BROTHERHOOD
Showtime

WHAT IT'S ABOUT Mob life and local politics collide, as Irish-American brothers Michael and Tommy Caffee (Jason Isaacs and Jason Clarke) battle over turf in the fictional Hill neighborhood of Providence. At its peak in season 2, only 651,000 viewers tuned in. BEST SCENE YOU'VE MISSED Tortured detective Declan Giggs (Ethan Embry) gives his dashboard a beating after finally standing up for himself and being subsequently demoted to traffic cop. YOUR EXCUSE After The Sopranos, who needs another Mob drama? WHY YOU'RE WRONG Brotherhood is everything you loved about The Sopranos, only with dirty politics and the sort of unrestrained, raw violence not even HBO would show. Imagine if The Departed were a 10-episode drama. WHERE YOU CAN FIND IT Brotherhood Season 1 is available on DVD, and season 2 is on Showtime On Demand. —Shirley Halperin