The way I look at it is, the show treats the moment where Gerry publicly denies involvement in the IRA as shocking. Yes, a lot of people who watch the show will go in knowing that he did this (and continues to do this). But even if you do, the way the show works makes it easy to fall into the worldview of Dolours and Brendan and others, …
The way I look at it is, the show treats the moment where Gerry publicly denies involvement in the IRA as shocking. Yes, a lot of people who watch the show will go in knowing that he did this (and continues to do this). But even if you do, the way the show works makes it easy to fall into the worldview of Dolours and Brendan and others, so in theory it would still pack a punch when he claims otherwise on TV. But ending every episode with that — while I understand the legal necessity of it — means it's always top of mind, and plays like the audience is ahead of the characters.
It also undercuts, at least a bit, the tension the show wants to create about whether he might actually get into legal trouble over the Jean McConville matter.
The way I look at it is, the show treats the moment where Gerry publicly denies involvement in the IRA as shocking. Yes, a lot of people who watch the show will go in knowing that he did this (and continues to do this). But even if you do, the way the show works makes it easy to fall into the worldview of Dolours and Brendan and others, so in theory it would still pack a punch when he claims otherwise on TV. But ending every episode with that — while I understand the legal necessity of it — means it's always top of mind, and plays like the audience is ahead of the characters.
It also undercuts, at least a bit, the tension the show wants to create about whether he might actually get into legal trouble over the Jean McConville matter.