I thoroughly enjoyed this show, and was surprised that I did. The main character, the city of St. John's, Newfoundland, (is a a republic?) was wonderful. The place, the language, the scenery, the homey feel, the small town everyone knowing everyone's business. Watched all 6 seasons, laughed out loud several times which I don't often do, so they pulled off the comedy part really well. Over the course of the sic seasons, the characters go through al ot, and the character arcs are really good. The plot lines of returning characters crescendos in the last two seasons, and speaks to lots of concerns about power grabbing behind the scenes machinations taking over governments, corruption everywhere. Our Republic of Doyle is governed by good ideals, heroes all, though the characters are flawed in many ways. How that plays out in relationships of all kinds is fascinating. There are heart wrenching twists, and soul crushing events a plenty, fights, great cars and car chases, and even though our heroes hate guns and hardly ever use them, there are gun fights, too. The show is both modern and a throw back, a little Magnum PI, some Castle in there as well. The show was fun entertainment, a visit to another land, and facing lots of issues as well. Well worth the watch.
Review of Republic of Doyle
