All in all, this is a well-acted, well-directed cop series with a strong lead character and good supporting roles. The scenery is perhaps the most important part of the show -- it's gorgeous, and the camera never fails to tale in large swathes of it in almost every outdoor scene. But equally good, and balancing the beautiful setting, is the darkness of the stories -- the plots are unflinchingly, almost scarily dark, but in a way that's so credible it feels as though it's just a true representation of the area.
The only real flaws are the constant, almost silly plot holes; whenever the writers dig themselves into a corner they just skip over reality and hope the viewer doesn't notice. Some of the these holes are so large they feel bigger than than entire coastline of Ireland, other time you have to watch closely to spot them, which almost in itself becomes kind of fun. You'd think that someone would have at least tried to read over the scripts before it was too late.
Still, all in all, definitely worth watching.
The only real flaws are the constant, almost silly plot holes; whenever the writers dig themselves into a corner they just skip over reality and hope the viewer doesn't notice. Some of the these holes are so large they feel bigger than than entire coastline of Ireland, other time you have to watch closely to spot them, which almost in itself becomes kind of fun. You'd think that someone would have at least tried to read over the scripts before it was too late.
Still, all in all, definitely worth watching.