This show is so believable! You feel like your right there with them. It is one; if not THE BEST show I have seen on T.V. in many years. The actors are so believable, and most them are quite good-looking, which makes it even nicer to watch! I was sorry to see that Ryan's girlfriend was killed, she was such a good actress. But I do understand it and it was amazing production the way that she died. Every thing about this show is so down to earth! It is very impressive to be able to watch a show like Gang Related! PLEASE, don't take this off the air. It just needs to be advertised more. I had not heard about it until the 4th show, and I am HOOKED! Give others the opportunity to watch this amazing show, advertise it more!!

Based on some of the reviews here, I checked this show out. It is essentially a soap opera. And the writing is barely up to that level. The premise itself is preposterous, but much of today's TV and movies have the same issue. It's just that most try hard not to suck. The writing here is full of overused clichés and forced drama. The characters are horrific stereotypes, and the acting!!! GAH!!!! If one can call it that, the acting makes you cry it is so bad. It hurts your soul. None of us mortals will ever know why the fantastic Terry O'Quinn signed on to this slow moving train wreck. You can see the tears he is fighting back as he delivers one bad line after another. One can only hope that he sees the error of his ways, and demands that the character kill himself.

With the slew of terrible reality shows or unwatchable dramas, Gang Related is a breath of fresh air (especially on Fox). I know some people say something like this is impossible to believe or it's impractical. So what? It's entertaining and it's good. So many shows are cancelled before the have a possibility to show their true potential and for it being this early on it's unbelievably interesting. Also, has no one ever seen Donnie Brasco? It's just a reverse situation instead of cop infiltrating mob ,it's mob infiltrating police. Fighting to do good while protecting his own. The show has an amazing cast of actors and it shows in GR. I think the only mistake we could make with this show is letting it slip away without seeing it through. Is Ryan a pawn to the ones he loves or is he really family. Someone who is willing to do anything for the people closest to him despite being on the edge of what's right and what's wrong ,and where he stands as an officer and a family member. Is there more corruption than meets the eye? Will the mistakes of some cost lives of others,or jealousy? It's nice to get a show like this that feels like a movie every time I watch it. If your a fan of shows like Sopranos, Sons of Anarchy, or movies like Blood In Blood Out this is for you.

Contains spoilers about plot points up to the 5th episode.There is some charm in this show and a pretty good premise that hasn't been seen that much on TV. The actors are pretty good, but the characters are almost all one-dimensional and predictable along with the interaction between them. But those are minor problems when compared to the plot holes that keep piling on, episode after episode. The ones that bother me?One Russian gang-leader is arrested for human trafficking and they refuse to distribute drugs for the main gang because he isn't released.Why? Why would they expect that the Los Angelicos could get some human trafficker and baby seller out of jail? They have no idea that the LA's have an undercover operative in the law enforcement so why would they even ask somebody to do this and even less make the slave traders release a requirement to do business?The second major problem is that when RZA's character has the cleanest shooting ever in police history and he is suspended for it because lawsuits...It's like they have to keep the police officer spotless for us to care about his problem all the while they want us to believe that this would be the reason for his trouble. I mean, they have a kid that opened fire in a club while high on some tainted drug, who killed/wounded other civilians before opening fire on one police officer who took a hit in his vest BEFORE he was then shot by RZA's character with a single well aimed shot to the heart. Police have eyewitnesses against the kid. They have a bullet from the kids gun in a police officers vest and GSR on the kids hands. And this is the case that the LAPD/FBI/DEA would be scared to get sued over, so scared that they would react the way that they did?There are lot more problems like these in the writing, making me think that they have a general idea about a cop show but they lack the skill to make any sense in the interaction of the characters and making the problems they face seem even remotely realistic.But hey, what the hell would i know...