12/07/13 1:00AM
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“The Election” is an adequate end to this confused season of Borgen, in that it provides Birgitte with a suitably…
Reviews - Borgen
11/30/13 1:00AM
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The plot I hate most in political dramas is “the hero has some dirt on her chief rival for election, but she refuses…
11/23/13 1:00AM
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Look: I don’t care how unrealistic it is that Birgitte and the New Democrats are forging out on their own, refusing…
11/16/13 1:00AM
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Is it fair to grade this episode entirely based on one scene? Because while this was by far the most intriguing and…
11/09/13 1:00AM
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There’s a moment toward the end of “Sins Of The Past” (the actual English translation is “Sons,” but “Sins Of The…
11/02/13 1:00AM
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After last week’s detour into the politics of pigs, Borgen does another standalone “let’s pass a law!” storyline,…
10/26/13 1:00AM
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“One Man’s Loss” is an important episode to this season’s story arc, in that it depicts the New Democrats finding a…
10/19/13 1:00AM
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As someone who’s lived his entire life in a political system with only two parties, where both attempt to adopt a…
10/12/13 1:00AM
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Listen, Borgen. When I was talking about Birgitte forming a Danish analogue to the Tea Party, I was only joking. How…
10/05/13 1:00AM
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Borgen is usually at its best when Birgitte Nyborg gets piiiiiissed, and in “In Denmark I Was Born,” the whole…
10/03/13 12:00AM
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9/28/13 1:00AM
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“An Extraordinary Remark” closes out the second season of Borgen in fitfully excellent fashion by making all of the…
9/21/13 1:05AM
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There’s this unwritten rule in politics: The kids are off-limits. What this means is that the children of a…
9/14/13 1:10AM
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I didn’t have high hopes for this episode, what with it following up what might have been the weakest episode of Borg…
9/07/13 1:00AM
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Toward the end of “What Is Lost Inwardly Must Be Gained Outwardly, Part 1,” someone said something that made me bark…
8/31/13 1:00AM
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What’s astonishing about “Them And Us” is just how many pieces of story come together in its conclusion, a tumult of…
8/24/13 1:00AM
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Oh, Birgitte. Will you ever pass your welfare package?
8/17/13 5:50AM
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To become a public figure is to give up on a private life entirely. We’ve all lived in the world of the media…
8/10/13 1:00AM
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On the occasion of Borgen’s first season finale, I made the observation that I didn’t really understand what…
8/03/13 1:00AM
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In the prime minister’s office, no one hears you scream.