Brotherhood - Episode Guide

An Irish-American politician in Providence, R.I., is surprised when his hoodlum brother, thought to be dead, returns to town after seven years and picks up where he left off with his criminal activities.

In an attempt to take over a neighborhood store, Michael leans on a merchant by playing a game of Russian roulette with her mentally challenged brother; Tommy wheels and deals behind the scenes to keep a highway spur from bisecting the Hill; Eileen gets disturbing news during a doctor's visit.

A garbagemen's strike is stinking up the city and it looks like Tommy may have to get down and dirty with the party political machine to help reach a settlement; Michael tries to recruit members for his new crew; Eileen's lover misses their afternoon rendezvous.

Rose's regular Sunday family dinner is interrupted by gun-wielding Treasury agents on the trail of counterfeit currency that is being passed around town; Michael, who doesn't "point out rats, I stomp on 'em," takes care of the guy who ratted him out to the Feds; Tommy seeks the Speaker's help on a bill that would be beneficial to a real-estate deal he is preparing.

The governor wants Tommy to introduce a bill that would tear down houses on the Hill and gain some jobs, and Tommy sees a chance to make some money out of the deal; Michael faces off with Armenian drug dealers who have set up shop in a neighborhood bar, and makes his lawyer brother-in-law Jimmy an offer he can't refuse; Rose takes a stand when her employer wants to lay off 25 workers at the mill.

Michael does an unexpected favor for Declan's cop partner; Tommy sees a lucrative reward for helping a black minister with a zoning problem; Michael catches Mary Rose smoking some Mary Jane with her school friends; Eileen's nocturnal wanderings lead her to a run-in with the cops.

Despite his misgivings, Tommy teams with Michael to save a rundown local movie palace; Pete falls off the wagon, but gets help getting back on; Eileen confides her transgressions to Mary Kate; Rose gets a job and immediately makes noises about unionizing her co-workers; corrupt union boss Marty Trio reveals a secret to Declan.

Rose plans a surprise birthday party for Michael while he's in New Jersey with an old girlfriend doing a job for Freddie; Tommy plays dirty politics in a bid to become Majority Leader; Eileen takes a step toward banishing her demons, but the pressure starts to get to her.

A suicidal jump from a highway overpass causes a bus crash that kills passengers returning to the Hill from a New England Patriots game. Michael discovers a surprising secret about the leaper's identity and uses it to manipulate his boss, mobster Freddie Cork.

The ne'er-do-well Caffee patriarch turns up. He's in a financial jam and threatens to sell Rose's house unless Tommy and Michael help him clear up his $200,000 debt. Meanwhile, Pete falls off the wagon again and gets help from Eileen; Rose's friends turn their backs on her and turn their noses up at Michael's criminal activities; and Tommy finds out that Mary Rose has been working at Michael's liquor store.

Michael is targeted for a hit; Marty Trio wears a wire to get evidence against Freddie; a double-dealing U.S. attorney aims to nail both Tommy and Michael; Declan suspects his partner is dirty; party boss Judson Fitzgerald shows signs of slipping; and Eileen parties with some old friends.

Declan is approached by Michael for inside info on who attacked him; Tommy wants to know how he did in his interview with the U.S. Attorney; Tommy's daughter Lila attacks a classmate; Eileen gets chummy with her late lover's girlfriend.

Still disappointed with Eileen, Tommy turns to his sister Mary Kate for help with his election; the Caffees' charming, ne'er-do-well cousin from Ireland arrives and immediately causes trouble for Tommy; Freddie orders Michael to placate the Italian mobsters he wronged; Declan's drug and alcohol problems get worse.

Michael and Eileen are devastated by the death of a close friend; Freddie makes moves to avoid a mob war with Italian gangsters; Declan continues on a path to self-destruction, a situation that Franklin attempts to use for his own gain; Tommy smooths things over with the mistress of the Speaker of the House.

