The Best Episodes of Borgen Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(849 votes)

   #1 - Decency in the Middle

   S1:E19/26/2010

   Three days before an election, party leader Birgitte Nyborg shakes up her campaign by denouncing her closest ally, sensitive information about the prime minister's shopping expenses lands in the wrong hands, and the rising star of the evening news is shaken by an unexpected death.

   Director:Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

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2. 

   8.0/10(689 votes)

   #2 - Count to 90

   S1:E210/3/2010

   After a successful election, Birgitte Nyborg looks set to become Denmark's first female prime minister, but allies and opponents do their best to block her way.

   Director:Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

   Writer:Tobias Lindholm

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   Director:Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

   Writer:Tobias Lindholm
3. 

   7.7/10(647 votes)

   #3 - The Art of the Possible

   S1:E310/10/2010

   A few months into her term the new prime minister faces her first political crisis, and journalist Katrine Fønsmark considers how to deal with her unexpected pregnancy.

   Director:Rumle Hammerich

   Writer:Jeppe Gjervig Gram

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   Director:Rumle Hammerich

   Writer:Jeppe Gjervig Gram
4. 

   8.1/10(641 votes)

   #4 - 100 Days

   S1:E410/17/2010

   The revelation of an American prisoner transport in Greenland causes scandal upon the new government's first one hundred days in office.

   Director:Rumle Hammerich

   Writer:Jeppe Gjervig Gram

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   Director:Rumle Hammerich

   Writer:Jeppe Gjervig Gram
5. 

   7.9/10(599 votes)

   #5 - Men Who Love Women

   S1:E510/23/2010

   The government's agenda on equal opportunities in corporate business brings pressure from the media as well as the country's most powerful businessman.

   Director:Annette K. Olesen

   Writer:Tobias Lindholm

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   Director:Annette K. Olesen

   Writer:Tobias Lindholm
6. 

   7.8/10(589 votes)

   #6 - State Visit

   S1:E610/31/2010

   An official visit by the president of a former Soviet republic makes headlines when the president demands the arrest of a prominent political activist visiting Denmark at the same time.

   Director:Annette K. Olesen

   Writer:Tobias Lindholm

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   Director:Annette K. Olesen

   Writer:Tobias Lindholm
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   7.9/10(565 votes)

   #7 - See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil

   S1:E711/7/2010

   The discovery of illegal surveillance of a left-wing party brings into question the prime minister's friendship with the party's spokeswoman as well as her faith in her own minister of justice.

   Director:Mikkel Nørgaard

   Writer:Jeppe Gjervig Gram

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   Director:Mikkel Nørgaard

   Writer:Jeppe Gjervig Gram
8. 

   7.9/10(566 votes)

   #8 - The Silly Season

   S1:E811/14/2010

   While the prime minister tries to take a family vacation, the publication of a tell-all by a former politician puts spin doctor Kasper Juul on the edge.

   Director:Mikkel Nørgaard

   Writer:Jeppe Gjervig Gram

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   Director:Mikkel Nørgaard

   Writer:Jeppe Gjervig Gram
9. 

   8.3/10(582 votes)

   #9 - Divide and Rule

   S1:E911/21/2010

   Allegations of corruption in connection with military spending has consequences even for the prime minister's husband, who has accepted a new job.

   Director:Annette K. Olesen

   Writer:Tobias Lindholm

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   Director:Annette K. Olesen

   Writer:Tobias Lindholm
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    8.2/10(569 votes)

    #10 - The First Tuesday in October

    S1:E1011/28/2010

    A year after taking office, the prime minister's approval ratings are low, her government is in internal conflict, and her marriage is hanging by a thread. As she prepares for another year in parliament, what can be saved?

    Director:Annette K. Olesen

    Writers:Tobias Lindholm, Jeppe Gjervig Gram

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    Director:Annette K. Olesen

    Writers:Tobias Lindholm, Jeppe Gjervig Gram