SO well done. The casting is outstanding. Each actor has found the core of the character, that solid foundation from which everything else is built effortlessly. At least that's the way the actors make it seem. The performances are organic, spun from an organic thread that runs through the performances moment to moment, scene to scene, episode to episode. You never see the strings...

There's Ben Wishaw's deadly serious and morally reborn Rabbi Milligan, who will kill without hesitation in defense of a higher ethic and code. And Salvatore Esposito's clownish and wildly dangerous Gaetano, a lover of opera and a complete psycho. Jessie Buckley kills as Nurse Mayflower, a a quirky Angel of Death. Buckley proves that killers CAN be fun-nee!

Jason Schwartzman deserves an award, playing a mob boss like no other you've seen before. He shifts between ruthlessness and wit with ease, between boss and pretender in the blink of an eye, and somehow manages to convince us that he is the Top-Dog Italian in town despite that he looks like he more belongs behind the counter at the local Jewish deli. One great moment-to-moment choice after another. Brilliant casting choice.

And then there is Chris Rock. Hard to buy in at first, cuz. "It's Chris Rock!" But with each episode, you buy in more and more. Head of the local Black crime family, the more ruthless he becomes, the better it gets. No trace of the funny man here. And that makes his performance all the more revelatory. I mean, who casts Rock as a mob boss, in a drama? Well, it worked!

Direction is great, sound and lighting and all production values are high. And the writing is marvelous!

Really good show, and too bad we can't binge and have to wait a week.