Billy’s got one arm, Sean is in prison, having been left hanging, perched on a car tire by Elliot. It’s not clear what he’s in for – his crimes are many, but what he’ll have admitted to is another matter. He certainly poisoned Koba whose body is there at the scene. So for now, Sean’s out of the running, but he’s such a huge part of the show we can’t imagine him not having a big part to play in season 3. Will he wheedle his way out? Will he form a new faction in prison? Or will he find that he suddenly has to grow humility from behind bars where he’s no longer the big man?Doubt it… The Allegiances With horror maven Corin Hardy now lead director on the show it is perhaps no surprise that the levels of gore and violence are ramped up. Eyes are gouged, limbs are severed, it’s a show ideally watched with your own gang so you can share in the communal gasps and flinches. Really it’s a show that would benefit from the big screen. Like season one, Gangs of London season two is the closest you’ll get to cinema from a TV show. The whole thing looks stunning, the cityscapes are gothic and strange, while looking ultra modern at the same time, and the cinematography is gorgeous, with this season leaning into occasional slow mo for certain stand out ‘money shots’. The story once more immerses the viewer in the violent world of London’s criminal underbelly. Events of the season one finale, and the death of Sean Wallace, have left a power vacuum that all factions are keen to fill. Leading the charge is the menacing new character, Koba (Waleed Zuaiter). At the start of the series he and his henchmen have London in an iron grip and his proclivity for violence is immediately demonstrated. If you thought this show peaked at season one, then strap in as the second season is even more traumatic.

So here’s where season two leaves us and what it might mean for season three. The Gangs: who’s left? Elliot (Sope Dirisu) is clearly going to get into plenty more trouble working for The Investors. (Image credit: Sky Atlantic ) Gangs of London was described as having elements of Peaky Blinders and Game of Thrones, and I can see that, so why was it I enjoyed those series but not this?

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But not everyone is happy about this. By the end of the season allegiances have been made and lost and the bodies have piled up. So who’s left? Luan

Koba (Waleed Zuaiter) is a brutal ruler who wants complete control of London's drug trade. (Image credit: Christopher Raphael / Sky / AMC) Let me begin by saying I am immensely difficult to please these days, and as I’ve grown older, rather than becoming more tolerant and patient, I have become less so. I think this is because with the passing years you recognise that time is finite. Furthermore, there are so many more alternative forms of entertainment than there were when I was a child in the 60’s & early 70’s when I would indiscriminately watch anything. As instructed, Sean arrives at the location, a seemingly abandoned junkyard. He drags Koba's lifeless body out, offered as proof that the deed is done.In the year since the end of season one, Elliot has become a killer for hire for the Investors, hopping from country to country carrying out hits. What Elliot wants more than anything is to save his dad, but the investors are keeping him in a secret location as collateral to keep Elliot under the thumb. But when the revelation surfaces that Sean is in fact NOT DEAD Elliot has a chance to get his dad out of the country. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Sean, with his last few gasping breaths attempts to manipulate Elliot by telling him that his father would be proud and it kind of works.

For lovers of action there was plenty to enjoy with very well done fight scenes and shoot outs galore.

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I think there were two reasons, they had interesting characters who I cared about, this did not, together with engaging storylines, this did not. Dazzler Media are due to release Gangs of London Season 2 on both Blu-ray and DVD this coming Monday in the UK. This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. Season two sees the return of most of the gangs from season one and with a new antagonist in town the audience’s stand-in has switched. In season one it was Elliot, the undercover cop who was infiltrating this world just as we were. In season two it’s Luan.