Borgen: Season 3

Borgen is so wonderful and Sidse Babette Knudsen is beyond praise.If this actress had been born in London or New York, she would be as famous as Helen Mirren or Meryl Streep.We have to ration ourselves to keep from watching all of it in one long blast of pleasure. I can't imagine an intelligent, thoughtful person who wouldn't like Borgen. NB: our young Lab is also fascinated by it.

Coming back to Borgen after a year's lapse, I was so looking forward to it. As the Series 3 started, I was let down a bit. Episode one was exciting as we were introduced to Birgitte Nybirg as a woman on the move, sort of a roving CEO, making lots of money giving speeches, living in luxurious spaces. Then, we got to episode two, and what was Nyborg going to do. We meet all of the characters again, and are introduced to new ones. Husband number one is gone forever as a husband, but they are good friends. What I found that was with the parents who were separated or divorced,the child care was pretty much split. Good for Denmark!We find out at the beginning that two and a half years have lapsed. The children look older, but not the main characters. Katrine Fonsmark, who plays Hjort Sorenson is a TV news anchor, seems to like it, but with her child now becoming a toddler, she may change horses in mid stream. Nyborg is drawn back into politics, she just can't stand what is happening to her country. However, no party really wants her, so she starts her own. Here is where we meet the rest of the characters, and the ten episodes are well drawn together with exciting and informative situations. The characters who had dropped out of the series because of divorce or ill-health, are welcomed back. Everything is different and yet it seems the same.Nyborg has a boyfriend from the UK, played by Alastair Mackenzie, and she speaks English only, when she is with him. That was the most noticeable change of all. Excellent English, by the way, with only a trace of an accent. Each episode as I said introduces a new situation, ill health, new elections, lovers come and gone, but always they revolve around politics!This was a great season, it provided everything I needed for a finish. Kudos.Recommended. prisrob 03-07-14

My favorite television program series was Breaking Bad until I watched Borgen and I now favor Borgen slightly eventhough it's sub-titled from Danish to English. I could relate much more to the human interactions that take place inBorgen as I have personally experienced some of the events portrayed and it was as though I could feel the actorsjoy and/or pain from my own past experiences or past experiences from friends and loved ones.It touched me several times and I looked forward to each episode and am sorry it didn't continue beyond the three seasons.It is political in nature which turns some people off and it's sub-titled which turns more people off but the writing and actingtrump those two negatives and it will capture your heart as it did mine. Give it a look, you will be surprised at how captivatingit is. The casting couldn't be better and the acting is every bit as good as Breaking Bad.

I'm guessing the producers of this Danish series never intended to make more than two seasons of Borgen until it became so amazingly successful in Denmark and abroad. This third season has all the hallmarks of what happens when a story has mostly been resolved at the end of the prior season, leaving the writers stumbling after some device (in this case, many devices) to drive the story forward. Unlike the first two seasons, this one feels disjointed, repetitive, and uninspired. But then comes Episode 9 and 10. With these, Borgen comes to life again and connects back to the fine first two seasons and the characters that were so well-drawn then.

Brilliantly acted and the story line is riveting. I've seen all three seasons of Borgen a program that respects your intelligence. I watched it with friends one of whom speaks Danish. We saw two episodes as at a time saving the next two for our next visit. It is a great series and I wish American television had the guts to pair great actors and sublime directors in such a dynamic story.

The series is often referred to as the "Danish version of West Wing." But aside from a few pious-sounding speeches in the opening episode of Season One that seems to echo the feel-good themes from Aaron Sorkin's West Wing scripts, this series is far more nuanced in its characterizations of the lives of the main characters, both personal and professional. You identify with them as real people, and the specific themes of Danish political, economic and cultural life are close enough to our own for American audiences to identify with.

The third series in this intense and engrossing drama begins slowly; then the dramatic tension evolves. Personal problems and lives are not ignored, but are included as subplots without distraction from the political tale. One could not imagine that Danish politics could be so engrossing; but, there are universal dilemmas which arise from the ambitions and personalities of the participants. The acting, direction, and production are first rate!

