u/spectacleskeptic

There was no place to discuss this great show, so I thought I would create it. Come on by and join in!

It was a Irish gangland drama from 2010 that I only just heard about for the first time. I just binged it, and I thought it was great. A gritty story about a Dublin gang filled with compelling characters.

*Spoilers ahead*

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Nidge was a revelation. Wow. Such a magnetic presence on screen. Shout out to Peter Coonan as Fran and Aoibhinn McGinnity as Trish, as well. They were also remarkable.

The writing has its ups and downs (seasons 2 and 3 were far and away the best with season 1 coming in close behind and seasons 4 and 5 a massive step down), but the characters are good enough that it makes you invested all the way through.

I wasn't the biggest fan of Charlie Murphy as Siobhan here, and I can't tell if it's the acting or the character. She was too one-note. Sadly, the writing fails most of the female characters, which seems to be par for the course for crime dramas.

It was an unwise decision, IMO, to sideline Tommy for seasons 4 and 5. His character was a nice balance of light to Nidge's dark, and Killian Scott was great in the role. And I absolutely loved the tragic, layered relationship between Tommy and Debbie, so the show lost something when that went away.

I just binged Dublin Murders for the first time, and I am a bit conflitcted about how I feel about it. It’s an intriguing and creepy premise combined with moody atmosphere. But the writing and direction really under-delivers on the premise. the dialogue is unnatural and too theatrical. Similarly, the direction, and some of the camera work make the production feel rather low-budget. The world didn‘t feel lived in. Worst of all, even worse than the hokey Lexi thing, is that the show didn’t do enough for me to feel invested in Rob and Cassie’s relationship. We didn’t seen enough of their relationship to understand how deep their bond is, why it is, and why it became romantic when it read completely platonic to me. I just didn’t sense romantic chemistry between the leads, so the confession of love at the end really threw me for loop. I thought Killian Scott generally killed it (pun unintended) in this role, save for a couple of moments of questionable accent work. Rob and Cassie were much more compelling and better acted when they weren’t together.

Also, despite my ungodly crush on Killian Scott, he cannot do a love scene to save his life. I’m pretty sure in one scene he is meant to be kissing Heather’s neck, but the camera inadvertently caught Scott pretending to kiss her neck and basically just putting his nose on her neck. It was very weird lol. Also, when he has having sex with Heather in the alley, he is not doing anything with his body to suggest that he is fucking her up against a wall. And then his closed mouth, stilted kisses. so distracting.

I’m specifically only asking for opinions that are contrary to the prevailing opinions on this sub only; not greater TV discourse.

Mine is that I didn’t care for Banshee, Person of Interest, or The Expanse, despite them being three of the most highly recommended shows on this sub. I couldn’t even finish the first seasons of The Expanse or Banshee. Person of Interest I stuck with for a few seasons, but it never reached the greatness that people here constantly talk about.

If he knew that dropping low was the wrong tactic, why didn’t he issue new tactics during the hydration break and, if the attackers on the pitch were too tired, sub in fresh attackers?

Is it possible that he doesn’t have the respect of the team to the point that he lost control?