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We just finished the second series, and thought it was much better than series 1. Bren must be just about the nastiest character I've ever seen. No redeeming qualities at all, just downright evil. Even Putin would think twice!

Cliched; but watchable, as i like moody crime dramas.
As said above they have their useless moments for a successful crime family!

Well I had that wrong. I thought that Frank, Birdie, Michael & Jimmy were all siblings. And that Bren was their uncle (dad's brother). I had no idea that Frank and Birdie were a generation up from Michael and Jimmy, and were Bren's siblings.

Agreed on Bren.Very powerfully played.Probably the nastiest character I have seen on screen.

Just finished S1. On the whole a decent watch if a little slow in the middle. I assumed Birdy and Frank were married as they seemed to live together and she just turned an eye to his other “interests”. Seems from the family tree posted above they are actually siblings.

Did I miss the parts where they explained what Michael and Bren were inside for?

The strange parts was the Kinsellas popping out on their own when they know huge bounties on their head and then Eamonn the same.

Bren said he wished he left Birdy in charge. Yet she was the one who initially talked Frank out of Amandas plan to pin it on Eric. I assumed due to maternal instinct as thought she was his mum but she isnt.

I enjoyed it bar the terrible acting from mayor Carcetti (how has this guy stole a living as an actor?) anyone know when BBC are showing season 2?

Finished last night and I also enjoyed it, but it's full of oddness and holes.

Some spoilers may be below...

Birdy - who the feck is she. I sort of understand her senior role in the family, and from the family tree posted earlier, she's a sibling but she sort of just swanned around mostly until the later episodes. Her dominance and respect only came through then - before she seemed like a fluffy aunty offering a warm bed when needed.

Bren - similarly, barely mentioned until later on. The prison seen was brilliant. I wish he'd been in the show all the way through. Sequeal would be great wit his release.

Casting was good but strange. As others say, Frank was a bit of a wet blanket, but it mostly was fine and it was a good downward spiral which was a bit more original then other similar shows where the violent head of the family just gets shot or shoots someone.

The focus on the younger kids was annoying and added very little. Trying to keep them safe, then lots of tit-for-tat. It was all a bit woolly. I can see why it was needed, leverage and a weakness but seeing it repeatedly was tiring.

So overall, a good show and I binge watched the last 3 episodes in the early hours as I couldn't sleep. Went to bed about 4am fairly entertained.

The second series is largely based around Bren. He's mesmerising. And evil...

That cracked me up too.

Eamon putting out a 500k Euro bounty on them all, with the entirety of Dublin looking for them. Yet they're all still at home in a modest looking house with two wooden tops outside playing on their phones.

Maybe why the last episode felt so rushed!


I was convinced Bren and Birdy were man and wife, Frank was the oldest son with Jimmy and Michael the other two sons.