Music: {allcanada} Gross guest stars on Republic of Doyle

Sunday, April 3, 2011

{allcanada} Gross guest stars on Republic of Doyle

Paul Gross is headed Due East - as opposed to Due South - for the second-season finale of CBC's Newfoundland-set series Republic of Doyle.

The episode, titled Family Business, airs Wednesday, April 6. Gross, of course, has been a staple on the entertainment scene since his breakout role on Due South in the early 1990s.

On Republic of Doyle, Gross guest-stars as the unstable John Crocker, a former police partner of Jake Doyle (Allan Hawco) from their days together on the force.

Crocker has returned to St. John's to get some help from his old buddy Jake. But it quickly becomes apparent that Crocker is more than capable of backing up the awful things he threatens, which puts the entire Doyle family in jeopardy.

Gee, but Gross' character on Due South, Constable Benton Fraser, was such a nice guy. Talk about losing your direction.