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I won't give it away. Watch the entire series even though you get impatient or bored. The ending is worth it. I wonder if there will be another season.

Good job writers.

I personally thought the second season was better than the first. The character of Bren brought this series to life and made it much more gritty. I wasn't keen on the relationship with Michael and his estranged daughter in either season. The acting and dialogue just wasn't working and was slow and repetitive. Ciaran Hinds in the first season was also good and the camera screen just loves his presence. Obviously can't go into details with the storylines because it will spoil this but I thought the character of Eric also did a great Job in both seasons. Overall I preferred the second season of this series.

It's intense, gritty, stylish, and cleverly written. There's a whole crew of fresh faces, and a few very welcome familiar ones. Expertly done!!

I lived nearly all of my life in Dublin. They didn't have to dream this idea up, or write the plot. IT HAPPENED.

What they had to do was change things round so the script writers didn't get shot themselves. There was/is a huge gangland feud in Dublin with about 15 contract killings at least over the years. Google Hutch-Kinahan feud if you don't. The Hutch gang was a tight ship. They were the older players, built around Gerry Hutch, called "The Monk" because he only wanted non drinkers, and kept a low profile. When the Kinahans muscled in on his territory (for selling drugs) he ordered a killing, which ended being 2 killings. The Hutch gang was virtually killed off. Gerry Hutch ended doing his own killings and is going down for murder now. Everyone who isn't dead is running scared. The police have Daniel Kinahan unable to exit the UAE or some other tiny Arab State. It's been on tv here and it's too gritty for my taste by far, but you most folk would enjoy it. It got a prime time slot and went down well.

A very real and very true depiction of the crime families of inner city Dublin, families with the same three letters starting the name, KIN. The grand poetry of the word meaning family, a la cosa nostra of Sicily and other mafioso using omertà as the key to success, while selling drugs, brandishing guns, and turning on each other, KIN or no KiN.

Excellent story and character driven to the point they really do seem real. The Dublin accent works really well. The Bren character is maybe the worst human I've ever came across, making it compelling and keeps you intrigued; even to see his demise (or not)

This is the best thing the BBC has made in a while. Scorsese would be proud. Even the use of music is perfect, meaningful.

It has everything sadness, betrayal, love... and the story told like a true Irish Bard.

It's a great show definitely worth a watch. First irish series I've watched and definitely better than some of the other trash on the TV. I hope they make a second season and build upon it.

Many of the reviewers of Kin claimed that this series is slow, boring and blah. Not sure what show they watched but it cannot be this one! In my opinion, Kin is 1 of the BEST family crime dramas that's been done in a LONG time. The cast is excellent and the writing is stellar. If organized crime in Ireland and great Irish actors with authentic Irish accents aren't your thing, then Kin isn't your kind of show and you're REALLY missing out on 1 of the BEST SHOWS on tv!! I really hope that there's a season 2.

Watching this show at first cos of Charlie Cox, he's an amazing actor & should be on tv more.. looks like a pretty decent crime drama.. great cast performances.. I love Aidan Gillen too.. plus this show got Animal Kingdom vibes.. overall if this on Prime or Netflix or streaming services that bingeable, could definitely be a hit..

And so they all get what they deserve. As a viewer I can not have any sympathy for anyone. These are all criminals fighting their drugwars amongst themselves and every now and then an 'innocent' victim triggers a chain of events and bad choices (especially by the gangsters' love interests) that leaves me, nibbling on my popcorn, thinking: who's next. Not that I care or give a ****. The actors nonetheless are great, by the way. The main problem is just: there is no protagonist. Let bad guys kill bad guys - who cares.

No BS, no lame excuses not to hammer another nail in when it calls for it. Pure grit, politics, internal trysts, betrayal, ego bashing, idiotic morons, Irish style gangsta fag ... Etc. Keeping it real Frank, pun intended. The season finale was sweet. Finally a feel good let all the right roaches die. There were moments throughout the series that were wee bit developing slow but those snail paces kept the atmosphere dark, weary and dead. Can't wait for season 2.

Love this Irish family gangster revenge series. Not as needlessly bloody as Gangs of London it is subtly as lethal. Two of my favorite male actors here, Charlie Cox & Aiden Gillen, have never been 'dull' in anything, contrary to another reviewer's view. The writing's what counts, so thanks to the writers for making Amanda so wonderfully sharp and deadly.

Kin as in Kinsella a fictional Dublin crime family embroiled in a crime war . Murder, death and drugs seem to be everyday activities for this Irish clan .

A well acted crime drama with devastating violence . I read somewhere it was not based in truth but fiction. But I did read in Irish Times the big Dublin crime family is the Kinahan gang.

