Kin - RTE & AMC

Did we see Bren (Jimmy and mikeys dad) in this episode? He doesn't seem to have been at the welcome home party?

Produced by BBC Studios for RTÉ. While commissioned by RTÉ its one in very few (particularly) in the last 10 years. Any idea how much RTÉ spend on Independent drama in relation to the over all budget?

Eric's misses is a fine looking women

I put the tan down to being part Ghanaian rather than fake tan!

BBC studios and Treasure for RTÉ AFAIK. The point is that the argument that RTÉ don't have enough money for Drama is wrong, RTÉ spend just 1% of their budget if even on Independent Drama last year. Almost all of their current set of dramas are either co-pros or they have little or nothing to do with the production, most of the public funding coming from the BAI and Screen Ireland.

I am actually agreeing, RTÉ are the commissioners of that show, I would say that that was their most expensive spend this year on Drama. My point is that RTÉ don't commission that much drama and spend less than 1% on Independent drama/scripted comedy in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. They could if they wanted produce more Drama.

Thought it was okay, while it looked slick it really took me out of it when they were hanging out and living in Dublin 4 and Grand Canal Dock areas. The realism is lacking IMO, the main family seem to be a classic drug gang selling to street dealers and getting their stuff off an Irish trafficker who has connections to the source. I can't think of many instances where the gang leaves the area they are from unless they are getting their own stuff. If you think of a gang like 'The Family' to my knowledge, they are still living in Ballyfermot, Mr. Big still lives in Coolock, Greg Lynch still lives in the Oliver Bond flats, etc. I know some do indeed leave where they are from but not to the heart of Dublin 4!

A lot of people are defending how well dressed the cast are and the location on their houses by comparing them to the Kinahan family and their affiliates (One guy looked to be based on Ross Browning, Cunnigham seemed to be based on Christy Kinahan) but the Kinahan's are traffickers and at the top of the drug food chain living in Dubai and previously Spain so comparing the main family to the Kinahan's seems incorrect in my eyes who are just a gang in Dublin and not international traffickers. Also the locations and houses they live in would have CAB on their tales all day every day. In real life, as stated, they generally stay in the area they are from but upgrade the house from the inside with cash in hand jobs, trying to explain a property purchase of a lovely house in Lansdowne road to authorities would not end well.

The cast themselves aren't very convincing, I don't really buy they are some successful drug dealing family, there's no one who had the same presence as say Fran from Love/Hate who I thought was very convincing as a Dublin gangster.

Granted I know it's a tv show and it seems like it will be entertaining but it's hard not to shake the realism aspect they are missing. I understand why it's so slick and flash, it seems to me like they are selling this to an American audience and the visuals of Grand Canal and the houses are quite nice and will draw people in somewhat. Nonetheless I'll continue to watch next weekend.

Enjoyed it, finally some decent Irish TV, hopefully it improves as it goes along.

I’ll keep watching but found the actors a bit unbelievable as Dublin gangsters.

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I have always felt he was playing the same role, with a sparmy smirk. Impressive set of shows alright.

Maybe they needed to make a pit stop somewhere near East Wall

Yeah all great movies/TV. Even in Sing Street he played the smug Architect (in fairness an understandable part of that role as he was separating from his wife), am I wrong to think Maria Doyle Kennedy's character in KIN is his wife?

Ben Carolan -well recognised. Was trying to place him.

Quite a few of the cast have been in tv dramas of one sort or another. Aiden Gillen was mentioned already. Others include:

Maria Doyle Kennedy: The Tudors, Downtown Abbey, Queer as Folk, Striking Out (drama on RTE), Call the Midwife and Outlander, amongst others.

Emmett J. Scanlan: Hollyoaks, Peaky Blinders, The Fall, The Clinic (drama on RTE), No Offence and The Deceived - again that's not all of them.

Charlie Cox : Lewis (one episode - I did not recognoise him without the beard!), Boardwalk Empire, Downtown Abbey, Daredevil (as previously mentioned), The Defenders, Moby Dick and Judge John Deed (one episode).

Sam Keeley: Misfits, Jack Taylor, Raw (drama on RTE), Dublin Murders (drama on RTE), 68 Whiskey and The English Game.

Ciaran Hinds: Game of Thrones, Political Animals, Above Suspicion (and its offshoots), Prime Suspect 3, The Mahabharata, Cold Lazarus and Ivanhoe, and plenty more besides.

Hmm, not overly excited by this (so far), watched it yesterday on RTE Player.

It Kind has a feel of an upmarket Fairly **** (sorry, fair city) , if such a thing is possible.

What's with the Dublin 4 look, just looks and feels all wrong. Aiden Gillen looking like a School career counselor very strange. Very hard to take any of the characters seriously.

Disappointed but perhaps it will improve.

Is it normal for a "drug user" living in a shed....to have an iron??