Created by Ronan Bennett (Gunpower, Top Boy, Day of the Jackal) and set in London, the story follows Harry Da Souza (Tom Hardy), a fixer for a crime family led by Conrad (Pierce Brosnan) and Maeve Harrigan (Helen Mirren). Harry, a highly capable fixer, helps the Harrigans’ extended family stay out of trouble at a time when their business is being threatened by rival crime family the Stevensons, led by Richie (Geoff Bell).
Gritty and gripping, the series finds Harry torn between loyalty to the Harrigans and his own family, wife Jan (Joanne Froggatt) and daughter Gina (Teddie Allen). Conrad is becoming increasingly paranoid; his grandson, Eddie (Anson Boon), is violent and reckless and driving the family into a turf war; and Maeve is pulling some kind of Lady Macbeth-style manipulative powerplay.
Slickly directed (Guy Ritchie helms two of the 10 episodes) and propulsively written, each episode ups the stakes for Harry, who feels the noose tightening around his life. Hardy is great—intense and barely hanging on while pretending it’s all under control. It’s also fun to watch Brosnan and Mirren as villains. Mirren is especially effective as the conniving Maeve. I’m loving it. (10 approximately 50-min. episodes)
—Glen Starkey
This article appears in May 22 – Jun 1, 2025.