We have just watched the second episode of Secret State with Gabriel Byrne as the main character, British prime minister Tom Dawkins. Good actors in general, an interesting and engaging story, power struggles and the battle between honesty and deception spiced up by various urgent political incidents. We'll no doubt watch the next two episodes as well.

UPDATE: And so we did. We watched all four episodes and at the end of it all we felt that we as viewers were left hanging. There is no real conclusion and most of the plot lines simply dissolve. The storyline feels hurried, but, on the plus side, acting is good throughout the whole series.