Republic of Doyle

Republic of Doyle
Genre	Comedy-drama Police procedural
Created by	Allan Hawco Malcolm MacRury Perry Chafe
Starring	Allan Hawco Seán McGinley Lynda Boyd Krystin Pellerin Mark O'Brien Marthe Bernard Bob Cole
Opening theme	"Oh Yeah" by Great Big Sea
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	65 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Allan Hawco, John Vatcher, Michael Levine
Location(s)	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Cinematography	Malcolm Cross
Running time	44 min
Broadcast
Original channel	CBC Television
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Original run	6 January 2010 – present
External links
Website

Republic of Doyle is a Canadian comedy-drama television series set in St. John's, Newfoundland which debuted 6 January 2010 on CBC Television.^[1]

The show stars Seán McGinley and Allan Hawco as Malachy and Jake Doyle, a father and son who partner as private investigators in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Their cases involve them in all sorts of dealings – not all of them on the right side of the law.

Cast

• Allan Hawco – Jake Doyle (appears in 68 episodes from season 1-5)
• Krystin Pellerin – Leslie Bennett (appears in 68 episodes from season 1-5)
• Mark O'Brien – Desmond "Des" Courtney (appears in 68 episodes from season 1-5)
• Marthe Bernard – Katrina "Tinny" Doyle (appears in 68 episodes from season 1-5)
• Seán McGinley – Malachy Doyle (appears in 67 episodes from season 1-5)
• Lynda Boyd – Rose Miller (appears in 67 episodes from season 1-5)
• Sean Panting – Walter McLean (appears in 31 episodes from season 1-5)
• Rachel Wilson – Dr. Nikki Renholds (appears in 21 episodes from season 1-5)
• Michelle Nolden – Allison Jenkins (appears in 15 episodes from season 1-5)
• Bob Cole – Voice of the Republic (appears in 68 episodes from season 1-5)

Characters

• Jake Doyle – Jake is a 30-year-old man living with his father Malachy because his ex-wife Nikki kicked him out. He works as a private investigator with his father, Mal and his father’s wife, Rose. He is over-protective of his 16 year old niece, Tinny. He is the youngest child of Mal Doyle and his late wife Emily Ann, and their second son. He also drives a 1968 Pontiac GTO. After years of pursuit, in season four he and Leslie Bennett become a couple. He also discovers in season five that he has a sixteen-year-old daughter he never knew about.

• Leslie Bennett – Leslie is an Inspector in the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary who is friends/lovers with Jake and gives him information to help with his cases. Leslie is Jake's source of distraction from his cases and personal life. She is a sharp shooter, very intelligent and a great match for Jake. She and Jake have real feelings for each other, but seem to show them the wrong way, making their relationship complicated but very interesting. From season four onwards their relationship has been growing stronger, until a secret from her past resurfaces.

• Malachy Doyle – Malachy, known as Mal or Skipper and Poppy, is a private investigator with his son, Jake in their business "Doyle and Doyle." He is 56 and has 3 “grown” children, Christian, Kathleen and Jake, and one granddaughter Tinny who is living with him while her mother (Kathleen Doyle) is away working in Alberta. His wife Rose lives with him, his granddaughter, and his youngest son Jake. He pokes fun at Jake's somewhat 'unsuccessful' relationships with women. He has since discovered he has a second granddaughter.

• Rose Miller – Rose is Mal's wife, stepmother to Jake, Christian, and Kathleen, and step-grandmother to Tinny and Sloan. She works as the office manager/secretary for Doyle and Doyle. She seems to have a love/hate relationship with her husband’s granddaughter Tinny and his son Jake, which has evolved over the series into motherly affection. Rose's criminal ex-husband, Martin Poole, keeps turning up.

• Nikki Renholds – Nikki is Jake's ex-wife. Nikki is a physician at a St. John's hospital. Nikki helped out with different cases in the first few episodes. She has since remarried, moved away, and has a son.

