List of Love/Hate episodes

The following is a list of episodes of the Irish television crime drama series Love/Hate, first broadcast on RTÉ One in 2010, and running for a total of twenty-eight episodes across five series. Proving to be one of the most popular series on Irish television since the millennium, the final two episodes of the second series first drew notoriety after attracting more than 600,000 viewers each. Following this, the series continued to attract a high level of viewing figures, with the final episode of the fifth series attracting more than a million viewers. In November 2015, RTÉ stated that there were no plans to make a sixth series, thus bringing the show to a close.

Series overview

Series		Episodes	Originally broadcast
			Season premiere	Season finale
	1	4	3 October 2010	24 October 2010
	2	6	6 November 2011	11 December 2011
	3	6	11 November 2012	16 December 2012
	4	6	6 October 2013	10 November 2013
	5	6	5 October 2014	9 November 2014

Episodes

Series 1 (2010)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Episode 1"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	3 October 2010 (2010-10-03)
Darren Treacy (Robert Sheehan) returns to Dublin from Spain, having spent time there while trying to avoid the Gardai in Ireland for gun possession. Darren's brother Robbie (Chris Newman) is released from Wheatfield prison (called "Sarsfield" in the episode). While waiting to be collected by Tommy, Robbie is shot outside a newsagents in a drive by shooting. Darren rings Tommy to see what his delay is, which he covers up since he is sleeping with Darren and Robbie's sister Mary at the time. He is too late to meet with Robbie and on his arrival Robbie is dead. Nidge (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor) is Robbie's closest friend who has just purchased a gun and is currently learning how to use the weapon via a "YouTube" video. Darren is soon re-arrested but gang boss John Boy Power (Aidan Gillen) pays for a solicitor to bail Darren out of his gun charges, which are thrown out of court on a technicality. Darren's ex-girlfriend, Rosie (Ruth Negga), is now pregnant with Stumpy's baby.
2	2	"Episode 2"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	10 October 2010 (2010-10-10)
Mary Treacy gets advice from a psychic who tells her that Robbie is trying to get free from his past, which he insists is often the case with deaths involving violence. Darren isn't impressed by his sister's belief in what the psychic is telling her and is quick to confront the psychic, telling him that if he doesn't tell her that Robbie has moved on that he will be around again. John Boy is up in court and has organised the collection of drugs from Dublin Port by the rest of the gang. Tommy and Darren check out the warehouse where they are to sort out the drugs. Darren is quick to realize that the Gardaí are watching the warehouse. He calls John Boy to inform him that changes have to be made. Nidge has gone to collect the shipment. He is told to continue driving until a new place is found. Tommy finds a place from an old friend (JP) whose father has a car dealership; he asks him for the use of the garage for a half an hour. There the gang sort out all of the drugs into other bags to be distributed to other drug dealers around the city. Darren and Rosie plan to meet up in secret to discuss their relationship, while the rest of the gang are at John Boy's party at his apartment. John Boy tries to convince JP to use his father's dealership again. Nidge proposes to Trish. Darren stalks Jimmy Byrne whom he believes killed his brother Robbie.
3	3	"Episode 3"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	17 October 2010 (2010-10-17)
Nidge and the lads return from Nidge's stag weekend in Prague, Jimmy Byrne has returned from London. Nidge, Darren and Tommy attack Jimmy Byrne on his way home from the pub and drag him into the back of a Van to interrogate him about the murder of Darren's Brother. Jimmy insists he did not kill Robbie, Darren believes him and lets him go, both Nidge and Tommy are not happy. Hughie suggests to John Boy that he is going to kill Jimmy and gets a favor returned by Martin to help him with the murder. Hughie and Martin kill Jimmy in front of his wife and child. After a heavy night of drugs Hughie discovers that Eric, Nidge, Tommy and Darren have been taken in for questioning, while John Boy is arrested on his return from Amsterdam. Hughie begins to get paranoid as the newspaper suggest that he is a loose cannon and someone who John Boy will want dead. Hughie returns to Martin's caravan and kills him in a frenzied attack in which he thinks Martin talked to somebody. Hughie admits to John Boy - who is his half brother - that he killed Robbie over €300 he was owed. Stumpy's jealousy of Darren and Rosie reaches boiling point when he beats her and puts her in hospital. The Gardaí go to arrest Stumpy only to find he has left Rosie on her own. Stumpy asks John Boy for help, John Boy gives him a place to hide out. Darren calls John Boy after hearing of Jimmy's death, pointing out that it was Hughie who originally blamed him for Robbie's death and implying that Hughie is therefore the likely assassin. Clear divides have been made with John Boy, Hughie, Elmo and Stumpy on one side and Darren, Nidge and Tommy on the other.
4	4	"Episode 4"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	24 October 2010 (2010-10-24)
Rosie loses her baby and explains her pain to Darren. She doesn't want Darren to kill Stumpy but she wants him to feel pain. As Stumpy leaves his house Darren attacks him. Nidge goes to tell John Boy that he can go to the wedding but then John Boy backs out since Mary is Trish's bridesmaid. Hughie and Elmo attack Tommy and Darren. Elmo is shot during the shoot out. Hughie returns to John Boy and suggests revenge at the wedding. John Boy on the other hand decides to go to the wedding. Hughie makes a scene at the wedding, showing up Nidge's and Tommy's indiscretions in front of Trish and Mary. John Boy wants to leave the country with Hughie until everything dies down. Hughie decides to hunt down Tommy, with Elmo and his cousin Potsy. However, Hughie accidentally shoots himself while showing his gun off to Potsy. As he lies dying, Elmo decides to leave him rather than calling the emergency services. Darren leaves to join Rosie in London. Nidge and Tommy carry Hughie's coffin with John Boy. Darren meets with John Boy to shake hands and to put an end to the problems. After leaving with John Boy, Darren is fired upon by Stumpy in a drive-by shooting and is left for dead.