Kin !

Just an awful show, feels like it was written by a fifteen year old as a school project on Dublin crime, there's no logic to it at all and the accents are all over the place.

I'm up to episode 3 and I'm liking this one. I'm not one to give much away. If you want to watch a crime drama then this is one I'd happily recommend!

This is a well-crafted tale of family, loyalty, crime and vengeance set in present day Dublin.

Clare Dunne, Aiden Gillen and Ciarán Hinds are - as always - excellent.

...because this is an excellent series, with great performances, realistic action and a good plot. None of your Hollywwood ten minute fight scenes; the violence is short, sharp and decisive. The first season held my attention throughout and I looked forward to very episode, even though I could see the ending coming a mile off. (You could could look at it as the copying of a great ending to a great movie or just a nod to that movie. I wasn't sure about season two, but warned to it after the first couple of episodes. I'm not fond of endings that leave parts of the story hanging for next season, but in this case I'll forgive them because it was, otherwise, the perfect finale to the main plot line.

Methodical and gritty. This series has great potential.

Despite holding a goos storyline and a number of accomplished actors, there are too many incidents of poor, to the point of cringe, acting. This coupled with poor direction, unprofessional continuity and amateurish supporting acting leads to a disappointing view. Comes nowhere near being as good as it could have been and certainly nowhere near as good as Love/Hate. Just hoping Season 2 includes a marked improvement in the choice of actors to support those more acclaimed ones, such as Ciarán Hind, Aidan Gilles, Clare Dunne who do a good job at making this believable enough to continue watching the first eight episodes.

I was looking forward to this show, I'm from Dublin, I know all the locations especially the Church as it's the one I grew up going to.

This was written for a North American audience not an Irish or European one. It is painfully slow getting the story across, to the point that with a week between each episode you will most likely forget what happened the previous week. (Binge watching would be a good plan and make it a far better experience)

The writers obviously don't know many Irish Women, certainly none from Dublin! They are shown as subservient which believe me is the furthest thing from the truth, the vast majority of Dublin Women are far stronger than the Men in their lives. It covers every demographic possible and to be honest doesn't do very good job of it.

Despite my negative comments, I think it will turn out to be a good Show. The Cast are great and some legendary Actors do a great portrayal given the script. I've wait until episode 5 to write this, it would have been easy to make a judgment after watching the First episode but I wanted to give it a chance.

It is worth watching but, by the same token you won't be rushing home to watch it.

While first season had some good moments despite many completely ridiculously silly decisions and plot holes every where, it did deliver some entertainment. The writers obviously had zero knowledge or experience with the genre, I doubt they ever saw The Wire or Sopranos or if the had, they did not take notes. Average barely ok.

But second season goes completely off balance, mostly just relationship melodrama, everyone instantly become sheep, the gang/criminal story doesnt move anywhere or barely and it is all force drama. Unlike Sopranos where family life and criminal activity were in nice equilibrium.

Each season getting worse, and the first one was not good anyway, while also losing story pace, not evolving any story elements, all that is happening is almost getting to a point of an add for help line for teenagers abused and/or bullies. Simply ridiculous.

Bring back the core of the show, bring back charismatic characters that dare do stuff, bring back action and story events each episode.

Otherwise just cancel it already.

I was really hoping that this would be great, but it turned out to be thoroughly mediocre.

How Frank became the leader of such a bunch of dimwits is only explicable when you look at the people in his family who are younger than him, all of whom are as thick as a brick.

I was hoping for someone, anyone to have a feel for a concept known as "Strategy" which involves a modicum of planning.

But no, all we get is a bunch of hot headed idiots who's only achievements are being members of the Kinsella family.

Even Amanda who is meant to be the smart one has the strategic planning capabilities of a fruitfly.

There may be a second season/series of this but having watched all eight episodes of this then I'll spend my time doing something more worthwhile.

Excellent acting and direction can't make up for poor writing, so a 6/10.

It is puzzling how the overall ratings average for this series is as high as it is. It is a badly scripted, terribly acted story with an extremely dull plot.

Absolutely brilliant a true adaptation of a crime family in Dublin, nail bitting Absolutely terrific tv. Must watch, I like how the writing is perfect it's believable that wins it over for me, the camera quality and production is top notch, I'm not really a fan of crime but this is just brilliant, top boy, love hate, gomorrah, has nothing on this show. It's not hollywood it's the true dark and gloomy goings on of a crime family, I'm not a fan of women leading roles but Amanda wow she is fire and I wouldn't want to get on her wrong side, Charlie Cox is brilliant truly a really good actor. Get it watched and please continue to make seasons.