Type: Limited Series (9 episodes, 50 minutes)
Screenwriter: Jeppe Kleyngeld (episode 1 till 3 and stories)
Tagline: An unknown assassin is taking out bosses of the powerful crime organisation that rules over Devlin City. They must find out why!
Short Story (First Volume): Devlin City, early nineties. In a depraved American city, a sinister and powerful crime syndicate controls everything. One day, a mysterious masked killer shows up and starts killing leaders of this group one by one. Is this the beginning of the end for the Outfit? And what is the identity of this crazy assassin? Find out in Masters of the Underworld: Volume I.
Episodes:
VOLUME I
Episode 1: The Great Valuation
Episode 2: The Outlaws of Delacross
Episode 3: Two Godfathers
VOLUME II
Episode 4: The Silenced Minority
Episode 5: Billy, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
Episode 6: The Legend of Nino Lugiere
VOLUME III
Episode 7: Los Scorpios Rising
Episode 8: At the Gates of Hell
Episode 9: Final Devlin Wars
Episode 1: The Great Valuation
Peter Whitehouse, a city journalist who wastes his time writing about new entertainment venues at a paralyzed newspaper, falls in love with prostitute Mireia. He wants to declare his love for her, but fate intervenes. Bad men, who just got word about a mysterious killer who caused a bloody massacre at a funeral attended by their fellow gang members, are out on a night drinking. They end up at Mireia’s place of employment where things go violent very fast. Mireia escapes and runs to Peter, but the gangsters are quickly on her trail. Will she end up like so many victims of the all powerful Outfit? Or can she escape with Peter and start a new life? Find out in the first episode of Masters of the Underworld. Only on Netflix/Prime/HBO.