I finished 1883 and 1923 (season 1) recently so I decided to start watching this. I just finished the first episode. Loved it.
It started a little slow for me at first, plus I didn't like the narration. You have it open with Jeremy Renner narrating that he's the Mayor of Kingstown, but then in the very next scene you find out he's actually not the Mayor yet and its his brother, played by Kyle Chandler. It kind of telegraphed that Kyle Chandler was
[Show spoiler]going to get killed in the first episode. I did like that it wasn't even an main character, just some small time idiot criminal who got caught immediately.
Knew something was going to happen to get Mike to step into his brothers shoes. Just didn't think it was going to happen that fast and be something so over the top dramatic with the crying lady on the street.
That said, I'm still not really sure what exactly Mike does. It looks like they are involved in the drug trade in the prison, but they also seem to be involved as some kind of middle men with the gangs outside the prison like the Crips and whoever "Milo" is with (Russian's maybe?).
I like the supporting cast. You've got the prison inmates, the guards and all the cops. You immediately get an idea of just how deep the corruption in this city goes. There is no one who is honest except for maybe Mike and Kyle's mom. I was surprised what happened with the stripper, I figured she was going to be a main character.
Had some nitpicks with the blu ray while watching the first episode. There were a few times where a scene would start and it would almost be in slow motion for half a second and then go into normal speed. I'm assuming that is a problem with the disc and not how they made the show. Hoping the rest of the episodes aren't like that.
Looking forward to episode 2.