Murphy's Law

No comedy. No Love, but you have got to like Murphy even a little bit,,,if you like this kind of stuff...Whilst some kids get recruited to go to war - see war and do kill people, very few if any become actors like Murphy...

Murphy (James Nesbitt) has got Screen Presence...He scares the shxt out of me, and that is just on the Telly..

Way more darker than what was actually going on then, and possibly now.

This ain't Starskey & Hutch. - even the Americans had some humour....and this is most definitely not the UK Cop Series, where Bodie had a 3 litre Capri With Doyle - The Professionals..

That was Class, it was also funny.

This is not, and does not reflect reality..

Most soldiers come back from war extremely mentally and physically not well often missing legs (very brave about it).. The last thing they want to do is be a film star, thug, police or an army on any side in Belfast

If i watched any more of this I would Have nightmares. Not suitable for me, nor Children.

Try Apocalypse Now, or Silence of the Lambs.

It shines when it stays local. When it tries to dive into international waters like with the Yakuza or the Russian mob, it fails spectacularly. It's easy enough to skip any episode that's not to your liking without missing much of the throughline. The most difficult suspension of disbelief is accepting Murphy undercover as a lounge singer. He's terrible. The show mostly holds up even almost 20 years after its debut. Worth the 2atch if you're not expecting too much from it.

Interesting, so 7 as a drama, but maybe a 3 for reality. James Nesbitt is compelling. Murphy is an undercover policeman- gets assignments that take 6 months, always dangerous deep cover. He uses his name, the same, in all his undercover- we;l, if he is recognized, at least he isn't changing names. It's cold and stalk gray, not any nice buildings or locations. BBC England produced for Northern Ireland where it takes place. "Murphy has a dark past and fails a psychiatric assessment...and is given 1 more chance". He'd have to be dark with problesm, to go undercover play a criminal and risk his life daily for years on end. But the crime syndicates, criminal enterprises, can't be that insular, that he wouldn't become known. He can't keep reinventing himself. So any truth would have to be a composite of many UCs.

It is impossible that he would work the same area- city, and that no one from before would recognize him, or not know someone who knew him in one of his other capers. He couldn't work a city, without being known as UC. Or suspected police informant. Or known from some previous incarnation. They all went to jail, why are you out? Sometimes they never know who he is. But he testifies in court. Do they say UC whose ID needs to protect his identity. They dont say. But this strains credulity.

Surely the crime world is not that big, and he would have to be found out after one caper to another. .

He complains in one that he has no one and nothing. Is it possible for anyone to live so long in so many deep covers. No wonder he drinks.

He is a rough guy with a big heart for protecting woman, including fellow officers, a drinker (my Scottish friend says, this is not just a stereotype), scrappy. Who believes in justice and law.

Often I don't like the extraneous family stuff, but he is very touhing with his mother and father.

My wife and I just completed this series. We really liked it. It is very tense due to the undercover assignments that Murphy gets: one mistake and he is dead. James Nesbitt is great as Murphy.

This show is gripping. In the first season, Murphy is flirting, cracking jokes, and catching bad guys. Then it goes dark, way dark, but thrilling. He's a man who has nothing left to lose and doesn't shy away from the most dangerous situations. Nesbitt here is a far cry from the sad dad of Missing. Very attractive. No wonder all the women in the show are drawn to his extreme masculinity!