Recently you've been letting ...
Question: Recently you've been letting the world know how great a show
Dexter is. I think
Hugh Laurie is incredible in
House, but if
Michael C. Hall doesn't win an Emmy for dramatic male performance, I have to believe that Emmy voters have never themselves acted. The man is a revelation. What I want to talk about, though, is
Brotherhood, the show that follows
Dexter. No one ever talks about it, even though it is better than 98 percent of all other television shows, from
Annabeth Gish's powerful performance in Season 1 to
Ethan Embry's hometown cop who is spiraling out of control this season. Please, please give
Brotherhood some much needed publicity.
Answer: Consider it done. And to be fair, I did include
Brotherhood in my recent
roundup of pay-cable dramas, but it's kind of hard not to lead with
Dexter, which is what Showtime is doing in its promotions as well.
Brotherhood is a great show that somehow has become as marginalized as
The Wire is over on HBO. Like
The Wire, it has a tremendous sense of place (Providence, Rhode Island) as it digs deep into a complex family that straddles the city's political and criminal cultures. I highly recommend fans still mourning
The Sopranos to check out the first-season DVD of
Brotherhood; I bet they'll want to come aboard during this second season. You're also right that Ethan Embry is stealing the top acting honors this season as the deeply troubled Declan. Another great performance the Emmy brain trust is likely to overlook next year.
