vigil617
US Veteran
Thanks to streaming Netflix, my wife and I have been enjoying the BBC America series "Copper," a period drama set in the 1860s in New York City's poor Five Points neighborhood, telling the story of Irish immigrant policeman ("copper") Kevin Corcoran. I think it's very well done, and though it only lasted two seasons (a total of 23 episodes) it's well worth watching.
Corcoran, a wounded Union veteran, has returned home after service in the war (which is still going on, in 1865) and found work as a police detective. The storylines seem historically accurate, including the New York draft riots, attempts to burn New York by conspirators allied with the Confederacy, a well-known local Shakespearean actor named Booth, corruption and influence-peddling by the Tammany Hall crowd, and stories of freedmen, war profiteers, and the desperate circumstances of Irish immigrant men, women and children.
Lots of memorable characters, including Corcoran's fellow coppers and detectives, a corrupt ward boss, a "hooker with the heart of gold," a street-wise orphan girl taken in by Corcoran, crooks from local hoods to well-connected movers and shakers, and more.
I hated to find out that its third season was cancelled, but there is talk of perhaps a feature-length movie that would continue the storyline and incorporate plotlines examining life after the assassination of Lincoln and the period of Reconstruction.
The BBC does things first-rate, and it's "five stars" in my opinion. We stream it at our house, but I think it's also available on disc as well.
Corcoran, a wounded Union veteran, has returned home after service in the war (which is still going on, in 1865) and found work as a police detective. The storylines seem historically accurate, including the New York draft riots, attempts to burn New York by conspirators allied with the Confederacy, a well-known local Shakespearean actor named Booth, corruption and influence-peddling by the Tammany Hall crowd, and stories of freedmen, war profiteers, and the desperate circumstances of Irish immigrant men, women and children.
Lots of memorable characters, including Corcoran's fellow coppers and detectives, a corrupt ward boss, a "hooker with the heart of gold," a street-wise orphan girl taken in by Corcoran, crooks from local hoods to well-connected movers and shakers, and more.
I hated to find out that its third season was cancelled, but there is talk of perhaps a feature-length movie that would continue the storyline and incorporate plotlines examining life after the assassination of Lincoln and the period of Reconstruction.
The BBC does things first-rate, and it's "five stars" in my opinion. We stream it at our house, but I think it's also available on disc as well.
