archytele The Vault
Season guide

Borgen: Season 1

10 episodes Premiered Sep 26, 2010
Season 1 Episodes

Episode Guide

🛡️ SPOILER SHIELD

Season 1 Progress Shield

Future titles & synopses blurred. Tap "Reveal" on any card to peek.
Binge Efficiency Engine

Season 1: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

30%
70%
Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (7): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E1 Mytharc

Decency in the Middle

Sep 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 expense

S1·E2 Core

Count to 90

Oct 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.

S1·E3 Core

The Art of the Possible

Oct 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.

S1·E4 Core

100 Days

Oct 17, 2010

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

S1·E5 Core

Men Who Love Women

Oct 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.

S1·E6 Core

State Visit

Oct 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

S1·E7 Core

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil

Nov 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 ministe

S1·E8 Core

The Silly Season

Nov 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.

S1·E9 Mytharc

Divide and Rule

Nov 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.

S1·E10 Mytharc

The First Tuesday in October

Nov 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 anot