Ms. Maher (Republic of Doyle)

Ms. Maher (Nancy Beatty) is the hidden villainess of "Blood Is Thicker Than Blood", episode 1.04 of Republic of Doyle (airdate January 27, 2010). She was the mother of Carl, Crystal, and Bobby Maher. Twelve years prior to the episode, Carl was sent to prison out of suspicion of killing his wife, Melissa, with Crystal being left to care for her aging mother. In the years following Carl's conviction, Ms. Maher became senile and often came to believe Carl was still living at home, much to Crystal's aggravation.
During the episode's events, after Carl was proven innocent of Melissa's murder and released from prison, he hired Jake Doyle and his father Malachy (the latter of whom was a detective on his case) to prove that Bobby had killed his wife, as he had learned Bobby was in love with Melissa the night of her death. But over the course of the investigation, Jake learned that Bobby hadn't had an affair with Melissa, with Crystal revealing that it was simply a rumor created by their mother. Malachy also recalled how Crystal had been ignored by her mother despite the trauma Carl's conviction gave her, revealing how Ms. Maher had always favored Carl over Crystal (and possibly Bobby).
In the case's climax, however, Malachy realized that the knife used to kill Melissa hadn't been sharpened on a carving stone, later finding on in the kitchen of the house Crystal shared with her mother. When confronted by Malachy, Crystal confessed the truth, which was later revealed to Bobby and Carl when Jake stopped their shootout at Bobby's junkyard and brought them to their mother's house. There, it was revealed that Ms. Maher had killed Melissa, with Crystal begrudgingly keeping quiet afterwards. As Crystal showed Carl the knife she'd used to kill Melissa, Ms. Maher asked Crystal to put the knife away while cryptically revealing her motivation: after learning that Carl planned to leave home to live with Melissa, the evil Ms. Maher stabbed Melissa to death to keep her son at home, later washing the knife clean to cover her tracks. After her indirect confession, Ms. Maher (mistaking Crystal for Melissa) viciously told her that she would rather see Carl rot than lose him to "the likes of her". Despite the Doyles' wanting to report Ms. Maher to the police to clear Carl's name, while telling Carl that his mother wasn't likely to stand trial in her condition, Carl demanded they stay quiet about what happened and let him and his siblings take care of their mother. 
==Trivia==
*"I won't lose him to the likes of you, you bitch. I'd rather see him rot!" (Ms. Maher's declaration to "Melissa" during her confession; revealing herself as a psychotic killer)
Category:2010s
Category:Blonde
Category:Callous
Category:Delusional
Category:Knife
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Mother
Category:Murderer
Category:Murder: Stabbing
Category:Psychotic
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Karma Houdini