Well if it isn't, please let me know what is. I just started watching the third and final season and only now realize how deep my mourning period since I watched the last episode of Season 2 was. I am like a five year old on Xmas morning. I want to keep watching, but I want to have more episodes to anticipate.
When the West Wing was at its best there was a similar feeling. Only then I wished very hard that Bartlett was our real president. Birgitte Nyborg is a Danish politician and the Danish system of government is not like the American system in many key concepts. Birgitte Nyborg was Prime Minister for Seasons 1 and 2 and we were able to see the many ways consensus was reached in the Danish system. We also were witness to how real compromise could work and everyone could still go home and get a good night's sleep.
But it is not just the idealism that deserves high praise, it is the detail with which these characters deal with their humanity in all of its many facets. The actors perform with the highest quality and demonstrate humanity and complexity. Yet they find ways to lose and come back and try again. It is breathtakingly beautiful in the execution.
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