The World Will Break Your Heart

Season 1, Episode 3, Aired
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Tommy is shocked that Kate asks him to host the murdered ringleader's wake at the Firecracker. But the brothers rapidly find out that they don't have enough alcohol to host the event. Kevin and Joey Ice-Cream must find lots of alcohol, and fast.

Meanwhile, Jimmy puts himself and his brothers in a bad situation when, while under drugs, he appears to pay his respects to Huey's brother, Dokey.moreless
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  • Painful to watch, but in a good way, the entire ep waiting for sthg to go wrong!

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    By Maries08, Dec 11, 2007 Report Abuse
    This one was actually the first Donnelly's ep I saw (it's currently airing in Argentina). It really surprised me, since I wasn't sure what it was all about.

    I liked the whole issue of holding Huey's wake at the Firecracker, being Tommy the one who'd killed him in the first place. The tension was palpable troughout the entire episode, not only because Dokey was trying to find out what'd happened to his brother (some of the Donnelly's almost getting a few fingers axed), but also betwwen Tommy & Jenny & Kate..

    Pitty it's only a few episodes long, because it's a really interesting series!moreless

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  • Great episode!!

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    By alibeth25, Oct 20, 2007 Report Abuse
    I thought this episode was great. The whole episode was very tense. It might not have been if Jimmy didn't go shooting off his mouth about his brothers killing someone. I can't believe Tommy was holding the wake at the bar. One of the scenes I liked in this episode was the scene between Tommy and Huey's son, about his uncle and why people call him Dokey. I thought that was a pretty funny story. Something else I thought was kind of funny was that Joey Ice Cream was telling the story from a jail cell. I loved this episode. I thought it was great and very well written. Can't wait to see what happens next.moreless

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  • Huey's wake causes some troubles for the brothers

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    By diecaro, Mar 31, 2007 Report Abuse
    When Kate asked Tommy if they would do the wake at the Firecracker, I though OMG. But he really did it. Of course. What other choice did he have? He would have looked suspicious if he hadn't. And after all it was all more or less okay. But I was really worried for a sec that Dokey was gonna harm them. Fortunately, smart as he is, Tommy came up with the right part of the truth and served it ice-cold. In the end, Dokey was pretty convinced that they didn't kill his brother, IMO...
    Anyway, I so like Jenny and Tommy together. How can she go with that stupid Samson? She just wanted to hurt Tommy which partly I can understand considering the fact that he killed two people and she's carrying that weight with him... I just hope she'll either get over it or tell (please not...). Because making him feel guilty isn't nice.moreless

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  • Mostly, this episode is about 2 funerals and the Donnelys trying to avoid being discovered, as the authors of the killings!!!

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    By DERBEST, Mar 24, 2007 Report Abuse
    I enjoyed a lot this episode, because it looked more as one of "The Sopranos", and not as the last ones we were accustomed to...It had a lot of elements pointing this way, from the daring ones, such as the drug scene, when the friend of Jimmy injects herself, the part when Jimmy desecrated a tomb, to some normal ones...A part i had a problem with, was when the employee of Dokie puts his fingers in the drain, and touches fresh blood...Shouldn't the blood have disappeared? Also the part when Kevin goes and steals a cab, and then some alcohol...He does it in his own neighborhood...This elements are a negative part of this show in my opinion, but beside this, this show was exciting, with a lot of action and unpredictability.moreless

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  • Yay! Funeral fun!

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    By Figgnuts, Mar 17, 2007 Report Abuse
    Hm. You know, even though I'm enjoying The Black Donnellys so far, I can never seem to have very many words to say in regards to it when the time comes to write these lovely little reviews.

    I'm not really sure why that is, though. Is it that I don't find much fault in the show? Is it because the show is still fairly young and I'm trying to become acclimated to it? Who knows? This was another good episode, if not overly amazing.

    This episode looks like it puts all of the "Dokey suspects the Donnellys of killing his brother, which of course they actually did but they don't want him to find out" business to rest, but somehow I doubt that it actually does. It feels like it's too big of an issue to merely spend two episodes dealing with it and nothing coming of it. Maybe it's gone for now, but it'll be back for sure.

    Did I miss something in the last episode? Maybe I wasn't paying attention, but when exactly did Jenny find out about what Tommy did? We saw in the last episode that she had her suspicions, but I thought that that's all she had. In this episode, it seems she knows everything. I suppose one could say that she's assuming that what she knows is correct, but even then Tommy doesn't seem suprised at all when she brings it up.

    The mafia (that is, the Italian mafia) funeral scene(s) felt, again, like they were taken straight out of The Sopranos, with the FBI snapping photos like crazy and everything. A solid episode if not great. Looking forward to next week.moreless

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    • Huey's full name is Hugh William Farrell. Kate's full name is Katherine Regina Farrell. Matthew's full name is Matthew William Hugh Farrell. Dokey's full name is Derek Timothy Farrell. Edit

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    • International Airdates: - Denmark: December 4, 2007 on Kanal 5 Edit
    • Featured Music: "Caught By The River" by Doves "Waiting for My Real Life to Begin" by Colin Hay "In Your Own Way" by Caleb Kane "It's Good to Be in Love" by Frou Frou "Boys Will Be Boys" by The Ordinary Boys "Across the Water" by Aeone "Heaven Forbid" by The Fray Edit

  • Quotes

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    • Dokey: (to Tommy) You ever point a gun at me again and I will hack you in half. While you're screaming, you got that? Edit
    • Dokey: You pull guns on me... You are dead! Jimmy: (smiling) And you acted so friendly. Edit
    • Joey: There are a couple of things you need to know about the Irish. I forget the first. But the second thing is this: they don't believe that death is the end, they think it's about resurrection. And what is more life affirming than sex. Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Title "To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart." The title of this episode is taken from a quote by Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Edit

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