“Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight has returned to Netflix with his latest drama, “ House of Guinness .” Set mainly in Dublin, Ireland, and loosely based on the real-life Guinnesses, the historical series focuses on the famous brewery and the family behind it following the death of their patriarch. Although well-acted and engaging, the show fails to pack the same explosive punch as the Cillian Murphy-starrer “Peaky Blinders” or even Knight’s Hulu series, “A Thousand Blows,” which premiered earlier this year. Still, it’s an engrossing enough saga that puts the lore and the myths of one of the Emerald Isle’s most famous dynasties front and center.

“House of Guinness” begins amid death and rebellion. It’s May 27, 1868, and Sir. Benjamin Guinness has died, leaving chaos and his

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