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Episode Notes: “The Black Donnellys” Episode 8

Posted: September 23, 2020 in 2000's, Episode Notes, NBC, On Repeat, Rewind, RIP, The Black Donnellys, TV, Watch
Tags: 2000s, Episode Notes, NBC, On Repeat, Rewind, RIP, Sleepers, The Black Donnellys, TV, Watch

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The Black Donnellys

Episode 8: In Each One a Savior

“… in each one a savior is crucified.” – Herman Hesse

Also known as the episode in which Kevin utters my favorite line of the show, in regards to the Firecracker he says, “Crime is the family business, Sean, this is just a staging area.”

How is that not the greatest thing of all time!? I love it so much.

Post NBC’s cancellation of the show, on the same day that Episode 7 aired, and two weeks earlier than initially announced, the show in its entirety went up on both iTunes for purchase and on the NBC site for free streaming. This was online binging before it really existed. Definitely one of the first video purchases I made on iTunes.

Episode 8 opens with Joey and the neighborhood priest talking in Joey’s jail cell, the Father asking to know what happened to the Donnelly brothers, who were “good kids”. Joey thinks it all started to go downhill the day he bought a car for Sean. Who, by the way, doesn’t have a license.

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Episode Notes: “The Black Donnellys” Episode 6

Posted: September 10, 2020 in 2000's, Episode Notes, NBC, On Repeat, Rewind, RIP, Sleepers, The Black Donnellys, TV, Watch
Tags: 2000s, Episode Notes, NBC, On Repeat, Rewind, RIP, Sleepers, The Black Donnellys, TV, Watch

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The Black Donnellys

Episode 6: “Run Like Hell”

“If I was ever sure that someone was coming to help me, I should run like hell.” – Thoreau

The episode in which Kevin has to do everything and Tommy can’t let go of helping Jenny, despite the bread man situation. (more…)

Episodes Notes: “The Black Donnellys” Episode 3 (Unaired)

Posted: August 26, 2020 in 2000's, Episode Notes, NBC, On Repeat, Rewind, RIP, Sleepers, The Black Donnellys, TV, Watch
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The Black Donnellys Episode 3: “God Is a Comedian Playing to an Audience Afraid to Laugh”

“God is a comedian playing to an audience afraid to laugh” Voltaire

Also known as the episode in which Kevin Donnelly starts to become my favorite.

Here comes another major NBC fail – this episode was deemed “too violent” and wasn’t aired. Instead, it was put up on the NBC website to stream and was later available on iTunes. Let’s remember, this is 2007, and streaming just wasn’t much of a thing yet. So the show loses steam, and continuity, resulting in a really weird mashup of the episode with a Joey Ice Cream voice over at the beginning of episode 4 to fill in the gaps. (more…)