http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/15/BROTHERHOOD----The-Lonesome-Death-Of47-8.aspx BROTHERHOOD proves the nature of its title this week when Pat McGonagle (Stivi Paskoski), longtime friend of Michael Caffee (Jason Issacs), is found dead in the vacant lot near the home Michael shares with his mother.  Michael finds himself in an awkward situation as he wants to avenge Pat’s death, but is instructed by mob boss, Freddie Fingers, not to do anything.  In the meantime, Michael is approached by his cousin Colin (Brian F. O’Bryne), who pledges his allegiance to working with and for Michael.  This comes as predicted since Colin was fired from the state job Tom (Jason Clarke) got him.  Eileen (Annabeth Gish) is approached by Michael’s girlfriend, to help her take care of the funeral arrangements.  Eileen feels obligated to help take care of things concerning Pat because they did blow together at the end of last season and screwed up the perfect attendance of his sobriety.  Tom catches wind of Eileen’s actions and continues to act put off, but offers a hundred dollars for the floral arrangements.  In the meantime, Tom has his own problems in the statehouse to deal with, as the Speaker of the House’s mistress has shown up and you know the old adage, hell hath no fury…right?  Tom sets into gear to clean up this mess and protect the Speaker of the House from any negative press, which would hurt both of them in the up & coming election.  While doing this the Speaker confides in him that it is his belief that cheating on his wife saved his marriage, in his own words, it made him nicer.    You can see the wheels spinning in Toms head as he hears this.  During his final visit to the mistress to alert her that a cushy job has been provided for her the two begin to argue and she offers to perform gratuitous sex acts on Tom.  Perpetually the tightass, Tom turns her down with a clear-cut disgust.  I bet he was totally hot for her—that is a mess created from years in Catholic school—I should know, I spent years there too.  Anyways, Tom’s on the prowl for a mistress of his very own because that’s how you save a failing marriage—someone remind me to tell my next beau that this sort of thing is common knowledge so I can cheat on him with a green light. en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/15/BROTHERHOOD----The-Lonesome-Death-Of47-8.aspx 77 60