Brotherhood on Showtime

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Period music is one of the strong points of the series, and occasionally an episode will focus exclusively on one artist, such as Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan or Bruce Springsteen.

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Brotherhood may ultimately be Tommy and Michael Caffey's story, but someone else stole the show last Sunday on the Showtime mob drama: Mayor Frank Panzerelli, who came out as gay in the third season premiere.

"I was like, 'Really? That's gonna be challenging, but it's gonna be fun,' Al Sapienza, who plays Panzerelli, tells TVGuide.com.

See what else the actor, currently starring on a stage production of Dirty Dancing, has to say about the revelation, how it will factor into this season's storylines, and why Brotherhood is (gasp!) better than The Sopranos in some ways.

TVGuide.com: The premiere was last week — some big revelations. How did the gay storyline develop?
Al Sapienza: The present mayor of Providence is David Cicilline. He's an Italian and you wouldn't know it by looking at him or hearing him speak, he's a very hetereosexual-looking guy, but he's gay. He's out about it. He doesn't care. So my character ...
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Brotherhood
8 pm/ET Showtime
A new season (No. 3) of intrigue and infighting kicks off among the fractious Caffee family of Providence, R.I. Ruthless Freddie Cork is getting out of prison and that doesn't sit well with Michael the hood, while Tommy the pol becomes increasingly frustrated as his power fades and he's relegated to being "[Speaker] Donatello's little errand boy."

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Like a lot of folks, I've been a fan of Brotherhood''s Annabeth Gish since Mystic Pizza. And let me tell you, she is even cooler in real life! Calling from the Rhode Island set of her gritty Showtime series to promote the show's Season 2 DVD release, Gish dished about the upcoming season, shooting on location and shared with us a little twist even she didn't see coming. — Damian Holbrook

See our full Q&A after the jump