City on the Hill - Showtime - US Pace (**Spoilers**)

Agent Coulson

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Great opening to season 2 looks like it is going to be another cracking season.

That looks great but I'll need a recap, I must be getting old but I can't remember any of season 1.

steve_r

Deleted User wrote: »

That looks great but I'll need a recap, I must be getting old but I can't remember any of season 1.

I couldn't remember anything at all (even if I had liked the show) but threw it on anyway.

It feels like a fresh storyline that touches on Season 1 but in all honesty it could be the pilot episode of the show.

Really enjoyed it, Bacon a bit more toned down this season. The usual OTT Baawstan stuff but I think that's part of the charm.

Another show with a great cast as well, John Doman is always quality and I've a real soft spot for Mark O'Brien from Republic of Doyle and Halt and Catch fire

Delta2113

Watched season 2 episode 1 and yep was trying to remember the first season as well but I do remember I liked it.

Agent Coulson

Well damn I did not see that ending coming this week.

Agent Coulson

I’d definitely want Jackie taking the law into his own hands for me if my mrs was shot.

Did you smash it

Watching the first episode of season one...why the blazes are they robbing the actual cash in transit van and not just taking the cash?

Galwayguy35

Probably looking a summer realese date on Sky, they were about 4 months behind the yanks for S1

BandMember

So, what happened the Ryan brother that went to prison?? Did I miss something because I didn't see anything mentioned until this week's episode??

JP Liz V1

Sky Atlantic on Tuesday May 25th at 9pm for the 2nd season

Agent Coulson

Good end to the season now to see where they go with season 3 if it's renewed which it really should be.

theoneeyedman

OmegaGene wrote: »

finished this last night and really enjoyed it, the ending seemed to leave it where its hard to know if it will be renewed or not
still not sure what happened to the fella in prison, we saw a death certificate and thats it unless i missed something

Just finished Season 2, enjoyed it again.
Bacon hams it up royally, completely OTT at times, but saw some nuance this season compared to season 1,especially with Mrs Roarke and his daughter.

Most of the ends tied up I thought, don't know where the characters like Jackie and Ryan's wife can really go from here..... Maybe there is another arc in the story, perhaps as mooted above Frankie isn't dead at all!!

Anyway, I'd recommend it, stink of The Wire off it at times, not as good obviously but certainly worth investing some time in it.

Agent Coulson

Renewed for a 3rd season.

steve_r

Great news, but I wonder were they expecting it - they seemed to close off all open storylines and the end of Season 2?

cdgalwegian

theoneeyedman wrote: »

Just finished Season 2, enjoyed it again.
Bacon hams it up royally, completely OTT at times, but saw some nuance this season compared to season 1,especially with Mrs Roarke and his daughter.

Anyway, I'd recommend it, stink of The Wire off it at times, not as good obviously but certainly worth investing some time in it.

Finished episode 4, and felt it had definite echoes of The Wire to it at this stage, which was a positive for me- blended nicely with the corruption angle; "stink of the Wire" though?

cdgalwegian

Season 2 is good drama; in a way, season 1 retrospectively seems almost like a pilot for this one, as a background for the more procedural style of the second. I like the more modern element these days of killing off main characters almost out of the blue, rather than making it as a climactic thing.

ollaetta

Haven't finished yet but I have to say the Irish wan from Belfast is

such a cliched cardboard cut out of a character.

. Maybe things change in the last couple of episodes but I can't see what she adds to the story.

Agent Coulson

Season 3 trailer.

Starts July 29th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNyHYBA-MuA&ab_channel=SHOWTIME

Frank Grimes

The first episode of season 3 aired early.

Agent Coulson

Some great additions to the cast for season 3.

Corbin Bernsen, Ernie Hudson, Joanne Kelly.

Frank Grimes

Got around to watching it earlier, looks like it'll be another good season.

Frank Grimes

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119412358#Comment_119412358

Yeah, 29th is when it surfaced but it's scheduled for Sunday evenings in the US according to TV Maze.

Agent Coulson

Showtime shows always air earlier on there streaming channel than they do on the cable channel.

billyhead

Is this series like the movie the town? The town was a film I thought was good so I'm contemplating giving the series a watch.

Frank Grimes

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119414951#Comment_119414951

I'm actually giving The Town a re-watch based on this post, I wouldn't really say the two are similar beyond stuff like being set in Boston and the criminality. Watch one or two episodes of City on a Hill and you'll have an idea if you'll like it or not. The quality has been consistent throughout too.

pappyodaniel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119414951#Comment_119414951

The Wire would be the obvious comparison to City on a Hill. It took me a while to warm to it but it gets better as the episodes go by.

Delta2113

Really enjoying Season 3 so far.

JP Liz V1

Cancelled

cdgalwegian

Ah shite. About to start season 3 soon. Quite enjoyed the first two.

ejmaztec

I hope Jackie Rohr gives them a good kicking over this, or at least a good quote. I think the series still had a lot of life left in it. 😡

ben.schlomo

Awful shame. A really good series. Bacon has been superb throughout all 3 seasons.