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The key to Jason Isaac's acting in this great series on ShowTime, Brotherhood, is the look in those beautiful blue eyes.  Here he is, puzzled, almost vague, not knowing exactly where he is and what he is doing there. 

The series has definitely taken a step toward real differences with the ordinary "crime family" stories we know so well, usually involving large, fat-bellied men with black hair and mean faces, big ham-hands, and two or three guns secretly stashed around the over-large body.  I really prefer this story of people who are not cliches to me--descendants of Irish immigrants, or even Irishmen like Cousin Colin who wants nothing more than a strong family of iron men like Mike Caffee.

Not only Mike has changed!  Viewing the prevues of Episode 3 provided on Shotime's website for Brotherhood, the dilemma of poor Irishcop, Declan, the former long-time, in-depth childhood and homey friend of both Caffee brothers has to make the choice--be tested for drugs or turn totally into that thing he hates, a rat stoolie spying on his beloved Caffees!  Because he surely understands what he will be doing at the possible chance to return to his former rectitude as a state cop standing straight and tall for love of that weird-looking shallow beauty parlor wifey who condemns him and their marriage because of his drunken confession of his failures. 

When September comes there will be two, no three, things I will look forward to!

Ifrst, Septembe 11, which seems to bring other things to mind, is MY birthday.  I will be 77 years old this year, and on that day in 1950 I married Vance Vandervelde, so will be celebrating my 57th wedding anniversary!  And those things will all come and go and I will still be looking forward to the new second season of Brotherhood! 

I confess I have a secret friend who has the secret release of the first cut of the 2 episodes!  Naturally, we speak constantly, and she has revealed all to me!  Not as a spoiler, but as a wonderful friend who caters to my begging, pleading, and grovelling, telling me all about Poor Mike and his damaged brain, and wonderful Jason playing the new role perfectly.  I just can hardly wait to see what she descibes as a "simply marvelous scene" with Cat and her daughter in which Mike gets kissed goodby by the girl, and he is in the midst of a seizure, trembling, staring into space, and when he awakens, he asks for a kiss and get another!  I can't wait to see that!

And poor stupid Declan Diggs!  He and ugly creep Moe seem to be the only ones who know exactly who almost murdered Mike!  And Dec's silly wife, so self-righteous and judgemental and not a bit loving, setting herself up as judge and jury against poor Dec who certainly needs all the help he can get as an alcoholic and probable drug addict! 

Tom is a really vicious husband, perfect, of course, and so mean to his wife who is what most us have been one time or another a foolish sinner!  Probably he will hop in bed with some other woman and if he is no better at love-making than he was last season with poor frustrated Eileen, he certainly won't be any prize catch!  And Eileen--- too bad to lose Pete, who might have helped her eventually.

Mike or rather Jason Isaacs, has some really heavy-duty scenes ahead, if what my friend has shared has any portent for the future!  Of course I am prejudiced and find him on of the best actors on Showtime, but I believe there should be some awards for him in the future!  I can hardly wait for the whole season!