They are having a "Holy War" how cute! This show is just a little bit better than playing space invaders (a 35 yr old video game that truly suk'd). Calling their fellow Americans "The English" is no different than us "English" calling South America natives "The Mexicans" lol.The dirty deeds the "Amish Mafia" do,and worse also happen every day in rural America! I know many Amish, Mennonites... all of them good people. The show just capitalizes on the worst of them, which ain't bad compared to the rest of the world.When is Discovery going to do a show about Reveren Poppoff? Lol. I would like to see some background on these folks that are getting the miracle healings!

are you clowns who took the time to write poor reviews due to the show being fake kidding? of course none of the stuff is ACTUALLY real. they even disclaim it right in the beginning: 'The Amish Church denies the existence of the Amish Mafia. To ensure the safety of innocent Amish, select re-enactments of events must be used.'wow, so everyone saying the show is fake can read!! good job guys! that fact that you're so upset and up in arms that the show is fraudulent is hilarious. Do you think John Gotti, or any other mafia member would let a camera crew film their business? of course these guys aren't going to allow cameras to film illegal activities. if you expect otherwise, it's probably a good thing you aren't involved in some type of criminal activity because you'd end up dead or in jail in about 3 minutes. I'm not saying the show is amazing and i'm not saying it sucks, but is it so far-fetched to believe that the general idea of the story lines could actually have happened int he past? no, it really isn't. it's not like the show is portraying these guys out to be ruthless hit men. they collect insurance money to help other Amish since they probably don't use Geico (oh how i wish they were hit men, then maybe they could take Flo out for good for trying to sell Progressive to the Amish or for trying so desperately hard to be funny), which other Amish are probably happy to pay, because they'd like to have that help if something happens to their chicken pot pie business. they run parties, buggy races/competitions, and do other dumb stuff to make money. if you're looking for some Amish version of the Godfather like these other geniuses who are so mad that the show isn't reality, then you will be disappointed too. the worst kind of 'mafia' work I've seen is them attempting to do is driving an "English" guy away from their town for selling cell phones to the Amish.take it for what it is meant to be, an entertaining look into a guy helping to look out for his fellow Amish. my main knock on the show is that they try to make "Lebanon" Levi so intimidating when the dude is no doubt softer than a teddy bear (he also resembles one, so there's that...)

I don't care whether it's for real or not, and I don't see how it could be. However, the characters are a sheer delight to watch. It is highly entertaining.Esther - is sort of the "moll" as they used to call the girlfriend of the gangsters back in the real Mafia days.John - her brother - probably couldn't tie his own shoe laces without help.Jolin - is a fascinating character with those big, powerful guns.Alvin - a quiet, faithful 'foot soldier' Merlin - he's an enigma wrapped up in a riddle! And there are others equally interesting.But my absolutely favorite is Lebanon Levi. Lebanon is allegedly the leader of the Amish Mafia, but he gives the appearance of being a big, ol' teddy bear - even when he's hollering in John's face: "Don't be talking back!" There are more contradictions than you could shake a stick at on this show. One example of many is Merlin, who "talks" to God, and recently got shunned - yet he apparently has never been baptized or he couldn't possibly be doing the things he is shown doing.This is true for all of these people. If they were really Amish wouldn't they have to have either gotten baptized and joined the church or have had to leave the community by now? One would think so.Many things are never really explained - like how Jolin, a Mennonite, is able to speak the low German/Pennsylvania Dutch language the Amish speak. That is - if all of them are really speaking that language, since I frequently detect words that are definitely English when they are supposed to be speaking only Amish German.For entertainment value I think this show can't be beat.8 stars - and it just keeps getting better and better!

I can believe the Amish might use their own "police" force rather than depend upon outside authority. And I can believe that drugs and prostitution have probably found their way into the community and are generally hushed up. I can even be persuaded that the cars Levi uses are paid for from the earnings of his privately owned company rather than from money extorted from his community. And there are manipulative women, thugs, and both simple and stupid men in the communities around the Amish, so why wouldn't they also exist inside the Amish community. All of this I can believe.What I can not believe at this point is that a rival Amish "police" group from Ohio would try to start an interstate take-over of the group in Lancaster, Pa. These are relatively small communities with small groups of thugs that can barely maintain control over their own communities let alone attempt to take control of other communities over three hundred miles away from their home territory.