Series 2 (2011)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
5	1	"Episode 1"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	6 November 2011 (2011-11-06)
A year has passed since Darren's quest to uncover the identity of his brother's killer ended in him being shot by Stumpy. Now, almost fully recovered but tortured by PTSD, he is working as a gofer for newcomer Fran, a mid-level cannabis dealer, loan shark and hooky cigarette smuggler. John Boy is also spiralling. He is haunted by a mysterious ghostly figure he keeps seeing on his apartment CCTV system. Profits are down in the ailing Irish economy, the police are closing in, the forensic accountants of C.A.B. are seizing his assets and business is generally being made impossible. John Boy plans to get his money out of the country and to retire to Spain, but his increasing cocaine use is making him more and more unpredictable. Meanwhile, all is not happy families with Nidge and Trish.
6	2	"Episode 2"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	13 November 2011 (2011-11-13)
Disaster strikes the gang when their drug mixing operation in a local hotel is busted by the Gardaí after Tommy and Aido are struck down by a bad batch of Cocaine. John Boy blames Stumpy, who he believes sold them out. Darren, desperate to get out of the game, plans an ATM robbery with Luke's help, and with the money recovered, makes a down payment to John Boy against the debt he owes. John Boy, however, wants Stumpy taken care of and he wants Darren to be the one to deal with it. Torn between killing his sworn enemy and concealing his sin from Rosie, Darren decides to take the opportunity to leave his old life behind. Meanwhile, Mary shows Luke some unexpected affection, but the troubled youngster misreads the signals, leading to the start of an unhealthy obsession.
7	3	"Episode 3"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	20 November 2011 (2011-11-20)
In an attempt to double cross Fran, John Boy tips off the Gardaí warning them of an impending drugs shipment due in at the local docks. Not only does this secure his enemy is out of pocket, it also throws suspicion away from his real shipment, which enters the country undetected. Debbie continues to pursue Aido to supply her with Heroin. Fran retaliates against John Boy, who is left furious, and orders Nidge to pipe bomb his house, with Linda still inside. Torn between his feelings for Linda and betraying John Boy, Nidge decides to go ahead with the plan. Although Linda survives the attack, she is left badly scarred and is told that she will have to lose both of her breast implants. A furious Fran swears revenge on John Boy, forcing Nidge and the gang to go into hiding until the situation can be resolved.
8	4	"Episode 4"	Anthony Byrne	Stuart Carolan	27 November 2011 (2011-11-27)
The gang are in festive spirits as Trish gives birth on Christmas Day. Rosie comes home to Dublin, and promises to give her relationship with Darren another try. Meanwhile, Mary is freaked to see a masked figure lurking in her garden in the dead of night, unaware that the creepy stalker is none other than Luke. With the gang war between John Boy and Fran still raging, John Boy orders Tommy — who is already torn between his friendship with Debbie and John Boy's increasing hold over Siobhan — to kill Fran. Although Tommy makes watertight plans to attack Fran in a council estate bookies, the hit goes badly wrong and he manages to escape scot-free. However, his day goes from bad to worse when he arrives home to find Linda slumped over in the bath, with both of her wrists cut.
9	5	"Episode 5"	Anthony Byrne	Stuart Carolan	4 December 2011 (2011-12-04)
As tensions come to a head, the gang threatens to implode. Luke's obsession with Mary is becoming more dangerous, while Siobhan has a panic attack at the airport, unaware that her actions could place Tommy in grave danger. A paranoid John Boy finally tips over the edge when he finds Debbie taking heroin and interrogates her, forcing her to admit it that Aido is her supplier. Giving him one last job to square his debt, John Boy orders Darren to kill Aido, but Darren is conflicted as to whether he can kill again and discusses his concerns with Nidge. With Luke as his accomplice, a masked Darren prepares to carry out his orders, but in an unexpected turn of events, turns his gun on John Boy and executes him, revealing a double-cross that he and Nidge had secretly been planning.
10	6	"Episode 6"	Anthony Byrne	Stuart Carolan	11 December 2011 (2011-12-11)
Nidge swiftly fills the power vacuum and ensures the gang that it's business as usual. Emotions run high at John Boy's funeral when solicitor Dave promises the remainder of his fortune to Kayleigh, although Nidge has other ideas. Rosie, who is unable to shift the thought that Darren was responsible for Stumpy's death, decides to end their relationship, unable to come to terms with the person her former lover has become. Darren is devastated, and tries to win her back, but has a much bigger problem to deal with. Mary has finally realised the extent of Luke's psychosis when she finds him lurking in her bedroom at night, and unable to sustain her paranoia any longer, orders Darren to take care of him. With Nidge's help, Darren lures Luke to an isolated forest where they execute and bury him.

