Legends (2026)

Forsyth's skill for paring a narrative down to just the fun parts makes this irresistible. Steve Coogan is in his element as Don.

Legends is tightly wound from the get-go, a true-crime drama that sets itself apart through its top-tier cast and thrills rooted in the grimy greys of drug-ravaged Britain. 

Together with directors Brady Hood and Julian Holmes as well as a uniformly strong cast, led by a gravel-voiced Coogan and Tom Burke (“Furiosa”) as Don’s star pupil, Forsyth makes “Legends” a gripping tale of found potential and assumed identity.

Neil Forsyth (the writer of Guilt and The Gold) has turned this little-known episode in British history into a sure-footed six-part thriller. You will never stop marvelling throughout at the fact that it really happened.

While the first episode of Legends could have fleshed out some of the main characters a little better, it does just enough — with enough restraint — to keep us watching.

[Steve Coogan] creates a sober, wounded portrait of a man who has been damaged by his own experiences undercover and knows it. .... The initial gathering of wannabe detectives is fairly comical. .... Even if the team makes a few acrobatic leaps in its confidence and capabilities, the storytelling is so brisk that one really won’t care.

The energy spent keeping things serious prevents the series catching fire. But it remains a brilliant story, here well told.

A história soa fria e linear, faltano, talvez, por parte da direção, certa criatividade linguística. Ainda assim, o faz com competência e digna de quem se apega a alguns detalhes que tornam tudo com uma naturalidade absurda (quase chega ao burocrático). A realidade não supera a ficção, de modo que tudo impressiona. Resta saber o que foi, de fato, inventado. Contudo, há uma excelente história e muito bem contada, contando ainda com uma edição que não deixa um núcleo se sobressair a outro: todos são importantes ao enredo.

Legends hooked me immediately because the first two episodes understand exactly where the tension should come from. The undercover work feels dangerous, unpredictable, and grounded. Tom Burke carries the show brilliantly just through nervous energy and restraint alone. The problem is that the series slowly falls into a very modern Netflix issue: bloated hour-long episodes that badly need tighter editing. A lot of the middle stretch feels padded with meetings, logistics, repeated conversations, and procedural detail that could easily have been sharper at 45 minutes. Honestly, this may have worked even better as a tight 4-part thriller instead of a stretched 6-episode season. That mid-season drag hurts the momentum badly because the danger stops feeling immediate. Thankfully, the finale remembers what made the opening so strong and pulls everything together with proper tension, payoff, and a satisfying ending. 7.5/10: Flawed, but still one of the more grounded crime thrillers Netflix has made recently.

Great story and well-acted. You find yourself routing for these plucky characters who are clearly in over their heads. Sure there are moments of platitudes and melodrama but all is forgiven because it’s all being done for a good cause.

Enjoyable, well performed, well written - it's more a footballer's wives of Drug and Undercover life would be, it never feels dangerous. it is not - Training Day. I.E it skims rather than delves into character and choices - it moves at a clip, leaving plot holes or questionable moments in the next scene's wake... Because it's not deep - it doesn't really bother too much. It does feel like it was a show based on ONE PERSON and Netflix said - Nope we need a two other people, so the show is less white and male - in a better written show, it wouldn't feel so tacked on.