The BEST episodes of The Danish Woman
Every episode of The Danish Woman ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Danish Woman!
When Ditte Jensen retires with honors from the Danish Secret Service, she plans to tend to her garden and live out her life in anonymity. But Ditte cannot stop being who she is: an elite soldier and a warrior. Soon, the apartment building becomes a battlefield for a better world. With her deep-rooted sense of justice, she sees her neighbors' problems and feels compelled to help - whether they want her help or not. And in her world, the end justifies the means. Always.
#1 - A Broken Child
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/4/2026
Ditte confronts young children’s screen addiction and provides therapy for toxic masculinity, even if it leads to a few broken hearts. As she forms closer ties with the community in the building, the more tasks arise. On the first floor there are refugees in distress, the family on the third floor suffers from codependency, and on the second floor resides the building’s environmental mess - which also happens to be the chairman of the tenants’ association.
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#2 - A Life Poisoned
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/1/2026
Ditte discovers that her neighbours are unworthy of her love and care, and even Icelandic nature seems to betray her. Everything appears to turn against her. In an attempt to save a friend who has gone astray, she resorts to desperate measures.
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#3 - The Execution
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/18/2026
Ditte’s dream of creating a passionate, family-like community - with herself at the centre as the building’s helper and saviour - seems to be coming true. She believes that the ends always justify the means, and so she takes on a public institution with a microbial assault, breaking the Fifth Commandment in the process. With that, she can cross two tasks off her “list.”
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#4 - Did She Kill the Cat?
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2026
Ditte Jensen discovers that her new neighbors are far from perfect. They are people struggling with various problems and personality flaws, clearly in need of help. She also has to confront the ghosts of her past, which haunt her both awake and in her dreams. And then there’s the cat. Ditte finds it easier to deal with him, because she is perfect - or almost.
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#5 - Broken Bones
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/25/2026
Ditte takes on one final assignment for the Danish intelligence service. But in her mind, the bigger mission is still taking over the tenants’ association, a task that demands resilience, strength, and all of her abilities. At the same time, she unexpectedly clashes with organized crime in Iceland, facing a worthy adversary.
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#6 - Midwives
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/11/2026
Dreams and reality begin to blur for Ditte as the pressure mounts from becoming the building community’s main saviour. Old colleagues from the Danish intelligence service resurface, aiming to coerce Ditte into taking on an extremely difficult assignment.
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