Wait just a cotton-picking minute! (spoiler)

I love the series already. But in 1.1 I'm also a bit annoyed at the contrived way they get the incumbent prime minister out of the way, so our heroine can win.

Before the final big TV debate, the PM is in London doing an interview, while his wife, who has lost it, is on a buying spree. She goes berserk in a store and calls him in a panic state. He rushes to her, but the only way he can extract her is to pay for the damage, and he's forgot his wallet and has only his state-issued credit card to use.

A half-intelligent politician (or a half-competent chief of staff would make him), as soon as he got back to Denmark:

1. Immediately cover the charge with his own funds
2. Put his wife into rehab
3. Call a press conference saying his wife had a breakdown in London that incurred expenses, that he had misplaced his own credit cards and had to use his official credit card, that the charge has already been repaid, his wife is in treatment and that he asks for the public's understanding and that he stands by his wife during her personal challenge as any loving husband would blah, blah, blah.

It might have even won him some votes!

Instead, he tries to cover the whole thing up, which of course makes him fodder for another opponent, who comes off as an opportunist and mudslinger, thus opening the door for our heroine to be elected.

Hmm . . .