![]() Totally worth the extra step of reading English subtitles. Highly recommended, for the political/ legal/ media drama sort. They write exceptionally effective TV shows. I hope this adaptation will be as good and 'true' as my current most favorite US TV show, another adaptation - of the Swedish work, The Killing. I just heard American TV (HBO?) is looking into adaptation. But overall, delivery and the cast performance is as sleek and smooth as the spin doctoring in the story, qualities this genre calls for. My only complaint is (I'm only at 2nd season start) the obviously alpha-female leading lady is emotionally too wimpy when dealing with matters of the heart, and the improbability of a head of state of a rich nation having no government-paid nanny or private tutor for her kids. But also enough heart-breaking yet un-sentimentalized domestic drama and complicated yet un-cheesy romantic entanglement to allow for intimate connection with the key characters. Lots of reference to US political history, edu-taining snippets of where Denmark is in the scheme of European politics. Sleek, non-preachy, lots of culturally-specific yet totally relate-able pains and joy, just the right depth, just the right amount, to keep the interest, to surprise one later on. All the right ingredients - the casting, the framing, the setting-up, the tension, the exposition of complicated back stories, the pacing, the editing, the continuity, the humanity, the suspense, the humor, the angst. Borgen, is close to being a PERFECT work of its genre, AND as a dramatic piece of work. So basically, a political drama has to be really exceptional to keep me. That character could've been discarded or abused, made too easy to hate or to like, but he was just his own guy and I liked that. I watch Scandal, yes, but Scandal is not a pure political drama, but a fast-paced raunchy fashion show soap opera with spin-doctoring toppings. The Earth women, the investigator and the supervisor lady, handled their complicated roles very well, and I'd like to see more of them. All of which my wonky other half watch with glee. I can't stand House of Card's format with Spacey talking at the audience. A spin-off from Star Trek: Discovery, it follows Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise as they explore new worlds throughout the galaxy during the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series. I didn't watch the West Wings (Sorkin's style annoys me), so understandably I feel equally lukewarm towards the ADHD fast-talk-fest of Newsroom. It is the 11th Star Trek series and debuted in 2022 as part of Kurtzman's expanded Star Trek Universe.
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