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  • SHOWTIME
  • 2006
  • SHOWTIME
  • 2006

Summary Brotherhood, a Showtime original series, follows the lives of two brothers in the Providence, Rhode Island Irish-American neighborhood known as “The Hill”. The blue-collar neighborhood has roots in old-world ways of street justice and shady dealings. Tommy Caffee (Jason Clarke) is a family man and local politician who is out to protect...

  • SHOWTIME
  • 2006
  • SHOWTIME
  • 2006
Brotherhood
Season 1
Season Premiere: 2006
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
75
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 26 User Ratings
4.0
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Summary Brotherhood, a Showtime original series, follows the lives of two brothers in the Providence, Rhode Island Irish-American neighborhood known as “The Hill”. The blue-collar neighborhood has roots in old-world ways of street justice and shady dealings. Tommy Caffee (Jason Clarke) is a family man and local politician who is out to protect...

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Episode 1 • Jul 9, 2006 • 54 m
Mark 8:36
Episode 2 • Jul 16, 2006 • 55 m
Genesis 27:29
Episode 3 • Jul 23, 2006 • 55 m
Matthew 13:57
Tommy draws closer to Judd. Eileen's lover breaks off their affair. Michael struggles with how much the Hill has changed while he was away.
Episode 4 • Jul 30, 2006 • 55 m
Matthew 5:6
Tension between the Caffee brothers grows when Treasury agents raid their mother Rose's house during Sunday dinner.
Episode 5 • Aug 6, 2006 • 54 m
Matthew 12:25
Episode 6 • Aug 13, 2006 • 47 m
Samyutta 11:10
Declan and his partner Ralph are involved in a shooting. Eileen goes off the rails. Tommy pays back a loan. Mary-Rose gets caught smoking pot.
Episode 7 • Aug 20, 2006 • 53 m
Genesis 27:39
Michael convinces Tommy to help save a local movie theatre. Eileen confesses to Mary-Kate. Rose is forced to take a job at a big box store. Pete falls off the wagon. Declan finds out something about Marty Trio.
Episode 8 • 2006 • 56 m
Job 31:5-6
Michael takes an old girlfriend on a road trip. Rose plans a surprise birthday party for Michael. Eileen tries to reform. Tommy maneuvers to get himself a promotion.
Episode 9 • Sep 10, 2006 • 55 m
Ecclesiastes 7:2
The Hill mourns when a horrific bus crash kills seventeen.
Episode 10 • Sep 17, 2006 • 50 m
Vivekchaudamani: 51
Tommy and Michael's long-lost father resurfaces. Pete tries to help Eileen. Rose can no longer deny that Michael is a gangster.
Episode 11 • Sep 24, 2006 • 53 m
Matthew 22:10
Michael's shadow hangs over everyone when all of "The Hill" comes together at a big Irish wedding.

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
75
78% Positive
18 Reviews
17% Mixed
4 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
75
78% Positive
18 Reviews
17% Mixed
4 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review

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100
"Masterpiece" isn't too strong a word to describe this series.
By Melanie McFarland FULL REVIEW
91
The series occasionally displays the sweat stains of overexertion in the first few episodes... But once the intricate, greasy machinery of the policial/personal gets cranking in Brotherhood, there's no stopping the Caffee clan. [21 Jul 2006, p.59]
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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 26 User Ratings
4.0
42% Positive
11 Ratings
4% Mixed
1 Rating
54% Negative
14 Ratings

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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 26 User Ratings
4.0
42% Positive
11 Ratings
4% Mixed
1 Rating
54% Negative
14 Ratings

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80
The next-best thing to "The Wire."
By Alessandra Stanley FULL REVIEW
75
[A] rattling good series. [10 Jul 2006, p.39]
By Tom Gliatto FULL REVIEW
70
"Brotherhood" is definitely worth the effort: The acting is solid; the situations are, for the most part, new and unknown; and there are enough twists and plot devices to keep us interested in the short term. Over the long haul, though, I'd like to understand more about these characters.
By Heather Havrilesky FULL REVIEW
60
There are entirely too many convenient coincidences, car accidents, Acts of God and gang-related atrocities for one insular neighborhood, and the violence starts to feel contrived, even gratuitous.
By Amy Finnerty FULL REVIEW
30
Almost a parody of itself.
By Nancy Franklin FULL REVIEW
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