Tommy takes an interest in an alluring woman he meets in a bar; Freddie asks for Declan's help with a sordid deal; Mary Rose's delinquent behavior causes problems; Michael throws a wrench into Tommy's real-estate dealings; Kath and Eileen bond.

Tommy's trusted support system goes AWOL when he becomes plagued by personal and professional problems; Colin searches for his father; Michael contemplates a change in his lifestyle; Freddie leans on Declan to learn the whereabouts of a missing business associate.

Michael makes a move to grab more power while he and Kath await an addition to the family; Tommy attempts to clean up a bad section of the Hill; Eileen bonds with the wives of some local politicians; Rose tries to deal with getting older.

It's election day on the Hill, and when early exit polls show Tommy running behind he pulls out all stops and engages in some down-and-dirty politics. Also, Michael "escorts" a hitman on a job as a favor to an Italian mobster, and Colin takes Kath to an abortion clinic.

Declan goes to the FBI and is "rewarded" with a surprising new assignment; Eileen volunteers at social services and gets quite a shock; Tommy is pressured to replace Judd as chairman of an important committee; Colin displays an entrepreneurial spirit that leads him and Michael to a partnership with Nozzoli.

Freddie Cork and Marty Trio parlay some important information into a holiday furlough from prison; a fed-up Rose abandons the family on Thanksgiving morning, forcing the younger Caffees to fend for themselves.

In the second-season finale, Freddie makes Nozzoli a killer offer involving Michael, Tommy makes a run for the Speaker's chair and Eileen confronts Tommy about his affair with Dana. Colin and Rose bond after someone close to them passes away; U.S. Attorney Franklin looks into Freddie's holiday furlough.

Season 3 begins with Tommy experiencing mounting frustration with his diminished role as Speaker Donatello's factotum and considering a career change. Meanwhile, Michael learns that Freddie Cork is getting out of prison, which has a serious impact on his relationship with Attorney General Franklin. And with her birthday approaching, Rose tries to cover up her deteriorating health.

Tommy hopes to use his newfound leverage to gain the mayor's support for a waterfront-development project, while Michael's involvement with the Nozzoli crime crew could cause problems for Tommy. Elsewhere, Attorney General Franklin disappears, just as Declan commences his statehouse corruption investigation; Eileen's pregnancy keeps her from a promotion at work; and Rose seeks answers about her mysterious illness.

Tommy deals with the aftermath of a fire that claimed a fireman and some Latino squatters; Declan picks up a promising new lead into his probe of statehouse corruption and brings in a second investigator; Moe's violent temper lands him in hot water, and Freddie is his only way out of the mess; Colin's infatuation with Kath, Michael's girlfriend, impacts his work.

Despite Tommy's plan to enter a new profession, Eileen fears that he won't be able to get politics out of his system; hoping to heal the rift in their rocky marriage, Declan and Cassie go on a romantic weekend getaway that doesn't turn out as planned; Michael becomes increasingly paranoid after a troubling incident at a Nozzolli barbecue, and he also becomes concerned when he's unable to find Kath and Colin.

Declan moves to build a solid case against some corrupt local politicians, which triggers panic at the statehouse, so Tommy attempts to subtly pump him for dirt on the investigation; Rose gets a diagnosis on her health problems and shares it with Eileen; tensions increase between Michael and Colin as they plan a heist with Freddie.

Eileen's concerns about getting the family off the Hill are compounded when Speaker Donatello seeks Tommy's help passing a new budget; Declan uncovers a connection between Tommy and the waterfront project, as well as a possible link between Tommy and Nozzoli; Michael takes offense to Rose's close attachment to Colin.

Colin and Kath fear Michael's reaction if he were to uncover the truth about their relationship; Eileen's problematic pregnancy confines her to bed and it's making her stir-crazy; with investigative waves being made over the waterfront project, Tommy goes to Michael for help.

With Donatello in critical condition, Tommy appears to be next in line for Speaker of the House, which leads Freddie Cork to try to get in his good graces; Italian mobsters, the state police and the Feds are on Michael's trail while he tries to track down Colin.