The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire

John Carroll Lynch

Acting

Mare Winningham

Acting

Elizabeth McGovern

Acting

Chris Penn

Waylon Shaw

Randy Quaid

Acting

Megan Henning

Acting

Angela Goethals

Acting

Cleo King

Acting

Seasons

Season 1

8 episodes

Premiered Sep 24, 2003

Episodes

1–6 of 8

Ep 1

Falling Acorns

Sep 24, 2003

In the ""pilot"" part of the episode, the Shaw brothers, former hockey stars, now fat and middle aged, face dilemmas in the town of Poland, New Hampshire. In the ""Falling Acorns"" part, Dottie decides to buy the old movie house.

Ep 2

Secrets and Lies

Oct 1, 2003

Rehearsals for the Easter pagent don't go as planned; Hank does not support Dottie as he begins to blackmail Sharon Ropers about her affair with Garret.

Ep 3

Tough Love

Oct 8, 2003

Because he keeps giving her compliments, Dottie thinks that a handsome young banker has a crush on her, but she can't convince Julie. Waylon goes into business for himself selling ice cream to kids, but an offended elderly woman shoots him with a paint-ball gun. Monica tells her parents that she wants to have sex with her boyfriend.

Ep 4

Sleeping Lions

Oct 15, 2003

The Shaw brothers don't know what to do when their minister reveals that he is gay and asks for their support.

Ep 5

Little Girl Lost

Oct 22, 2003

When a teenage girl goes missing after a fight with her boyfriend, the brothers adopt strange methods to help find her, including a crime-sniffing Chihuahua. Meanwhile, talk of the girl's sex life leads the women to wonder about their own children's possible sexual activities.

Ep 6

The Song of Poland