain to older viewers that it just means making out, while subtly teasing them for being out of touch with the god damn kids these days who should get off my lawn.



And that is why these subtitles use the English phrase incorrectly all the time, because the characters use the word sort-of wrong.

Subtext: The party banner is pretty damn professional, which means they couldn’t help themselves and spent a lot of money on making this one party really good, even though the purpose of this party was to raise money for themselves… The hastily tacked-on “AND SYRIA” cardboard piece perfectly shows that this was not part of their original plans, but since William is the boss, he gets what he wants, and he wants to impress Noora.



Subtext: Eva is lying to herself about Jonas, she hasn’t moved on, she doesn’t want to be just friends. But she pretends she is over him, and that he was having lingering feelings.



Subtext: The entire dialogue Eva has is actually about Jonas and Isabell, but in true SKAM fashion it also happens to perfectly match what Noora is thinking about when she’s looking at William and Mari.



Blink and you miss it: Although P-Chris is shoved away from Vilde by drunk Eva, he can’t help himself and checks out Eva in a not-so-subtle way. Keep an eye on him while Eva and Vilde are making out, he’s enjoying himself watching them, at least until Eva says she has to puke.

