Has anyone ever watched the series "Borgen"?

[kentuck]

It is made in Denmark and has subtitles but is very interesting. It's about politics and a lady Prime Minister, with all the personal problems that everyday people face. It's a nice comparative to the way American politics work.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Yes! I watched the whole thing - loved it!

I was so disappointed when there were no more episodes after three seasons. Is it showing again somewhere? I'd like to watch it again.

[MADem]

2. Where did you find it? nt

[kentuck]

5. They were showing on Link-TV

375 on DirecTV.

[MADem]

6. Oh dear. I have the comcast!

I'll keep an eye out for it, though, in my travels. Does it have subtitles? I'd need them! Ooops, edit--I see it DOES have subtitles, good news for me!

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Best Show I have seen.....ever.

Remarkable show. Superb acting, very real characterizations.

The 3rd season takes place some time after the end of the 2nd season and took me a bit to get into.
One of the few shows that I have on disc now.
A benchmark for anything else out there.

Try to catch the Danish version of the Bridge, and The Killing, if you can. Equally fine.
I will say that the US version of the Killing is very very good also.

[kentuck]

4. I have seen both of those...

The Bridge and The Killing. Superb!

[kentuck]

7. I think you might be able to google LINK-TV...?

...and get the entire series?

Give yourself a treat!

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. i've seen a few episodes

[MannyGoldstein]

9. It's awesome

Watching season 1 now.

The Danes are so nice, even when they're evil, compared (for example) to the folks in House of Cards. At least so far. But that echoes my experience in real life - the Danes I've known, including while traveling there, have been incredibly nice.

[tularetom]

10. Binge watched it twice

It was a great series and Brigitte Nyborg was definitely easy to watch.

[kansasblue]

11. Excellent series!

The only trouble was I was the only one watching that I knew. Nobody to talk to about it.

My favourite line is '“Can’t the bitch count?” for the Count to 90.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. The best political series ever in every respect.

Direction, acting, writing, believability.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. Yes - part of the overdue showing of subtitled drama on British TV

The BBC created a regular slot for it, along with The Bridge and The Killing, and other European drama (the original Swedish Wallander series, the excellent French police/legal thriller 'Engrenages' ('Spiral' as the English title), plus a Belgian series (not quite so good in my opinion, but interesting to see them switching between Flemish and French while we get the subtitles), and several Italian ones.

It was interesting to see politics based around coalitions, and plotlines where it's believable that someone can go for a liberal policy and expect to get some extra support for it.

Interestingly, Denmark didn't get its first woman PM until the series had already started. Her husband is British (the son of the retired Labour politicians Neil and Glenys Kinnock), and after that (minor spoiler), the writer introduced the British boyfriend of the fictional PM.

[cali]

14. fantastic show. absolutely loved it.

[Bohunk68]

15. Have binge watched it twice now.

Love the program. It is AWESOME. Even better than The West Wing.