The action shifts to the European Commission, with Maeve Kelly Clarke (Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh) exiled to Brussels as Ireland's new Commissioner.

The series received funding from the Sound and Vision scheme of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

An Chomhairle Teanga (ACT, "The Language Council"), an Irish-language government agency, deals with cutbacks after the post-2008 Irish economic downturn, media scrutiny and a difficult new Minister.

An Crisis was well-received, the Connacht Tribune calling it "one of the most entertaining things on TV at the moment, poking fun at so many sacred cows that you wonder how they get away with it.

"[6] The Irish Times noted An Crisis' "sharp satirical bite" and said it was "a subversive subject for TG4 to give the green light to".