ok so the plot is vague at first, it's about some new york irish gangsters and their tragedy, then it gets crazy.

i thought the plot writing was excellent, and i didn't see the ending coming. the episodes are more like mini-movies?

anyway it's a crime-gang-mob-drama

p.s. all the donnelley brothers are super hot.


you can watch the full premier episode here:
http://www.nbc.com/Video/rewind/full...onnellys.shtml


it airs monday nights at 10pm

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I loooved that last night. The ending was crazy. And they're hott. Basically this post has no purpose cause it's just a summary slash repition of yours, but I totally agree :P

Fuck this not having an edit button.

but, it think this show really goes out of the tv-crime-drama box, which network tv rarely does. it seems like a show that'd be on hbo, but is instead on nbc. sortof like, the office, or arrested development. i was impressed.

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I've heard great things about this show already from reliable sources. I wish I had the energy for TV shows.

I watched the pilot on Netflix so my impression of it has faded somewhat... I enjoyed it but I got annoyed by how (except for Tommy) the brothers were portrayed as stereotypical brawling, boozing, Black Irish hotheads. BUT of course there is the unreliable narrator to consider (which is an interesting device for a TV series, even though I already can't stand that character), plus Tommy was the center of story so naturally everyone else was one-dimensional in comparison... I already watch "Heroes" on Mondays so I think I will stick with it to see how the characters develop.

Interview with the creators:
http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultim...;f=36;t=006007

Interviews with the actors:
http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=16815
http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=16817
http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=16818

The Real Black Donnellys:
http://www.crimelibrary.com/classics/donnelly/