Proof

Perhaps I'm the only person who actually loves this series (we're only just seeing it in Australia). It's shown in the Friday night crime spot, and manages to block the world out for the 90 minutes it runs. The plots are layered and complicated, if not occasionally improbable, and you have to pay attention or you can get lost. The cast of Finbar Lynch, Orla Brady, Stanley Townshend - and many more - are excellent, the scripts tight and sometimes funny, often shocking. Best of all, the filmmakers make a genuine attempt to create a gritty urban landscape of Dublin, where the series is set.

Stories centre around corruption in high places, and the attempts made by journalists Lynch and Brady to expose the bad guys. They're often unsuccessful, which is one of the reasons I enjoy this show. The bad guys frequently do win, and there's little the good guys can do about it.

One of the many reasons I'm enjoying 'Proof' is that the viewer is treated with respect and with none of the patronising explanations of the plot by characters which seems to be part and parcel of many mainstream US mystery/drama/cop shows.

Because, a few of the reviews wanted to know why copies weren't made. Well, DUH, explain to me how a laptop, with all that information on it, did not have a PASSWORD. Anyone just opened it and poooof!, all the contents are there for the world to see. SERIOUSLY????

Irish thriller encompassing politics, people trafficking, police corruption, and murder. Moves along at a good pace as a disgraced journalist acquires a computer disc revealing the funding of a new political party which is about to surge to victory in the forthcoming election. As other people have commented, as it contains such politically expolosive material, why were no copies of the disc made? Anyway, if we ignore that slight plot fail this is a good story, well acted and over 4 episodes is not long enough for boredom to creep in.

Having said all that I was a bit disappointed at the ending, which seemed a bit flat.

Hello.....how many people had the disc in ther possession and NO ONE thought to make a copy or download to their laptop or desk top????? It was a good series until then.

Good acting, nice script and direction. Except for the BIGGEST FLAW: why no copies?