Borgen

Unless you know a lot about Danish politics to begin with, you may feel a bit lost at first watching this miniseries about the intense political fight to win the seat of Prime Minister. Don’t let it scare you off, though, because you don’t have to know anything about the Danish political system – or Denmark for that matter --- to be thrilled watching the intense drama that goes on in each episode. The stories are well written and each episode ends in the kind of totally believable cliffhanger ending that will have you cueing up the next one in line until you’ve watched them all. The cast is pretty spectacular, too, with each actor giving performances that are as surprising as the plot twists they take you through. Birgitte Hjort Sørensen is particularly good as the pretty blonde newscaster Katrine Fønsmark, a woman who has to fight twice as hard for respect because she looks like she just walked off the pages of a calendar for the Danish bikini team. Fans of great, intelligent TV drama that haven’t been getting their fix from what’s on the tube every night need to discover Borgen.