P-Valley: Season 1

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Starz | Season Premiere Date: July 12, 2020

Summary: The half-hour drama from Katori Hall explores the lives of those who work and visit the Mississippi Delta strip club, The Pynk.

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. Murda Night
Air Date: September 6, 2020
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S1:E8. Murda Night
Air Date: September 6, 2020
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S1:E7. Last Call For Alcohol
Air Date: August 23, 2020

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Collider Kay B

Jul 13, 2020

Directed by an all-women team, with a perfectly crafted cast, P-Valley is the unexpected summer show you didn’t know you needed. ... The relentlessness of Hall’s vision shines through, allowing a rare look and perspective into sex work and the working class, devoid of white approval. With every episode unafraid to shatter presumptions, we get an even rarer look at how these types of characters are shot. Read full review

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Malcolm Venable

Jul 7, 2020

P-Valley blends the profane, the sacred, and the politics of the almighty dollar to tell sharp, wildly engrossing stories about Black women on the margins who use their bodies to keep families and whole communities afloat. It's also one of the year's best new shows. Read full review

Aramide Tinubu

Jul 7, 2020

Helmed by an all-female directing lineup, P-Valley is a compelling character-driven story that shines a spotlight on the beauty and scars of women, Black women, in particular. It is an unapologetically Southern and Black story that puts women who are often shamed and pushed toward society’s edges right back where they belong—center stage. Read full review

James Poniewozik

Jul 9, 2020

“P-Valley” is a lot of show, a noir melodrama about struggle and secrets, family strife and business machinations. But above all, it’s a confident and lyrical story with an intimate understanding of the sort of characters who are too often used as decoration in the Bada Bings of antihero drama. Read full review

Joel Keller

Jul 13, 2020

P-Valley is a series that has a lot to say from a perspective that hasn’t gotten much of a voice on prestige TV to this point. As the ensemble meshes, it’ll be interesting to see how this alternative family operates. Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

Jul 9, 2020

It’s a vibe show more than a story show — the plot is a familiar stew made up of shady land deals, stolen identities, and extramarital affairs — but that vibe borders on hypnotic. The Pynk and the people who work there feel real, and desperate, and all kinds of complicated. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Jul 10, 2020

The show is at its best in the backstage moments. ... If there are at least one too many plotlines outside the club for the show to consistently keep afloat — the manipulative, plotting mayor (Isaiah Washington) provides perhaps a bit more outright malice than the show can easily support — then character tends to bring us back. Read full review

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jooaoviictor

Sep 23, 2020

A fun hot sexy dark drama. Consistently smart, both darkly funny and heartfelt with dialogue that has the tough edge, humor, and poetry of Hip Hop. Incredibly hot acrobatic dare-devil pole dancing....makes the movie Hustlers look like ametuer hour.

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sybilfilm

Aug 5, 2020

Mercedes and Uncle Clifford are two of the very best characters on TV right now. The show is rich with complicated characters, hilarious at times and dramatically powerful at others, and you can almost taste the chicken wings as the flavorful atmosphere is equal parts gritty and glitter.Mercedes and Uncle Clifford are two of the very best characters on TV right now. The show is rich with complicated characters, hilarious at times and dramatically powerful at others, and you can almost taste the chicken wings as the flavorful atmosphere is equal parts gritty and glitter. The Pynk is one club you won't want to leave. Kudos to Katori Hall for her well-researched writing. She knows these people, and she loves them, too.… Expand

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All_ButTrU4

Aug 23, 2022

The show is rich with complicated characters, hilarious at times and dramatically powerful at others, and you can almost taste the chicken wings as the flavorful atmosphere is equal parts gritty and glitter. The Pynk is one club you won't want to leave. Kudos to Katori Hall for herThe show is rich with complicated characters, hilarious at times and dramatically powerful at others, and you can almost taste the chicken wings as the flavorful atmosphere is equal parts gritty and glitter. The Pynk is one club you won't want to leave. Kudos to Katori Hall for her well-researched writing. She knows these people, and she loves them, too.… Expand

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DukeCumberjack

Jul 29, 2020

Alright so some of the negative reviews are likely the anti-woke crowd doing their usual spamming. The show has a good premise and explores situations not usually depicted on television.

That said, I got half way through the first episode before turning it off. The acting and writing isAlright so some of the negative reviews are likely the anti-woke crowd doing their usual spamming. The show has a good premise and explores situations not usually depicted on television.

That said, I got half way through the first episode before turning it off. The acting and writing is clunky and awkward, especially for the dancers/club owner. I didn't get any of the grittiness I expected from a show about a strip club in Mississippi.

Maybe it's just pilot growing pains but damn, it was way too obvious the characters were just reciting lines from a script. I need visceral. Cmon man where's the visceral?… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

83

Series Overview
Season 2

76
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: June 3, 2022
Season 1

85
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 12, 2020
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  S1:E8. Murda Night
  Air Date: September 6, 2020
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  S1:E8. Murda Night
  Air Date: September 6, 2020
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  S1:E7. Last Call For Alcohol
  Air Date: August 23, 2020
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  S1:E7. Last Call For Alcohol
  Air Date: August 23, 2020
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  S1:E6. Legacy
  Air Date: August 16, 2020
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  S1:E6. Legacy
  Air Date: August 16, 2020
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  S1:E5. Belly
  Air Date: August 9, 2020
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  S1:E5. Belly
  Air Date: August 9, 2020
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  S1:E4. Episode 4
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E4. The Trap
  Air Date: August 2, 2020
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  S1:E4. The Trap
  Air Date: August 2, 2020
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  S1:E3. Higher Ground
  Air Date: July 26, 2020
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  S1:E3. Higher Ground
  Air Date: July 26, 2020
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  S1:E2. Scars
  Air Date: July 19, 2020
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  S1:E2. Scars
  Air Date: July 19, 2020
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  S1:E1. Episode 1
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E1. Perpetratin'
  Air Date: July 12, 2020