A Bostonophiles series. You kind of have to know the general late history, ethnic makeup, neighborhoods, culcha, of the area . I grew up around Boston and its like old home week for me. Boston has a veneer of education, money, etc.but underneath are a lot of working class people. Among them you have a subclass of druggies, crminals, mafia, shysters, and this series focuses on them. The police are kind of corrupt and racist. Racism among the worki ng class is big, and Boston was a racist city. You have a lot of ethnic division. This is set in the early 90's , with the Big Dig going on. That turned into a corrupt bloated farce,of course. I think it ultimately cost $17 billion ,tremendously over the budget.

I expected more reference to the corrupt FIB agent and his work with Whitey Bolgers Winter Hill gang. Maybe that will come on. Kevin Bacon is over the top as a sleazy FBI agent. I don't think the actual FBI character was as openly blatant as Bacon acts.

How bad was Boston? Whitey Bolger was a gangster deluxe for years. His brother was Speaker of the Mass. Senate or House at the same time. They and the FBI guy had grown up together in the same neighborhood,South Boston. So... Some good location stuff here and acting. Funy dialogue. Kind of a lot of subplots that go here and there. It's a decent series. Damon and Affleck love their Boston stuff. Of course they came from Brookline,not exactly the city.