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The Black Donnellys

★ 8.1 15K votes 2007–2007 1 season · 13 episodes Ended NBC
Criminal underworldOrganized crime, gangs and the criminal life seen from the inside.This show: 9/10Family sagaBonds and fractures across generations of one family.This show: 8/10Unreliable narratorThe telling itself can't be trusted.This show: 7/10GrittyRaw, unglamorous realism in both look and subject matter.This show: 7/10Morally grayNo clean heroes or villains anywhere in sight.This show: 7/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jonathan TuckerTom GuiryOlivia WildeBilly LushMichael Stahl-DavidKirk Acevedo
Written by
Paul HaggisBobby Moresco
Starring
Jonathan TuckerTom GuiryOlivia WildeBilly LushMichael Stahl-DavidKirk Acevedo
Written by
Paul HaggisBobby Moresco
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Brotherly loyalty as a slow-motion tragedy"

Four Irish-American brothers in Hell's Kitchen get pulled deeper into the neighborhood's criminal underworld, mostly because one of them keeps making promises he can't keep to protect the others. The story is told in flashback by a local hanger-on whose reliability as narrator is very much in question, giving the whole thing a slippery, tragic-inevitability feel. It's moody, fatalistic crime drama with strong performances and a real sense of place, more concerned with loyalty and ruin than shootouts.

Watch it for

the unreliable narrator framing that turns a familiar crime saga into something stranger and sadder.

Maybe skip if

you want a complete, resolved story rather than one cut short mid-arc.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12007
8.12K139h 19m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Pilot8.6
44545 min
▶2A Stone of the Heart7.9
21344 min
▶3God Is a Comedian7.5
14939 min
▶4The World Will Break Your Heart7.8
18344 min
▶5Lies7.9
16643 min
▶6Run Like Hell7.9
15243 min
▶7The Only Thing Sure8.0
14643 min
▶8In Each One a Savior8.1
14443 min
▶9All of Us Are in the Gutter8.0
14143 min
▶10When the Door Opens7.6
13743 min
▶11Wasn't That Enough?7.9
12743 min
▶12The Black Drop8.3
13043 min
▶13Easy Is the Way8.6
14543 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jonathan Tucker Tommy Donnelly
Tom Guiry Jimmy Donnelly
Olivia Wilde Jenny Reilly
Billy Lush Kevin Donnelly
Michael Stahl-David Sean Donnelly
Kirk Acevedo Nicky Cottero
Keith Nobbs Joey Ice Cream
Peter Greene Derek 'Dokey' Farrell
Brian Tarantina Vinnie Culiari
Patrick Brennan Earl

Crew

Paul Haggis
Bobby Moresco

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