Season 1 of the Danish drama following a female politician's rise to power and the way in which her role as Prime Minister alters her behaviour. Birgitte Nyborg Christensen (Sidse Babett Knudsen) is elected to power on the back of her winning combination of idealism and determination. However, once in place as Denmark's first female leader, will she find that the demands of power force her to compromise or alter her perspective? Her chief source of guidance is spin doctor Kasper Juul (Johan Philip Asbæk), who has to contend with the likes of pushy news anchor Katrine Fonsmark (Birgitte Hjort Sorensen), emblem of the controversy-hungry media Birgitte must alternatively court and hold at bay.