Borgen is still THE BEST OF THE BEST! Speaking honestly, of all the films and TV shows I've seen,the superb Danish series Borgen stands out as the absolute best. Having just finished watching Season 3 for the secondtime, I can easily say that the creators (all exceptionally talented, including the actors, directors, producers, writers, editors,photographers, composers) managed to sustain the exquisite quality throughout. Sidse Babett Knudsen deserves widespreadrecognition for her fantastic performance; in fact, there isn't one actor in Borgen who isn't pitch perfect. Also, the sensitivity, astuteobservation, wisdom, and kindness that pervade the script blew me away. I feel very grateful to the creators of thisoutstanding and profoundly memorable production.

Beware, those Danish politicians so full of compromise and intrigue! After two years since Prime Minister, Birgitte Nyborg is back. She despairs what has become of her old party - it having lurched to the right, supporting laws against all she stood for. Fascinatingly we follow attempts to form her own party, New Democrats. Others may resort to dirty tricks, especially the gutter press ever in search of scandal. Can Birgitte rise above all, or is she doomed to failure by those so adept at out-manoeuvring and mud-slinging?Throughout, integrity is the key issue. Not only with Birgitte's brand of politics, but with news coverage at TV1. There Torben Friis suffers from a trendy new boss obsessed with ratings. Away with dull in-depth reporting! Jazz everything up, attract younger viewers!In several areas the stage is thus set for major confrontations.Result? Great scripts, fine cast and much to think about (not least with those startling revelations about pig rearing in Denmark).With so much to admire, why not five stars? Sadly I felt it as though creators had been ordered to sex things up a bit. How else to explain "romantic" sequences so clumsily contrived and failing to convince? They cheapened the overall fine quality.Ten episodes, about an hour long. English subtitles. No bonuses.Despite reservations, welcome here a worthy addition to the steadily filling shelves of Nordic Noir.

The third and final series of 'Borgen' brings to an end three years of high quality Scandinavian drama, headed by Sidse Babett Knudsen as Birgitte Nyborg, the Danish Primer Minister defeated in the polls (between season 2 and 3). Now, after a time, disillusioned by the direction her party is taking, forms a new party of her own to combat the established ones. She is also distracted by a life-threatening illness which affects her judgement in key issues.This final series, as good as it is, is not up to the high level set by the first two seasons for a few reasons. I think we enjoyed seeing Birgitte as Prime Minister, solving international problems, rather than starting afresh. The reduction in roles for Birgitte's former spin doctor Kasper Juul and her friend Bent left some gaps. Kasper should have had a much bigger part in this story. Katrine Fonsmark ably is promoted to the Kaspar role; the former TV1 presenter, playerd by Birgitte Hjort Sorensen is excellent. Soren Malling has a greater role also as the tv news editor, competing with the new manager on policy and a fellow employee whom he is having an affair.It would have been good if the Blu-Ray had included some sort of documentary about the making of the series, or an interview with the stars. Just putting the ten episodes with no extras is not really enough nowadays. For this reason, I only give it four stars, though in all, it is a five star series.All in all, a highly memorable series, which I shall look forward to returning to.Lastly, can anyone explain why the Blu-Ray version of this costs £7 less than the DVD one?

A satisfying and happy end to three series depicting the political ups and downs of a political party in Denmark.I would just add my name to the many who have extolled the virtues of this offering from Scandinavia. I have to confess that, even after avidly following the ins and outs of the plotting and the plot, i am still little wiser as to the system. Never mind, it has been an excuse for much enjoyment - of the actors and the production, in particular its star, always totally believable and interesting - and, unusually, making a politician always totally beautiful and desirable!

My son and I got hooked on this and watched it over a week (2 series). The main woman is fabulous and you get sucked into her life. It is very political, which might put people off, but the human interest stories give it an emotional pull that will have you sitting on the edge of your seat (and occasionally crying). All the acting is superb, and the Danish is also quite interesting to hear, as every now and then they use an English phrase which makes you smile.

Love this series . Sidse Babett Knudsen is fantastic. Pilot asbaek and Birgitte Sorensen are great too. Plot sounds a little dull however is far from it and each episode leaves you wanting more. Really interesting characters that you care about. Sad it’s the last series