Season 1 received audience appreciation figures of 94% in the UK and won the BAFTA for Best International Series; critics called it the best series then on television, paving the way for the entire Scandi noir wave.
Renewal: Three-season run on DR1, concluded November 2012. Broadcast in over 120 countries. Won the 2011 BAFTA Award for Best International TV Series. An American remake aired on AMC 2011-2014. (Wikipedia)
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| Season | Released | BollyMeter | Critics | Audience | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 12007 · 20 eps | 7 January 2007 | 9.1 | n/a | 8.1/10 | MUST-WATCH |
| Season 22009 · 10 eps | 27 September 2009 | 8.2 | n/a | n/a | WORTH-IT |
| Season 32012 · 10 eps | 23 September 2012 | 7.9 | n/a | n/a | WORTH-IT |
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The premiere introduces Nanna Birk Larsen's disappearance on a Saturday night, Sarah Lund preparing to leave Copenhagen for a new life, and a political campaign that will intersect with the investigation in ways nobody onscreen yet suspects. The cold, flat photography of Copenhagen in November sets the register immediately.
Full episode review →The Season 1 finale resolves twenty episodes of accumulating dread with a revelation that restructures how the viewer reads everything that came before. The final moments with Lund belong to one of the best season-ending decisions in crime television.
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