Yes lets talk about the Irishness of the show,

I'm of Irish heritage and I like to think that I was a plastic paddy way before it was considered cool by Hollywood.

I gotta say I'm getting tired of the Irish gangster films. The characters are stockpile caricatures that hardly bring anything new to the table.

Every Irish gangster film/tv show in the past 15 years has had a Whitey Bulger character and the same old 'Southie Project' stereotypes.

Booooooooooooooring.

If you want worth while Irish gangster media, ignore The Departed and go watch Monument Ave. It's wicked cool.

Also, before anyone says it, yes I've seen State of Grace and I love it.