Series 3 (2012)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
11	1	"Episode 1"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	11 November 2012 (2012-11-11)
After successfully removing John Boy, Nidge is determined not to make the same mistakes as his predecessor, but is blinded to the cracks appearing in his gang. When Aido is mistakenly shot by the CIRA, headed by renowned thug Christopher "Git" Loughman, Nidge plays the diplomat and tries to smooth things over. Darren, however, isn't prepared to let the matter lie and decides to throw a pipe bomb at Git's car. Although Nidge denies all knowledge of the attack, as a way of calming the situation, he persuades Git to join him and the gang for St. Patrick's day celebrations. The evening goes off without a hitch until Tommy catches a drunken Git trying to rape Siobhan, and all hell breaks loose. When Darren is forced to intervene, he decides that the best course of action is silence Git forever.
12	2	"Episode 2"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	18 November 2012 (2012-11-18)
Fran assists Nidge with burying Git's body deep underground, but when Git's son Dano becomes suspicious of his father's disappearance, he confronts Nidge, determined to find out the truth. Knowing that Dano will continue to search for answers, Darren and Nidge concoct a plan to make Elmo the scapegoat, but their actions ultimately result in Darren being forced to carry out a hit on Elmo's cousin Gary and his wife. In the romance stakes, Tommy continues his illicit affair with Debbie, Darren finds himself an admirer in Dano's cousin Lizzie, while Nidge finds his attraction to Dano's wife Georgina becoming increasingly uncontrollable. Meanwhile, as Siobhan struggles to come to terms with what happened, Tommy tries to persuade her to keep quiet and to not attend a sexual health clinic.
13	3	"Episode 3"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	25 November 2012 (2012-11-25)
Nidge struggles to remain on good terms with Dano, as his web of lies and excuses threatens to unravel. Siobhan confides in her friend Donna - but it is only a matter of time before the secret gets out.
14	4	"Episode 4"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	2 December 2012 (2012-12-02)
Pressure builds on Nidge as the leaders of Dano's organisation send an inquisitor down from the north to thwart him, and matters only get worse as his lies start to catch up with him.
15	5	"Episode 5"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	9 December 2012 (2012-12-09)
Donna is convinced by a friend to rat to the police about the rape of Siobhan again completely defying Siobhann's wish to keep it secret and the police eventually connect the dots and arrest and imprison all people in the gang (including Siobhan) except Darren and Fran for questioning but they all refuse to talk. Meanwhile Dano is told info about this and pieces it together realising that Nidge and the lads were responsible for Git's death and plots to have him clipped against the wishes of the inquisitor.
16	6	"Episode 6"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	16 December 2012 (2012-12-16)
Boxed into a corner Nidge contemplates a new life in Spain but realises it's only a matter of time before Dano catches up with him. Nidge decides to return to his house to collect money, passports, etc. While there he meets Darren and gives him some of the money he owes him to help finance his move to London. As he leaves, Nidges car is ambushed by Dano and his accomplices and Nidge is loaded into the boot of Dano's car. Darren comes to the rescue and rescues Nidge. Nidge decides he will have to confront the situation, and goes to Dundalk to meet with Tony and arrange a deal, which involves betraying one of his own. In the closing moments, Darren is shot and killed by Lizzie, whose brother he killed whilst saving Nidge. This episode was watched by 970,600 people on its first air date.

