Iain Glen convinces as damaged Jack Taylor, an alcoholic former cop who now works as a Galway gumshoe. As one sultry client says near the start, “They say you're good, because you've nothing else in life”. Taylor, like all gruff private eyes, gets roughed up a fair bit, boozes hard, and is, crucially, a charmer.
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