Erin Riggs (Republic of Doyle)

Erin Riggs (Kate Hewlett) is the hidden villainess of "Dead Man Talking", episode 3.05 of Republic of Doyle (airdate February 8, 2012). She was the business partner of ex-convict Carl Maher, who re-contacted Jake and Malachy Doyle after nearly dying while scuba diving, believing someone was trying to kill him and having faked his death to allow the Doyles to uncover his attempted murderer.
Over the course of the investigation, Erin revealed to Jake that the paving business she and Carl were running was suffering financially, with Carl's death and his wife Olive's refusal to sell Carl's share of the business only adding to their problems. She also briefly revealed her harbored resentment for Olive, believing that she had only married Carl for his money.
Later on, however, it was revealed that Erin had been discretely bilking money from her and Carl's company for years, conspiring with his bookie Bert Antle to to do so. Carl faking his death put a snag in Erin and Bert's greedy plans, as it prevented Carl from signing his share of the company to them. Knowing that Olive wouldn't sell the shares, the evil Erin attempted to kill Olive by giving her poisoned wine. However, her murder attempt instead killed Bert, as he took the bottle from Olive and ended up succumbing to the poison, with Erin burying his body at the construction site to cover her tracks.
Erin's villainous reveal came in the episode's climax when Des Courtney hacked into the security cameras in Carl's bunker, which showed Erin holding Olive and Carl (whom she had tied to chairs) at gunpoint. This served as the reveal that Erin had taken Olive captive earlier in the episode, and did the same to Carl after he was arrested under suspicion of involvement in his wife's disappearance. As Jake and Malachy arrived to save Carl and Olive, Erin revealed herself as a greedy murderer, blasting Carl for ruining her plans by faking his death and stating that she hadn't been behind the attempt on Carl's life (which was later revealed to have been caused by Carl accidentally damaging his scuba equipment). As Jake and Malachy arrived and Erin fired a shot at Malachy, Carl tackled Erin after freeing himself with his pocketknife, with Olive officially subduing the villainess by shooting her. Erin survived the wound and was hospitalized, later being transferred (off-screen) to a prison hospital.
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