Joyce Clowe (Republic of Doyle)

Joyce Clowe (Martha Burns) is a villainess from "Something Old, Something New", episode 2.05 of Republic of Doyle (airdate February 9, 2011). She was the mother of Tricia Clowe and was helping plan her upcoming wedding to video game developer Matthew. Joyce called in the services of private detectives Jake and Malachy Doyle to investigate several acts of sabotage against Tricia's wedding, which she believed to be the work of Tricia's ex-fiancee Chad King.
But ultimately, Joyce's concern for her daughter's wedding was revealead as a mask for her true greedy persona. Prior to the episode, Tricia had been engaged to software company owner Edward Mykos, but when she learned that Edward was locked in a legal battle with Matthew for the rights to a video game engine that he would most likely win, the evil Joyce convinced Tricia to leave Edward and marry Matthew instead, knowing they would earn half of Matthew's court winnings.
During the episode's events, however, Tricia got cold feet and couldn't go through with her mother's plans, driving her to sabotage her own wedding in hopes of her mother or Matt calling it off. Chad and Edward were both considered suspects by the Doyles in the wedding sabotage efforts, but the truth was eventually unearthed when the legal battle between Matthew and Edward was discovered. Jake and Malachy confronted Joyce with Matthew, Edward, and Tricia's friend/bridesmaid Carlie in attendance, revealing her as a greedy villainess and that she was flat broke and renting her lavish mansion. The latter was proven when Jake stormed into the house, finding it devoid of any furniture. Exposed, Joyce confessed to having convinced Tricia to marry Matthew for his money, claiming she had done it for her daughter and that she had to live the way she was raised, with Edward admonishing Joyce as a gold digger. Tricia then came out (having been called by Jake earlier on Carlie's phone) and revealed herself as the wedding saboteur, apologizing to her mother for not being able to go through with her plan and telling her she had to live her own life. Joyce and Tricia later shared a hug, though Joyce's ultimate fate is left unknown.
== Trivia ==
* Martha Burns later played evil adulteress Phyllis Dietrichson in 2013's After All These Years.
Category:2010s
Category:Brunette
Category:Callous
Category:Conspirator
Category:Gold Digger
Category:Greedy
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Mother
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Inconclusive