• Katrina 'Tinny' Doyle – Tinny is the daughter of Kathleen Doyle. She lives with her grandfather, Mal or Poppy as she calls him, Uncle Jake and grandfather’s wife, Rose. She is 16 and can’t stand her grandfather and uncle's over-protective nature. She has a love/hate relationship with her grandfather's girlfriend, Rose and one of the employees and main characters, Des Courtney. Tinny has since become a Constable with the Constabulary, and has begun dating Des.

• Des Courtney – Des is the fashion-challenged and delinquent graffiti artist who tags the town and Jake’s beloved Pontiac GTO until Jake brings him to heel – and into the employ of Doyle and Doyle Investigations. He is 19 and has a crush on Tinny, leading Jake to dislike him. His real name is Desmond Redmond, and he is the son of the infamous, yet equally as dopey, Jody Redmond. Not wanting to be associated with his father, Des conceals his identity. He has grown from a delinquent to a valued member of Doyle & Doyle, specializing in the technological side of investigations. After a failed relationship with a medical student and surviving getting shot, he has begun dating Tinny.

• Walter McLean – Walter has been Jake's best friend since kindergarten and his wing-man that used to be right behind Jake in a fight. Walter was Jake's lawyer in his divorce from his wife Nikki. Walter appears only sporadically. In season 3 he becomes romantically involved with Tinny's mother Kathleen. The status of their relationship is unknown, but presumed to be over.

• Allison Jenkins (season 2, guest starring in season 4) – Allison is the crown attorney and has all the things that turn Jake's head. What was once strictly professional turned into a romantic relationship, which ended when she realized Jake's feelings for Leslie we stronger than his feelings for her. She appeared briefly in season four.

• Sloan Daniels (season 5 -present) - Jake's sixteen-year-old daughter that he had with high school flame Ellen Daniels. Sloan spent her time in group homes before meeting the Doyles and finding out Jake is her long-lost father. She is mischievousat best, and has a tendency to err on the wrong side of the law.

• Kevin Crocker (guest starring in seasons 2, 4, and 5) - Jake's former partner on the force, and Tinny's biological father. Crocker was kicked off of the force for the presumed murder of a call girl, and has been on the run ever since. In season four he discovers that he is Tinny's father, much to Jake's initial dismay.

Production

The show is filmed in St. John's, Newfoundland.^[2] The show's star, Allan Hawco, is also executive producer/showrunner/co-creator and head writer of the show.

Other producers include John Vatcher (exec producer), Rob Blackie, Perry Chafe (co-creator and writer) and Michael Levine.^[3]

In 2013, Republic of Doyle aired a fictional crossover with another CBC Television crime drama, Murdoch Mysteries.^[4] With the two shows set over 100 years apart, Hawco appeared on the November 25, 2013 episode of Murdoch Mysteries as Jacob Doyle, a 19th-century ancestor of Jake Doyle, while Yannick Bisson appeared on a January 2014 episode of Republic of Doyle as Bill Murdoch, a 21st-century descendant of his regular character William Murdoch.^[4]

Episodes

Reception

Ratings

DVD releases

Entertainment One has released the first four seasons on DVD in Canada.^{[10][11][12][13]}

In Region 4, Beyond Home Entertainment has released the first two seasons on DVD in Australia.^[14][15]

International broadcasters

Country	Channel	Premiere date
South Africa	Fox Entertainment	1 August 2010[16]
United Kingdom	Alibi	27 October 2010[17]
Australia	ABC2 (season one) 13th Street (season two –)	6 November 2010[18][19]
Brazil	Globosat HD	11 November 2010
Estonia	Fox Crime	11 September 2010
Serbia	Fox Crime	14 October 2010
Bulgaria	Fox Crime	4 December 2010
Poland	TVP2	25 December 2012
Germany	13th Street	16 October 2013

References

External links

• Official website
• Republic of Doyle at the Internet Movie Database