14/30

Scenario

Four turbulent decades during the Troubles in Northern Ireland

The real Dolours Price was married for two decades (1983-2003) to Irish actor Stephen Rea.

During that time, Rea appeared in the film for which she is probably best known in the US: the 1992 romantic thriller The Crying Game

In that film, Rea plays Fergus, an extremely recalcitrant and ambivalent member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) – the same organization that Price was involved with for many years.

Coming from the north, it’s very surreal

to see such a high quality TV series from this period.

The series clearly aims to balance this period

Obviously the main focus towards the end is on the missing, especially Jean McConville and a few former IRA volunteers, but it does an excellent job of portraying the motivations and circumstances of dealing with the IRA.

Overall, this is a sometimes exhilarating but also thought-provoking watch, I really felt it was worth spending a day watching!

Across the board, the characters are brilliantly developed and acted, especially Dolours Price and Brendan Hughes, and the quirky humor is very welcome and hits the spot.