Series 4 (2013)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
17	1	"Episode 1"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	6 October 2013 (2013-10-06)
Nidge has his hooks into a client who has fallen behind on his tab at the brothel, and sees an opportunity to extort him into helping to import a large consignment of drugs. A tiger kidnapping goes wrong.
18	2	"Episode 2"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	13 October 2013 (2013-10-13)
Nidge extorts a tame dentist into cooperating with him, unaware that Detective Inspector Moynihan is setting up a complex undercover operation to track Nidge and ultimately bring him down.
19	3	"Episode 3"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	20 October 2013 (2013-10-20)
Tommy is released from Prison as he suffers injuries from his head wound. The dentist decides to get involved with Nidge's business while Fran plots a gruesome revenge on Tommy after ratting on him to the Gardai.
20	4	"Episode 4"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	27 October 2013 (2013-10-27)
Nidge has both Moynihan's surveillance operation and the IRA closing in on him. Fran meanwhile wants revenge for the loss of his teeth.
21	5	"Episode 5"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	3 November 2013 (2013-11-03)
A paranoid Nidge must clear his mind before the drug import that Moynihan has his eyes and ears on, meanwhile Siobhan is offered help by Detective Moynihan for Tommy's sake.
22	6	"Episode 6"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	10 November 2013 (2013-11-10)
The last shipment of drugs are about to arrive into Dublin Port with Nidge unaware that Moynihan and his crew are following his steps.

Series 5 (2014)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
23	1	"Episode 1"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	5 October 2014 (2014-10-05)
After almost losing everything to DI Moynihan's sting operation, Nidge travels to Spain to negotiate with wholesale supplier Terence May for a new drugs shipment. Meanwhile in Dublin his enemies are closing in: Siobhan is acting as informant to Moynihan; Patrick has returned to Dublin determined to kill Nidge; and tensions between Nidge and maverick Fran are reaching boiling point. Recently released from Jail, Lizzie is murdered by Glen on Nidge's order.
24	2	"Episode 2"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	12 October 2014 (2014-10-12)
With Pauley's help, Nidge is back in business and arrangements are made for the first shipment under the new deal. Meanwhile Moynihan wrestles with a labyrinthine Garda bureaucracy.
25	3	"Episode 3"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	19 October 2014 (2014-10-19)
Fran is banged up in prison but he and Nidge both still conspire to have each other killed, while Siobhan finds her dangerous drug fuelled double life is spiralling out of control.
26	4	"Episode 4"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	26 October 2014 (2014-10-26)
Siobhan is increasingly caught between her quest for revenge and her growing love for Pauley - while Nidge may have found a way to get to Fran in prison.
27	5	"Episode 5"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	2 November 2014 (2014-11-02)
In the aftermath of Pauley's death, Siobhan must face her most terrifying opponent yet as Terence May flies in from Spain to lay his nephew to rest - and to find the truth.
28	6	"Episode 6"	David Caffrey	Stuart Carolan	9 November 2014 (2014-11-09)
Nidge is summoned back to Spain, where Terence demands a terrible price for his continued support, while Siobhan and Moynihan reach an unholy deal of their own. Terence orders the brutal murder of Janet to set an example to possible rats in Nidge's gang. After being rearrested, Fran is gang-raped in prison by Noeley Hughes and his accomplices. Siobhan plants Git Loughman's finger bone in Nidge's bathroom and calls it in to Moynihan. She finally reveals to Nidge that she was the rat in his gang, enraging him. In a twist ending, Patrick attacks Nidge and Siobhan is fatally caught in the crossfire. As wife Trish and son Warren look on in horror, Nidge is finally shot and killed by Patrick.