History Series / LoveHate

* MeleeATrois: While the earliest seasons concentrate purely on the gang itself, seasons 3 and 4 aim for the conflict between the gang, the IRA and the gardai (though they have only a small role in series 3, not getting any major characters until series 4). Series 5 seems to be going with Nidge's gang vs the gardai vs the travellers and with a possible rift between Nidge and Fran as well.

* AnyoneCanDie: For a show four seasons long with only six episodes per series ([[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness four in series one]]), there's a high body count.

* {{Jossed}}: Because of Darren's [[MadeOfIron ability to survive being shot]], [[spoiler: a scene showing his body at the morgue was specifically filmed for the series 4 premiere to dispel fan theories that he survived Lizzie's attack.]]

A fifth series is currently in production.

'''''Love/Hate''''' is an Irish drama series broadcast on [[{{Main/RTE}} RTÉ]]. It centres on a criminal gang in {{UsefulNotes/Dublin}} and their various dealings.

Darren Treacy returns to Dublin after a spell in Spain in hiding to meet up with his brother, Robbie, as he's released from prison. Unfortunately, Robbie catches a fatal dose of 9mm rounds and Darren is determined to find his killer. At the wake, he meets up with his ex-girlfriend, Rosie, and rekindles his relationship with her, despite her being in a relationship with Stumpy and pregnant with his baby. During this time, [[TheDragon Nidge]] proposes to his girlfriend, Trish, and marries her in the series finale, though the wedding reception is nowhere near as smooth as hoped. Darren does eventually discover that [[spoiler: [[BigBad John Boy's]] brother, [[AxeCrazy Hughie]]]] did it to save face, [[spoiler: Though he [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace accidentally]] [[TooDumbToLive shoots himself]] before Darren can confront him.]] Darren himself is shot [[spoiler: by Stumpy]], ending the series on a cliffhanger.

Series two shows that Darren has physically recovered, but is haunted by nightmares brought on by PTSD, and is now working for a low level loan shark and bootlegger by the name of Fran until he takes pity on one of Fran's debtors and [[ShootTheDog beats one of his attack dogs to death]] to protect him. Meanwhile, John Boy is becoming increasingly paranoid with the Criminal Assets Bureau on his case constantly, seizing his assets left, right and centre. Desperate to avoid Fran's wrath, Darren seeks help from John Boy to clear his debt, on the condition that Darren does any job he sees fit. Suspecting [[TheMole a rat in his gang]], he sends Darren to kill [[spoiler: Stumpy]], which Darren does willingly. Tired of seeing John Boy abuse his niece (and Tommy's girlfriend) Siobhan being forced to carry packages on flights, Nidge enlists Darren's help to [[spoiler: off John Boy and take over his criminal empire]]. However, Rosie suspects the truth and leaves Darren, knowing that he is nothing but a stone killer.

* [[ShootTheDog Beat The Dog To A Pulp With A Baseball Bat]]
** [[ShootTheDog Shoot The Cat]]: A young boy, who is holding an ''[=MP5=]'' for Lizzie [[MoreDakka opens fire]] [[ATeamFiring to scare another kid]] and ends up hitting a cat.

* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies: Double subverted with Darren at the end of series 3. Elmo comes after him on orders from Nidge, but only manages to wound him before his gun jams. Darren grabs his gun to go after Nidge, only to be shot in the back of the head twice by Lizzie.]]

!!Love/Hate provides examples of:
* AcclaimedFlop: Most watched drama in Ireland, most successful homegrown show in god-knows-how-long, massive sales on dvd, sold to tv stations internationally, all anyone talks about on chatshows the day after it airs, a massive cultural touchstone... that costs the taxpayer a fortune. The show is not profitable. Series 3 was still in the red by the time series 4 started airing. RTE is playing a very risky game of optics in continuing to produce this show.

* ActorAllusion: Gav, a Garda in season 4, is mockingly referred to as "Obama". While in university, actor Aaron Heffernan played Obama in the comedy musical "Obama Mia!", which went on to be performed at the Edinburgh Fringe; he also 'played' Obama in skits on a number of national radio and TV shows, and ran for Students' Union President in-character (a race he ended up pulling out of the race when he polled far, far ahead of the actual candidates).
** Ciaran Madden is played by a real drug squad garda. This got the actor into trouble with his superiors, though it's not forbidden for gardai to have a second job.
** Debbie's frequent trips across to England could be seen as a subtle nod to the fact that her actress is breaking into a career over there.

* CantHoldHisLiquor: Whenever Dano gets into the whiskey, he generally has to be carried home.
* CastTheExpert: Ciaran Madden, one of the gardai in Mick Moynihan's task force is played by a real garda.

* DyeingForYourArt: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor shaves his head every year to play Nidge.

* HeyItsThatGuy: John Boy is [[TheWire Tommy Carcetti]].
** Darren is [[{{Misfits}} Nathan]].
** [[{{Film/Titanic}} Tommy Ryan]] is working for the IRA.
** Rosie is [[BreakfastOnPluto Charlie]]. Astute viewers will recognise Stumpy from the same film as well.
** Keith Duffy as a crooked gym trainer. Bizarrely, this isn't even the first time a member of Boyzone appeared in [[FatalDeviation an Irish production about a drug gang]].

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--> '''Fran''': Had you going. What do you think I want to look like? A bleedin' rapper?! Bleedin' fuckin' [[JamesBond Jaws]]?!

** Rosie is [[BreakfastOnPluto Charlie]].

'''''Love/Hate''''' is an Irish drama series broadcast on {{Main/RTE RTÉ}}. It centres on a criminal gang in {{UsefulNotes/Dublin}} and their various dealings.

'''''Love/Hate''''' is an Irish drama series broadcast on {{Main/RTE}}. It centres on a criminal gang in {{UsefulNotes/Dublin}} and their various dealings.

'''''Love/Hate''''' is an Irish drama series broadcast on {{Main/RTE}}. It centres on a criminal gang in UsefulNotes/Dublin and their various dealings.

'''''Love/Hate''''' is an Irish drama series broadcast on {{Main/RTE}}. It centres on a criminal gang in Dublin and their various dealings.

* BodyHorror: When Nidge tosses a pipe bomb into Fran's house, Linda is physically (and mentally) scarred. [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide As a result, she slashes her wrists in the bath.]]

** Nidge does this to a slab of milk cartons ''outside a garda station'' just to piss the gardai off when they have nothing on him on a drug smuggling operation.

* TheBadGuyWins: Series one ends with Darren being left for dead by Stumpy, series two has [[spoiler: Nidge take over the gang after having John Boy killed]], series three ends with [[spoiler: [[TheHeroDies Darren's death]] and series four ends with Nidge [[KarmaHoudini getting off on the robbery charge]], yet getting himself arrested intentionally by literally pissing off the gardai. Then again, since there are very few virtuous characters on this show, it's to be expected.

* RealitySubtext: Detective Ciaran Madden is portrayed by real life Garda National Drug Unit member Kieran O'Reilly. Unfortunately, this role [[DisproportionateRetribution got him into trouble with his real life job]].

* DepravedDentist: Anthony is down on his luck and essentially attempts to fleece his customers by recommending they need expensive crowns when not really necessary. He ends up working for Nidge, as he's looking to make a massive profit by smuggling in class A drugs with painkillers.

* KissKitty: Janet.