A superb modern thriller in the ultra-hardboiled Jim Thompson mould, in which a trio of criminals, wanted for a brutally murderous drugs heist, converge on a small, quiet Arkansas township where the local cop, treated with contempt by the LA officers in charge of the case, looks forward to a High Noon-style showdown. The asides on racial and sexual inequality are made subtly and succinctly; the performances and pacing are nigh perfect; the violence is explicit, disturbing but never gratuitous; a find out more...

Episode 3, Hot Shots; Lt Daniels gets ready to leave and a pair of longshoreman steal a container and sell the goods to some of The Greek's men. find out more...

Episode 8, Duck And Cover; McNully goes on a drunken binge and Bunk persuades Daniels to get Rawls to put him back on the case... just in time to catch yet another disappearing container. find out more...