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Brotherhood
Genre Drama
Running time 60 Minutes
Creator(s) Blake Masters
Starring Jason Isaacs
Jason Clarke
Fionnula Flanagan
Annabeth Gish
Kevin Chapman
Ethan Embry
Fiona Eriksonn
Stivi Paskoski
Country of origin Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Original channel Showtime
Original run July 9 2006–present
No. of episodes 11
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Brotherhood is a drama series on Showtime which premiered on July 9 2006. The show tells the story of the Irish-American Caffee family. Tommy Caffee is a local politician, while his brother Michael is involved in the neighborhood's Irish Mob -- having just returned from time on the lam. The brothers share a strange sense of moral cooperation.

Set in "The Hill", a fictional Irish neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island (and filmed on location in the same city), the series stars Jason Isaacs and Jason Clarke.

In Canada it is broadcast on The Movie Network and Movie Central. It is also broadcast on FX (UK) in the U.K from October 2006.

Contents

[edit] Episode list

[edit] Season 1: 2006

In the first season, each of the episodes are named after a religious text. Most titles reference verses of books in The Bible. Samyutta Nikaya is one of the nikayas within the three baskets of the Pali Tipitaka. The Viveka Chudamani, written in Sanskrit, is a book of the Hindu Advaita Vedanta philosophy.

The first season is currently available on DVD.

[edit] Season 2: 2007

Showtime has renewed the show for a second season, consisting of 10 episodes (bringing total episodes to 21). The 10 episodes will begin production sometime in the fall '06/winter '07 for a mid-to-late summer airing.

[edit] Episodes

For full summary and trivia, see

Main article: List of Brotherhood episodes

[edit] Cast and characters

Actor Character Notes
Jason Clarke Michael Caffee a lifelong criminal who has returned to Providence after a self-imposed seven year exile hoping to pick up where he left off
Jason Isaacs Tommy Caffee a husband, father and member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives who is not above bending the rules
Annabeth Gish Eileen Caffee Tommy's lonely wife who tries to fill the void in her life with drugs and an affair with the mailman
Fiona Erickson Mary Rose Caffee Tommy's eldest daughter
Fionnula Flanagan Rose Caffee The mother of Caffee brothers and sister Mary Kate
Kerry O'Malley Mary Kate Sister of the Caffee brothers
Bates Wilder Jimmy an inept laywer
Ethan Embry Declan Giggs a Rhode Island Police officer who is investigating the Caffee brothers despite knowing them since his childhood
Kevin Chapman Freddi Cork an Irish-American gang leader who Michael must pay tribute to
Stivi Paskoski Pete McGonagle a recovering alcoholic who quickly returns to acting as Michael's partner when he returns to town

Michael Caffee and Tommy Caffee are inspired by real-life brothers James J. Bulger and William M. Bulger.

[edit] International Broadcasters

Country TV Network(s) Series Premiere Weekly Schedule
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States Showtime July 9 2006
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada The Movie Network and Movie Central
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom FX Network 2007
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy FX Italia September 2006

[edit] Critical response

The show's first season was distributed to critics as a DVD boxset before airing and received a largely positive response. The show has been criticised as lacking the humorous approach of Italian-American gangster stories like A Bronx Tale, Goodfellas, and The Sopranos.<ref name="NYP">Linda Strasi. Fighting Irish. New York Post. Retrieved on 2006-07-07.</ref>

Despite having a total viewership of 540,000, Showtime has renewed the series for a second season to air in Summer 2007.<ref name="Renewal">Denise Martin. Showtime gives 2nd shot to 'Brotherhood'. Variety. Retrieved on 2006-09-17.</ref>

[edit] Production notes

Showtime parent company CBS aired a single showing of the pilot episode of Brotherhood to try and increase viewer interest.<ref name="HWR">Andrew Wallenstein. CBS to air Showtime's Brotherhood. Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved on 2006-07-12.</ref> It drew in over 3 million viewers, but the numbers were still very low.

Some scenes were filmed at the Olneyville New York System Restaurant in Providence, Rhode Island. <ref name="NYSystem"> Olneyville NY System Restaurant. Retrieved on 2006-09-15.</ref>

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