There was a moment, not too long ago, when Irish crime drama felt poised to inherit the smoky crown of Peaky Blinders. That series, although technically a British show, with its operatic gangland politics and mythic masculinity, proved that Irish regional stories could command global obsession. Into that space stepped Kin, leaner, colder, and unmistakably Dublin in its cadence. It built its reputation not on stylized slow-motion walks, but on familial suffocation, the sense that blood binds tighter than loyalty. 

When production turmoil halted its momentum, it seemed destined to become another cult casualty. And yet, it is coming back. But will it be on Netflix?

The answer is complicated. While the first two seasons of Kin are available on Netflix in several territories, there is currently no formal confirmation that Season 3 will premiere there simultaneously.

What is confirmed, however, is substantial. According to reporting by The Irish Sun, RTÉ and the BBC have joined forces to resurrect the series. Filming for Season 3 is scheduled to begin in Dublin this July, with six new episodes set to air on RTÉ next spring. Not only that, insiders suggest fourth and fifth seasons are likely to follow.

It is a remarkable turnaround for a show that vanished after its 2023 finale, when nearly half a million viewers tuned in to witness the devastating climax: Bren’s death at the hands of his brother Frank, followed by Frank taking his own life. Shortly thereafter, the production company behind Kin collapsed under reported debts, leaving the rights in limbo.

Meanwhile, Kin quietly flourished on Netflix internationally and on the BBC in the UK, its audience widening even as its future remained uncertain.

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Now, with renewed interest surrounding Peaky Blinders movie and its own expansion plans, Kin appears ready to reclaim its territory. But what is Kin, at its core?

Created by Peter McKenna, Kin chronicles the Kinsella family’s entanglement in Dublin’s criminal underworld. Season 1 pivots on the murder of a teenage Kinsella, triggering a brutal gang war with Eamon Cunningham, portrayed with chilling restraint by Ciarán Hinds. The conflict reframes the family from small-time operators into reluctant power players.

At the center stands Michael Kinsella, played by Charlie Cox, freshly released from prison and struggling to recalibrate his moral compass. Alongside him are Clare Dunne’s steely Amanda Kinsella and Aidan Gillen’s volatile Frank, performances that ground the show’s Shakespearean impulses in domestic realism.

Season 2 deepens the power vacuum left by Eamon’s fall, examining betrayal within the family itself. Loyalties fracture. Authority shifts. Violence becomes less about expansion and more about survival. With filming imminent and the full original cast reportedly returning, including Cox, juggling commitments to Marvel’s Daredevil, Kin stands at a rare juncture: resurrected not by nostalgia, but by demand.

Whether Netflix will host its next chapter remains uncertain. But one thing is clear, Dublin’s most fractured family is not finished yet.

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