The BEST episodes of Republic of Doyle

Every episode of Republic of Doyle ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Republic of Doyle!

The sleepy port city of St. John's, Newfoundland, is changing. While an influx of oil has flooded its coffers, it's also brought to the surface the corrupt -- where there's cash, there's trash, after all. And doing his part to clean things up is private eye Jake Doyle, who, with the help of his dad and partner at the Doyle P.I. Firm, takes on all cases -- with the odd homicide thrown in just to keep things interesting.

Last Updated: 3/9/2024Network: CBC (CA)Status: Ended
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Streets of St. John's
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8.69
124 votes

#1 - Streets of St. John's

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/11/2012

Sergeant Jake Doyle is assigned to protect a mob informant but when a mysterious group of men impede him, Jake finds the tables turned - himself the target of a manhunt.

Directors: Keith Samples
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Hit and Rum
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8.58
101 votes

#2 - Hit and Rum

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2010

The Doyles start trailing a potentially cheating husband to find he deeply loves his wife but is in deep trouble with some menacing criminals and smugglers; as Nikki moves forward with her new beau, Jake and Leslie take it to the next level.

Directors: Steve DiMarco
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Will the Real Des Courtney Please Stand Up?
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8.36
64 votes

#3 - Will the Real Des Courtney Please Stand Up?

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/9/2011

When Des finds himself in a very bizarre and compromising position, the Doyle clan works overtime to get him off the hook; Jake meets someone who has been complicating Allison's life; Tinny and Des start coming to terms with their feelings for each other.

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Family Business
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8.35
60 votes

#4 - Family Business

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/6/2011

When Tinny and Des are snatched from the safety of the Doyle home in broad daylight, Jake is forced to confront a dangerous man from his past (Paul Gross) to get them back; Leslie loses something else very precious to her; Jake makes a decision about his future with Allison.

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A Stand Up Guy
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8.33
63 votes

#5 - A Stand Up Guy

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/26/2011

It's no laughing matter when a comedian is being stalked, and the Doyles are on the case to find the stalker; Jake gets some inside info on Allison.

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The Woman Who Knew Too Little
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8.33
64 votes

#6 - The Woman Who Knew Too Little

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/2/2010

Jake sets out to find the true identity of a beautiful amnesiac who stumbles across his path and ends up fighting off her two stalkers; Martin Poole refuses to leave town and wreaks havoc in Rose and Mal’s relationship; and Leslie gives Jake the cold shoulder.

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St. John's Town
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8.33
64 votes

#7 - St. John's Town

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/30/2011

The Doyles are hired by a real estate agent to investigate a series of strange occurrences at the site of her controversial housing development; Leslie uncovers some suspicious facts about the Mayor; the tension between Jake and the Mayor hits a high point; Allison makes Jake a serious proposition.

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Popeye Doyle
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8.31
65 votes

#8 - Popeye Doyle

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/2011

In order to find out where some stolen goods are, Jake gets himself arrested in order to be jailed with the thief who knows the location; Mal finds out some information about Rose that she's been keeping hidden from him.

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The Tell-Tale Safe
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8.31
62 votes

#9 - The Tell-Tale Safe

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/10/2010

A grieving widow hires the Doyles to find out why her husband left a generous sum of money in his will to a woman she’s never heard of. Rose continues to battle with Martin over their divorce while Mal formulates a plan to get Poole out of their lives for good; and Leslie and Jake hit a comfortable stride as friends and colleagues - just as his divorce from Nikki becomes final.

Directors: Jerry Ciccoritti
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Sympathy for the Devil
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8.30
66 votes

#10 - Sympathy for the Devil

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/2/2011

The Doyles reluctantly take on a case from a dodgy "old friend" when he promises them a big payday; Jake and Allison encounter friction when their professional lives impose on their personal relationship; Jake gets an interesting job offer from an unlikely source.

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Under Pressure
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8.27
117 votes

#11 - Under Pressure

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/4/2012

The Doyles struggle to prove Mal's innocence when he's accused of murder, but end up digging a deeper hole; Kathleen gets some brotherly help with the George situation; Tinny discovers the identity of her father.

Directors: Keith Samples
Writer: Allan Hawco
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From Dublin With Love
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8.26
97 votes

#12 - From Dublin With Love

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2013

Six months after the shooting of Des Courtney, the Doyles are at a graveyard mass when Mal's estranged brother-in-law (Angus Macfadyen) arrives in desperate need of help. It turns out his son, Rory (Martin McCann), has fled to St. John's after getting himself in trouble with some gangsters back in Dublin, and he needs the Doyles to find him before the wrong people do. But when Jake finally does track Rory down, he finds himself becoming an accomplice in Rory's armed robbery of an underground casino. Now that Rory has even more gangsters after him, Jake has to figure out what his cousin is really up to; all while Mal wrestles with his longstanding resentment of his brother-in-law, stemming from something that happened when Jake's mother passed away. Amongst the family drama, Jake goes to the police station to talk to Leslie, only to find that her desk has been cleared out. In her place: Constable Monica Hayward who has done her research on Jake and is not sure if he's trouble - Jake could say the same about her. Tinny, meanwhile, is helping to surprise Jake with a very special gift.

