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  • SHOWTIME
  • Jan 20, 2019
  • SHOWTIME
  • Jan 20, 2019
Black Monday

Summary The comedy from David Caspe, Jordan Cahan, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg takes a look at Black Monday--October 19, 1987, the worst stock market crash in the history of Wall Street through the lives of Rod “The Jammer” Jaminski (Don Cheadle), who was the self-made head of the financial firm where trading prodigy Blair Shmerman (Andrew Rann...

Created By: Jordan Cahan, David Caspe

  • SHOWTIME
  • Jan 20, 2019
  • SHOWTIME
  • Jan 20, 2019
Black Monday
Season 1
Season Premiere: Jan 20, 2019
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 28 Critic Reviews
57
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 23 User Ratings
7.3
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Summary The comedy from David Caspe, Jordan Cahan, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg takes a look at Black Monday--October 19, 1987, the worst stock market crash in the history of Wall Street through the lives of Rod “The Jammer” Jaminski (Don Cheadle), who was the self-made head of the financial firm where trading prodigy Blair Shmerman (Andrew Rann...

Created By: Jordan Cahan, David Caspe

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Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jan 20, 2019 • 35 m
365
Wide-eyed Blair is thrust into the insane world of '80s Wall Street. Mo enacts his master plan to take over the Georgina Jeans Company. Series Premiere.
Episode 2 • Jan 27, 2019 • 30 m
364
A Hollywood screenwriter shadows Mo at the office as Mo and Dawn fight over her desire to be made a partner. Keith plays a prank on Blair.
Episode 3 • Feb 10, 2019 • 29 m
339
Mo attempts to create a father/son bond with Blair. Dawn and Spencer have a lively dinner with Dawn's parents. Keith finds his secret increasingly difficult to hide.
Episode 4 • Feb 17, 2019 • 29 m
295
Mo and Dawn attempt to reunite Blair and Tiff in order to keep the Georgina play afloat. Mo's debts come back to haunt him.
Episode 5 • Feb 24, 2019 • 29 m
243
Mo takes Dawn to the Predator's Ball in an effort to raise the capital The Jammer Group needs to pay off their debts. Blair is saddled with a weekend work assignment.
Episode 6 • Mar 3, 2019 • 29 m
122
At Blair and Tiff's engagement party, Mo's feelings for Dawn begin to cloud his judgment. Wayne and Yassir get into serious trouble, while Keith takes a big step.
Episode 7 • Mar 10, 2019 • 28 m
65
Mo takes Blair on his bachelor party, while Dawn realizes she's a very important guest at Tiff's bachelorette party. Keith faces a loaded decision.
Episode 8 • Mar 17, 2019 • 28 m
7042
We get a glimpse into Mo's past, while Blair and Dawn pursue some necessary detective work.
Episode 9 • Mar 24, 2019 • 29 m
2
Mo is determined to make Blair and Tiff's marriage happen, for better or worse. Keith tries to impede the SEC's sting operation by any means possible.
Episode 10 • Mar 31, 2019 • 29 m
0
Everything comes crashing down.

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 28 Critic Reviews
57
46% Positive
13 Reviews
46% Mixed
13 Reviews
7% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 28 Critic Reviews
57
46% Positive
13 Reviews
46% Mixed
13 Reviews
7% Negative
2 Reviews

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100
Jan 18, 2019
Intelligent, rapid-fire dialogue and brilliant performances from a stellar cast will leave you laughing and wanting more. The world of Black Monday can be harsh with a self-centered bent, but it certainly is entertaining. Much like the 1980s itself.
By Terry Terrones FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 17, 2019
At the same time, Black Monday can be very funny, very clever about incorporating 1980s cultural references (not counting the piles of coke and “Wolf of Wall Street”-style excess) and very vulgar. It’s also propelled by three extremely talented people, among them Mr. Cheadle, who makes Mo abrasive, egotistic and obnoxious, yet at the same time a sympathetic outsider.
By John Anderson FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 22, 2019
Even the only adult in the room, Mo’s deeply undervalued deputy and ex-girlfriend Dawn Darcy (Regina Hall, whose characteristically warm performance gives viewers an unexpected hero), has to indulge their sophomoric antics to survive. What makes Jammer tolerable is the threat it poses to an industry Caspe and Cahan portray as being numb to human suffering, where bratty blue bloods like the hilarious twin “Lehman Brothers” (both played by comedy treasure Ken Marino) hold all the power.
By Judy Berman FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 17, 2019
Broadly satirical. ... Thankfully, you don't have to like these jerks to enjoy them. [21 Jan - 3 Feb 2019, p.13]
By Matt Roush
50
Jan 17, 2019
There’s so much going on that it’s difficult to separate Black Monday’s sharpest moments from its constant throwaway lines. Cleverness appears in each of the first three episodes (one bit in which Oliver Stone’s hired researcher shadows Mo to get ideas for the movie “Wall Street” is a nice, full basket of ’80s Easter eggs), only to be drowned out by all the frantic energy and half-attempts at humor that smother it. Rannells and Cheadle are good together--enough so that the series may yet settle down and find its way.
By Hank Stuever FULL REVIEW
40
Jan 17, 2019
The Jammer Group would be nothing without the skill of Dawn Darcy, who is Maurice’s top lieutenant and former girlfriend. The same might be said of the show’s reliance on the actor in the role, Regina Hall. ... Dawn functions as the conscience of the show: she groans at the Challenger line before the audience can, and she articulates our objections to the nonsensicality of the plot. Still, she’s just a den mother. Cleaning up this crassness is janitorial work--it’s beneath her to manage such toxic assets.
By Troy Patterson FULL REVIEW
20
Jan 10, 2019
It's hard to imagine that a half-hour comedy set on Wall Street with Don Cheadle and Andrew Rannells in major parts could go off the rails so quickly and spectacularly, but Showtime's latest, Black Monday, does just that. And that's even before you factor in Regina Hall giving arguably the best performance in the bunch. ... A lot of talent wasted working on something that seems thrown together, unstructured and ill-advised.
By Tim Goodman FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 23 User Ratings
7.3
70% Positive
16 Ratings
22% Mixed
5 Ratings
9% Negative
2 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 23 User Ratings
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70% Positive
16 Ratings
22% Mixed
5 Ratings
9% Negative
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