Gangs of London, anyone?

[EachandEveryone]

Ive just started it but its so bloody violent it makes The Sopranos look like Disney? The story is good but I dont know if I can stomach it.

My husband is watching it, I legged it after the first 30 seconds.

Reading Twitter reviews was enough for me. No bloody chance

It's brilliant so far. We have watched episode 2.

It’s got fab reviews, but every single one mentions the absolutely brutal violence and it’s just really put me off

Far too violent.
We switched off after the first 90 mins.
I couldnt work out if the script is awful or the acting is terrible. Something is amiss

Just finished first episode-we loved it! Brutal yes but also atmospheric and addictive. Going to binge a few over the weekend

BRUTAL!!!!! Enjoying it though

Brilliant , modern peaky blinders basically

Just finished. What an ending.

I've watched the first two episodes and loved it, I tend to hide behind my fingers at the brutal parts but I can imagine the story line is going to develop as we find out who's responsible and how they build their empire.
I love Peaky Blinders, Boardwalk Empire etc so clearly don't mind a bit of violence but this was on another scale.
The scene at the Travellers site

I’m watching! Can I ask a question about the first episode that’s annoying me? Apologies if I have missed something!

Spoilers

Why did the boy who drove the car get killed and his brother shoot himself? The only reason I can think of is so the boy who actually killed him could get away? Seemed a bit harsh?

And why did he cut the drivers arm?

I’ve watching the second episode and no wiser, things like this annoy me ha, he didn’t really do anything!

Was it not to save the other boy, the one who actually did the killing, because he's important as is the some of the traveller gang boss (who seem to be Welsh not Irish?)

son

Yes he killed the other boy so his own son could get away.

Ed killed Jack the driver as he knew too much.

I was wondering if there would be a thread on this.

Absolutely brutal, makes The Krays look like Tom and Jerry. I watched episodes 1 and 2 last night, 7 to go.

Finished it last night, bloody loved it!!
Only thing me and DP struggled with was how posh the main character's accent was, considering his family were Irish and his drug addict brother sounded very London, we figured they'd have gone to some sort of boarding school maybe and that's where the accent came from?

Finished it last night too. Still digesting. If you can handle the gore stick with it.

We discussed the accent too because he sure as hell didn’t sound like that in peaky blinders. Decided they would have been expensively privately educated, there’s something about the accent and the way Alex presents too that shows they’re expected to be more than gangsters they’ve got to be able to pass as legitimate business men too?

The only character I had sympathy for by the end was Billy.

Boarding school or public school. Expensive education to make contacts. They were businessmen gangsters.

Just binge watched the lot...its not like we've got anything else to do here atm 🤣🤣 Bloody brilliant...the ending has paved the way for Series 2...but so many questions

@Whywonttheyletmeusemyusername we should have a spoiler thread. SO MANY QUESTIONS!

We watched the first episode last night too, I did enjoy it although it was brutal. I can't imagine an Irish Catholic ever naming his son Billy though

I'm on the last episode. Brutal doesn't even cut it. We need a spoiler thread!

On episode 5. Started it last night. Love it! Also loved Sopranos and Gomorrah. This has very creative violence. I will never look at a bucket again.

Currently on episode 3 and really enjoying it but wow is it brutal I mean who thinks up all these horrific ways to die!!