Epigraph: "Halfway on my journey through life, I found myself in a dark wood." - Dante, The Divine Comedy Two and a half years after the events of Season 2, Birgitte is a lecturer and board member of a corporation. The Moderate Party is now led by Kruse, whose coziness with the Hesselboe government leads Birgitte to reenter politics and challenge him for the party leadership. She fails on a close vote and plans to form a new party. Meanwhile, Katrine has split from Kasper and is raising her son with the help of her own mother. She takes leave from TV1 to become Birgitte's media consultant. Torben meets Alex Hjort, the new ratings-conscious head of TV1.