About Brotherhood TV Series
Amidst the weathered row houses and rust-barnacled tugboats framing the port
city of Providence, Rhode Island, lies an Irish-American neighborhood known as
“The Hill.” There, the old-world ways of street justice and loyalty still
permeate through the tough blue-collar neighborhood. It is where the familial
bonds of the Caffee brothers are constantly teetering above a moral abyss,
something akin to the classic sibling fable of Cain and Abel.
It is this tradition that the new SHOWTIME original series, BROTHERHOOD follows.
BROTHERHOOD tells the story of two brothers who sometimes share a twisted sense
of moral compromise — both with their own skewed, idealistic visions of what
makes the American dream. They live the lie that noble ends can sometimes only
be accomplished through dubious means. |
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Tommy Caffee (JASON CLARKE) is a family man whose ambition and street smarts
help him navigate the back-room dealings and underhanded tactics of Providence
politics. He is a local politician out to protect “The Hill” and its interests
by any means necessary. Tommy's complicated family and professional lives turn
upside-down with the return of his gangster brother Mike (JASON ISAACS), who has
come back to the neighborhood to regain control of its underworld activities.
Caught in the turbulent crossfire of a tense, conflicted relationship between
two brothers is their mother, Rose (FIONNULA FLANAGAN), who is proud of both
sons, to the point where she turns a blind eye to Mike's shady, sometimes deadly
dealings — even when he passes her counterfeit money as a gift.
Then there is Tommy's wife, Eileen (ANNABETH GISH), who tirelessly supports her
husband but is constantly wary of how Mike potentially places Tommy and their
children in harm's way.
Their path is a minefield of shifting alliances, leaving the brothers constantly
in doubt about who they can trust. Mike's close confidante, Pete McGonagle (STIVI
PASKOSKI), is a recovering alcoholic struggling to stay straight but who easily
reverts back to his role as Mike's enforcer. Then there is competing gangland
boss Freddie Cork (KEVIN CHAPMAN), who regularly threatens Tommy with blackmail
(or Mike's life) in order to secure sweetheart city contracts.
Even if Tommy can protect his brother Mike's life and business interests with
his own brand of backroom dealings, he knows that police detective Declan Giggs
(ETHAN EMBRY) is always lurking in surveillance and monitoring his every move.
Driven by their mutual resentment and rivalry, the Caffee brothers embark on a
dangerous course, where their love and loyalty will be tested like never before.
The duality of both men and their lives interweave to create a volatile dynamic
that could destroy both of them…and both of their families.
Cast of Brotherhood
