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Ten episodes in Season 1.
Ok, 4 episodes in, this is good, but I don’t expect it’s for everyone. UK based mob story of a family, The Harrigans led by Pierce Bronson, in the best role I’ve seen him in, Helen Mirren is his wife, souly devoted to power and family. An event involving an irresponsible relative, causes some trouble (understatement ;)). Everyone is aghast, she’s proud.

Fast moving, brutal, coherent if you pay attention and have closed captioning, it’s the accents, can’t catch it all of it. 😇 Tom Hardy’s character as the family fixer is fairly amazing, instead of being a wreck, juggling multiple fires, visibly completely cool in life threatening situations, constant pressure. Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) plays his wife, unhappy playing second fiddle to The Harrigans.

The first thing I’ve seen by Guy Ritchie that I like. 🤔



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Up through Episode 7. 😲 The plot boils forward. A very different, intriguing role for Helen Mirren as I remember seeing her. The Dame of the Harrigans, Maeve is a menace, to the hard worked for plans of Harry (the family fixer) to avoid nuclear war, with the Stevensons as Conrad coins it.
 
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Just finished Season 1, wow, outstanding season and finale, significant things resolved, some things still hanging, and a cliff hanger regarding a major character. 😍
Season 2 has been confirmed:
 
I have not seen this one yet... "YET"... but did you watch "The Gentleman" series on Netflix? It too is by Guy Ritchie and both me and the wife liked it a lot. Season two is set to release in 2026.
I’ll check this out, fingers crossed! :)

For Mobland:
  • Helen Mirrem (Grandma) is a psycho
  • Pierce Bronson (Head of family) is better than any James Bond role he did.
  • Thomas Hardy (Family fixer) is a physical actor, understated, excellent.
  • Anson Boon- Eddie Harrigan (the Grandson) is a little like Grandma.
  • Toby Jones- (Police Constable) a very effective character actor is absolutely corrupt and sinister.
The entire cast is great, the writing is top notch, the direction is not bad. ;)
 
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