Makes you wonder if there was a mob element, even minor, would it have survived to at least a second season? HBO spoiled us for many years with Sopranos on Sunday nights. I still get a mob itch on Sunday nights!
There is a mob element, one of the main characters is a mobster who gets out of jail in the beginning.
Tommy Shots: They want me running the family, don't they know I have a young wife? Sal Vitale: (laughs) Tommy, jump in, the water's fine.