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The Special Detective
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8.25
68 votes

#13 - The Special Detective

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/16/2011

Crime novelist Garrison Steele returns again to both hire and torment Jake to help him research a murder case; Jake and Leslie struggle to keep their mutual affection for each other in check; Allison receives some much-needed help from Jake.

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The Ryans and The Pittmans
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8.25
65 votes

#14 - The Ryans and The Pittmans

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/16/2011

When an old Doyle family friend accidentally goes missing at sea, the Doyles are hired by his daughter to find out what really happened; Jake is forced to bail out Christian and picks up another line of business and a pile of new debt.

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Firecracker
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8.25
61 votes

#15 - Firecracker

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2013

Jake and Mal have to keep up with Sloan Daniels (Lola Tash), a mysterious girl with an eye for trouble -- and Jake’s GTO. Des feels a deep connection to the case which awakens painful memories.

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The Fall of the Republic
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8.24
68 votes

#16 - The Fall of the Republic

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/7/2010

After getting a call from his brother Christian, Jake must help prove him innocent in a shady murder case. Meanwhile health issues creep up on Mal and Des along with Tinny take on a case by themselves.

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The One Who Got Away
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8.22
76 votes

#17 - The One Who Got Away

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/2010

The Doyles show their sentimental side as they help Jake’s high school girlfriend run off into the sunset with her new husband, who’s running from both bad guys and good guys to just get away; Rose’s past comes back to haunt her in the form of her ex-con husband, while Leslie weighs whether or not she wants Jake in her future.

Directors: Larry McLean
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Don't Gamble with City Hall
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8.22
63 votes

#18 - Don't Gamble with City Hall

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/23/2011

Jake buys an expensive gift for Allison only to have it stolen by a thief; The Mayor finds himself in a compromising position and asks for Jake's help and his silence; Mal has trouble telling a lie to his kids; Leslie thinks she's being followed.

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The Son Also Rises
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8.22
65 votes

#19 - The Son Also Rises

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/2011

When a member of the Doyle clan is in danger from both the police and a killer, the family comes together to stay safe.

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A Horse Divided
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8.21
66 votes

#20 - A Horse Divided

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/31/2010

Tensions are at an all-time high with Jake's older brother Christian back in town and the Doyles are on a case involving Walter's soon-to-be brother-in-law.

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Crashing on the Couch
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8.21
68 votes

#21 - Crashing on the Couch

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/23/2011

Jake and Mal are called to check into some death threats that have been made to a respected psychiatrist; an old "friend" from the past shows up and makes an interesting proposition to the Doyles; after Leslie's close call, Jake and Leslie find themselves struggling a little in their new romantic relationships.

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Hot Package
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8.20
124 votes

#22 - Hot Package

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/25/2012

The Doyles are hired to recover a missing item belonging to a beautiful client; Nikki asks Jake a favour he wants nothing to do with; Tinny enlists Des in keeping a secret.

Directors: Steve Scaini
Writer: Jackie May
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High School Confidential
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8.20
117 votes

#23 - High School Confidential

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/22/2012

Jake Doyle is forced to help his high school nemesis track down missing money and win back the heart of his estranged wife; Des must decide between Chandra and Tinny once and for all; Rose and Kathleen take a step forward in their friendship.

Directors: Gail Harvey
Writer: Allan Hawco
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Something Old, Someone Blue
star
8.18
66 votes

#24 - Something Old, Someone Blue

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/9/2011

It's matrimony -- Doyle style -- as Jake and Mal are tasked with finding the person responsible for sabotaging an upcoming wedding; Mal and Rose fix a bump in the road in their relationship as Jake and Allison hit a stride in theirs; Des comes to Tinny's rescue but ends up exploding her plans in the process.

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The Pen Is Mightier Than the Doyle
star
8.16
67 votes

#25 - The Pen Is Mightier Than the Doyle

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/24/2010

When Mal suddenly leaves town and lends Jake out to be shadowed by a pompous crime novelist looking for inspiration, Jake’s entire life, including his constant relationship woes, is put under the authorial microscope; a simple cheating spouse domestic case turns out to be something far more devious than it first appears; and Jake, expecting the return of his father, gets an unwelcome surprise when it’s not Mal standing in the kitchen to greet him but his troubled older brother, Christian.

Directors: Robert Lieberman
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